Epilogue

So Derek killed his uncle and became the new alpha. Elie wondered if the Hale House Arson had driven Peter to murder or being the alpha made him one, and whether Derek would inherit his uncle's homicidal tendency now that he was the new alpha. She hadn't seen him since that night so she wasn't sure.

Lydia was in stable condition but still in the hospital. When they sneaked in to check up on her, her wound wasn't healing which meant that she hadn't turned into a werewolf. It made them wonder why she was immune to the bite.

The front page of the local newspaper was plastered with the news about Kate Argent being responsible for the Hale House Arson. Despite Scott being a werewolf, Scott and Allison were still together. Elie was kind of happy about that because, as Stiles had said, Allison was like an anchor for Scott. She made him happy.

Elie later found out that Nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent meant "we hunt those who hunt us." This meant that as long as Scott didn't try to kill anyone, the hunters won't hunt him down like Kate did. So basically, for the time being no one was trying kill them and for Elie, that was good enough.

She increased her shift down at the diner because she really wanted her own means of transport. Not being able to get to places by herself and always relying on others was frustrating. Buying a car was difficult with her budget, but she would soon be able to afford a motorcycle. Elie was eyeing for a perfect moment to bring this up at home because she knew her father would be against it and say that it was too dangerous. So she figured she would just tell him after the purchase.

After finishing her shift at the diner, she was sitting at one of the tables with a cup of coffee, waiting for her brother to pick her up. She was flipping through motorcycle magazine when someone coughed. When she looked up, Derek was standing over her, to her surprise.

"Um…hello?" Elie was startled and felt awkward because she hadn't seen him since that night. He smiled briefly and sat down in front of her.

"You dropped this, the other night." said Derek as he brought something out of his pocket and put it on the table. It was one of Elie's earrings that she wore to the formal. She had no idea where she'd lost it so she hadn't even bothered to look for it.

Elie smiled and picked it up. It was just a cheap faux stone chandelier earring from Forever 21 that she had bought a while ago for a party, but now it somehow felt more special.

"Thank you." said Elie as she put it in her pocket.

"I have to thank you too. I didn't get to say it the other night."

"For what?" Elie looked up in surprise. Derek grinned and said,

"Coming to my rescue."

"Ah…well, you kinda managed to break free on your own and Scott turned up anyway…so…you know I really didn't do anything." Now that she thought about it she kind of felt stupid.

However, Derek looked straight into Elie's eyes and said,

"Well I appreciate it. So thank you."

Elie didn't know what to say so she just sheepishly smiled and said,

"You're welcome."

Derek smiled and when she realised that that his eyes were smiling too and it wasn't one of those 'being polite' smile he had first showed her the night he came into the diner, her heart skipped a beat and she began to feel a surge of happiness.

"I have to go, but I'll see you around Elie," said Derek as he stood up. Elie just nodded and waved at him.

What she had with Derek might not be as solid as Scott and Allison, it was probably more similar to what Stiles had with Lydia; in fact she was pretty sure that whatever this was, it was one-sided. But for now, she was happy.

She was happy every time he said her name.

She was happy that he found her earring and brought it back for her when he didn't have to.

She was happy that he didn't think she was stupid for coming to find him.

She was happy that he said 'see you around' instead of 'goodbye.'

She was happy that he'd genuinely smiled at her.

She knew that this might only be a silly teenage crush, and she wasn't sure what she was feeling was love yet but she was happy.

END

A/N: This is the end of season 1! Thank you for reading and reviewing my first ever story! I loved writing this and I am currently thinking of doing season 2 with Elie.

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