A Broken Full Moon

Ch.6 Pain Pt. ½

(Pain- Three Days Grace) = 6.0 Heart Monitor

"Why do I have to go?" Scott whined. I sighed as we pulled up to the grocery store. I got out and we started walking as I said "because, you never help out at home. Mom and I do everything, and I even clean your room besides I can't carry all the groceries by myself." He whined and said "but Alex!" I huffed and said "oh my god you're worse than Rome when he has a tantrum." He glared at me as I grabbed a cart. I pulled out the list and said "alright, you get these"- I ripped the list in half and handed him a half and I said "and I'll get the rest."

He sighed but turned and went the other way. Rome was at home with mom baking cookies so I decided to grab the groceries with Scott. I wouldn't have brought him if he was going to be this bitchy. I was crabby since I had stayed last night all day with Stiles in the hospital with his dad. And I was a tiny bit mad at Scott, it wasn't because of me. I was mad because what if I hadn't noticed Rome? Something bad could have happened to him, but he wasn't all to blame so I didn't fault him for that. It seemed like whenever Scott needed me I was there but when I needed him he wasn't.

"Pain,

Without love

Pain,

I can't get enough"

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"Did you forget where you parked?" Scott asked. I blinked and responded "no?" He rolled his eyes. We put the groceries down and I looked around and tried to find the car and I grabbed my keys and pressed the alarm button but we didn't hear it. I pressed it again and Scott said "it's on the top floor, Alex." I replied "oh, well let's go." Scott asked "you didn't forget where we parked? Right." I rolled my eyes and answered "of course I knew where it was I was just testing you." He rolled his eyes and bent down to grab the bags but mom's cleaning bottle fell.

"Shoot!" I said and we both bent down to grab it. As we tried to get a better look it rolled back to us. As it came closer I saw that there were scratches on it. "Oh, chizz!" Scott pulled me up and we started running, well more like he ran and dragged me. We were going really fast, he maybe a werewolf but damn I was a human and a nonathletic one at that. Was it the alpha? Why would he attack now though? I was pretty sure it was the alpha when I heard it growl.

Scott pushed us behind a car and I covered my mouth to stop the sound of heavy breathing. Suddenly Scott motioned me to stay and I complied as he went jumping on cars and motioned me to run with him once he got to the last one. As soon as I was close enough he grabbed my wrist and we started sprinting. My feet began to burn from the unwanted workout. Hey! I was lazy and with what had happened the night before you can't blame me. Scott pushed us behind another car. I felt my heart racing and I covered my mouth to stop the sound of my heavy breathing.

After a few seconds I relaxed and then Scott did too. Then his phone rang and I shot him a look. We both grabbed his phone to turn it off when Scott was thrown on the car, and I cried out "Scott!" But I was hauled up with an arm around my neck pressed tightly but loose enough to breathe and shoved against the car. I struggled against it until I saw it was Derek.

"Pain,

I like it rough

'Cause I rather feel pain than nothing at all"

He said "You're dead." My birthday sucked.

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"What the hell was that?" Scott questioned as we followed Derek. Derek responded "I said I was gonna teach you I didn't say when." I snorted at that and Scott replied "you scared the crap out of us!" I said "no chizz Sherlock." Scott glared at me as Derek glanced at us and said "not yet." Scott "ok but I was fast enough, right?" Derek answers "not fast enough." Scott asks "but the car alarm thing that was smart right?" Derek replies "until your phone rang." Scott stutters "yeah, but that was-I mean- would you just stop!"

Derek complies and comes to a halt. I run into him since I had been walking behind him. "Oof!" I say as I stumble but Scott holds me up by an elbow. I try to play it off as I smile at them. Scott says "what happened last night, Stiles dad getting hurt, and" he breathes in and continues "Alex and Rome almost getting hurt by the mountain lion, but Allison's dad shot it in time," Derek looks me over and his rests his eyes on me as Scott continues "that was my fault! I should've been there to do something. I need you to teach me how to control this!"

Derek breathes in and replies "you're right you should've been there." There was a beat of silence and I almost wanted to believe that he wanted to say 'I should've been there too.' What is wrong with me? Derek continued "look I am what I am because of birth, you were bitten. Teaching someone who was bitten takes time! I don't even know if I can teach you."

Scott miserably asks "what do I have to do?" Derek answers "get rid of distractions." Derek grabs Scott's phone and motions to his missed call "you see this? This is why I caught you; you want me to teach you? Get rid of her." I raised my eyebrows. Allison was cool with me, and I knew Scott was in love with her so he'd fight for her. Scott asked "what? Just because of her family?" Derek looked at me then raised his brows at Scott; hmm I think I found his nick name, eyebrows. Anyway after Derek raised his brows at Scott, Eyebrows launched the phone into a wall. "Wait, whoa!" I cried out too. I had paid for Scott's crappy phone!

Eyebrows asked "you getting angry?" Yeah, well I was. Scott had begged for it the day before school, mom had said she wasn't going to buy it, so I did. Still I wasted my money on the piece of chizz phone. "That's your first lesson. You wanna learn how to control this, how to shift? You do it through anger by tapping into a primal animal rage and you can't do that with her around!" For some reason that "animal primal rage" made me think of one word: kinky. Scott replied "I can get angry." I rolled my eyes, Scott was never really angry, just more annoyed than anything.

Eyebrows countered "not angry enough! This is the only way I can teach you. Now, can you stay away from her? At least until after the full moon." Scott answered "if that's what it takes." Derek asked "do you want to live? Do you want to protect your friends, Alex and Romeo? Yes or no?" I stared at Derek as Scott said "yes! If you can teach me, I can stay away from her." I felt bad because I knew I was one of the reasons Scott had to stay away from Allison. I rolled my eyes as Scott turned and walked away from us and went for the groceries.

I made to walk away when Derek grabbed my arm I turned to look at him. "Yeah?" I questioned Derek. He looked at me and said "make sure he stays away from Allison." I nodded but he didn't let go of my arm. "Can I go now?" He looked down for a second but dropped his arm and nodded. I went to turn around but he called "Ale?" I turned to him and he said "…just…don't die any time soon." I smirked at him as I replied "wasn't planning on it." I turned away again but he called my name again. I stopped but didn't turn around and he said "leave it unlocked." I whipped my head up to see that he was gone. Leave what unlocked? This time I walked back to Scott who had picked up the groceries and we walked upstairs for my car. As we got in I said "this was a pretty epic birthday." Scott scoffed as we drove away.

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I got home that night to mom and Rome surprising me with a birthday cake and card. It might not be a lot but it was enough to make me happy.

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After tucking Rome in and showering I had put on my Betty Boop night set on. I walked over to my bed and fell asleep.

I was having a very good dream that consisted of Orlando Bloom when I felt something on my face, a tickling sensation. I woke with a start and looked around. I calmed down when I saw nothing. I clicked my lamp on and turned around to go to bed when I see Eyebrows sitting on my windowsill. I jump and hit my head on my head board as I muffled my scream with my hand.

After a few seconds he looked up at me and asked "you done?" I slowly moved as I stood and I crossed my arms over my chest as I said "are you going to make a habit of scaring the crap out of me?" He rolled his eyes and said "you're very jumpy." I rolled my eyes and said "you would be to, if you were a human and had a recent altercation with a werewolf."

He rolled his eyes and said "you never are quiet, are you?" I retorted "I can be when I want to." He rolled his eyes and walked into my room. He snorted and said "nice PJ's." My face flushed as I hastily pulled my shorts down. He chuckled and I glared at him. He said "anyway, I came for this." I looked at him and he pulled out a small box. I glanced at it curiously as he handed it to me and I turned it in my hands.

"Don't just stare at it. It's a box, you open it." I rolled my eyes and I said "I know what it is." I slowly lifted the lid and glanced at Eyebrows. He was looking away. I heard myself gasp as I saw that it was a black crystalized rose with a small spiral. It had a clip to go into your hair. I stared at it for a moment. I looked at Derek, with my widened eyes and I asked "what-w-why, I mean how you knew?" Derek looked at me and said "that it was your birthday? Remember that night at the gas station? Rome kind of helped me pick it out. I owed you for helping me out I guess."

"You're sick of feeling numb,

You're not the only one"

I felt bad since I had basically been mad at him when he took Rome. I said "I was just joking about you owing me. You don't have to"- I handed it back and said "I can't accept it"- Derek cut me off "do you like it?" I replied "yes, but"- he said "then keep it. It's yours." I said "Derek, I- thank you. Really, no one's been this nice to me."

"I'll take you by the hand,

And I'll show you a world you can understand"

He scoffed and said "this isn't because I'm nice…it's because you're not the worst company in the world." I smiled softly at him and had the greatest urge to hug him and kiss him. Instead I just grabbed his hand and intertwined our fingers and gave his a squeeze.

"Trust me and take my hand,

When the lights go out you will understand"

I said "thanks, Derek" he looked down at our hands so I gently let go. He gave a nod and turned to leave when I asked "were you here before?" He looked at me and shook his head and asked "why?" I shook my head and said "no reason." I could've sworn someone had been here. We looked at each other and then he slipped out my window and left.

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"So you're uncles in town?" I questioned Eli as walked the halls of school to go to lunch. He nodded and said "yeah, I don't really get along with him. At times he's pretty cool when we go hiking and other things. He pressures me into sports and stuff though." I raised an eyebrow and he says "yeah, me into sports?" I asked "were you ever into sports?"

He nodded and said "kind of. I got into Karate, and Tae Kwon Do. In Madrid they held national tournaments; I won a couple of gold metals." I gasped and said "how can you not be proud of that? Those were national tournaments? I bet you could beat Scott!" He laughed and said "I'm for real, Alex. I don't know about your brother he's really talented."

I asked "any other special talent you have?" He said "well, I'm good at archery I think and fencing." I said "no way! That is so cool! You have got to teach me some moves one of these days." He nodded and said "oh, that reminds me! My parents want to invite you over for dinner. The invitation is for your mom, Rome, and Scott too." Rome was being taking care of after I rushed him to the hospital when he started coughing this morning. His pediatrician said that he had a small cold and should be okay in a few days. I was determined to stay home and watch him but mom had to literally threaten me with life for me to come to school. People kept asking me why I was so down. Even Danny asked. Okay here's the story behind that. Danny and I used to date, I know he's gay. Back when I was fifteen and he was fourteen I just moved in with Melissa and Scott.

We had gone out for a few months until he realized that he liked the other sex. I of course was okay with it, but a lot of people found it hilarious and thought that I was the one who made him prefer boys over girls. Of course, Jackson and Danny put a stop to it. No one ever spoke of it after they threatened this one kid. Danny and I were on good terms and it was fun how he still on occasions looked out for me. We kind of developed the brother sister relationship but it was awkward sometimes, and not to imagine weird. Since I was friends with Jackson and Danny was his best friend we had to be around each other often and god did I hate those silent awkward moments where Jackson would just leave or something…?

I shook my head to clear my thoughts as I answered Eli "tonight? I have tonight and tomorrow free thanks to Gloria. You know that Rome isn't feeling too good. I don't want to leave Rome alone…" Eli said "he'll be okay with Gloria. Please, Alex. I don't want to go through with this family dinner by myself. My druggie brother, ass of a father, worried mom, and smart ass uncle. Please, Alex and I'll owe you a favor."

I looked around and spotted Scott and Stiles in the cafeteria. I sighed and said "alright, Eli, but you have to pick me up. My brother won't come because he hates dinner things; my mom has the night shift again so she won't make it, and definitely a no for Rome. So I'll be your only guest tonight. I'll text you my address later." He sighed relieved and nodded as he said "thanks Alex. I'm sitting with Tyler so catch you later. Oh and by the way great hairpin" I nodded and walked over to the line. Yes, I was wearing Derek's gift it was too beautiful not too. I grabbed a Caesar salad, a juice bar, a cookie, and water.

I sat beside Stiles and Scott said "Ok yeah, you teach me." I raised an eyebrow at them. Stiles explained "while you were buddy- buddy with Elias"- I sputtered as a blush formed on my cheeks and I said "I wasn't"- He cut me off so I just started eating my salad as he said "I'm teaching Scott how to control his wolf." I asked "isn't that Derek's job?" Stiles said "not anymore." He stood and pushed Scott's book away that he was using to hide from Allison. I grabbed my cookie and started on it as I followed the boys out.