"Have you got something going on with Derek Hale?"
She rolled her eyes at the woman in front of her as she sat with a smile on her face.
"Not you too Melissa"
"I think it's cute" She smiles as Scarlett raised an eyebrow at her.
"He's just being nice'
"Oh hun" She starts nodding her head letting a small laugh out. "Scott's dad was nice to me, tried helping me out all the time, drove me around, picked the phone up whenever I called…"
"Well I called him last night and got no answer what does that tell you" she asks sipping at the coffee in her hands.
"It tells me you care he didn't answer"
She looked down at the chart on the desk trying to avoid Melissa's stare at her.
"Scott said he's good for you" Melissa starts as Scarlett tried to hide the fact she was surprised by what she said.
"Said that he's different with you, nicer… He said that even Stiles won't admit but he knows he's good for you too"
"Did you know his mom?" She asks after a brief pause changing the conversation somewhat.
"I did, she knew your mom better than I knew her but we spent time together. She was a busy woman suppose it came with having the large family living in the house…"
"He told me about my mom helping him after the fire"
"Broke your mom's heart seeing him like that"
The phone across the room rang as Melissa moved swiftly to answer it. She heard back and forth chatter for a while. She took her own phone out of her pocket and checked it. No new messages and no missed calls.
"Okay so we need to get down the the station" Melissa says as Scarlett puts her phone back in her pocket.
"Is everything okay?" She asks
"I think so, Scott and Stiles are there they think there's a lead in the murders and need me to make a statement"
"You know the murderer?" She asks shocked as Melissa swiftly grabbed both their jackets.
"No, but I did meet him in the hall"
"Is that Stiles?" She asks seeing a head down the corridor through the crack of the door.
"I'll be back in a second" She tells Melissa leaving her at the front of the station calling for Scott. She wandered down the hallway noticing the eerie silence in the station even for the night time shift.
She pushed the door open enough to get through to find both Stiles and Derek on the floor.
"Stiles why are you on top of Derek"
"Oh thank god get him off me" Derek mutters as she could see Stiles roll his eyes.
"Hey buddy you think I like this any more then you?" Stiles asks
"I don't know you look pretty comfy" Scarlett mutters leaning against a table.
"He stinks of Dog"
"Werewolf joke, funny I like that" Scarlett says as Derek gives her a strange look but soon a lot of realisation comes across his face.
"I'm serious" Stiles mumbles
"Shut up I'll rip your throat out.. With my teeth"
"Feisty" Scarlett notes as she turns to walk out of the room.
"Wait Scar" Derek yells
She stops and turns, arms folded.
"Yes Derek" she asks as she smiles sweetly at him.
"She's mad bro" Stiles almost laughs as Scarlett cocks her head to the side. Derek glares at Stiles head before bringing his eyes up to hers.
"I'm sorry"
"Nah sorry won't cut it, not only did you disappear but on a full moon. No one heard from you and you didn't call me or even text me"
"I was busy" he cuts in as Stiles let's out a whistle.
"Wrong move" Stiles mutters as Scarlett let out a huff at his words.
"You were busy? That's great thanks I'll remember next time I'm just here to help you pass the time, just let me know next time you're 'busy' so I don't waste my time trying to find you"
"I didn't mean it that way Scar I-"
"No it's fine Derek maybe you're better off being alone if you're not going to bother keeping in contact with people who actually care for you… I just thought you cared for- you know what forget about it" She stopped herself while frantically tapping her fingers against her arms.
"I care for you Scar"
She looked at him. He wasn't smiling but there was a lightness to his face. He wasn't keeping her out with his usual stare.
"Well this is awkward for me" Stiles mutters
"You found me in the woods?" She asks after a few seconds as his eyes darkened at her words.
"Yeah"
She nodded and moved back to them. Pulling Stiles off him in a swift turn.
"Ouch watch it I can't feel anything"
"Dork" she snorts at him.
Just then a shot was fired and she jumped putting her hand on Derek's shoulder.
"What was that?" Stiles asks
"Scar hey you okay?" Derek asks as she stared wide eyed at the half closed door.
"Melissa is out there" she manages to get out starting to move.
'Don't… Please don't Scar, stay in here Scott can manage it" Derek pleads. She doesn't argue and just sits down in the floor beside the two. She swears she could hear them both audibly sigh that she actually listened.
"Scar… Your eyes"
"My eyes?" she asks glancing at the two who looked amazed by her.
"Their purple"
"What?" She asks taking her phone out her pocket and seeing her eyes reflecting off the screen. Purple iris's looking back at her.
She threw her phone back on the floor and refused to look at them anymore. Flashbacks of the pool played in her head. Her standing there, her eyes shining the same colour as they were now. She felt a range of strong emotions go around her body as a thick silence filled the room.
"Hey. You know what's happening to Matt?" Stiles asks trying to take attention off her.
"I know, the book's not gonna help him. You can't just break the rules, not like this" Derek replies his full attention still on Scarlett.
"What do you mean?" Scarlett asks
"Universe balances things out. Always does" He informs her as she now turns to meet his eyes.
"Is it because he's using Jackson to kill people who don't deserve it?" Stiles asks starting to piece it together.
"And killing people himself"
"So if Matt breaks the rules of the kanima, he becomes the kanima?" Stiles asks "Balance" Scarlett mutters
"Will he believe us if we tell him that?"
"Not likely" Derek mumbles back
"Okay, he's gonna kill all of us when he gets that book, isn't he?" Stiles asks rolling his eyes.
"Yep."
"All right, so what do we do? Do we just - do we just sit here and wait to die?"
"Unless I can figure out a way to push the toxin out of my body faster. Like triggering the healing process" Derek replies as she notices the cuts on his palm from his nails.
"Wha - oh, what are you doing? Aw, gross." Stiles mumbles his face pale.
The room fell quiet. Something felt different. She felt this energy I her. A warm energy that seemed to be going round and round in her torso and edging towards to her hands.
"So is that hypothetical situation we talked about getting any less hypothetical?" Stiles asks after a few minutes.
"I think so. I can move my toes"
"Dude, I can move my toes"
She leaned her forward as both men watched her. She placed her two hands on Derek's chest, the energy moving through her fingertips to him.
She made a whimper of pain as derek's eyes shot up to her face. She felt weak but she knew it was still there it was like a black jaze under her purple one. Once the haze went go abdc straight away collapsed into his chest. Derek wrapped his arms around her, then leaned up pulling hair out of her face seeing her eyes closed.
"Did- did she heal you?" Stiles sputters
"I think so"
She woke up in her bed. It was starting become light as she could see light creeping through her curtains.
She turned around in her bed to find a body beside hers.
"You're awake" Derek asks as she squints at him.
"Are you watching me sleep?" She asks as he let out a brief chuckle.
"It was more watching you to make sure you were okay"
"I'm tired" she responds, cuddling at little closer to him on the double bed.
"Why are you lying in top of the duvet?" She asks opening her eyes to squint at him again.
"Its mainly in case Sheriff stilinski comes in, but I've heard Stiles tell him twice that he's watching you and to go back to bed"
'Sleep watcher Hale to the rescue" she laughs still half asleep rubbing her eyes.
"Well if your gonna be here for much longer could you please get under the duvet? I'm cold and you're restricting my duvet"
He looked like he pondered on it for a moment before standing up briefly, pulling the blanket back and getting in.
"And if sheriff stilinski comes in?" He asks as she smiles.
"He'd probably be happy that out of me and Stiles one of us has brought someone back by now" she chuckles.
"Are you still cold?" He asks a moment later as she nodded her head.
"Its because you're weak, you will be for a few hours at least" he states moving closer to her, placing his arm over her and pulling her close.
Heat overtook her body.
"You're like a radiator" she mumbles leaving into his side.
She had started to drift again when she heard him open his mouth a couple of times but never speak.
"You healed me"
"I know" she sighs.
The quietness overtook the room as she knew he wanted to ask more but didn't.
"I felt this… energy in me so much emotion. I don't know how it healed you but it was like you had a black haze on you and I had this feeling in me to get rid of the haze"
"You took it away"
"I took it away" she responds her hand placed on his chest similarly to how she had healed him.
"I didn't know what was going to happen when I put my hands on you, it was just this overwhelming feeling of I had to"
"Thank you"
He listened to his breathing. It got a bit deeper luling her almost back to sleep but she knew she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep without discussing what she had called him for two nights ago.
"You found me" she whispers as she felt his body tense at her words and his breathing pick up again.
"Scott asked me not long into me knowing him to keep an eye out… I had heard about you as soon as I came back and I knew I had to find you, I was going to before Scott even asked me to"
"And you did"
"When I found you, I thought you were dead scar. Your heart was beating so slow, slower than I've ever heard anyone beating before. You were pale, covered in blood and your lips blue... I thought I was too late"
"I'm glad you weren't"
AN - Thanks for all the follows, faces etc! Things are starting to heat up drama wise end of next chapter