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Scott's p.o.v
I was right. Dammit Stiles, I was right. The moment i've stepped into my room and shut the door, i'm slammed againist the wall.
"Derek" I sigh in greeting, knowing it's him without looking.
"What are you doing?" he asks. I look at him in confusion. "With my sister?" he asks, voice coming out angry now.
"Derek..calm down" I tell the beta.
"Why were in her room this morning?" he asks, ignoring my last comment.
"We were supposed to hang out today" I tell him. I should probably just answer him, not make him angrier. Sure, i'm an alpha but I don't want to fight Derek. Being totally honest, i'm not 100% sure i'd win. I've seen him do alot of things, overcome alot of things. He fully healed Cora..and that's probably why he's so protective of her. He couldn't heal her again if he wanted too, he's not an alpha. And he thought she was dead for 6 years.
"That doesn't answer my question" he says.
"I heard her crying..what was I supposed to do? Leave her to cry in her sleep?" I say, trying to worm out of his grasp. "I wasn't going to leave her to go through it by herself" Derek clenches his jaw and sighs, letting me go. I rub my neck, watching the older man closely.
"You should have told me first" he says, looking down.
"I was just trying to help" I say.
"What are you doing?" he asks again. "I asked Cora about the idea of..you two" I don't miss the sour tone in his voice. "She didn't give me much, in fact she took off for a few days. That doesn't sound like 'nothing' to me" he says, pacing. I watch him. I know Derek, but his temper is unpredictable. That makes him dangerous. It's what makes him so strong.
"I don't know what to tell you" I sigh. I don't know what Cora what's him knowing. We haven't even talked about it properly yet. I know I like her, alot. And she kissed me back so i'd say she likes me as well.
"The truth would be nice" he sneers.
"Fine" I say. He stops and looks at me. "I like Cora, alot" I admit. His eyes narrow. "And i'm pretty sure likes me too"
"And how would you know something like that?" Derek asks me.
"I uh..I just do" I say a little nervously. Derek's eyes narrow dangerously and I know I have to tell him. "Don't tell Cora I told you, okay?"
"What did you do?" he asks.
"Derek. I don't want her to be mad at me" I push.
"Fine, whatever. I won't tell her" he rolls his eyes. I take a step back from the older man and he watches me do it.
"I..I kissed her" I tell him, eyes watching his every muscle for movement towards me. "And she kissed me back" I add. I don't want to throw Cora under the bus but Derek looks like he wants to hit me with a bus..his fist being the bus.
"And that's all?" he asks after a far too long silence.
"Yeah. Promise" I tell him. He nods and it's silent again. Weirdly silent.
"Scott" we both turn towards the door as Mum walks in. "You've got a..oh. Hi" she says, seeing Derek.
"Hi" Derek says a little awkwardly, making sure he doesn't look intimadating to Mum like he was to me a second ago.
"Uh..Cora's here to see you" Mum tells me, glancing at Derek. I look at Derek and his jaw's clenched. "Come on in sweetie" Mum says, nodding to someone, probably Cora. I was right. Cora walks in. The moment she sees her brother she sighs.
"It's okay. I'm leaving" Derek says. "Thanks for being honest with me" he says to me, genuinely grateful. He walks over to the door, stopping beside Cora. "We're having a talk when you get home. Before 8" he says.
"Okay" Cora nods. Derek leaves and the 3 of us stand around awkwardly. Mum's looking between us a little accussingly. She knows something's up between us now.
"Okay, I have some paperwork to fill out" Mum says. "Good seeing you Cora"
"You too Melissa" Cora smiles. Mum leaves the room, leaving just the 2 of us.
"Sit" I say. Cora moves and sits down on my bed. I go over and close the door, giving us some privacy as Cora looks like she's got something to say. I sit down beside her but not too close. I feel like Derek's still threatening me from here. "Are you okay?" I ask, breaking the silence.
"You mean after this morning?" she asks. I nod. "Yeah..just a stupid dream"
"Except it wasn't a dream. It was a memory" I say. "And you were really upset and i've been really worried" I say softly. She smiles a little.
"I'm fine. It's not the first time that's happened" she tells me. "But thank you..for being there. I don't like to tell Derek it happens because I know how much he doesn't like talking about the-the fire. But you were there, and i'm grateful you were. Thank you"
"It's no problem. I wanna be there for you whenever you need me" I say. I go a little red at the bold words. "Sorry.."
"No, its okay" she says. "I want you around weither I need a should to cry on or not. I just..I just want you around..all the time" she shrugs.
"Good. I want to be around" I smile.
"You know..Derek told me about Kate. About what really happened" Cora says. I sigh.
"I'm sorry" I say.
"It's okay, i'm not mad at him. I'm not mad at any of you for keeping it a secret. Only person i'm mad at is her. But Chris will find her and they'll take care of it so i'm letting it go" she tells me. I stare at awe at the girl. "What?" she asks.
"I just didn't think you'd say that. I thought you'd be ready to race off and find her. When we first met..you were kind of..hard headed" I chuckle and she joins in.
"Well I have important people here, i'm not ready to race off and leave them" she tells me.
"Like Derek?" I ask.
"Yeah. And the pack..and you" she says. I look at her properly and she's smiling softly at me.
"You're important to me too" I say, bringing a hand to her cheek. I brush my thumb over Cora's cheek and she leans into my touch. I don't exactly know what makes me do it but I use my hand on her face to guide her forward. She abides and suprises me by hooking one leg over my legs so she's sitting in my lap.
"This okay?" she asks, lips almost touching mine.
"Yeah" I smile before taking her lips in mine. One hand comes behind me to steady myself and the other comes to the back of her neck, holding her close. Both of Cora's hands thread through my hair, massaging my scalp a little. I run my tounge along her bottom lip cautiously, not sure if this is pushing it. Well..it's not. I know that because she opens her mouth and lets it in, running her's along mine.
"Feeling better Sc-WHOA!" we both pull back quickly. Cora jumps out of my lap and to her feet. "Uh..i'll come back in a minute" Stiles says, going out the door and closing it again.
"I should go" Cora says.
"You don't have too" I tell her. "Hang out with me and Stiles"
"I should talk to Derek" she says.
"Sorry but..I told him we kissed" I cringe.
"It's okay..I was going to tell him anyway" she chuckles. She leans down and kisses me again quickly. "Bye Scott"
"Bye Cora" I smile goofily, lips tingling. She jumps out my window and then Stiles is walking back in.
"Where'd she go?" Stiles asks.
"She's gotta talk to Derek" I say. Stiles chuckles.
"Okay, so spill. What the hell did I just walk in on?" he asks, sitting down on the floor. I smile and begin explaining.
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Cora's p.o.v
"Before you say anything" I cut Derek off the second I see him sitting on the couch with a book. He looks up at me. "I did kiss Scott, I do like him and no, i'm not going to stop seeing him" I say. Derek studies me for a second. He closes his book and puts it on the coffee table, giving me his attention.
"I wasn't going to tell you not to see him" he says, voice suprisingly soft.
"You weren't?" I ask.
"No, I wasn't" he confirms.
"Okay..then what are we talking about?" I ask, moving to sit down on the couch beside him. He sighs and I cringe. "No, not that. We're not having that conversation" I say before he can speak.
"Just don't be an idiot" he says.
"Wow Der, you really have a way with words" I say, teasing him.
"I've been you and Scott's age..just don't do anything you don't want to" he says.
"I haven't done that with Scott" I sigh, knowing what he's getting at.
"You mean you haven't ever..right?" he asks. I cringe a little..he's not going to like the answer.
"I have" I say. Derek's face screws up. "I don't know..South America got lonely sometimes" I shrug. It's not like I was some whore. It was a couple times, the same guy.
"Okay, enough. Glad we had this talk" he says. I laugh, properly laugh, at how awkward he can really be. "Don't laugh, this is serious" Derek whines. That only makes me laugh harder.
"Yeah, i'm sure it would be just as serious if I was asking you" I chuckle. His eyes narrow.
"I'm not some man whore" he says.
"Whatever you say Der" I tease. His serious demenor breaks and he laughs. I've heard about Jennifer and Braedan. As far as everyone knows, they were practically one night stands, nothing more. Jennifer's was the Darach, great choice Derek, and she's dead. Derek sent Braedan away the next day.
"Okay seriously" Derek says. I stop laughing and look at him. "Are you dating Scott?" he asks me.
"No" I say. "I don't think so. We haven't talked about it"
"Okay" he nods.
"Hey, what were you doing at Scott's today?" I ask him.
"What were you doing there?" he shoots back without missing a beat. Neither of us answer, to stubborn to give in and admit we were doing something we shouldn't have been.
"You should make me lunch" I say to Derek. He raises an eyebrow. "Go on, i'm hungry" I say. "Please Der" I smile sweetly.
"Argh. Fine" he says. He gets up and goes to the kitchen, a triumphant grin on my face.
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