It took a lot of explaining, on both my side and Scotts, but we finally got through to eachother. Having heard all about Derek Hale, I wasn't too sure if I'd be able to handle meeting him – especially not here, where Ella was exposed. And the baby. The baby. The only reason I had to meet him was because of the baby, but now it seems dangerous. I can't tell him about the baby. I snapped out of all my wrong thoughts as the little boy started laughing at Scott making a funny face. Of course I had to tell him. Laura wanted him to know – she was going to tell him right after she had met Peter for whichever reason it was that he needed to speak to her. And now, now she'd left me alone here to tell him myself. "So you're like a wolfbabe?" Stiles pulled me back into reality, clearly focusing on not making eye-contact. "I know this is strange, and I wouldn't have worried you if it weren't for the fact that Ella probably would have told you anyway" I said apologetically. "Hey, no problemo, my friends turn wolfy all the time. I'm an expert on these previously non-existing mythical creatures" he said smiling, though I could hear the sarcastic undertone. "I think I should talk to Hale myself" I confessed after a moment of highly awkward 'I-just-found-out-you're-a-werewolf'-silence. "Just, give me the directions. I just really need to do this alone. I guess one could say it's a family matter" I finally managed to convince the boys to not follow me. "Just call me if anything comes up. I'll be back in not too long" I said as I kissed the baby boy goodbye and waved goodbye to Ella and the boys.

(KNOCK KNOCK)

My hands were sticky now. I could hear my breath racing itself. "Hello" I called out as I knocked on the old door once again. There was still no answer, but I could feel his presence. I could smell him, I could hear his heart beat slowly, I could feel his apathy. *SQUEEK* it didn't surprise me that the old door was unlocked. "Derek Hale?" I called out again. "My name is Evelyn Hallock. We need to talk" I said to the empty staircase.

*BOOM* I felt my head crash against the rotted wooden wall. "Who are you? Whose pack do you belong to?" Dereks eyes were all I can see in the sudden darkness. He could smell me too, and from the sound of his voice he knew that smell. "I don't belong to anyone" I said irritated as I twisted my body out of his grip. The sudden adrenaline in my body couldn't care less if this man was a feared Alpha. I could feel my fingernails growing longer by the second. I couldn't hold it much longer so I decided to leave. Sprinting to my car I could hear the footsteps follow into the evening light. "Who are you" he asked once again placing himself in front of the car door. His eyes grew as I told him that his sister was my alpha. "Why are you here?" was his next question. "I came because I just moved back to Beacon Hills. And I heard that you lived here. I was hoping we could talk. There are some things your sister didn't tell you about herself" I said trying to calm him down as his face grew more and more curious. Explaining to the wolf that his sister had a mate was hard enough – he couldn't seem to believe that she would ever settle down. "Well there's more" I continued. "My brother was killed, trying to avenge your sister's death. He killed a man who Peter had turned, who was Peter's personal bodyguard, and in turn Peter killed him" I choked out the last words, not daring to look Hale in the eyes. "And you're here because I'm supposed to feel sorry for you? And then what? Why do I have to know this?" Derek seemed angry that I'd taken up his time, but most of all he seemed hurt by the mention of his sister's life. "She wanted to tell you. She was going to tell you. She said she'd made contact before she left for Beacon Hills" I continued. "She did. But she's gone. And it doesn't matter now. There's no more to talk about" Derek said. "Well... There sorta is, Derek" I said slowly looking up. "Her mate wasn't the only new person she wanted to introduce to you. She'd finally built up the courage to tell you that.." I felt the tears welling up in my eyes. "That what? That she was happy? That she'd found a mate, and that she no longer was tormented by the memory of our family dying?" Derek yelled. A tear escaped my eye, I wasn't sure if that was because this conversation was shattering the already broken pieces of my heart or if it was because of the crushed look of the stranger standing in front of me. Even though he was yelling I could hear the cry of loss in his voice. "She's not all gone" I managed to whisper knowing that he would hear me. I felt like running. I could feel that Derek wasn't a bad person, but I couldn't stand being here with him discussing the death of our family members. But I had to. I needed him, as he would soon come to need me – after all we are the only family he has left now. "Come with me. Please. You need to see… You need to come with me. Your sister left something for you, for us" I said.

Derek stepped out of the black sports car and looked up at the big house. "What is it that I have to see?" he asked. I could see his jaws tighten as he held back the anger which had been triggered by the confusion and the mystery. I unlocked the front door and entered the house. "Derek?" Stiles asked surprised that I'd brought him with me. "What are you doing here?" Derek spat. "Stiles, who you obviously know well, is my little sisters best friend" I said motioning to Ella. She looked shattered. "Pleased to meet you, Derek. I.. I have to go" she finished as tears started to cascade down her face. "I should go after her.." Stiles said with worry in his eyes. I think I already knew that Ella wouldn't be ready to face reality. She wasn't ready to deal with the situation being that her little nephew had no parents, and that she didn't have a brother any longer. She wasn't ready for a stranger to be a part of the family that we had created. She wasn't ready to see Laura's eyes in that stranger. I looked at Derek, whose anger had seemed to transform into pure confusion. "What's going on?" he demanded. I walked over to the crib hidden in front of the couch and picked up the little baby. "Derek, Laura left a little something for us to remember her by" I said trying to dress my pain with a smile. "This is your nephew, Charlie Hale Hallock" I said looking down at the little baby. I could hear Derek's heartbeat pick up. I could see the disbelief in his eyes – almost as well as I could see the tears.