Cora's p.o.v

Saturday

I find I don't have it in me to sleep in as I usually would. But I had a really good sleep. I look out the window and the sun's coming up, the chill still in the air. I decide to go for a run. I change into a singlet and some running shorts. I throw on some running shoes as well. I walk down the stairs and find Derek's already awake. His eyes widen in suprise when he sees that i'm up.

"I'm going for a run" I tell him.

"It's 7am" he says.

"I know"

"You sleep in to at least 10 in the weekend" he reminds me. I shrug.

"I guess I can't today" I say.

"Okay, be careful" he says. I nod and head out the door. The second i'm covered by the trees, I take off. I push myself as hard as I can, trees blurring around me. But I know this forest like the back of my hand so it doesn't matter. What I didn't expect was to run into someone..fully crash into them.

"Argh" I groan, sitting up in the leaves.

"I'm so sorry" I look over to see Liam. Of course. He offers me his hand but I pull myself up.

"No problem" I say. "You okay?" he nods. "Okay.." I say, moving to keep going.

"You're Cora, right?" he asks, stopping me.

"Yeah. You know that" I say. He shifts uncomfortably.

"I'm Liam Dunbar. We haven't officially been introduced" he says, holding his hand out again. I take it this time, shaking it.

"Cora Hale" I say. We let go.

"So Derek's your brother?" he asks. I look around, I want to run..this is getting strange.

"Uh..yeah. Is there something you want to tell me?" I ask. Why's he being so..weird? Awkward?

"N-no. I just wanted to introduce myself properly. Oh, and apologise for running into you" he says.

"Well apology accepted. I'm gotta go, i'll see you around" I say, starting to back away.

"You bet Cora" he smiles. I turn and keep running. That kid is weird.

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"What's wrong with Liam?" I ask Derek, stepping back into the loft. He looks up at me from his book.

"What do you mean?" he asks.

"I just ran into him. He's..strange"

"He's new to all this. And he's only 16, he's the youngest of all of us" Derek tells me. I nod, accepting that as an answer. I sit down across from him at the table, bringing my knees up on the seat and under my chin.

"What are we doing today?" I ask him. Derek's eyes narrow. "What?"

"What are we doing today?" he repeats.

"Yeah, we. As in me and you"

"You know i'm fine, right? I've healed" he says.

"I know dumbass" I roll my eyes. "I just thought we could do something together today" I shrug.

"What do you want to do?" Derek asks. I shrug again. "Well that's helpful" he says sarcastically.

"Why don't we go see Mum? Go see everyone?" I suggest. It's been awhile, for both of us. Derek closes the book and puts it down on the table, giving me all of his attention.

"Are you sure?" he asks.

"Yeah" I nod.

"Get dressed and we'll go" he says. I smile and go up to my room.

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"He's still such an idiot Laura, he got bitten by a snake" I chuckle, sitting down beside Laura's grave. Derek's somewhere else. We don't dare listen in to each other. Yes, we're brother and sister and this is both of our's family but this is personal, private. "God I wish you were here, all of you" I sigh sadly. "I'm fitting in now, I have friends. Lydia Martin, Beacon Hills High's queen bee is my closest friend, can you believe it? And there's Stiles and Scott. I think you'd really like them, all of them. I..I like Scott alot" I admit nervously. I glance around and Derek's nowhere in sight. And he wouldn't be listening in. "He kissed me last night. Crazy right? True alpha Scott McCall. After the fire..I didn't think I could care for anyone other than what little family I had left. All three of them, Scott, Stiles, Lydia..they've proved me wrong. Especially Scott" I tell her. "I wish you were here, you'd tease me until I gave you every single detail like you used too"

"Cora" I hear Derek call out. "I'm ready when you are"

"Gotta go. Love you Laur" I say, smiling softly at her tombstone before getting up. I make my way to where Derek's waiting at the gate. I make sure there's no sign of tears in my eyes. It doesn't matter how much I try to hide it, Derek knows how I feel. He hugs me tightly before we go back to the car.

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We end up in my room, playing GTA together. I laugh as I kill Derek. He sighs in frustration.

"Again, really?"

"You'll get better eventually old man" I tease, him glaring at me. I'm too busy laughing to see him sneak up on me..and kill me. "That's no fair" I say.

"Life's not fair" he says with an eyeroll. He sounds just like our Dad. My phone vibrates next to me and I pause the game to check the message. It's from Scott.

Scott: Stiles and I are going to grab a bite to eat, do you wanna come?

I smile.

"Derek, can I.." i'm about to ask to go. He looks at me to continue. "Never mind, it's not important" I say, giving him a smile. He returns it.

Cora: I'd love to but i'm spending the day with Derek. How about we do something tomorrow?

Scott: Okay :)

I put my phone down and unpause the game, going straight for Derek on the game again.

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Hale bonding time :3 What's up with Liam? Is he just intimadated by Cora or is there another reason she makes him nervous? Favourite, follow and review!