At Last My Love Has Come Along – Chapter 10

~A Teen Wolf fan-fiction collaboration between Miss E Charlotte and Sage Londyn~

Monday morning, Avery and Teagan were walking down the hallway side by side as they headed for their first class which was in the same area but in different rooms.

"Are you feeling ok?" Avery asked, as she glanced over at her friend and noticed the bags under her eyes that suggested she didn't get much sleep over the weekend.

"Yeah, just tried." Teagan answered with a yawn.

"Are you still not sleeping? What's the problem?" Avery asked concerned.

Teagan shot her a look then said, "You're kidding right?"

When Avery shook her head, letting her know she was seriously asking, Teagan gave a bitter chuckle then said, "Well let's see, you're dating a murderer and I have a crazy jealous ex who is going around knocking down innocent guys on the lacrosse field just because the innocent guy spoke to me."

"Oh come on, you have to admit it's kind of hot that two boys are fighting over you." Avery joked.

"No one is fighting over me. Jackson is just being unfair." Teagan said, then groaned, "God, he is driving me crazy. I mean he moved on and I'm not saying I'm trying to move on to anyone, but if I wanted to, I should be able to."

"You should tell him that." Avery pointed out.

"Like he would listen." Teagan argued.

"Never know unless you try." Avery said, then added, "And don't think I didn't hear your little comment before about me dating a murderer. Derek didn't kill anyone."

"If you say so." Teagan mumbled.

"I do say so. If he was so guilty then how come they let him out?" Avery pointed out.

"They didn't have anything to hold against him, dad says it happens all the time." Teagan said back.

"Wait? You talked to your dad about Derek?" Avery asked surprised, as she grabbed Teagan's arm to stop her from walking.

"You said you wanted me to ask him for help so I did." Teagan said, not understanding what the problem was.

"That's when he was locked up but he's out now. If your dad starts digging around he might find something." Avery argued. 'Like the fact that he is a werewolf' She thought to herself.

"Well if he is innocent then it doesn't matter what dad finds. I mean he might find something that helps Derek." Teagan pointed out then added, "besides I'm not even sure if he can look at the case. He said he was going to call the sheriff and offer to help."

"Keep me updated." Avery said, as the two made it to her classroom.

"I will." Teagan promised.

Avery gave her a nod as thanks, then walked inside her classroom. Teagan walked a little further down the hall heading for her classroom while deep in thought until she slammed into someone, knocking her and her books to the floor.

Isaac gasped in surprise when he noticed that not only did he crash into someone, but the person was Teagan.

If Jackson wasn't pissed before, he would be now.

"Are you ok? I'm sorry about that." Isaac said, as he held out a hand then quickly pulled it away, afraid someone would see.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's my fault, I wasn't paying attention. There's no need for you to apologize." Teagan said, as she gathered up her books then stood up to face him. Then added, "plus I should be the one apologizing."

"It's ok. It was an accident." Isaac said, thinking she meant what just happened.

"No I mean, I should be apologizing to you for Jackson. I don't know what his problem was at the game, but he shouldn't have taken it out on you." Teagan explained.

"What are you talking about?" Isaac asked playing dumb. He knew exactly what she was talking about, but figured it was best to act confused.

"The lacrosse game. When Jackson knocked you down." Teagan said.

"Oh that. That was just a accident. It gets confusing on the field sometimes and you forget who is who. It happens." Isaac said, trying to play it off.

Teagan opened her mouth to argue but before she could say a word, she saw Isaac glance over her shoulder with wide eyes.

He called out a 'got to go' then quickly walked passed her, leaving her confused. She turned around to look down the hallway, wondering what scared him off and saw a couple of Jackson's friends watching her.

She narrowed her eyes at them, causing them to quickly look away. Avery was right, maybe she did need to talk to Jackson. It was hard trying to get over him if he refused to let her go.

~()~

Teagan was headed to lunch when she remembered she needed to drop some books off at the library.

She heard someone call her name as she walked down the nearly empty hallway; looking over her shoulder she saw it was Jackson.

"T! Wait a minute." He yelled as he jogged and caught up with her.

"What's wrong? You've been avoiding me… I thought we were good." Jackson said confused.

"I thought so too." Teagan admitted to him as she moved her books to her other arm.

"Then what's the problem?" He asked her, wondering what had happened.

"I should be asking you that… I was at the game." Teagan said.

He was quiet, waiting for her to continue.

"Isaac is a good guy, you were all but full on attacking him on the field." Teagan said, not wording it lightly.

Jackson's jaw tensed in anger from thinking about Teagan and Isaac.

"It's lacrosse, it's a contact sport." Jackson reminded her.

"I get that, but he's on your team and he took a worse beating then anyone on the opposing team. He was the only one you went after." Teagan argued with him.

"Why does it even bother you, you like him or something?" Jackson asked.

Teagan raised her eyebrows.

"What?" She stammered, thrown off by the question.

"I saw you guys talking and Lahey was getting a little too friendly." Jackson revealed without even thinking.

"Is that what this is about? You're jealous that he was talking to me?" Teagan gasped.

Jackson scoffed and his lips curved into a smug smile, "Me? Jealous of Lahey… get real."

"Jackson, this is ridiculous. You can't go around attacking any guy that talks to me." Teagan said angrily.

"Look, you've moved on and I think I should get the same option." Teagan admitted, a pained look on her face.

"So you do like him?" Jackson asked, his voice low and almost in a growl.

"I never said that, you're putting words in my mouth." She argued shaking her head back and forth.

"What am I supposed to do?" He asked.

"I don't even know what I'm supposed to do." She admitted with a shrug.

"I can't stand to see someone else with you, T." He admitted.

Her breath caught in her throat at his words. She couldn't stand to see him with Lydia either.

"It feels wrong." He said as she reached forward and moved some hair out of her face.

Even the slightest brush of his flesh against hers made her heart race and her entire body tingle.

She moved away from his touch and narrowed her eyes.

"Stop hurting Isaac." She said.

"Then he needs to stay the hell away from you." Jackson retorted, immediately angry that she moved away from him.

"You have no right to even say that to me after I left and you started dating one of my best friends." She snapped.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I thought you were gone for good?" Jackson said.

"Be as pissed as you want, but if I want to talk to Isaac or date anyone, I can." She yelled at him.

"No." Jackson yelled back.

"What do you mean no…" Her sentence was cut short and her voice muffled by his mouth as he kissed her.

All of her anger, hurt and sadness soon turned to a burning ache only he could fill.

Passion engulfed her senses and she dropped her books to the floor, both of them so absorbed in the other that neither of them heard the loud thud.

Her heart raced inside of her chest as his hands slid down her body, before he pulled against him.

She had her hands on the back of his head and neck keeping his lips locked tight with hers; she felt like she couldn't get close enough to him.

His grip tightened on her when he slid his tongue into her mouth and she moaned softly.

Suddenly she remembered they were in the hallway at school and she broke their kiss looking at him wide eyed.

"What's wrong with you?" She gasped as she leaned down and gathered her books.

"Teagan…" He started to say something but she cut him off.

"No! Just stop it Jackson, stop doing this to me… you have a girlfriend." She reminded him.

"I'm so sick of you saying that." He answered.

"It's not fair to me for you do this, and it's not fair to Lydia either. You have a girlfriend who happens to be one my best friends and I'm not going to be the other woman." Teagan said as she turned and started towards the library.

He thought about going after her, but he saw the hurt expression on her face and decided it would be best to leave her alone.

~(After school)~

Avery drove home after school with Lydia in the car with her.

Lydia let out a heavy, over-dramatic sigh as she looked out of the passenger window.

"I'm sorry about Jackson." Avery said softly.

Towards the end of the school day Jackson had broken up with her.

Lydia didn't respond.

"There are plenty of other single first-line lacrosse players. We'll find you someone else." Avery assured her.

"Let's stop talking about it." Lydia said.

Avery nodded.

"But, we can talk about your love life." Lydia said giving her a knowing smirk.

"Who said I even have one at the moment?" She asked, wondering if Teagan had told her anything.

"You've been distracted lately, plus you're happier than usual. It has to be a guy." Lydia explained.

"I think I really like this one." Avery admitted.

"For more than just a boy toy?" Lydia joked.

"You make it sound like I use guys." Avery said, frowning.

"You do, just like they use you." She continued.

Avery stayed quiet.

"They use you for sex and you use them for attention and to feel wanted." Lydia continued.

She wasn't purposely trying to hurt Avery's feelings, but she was mad that Jackson had broken up with her.

"Yeah, well we could go on for hours about my daddy issues… but I'm not the one who up and got dumped out of the blue." Avery snapped.

Lydia's eyes widened.

"I cannot believe you just said that to me!" Lydia snapped.

"Well I can't believe you said all of that to me." Avery shot back at her.

"Let's just forget either of us said anything." Lydia said as she turned and looked out of her window again.

Avery gripped the steering wheel tight. She was trying to be a good friend and be there for her, but Lydia wasn't making it easy.

Once they made it to Avery's house they walked inside and headed up the stairs to her room.

"Avery, why is there a slightly scary looking guy in your room?" Lydia asked as she looked at Derek.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Avery asked smiling at him.

Lydia looked back and forth between them; a feeling of jealousy soon rose up inside of her.

The way they looked at each other was the way she had always wanted a guy to look at her, like she was the only girl in the world.

"I was going to see if you wanted to get lunch or something." He said, looking at Avery.

"Well, she can't today." Lydia answered for her.

"I'm sorry." Avery said shooting him an apologetic smile.

"Oh my god." Lydia exclaimed.

"What now?" Avery breathed out looking over at her.

"I saw him on the news… Avery, why are you dating a killer?" Lydia asked with a jolt of attitude.

"I did not kill anyone." Derek said, his voice low and laced with irritation.

"Hmm." Lydia hummed disbelievingly.

"I'll walk you out." Avery said as she grabbed Derek's hand and led him downstairs.

"I'm sorry, if I had known you'd be here I wouldn't have brought her home." Avery admitted to him.

He opened his mouth to say something but she cut him off.

"You haven't done anything illegal that can be traced back to you, right?" She asked, biting her bottom lip.

"You're seriously asking me that?" He asked, growing angry.

"I don't mean murder, I mean anything in general?" She asked.

"What's going on?" He asked her.

"Don't be mad at me…" She said as she looked down to the floor.

"Why would I be mad at you?" He asked, as he could hear her heart starting to race.

"There may be a lawyer who might start looking into your case." She admitted her voice quiet.

"Why?" He asked with raised eyebrows.

"Because when you were in jail, I went to Teagan for help. Her dad is a lawyer…" She started to explain.

"Teagan, your other friend who thinks I'm a murderer? Her dad is going to start digging around?" Derek asked, a look of anger on his face.

"I know she freaked out the other day, but you have to admit the way you worded it sounded like a threat in the car. But she's my best friend and a really great person." Avery defended.

"Why would you even do this?" He asked her his voice a little harsh.

"Stiles told me you got arrested and I just wanted to help you, I didn't know of any other way at the time. I'm sorry." She said.

He closed his eyes for a few seconds and got his anger in check.

"it's okay, I don't think he'll find anything. But obviously it's not good to have people trying to dig up dirt on me." He pointed out.

"I know." She said nodding, her breathing a little uneven from his being upset with her.

Stepping closer he rested his hands on her hips and said, "It's okay, just really give some thought to it the next time you decide to try and help me."

She nodded and managed a smile, but he could see the sadness in her eyes.

He pulled her closer to him as he leaned down and pressed a kiss to her lips.

He wasn't used to anyone trying to help him, especially when he didn't ask for help.

Pulling back he smiled at her and she smiled back.

"Derek, good to see you." Richard said as he walked through the entryway to the other side of the house, barely looking over at them.

"You too." Derek said, watching as he walked by.

"I'd better get back to Lydia, see you later." She said as she kissed him again before heading back upstairs.

"This looks a little big to be yours, what happened to him not using you? He's already leaving clothes behind." Lydia asked as she held up one of Derek's' jackets.

"He's not, it's just a jacket… not like you found underwear." Avery said as she looked at her friend with narrowed eyes.

"I just don't think you should get your hopes up about him." Lydia stated.

The longer she had waited in her friends room for her to return, the more jealous she got of Avery being the one with a boyfriend when she had just gotten dumped.

"You don't know him." Avery defended.

"I know that he's a guy, and he's getting what he wants from you… but really A, how long will it last?" Lydia continued.

"Well, for your information; I haven't slept with him yet." Avery snapped.

"Exactly, the key word is 'yet'. He knows you're going to and we all know what guys will put up with if they want in a girls pants bad enough." Lydia said, immediately regretting it when she saw the pained look on her friends face.

"I don't really think he's using me." Avery said, but her voice wasn't as confident as before.

Lydia was using all of Avery's insecurities against her.

"But hey, it's probably a good thing. Better to be dumped than killed right? I mean they found a body in his yard." Lydia continued.

When Avery didn't respond Lydia said, "But dating a suspect in a murder investigation, great way to finally get your dad's attention; smart thinking on that move."

"I'm not dating him to get my dad's attention." She said, her eyes honest as she looked at her.

"Well…" Lydia began to say but was cut off.

"I don't really want to talk about it anymore." Avery said as she crossed the room, sat down on her bed and looked to where Lydia had set Derek's jacket down.

~(Later that night)~

Teagan shut the TV off and stretched as she stood up from the couch before heading up the stairs to her room.

She gasped when she opened her door and saw Jackson squatted down on the floor petting Aspen who was happily wagging his tail.

"How the hell did you get in here?" Teagan asked, wide eyed.

"I came through the window." He admitted, nodding to her open window behind him.

"But I live on the second story." She said.

"I know, it was a lot easier to sneak into your room when your house was one level." He admitted.

"What are you doing here?" Teagan asked him as her brown eyes searched his face.

"You were right, it's not fair of me to do this to you." He said.

Nodding she fought back tears.

"So I broke up with Lydia." He said, smiling.

"Wait… you what?" She asked shocked at him.

"I should have done it as soon as I knew you were coming back." He continued.

"oh my god, why did you break up with her?" Teagan asked.

"You said if I broke up with her we'd get back together." He said.

"I… I never said that." She stuttered out.

His smile fell.

"You said I couldn't keep doing this because I had a girlfriend, well I don't have one anymore." He reasoned.

"But I don't want to be responsible for Lydia getting hurt." Teagan said shaking her head.

"Hurt? She's fine, I'm sure by the end of the week she'll be dating some other guy on first line. It's a popularity thing for her." Jackson tried to ease her mind.

Teagan swallowed hard and nodded.

As bad as it sounded she was happy they'd broken up; but she also really hoped the break up hadn't hurt Lydia at all.

"This is what you wanted, isn't it?" He asked walking up to her.

Teagan felt her heart jump when her eyes locked with his.

"Teagan?" He questioned when she didn't respond.

Teagan had always tried to be a good person and make the right decisions to not hurt anyone around her but had loved Jackson for years and wanted to be back in his arms so bad.

"I never stopped wanting this…" She whispered, as she leaned her face into his hand when he gently pushed some hair behind her ear.

"Me either." He said as he pulled her face in to meet his.

She smiled against his parted lips as he wrapped his arms around her and held her close to him.

Breaking their kiss she asked, "Are we really doing this? Are we really getting back together?"

He smiled at the excitement in her voice, this was exactly what he had wanted since the moment she had left town.

He wanted to be back with her, be able to hold her in his arms whenever he wanted.

"I think so." He whispered, answering her questions.

He reclaimed her mouth with his, kissing her with more passion than before. She was happy he was holding onto her so tightly because of the moment between them made her knees grow weak.

"I feel bad for being happy." Teagan admitted to him as she broke their kiss.

"Look, whatever happens… whether Lydia is upset or pissed off it's on me. Okay? Not you." He said, his voice soothing as she calmed her down and brushed the hair out of her face and held her cheeks in his hands.

"Okay." Teagan said, deciding this was something she wanted for herself, and she deserved to be back with him.

"Okay." Jackson replied as he kept his hands on her face and stepped closer to her as he held her face still and leaned in to kiss her.

Reaching up she placed her hands over his as their mouths moved together.

Soon his fingers tangled in her hair as she lightly drug her nails over his scalp when she ran a hand though his hair and pulled him closer.

Pulling back again, it took her a few moments to catch her breath.

His breathing was almost as labored as hers as he stared at her expectantly.

He could tell by the look on her face she was going to say something.

"I don't know…" Teagan said shaking her head as she again thought about what Lydia would think when she found out they were back together.

"I love you." He said.

Her eyes locked with his and she could feel tears stinging her eyes.

Leaning in he kissed her again before he said, "I love you, Teagan. We'll figure this out…"

She nodded and smiled, "I love you too."

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