Shout out to Shreya and Bre x2 for reviewing! Derek is SO in love :) Thanks Bre for reading all :) I saw your reviews on my older fics and thank you! I've updated them all, sorry for the wait! I won't be ending this soon, it'll just jump into the future in small parts as her pregnancy progresses. I'll have chapters when the baby's born too. It'll be sort of like my older fic 'Running Away' if you've read that. She won't be like a true alpha but I do have big plans for the baby, what she/he will be, bigger than a true alpha ;) There's alot of Derek x Scott bromance/family feels towards the end as well so enjoy!
Jade's p.o.v
Where the hell am I?
"Derek? Scott? Someone?!" I yell into the black nothingness. What is this place? Am I dead? Is that what this is? No..no, I can't be. Baby..my baby. My little baby.
"Jade? What are you doing here sweetie?" a voice calls out.
"Nana? Nana?!" I yell, spinning around but only seeing darkness, no Nana, no nothing. Just darkness. "Where am I? Where are you?"
"Jade, you shouldn't be here. You need to wake up" Nana says.
"Why can't I see you? Where are you?" I ask.
"Jade, you need to wake up before it's too late" she says.
"I don't understand. Nana?"
"Find your way back before it's too late for you and your little miracle" she says softly.
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Scott's p.o.v
"Deaton" I sigh in relief when I open the door to see him.
"Sorry i'm late" he says, stepping inside.
"No, it's okay. I'm glad you're here" I say, closing the door behind him.
"Hey" Deaton says, the whole pack being attracted to his voice. They know he's here to help Jade, to find out what's wrong with her. "I'm going in there, noone else is" Deaton tells them.
"But-" Derek starts.
"No" Deaton says.
"She's my-" I try.
"No" Deaton cuts me off.
"Someone should-" Stiles starts.
"No!" he says loudly. "There's only one person that's going in there with me" Deaton says. Me, Derek and Stiles step forward. "Not you, not you and not you" Deaton says, pointing to us all.
"Then who?" I ask him.
"Me" a voice says from behind Deaton. Deaton moves and none other than my mother, Melissa May McCall, stands there. "Come on, let's go make sure my girl's okay" Mum says. You can hear the emotion thick in her voice. She's worried sick, just like the rest of us. On her way to the room, she stops long enough to hug me and tell me she's happy i'm okay. But she's on a mission, you can see it on her face. We stay out of the room, not that we have a choice, the door's shut and even if we tried to go in..we'd be in trouble. So I listen in, and i'm sure i'm not the only one.
"She's definitely stable" Mum says.
"Baby's okay too" Deaton says.
"Then why won't she wake up?" Mum asks.
"Melissa.." Deaton sighs. And she breaks. She cries. I move to go in but Kira catches my arm.
"Scott, don't" she says.
"Let me go" I say.
"Scott, you know you can't go in there" Kira sighs.
"Please Kira" I plead. She shakes her head but I pull away from her anyway. A stronger, firmer hand grabs me. "Derek..don't" I say, not even having to look to know it's him.
"We can't" Derek says. "I know how you feel-"
"Do you?" I ask, yanking my arm back from him. I feel upset and I want to see my cousin. Derek's the only one that's seen her in the last day. Those were my orders but I didn't expect that to end up including me too.
"What are you talking about? Of course I do" Derek says.
"How? Because you love her?" I ask him.
"Yes. And she's carrying my child" Derek says, voice getting louder, anger starting to seep into it. "Scott, you know-"
"Hey, enough" Lydia says, getting between us.
"Why are you saying this?" Derek asks, the older wolf burrowing his eyebrows.
"I..i'm sorry" I sigh. "I just need her to wake up" I say. I rub a tired hand down my face before pushing past everyone to get outside. I take a deep breath, calming myself down. I hear footsteps behind me. Then the door closes behind them, leaving the two of us blocked out from the pack inside. "You're brave Hale" I say, turning around.
"Baby Hale" Cora corrects me. I'm suprised, I thought it'd be Derek.
"Cora" I nod. "What can I do for you?"
"I get you're worried about Jade, we all are, trust me. But doubting Derek's feelings for her like you did back there, don't do it again" she says. My eyes widen a little at her shoot-first-ask-questions-later attitude. Cora walks up to me so there's less than a metre between us. She doesn't seem threatening or angry, she's calm, but it's crystal clear she didn't appreciate what I said to Derek about Jade. "You may be the alpha of this pack Scott but this is my home. Derek is my family, Jade is now too" she says. She's not being threatening, she's being protective.
"He already apologised" comes the former alpha's voice. We both turn to him. We didn't even hear the door open. "Cora, give us a minute" he says to his sister. Cora nods.
"Just remember what I said Scott" Cora says before going back inside. Derek turns back to me sheepishly.
"Sorry about her she's.."
"Protective, it's okay. I understand" I nod. "Look, I didn't mean anything by what I said. I know how much you love her and-"
"You already apologised. It's okay" he stops me. I give him a small smile.
"I'm just worried..I don't want to lose anyone. I don't want anyone else to get hurt" I sigh.
"You know, we haven't even had the time to talk about baby names?" Derek says, leaning againist the wall casually. I look up at him, confused by the comment. "Or living situations. Or anything actually"
"Derek?"
"She thinks it's gonna be a girl. I think it'll be a boy"
"Derek? What are you talking about?" I ask him, walking over to him.
"Our lives" he says, looking at me now. "I know it looks bad now, I know it's looked bad for the long time. But things are going to be different"
"We always say that and it never is" I say.
"Remember when you wanted me to teach you a few trade screts?" he asks. I nod. "Then listen to me. Things are going to be different. You wanna know why? Because they're going to have to be. We can't keep fighting and losing people. We can't keep being in the middle of this supernatural crap"
"So you want us to run away?" I ask the older wolf, not sure what he's trying to say.
"No" he shakes his head. "I want us to survive. I want my baby to survive" he says.
"And she..or he" Scott adds, smiling a little. "Will"
"And the rest of us?" he asks. "Scott..you wanna know why my family were so powerful? Why they were left alone by other packs or creatures?" he asks me.
"Well..you don't like to talk about them..but..yes" I say.
"Because of just that. We were a family. Family. That's what keeps you alive, it's what keeps you going. They're the ones who are by your side during the good and the bad. They're the ones that pick you up when you fall, the ones that push you to keep going" he says. "This pack, we are a family. And we're going to survive. Not just the baby, every one of us is going to survive" he says. "And you wanna know why my family died?" i'm suprised at the question and I don't dare answer it. "Because a beta, a stupid beta, didn't listen to his alpha, to his family. He brought in an outside, a hunter, someone that couldn't be trusted" he says. "You know the rest" he says. I can see the traces of tears in his eyes but he doesn't dare let them fall. "Things could have been different if I didn't mess up, things would have been different"
"Don't do that. You have to stop blaming yourself for what happened" I say.
"No, it was my fault" he says. "But I learnt my lesson. I will never, ever let that happen to my family again. And my family is this pack, my family is Jade too" he says. I nod, realising what he's saying.
"You're teaching me right now" I say and he nods. "A lesson in trust"
"There's only 2 things that keep a group together, fear or loyality" Derek says. I open my mouth but he cuts me off. "Yes, I ripped that off that Vin Diseal movie. Jade made me watch it with her" I laugh at that, Derek smiling too. "But it is true. Now, you tell me, do we look like a group that's scared to you?" he asks me. I look at Derek then look past him at the pack inside. My eyes fall back to Derek and I shake my head.
"No, we're not. We're loyal" I say.
"Exactly" he nods. "From one terrible alpha to a new up and comer, you need to be careful who you decide to be loyal to but never doubt the ones that you are loyal to or the ones that are loyal to you" he says.
"Firstly, you weren't a terrible alpha-"
"Debatable" Derek says.
"Would you shut up?" I ask him half-heartedly. Derek smirks and nods for me to continue. "I don't if you meant you but I don't doubt you at all. I don't doubt you with Jade at all either. And I know for a fact noone can doubt her with you. God, i've never, I mean never, seen my cousin so..in love before. It's like she has little hearts in her eyes every time she looks at you" Derek's trying to stop himself from smiling. "And you know what? You have them too" I say, watching with a grin as the older wolf blushes. "I don't mean any offence, but i'll never let anyone close to my family that I don't trust" I say.
"None taken. That was my mistake and mine alone" he says.
"And that's why I could let Jade leave Beacon Hills with you, because I trust you" I say. "In fact, you're my..how do I say it? Right hand wolf? Does that work?" I ask.
"That works" Derek nods with a smile. "I didn't mean me but thank you anyway. I didn't mean anyone. If I can give you the knowledge I have and prevent something like that happening then I will. I've seen too much go wrong because untrustable people have come between this pack. People that have had us turning againist each other, fight each other"
"People like Gerard.." I sigh.
"People like Jennifer" he says, taking responsibility for it and trying to make me feel better about my mistakes as well. "I've done it myself as well and i'm not proud of it. But it won't happen again" he promises.
"No, it won't, not on my side either" I assure him. "We should go inside, family'll be worried. We'll get some news on Jade soon enough" I say. He nods. Before he can open the door, I hug him. "Thank you" I say. He brings an arm around my shoulders, hugging me back.
"It's what brothers are for" he says.
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