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.“McCall finally tired of you?”“Dude, not that you care, but I’ve been grounded since we killed Kali.My dad didn’t appreciate me showing up in the ER with a broken leg and claw marks pierced into my wrists.”Derek remembers.Aiden had held Stiles down while Ethan forced Scott to watch the female alpha snap his best friend’s tibia with just the heel of her foot.Derek and his betas could hear the screams a block away where they were chasing Deucalion and Morrell.By the time they had returned, Allison was helping Stiles into the front seat of Lydia’s car.The teen had been pale and quiet, heart racing, normal scent eclipsed under pain and blood.He had glanced at Derek for just a moment before the strawberry blond had yelled for Scott to get in.Stiles had been in a cast the night they killed the alpha of Alphas.Isaac said Deaton had given him enough painkillers to numb everything.Derek didn’t believe him.“You told him everything.”“Kind of hard not to when Melissa was scheduling radiographs for me and Dad was screaming at Scott.”“You should have told him a year ago.”“Thanks, dick.Like I need you lecturing me too.”Derek slumps onto the couch and decides he needs to rearrange the room again.No wonder Isaac never sat facing forward: he was staring directly where his alpha slept.“How are you doing?”“Are you asking because you want to know or because you feel guilty for being an epic douche?”“Either gives you a reason to ramble on and piss me off, so you can pick.”Stiles launches into how being grounded sucks and this is really all Derek’s fault for never letting him know it was alright to tell Scott about the Alphas in the beginning.At first he comes off as uncaring and harsh, and if he was in the room, Derek could probably smell the annoyance in his tone.Then half an hour has passed, Derek asks a question, and Stiles laughs.They don’t talk about Jennifer or Derek’s previous relationship with her.They don’t talk about Stiles kissing him before junior year.They don’t talk about Erica even though Derek wants to.Instead, Stiles tells the alpha all about what Deaton calls his spark.Two hours pass and Stiles shouts ‘oh’ before asking what happened to the Camaro.“It was the only thing that still smelled vaguely like Erica and it bothered Isaac.”“Did you get rid of it?”“No, it’s in the warehouse.”“Huh,” Stiles says and Derek can imagine him licking his lips like he’s so prone to do.“You should give it to Boyd.”- - -Mending whatever his relationship with the Sheriff’s son is seems to improve everyone’s attitude.Boyd, who’s reluctance to visit the loft was unsettling, thanks Derek on Christmas Eve when the alpha hands him the keys to the Camaro and says to take care of it.Isaac whines and Derek grins because it’s a habit he’s slowly been developing since moving back to the loft.Scott says it means he’s comfortable.A week after New Year’s, he and Isaac have been recruited by Cora to go shopping to furnish her apartment even though she’s lived there for a month and a half.They’ve been in Target for an hour, Derek feeling out of place while pushing the cart.Isaac is on about this and that, complaining that he’s supposed to be hanging out with Scott and Stiles.Although Stiles insists the beta doesn’t like him and that the feeling is mutual, Derek knows it’s a load of bullshit.Isaac likes everyone.Except Peter.But no one likes Peter except Peter.The alpha is staring at a display of bed pillows, looking utterly domestic when he catches a scent he spent two months doused in.It’s followed by a familiar heartbeat and then Jennifer is rounding the corner of the aisle, head down as she skims something on her phone.When she finally looks up, she jumps a little and Derek offers a shy smile.“Derek!”“Jennifer.”“And Mr.Lahey.”“Hey, Miss Blake.How have you been?” Isaac smiles and leans against the end of the cart so it presses into Derek’s hip.“Good, good.Coming up with next semester’s lesson plan.You’re transferring into my class if I’m not mistaken,” she replies, tucking hair behind her ear; it’s a nervous habit Derek noticed during their first date.“I’m looking forward to having the entire pack.”“Boyd’s got Keller for his English class, but it’s most of us.” Isaac’s phone starts vibrating and he pulls it from his back pocket before apologizing.“I’m going to be in electronics, Derek.It was nice seeing you, Miss Blake!”“You too, Isaac.”Isaac shoots Derek a snarky grin before answering the phone and the alpha can hear Lydia’s voice mumbling from the speaker.Jennifer is smiling with practiced grace, hand clutched around the cart handle, the other wringing a sleeve of the hoodie she’s wearing with her graduate alma mater’s logo on it.Derek’s seen her dressed down many times but she seems too nervous now compared to what her wardrobe reflects.“You look good,” she says, voice even while her heart races.“Scott said you took care of the Alphas.”“We did.Both of us, both the packs.Everyone is good, safe finally.” Derek can hear Cora mumbling to herself a few aisles away, debating on which throw pillows will look the best with aqua walls.“Cora moved out and Isaac moved back in.”“I was wondering.He and Scott are always in the halls together.Sometimes I think Stiles likes my class as much as he does now because he gets Scott all to himself.” The teacher laughs softly, trying to calm herself.“He didn’t like me for a few months.He and Lydia have the highest grades in the class, but he’s always been very brash about his opinions of humans and werewolves.”“It’s probably my fault,” Derek admits, leaning against his, Cora’s cart.“He hates being reminded he’s human and humans break.”“Trust me, Derek, I know.”Jennifer sighs, cheeks still flushed as she glances around.Derek assumes it’s to note whether Isaac is on his way back or if any of the betas are roaming around.When she’s satisfied that no one is going to interrupt them, she turns to the alpha with intent.“We never spoke after you dropped me at the hospital.”“I didn’t think you would want to be pulled anymore into our world.It’s dangerous.We’re dangerous.”“What about Lydia and Allison? Or Danny? Or Stiles?”“Allison’s family-"“Derek! Which one do you like better?” Cora asked, coming halfway down the aisle with three pillows of varying patterns in green in her hands.“Oh.Hello, Jen.”“Cora.”“Der, I want your opinion.” Cora’s eyes barely glaze over Jennifer and Derek resists the urge to alpha his baby sister in front of his ex.“Isaac refuses to help.”“Cora, now’s not the time.”“It’s fine, Derek.” Lie.“Look, you still have my number, right? We’ll get coffee soon.This weekend, perhaps? School starts again on Monday but I’m sure I’ll be craving a caramel macchiato by Saturday.”Derek just nods, feeling Cora’s glare intensify, eyes trained on Jennifer’s.She offers a polite goodbye before walking away.The alpha exhales loudly and then his sister smacks him in the head with one of the throw pillows.“What were you doing talking to her?”“Beacon Hills is smaller than LA or New York, Cora, we were going to run into each other eventually.”“Whatever, you know I don’t like her.Now come, Isaac’s pretending to hide but Boyd is running commentary from Lydia’s house and says those two are shamelessly flirting over the phone.Scott doesn’t seem too pleased with it.” Cora’s phone buzzes and she smiles at her brother, tugging him by the sleeve.“C’mon, Der.I have money riding on this [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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