Jade's p.o.v
The pack sits around Cora's small table eating breakfast. We're pretty squashed so Scott's got Kira on his lap, Malia's in Stiles'. I'm sitting close to Derek but not in his lap, we're not that openly affectionate like the others are. When Scott's phone rings, every single one of us turns towards him. He pulls it out, looking at the caller ID.
"It's Deaton" he says, looking more at me and Derek than anyone else. Scott takes a deep breath and answers the phone. "Deaton?"
"Scott. Is everyone okay? Are they safe?" we can all hear what Deaton's saying.
"Let me put it on speaker" Scott says. He puts his phone on speaker as Stiles and Lydia can't hear. "We're all here, we're all safe" Scott says.
"Jade?" Deaton calls out.
"I'm here" I say.
"You feeling okay?"
"I'm fine" I assure him, Derek grabbing my hand in his under the table.
"How's our little miracle doing?" Deaton asks, voice lighter. The tension in the room lifts a little, everyone smiling a little, eyes softening.
"She's doing good" I say.
"She?" Derek asks. I turn and look at him.
"I think so" I nod.
"No, I think he's a boy" Derek says, smiling softly at me.
"We'll see Hale" I chuckle a little, feeling better then I was yesturday. When I turn back around, everyone's watching us with smiles. "How are you Deaton? That was..messy back there" I say. He chuckles a little himself.
"Don't worry about me, Scott got me in the clear" he tells us. "Thank you Scott"
"No problem Doctor D. Might have to ask for another raise" Scott jokes and we're actually laughing. "What can you tell us? Do you remember anything?" Scott asks reluctantly. The mood sours a little again, it's not Scott's fault though. We do need to know, we're still being hunted..i'm still being hunted.
"I know it's going to sound unbelievable but..it's..it's the Calaveras" Deaton tells us. Derek and I share a confused look. "More so Araya" he sighs.
But Chris..they promised to leave us alone" Stiles says.
"Well..Chris is here, with me now" Deaton tells us.
"Does that mean Kate's dead?" I ask.
"Yes" Deaton confirms and I sigh in relief. She almost killed Derek..I would be going after her myself if I wasn't pregnant. "But that also means that the deal for the Calaveras to leave the pack alone has died too" of course. We finally get quiet in Beacon Hills. We're finally happy, finally able to live. I've got a baby coming and..and this happens. We can never get left alone. We can never be truely happy. Not with the Calaveras out there.
"Listen" the voice on the line changes. It's Chris. I've missed the older man. "I doubt the rest of the Calaveras are behind Araya on this. She may be doing this alone, she might not be"
"She wrote, I will find you, I will..she's speaking like she's alone" I point out, not finishing the second sentence..nobody's killing anyone. Only us killing her. Me killing her for threatening my baby.
"Exactly. I highly doubt the others would be with her on this, you're innocent Jade" Chris says. "Your baby, innocent too. It doesn't make any sense. Well, it does to her. I-I saw what she wrote and i'm sorry..it's not true" Chris says softly. Derek squeezes my hand and I sniff back tears. He's right, my baby is not an abomination. She's a miracle. She's my everything now. I will do anything to protect her.
"What should we do?" I ask Chris.
"Stay put, as far as we know, she has no idea where you are" Chris tells me.
"What if she does know?" Derek asks Chris. Chris is queit for a little, we hear him sigh.
"Then you need to be prepared to fight" he says.
"We already are" Cora speaks up. "We always are" she sighs. But she is right, we're always prepared because there's always something waiting around the corner.
"Good. Keep us posted, we'll let you know if we see or hear anything" Chris assures us.
"Okay, thank you" Scott says. Chris hangs up after that. Scott hangs up his phone and we all slip into silence. "We stay put for now. We all need more time to rest and heal, to get our strength up. We're been on the road for too long" Scott says, easily slipping into his alpha role.
"What about training?" Liam asks.
"I've got a place. It's safe, noone gets in without us hearing them" Cora says.
"Let's train then" I say. Everyone gives me confused looks.
"You can't train" Derek says. I turn and give him a 'is that so?' face. "You're pregnant, you need rest"
"So you want me to stay in bed while everyone else does something?" I ask.
"Yes" he says. I narrow my eyes and Scott must sense a fight about to break out because he stands up.
"Come all, let's stretch our legs" the alpha says, everyone abiding as they see the challenging look on my face too. The door clicks shut.
"I can't sit around while everyone else is training to protect me. That's not fair Derek" I say.
"We want to protect you. We want to keep you and our baby safe. Don't say it like it's a burden on us because it's not" he says, voice soft.
"And if one of them gets hurt? That's on me"
"You can't possibly think that J. None of this is your fault. Just please, sleep, heal" he pleads.
"When i'm done training" I say. Derek sighs but he's smiling slightly.
"You're really stubborn, you know that?"
"I know" I smirk. "I just wanna work on a few things with water. I'll say sitting, I won't fight, I just need to feel useful" I compromise.
"Fine" he agrees. We stand up and hug. "But that's it, sitting and water, nothing else alright?"
"Okay Der, promise"
"Okay" he smiles. He leans in and kisses me softly. "Let's go find them"
"You know why they left the room right?"
"Because someone had their bitch face on" he teases, smiling at me. I nudge him.
"Let's just find them" I grin, knowing he's right. He kisses my head and we walk down to find the pack.
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I've actually always hated the Calaveras, especially Araya. Favourite, follow and review!