Lydia and Allison take him shopping the next morning despite the fact that all three of them were incredibly hung over. They all got large coffees and then hit the shops.
"Do you think Derek will take you to homecoming on Friday?"
Stiles replied, "I don't know, I wasn't even planning on going, I don't finish work till 9."
"Just go after, Derek finishes that time too so you can go together from work," said Allison excitedly.
"I don't know, I can't see homecoming being his thing." He turned to Lydia and asked, "Will Jordan take you?"
Lydia answered, "He's working and I already promised Allison I'd go with her, if Isaac doesn't ask her."
Allison looked surprised by this suggestion. "Why would he ask me?"
"Don't be coy, we all saw you flirting last night."
Allison was blushing and decided to change the subject to focus more on what they should buy Stiles for his date later. It didn't take long for the girls to find him a nice button down shirt that wasn't plaid for once.
Stiles had driven himself there so after they'd finished shopping for him, he left the girls and went to do his weekly grocery shopping a bit earlier than usual.
His dad was still home when he got back, he hadn't left for work yet. Stiles had told him quickly about his date this morning just before he'd left to go shopping so they hadn't had a lot of time to talk about it.
John, his dad, asked, "You feeling nervous about your date?"
"No, maybe, not too nervous."
There was an awkward silence. Stiles could tell his dad wanted to say something to him but he didn't know how to. Finally he said, "I was worried when I heard about you and Derek at first but I know your mother would tell me I was being a hypocrite since we start dating when she was still in high school and I was older than her. Derek seems like a good guy and you seem happy when you're around him, just make sure that he knows that I have a gun and I will use it if I am forced to."
Stiles laughed and then he stopped, looking at the serious look on his father's face. "Thanks dad."
They watched TV together until he had to leave for his shift. Derek picked him up soon after.
"Hi," grinned Stiles closing the door behind him and following Derek to his car.
Derek took him to an Italian restaurant that was nice but it wasn't fancy. They both had spaghetti which made Stiles feel like he was in Lady and the Tramp.
"How's the writing going?" asked Stiles.
"Okay, I haven't written a lot recently," answered Derek, "I've been a bit distracted."
Stiles smirked, "Oh, have you? Will you ever tell me what it's actually about?"
"Maybe," replied Derek, "When I finish the second draft."
"How long will that take?"
Derek answered, "A couple of months, maybe less."
They talked about Derek's writing for a bit and then they talked about his life at college which led Derek to ask, "Where are you planning on going to college?"
"I want to stay in California; I don't want to move to far from my dad," replied Stiles, "Hopefully Berkley."
"Good school."
Stiles nodded, "Yeah, it is."
For the first time Stiles didn't feel awkward about the age difference between him and Derek, even when talking about Derek's college experience and how he was yet to go to college. Finally he'd accepted that Derek did like him, even though he was still in high school.
Conversation flowed pretty smoothly between them all night. Derek drove him home and gave him a quick kiss when he walked him to his door. He felt like he was in movie.
"See you tomorrow," said Derek, "I'll text you later."
Stiles grinned in response and waved at him whilst he drove away, he didn't stop smiling for a while after he left.
Thank you everyone for reading and reviewing.
Quick note: I'm British so I literally have no idea about homecoming but I decided to add it in because Stiles bringing Derek to a school dance, how cute is that. Thinking about it I might make it a halloween themed homecoming but I don't know yet. Let me know what you think about that.
