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Chapter 4: Meet Phillip
Derek slouched down further in his car and hoped no one could see that he was still in the car. He had parked the car in front of Scott's school about twenty minutes ago hoping to make a casual entrance just as Scott walked out of his school after a game and give him a ride back home. He raised himself up just enough so that only the top of his head and eyes were visible. A hand full of lingering people, Stiles' car still in the school parking lot but no Scott.
'Twenty minutes late… Scott McCall is a dead man.' No one made Derek wait not even the super hot girl he dated in high school who made everyone wait. No seriously, you did not want to get stuck behind her in line. EVER.
Heaving a sigh He pulled him self out of the slouch and got out of the car. Taking a deep breath of the crisp autumn air Derek started to make his way towards the field in the back.
Few days had passed since Myra left town. Kyle was still sticking around but kept him self out of the way. Since the courting thing began Derek used to find one rose on his car every single day. It also used to tick Derek off a lot because he didn’t like anyone to touch his precious baby but lately there were no flowers. 'Well as long as no one is touching his baby I'm fine.' Derek smirked when he thought that he could also apply that sentence towards Scott.
Nearing the field Derek saw that it was completely empty except for the coach standing by the stands talking to Jackson . Derek's keen hearing let him know that Jackson was furious that Scott was still the center player but the coach was not budging. McCall was staying the as center.
Derek switched direction and quickly started walking towards the changing room, Scott should be there. A chill ran down his back as he came closer to the changing room. There was an unfamiliar scent near the changing room and a threatening aura was emanating from it. Just as Derek reached the door it opened and Scott came barrelling out and crashed into him. Scott had transformed and looked furious. Before Scott could get up and run away Derek pinned the smaller boy under him.
"Scott calm down," Scott struggled under him and tried to throw Derek off of him. "What happened? Oof…" Scott succeeded in switching positions and was now on top of Derek. He tried to get up but Derek wrapped himself around Scott like an octopus.
"Scott please calm down. We will be seen by your coach he is still here. Come on Scott stop!" Derek kept telling Scott to stop and finally the smaller boy became limp in his arms.
Breathing a sigh of relief Derek sat up with Scott now on his lap. He lessened his hold on Scott and gently rubbed his back. Scott turned back to normal but kept his hands fisted in Derek's shirt.
"Hey," Derek whispered "What happened? Last time you were this furious was when you thought I had kidnapped Allison"
"Huh, I guess I shouldn't be surprised seeing you two together but seriously get a freaking room." Derek could practically hear the sneer in Jackson's comment.
"Fuck off Jackson this is non of your business," Derek looked over his shoulder and sent the most frightening glare he could muster up at the moment. Apparently it was scary enough to make Jackson take a step back.
"Umm…" Jackson hesitated at first then continued in a soft tone "Is he ok?"
"I would have known by now if you hadn't interrupted us," Derek snarled.
"W- Well if you don’t want people intruding don’t do these things out in the open." Jackson glared back...well it was more of a pout than a glare in comparison to Derek's.
"Shut up already!" Scott pulled away from Derek to glare at Jackson first then at Derek.
"So what happened?" Derek asked worriedly.
Scott's fists tightened and in a small whisper he said "...he took Stiles."
"Who?" both Jackson and Derek asked at the same time.
"Phillip...He kidnapped Stiles thinking he was me and left a note for you." Scott loosened his fists and presented Derek with a crumpled ball of paper.
'Derek
I have your boy toy. Find me by midnight or you will never find me or your little friend again.
Phillip'
"How can someone mistake stiles for you? Its like mistaking apples for watermelons." Jackson said as he read the crumpled piece of paper that was offered to him. 'Boy toy' Jackson snorted under his breath
"Well this has nothing to do with me so I will be on my way. See ya." With that Jackson strutted towards the changing room and threw the page as Scott.
Derek and Scott untangled themselves and went in after Jackson.
"What do you mean it has nothing to do with you? In case you don’t remember I gave you the bite Jackson , you are part of my pack and through me you are now also part of Scott's pack. One of our members has been kidnapped and you are going to help us find them." Derek commanded Jackson .
Jackson looks unsure then took in deep breath, puffed out his chest and looked down his at Derek. "And in case you don’t remember your bite almost killed me and got others killed. Fuck you Derek I don’t have to do what you say."
Hearing that Scott sighed in frustration and pinched the bridge of his nose.
Derek looked guilty at first but then his eyes flashed in anger "As I seem to recall you were the one who begged me to bite you."
"CAN WE PLEASE GO FIND STILES!" Two pairs of eyes turned to Scott who looked like he WOULD maim anyone who said no and so it was decided that the three of them will go find Stiles.
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Following the faint traces of scent from the changing room Scott and co. found themselves an hour of out of town in the rural areas of Beacon Hills. The scent left them to a abandoned barn by the side of the road.
Looking at the blackened barn Scott turned to Derek and said "Is it like werewolf instinct to find the most run-down and hazardous place as a hideout?"
Derek Ignored Scott but glared at Jackson when he heard him snort. Turning back to look at the barn Derek warned Scott and Jackson "His pack is here too. Phillip is about ten years older than me so he has more experience in fighting than all of us. If you can, try to avoid one on one with him."
"So you guys brought me here to die," Jackson said look at Scott then Derek.
"No one will die Jackson ." Scott then turned to Derek "Do you know anything about his other pack members?"
"No," Derek shook his head.
Scott took in a deep breath, held it then slowly let it out. "It's ok I will try my hardest to make sure that this doesn't turn into full out war."
"Speak for yourself," Jackson said. "I don’t think that he went through the trouble of kidnapping Stiles just so he could talk."
"I actually agree with him," Derek said with a look that was somewhere between disturbed, worried and surprised. Neither Scott nor Jackson had any idea how Derek was doing that...They unanimously chalked it up to a special Derek trait.
Suddenly one of the barn door opened and a tall model like girl with flowing blond hair stood in the doorway.
'She would give both Lydia and Allison a run for their money . If we were comparing of course. Which he definitely was not. Never.' A chill ran down Jackson 's back just remembering what happened the last time he had said that out loud while Lydia was around.
"Coming in or what?" she drawled then as if reading Jackson 's thoughts she looked at him and smirked.
Derek and Scott started to follow her. Jackson hesitated then taking in a deep breath and saying a small prayer in his head he too followed them inside the barn.
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The inside of the Barn was almost as bad as the outside. The blackened wooden walls looked like they hadn't been cleaned in over few decades. There was broken pieces of furniture, random chunks of wood and bushels of hay were lying about here and there. In the middle there was a large beam of wood that could have worked perfectly as a mast on a ship and tied to beam was Stiles.
"So nice of you to finally show up Derek." Adonis was the only was to describe the man who walked out from behind the beam and smiled at the three of them. "You know I never knew that your pitched for the same team. See him or him or, of course, myself I would have approved" the man said gesturing first at Scott then Jackson then himself " but him?" this time he pointed at stiles "Honey what were you thinking?"
"Hey there is nothing wrong with him." That statement came out of the mouth of none other that Jackson Whittemore. Everyone, including Jackson himself, were thoroughly surprised.
Turning away from the blushing Jackson, Scott looked over stiles to see if he was hurt. That was when he noticed it and everything clicked in.
"Hey Stiles, why are you wearing Derek's shirt?"
"What?" Derek, who had been busy locating escape routes and who was blocking which route, finally looked at Stiles. Stiles was wearing the henley he had leant Scott a long while ago when Kyle had come to visit.
"But I got this from your closet Scott. I even told you that I was going to borrow this and you told me to go ahead," Stiles said. Slowly the realization that he was wearing Derek's shirt sunk in and Stiles face changed from confused to horrified.
"You know, I enjoy the topic of clothing when it ACTUALLY INVOLVES ME!" Phillip, the Adonis, yelled. "Now back to business. Derek I want you and you pack to quietly surrender or your boy toy gets it." Phillip's claws grew out but other than that none of his other features changed.
"Let me correct you on one thing because this is really pissing me off" Derek said. "He," Derek pointed at Stiles " is not my mate. He just happens to be wearing my shirt. Thus, making him smell like me. By the way Stiles I don’t want that shirt back and you are forbidden from borrowing clothes from Scott."
"Since you guys showed up I am going to guess that he is still an important member of your pack. Now, just bare your necks from me like good little puppies otherwise we will have no other choice than to snap his neck." Phillip was starting to sound impatient.
"Hey listen to me," Scott spoke up "Stiles is part of my family. He is not even a werewolf. I will surrender myself to you just please let him go."
"That's sweet honey, but you see I have absolutely no interest in a no name werewolf," Phillip smiled at Scott. "I want Derek Hale, I want his fortune and the Hale territory. If you want your family to stay alive my suggestion to you is to convince your friend there to surrender."
"You don’t have to convince me. I surrender, now untie him." Derek stepped forward with his hands up.
"Not until you kneel and bare your neck for me." Phillip said.
Derek did as Phillip said and then repeated "Let Stiles go."
Phillips waved a hand at Scott "go ahead you can save your family now after that get out of here."
Scott stood rooted and stared at Derek who had his head tilted to the left leaving his neck bared for Phillip. Derek glanced up with his eyes and looked up at Scott and mouthed a silent 'go.'
Scott looked at Stiles and then at Derek, his legs wouldn't move. He couldn't leave Derek and he also couldn't let Stiles die.
Rolling his eyes Jackson moved forward and went to untie Stiles.
"Thanks," Stiles said softly to Jackson.
"No matter how much I want to I can't have the lacrosse star split himself in two. Coach will have my skin." Jackson made quick work of the rope and both Stiles and Jackson started to walk towards Scott.
While Jackson was untying the rope Phillip made his way towards Derek. He gripped Derek's hair in his fist and pulled his head further to the left.
"My my it seems you two haven't even marked each other as mates yet." He ran a clawed finger down from the base of Derek's ear till the end of his shoulder, ripping Derek's shirt in the process. "Don’t worry I promise to take good care of you." Phillip bared his fangs and before he could bite into Derek's neck he was gripped from the back and thrown off.
Derek looked up to see a furious Scott who had turned into his wolf form. Knowing the other pack members would be coming Derek quickly transformed and got up just in time to claw the face of one of the attackers. The attacker howled in pain fell to the ground.
Derek looked up ready to take on another but noticed that there were all busy fighting other werewolves. 'Where did they come from?'
"Its Kyle." Scott told Derek as he took down another one of Phillip's pack member. "Is it just me or are these guys really easy to take down?"
"I guess that is why they didn’t declare a full out war on us. Where is Stiles?" Derek asked Scott while looking around barn.
"Jackson took him outside." Scott replied. They didn’t have much to do now, Kyle's pack was already taking care of everyone else and a sassy looking redhead was tying a knocked out Phillip to the mast.
"These guys are all bark and no bite," Kyle said as he walked towards Scott.
"Thank you," Scott smiled and pulled Kyle in a man hug.
Kyle laughed and said "Well we are not doing this for free you know." Once Scott let go Kyle turned to Derek "Listen we just want to stick around this place for a while. We promise not to interfere with your group as long as you don’t interfere with mine."
"Well as long as no one gets hurts I don’t care and thank you for helping us." Derek reached out his had shook Kyle's hand.
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Kyle told them that he would take care of everything and that they should head out and check on their friends.
When Scott and Derek came out they didn’t see Jackson and Stiles out side the barn. Scott looked around and called out for Stiles. The bushes to their right started to rustle and Stiles and Jackson stumbled out with twigs and leaves stuck to them.
"Oh thank god you guys are ok. We saw a bunch of other werewolves show up and go in the barn. What happened in there. What-"
'Stiles calm down!' Scott stopped Stiles monologue "Come on we all can finally go home now." 'home…' "OH SHIT Its past two!! My mom is gonna kill me!"
"Dude at least your mom know you are a werewolf My dad knows nothing! Oh man I am so dead" Stiles also started to panic.
"Or… you can say you were at my place studying or something," Jackson offered them a lifeline with a one shoulder shrug.
"Jackson my life saver!" Stiles exclaimed and gave Jackson a bear hug.
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(AN: I did not mention this before but they took Derek's car to the barn. It would have taken them longer otherwise)
Once they were all settled in Derek's car he drove them to the Whittemore's house. Once Stiles and Jackson got out Derek opened the front passenger window and said "You two can go study or something at his place. Scott and I are going to head to my place. Bye."
With that Derek backed out of the driveway leaving behind a stunned looking Stiles and an uncomfortable looking Jackson.
In the car Scott turned to look at Derek and said "I really hope you have another place because if we are heading to the health hazard you call your hideout then please drop me home."
"I have a house you know. I only use that place to meet the pack members and when the full moon comes around." Derek sounded a bit offended.
At that moment Scott realized how little he knew about Derek and the man probably knew everything there was to know about Scott, that made Scott feel horrible. They stayed quiet after that but Scott couldn’t help but sneak glances at Derek. Looking outside he notices they were in the neighbour around his school. 'Well that explains how he constantly appeared out of nowhere while I am at school' Scott thought to himself.
Derek pulled his car into the driveway of an expensive looking double story house.
"Derek, how rich are you?" Scott said staring in awe at the beautiful looking house in front of him.
"My aunt used to live here. Her family died along with mine so now I own this house." Derek spoke softly looking up at the beautiful house.
"I'm sorry, I didn’t know..." Scott didn’t know what else to say. This was the first time Derek had ever shared about his family. Well, other than the whole being burned alive which everyone knew about.
Derek reached over and gently squeezed the back of Scott's neck. "Hey, you don’t need to feel bad about not knowing things about me. I wasn’t very forthcoming to begin with and the only reason I know so much about you is…" Derek trailed off and started to pull his hand away but Scott grabbed the hand and held it in his.
"The only reason you know so much about me is because you stalked me," Scott smirked playfully at Derek. "Admit it Derek. You were stalking me."
"Was not. You just happened to be where ever I went" Derek mumbled then glared at the steering wheel.
Scott leaned close to Derek and said softly "Just admit it that you were following me because you like me."
Derek turned his head towards Scott. Finding Scott so close to himself Derek smiled, leaned forward and kissed Scott on the lips. It was a simple and innocent kiss but Scott wanted more. He pulled Derek back by pulling his shirt with his free hand and gently licked Derek's bottom. The kiss changed to deep and through, Derek's free hand came up and buried it self in Scott's hair. Scott ran his hands down Derek's chest causing Derek to growl in appreciation. It could be Scott's imagination but he could swear it was starting to get really hot in the car. Derek pulled away causing Scott moan at the loss and pout at him.
"Come on." Derek said as he released Scott's hand and got out of the car. Scott quickly got out of the car and followed Derek to his front door. Derek barely had the chance to finish locking the door before Scott was crowding him against it. He placed his hands beside Derek's head and leaned in.
"I have been waiting way to long to do this." Scott's hot breath tickled Derek's lips.
Derek let out a small breathy laugh and said "Hey, that’s my line." Derek's hand cupped the back of Scott's head and pulls him in to a kiss.
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Scott gets tackled by Stiles as he moves away from his locker.
"YOU went MIA! If that wasn’t enough Derek wouldn’t pick up his phone either! Do you have any idea how long it took for me to convince your mother that you weren't dead? " Stiles said angrily as he tried to put Scott in a head lock.
"Stiles! Stiles come on let go of me." Stiles let go of Scott but that didn’t stop him from glaring at his friend. "Sorry about being MIA...we were a bit ummm... Busy" Scott blushed as he finished saying that and grinned goofily at his best friend.
Stiles looked at his friend and noticed the happy go lucky grin that refused to leave his face even though he knew Scott was trying very hard to reign it in. "Busy? That’s your excuse for making your mom panic and making me suffer her tears? You owe me big time! And what the hell could have possibly kept you form- " it finally dawned on Stiles what had kept his friend busy over the weekend. He gripped his hair with both hands and looked in horror at Scott "OHMYGOD SOME ONE KILL ME I JUST IMAGINED IT!!! I NEEED TO BLEACH MY BRAIN!!"
Scott rolled his eyes and threw an arm his over reacting best friend. "Relax will you. I promise I will never tell you what happens between us ok?"
"What do you mean you wont tell me?" Stiles let go of his hair and looked at Scott in shock. "I swear if he does any thing bad to you, you have to tell me understood? Just keep the...the...other stuff out of it ok? You are like a brother and I don’t want to have an image like that of you in my head" Stiles cringed a little by the end of that sentence.
Grinning Scott squeezed Stiles' shoulder gently and replied " You will be the first one to know. Now, can I have your calculus notes cuz I am lost in that class and we have an test coming up!"
The two of them talked amiably as they walked towards their first class of the morning.
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