At Peace -Chapter 39

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

After leaving the hospital, Teagan handed her car keys over to Isaac, not trusting herself to drive after not having much sleep then sat down in the passenger seat.

As Isaac pulled out of the parking lot and begin to drive down the road, she stretched out as much as she could and rubbed her sore muscles on the back of her neck.

Isaac glanced over at her then looked back over at the road as he asked, "Are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just sore from sitting in hard hospital chairs all night." Teagan answered, then added, "You would think they would invest in better chairs."

"The couch was pretty comfortable." Isaac pointed out, a small smile appeared on his face when he remembered the feel of her sleeping on him. That was some of the best sleep he had ever had.

Teagan glanced over at him, a smile on her face as well then said, "It was comfortable. So were you. Thank you for being my comfy body pillow."

"Anytime." Isaac said, as he glanced over at her smiling.

He saw her bite her bottom lip then looked down at her hands, which were resting in her lap, he was worried he had taken it a step to far. Deciding to change the subject, he cleared his throat then said, "I bet you're looking forward to lying in your own bed and sleeping."

"Yeah." Teagan agreed, then added, "But to be honest, right now I'm not even all that tired. I guess now that I know Avery is ok, I have all of this nervous energy that I need to get out."

"We could grab a bite to eat?" Isaac suggested without thinking. He felt his eyes go wide when he saw her turn her head to look at him from the corner of his eye. While he was worried that he had freaked her out again, she felt her heart racing as she wondered if he was actually trying to ask her out or just suggesting as friends.

Isaac cleared his throat then quickly explained, "I mean you know, as friends. I just figured you haven't had anything to eat since sometime yesterday."

"Right." She breathed out, feeling a little disappointed, then added, "honestly I'm not hungry either."

One thing she did know that she wanted was to spend some more time with Isaac. She was enjoying the way he made her feel when he was around. She felt nervous and giddy like a school girl having her first crush. He made her heart race and her palms sweaty. She had flutters and tingles all over. He made her feel calm and alive all at once. She had not felt this way since... well since Jackson.

Teagan laid her head back against the headrest, then turned it to look over at him as she asked shyly, "Do you um, do you have any plans? Like anywhere you have to be right now?"

Isaac glanced over at her in surprise, was she actually about to suggest they spend more time together?

He smiled and opened his mouth to tell her 'no' until he remembered he did have somewhere to be. He had to go to work. He wished he could just skip it for her, but he was probably already in trouble for skipping it that morning to be with her at the hospital. He had planned to work double time tonight to make up for it and hoped his dad never found out.

"Actually, I have to go to work." Isaac answered with a frown.

"Oh." Teagan said feeling disappointed. She was quiet for a few minutes until an idea hit her, she looked over at him and asked, "Can I go with you?"

"Seriously?" Isaac asked her surprised. He couldn't believe that not only was someone asking to spend time with him, but that someone was Teagan Young and she wanted to hang out with him in a creepy cemetery.

"Yeah, if you don't mind." Teagan answered.

"Yeah that'll be great, but you remember where I work right? A cemetery." Isaac reminded her.

"Am I not special enough to be taken to a cemetery?" Teagan teased.

"You're too special to be taken to a cemetery." Isaac said correcting her, as he glanced over at her for a moment before looking back at the road.

"Well maybe next time you can take me somewhere a little more special." Teagan suggested with a smile.

"Next time?" Isaac asked nervously.

Teagan nodded her head then said, "I mean, you do like hanging out with me right? I was thinking maybe we can start hanging out more."

Isaac's mouth dropped open in surprise as he glanced over at her. He looked back at the road and cleared his throat as he tried to speak, but nothing would come out.

Her face fell a little as she quickly added, "I mean only if you want to though. I'm sorry for putting you on the spot Isaac, I just thought we were friends or... you know what, never mind it was stupid."

"No, no, no." Isaac finally said, as he looked over at her and said, "I love hanging out with you. I just... I didn't know you liked hanging out with me."

"I love being around you Isaac. There's just something about you... something about you that makes me feel..." She began to say, then paused for a moment to collect her thoughts before continuing, "that makes me feel at peace. I mean when I first moved back I honestly wasn't sure if I could ever feel at home here again. So much was different and things are still different, but then I saw you at the cemetery, the day we buried mom's ashes and just for that one moment, talking to you I felt like everything would be ok. I felt calm and that wasn't the only time you have been able to calm me down."

"The panic attacks." Isaac said, remembering exactly what she was talking about.

Teagan nodded then said, "It's like you're my calm in the middle of a storm. When something bad is going on, you just show up and then things aren't so bad anymore."

Isaac softly smiled at her words then glanced over at her to say, "I know exactly what you mean."

She smiled back then chuckled as she said, "Sorry, I know I'm talking all crazy right now. It's just if the past twenty-four hours or so have taught me anything, it's that life is short, so if there is something you need to say then you should say it, don't save it for another day."

Isaac nodded his head, he knew she was right and he had plenty he needed to say to her, but even if he did agree, he just couldn't do it. The fear of rejection was winning this round.

"Besides like Avery always says, you got to grab life by the balls." Teagan joked, then blushed when she remembered when she accidentally hit Isaac between the legs earlier at the hospital.

"Just be careful who's balls you grab." Isaac joked back without thinking, remembering the same thing.

Teagan laughed then placed her hand over her mouth to hold it in, then said, "I am still so so sorry about that."

"It's ok. I know you didn't mean to." Isaac said.

Teagan sat up in the seat then turned to look at him as an idea hit her and she said, "I'll tell you what, I'll make it up to you."

Isaac glanced over at her with raised eyebrows, his mind automatically going to a dirty place and felt his pants getting tight in a certain area. He quickly looked away from her to look at the road again, his face turning red from his thoughts and was glad she couldn't read his mind. But even if she couldn't read it, she saw the look on his face and smirked, having a good idea of what he was thinking.

She chuckled then said, "You're thinking dirty thoughts aren't you?"

Isaac's eyes widened as he began to cough, causing her to laugh harder as she lightly patted his back. He cleared his throat a couple of times before saying, "No, no of course not."

"Uh-huh sure." Teagan said not believing him, then added, "I was going to say, I'll make it up to you by going to work with you and doing your job while you rest."

Isaac laughed then glanced over at her as he listed a few things he did every night, "You're going to pick up trash, cut grass, pull weeds and trim the hedges?"

"Yeah, it can't be that hard right?" Teagan asked with a shrug. She has helped her dad with yard work in the past and figured it would be no big deal, but boy was she wrong.

~()~

Close to an hour later, Teagan fell down to the ground with a groan. She laid flat on her back to look up at the night sky as she said, "No, no more. I give up. This is too hard."

Isaac laughed as he sat down beside her on the hard ground. Since arriving at the cemetery, he put her in charge of pulling weeds from around the tombstones while he was walking around picking up any trash that had made its way inside the cemetery.

"You do this every night?" Teagan asked.

"Pretty much, yeah. I just left out one tiny detail though." Isaac said, as he stood up from the ground.

Teagan sat up a little and leaned back on her elbows with a confused expression as she watched him walk over to the small building that held all the lawn care equipment. He went inside long enough to grab something, then came back out holding an electric weed trimmer.

"I use this instead of pulling weeds by hand." Isaac said with a laugh.

"You jerk!" Teagan called out as she gape in surprise.

Isaac laugh out loud then turned around to set the weed trimmer down, while his back was turned, she quickly stood up from the ground then raced over to him and jumped on his back. His knees buckled for a moment but he quickly recovered and wrapped his arms around her legs, holding on to her so she wouldn't fall off of his back.

"What are you doing?" Isaac asked her with a laugh.

"Making you carry me cause I am too tired to walk now." Teagan said, as she rested her head on top of his.

"You do realize we still have a lot more work to do right?" Isaac asked, as he chuckled again.

"Nope, no more work. Work is bad, sleep is good." Teagan said tiredly.
Isaac laughed then said, "How about I carry you to your car then you go home and get some sleep while I finish up here? I still got to cut the grass and weeds, then I have a grave to dig."

"You have to dig a grave tonight?" Teagan asked with a shudder.

"Yeah, Allison's aunt's funeral is in a few days so I need to get started on it tonight." Isaac answered.

Teagan snapped awake and asked, "You're digging Kate Argent's grave tonight?"

As Isaac nodded his head, she snapped, "I'm awake now, put me down."

"Is everything ok?" Isaac asked surprised by her sudden mood change.

"Yeah, I'm sorry. I just uh, I just wanted to help with the grave." Teagan said, but didn't tell him why and was glad when he didn't ask cause she couldn't tell him how it was Kate that was behind Avery being in the hospital and almost dying. She couldn't tell him how satisfying it would feel to know she helped dig the hole of Kate's final resting place.

"You don't have to help. You've helped enough tonight and you are now completely forgiven." Isaac joked.

Teagan nodded her head then said, "Thanks, but I really would like to help with this."

"Ok." Isaac said, as he grabbed her hand and began to walk toward the back of the property where the backhoe was.

Many minutes later, she was sitting in his lap as he showed her how to operate the backhoe to begin digging a hole. They were about done with the hole when something caught his eye off to the side. He told her to stop digging and wrapped an arm around her waist wanting to protect her and keep her in place, as he swung them around to use the light from the backhoe to look into the woods that were surrounding them.

"What is it?" Teagan asked him.

"I-I don't know. I thought I saw something." Isaac answered.

Teagan looked in the direction he was, wondering if he really did see something or if it was just his imagination, although since she knew werewolves existed she worried for a moment if it could be a new werewolf or maybe even Lydia, but thankfully she didn't see anything. She looked over her shoulder at Isaac, planning to tell him she didn't see anything, when suddenly she heard something racing toward them, but before she could do or say anything, something knocked the backhoe over, causing her and Isaac to fall into the hole they had just dug.
As the backhoe crashed down over the hole to block them in, Isaac grabbed her and pulled her down to the dirty ground as he laid down on top of her to protect her from the broken glass that rained down on of them.

"You ok?" Isaac whispered to her.

"Yeah. How about you?" Teagan whispered back.

Isaac nodded his head to answer then asked, "What was that?"

"I-I don't know." Teagan mumbled, although she had an idea what it could be especially when she heard a growling noise from up above.

"I'm going to check it out. Stay down here ok?" Isaac whispered to her, as he went to stand up.

She grabbed on to his arm and pulled him back down, crossed between terrified and wanting to protect him, as she hissed, "No, stay with me."

"Hey, listen to me. It's going to be ok. I'm not letting anything hurt you." Isaac whispered, as he wiped the scared tears from her face, leaving a trace of dirt across both of her cheeks.

"Isaac..." She begged him, wishing he would stay down with her. She had seen first-hand what a werewolf could do and didn't want to see something like that happen to Isaac.

Isaac slowly stood up and peeked over the edge to see something digging in a grave then he quickly fell back into the hole when they heard a high pitch whimpering noise. He crawled over toward Teagan, using himself to cover her when they heard a loud growl followed by someone picking up the heavy backhoe.

The two teens were breathing heavily as they waited to see what was going to happen next. Teagan glanced up, expecting the worse, then breathed out a sigh of relief when she saw it was Derek. She never thought she would think it, but she was actually glad to see him.

"Need a hand?" Derek asked them.

"Derek, thank God." Teagan breathed out.

"You know him?" Isaac asked, feeling a little jealous.

Teagan nodded her head as she said quietly to Isaac, "He's Avery's boyfriend."

"Oh." Isaac said feeling relieved.

Derek reached out a hand then pulled Teagan up easily when she placed her hand in his, then he reached back in to help Isaac out. Isaac looked over at the backhoe and asked, "How did you lift that? It must weight a ton."

"It wasn't that heavy." Derek said with a shrug.

"Adrenaline." Teagan called out with wide eyes, wanting to keep Isaac from all things werewolves for as long as possible.

"I'm sure it was an adrenaline rush, right?" She added, as she looked over at Derek, hoping he would agree with her.

"Yeah, right, it was an adrenaline rush." Derek agreed, as he nodded his head.
Isaac nodded his head, accepting the explanation, then asked, "But what the hell was that that knocked us in?"

"Probably some kind of wild animal." Teagan said vaguely.
Isaac ran a hand over his hair with a sigh as he said, "I've got to call my dad and the police."

He looked over at Teagan then added, "You should probably get out of here before my dad... I mean everyone gets here." The last thing he wanted was Teagan anywhere near his dad.

"Ok, I'll um, I'll see you at school." Teagan said, as she thought about hugging him but felt weird doing it with Derek standing beside them.

"Yeah, I'll see you later." Isaac said, as he watched her turn around and walk away toward the parking lot with Derek following along behind her.
"Nice guy. A lot nicer than your last one." Derek said. After having Jackson hounding him to be bit he was growing tired of the teenage boy.
Teagan ignored his comment and kept quiet until she reached her car, then she turned around to face him as she asked, "What was that earlier? Was it Lydia? Is she turning?"

"I don't know." Derek answered honestly, then added, "I don't think so. Whoever it was, it's a new scent."

"A new werewolf?" Teagan asked fearful.

"Maybe." Derek answered, then added, "Either way, you better get home and stay there."

Teagan nodded her head then turned around to open her car door then paused as she turned back around and said, "Hey Derek? Thank you, you know for before, for saving us."

Derek nodded then said, "I told you before, I'm not the bad guy here."

"I know, I'm starting to see that." Teagan said quietly. She might not completely trust him yet, but she was slowly starting to come around.

"I'm also starting to see how much you really love Avery." She added, then said, "And I also see that she really needs you right now. You need to go see her."

Derek looked down at the ground at the mention of her name. He knew he should go see her, he wanted to go see her but he didn't think he could handle seeing the blame in her eyes. It was his fault that she almost died. She was young and still had a lot of life left to live but because he was selfish and couldn't let her go, he almost got her killed.

"I know she comes off as strong and like she doesn't need anyone, but she does need you Derek. Now more than ever." Teagan said, then added, "So get your ass to the hospital now. Everything else can wait until later."

Derek couldn't help but smirk at her take charge attitude. She sounded a lot like Avery when she did that.

"What?" Teagan asked confused, when she saw the look on his face.

"You sound just like her." Derek quietly admitted.

"Yeah, I tend to go all 'Avery' on people sometimes." Teagan said with a laugh, then added, "Now go be with my best friend or I'll drag your werewolf ass there myself."

Derek quietly chuckled as he nodded his head then turned around to walk away.

Leaving Teagan alone in the parking lot. She glanced around for a moment, hoping whatever was in the cemetery tonight wasn't as bad as she was fearing. She wasn't sure how much more drama they all could stand.

~()~

Later that night Avery woke up when she heard a thud in the hallway outside of her room.

She sat straight up in the bed, her eyes wide as her mind flashed back to everything she had been through.

As quietly as possible she slid out of the bed and tip-toed barefoot across the cold linoleum floor then she peeked out of her open door into the dimly lit hallway.

She didn't see anyone, no other patients and none of the hospital staff.

Hearing another thud, her breathing grew shallow and she looked around the hallway franticly.

She tried to tell herself that Kate was dead and for the time being she was safe, but she remembered the emotionless look in Kate's eyes when she tortured her.

Swallowing hard, she shut the door to her room as quietly as possible and backed away from the closed door.

Closing her eyes she told herself that she was in a hospital with a lot of other people and it was probably one of the safest places to be.

Hearing footsteps approaching the door, she started to panic and all the fear from the trauma she'd been through came flooding back.

Avery looked around for a makeshift weapon, but the only thing she saw was a pen lying on the bedside table.

She grabbed the pen with her good hand and dropped to the floor, sliding under her bed in an attempt to hide from whatever was approaching her room.

Tears burnt her eyes and she held her breath, when her door opened for a few seconds before it closed again and she could hear the footsteps in the room with her.

Hearing them come to a stop next to the bed a few tears slid down her cheeks. She almost screamed when the bed was pushed over and exposed her hiding place.

"Derek!" She exclaimed with a sigh of relief.

He looked at her tear stained face and he could hear her heart racing from fear.

"What are you doing?" He asked as he leaned down and gently pulled her to her feet.

"I… uh, I dropped my pen." She stuttered out, still trying to catch her breath as she saw the pen she was holding in case she needed a weapon.

"You dropped your pen?" He repeated back to her with raised eyebrows.

She quickly nodded her head and dropped the pen on the floor so she could wipe her eyes with her good hand.

"Avery… Kate's dead, she can't hurt you again." He said as he took a few steps forward.

Nodding she looked at him and said, "Logically, I know that…"

His eyes traveled from her bruised face down to her injured hand and arm; he felt so guilty for what had happened to her.

He'd told himself not too long after he started seeing her that he needed to distance himself to keep her safe, but the more time he spent around her, it became impossible to stay away.

And even knowing it could put her in danger, he didn't want to stay away from her.

Taking another step forward he gently wrapped his arms around her, being careful not to bump her injured arm.

She instantly felt at ease and safe in his arms as she closed her eyes and breathed in the faint scent of his cologne.

So many thoughts filled her head, she wanted to know why he'd chose to become the alpha instead of helping Scott like he'd promised to do.

But afraid that it would start a fight, she decided to keep the questions to herself until another day, and just enjoy being back in his arms and the fact that they were safe. Even if it was just for those few moments.

"After everything that happened, I honestly wasn't sure if you'd want me here." He said quietly.

He blamed himself for what happened and he'd been worried she wouldn't be able to forgive him.

She was so lost in her own thoughts and listening to his heart's steady beat with her ear against his chest that she didn't hear him talking.

"Avery?" He asked after a few moments, when she stayed quiet.

Hearing him say her name brought her attention back to what was going on.

Stepping back out of his arms she said, "Wait, what are you even doing here?"

He looked at her as she stared back at him with her eyebrows pushed together in confusion.

"Uh, I came to see you." He said, a little thrown off by her reaction. He started to think she didn't want him there.

"Why wouldn't I come here?" he finally asked her.

"I just didn't expect you to come and see me here." She responded.

He sighed, this is what he thought would happen; she'd blame him for what happened and not be able to get over it.

"I'm sorry, I never meant for you to get tangled up in any of this." He apologized, his words sincere.

She looked at him confused, "Why do you always think I blame you for things out of your control?"

Getting a little frustrated he said, "I don't know what you want me to do."

She frowned at the irritation in his voice, "Well if you don't want to be here… than just go."

"I wanted to come here." He argued back with her.

"Then what's the problem?" She questioned, starting to feel just as frustrated as he was.

"Apparently that you didn't want me to." He pointed out what he thought she'd been saying.

"What the hell are you talking about?" She whispered yelled at him, not wanting to draw attention to her hospital room.

He rubbed his forehead and his jaw tensed, "I don't understand what you expect, Avery."

"I expect for you to not get yourself arrested." She answered him honestly.

"What?" He asked.

"If someone see's you here and calls the cops, then you'll get arrested. I didn't expect you to risk that by coming here to see me." She said.

"That's what this was all about?" He asked with a small laugh at the misunderstanding.

She nodded.

"Avery, they dropped all the charges… I thought you knew." He said.

"That's great! But, no one tells me these things. I managed to steal a newspaper from the nurses' station earlier today, but then Scott's mom caught me with it before I could read it." She admitted to him.

"They confiscated the paper?" He asked her.

"Some of the doctors and nurses think I'm having some trouble coming to terms with what happened to me, so I'm no allowed to read or watch the news. They're afraid I'll see something over the attack or other bad news and it will trigger some kind of breakdown or something." She said with a shrug.

Walking back up to her he said, "Are you dealing with what happened?"

"Of course. I'm fine, what happened –happened and it's over. I'm okay." She said the same lines she'd been telling people all day.

When she saw the look of disbelief on his face she continued to assure him, "Really, I'm fine."

"You were hiding under your bed clutching a pen." He said.

"I said I dropped the pen." She reminded him.

"And how many times have I said I can hear your heart; you're lying." He argued.

"Can we just pretend for the night that I'm not lying. I don't want to talk anymore about what happened, I just want to forget about it." She admitted, swallowing hard as she spoke.

She breathed out a small sigh of relief when he nodded his head and reluctantly agreed to let it go.

"Thank you." She said softly as she stepped forward and rose up to kiss him.

He held onto her sides as their lips and tongues moved together, there were a few moments over the night where he wasn't sure if she'd survive.

He was so happy she'd lived and he'd promised himself that being an alpha now, he was strong enough that he wouldn't let her get hurt again.

Breaking their kiss, he moved the bed back to where it was supposed to be.

He sat leaned up against the headboard and she curled up to his side and closed her eyes.

Looking down at her, he moved some of her blonde hair from the side of her face and looked at the dark bruises on her cheek.

She let out a small sigh of contentment at his gentle touch.

Breaking the silence of the room he said, "I love you."

She smiled but didn't raise her head as she responded, "I love you to."

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