Cora's p.o.v
Monday
"Cora" I wake to Derek shaking me gently. "Wake up, you have school" he says. I had the worst sleep last night. I pull myself up, eyes sore, head heavy. "Are you okay?" Derek asks.
"I'm fine" I say unconvincingly, moving away from him to get up.
"Cora, what's wrong?" he asks.
"I'm just tired" I say.
"Why don't you stay home today? I'm sure missing one day won't be too bad" he suggests.
"No, i'll get behind in biology and english" I say as much as I would love to stay home and lay in bed.
"Which means that you'd need an extra study session with Scott?" he asks with a sigh.
"Probably" I say, grabbing my bag while avoiding his eyes. I catch a look at myself in the mirror and I look like hell. I look like i've been shot with a wolfsbane bullet. My skin's paler from the lack of sleep. I spent most of the night brooding about Scott, Derek, Lydia, the pack, everything that's happened, everything that could still happen. "Come on, lets just go" I say, walking downstairs.
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I can barely keep my eyes open. I'm in math with Lydia.
"Hey" she says, making me jolt awake properly. "You don't look too good"
"Thanks, that makes me feel really good" I say with a small smirk.
"No, seriously Cora. Did you sleep last night?" she asks.
"Yeah..for a little"
"How much is a little?"
"An hour"
"Come on, i'm taking you home" she says, packing up her stuff. I'm too tired to argue. I pack up my stuff and we stand up.
"Miss Martin, Miss Hale" our math teacher says.
"I'm taking Cora home" Lydia says, walking out with me in tow, not giving him the chance to stop us.
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"What are you doing here?" Derek asks when we walk in.
"You let Cora go to school? She was sleeping through class you idiot" Lydia says with an eye roll.
"I told her to stay home" Derek says, coming over to us.
"I didn't need to stay home" I say.
"Well obviously you did" he sneers.
"I'm sure you won't get too far behind" Lydia says, looking between us a little awkwardly.
"It's okay, Scott will help me catch up" I say, saying Scott's name a little more dramatically and watching as Derek tenses up.
"No. You can help yourself, stay in at lunch or something if you have too" Derek tells me.
"No, i'm good with Scott helping me" I shoot back.
"Well i'm not" he says, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You shouldn't have signed me up for biology then" I shrug.
"Enough" Lydia says, looking between us with a glare of her own. "Go on, up to bed" Lydia commands, stopping the fight about to errupt. I roll my eyes and trudge up the stairs, trying to stifle my yawn but both hear it. Damn. Oh well, i'm home now, I might as well make the most of it. I go and splash my face with water before getting into bed. I yawn and stretch before settling into bed. "What's wrong with you two?" I hear Lydia ask Derek. I decide to listen in. Derek ignores her. "Hey, i'm talking to you" Lydia says. You have to love the banshee's assertiveness.
"Yes, i'm painfully aware of that" he sighs.
"So could you answer my question?"
"I don't know" he says, by the sounds of it he just sat down on the couch.
"I don't understand your problem with Scott" Lydia says. Oh my god, she better not say anthing about what I said to her!
"I don't have a problem with Scott" Derek says.
"By the sounds of things before, yeah you do"
"No, I have a problem with Scott and Cora" he corrects her.
"Well you shouldn't" she says.
"Well I do" he snarks.
"Don't get angry with me Derek, it's not my fault you've gone and pissed your sister off" she says, I can imagine her crossing her arms over her chest in defiance.
"Look, I know you're Cora's friend and all but our family life is none of your business" he says evenly. I swear I actually hear Lydia's jaw clench. Heels clicking along the floor deliberately slow has me a little on edge for what's going to happen next.
"She's important to me so her business is my businesss" she says in a quiet but dangerous voice. "Just like Allison was" she says softer. Noone says anything. I hear Lydia's heels click to the loft door and she leaves. I wait to hear something else but I don't. I get comfortable before falling asleep.
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My eyes open and I feel alot better than I did this morning. I stretch and get up. My stomach growls and I go down to the kitchen. I make a bowl of cornflakes and move to the lounge to eat. Derek's already in here and I smile at him. He barely returns it though. Actually, he turns the tv off and turns to me.
"What?" I ask around a mouthful of cornflakes.
"You're getting close with Lydia, right?" he asks. I nod.
"Yeah, she's a good friend" I say, remembering how she had a 'discussion' with Derek earlier.
"That's good, i'm glad you've made some friends" he says. I nod but he stays quiet, the tv doesn't come back on and he's still looking at me.
"Derek?"
"We need to talk about last night" he starts.
"Derek-"
"No" he says. "You have a cerfew. Not only did you break that but you lied to me"
"Lydia lied to you" I correct.
"And you didn't correct her" he shoots back. "So, are you going to tell me or do I need to ask one of them what you were actually doing yesturday?" I sigh and put my bowl down.
"Okay, we lied. When Lydia came over she had already arranged for the 4 of us to hang out. She got me ready and we met them at the bowling place. We went to the movies and went out for dinner, I didn't think we'd be gone for that long. Time just got away from me" I tell him.
"And what about what happened with Scott?" he asks. I sigh again.
"Don't read too much into it, it was nothing" I say.
"Tell me there's nothing going on then" he says, narrowing his eyes, probably focusing on my heartbeat.
"I don't have to explain myself to you, neither does Scott" I say, suprising him.
"Scott may be the alpha now but i'm still your brother, i'm still your caregiver"
"I'm 17, I don't need a caregiver"
"Until you're 18, yeah you do" he says.
"What are you doing? I feel like i'm being interigated" I say.
"Probably because you have something to hide" he says. "Something you're not telling me"
"No it's not, it's because you're accussing me of something I haven't even done yet" I say.
"Yet?" he asks. I narrow my eyes angerily at him.
"Back. off." I ground out.
"When you can look me in the eye and tell me there's nothing going on between you and Scott" he says, meeting my glare evenly. I try to stare him down but he doesn't budge. I stand up.
"You can be a real asshole sometimes" I snap, going back up to my room. I close my door and sit down againist it. I'm confused enough about my feelings for Scott, Derek's making it worse. I hear the loft door open and shut again, Derek walking out. I growl in frustration, burying my face in my hands.
"Any reason Derek just stormed out?" my head snaps up to the voice at my window. It's Scott. "Sorry..you weren't in class and I got worried" he says sheepishly.
"No, it's okay" I say, offering him a weak smile.
"You okay?" he asks, climbing in my window properly.
"Fine, just a stupid arguement with Derek" I tell him.
"Okay" he nods. He reaches into his bag and brings out some sheets, holding them out to me.
"What's this?" I ask, taking them.
"Biology homework" he tells me.
"Did I miss much today?" I ask.
"Yeah..we've onto a new subject. Enzyme activity. Mr Harris teaches Chemistry as well so I guess he's bringing a little into our class" he tells me. I look at the papers..and i'm pretty lost with the new subject already. I'm hopeless! I cope with every other subject but this one. "Don't worry about that right now, we'll do it together on Wednesday" he says softly.
"Okay, thanks" I say, putting them in my desk drawer.
"I should go, I think Derek's coming back"
"Okay, bye Scott, thanks for bringing this over"
"I wanted to check on you as well" he says, touching my cheek softly. I lean into his hand without a second thought. "Bye Cora"
"Bye" his hand slips from my cheek and he climbs out of the window. I watch as he 'werewolfs' down the complex walls to the ground. He waves and I wave back, watching him take off back towards his house. I close my window and collapse back onto my bed. I pick up my PS3 controller and start playing GTA. I'm not paying too much attention, just killing everyone on the streets with AK-47s. I hear Derek come back into the loft. He starts making his way up here. I sigh and pause my game as he knocks on the door. "Yeah" he comes in.
"Dinner" he says, putting a box of chinese down beside me.
"Thanks" I say, an awkward tension settling between us.
"Cora" he says, I look up at him properly. "You're..you're grounded" he says. I burrow my eyebrows in confusion.
"What?"
"You heard what I said, you're grounded" he repeats. "Come straight home from school this week, no going out with Lydia, no-"
"You're not my Dad" I cut him off.
"I'm looking after you"
"Not anymore" I say, getting up.
"What?" he asks. I start throwing clothes into a duffle bag, wallet and phone going with it. "Cora, don't be stupid" he says.
"I'm going to stay at Lydia's" I say, walking towards the door.
"Hey" Derek says, catching my arm.
"Get off me" I say, pulling away from him. I walk downstairs and he follows me.
"You're not leaving" he says, grabbing me again as I reach the front door. I spin and grab his arm, growling in his face, eyes glowing and fangs out. He meets it with a growl of his own, eyes lighting up blue. I throw his arm away from me. He goes to say something.
"Don't. I've had enough of this" I warn him. I walk out and he doesn't stop me. The cold afternoon air is a welcome feeling. I walk down the road, pulling my phone out of my bag to call Lydia.
Lydia: "Hey Cora, how you feeling?"
Cora: "Um..Lydz could I come stay with you?"
Lydia: "What happened?"
Cora: "Derek and I had a fight, I can't stay there right now"
Lydia: "Where are you? I'm coming to get you"
Cora: "I'm down the street from the loft"
Lydia: "I'm coming now"
Cora: "Thanks Lydz"
We hang up and I sigh, walking slower but still walking. It only takes Lydia 5 minutes to pick me up. She gets out and hugs me.
"You okay?" she asks.
"I'm fine" I say, smiling weakly. I'm not one to break down and cry after every stupid fight with someone, I don't need pity.
"Come on, let's go" she says. I nod and get into the passenger's seat as Lydia gets into the driver's seat. "What was the fight about?" she asks.
"He tried to ground me" I tell her.
"Derek tried to ground you?"
"Yeah. I got angry, he got angry, we fought and I walked out" I tell her.
"Well you can stay with me for as long as you want, we've got a spare room"
"Thanks so much for this" I say.
"It's what friends are for Cora" she smiles and I return it.
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