Making Rounds - Chapter 22

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

Avery walked up to Teagan's front door and took a deep breath before ringing the doorbell. A few moments later her father, Paul answered.

"Avery, what a nice surprise. Come in." He greeted the teenager.

"Thank you." Avery said politely, as she walked in the warm and inviting house.

Earlier that night at the parent teacher conferences there was an incident where a mountain lion ended up on the school grounds and caused mass chaos.

In all the madness Teagan almost got hit by a car, but luckily Isaac was able to get her out of the way in time.

"How is Teagan?" Avery asked her brown eyes full of concern.

"She's doing okay, she went to her room about an hour ago if you want to head up and see her." Paul said motioning for the stairs.

Avery looked down to the floor for a few seconds before she looked back up at him.

"No, that's okay. I just wanted to make sure she was okay." Avery declined.

Paul gave her a confused look.

"It could have been a lot worse if one of her classmates hadn't pushed her out of the way. She's got a few bumps and bruises… and scratches but nothing too severe." He assured her.

"Good." Avery breathed out.

"I'm sure Teagan would love to see you." He said.

"I doubt that, we've kind of hit a rough patch." Avery said vaguely.

"What happened?" He asked.

"You know normal teenager girl stuff. Hopefully we'll patch everything up soon, I miss her." Avery admitted.

He watched the teenager closely, "She misses you too."

"I'm not so sure about that." Avery breathed out so softly he barely heard her.

"You weren't at the parent teacher conferences?" He questioned.

"No, my grades are all above C's and my dad was busy with work." She said.

He frowned and nodded, even he knew Avery's dad paid more attention to his job than his own daughter.

"It was complete chaos when the mountain lion showed up, Teagan wasn't the only who almost hit by a car. In fact the Sherriff did get hit." He told her.

"Sherriff Stilinski?" Avery gasped.

He nodded.

"That's terrible." Avery breathed out.

After a pause she said, "I'd better get going, I have one more stop I need to make before I head home."

"I'll let Teagan know you stopped by." He said as he walked her to the door.

"You don't have too. Have a goodnight." Avery said over her shoulder as she got in her car and drove off.

A little while later she pulled up outside of the Stilinski house, she walked up the streetlight illuminated driveway to the house.

After she knocked on the door, Stiles answered it.

His eyes widened as he saw her.

"Hey…" He greeted.

"Hey, I heard about your dad… is he okay?" She asked.

"He just got back from the hospital a little while ago, they gave him some pain medicine and he's sleeping now, but they said he'll be fine." Stiles said, still surprised she was there.

"That's good, I'm glad it's not serious." Avery said, relieved.

"You stopped by to see how my dad was doing?" He questioned.

"And to check on you." She admitted.

He looked around and smiled, Avery Dukate went out of her way to come by and check on him.

"I'm okay." He said nodding.

"You came by to check on me when I had a traumatic experience, so you know… thought I'd do the same." She said, smiling at him.

She never imagined that she'd ever be friends with Stiles, or even remotely care about him; but then again she also never imaged she'd have a werewolf boyfriend.

"You're the only one who's checked on us." He admitted after a small silence.

"Seriously? Scott didn't come by?" she asked.

"He skipped school with Allison, and I've still not been able to get a hold of him." He explained.

She nodded and offered a small smile, she knew exactly how he felt not having his best friend around.

"Hey, uh… you wanna come in?" He asked.

"I should really get home…" She said, knowing Derek was probably at her house waiting on her.

"Yeah, that's cool… I guess I'll see you at school." He said, to her, stammering slightly as he spoke.

She nodded and turned, but after walking a few steps away she turned around and said "You've got my number, you know you can call me if you need a friend, right?"

He tried to hide the shock on his face.

"Yeah." He managed to say.

"Same with you, I'm here if you need me… uh, if you need a friend." He quickly said, his words a little jumbled together.

She nodded and waved before getting in her car and leaving a smiling Stiles still standing at his open front door.

~(The next day)~

"Where are you going?" Avery asked as she walked out of her bathroom into her bedroom.

"To see Scott." Derek said as he pulled on a dark gray long sleeve shirt.

"Are you cold?" she asked.

He looked over at her confused, "No… why?"

"So I can borrow this then?" She asked as she held up his leather jacket.

"Where's yours?" He asked her.

"At school in my locker, I forgot it." She said still holding onto his favorite jacket.

"It's not that cold out." He said.

"But… I'm in a tank top and it doesn't even reach the top of me jeans." She said.

He looked down to where she had a few inches of skin showing between her tight tank top and equally snug jeans.

"Then wear a different shirt." He said, his eyes scanning her body as he spoke.

"Please Derek, I'm not going to lose it." She pleaded.

"You lost it the last time." He reminded her as he faced her with his arms folded across his chest.

"I did not lose it… I only left it at Lydia's on accident." Avery reminded him.

"But when you got it back, it smelled like flowers for a week." He said.

"I'm not going to lose it, I promise." She said as she crossed the room and leaned her body against his then rose up and kissed him.

He sighed in defeat and opened his mouth to say something but before he could she kissed him again and whispered, with a seductive smile "And if I lose it… you can spank me."

He smiled as he reclaimed her lips with his own before pulling back and saying, "I don't have to meet Scott, right now."

"But I'm meeting a friend for coffee, and I'm already running late." She said, her eyes meeting his.

"So cancel." He said as he pulled her closer to him and kissed from her mouth down to the side of her face until he concentrated on the side of her neck.

Her fingertips dug into his upper arms as she titled her head to give him easier access to her tender skin as a breathless moan escaped her lips.

"I… I can't cancel, she's probably already on her way there." Avery said smiling as she ran her fingers through his hair.

Her eyes slightly rolled back and she moaned again as his teeth grazed over the sensitive spot.

In response to the pleasured noise, his body tensed and his grip tightened on her sides.

"Derek… come on… I have to go." She said.

"Reschedule." He whispered his lips brushed over her jawline as he kissed back up to her mouth.

She bit down on the side of her bottom lip as their eyes met, and shook her head back and forth giving him an apologetic smile.

He nodded as he leaned in and kissed her hand, his hands tracing the contours of her body.

It took every bit of self-control she had to slide back out of his arms, "I'm leaving before you do manage to change my mind and I'm wearing this." She said as she picked his jacket up off the bed where she had thrown it.

He sighed and rubbed his hands over his face.

Pulling on his leather jacket she said, "See you later."

Walking after her he grabbed her arm and spun her around until she faced him again.

Her breath caught in her throat and Derek smiled as he could hear her heart racing even faster than it had been.

"Don't lose it." He said, as he kissed her again.

"I won't." She replied as she smiled and headed out of her bedroom.

~()~

Avery had been meeting Kate every day for over a week now, she felt like Kate could have been the older sister she never had.

Kate was still gaining Avery's trust with every intention to use her to hurt Derek in one way or another.

The two sat in the café by window as they drank their coffees and talked.

"How are things with your friend?" Kate asked.

"Not so good, she still won't talk to me. I'd never seen her so scared in my entire life." Avery said, thinking back to the look of sheer terror on Teagan's face the night at the video store.

"She'll come around." Kate assured her with a friendly smile.

"I hope." Avery said glancing down at the table with a frown; this was the longest she'd gone without talking to her best friend.

"Change of subject then… how are thing with Derek?" Kate pried, with a friendly smile.

"Really great." Avery answered smiling.

"It doesn't bother you at all, knowing what he is?" Kate asked.

"No." Avery replied honestly.

"Werewolves are so unpredictable and not the best at controlling themselves. You're not worried he might hurt you, even on a full moon?" Kate continued to push her.

"No, he's in complete control." Avery assured her.

"That's good, I was worried with their impulse control he might be controlling or possessive towards you." Kate said.

Avery's eyebrows pushed together as she took a drink of her coffee.

"He's controlling and possessive…" Kate said.

"No, he's… he's just a really intense person and a little protective." Avery brushed it off.

Kate nodded and smiled to herself as she took a drink of her own coffee, she could tell by the look in Avery's eyes she was starting to mess with her mind.

Avery still didn't have anyone to talk too and with as much time as she was spending with Kate she was feeling like she could trust her.

"There's a fine line between possessive and protective, it might seem sweet at first… but what if it turns into him saying who you can and can't see? Trying to control things even farther?" Kate said as she glanced around the coffee shop.

"He's not like that." Avery said her voice a little gruff.

Kate held her hands up in surrender, "I just want you to look out for yourself."

Seeing the teenagers' irritation, Kate stopped asking her about Derek.

Derek opened up the driver's door to his car, but stopped when he could hear Avery talking.

Looking around, his eyes stopped on a window in the coffee shop.

"See you tomorrow, sweetie." Kate said as she hugged the teenager.

"Bye Kate." Avery cheerfully replied as she returned the friendly hug.

Derek couldn't believe his eyes as he watched them.

He didn't know Avery even knew who Kate Argent was, let alone that they were on friendly terms.

A knot rose in his stomach as he thought how much Avery had been leaving to meet a friend, he'd never have guessed that friend was the hunter who used him years ago to get to the rest of his family.

Avery had no idea she had been hanging out with one of the people responsible for her mother's death.

The day the fire was set at the Hale house, Avery's mom had been there visiting her good friend, Derek's aunt.

Derek watched as the girls went their separate ways; getting in his car he sped off.

~(A couple of days later)~

After being driven around by Jackson or her dad, Teagan was finally driving herself to school early one morning.

Ever since the whole 'mountain lion' in the school parking lot thing, both men were by her side constantly. She could barely move without one of them asking if she was ok or if she needed anything, which was sweet and she loved them for it, but she was beginning to feel suffocated.

Although, driving down the road with her window open, letting in the cool morning air was helping some with that.

She took a deep breath then slowly released it with a smile on her face, enjoying her first moment alone in days. But as she drove by Avery's house, she felt her smile drop as the pang in her heart returned.

The one downside about being alone, it gave her time to think and her mind went back to that terrible night at the movie store. So much changed that night and she knew things would never be the same.

She was looking at everything different now. Her mom's murder, her best friend and the guy her best friend is dating. She had always felt like Derek was hiding this deep dark secret and now she realized what it was, he was a werewolf and now her best friend was right in the middle of it all.

Teagan still couldn't understand how Avery could be ok with the whole werewolf thing. It was bad enough when everyone thought Derek was a murderer.

Now to find out he's a werewolf; which if she remembers correctly from all the horror movies Avery made her watch through the years, it meant he was still basically a murderer because every werewolf movies she had seen, all they basically did was go around killing people.

She thought back to the body that was found in the woods towards the beginning of the school year as well as the bus driver and of course the movie store guy and couldn't help but wonder if it was Derek that done those attacks or maybe it was the other beast that almost killed her and Avery?

Not having an answer, she shook her head, wanting to get rid of anything werewolf related from her mind. Which is something she never thought she would have to do; this was real life and werewolves were not supposed to be real. When did life get so complicated?

With a sigh, she turned onto the road that would take her by the cemetery, not caring that going that route would take her longer to get to school.

Most mornings when she drove herself to school she liked to drive past it to feel close to her mom for a moment. Somehow it made getting through the day easier.

She had just driven past the cemetery when she saw someone up ahead walking down the road. As she got closer she realized who the person was and slowed down, coasting along beside him as she rolled down the passenger side window and called his name.

Isaac turned his head, surprised to see her and couldn't help but smile as he walked closer to the car and leaned down, resting his arm on the open window and called out a friendly greeting to her.

"Going to school or skipping?" Teagan asked with a laugh.

"Going to school." Isaac answered, as he laughed back.

"Well hop in, I'll give you a ride." Teagan offered as she hit a button to unlock the door.

"That's ok. It's not that far." Isaac lied. It's not that he didn't want to take her up on the offer, he would love to get out of the cold plus spending time with her was an added bonus, but he knew he was supposed to stay away from her, her boyfriend's orders.
"The school is miles from here." Teagan pointed out. She saw him look around like he was making sure the coast was clear as he thought hard about her offer. She sighed then decided to 'pull an Avery' and not take no for an answer.

She leaned over to open the passenger door and push it open as she said, "Just get in the car, Isaac."

Isaac glanced around one more time then quickly got inside the car, flashing her a grateful smile as he pulled the hoodie he was wearing tighter around him. When she saw him shivering, she rolled up her window and turned the heater on high.

"Sorry about it being so cold in here. I just needed some fresh air this morning." She said to him.

"It's ok. I'm not t-that cold." He lied, as he shivered again.

"You're a terrible liar. You know that right?" Teagan joked.

"Sorry." Isaac said with a laugh, "Ok the truth is I feel like a block of ice over here."

"See honesty's not bad is it?" She joked, as she glanced over at him with a smile, causing him to smile back.

Before turning her head back towards the road, she looked down and saw he had a wrist brace on again and asked, "Is your wrist still bothering you?"

Isaac looked down at his hand as he said, "It was feeling better until... until the other night."

She glanced over at him confused, wondering why he paused until she realized he meant the night he saved her. She bit her bottom lip, feeling guilty for being the reason he was hurt.

"I'm sorry." Teagan said sincerely, as she glanced over at him.

"You don't have to apologize. It's not that big of a deal." Isaac said, shrugging it off.

"It is a big deal. You're hurt and it's all my fault." Teagan argued.

Isaac shook his head as he shyly admitted, "I would risk my life in a heartbeat if it meant that you were ok."

Teagan quickly turned her head to look at him, shocked at his words. She felt her mouth drop open as he raised his head to look at her and the two locked eyes.

She felt a small fluttering in her stomach, but was confused on why. That was a feeling that was usually reserved for Jackson only.

The two continued to look at each other in a daze, neither one being able to look away, until she heard a horn blow. She turned her head back toward the road and gasped when she saw she was about to run a stop sign.

She quickly slammed on the brakes, causing her and Isaac to be thrown a little forward before being slammed back against the seat thanks to the seat belts.

Teagan laid a hand over her chest and took several deep breaths as she tried to calm down her racing heart. She glanced over at Isaac and saw him breathing heavily as he too was trying to calm himself down.

"Isaac I am so sorry. I-I don't know what happened." Teagan said immediately, feeling terrible for almost getting him involved in a wreck.

"It's ok, it was an accident." Isaac said back.

"I swear I'm a great driver. I just... I-I..."

"Seriously Teagan, it's ok." Isaac said, as he cautiously reached out and laid his hand on top of hers, which was resting on her leg.

As he lightly caressed the back of her hand, hoping to comfort her, she felt another small flutter in her stomach. She looked down at their hands, watching his finger move back and forth over her knuckles until she heard another horn blow and jumped in her seat.

She looked in her rear view mirror and saw a car behind her, blowing the horn, waiting for her to move. It was only then that she realized she and Isaac had still been sitting at the same stop sign. What was wrong with her this morning?
She threw up her hand to apologize to the car behind her then pulled out on to the road. She drove down the road silently for a few minutes as she tried to clear her mind and concentrate on her driving.

Now more clear headed, she glanced over at him for a second then said, "I never did get to thank you by the way, for the other night."

"You don't have to thank me." Isaac said.

"Are you kidding? Of course I do. My dad wanted me to thank you too." Teagan said, then added with a laugh, "he was this close to having a dinner in your honor to thank you but I told him that might be taking it a little too far."

As he chuckled at her comment, she glanced at him again then said, "but seriously Isaac, thank you."

"I'm just glad you're ok. It could have been worse." Isaac said.

"Seems like worse is all that has been happening lately." Teagan mumbled, as she thought about all the bad things lately.

He looked over at her and saw the expression on her face, he wanted to ask her if she was ok but didn't want to push her. Instead he said, "you know if you ever need anyone to talk to, I'll listen."

"I know." Teagan said, as she pulled into the school parking lot. She pulled into the first available parking space then looked over at him with a smile as she said, "Thanks, Isaac."

He smiled with a nod then reached out to open the car door and stepped out. She reached into the backseat to grab her book bag then exited the car as Isaac shut the passenger side door.

He walked over toward her as the two began to walk across the parking lot toward the school building. The two were laughing and joking around until she heard Jackson call out her name.

She came to a stop and turned around to look behind her to see Jackson walking towards them with a pissed off look on his face.

She opened her mouth to tell him 'hey' but before she could say a word, he pressed his lips against hers for a deep kiss right in front of Isaac.

She tried to pull back, not wanting to be rude but Jackson held on to the back of her neck as he continued to move his lips against hers. Isaac looked away, not being able to watch any longer.

After a long kiss, Jackson finally pulled back then looked over at Isaac with a smirk on his face as he snapped, "Don't you have somewhere else to be?"

"Thanks for the ride." Isaac mumbled to her before walking past them to get inside the building.

"What was that about?" Teagan asked Jackson, as she folded her arms across her chest.

"What? Can't I kiss my girl good morning?" Jackson asked innocently.

"That's not what you were doing." Teagan argued, then added angrily, "It was like you were marking your territory."

Jackson rolled his eyes then said, "That's ridiculous T. Besides, I should be the pissed off one here. Why was he even in the car with you?"

"He needed a ride to school." Teagan answered, not understanding what the big deal was.

"Let him find another ride then." Jackson pointed out, then added, "the boy is stalking you T, he's like obsessed with you."

"Now that's ridiculous." Teagan scoffed.

"No it's not. You ever noticed how he always conveniently shows up where you are?" Jackson asked, then added, "And I've noticed him staring at you all the time."

Teagan felt a chill down her spine at his words, she wasn't sure if he was right or not, but either way with the way things had been going lately she wasn't sure what to believe anymore.

'But this is Isaac' She argued with herself. She knew Isaac... didn't she? Either way, she didn't have time to think about it all now.

There was enough on her mind and she honestly wasn't sure how much more she could take.

A/N- Thank you all for reading, hope you guys all enjoyed the chapter.

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