Derek and I were on our way to Derek's house. After I looked at him with some adorable puppy eyes he let me go with him. I was really being honest when I told him that I couldn't be alone tonight.
I was way too confused to be alone. I couldn't go to Scott, since he left the party for no reason, but he didn't look well, Stiles went after him so I couldn't go to him, my mom was at work and Jackson was the last person I wanted to see right now. So there was one option left, asking Derek.
When we arrived at his house I couldn't believe what I saw. In front of me was a huge house which was probably beautiful when it was still in tact. Right now half of it was burnt down.
With little steps I followed Derek into his house. It was a little dusty inside but I could handle it.
"So this is where you live." I looked around. "Nice crib."
I heard Derek sigh, which made me chuckle. With a serious expression he looked at me. "Follow me." Without any doubt I followed him upstairs. We arrived in a room with a bed for two, a closet and a chair, nothing more. I looked around and walked towards the bed.
"Can I?..." I asked.
"Yeah, make yourself comfortable."
I kicked out my high heels and sat down on the bed. Derek sat down next to me.
"I'm really thankful for you bringing me with you." I said softly.
"It's no problem. A girl like you shouldn't be all alone at nights like these."
"Neither should a boy like you, do you live here all by your own?"
"Yes."
"Don't you feel lonely sometimes?"
"I do."
"Are you going to give me any longer answers?" I asked.
"Probably not." He looked at me.
I couldn't help it, I had to laugh about him.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, we are just sitting in your room now and I had to laugh about you..."
"Well, okay then."
With a smile I climbed into the bed. "I'm sorry, I know this is rude, but I'm pretty cold in this dress you know."
"It's okay. I would be cold as well in a dress like that. It suits you though."
"What? The cold or the dress?"
"The dress. It looks nice on you."
"Thank you!"
A few moments long there was silence, but then it got broken by Derek.
"Scott's in the woods, he needs me!" He panicked a bit.
"How do you know?"
"I'll explain that when I come back. Please be as silent as you can while I'm gone, I'll be back as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll try. Is it okay if I stay in your bed?"
"You are allowed to."
"Thank you." A little smile appeared on my face.
Within seconds Derek was gone. I could still hear him close the door, but then there was only silence.
I heard voices outside. There weren't a lot of different voices, but I could make up that none of them were Scott's or Derek's. Just like Derek asked me to I didn't say a thing.
''Is someone in there?" Said one of the voices.
I held my breath and waited.
"I guess not, otherwise we would have heard something." Replied a second voice.
"They're probably in the forest, maybe we should search over there." Said a third voice.
''You're right, let's go there."
It took some time until the people really left, but when they finally did I sighed with relief. They didn't hear me.
After some time I heard a growl in the forest. Wait, this wasn't a growl, it was a howl. I froze, this wasn't a human sound, it sounded like an animal, a big animal like a... Like a... Like a wolf! Oh. My. God. What the hell was going on in this town?!
Boys who cheat on their girlfriends, boys who tell you that you shouldn't be around other boys, weird animals in the forest, what else? I knew there were mountain lions in this area, but wolves?
Right now I just wanted to live with my grandma again. If this was how the rest of my freaking life would be, then I'd rather stay with her.
I pulled the blankets over me and I lay down, just waiting for Derek to come home.
My eyes were closed when Derek came back, I felt how he sat down next to me. Slowly I opened my eyes. "Hey, you're back."
"Yeah, sorry that it took so long."
"It doesn't matter." I moved so I could sit next to him.
"I thought you were sleeping."
''I wasn't, I can't sleep when you are wandering around in the forest! Oh and there were people in front of your house, I think they were searching for you."
"Yeah, well they found me, and Scott. "
"Were you in trouble?" I saw that he was hiding something. "Oh come on. Were you in trouble or not?"
"Okay, I'm going to tell you something. Don't freak out, don't laugh, don't interrupt, just listen to me until I'm done."
''Well, okay then."
''You still know when I told you that Scott was in the forest? You asked my how I knew that, and I said that I would explain it."
''Yeah it was pretty weird, and right after that you left me confused." I said with a frown.
"Okay, so, my family died like ten years ago. Our house, this house, was burnt down. The biggest part of my family was trapped inside. Everybody thought that it was an accident. Well, it wasn't. I found out who did it."
"Why didn't you go to the police?" I said like it was obvious. "That is what you should have done!"
"That is the part I was going to tell you right now. I fell for a girl, a long, long time ago. At that time I didn't know what she was. She is a hunter, a killer, a murderer, whatever you want to call it. She was sent to kill my family. Not because we did something wrong, in her eyes we were something wrong."
Derek paused for a second. He looked at me, and I looked back. This story was way too confusing to understand. What did he mean by a hunter, and what the hell was he?
"Me and my family could do things we shouldn't be able to, we could hear things that a normal ear couldn't hear and we could see things that a bare eye couldn't see. We weren't natural humans. In fact, we were almost the same as Scott. The only difference is that we were born this way, and he isn't"
"But what the hell are you, then?"
"If you could just listen to me and be silent just like I told you.."
"Okay, okay, sorry. Go on with your weird story." He looked irritated. "Go on then, angryface."
"You have probably noticed that there weren't only humans in the forest. The howl you heard? That was Scott. He was being shot by one of the hunters, the people you heard talking." He sighed. "And now we have the part where I explain this story. Have you ever read fairy tales and fantasy stories?"
"Uh yeah, of course!" I absolutely love fairytales.
"Have you ever read things about werewolves?"
"Yes..." Okay, this was strange.
"Believe it or not, I am one. And Scott is one, too."
With disbelief I searched his face for any signals of joking. There was nothing to find, he was bloody serious.
"Oh my god." I don't know why I believed him. It was like something inside of me told me to trust him. "But does Stiles know this? Am I, is he in danger?"
"Yes he knows it. If you haven't noticed, those boys share everything! And about the danger zone. That depends on Scott. I'm born like this, I have control over my shifting. Scott hasn't. He left because he was about to change."
"Since when is he like this? Why does Stiles know, and why didn't I recognise anything?"
"Since the night you really lived here. Some days ago. Stiles found out himself."
"How do you know I just moved here?" I felt like being spied on.
"I need to keep track of everything that happens in Beacon Hills. Even the new citizens."
"Well, okay then. Can I tell Scott and Stiles that I know your secret?"
"You can but be careful. Not everybody needs to know this."
"Okay." I looked at him. "This is so weird. I'm trusting you like I would with my own brother. Even though I barely know you. And you tell me this, even though you barely know me."
"It's alright. I don't know, but I feel like there is some connection between us two."
"I feel exactly the same..." I leaned closer to him and gave him a hug. Surprisingly he hugged me back without freezing.
Time didn't matter anymore. We sat there for I don't know how long and it felt right. It felt like I was home.
"Will you stay with me? Just for the night. I feel so calm with you around." Derek asked me.
"Well, that is an interesting offer.. I should probably go home for some minutes to get my stuff."
"I can get it for you. Now that you know everything there isn't a problem anymore, I trust you."
"Thanks, but I really should go. I have school tomorrow so I need my books and I have uhh.. Other stuff, which I need." I blushed.
"I'll drive you." He said with a little smile.
"Thanks bro. I can stay with you tomorrow evening as well. If you want me to, of course."
"That'd be nice. I haven't been amongst others in a long time."
When I got home I gave Derek a hug and walked towards the door. While I opened it I watched him over my shoulder.
Once I had packed my stuff I went downstairs and got a jacket. I was still in my black, backless dress and it was pretty cold.
With the keys in my hand I went outside, Derek followed me so we could go to his house again.
Once we were in Derek's room again I changed clothes and lay down on the bed. I've never really slept in one bed with someone who wasn't my boyfriend. Okay, it was only Derek so it was pretty weird that I felt kind of nervous about it. On the other hand, he was practically a stranger to me, even though it feels like I've known him for my whole life.
"I'm not going to rape you, if you think so." Derek sighed. He saw my struggling.
"I know, this is just new for me. I need to get used to it."
"Get used to what?" He looked at me like I was talking nonsense.
"Feeling like I've known you for so long, but barely knowing you. Knowing that you're a freaking werewolf. Just being with you."
"Well, okay then. I'm sure you'll get used to it." He said while taking off his shirt. I wanted to look away but I couldn't help it, I couldn't look away.
Goddamn, that was heaven. He was pretty muscular! I'd take him home if I was just a normal girl who was addicted to boys, but I'm not that type of girl. And I know more about him than I thought I would on a first day.
I blushed because I thought things like this. Derek lay down beside me. He put his arms around me and pulled me closer to him. The warmth of him was amazing. It felt like I had a personal warm-up. We were in his bed, just like that. Me wrapped in his strong arms. It didn't feel weird like I thought it would. I felt like I was home.
I don't know for how long we've been laying there but on some point I realised that all my stuff was still in the little bag I carried around all night. I picked up my phone and took a look at it.
'Mom, I'm sleeping at a friend's x marylin.' I texted my mom. Then I went through my phone some further. 4 missed calls and one new message. All the calls were from Jackson so I figured it would be nice to know who texted me. Probably Jackson, too.
'Marylin, I know you left because of me. Please come to me at lunch. We need to talk. X Jackson'
We need to talk? 'Well. Fuck you Jackson. FUCK YOU. you were the one that kissed me!' I thought.
This really wasn't a moment where I wanted to think about him. I threw my phone to the wall and lay some closer to Derek.
"Is something wrong?" He asked me.
"Nothing important, it was the boy from earlier this evening. He texted me." I sighed.
"Do you like him?"
"I did, to be honest. He kinda ruined it. He kissed me while having a girlfriend, that says enough, doesn't it?"
"I feel bad for you, he really messes with your feelings."
"Yeah, well I have to admit that I still feel something for him. The thing is, I don't wanna feel that way right now. I can't do that to myself, or to his girlfriend."
"You'll get over him, trust me. Just need to stop thinking about him, that's all."
I nodded. Derek was right. I needed to stop thinking about Jackson, at least for tonight. He could wait until the next day.
