Twice the Heart -Chapter 40

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

"A!" Teagan exclaimed with a smile as she saw Avery get out of the driver's seat of Derek's car.

"Hey T." Avery said smiling widely at her friend.

"Why are you driving Derek's car?" She asked as she eyed the sleek black Camaro.

"My car is at my uncle's place, not so easy to find parts and repair older cars." Avery reminded her as she pulled her school bag up on her shoulder.

"I know that, I mean he's been taking you to and from school since everything that happened and you not having your car." Teagan explained what she meant.

"I know, but he acted like he was too busy today. I have no clue with what though since he gave me the keys to his car." She said with a shrug.

"He's been keeping a close eye on you since everything that happened." Teagan said.

"Yeah, and it's so weird to actually see him using the front door at my house instead of my window." Avery said with a laugh.

"What?" Teagan asked with a surprised look on her face.

"Sorry T, I must have forgotten to tell you. I've been so busy trying to get my homework all caught up, we've barely had time to talk." Avery said, as she locked the car with the key fob.

"I'm waiting." Teagan said when Avery stopped talking.

"You know how my dad took a week and a half off work? Well, we actually sat down for a dinner one night and he told me that he knows Derek has been living at the house for months now." Avery said.

"Oh my god, what did you say?" Teagan exclaimed her brown eyes wide.

"I told him yeah, Derek has been staying with me." Avery said.

"My dad would have killed me if he found out I had a guy living with me." Teagan said shaking her head.

"I really think my dad is just happy that it's been 1 guy for a while now and not a revolving door of different guys. And anyways, he's just been pretty cool with things lately." Avery admitted, a little shocked herself at her dad's behavior.

"So you guys aren't just confined to your room anymore?" Teagan asked.

"Nope, we have access to the whole house. But it's not too awkward because dad stays in his room and study most of the time, and Derek and I still spend 90% of our time in my room." Avery explained.

Teagan let out a small laugh and shook her head.

"Did you notice anything missing?" Avery asked as they came to a stop outside of her locker in the crowded school hallway.

Teagan looked her over and then her eyes widened, "Your cast! It's gone."

"Yeah, my fingers are still a little sore and feel weaker than normal but the doctor said that's normal and it should go away soon." Avery said smiling.

Teagan smiled happy that Avery now had use of both hands, but her smile fell some when she saw the bandage over her friend's wrist.

Not noticing her friends shift in mood Avery changed books out with some from her locker and said, "I was actually able to fasten my own bra this morning."

"You're a big girl now." Teagan joked, trying to shake the thoughts of everything that Kate had put Avery through.

Avery laughed and then paused as she said, "Plus, it's a lot more fun when Derek is taking my clothes off instead of trying to help me put them on."

"Wow, you're still with him?" Lydia asked as she came to a stop in front of them.

"Yeah." Avery said nodding.

Looking to Teagan, Lydia said, "I think this is her longest relationship."

Teagan nodded and tucked some hair behind her ear; the girls hadn't talked much since Jackson broke up with Lydia to get back with Teagan.

"I'm glad you're back home, safe." Teagan said sincerely.

"I would have been the talk of the school, but someone tried to murder Avery… so she's who everyone is talking about." Lydia said as she flipped her hair over her shoulder.

After a long pause Lydia said, "I'm glad you're okay."

"Thanks, same here. You look great." Avery said offering her a smile.

"I lost 9 pounds!" Lydia exclaimed as she put her hands on her hips and turned from side to side.

Avery and Teagan smiled at her.

"See you girls later." Lydia said as she turned and headed down the hallway.

"That was…" Teagan started to say.

"Awkward." Avery breathed out with a nod.

Brushing the situation off, Teagan said, "I've been spending a lot of time with Isaac, lately."

"How much is a lot?" Avery asked.

"We've been hanging out every day." Teagan said, not able to stop the smile that spread over her lips.

"Yay!" Avery exclaimed as she excitedly clapped her hands.

"He's so great, A. He's funny and sweet and I love spending time with him. I… I actually get butterflies with him. I never thought another guy could make me feel like that." Teagan said.

"Isn't it weird? We're friends with people like Stiles and Isaac this year? Last year I wouldn't have paid any attention to either of them." Avery said nodding.

"I never noticed either of them before I moved." Teagan sad nodding.

"Have you kissed him yet?" Avery asked looking to her best friend.

"No, we've been hanging out and he's been flirting but we're hanging out as friends." She answered with a small sigh.

"But you want to date him, right?" Avery pushed.

Teagan blushed as she looked down and tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Don't worry, I'll fix it." Avery said as she turned to leave, but Teagan grabbed her arm.

"What?" she asked her eyes wide.

"I'm just going to help give him the confidence he needs to ask you out." Avery said innocently.

"No! A, please don't interfere with this. If he's going to ask me out, I want it to be because it's really what he wants… not because you intimidated him into it." Teagan explained.

"Okay, but… if I see him I may drop a few hints. Subtly." Avery tried to assure her.

"Avery, I don't even think you could be subtle if you tried." Teagan said and then added, "And anyways Isaac isn't here today. I got here early because he's always here before school starts, but I couldn't find him."

"Maybe he's sick?" Avery asked.

"I don't know, I tried to call him a few times but he didn't answer. He also hasn't responded to any of my texts." Teagan added with a small frown.

"I'm sure everything's fine." Avery assured her.

Their conversation was interrupted by a roar of laughter from down the hallway, the girls looked to see Jackson talking to several members of the lacrosse team.

"Jackson's been… weird lately." Teagan thought out loud.

"Cockier than usual." Avery said nodding.

Neither of the girls knew that Derek had bitten Jackson.

"I'd better get to class." Teagan finally said as she pulled her eyes away from Jackson who was being the center of attention in his group of friends.

"Same here, see you at lunch." Avery said.

Teagan watched as her best friend headed down the hallway and met up with Stiles outside of the chemistry room.

When she turned back around to go the opposite direction to get to her first class she passed Jackson who nodded and gave her his signature smile.

Teagan frowned at the look in his eyes, he had an expression on his face like he knew something she didn't.

Giving a confused look, Teagan managed a small smile and nodded back.

~()~

Avery marked down her answers on her chemistry test when she heard some whispering behind her.

She glanced over at Stiles who was busily scribbling his answers down like the test was a race.

Hearing a commotion, she looked over her shoulder and saw Jackson cover his face as he ran from the room.

"Danny!" she whispered.

He looked up at her with a concerned look on his face.

"What happened?" Avery whispered.

"Nose bleed." He silently mouthed before shrugging and looking down to his paper when Mr. Harris looked towards the back of the class room.

"What are you doing?" Stiles asked quietly as he saw Avery holding her phone down by her leg as she texted Teagan.

"Can you distract Harris?" Avery whispered.

"What? Why?" He asked her.

"I need to sneak out of the room and meet Teagan." Avery admitted to him.

He sighed.

"Please?" She asked, her light brown eyes locked with his and he couldn't say no.

"Yeah." He said.

"Thank you." She said smiling at him.

Stiles headed up to the front of the room to distract the teacher and Avery quickly slid off the stool and slipped out the open classroom door.

"Hey." Teagan said as she quickened her pace and met up with her friend.

"Hey." Avery said looking down to the bathroom pass in Teagan's hand.

"So, a nose bleed?" Teagan asked, her forehead lined with concern.

"That's what Danny said, but I don't know T… you're right he's been acting strange and something just isn't right." Avery said.

The pair walked in silence as they rounded a corner.

Avery saw Derek walking the opposite direction.

After Avery rushed off to talk to Derek, Teagan walked over toward the men's restroom that was closest to the classroom Jackson had ran out of, figuring that was the one he had went to, she cautiously walked inside, unsure of what she was going to see inside the room.

Once inside, she saw Jackson standing in front of the mirror, his hands resting on the sides of the sink as he stared at himself in the mirror. She breathed a sigh of relief to see that it appeared to look like he was ok, but she still wanted to make sure.

She took a few steps toward him as she softly called out his name. She lowered her eyebrows in surprise when he didn't answer; it was like he was in a daze as he continued to look at himself in the mirror.

She walked up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder as she called out his name again, causing him to spin around with wide eyes as he gasped out in fear.
He took a deep breath to control his racing heart then blinked his eyes and looked at her as if seeing her for the first time, as he said, "Teagan? What are you doing in here?"

"Avery texted me. She said you rushed out of class cause of a nose bleed. Are you ok?" Teagan asked with a concerned expression on her face.

Jackson turned his head and scoffed at her concern. He didn't need her pity, he needed the bite to work.

He needed to be a werewolf so he can get back everything he has lost. His lacrosse team, his captain status and her. He wasn't going to just stand around while McCall took his team and Lahey took his girl, he wasn't going to stop until everything was back to the way it should be.

"I'm fine." Jackson said as he went to walk pass her. She reached out to lightly grab his arm to stop him, but he pulled his arm away and snapped, "I said I was fine."

Teagan flinched at his tone then said, "Jackson, don't do this."

"Do what?" Jackson asked with a annoyed sigh.

"Push me away." Teagan answered, then added, "We're friends, remember?"

Jackson nodded his head then said, "Yeah, well, maybe I don't need a friend right now."

"Then what do you need?" Teagan asked him.

He smirked as he took a few steps toward her causing her to back up into the sink. He rested his hands on the side of the sink like before, then leaned forward until his face was only inches from hers. He saw her breathing pick up and could have sworn he faintly heard her heart racing in her chest.

He glanced down at her parted lips and held back a groan when he saw her nervously lick her lips. He had her right where he wanted her and now it was time to leave her wanting more.

Jackson looked up into her eyes then said, "I need to get back to class. I got a test to take."

"W-What?" Teagan breathed out, feeling very confused from his quick mood changes.

"Have a nice day Teagan." Jackson said, his trademark smirk on his face as he turned around and walked out of the restroom.

Teagan took a deep breath then took a few steps from the sink, wondering what in the world just happened. One minute he looked scared, then the next he was being a jerk and pushing her away, then he was coming on to her and now he just left the room.

She glanced around the room as she slowly released the breath she had been holding then began to walk toward the door her mind spinning as she wondered what was up with Jackson.

~()~

"Derek!" She called.

He kept walking.

Without another word to Teagan, Avery sped up towards Derek, "Derek!" She called again.

Finally he stopped walking and turned to face her.

"What's going on?" She asked him.

"Nothing, why?" He asked.

He didn't want her to know that he'd been trying to build his own pack.

He'd been at the school to keep an eye on Jackson and now knew that for some reason Jackson's body was rejecting the bite.

"You're at my school…" she reminded him.

"I know. I came to get my keys, I need my car." He lied.

"Oh…" She started to say but the bell rang for the end of class.

"The keys are in my locker." She said as she nodded for him to follow her.

He glanced around at the other students leaving their classrooms as she led him over to where her locker was.

"Where are you going?" she questioned.

"I just have a few things I need to do." He answered vaguely.

She frowned, she was starting to think he was hiding something from her.

Once they reached her locker she opened it as she said, "Do I need to ask Stiles to take me home after school?"

"No, I'll pick you up. Why?" He asked her.

"In case your vague answers and top secret errands were going to leave me at school without a way home." She said as she grabbed his keys off the top shelf in her locker.

"It's not top secret, I just need to get some things for the new place." He said quietly as he looked around them.

"You can't call it a new place. Didn't you tell me it was an abandoned subway car thing?" She asked as she turned to face him.

"It is a new place, new to me." He argued.

"Why do you even need a new place? You're still living with me." She pointed out.

"Our town is full of hunters, I have to have somewhere to hide so I don't lead them back to you." He said.

It was the truth, he was worried about other hunters using her against him. But he also needed the new space to train his growing pack.

Handing him his keys she said, "So you'll show me after school, right?"

"Show you what?" He asked, looking around the hallway again.

"You're supposed new place? You said you'd show me." She reminded him of an earlier conversation.

"Uh, yeah… I'll show you tonight." He said as he tucked his keys in his pocket.

He was distracted by trying to figure out what Jackson was and why his body was rejecting the bite.

"Gotta go." He said as he leaned in and pressed a kiss to her lips.

Not caring that they were in a crowded hallway, she grabbed onto the sides of his open leather jacket and pulled him closer.

She smiled against his parted lips when she felt his grip tighten on her hips, as she deepened their passionate kiss.

Stiles sighed with irritation as a guy bumped him walking in the opposite direction.

Glancing up he saw Avery at her locker.

"Hey, I don't think Harris noticed you were gone. I turned your test in and I… get to watch you make out with Derek." He groaned as he walked up to them, and saw them tangled up in each other's arms.

Breaking the kiss she took a step back and looked over at Stiles who tried not to look disappointed or hurt.

"You're carrying my purse?" She asked with a smile as she saw her purse on the top of the stack of books in his arms.

"You left it in the classroom." He pointed out.

Derek glanced at Avery as she smiled widely at Stiles, he sighed heavily when he heard Stiles' heart start to beat faster.

"Thank you." She said as she reached out and grabbed her purse before she took her books from his arms.

Derek could hear Stiles' breathing change and his heart race even faster when her skin brushed against his.

He wasn't worried he knew Avery just looked at Stiles as a friend, but it was irritating for him to hear the effect her presence or touch had on him.

It was obvious by his reaction exactly what he was thinking about when she was around him.

"I gotta get to class." She said as she looked at Derek, who looked between them.

"I'll pick you up after school." He restated.

"Okay." She said smiling as she turned and walked away with Stiles.

Avery glanced up and saw a few people looking at her; it was the same type of looks she always got when she was with Derek.

A lot of people in town still believed that he was a murder, and someone had even started a rumor that it was Derek who tried to kill her.

But she didn't let any of it bother her, she loved him and wasn't ashamed of him or their relationship.

"Is everything okay?" Stiles asked her.

Glancing over her shoulder to make sure Derek was gone from the hallway she said, "Yeah, it's just…"

Her voice trailed off, she had the feeling Derek wasn't being entirely honest with her.

"It's just what?" Stiles asked as they walked into the class room.

She sat down in her desk and he sat down in the desk beside her.

"It's nothing. I'm sure it's nothing." She brushed it off.

Things had been so great with Derek and she was afraid if she voiced any concern it might jinx something.

"You sure?" He asked.

She nodded and looked up smiling at Teagan as she walked over and sat her books down on the desk Stiles was sitting in.

"Hey Teagan." He greeted giving her a friendly smile before looking back to Avery worried about her.

"Is Jackson okay?" Avery asked.

"Yeah, he just had a nose bleed. He's still acting kind of weird though." Teagan said, not going into detail.

"Why was Derek here?" Teagan questioned.

"Just needed his car keys." Avery said, as the final bell rang.

The teacher shut the door to the classroom.

Looking over at Stiles, Avery said, "Thanks again for getting my things."

"Yeah, you're welcome." He said smiling at her.

Avery looked up at Teagan.

Looking around her to where the teacher was Stiles said, "You should probably sit down before you get in trouble."

Teagan looked around the room, "I can't." She said.

"Why?" Stiles asked.

"Because you're in her seat." Avery said with a laugh.

Stiles looked around the room, his eyes widening as he did. Not only was he in the wrong seat, he was also in the wrong class.

He quickly gathered his books and rushed out of the classroom and to his next class.

Teagan sat down and looked over at Avery as both girls laughed.

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