Chapter 11
Confrontation
"What are we supposed to do in the mean time?" Derek asked from across the bedroom only wearing his jeans.
In her bathrobe, Riley was gathering up the bed clothing, "Do something normal for once. I don't know," she said.
He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her, "I thought we were doing something normal," he said before kissing her neck. She relaxed against him, dropping the sheets to the floor, "We don't need the sheets," she heard him say.
She snapped out of it and pushed him away, "Something normal other than sex. That's all we did yesterday. These sheets need to be cleaned."
"I repeat, what are we supposed to do in the mean time?" he asked.
She picked up the sheets and put them in the laundry basket, "For one, you can take your pants off," he smirked, "So I could wash them along with the rest of your clothes. My dad should have some of his stuff still here."
He walked over to stand in front of her. Without breaking eye contact, he removed his pants slowly before handing them over to her. Then he turned around to leave the room to walk across the hall. She looked after him amazed and then refocused at the task at hand.
She went down stairs to start a load of laundry. When she turned around to leave, she found someone else other Derek standing in the door way looking at her.
"Mom?" Riley questioned.
Her mom came up and hugged her, "I heard about what happened. I wanted to see if you were alright," she said.
"That was almost two days ago. You didn't have to pick yourself off the bar stole because I'm fine. I've always been fine," Riley said angrily after her mom let her go.
Her mom turned around and saw Derek standing there in her ex husbands clothes, "I see you're fine," she said before walking past him into the kitchen.
Riley watched her mom leave and then looked at Derek as he was giving her a worried look. She didn't say anything as she tightened her robe to follow her mom into the kitchen.
"I see you've kept up with the house and moved everything around. Where's the coffee?" her mom asked while opening up cabinets.
"I got rid of all your booze the day you left, so stop looking," Riley said causing her mom to stop and lean up against the counter.
"Are you going to introduce us?" she asked, referring to Derek you stopped behind Riley.
"No. Why are you here?" Riley asked.
"I was worried about you, and I missed you," her mom said.
"Why bother?" Riley asked, "You stopped being mother of the year a long time."
Her mother just looked at her, "Well, I see your fine with the choice of the week. I can let myself out," she said before stopping at Riley's side, "I'm going to sell the house soon. I need the money."
Once Riley heard the front door shut, she moved to retrieve a glass to get some water. She took a sip and a few second later, she threw the glass against a wall shattering it into pieces.
"How can she do that? It used to be her house but it's my home. I don't want to go anywhere else," Riley cried as she crumbled to the ground.
Derek went to her side, "We'll figure something out, I promise," he said, "Let's do something normal," helping her up.
He turned on the TV in the living and the sat down together watching it. After a while, Derek made them breakfast.
The washer bell went off, "I'm going to take a shower," she said after moving the wet clothes into the dryer, "You want to join me because you need one too."
He smiled, "Do I smell?"
"Yes, you do," she laughed.
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Two days later, Riley decided it was time to go back to school.
"Is Scott going back to school?" Derek asked that morning.
"I think so, why?" Riley asked.
"Tonight is the full moon. It's the first one since the school. He's going to be edgy, so be careful," he said.
"Do you think the alpha might try something tonight?" she asked.
"Anything is possible, that's why I have to get back out there. I enjoyed our little vacation," he smirked.
"I bet you did. It was nice to relax for a few days. Well, besides the visit from my mother," she said, "The next time you see her, I give you permission to eat her."
He laughed, "I hope it doesn't come down to that. Don't worry about it."
"Its kind of hard not to, but I'll try," she looked at the time, "I better go or I'll be late. Lock up when you leave," she kissed him.
"I will," he said.
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Riley saw Allison get out of a red SUV, "Allison!" she called.
Allison waited for her. Riley walked by the SUV and saw Allison's dad and a woman staying at her.
"How are you?" Riley asked.
"I'm a little bit better that I can go back to school. I was stuck at home for days. You?" Allison asked.
"I did too. My boss gave me a few days off to rest and I stayed in bed most of the time," she smiled.
"You sound like you had a better time than me," Allison said, "Have you talked to Stiles' dad?"
"No, but I imagine its going to happen soon," she said.
"Do you want to hang out after school?" Allison asked.
"Sure. The mall?" she asked.
"Sorry, where else is there in this town. I have to go home first; can you come and get me?" Allison asked.
"Of course," she said.
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Riley was in the middle of government when an office aid came to pull her out of class, "The sheriff would like to speak with you. He's in the library waiting for you," the girl said.
"Thank you," Riley said before walking to the library and finding the sheriff, "How's Stiles?" she asked as she sat down.
"He's fine. How are you?" he asked.
"I'm great. How's the search for Derek Hale?" she asked.
"I'm the one asking questions here," he said.
"Am I in trouble?" she asked.
"No, of course not. You gave your statement the other night but no one has followed up. Other witnesses are saying that you know Derek Hale. Have you seen him recently?" he asked.
"Witnesses? You mean the evil twins, Lydia and Jackson. What a surprise? They say something different," she said.
"Why would they?" he asked.
"Everyone witnesses an event differently and we don't like each other," she said.
"In their statement, they said that you know Derek Hale," he stated.
"It came up that I knew him a long time ago. His mother used to baby sit me. Most people know that I was at the Hale fire, even you should know that I have ties to the family…considering," she said.
"Did you see him at the school?" he asked.
"Not that night but I did see him at school once or twice," she answered.
"Was that the only time?" he asked.
"Of course," she said.
"He hasn't tempted to make contact with you?" he asked.
"Why would he? We don't have anything to talk about. The only thing we have in common is the fire," she said.
"Sometimes that might be enough," he said, "Riley; you're nineteen, an adult. I can't help you if you're not telling be everything."
"There's nothing to tell," she looked at him, "Is that all? I should get back to class. We have a test tomorrow and I don't want to miss out on notes," she said.
"Of course," he said, "If there are anymore questions, I know where to find you."
"Awesome," she said before heading back to class.
Heading back to class, Riley saw Stiles and ran to catch him, "We need to talk," she said, grabbing his arm.
"I was on my way to find Scott," Stiles said, looking worried.
"What happened?" she asked.
"He left chemistry in the middle of class. I think something might be wrong," he said.
"It is the full moon tonight," she said.
"That's what I'm afraid of," he said.
Riley followed him to the boys' locker room. They found Scott in the showers, with pants on under running water. He shut the water off when he noticed them. His breathing was heavy, "Stiles…I can't…"
"Are you changing?" Stiles asked.
Riley smacked him over the head, "Does it look like he's changing?"
"No…I can't breath," Scott said.
"Does he have asthma?" she asked, trying to support him.
"Not anymore," Scott said.
Stiles retrieved an inhaler from a bag and handed it to him, "Just try it," Stiles said.
Scott used it and began to breathe normal again, "I was having an asthma attack," Scott said.
"No, you were having a panic attack. You thinking it were an asthma attack made you stop. Irony," Stiles said.
"Reverse psychology, really?" Riley asked.
"It worked for me when I used to get them after my mom died," Stiles explained.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I just looked at her and I felt like I was hit by a hammer," Scott said.
"That's what happened when you break up. There's like a million of songs written about it," Stiles said.
"I didn't know you guys broke up. I'm sorry. Allison didn't say anything earlier," she said.
"I can't stop thinking about her," Scott said.
"You can think about this. Her dad is a werewolf hunter and you're a werewolf," Stiles said, getting a look from the pair of them, "That didn't help."
"I can feel what everyone else is feeling. Everything is heightened," Scott explained.
"Must be the full moon," Stiles said, "We'll lock you up in your room like we planned."
"That reminds me. Derek said you have to be careful. The alpha might try something tonight," Riley said, "Maybe locking him in his room isn't a good idea."
"What else am I supposed to do?" Scott asked.
"I don't know," she said.
"What does Derek do?" Stiles asked.
"I don't know," she said.
"Do you talk about anything?" Stiles asked.
"It's never come up. I'm afraid to ask about it. I'm sure he has a plan to follow for full moons," she said, "Your dad questioned me about Derek."
"What did you say?" Scott asked.
"Don't worry. I stuck to the story, but he really questioned me about being in contact with Derek," she said.
"Well, you have," Stiles said.
Riley rolled her eyes.
"Have you seen him?" Scott asked, "I haven't seen him since that night."
"He showed up at my house after I went to bed. He's being staying at my house since," she said.
"Hiding out?" Stiles asked.
"And among other thing, which is not of our concern," she said, "I better get back to class."
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Riley drove herself home and found Derek in the kitchen, "You stayed the whole day?" she asked.
"I went out this morning but cops were everywhere," he said.
She kissed him, "What are you going to do about tonight?" she asked.
"What I always do on the full moon. I just have to be more careful," he said.
"Which is?" she asked.
"I go out into the woods. It's not safe to be locked up somewhere. It makes you more aggressive," he explained.
"Oh boy, that's Scott's plan tonight. To be locked up in his room with Stiles on guard," she said.
"That's an accident waiting to happen. I'll have to check on him. Its just one more thing I have to do tonight," he said.
"I'm sorry," she said.
"It's not your fault," he said while walking toward her. He looked at her hungrily and he captured her lips. He pushed her up onto the counter and started to rip off her clothes. Riley felt like she was on fire. The heat coming between them was unbelievable. It was only feeding their passion for each other even more. She was working on unzipping his pants when he stopped her and stepped away from her, "Sorry," he said breathlessly.
She hopped off the counter and pulled her pants back on, "Why did you stop?" she asked.
He took in her shirtless appearance before him and reached out to touch a scratch made by him, "The full moon changes sexual desires and wants. I almost lost control," he explained.
"Oh…that was the wolf?" she asked.
"That was just a taste of him," he said.
"And what if I want to meet him," she said, locking eye contact with him.
"It's too dangerous for you," he said.
Seeing that Derek wanted to change the subject, "I talked to the sheriff today. He asked questions about how I know you and if I have seen you."
Derek smiled as he put his shirt back on, "And what did you say?"
"I haven't seen you," she smiled, "I'm going to hang out with Allison tonight, and before you say anything…we are going to the mall for an hour or two before it gets dark."
"As long you are back here before dark," he said.
"I have to go pick her up," she said.
"You might want to change first," he suggested.
Riley looked down at her now ruined shirt, she laughed, "I liked this shirt."
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Riley knocked on Allison's front door and a woman with long hair answered it, "I'm a friend of Allison. I'm picking her up to go to the mall," she said.
"You must be Riley. She said you would be here soon. Would you like to come in?" the woman asked.
"Sure," Riley walked in.
"I'm Kate, Allison's aunt," she said, holding out her hand.
"Oh, yes, I've heard about you," Riley said.
"I hope Derek has told you great things about me," Kate said. Riley looked at her, "With that look on your face, I can only guess that you know what he is," she didn't say anything, "And you still have sex with him. Aren't you afraid that you're going to get some kind of wolf STD? There's no point in denying it, I can smell it on you," she said, stepping lose to sniff Riley's neck.
"Why be so open about it?" Riley asked.
"I could be around the bush but I wanted you to know that I know who you are and what you mean to Derek. I know your past, present and future," Kate said.
"So, you're a fortune teller now?" Riley asked.
"No, I just know this outcome. I always win," Kate said before pulling her shirt down around her neck to reveal the burn scars.
Riley pushed her away, "This isn't a game. Derek is a person," she said.
"Derek is a monster," Kate said, "Oh my god, you're in love with him. It's written all over your face. I bet the sex is fantastic."
"Tell Allison I'm sorry. We have to hang out another night. I don't feel well," Riley said, heading for the door.
"I'm sorry to hear that," Kate called behind her.
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Riley went home, hoping to catch Derek before he left for the night. When she got home, he was already gone. She tried his cell phone but he didn't respond. She spent the next several hours waiting for him to get back.
When Derek got back to the house, Riley jumped into his arms, "Is something wrong?" he asked.
"I met Kate when I went to pick up Allison. I didn't like what we were talking about. It made me sick," she said.
"What did Kate tell you?" he asked.
Riley revealed their entire conversation, Derek seemed to relax a little bit, "I told Scott I would help him capture the alpha for he could kill it," she waited for an explanation, "If Scott kills the alpha, it'll cure him."
"To kill the one that bite you?' she asked.
"Yes," he said.
"Will it work?" she asked.
"For his sake, I hope it does."