A/N: I'm sorry it took me forever to update. I think you're going to like this one. Other than I really enjoyed writing it but it contains flashbacks of when Derek and Riley were younger.

Chapter 15

Waking Up

Green eyes…

Green eyes…

It was the only thing Riley could see...green eyes. It was the only thing she wanted to see.

The only thing in a darkened room was a bed with two occupants with nothing between them but skin. Riley looked into the face of the person who owned those beautiful green eyes. Derek…Her Derek. With her on top, there was no way for him to get away from her again. She couldn't allow that to happen again.

She looked into the face of her lover; the person she loved and saw say that he felt the same for her.

"Mine," she whispered before her vision began to blur from pure ecstasy.

When she opened them again, she found herself in a sitting position looking out onto a lacrosse field which was occupied by two playing teams.

"GO JACKSON!" she heard from her left side.

She turned her head to see that it was Lydia, sitting down from her, cheering for Jackson.

Riley looked around and realized there was only two other people in the stand. One was Lydia and the other was facing away from her three rows ahead. As if the person knew they were being watched, they turned around revealing themselves.

Laura was looking back, "It's alright," she said, "One day, none of this would have mattered. Everything can go back to normal and you can go on with your life."

To Riley, what Laura said sounded familiar. Like it was all said before…six years ago in a hospital room with a young damaged girl.

"And if it can't?" Riley whispered.

The older girl smiled at her, "You have him now. He'll watch over you."

She looked out onto the field and saw Derek standing in the middle of it, alone. She stood up quickly, wanting to reach him but then he disappeared and the scene changed back to the lacrosse game. She searched for him before sitting back down. She looked beside her into the face of Peter Hale.

…

Derek sat by Riley's hospital bed. He had been there beside her since that night when everything went down. Nothing could keep him away. Not even when the nurses would kick him at night. He would wait a while before doubling back to her room. Nothing was keeping him away from her.

Riley accepted the bite, but that didn't mean she was going to heal over night. Her body was destroyed to the point of no repair. Her healing process was going to take some time.

Scott and Stiles would come visit her but most days it was just the lone wolf visiting his friend and co-worker. He would tell Derek that his mom would come home from her shift at the hospital, and say that Riley's doctor was baffled at how she was healing quickly, when she shouldn't be healing at all. Nothing explained it. It was a medical miracle.

On more that one occasion, Derek thought about breaking her out of the hospital. He didn't want anyone finding out or doing tests on her to figure out why she was healing. On one occasion, he actually did try to break for it. He had her all bundled up in his arms when Scott's mom walked in and stopped him. She threatened to call security and restrict him from visiting but she knew that would stop him from seeing her, she could tell he cared so much for her. So she said if he tried that again she would call security.

Most nights Derek spent his time lying next to her on the bed. He would hold her and whisper comforting thoughts to her. And even sometimes, beg her to wake up.

…

'Baby, I love you.'

'Everything is going to be alright. She can never hurt you again.'

'I promise you, we can try again.'

'Please wake up.'

…

Eighteen years ago

"You're new here," Jennifer Goodwin said to a woman carrying a small boy.

"Yes, my husband and brother-in-law just moved here a few weeks ago. My daughter has been bugging me to take her to the park, but we had so much to do," the woman said, "I'm Sarah Hale." (I don't know if Derek's parents' names were actually mentioned in the show, so I made them up. Sorry if they were.)

"It's a really safe park," Jennifer said, pushing a baby stroller.

Sarah saw the baby, "How old is she?"

"She just turned one," Jennifer answered, "I take her on walks when I can. She loves the sunshine."

"I remember when mine were that age. My oldest, Laura, is eight. And this is Derek, he's four," at the sound of his name, he struggled to be let down, "I want you to play where I can see…" the young boy didn't run off to play, he walked over to the stroller and peaked in, "Be careful, sweetie, you don't want to scare her," she said, standing over him.

Little Derek looked down into the stroller at the sleeping baby, "What hers name?" he asked.

Jennifer bend down next to Derek to look at her daughter, "Her name is Riley."

"That a boys name," he laughed.

Jennifer chuckled, "That's what I told my husband."

Baby Riley stirred from her sleep and started to bounce her arms up and down with a smile on her face, "She smiles at me," the boy said.

"She must like you," Jennifer said, "She just doesn't smile at anyone."

"Really?" the young boy looked so happy.

"Derek, look who's here?" Sarah asked.

The boy looked, "Uncle Peter!" he ran to the man.

The man picked up his nephew as he ran to him, "Who do we have here?" he asked, walking over to the group.

"That Riley," the boy said, "She likes me…And I like her."

…

A couple of days after everything that happened, Scott and Allison walked in Riley's room to visit her. Allison wanted to see her but didn't think Derek would let her, so she asked Scott to come with her.

"How is she?" Allison asked Derek who was looking out the window in the room.

He turned to face her, "How do you think?" he asked sarcastically.

Scott took a step forward, "It's not Allison's fault for what Kate did. She feels bad for what happened," he said.

"Oh, really?" Derek asked.

"Riley is my friend," Allison spoke for herself, "I would never want her to be hurt like this."

"What about your dad?" he asked.

Allison didn't know what to say. Scott told her that Riley had been bitten by Peter, but only because she would have died if she didn't, "I haven't spoken to my father in a few days, not since the other night."

Derek stepped away from the bed and nodded for Allison to come forward. She took a seat in the chair that Derek uses.

Derek walked over to stand next to Scott, "Are you going to tell her when she wakes up? That she was pregnant."

Derek sighed, "I have to Scott, and I can't keep something like that from her."

"You think she'll be okay, being a werewolf?"

"We never talked about it. Peter asked her if she wanted the bite but she turned it down. That was under different circumstances, but now I don't know how she will take it. She didn't have a choice this way. It was forced on her," Derek said.

"But she could have died," Scott said.

"I know…She still didn't have a choice," Derek said.

"If Peter didn't do it, would you have chosen for her?" Scott asked.

Derek glared at the younger wolf, "I think you should take your girlfriend and go."

Riley is 5

Derek is 8

Derek's parents were watching five year old Riley while her parents were out of town for a few days. The little girl was at the age were she liked to cling to people or follow them around. While staying at the Hale house, day and night, she wouldn't leave an eight year old Derek alone.

"Will you just go play with your dolls?" Derek asked irritated as he was being followed outside.

"No, I already played with my dolls with Uncle Peter," Riley said.

"He's not your uncle," the boy said. They were now standing under a tree next to the house, "I don't know why you call him that."

"He said I could. I don't have anyone to call uncle," she said.

"You mean your parents didn't have any brothers," he said.

She shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know."

He sighed, "You're unbelievable."

"I know," she said as she reached out to take his hand, "Let's play hide and seek."

"When you can't find me, you cheat by getting Peter to help you," he said.

"Please."

He let go of the girl's hand, "I don't want to play today," and then continues walking.

The little girl tried to keep but tripped over a rock and fell to the ground, scrapping her knees. She began to cry loudly.

Derek goes to her and kneels beside her, "Riley, its okay," he reaches to touch her shoulder, "Don't cry, please. I'll play with you."

"What happened?" Peter asked, running over to them.

"She fell," Derek answered, "I think she hurt her knees."

"Well, let's take a look," Peter said before bending down to their level, "There, there, darling. Can you show me where it hurts?" Little Riley did, "Let's go get you cleaned up. Then I think its time for a nap. Derek can read to you until you fall asleep. Will you like that?"

Riley nodded and then Peter picked up the little girl to carry her inside.

…

Day five and Riley still hadn't woken up. She laid in the bed peacefully as if she was sleeping.

When Scott's mom is on call, she makes sure to bring Derek something to eat from the kitchen. He was very grateful because he didn't like leaving her side. But tonight, she wasn't on call.

He made a quick trip to the kitchen to grab something before it closed for the day. He was heading back to the room when he smelled it. More like someone in Riley's room. He ran back to see that Chris Argent was standing at the feet of the bed, looking at her peaceful form.

The hunter didn't say anything as Derek made his way into the room to stand beside the bed. Both men had their arms crossed.

"I had to come see for myself," Chris said, "Allison wouldn't tell me anything."

"There's nothing to tell that concerns you," Derek said.

Chris walked around to stand on the opposite of Derek, "The outside of her body has healed from the…accident," Derek growled, "But the inside is taking longer to heal. The first sign of someone accepting a werewolf bite is that their body becomes good as new."

"I wasn't the one to give her the bite."

Chris chuckled, "Your uncle gave it to her. Man, that must have been awkward."

"What do you want, Chris?"

The hunter sighed, "I know that Riley didn't choose this life for herself. What was done to her, she didn't have any kind of control over it. She would have died if nothing was done. I came to tell you, I recognize that. No harm will come to her by my hand."

"How very werewolf hunter of you," Derek said sarcastically.

"No, I guess not. She Allison's friend and from the few times I spoken to her, I could tell she was a smart girl; maybe not so smart since she got involved with you. You should consider, after she wakes up, leaving town for good. Start somewhere else new," Chris suggested, "I may not hunt her down, but someone else would."

"Is that a threat?"

"It's a warning," Chris said, "Just like with my sister, I can't control everyone," looking down at Riley, "Take care of her, alright."

Derek nodded his head and waited until he was left alone before lying down beside Riley, his food was long forgotten.

"I think it's cute that you're taking your time to wake but I need you. I want to see your beautiful blue eyes again. I want you to talk to me; I'll even take you being mad at me. Just wake up, okay?" he gave her a kiss on the lips, "I miss you so damn much."

…

Riley is 13

Derek is 16

A few weeks before the fire

The young teenagers, Riley and Derek, were hanging out in Derek's room one afternoon playing a video game.

"What's it like to kiss?"

Derek paused the game to look at Riley, "What?"

"What's it like to kiss?" she asked again, "I think it's a little gross but people seem to do it all the time on TV, so it shouldn't be so bad."

"You're too young to worry about it," he said.

Riley sat down beside Derek on the floor, "But I want to know. I should at least be prepared when it happens for the first time. Have you ever kissed anyone?"

"I have."

"And?" she asked, a little annoyed.

"You just kiss people. It's something you can't be prepared for. It's almost instinct," he explained, getting a dreamy look in his eyes, "It makes you want to be with someone forever."

Riley got a look on her face, "Who have you been kissing?"

He looked back at her, "Its something you won't understand until you experience it," he went back to his game.

"Well, will you kiss me?"

Derek dropped the video game remote before risking a glance at Riley.

She saw the look in his eyes, "Never mind. You don't have to."

She started to get up when he stopped her, "Riley, wait. I didn't mean to have that look on my face. You just surprised me," he sighed, "You're my best friend and I want your first kiss to be with someone you really cares about you, but I also want you to kiss someone that you really like. I don't want to take that from you," he leaned in to kiss her on the cheek.

She smiled weakly at him because he didn't know the truth about how she felt, "Okay."

…

Melissa McCall stood outside room 211, Riley's room, watching the young man who refuses to leave, "I see you everyday sitting or standing by her. I don't think I've seen you leave, which explains the same clothes you wear. I think its sweet and I can tell you really care for her. That's why I will give you one hour to leave and come back with new clothes and hope that you also showered during that time."

After taking one look at her, he leaned down to kiss Riley's forehead and grabbed his leather jacket to leave but he stopped at the door, "Your son is a very good friend. You raised him well."

"Thank you," Melissa said before Derek left.

…

Riley found herself sitting in the bleachers at a lacrosse game. She could hear something off in the distance. It was faint but still could be heard. It was a sound of a baby crying. She turned her head into the night, expecting to hear it again but it never was.

She felt her right hand being squeezed. She slightly turned her head to see who it was and realized she was looking at Peter. She just stared at him. She wasn't afraid of him anymore.

"There, there, darling," Peter said while stroking her cheek with his free hand, "Even if I were to ask, you wouldn't help me," she looked confused, "I was the one to give you the bite, but your loyalty will be elsewhere."

He then proceeded to tilt his head toward the field. She followed and saw the lacrosse field was now empty expect for a figure making his way across the field toward them.

It was Derek.

The bleachers she was sitting on were no longer there as she stood a few feet away from Derek in the middle of the lacrosse field. He stood there staring at her, waiting for her to make a move.

She didn't hesitate as she took one step toward her wolf.

…

It has been a week since Kate Argent ran her over with a SUV. For Derek, it has been a very long week. During that time, Riley's parents didn't come to visit her. Derek knew that she was sadly but truly alone, just like him.

Derek developed the skill of patience from all the years of planning and thinking about his revenge. He would wait forever if he had too. She was worth it.

"Mmmm," he heard coming from the bed.

He turned and saw movement coming from the bed, "Riley," he whispered.

"Mmmm," he heard again this time with eyes fluttering open.

"Nurse!" he yelled, afraid to leave her side, "Nurse!" He stroked her cheek before running to the open door, "Melissa!"

He ran back to her and watched her eyes open more and watched the recognition on her face of seeing him.

Riley weakly reached out for him, "Derek," she crocked out. Her muscles were weak from lying in bed for a week.

He took her hand and kissed it, "It's me," he said, happily.