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Jade's p.o.v

3 and a half months pregnant

"You're starting to get a little belly" Derek grins. I turn my head on my pillow to look at him with a raised eyebrow. "I still love you" he smiles.

"I guess you're alright too" I grin. I lean over and kiss his lips softly. "As of today, the chance of miscarrage has gone down 75%" I say in relief. I have to admit, that has been in the back of my mind since everything with Araya and those hunters. Derek smiles and moves down so he can cuddle my slightly pudgy stomach.

"Not gonna happen" he says, kissing it.

"Hey..there's something I need to tell you" I say nervously. I was going to leave it, not say anything about the package. But then yesturday..

I yawn, opening the letterbox. My face falls. There's a letter in here. It's addressed to me, under my real name: Jade McCall. I was hoping the package would be the only thing I recieved from them, that they wouldn't come looking. But I still don't know if that's really how I feel. They're my parents. But they abandoned me. And 20 years later, it still hurts. Especially now that i'm going to be a mother myself. I could never, ever even think about leaving my baby behind. Not ever. No matter how messy things got.

I open the letter, reading it. I sigh sadly, stressed. I wipe my eyes quicky and head inside.

"What's wrong?" Derek asks, looking up at me.

"I don't want you to get mad" I sigh, feeling myself starting to get emotional. Derek notices too, sitting up beside me.

"Hey" he says, taking my hands in his. "Nothing you say will make me mad at you, alright? You can tell me anything, it's okay" he soothes. I nod, blinking away the tears in my eyes. I know how much Derek hates seeing me cry but it's hard with these pregnancy hormones. "What's up?" he asks.

"You see that box over there?" I ask, pointing out the familiar package on my shelf. Derek looks, nodding. "Can you get it? And the letter on top?"

"Sure" he nods, getting up. He grabs both things and brigns them over. I sit up properly too, sitting in front of him. He looks from the items, back up to me.

"Please, please don't get mad. You have to understand why" I plead.

"Jade, you're scaring me" he says. "Is this about the baby?" he asks.

"Not really"

"Then what is it?" he asks.

"Okay..this package. It came 2 months ago" I say, handing it over to him.

"What's in it?" he asks, looking down at it.

"Just open in" I coax quietly. He nods, cautiously going into it. He looks a little confused as he goes through the baby clothes.

"Who are these from?" he asks me. Noone but the pack know i'm pregnant and our close family friends like John, Chris and Deaton. I reach into the box and bring out the note. He looks at it. I hold it out to him, bowing my head as I get ready for him to get angry for hiding this from him. He takes it, opening it and reading it outloud. "Congratulations Jade. We look forward to meeting our grand-daughter. -D & M McCall" he reads. I cringe, I can literally hear his mind thinking it over. "Grand-daughter?" he asks, looking back at me. I nod, bringing my head up to meet his eyes. Looks like my parents think it's going to be a girl too. I'm suprised to find he's not mad. "Jade, who's D and M McCall?" he asks me.

"It's..Dawn and Mark McCall" I tell him. "They.." I let out a deep breath. "They're my parents" I whisper.

"Jade" he sighs, putting everything down.

"I don't want you to be mad. I didn't want to worry you with it, I didn't even know for sure if it was really them" I say. "Please don't get mad that I didn't tell you" I stress, panicking a little. Derek moves to sit beside me. He brings an arm around my back, threading his other hand through mine.

"I'm not mad" he says. I turn to look at him with teary eyes. "I'm not" he assures me. "I do wish you told me sooner though, or told someone"

"I-I told Scott. Well..he was there when it came and..I couldn't lie about it" I admit.

"Well i'm glad you've decided to tell me now" he says softly.

"There's one more thing" I say, turning to look at him. "It's the reason I wanted to tell you now" I pull back from him, reaching over and grabbing the letter in the envelope.

"Is it from them?" Derek asks me. I nod.

"This only came yesturday. But I knew you needed to know. I knew I had to stop lying to you about it" I say. This letter is addressed to Jade McCall too. Derek frowns, seeing the name. "I know" I sigh. "I don't think they know Nana changed my name" I say. "I, uh..i've read this once..when it first came" I say, holding the folded paper in my hand.

"Hey, come here" Derek says. I move over to him again and he lifts me into his lap so i'm laying againist his chest. "Do you want me to read this?" he asks, looking at the letter.

"I think you'll want too" I say. "But I can't read it to you, i'm sorry, I can't" I sigh.

"Hey, it's okay. We'll read it together" Derek says. I nod, opening it up. We sit in silence, reading it.

Jade,

It's been a couple months but we haven't forgotten about you.

We were praying you'd send a letter back, we hope for the same thing now, but we understand if you don't. We both know things aren't going to be smooth sailing once we arrive. But we have all the time in the world to work on that. Your father and I expect to be in Beacon Hills within the next 2 weeks. I don't know exactly how far along you'll be but it won't matter. Your father and I look forward to seeing you again, meeting our future grand-daughter, as we're hoping it's a girl, and even meeting the father.

And Jade, i'm sorry about Adelaide, i'm sorry about your grandmother.

I really hope we can fix things once we've arrived, we both hope we can.

Your's Sincerely,

D & M McCall

I let out a deep breath, unable to stop myself from crying this time. This isn't just a 'they might be coming'. They're coming. They'll be here in 2 weeks.

"Shhh" Derek hushes me, holding me close and putting the letter face down on the bed. "What can I do? Tell me what I can do and i'll do it" he says softly, resting his chin on my head as I hide myself againist his chest.

"I-I don't know" I say, gripping his henley tightly.

"Do you want them to come Jade?" he asks me.

"I don't know" I say. "I have no idea. Derek, i'm so scared" I admit. "What if..what if they're nice people and all this time i've been thinking I hate them for what they did to me? What if they had a good reason to leave me behind? What if I end up like them?" I panic.

"Hey, you listen to me" Derek says, pulling back so he can lock eyes with me. "There will never be a good enough reason to leave your baby behind. I'm sorry it happened, I really am and I wish I could change it, but don't you dare feel guilty for what they did to you. And do not think, not even for a second, that you will be like them. You'll be an amazing mother Jade, you already are. And I swear, I will never leave you or our baby behind. The pack will never let you feel the way you did when they left, I promise you. You'll never be alone, not again" he assures me. I smile through my tears. Derek uses his thumb to wipe away my tears. "I love you so much Jade" he says, holding my face in his hands. I smile weakly. "And if they come here, and there's a second where you think you don't want them here..we'll get rid of them. Scott and I will deal with them"

"What does that mean?" I ask him, sniffing back more tears as I can see a couple forming in Derek's eyes from seeing me cry.

"Not that" he says with a small smile.

"I'd kind of hope not" I say, returning it best I can.

"But we'll ask them to leave, to not come back" he says. "This all rests on you Jade. Don't stress about it, but this is your baby, and your life. So it's your choice. You say the word, and we'll deal with it" he tells me.

"It's just as much my baby as it is your's" I say. "Do you want them near her?" I ask him. "Will you let them near her?"

"Him" Derek corrects with a soft smile. "And..it's not my place to decide" he says. "But i'll be with you. I'll be by your side, just like I always will be" he promises, bringing my hand up to his mouth and kissing it. "For now, let it go. We've got time and I don't want you to stress or worry" he says softly. I nod, relaxing into his chest. We're quiet for a few minutes, both settling ourselves down, mostly me. "You know what happens soon, right?" Derek asks me, brushing my hair out of my face.

"What's that?" I ask him, leaning into his touch.

"We get to find out baby's gender" he smiles happily, kissing my forehead.

"I'm excited for that" I smile.

"So am I. I've been dying to know" he admits cutely.

"You know the pack's betting money on this, right?" I ask him. He chuckles.

"I didn't expect any less"

"Neither did I" I giggle softly, feeling that stress leave my body. Derek's right, we have time. I have time. Stressing about it now is only going to make me feel like crap.

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