Love Me ~ Derek Hale

17

An hour later, as Scott promised Derek, he had a plan. We met up with Stiles and he drove us to the school in his jeep.

"This is a terrible idea," Stiles said getting out of the jeep and walking over to Scott and me who got out on the opposite side of the vehicle.

"Yeah, I know," Scott sighed looking at the school. "But we're still gonna do it?!" Stiles asked panicked.

"Can you think of something better?" Scott asked rhetorically.

"Personally, I'm a fan of ignoring a problem until it eventually just goes away," Stiles confessed and I nodded agreeing.

"Just make sure we can get inside," Scott said as Stiles opened the back of his jeep and reached inside. As he did this I turned to see two head beams flashing our way. "He's here," Scott stated as the lights and car turned off simultaneously. Stiles quickly pulled out a big set of wire cutters and shut the back of the jeep.

Derek got out of his car and started walking toward us. "Where's my boss?" Scott asked seeing Derek by himself. "He's in the back," Derek stated as if it weren't already obvious.

We all leaned down to look inside the car to see Deaton all tied up in duct tape and knocked out in the back seat. "Oh, well he looks comfortable," Stiles said sarcastically as I glared at Derek.

So much for not hurting the man.

Scott and Stiles started to walk away when Derek stopped them. "Wait, hey. What're you doing?" Derek questioned confused as to why they were walking towards the school.

"You said I was linked with the Alpha..." Scott said and gazed up at the school. "I'm gonna see if you're right."

"Are you sure you still wanna do this? What if we get caught?" I asked following Scott. "Stiles and I will be okay if we get caught.....you on the other hand," Scott turned to me making me stop in my tracks. "Need to stay out here. You can't get into any more trouble with the cops, no matter how many times Stiles dad had saved your ass," Scott said with the last little bit hushed.

As if everyone here didn't already know.

I exchanged a glance between the two boys and sighed. "Fine, just be careful please," I said and Scott nodded. "Stay out here with Derek," he said placing a hand on my back ushering me to walk back to the cars. He then turned to Derek, "I trust you to keep her safe." Derek took a step forward to him and quietly said, "I'll always keep her safe."

Butterflies engulfed my stomach as he said those words. Scott immediately exchanged a look between us, but not having enough time to deal with it, he turned and headed towards the school.

I walked over to Derek's car and leaned on the hood. He followed me and did the same.

"You'll always keep me safe?" I asked trying to hide the smile on my face. "Mia, you're different," he said making me confused. "What do you mean?" I asked scooting closer to him. He took a minute as if he were gathering his thoughts and contemplating if he should speak.

"You're different in the sense that when I'm with you I feel..." He struggled with a loss of words. "I get these feelings about you that I don't know how to put into words," he said. "It's a feeling of wanting to protect you, to the point where I'd kill for you. Wanting to be near you, with you, hear your voice. You voice is constantly in my head," He continued as I moved positions, now standing in front of him, placing my legs in between his. He focused on every move I made and didn't take his eyes off me. "Derek," I whispered as our faces grew closer together. "I always want to touch you," he said bringing his hand to my cheek.