Keep Your Head Up (3rd book in Fatal Attraction)

Arrow Boy

Isabelle's POV
We were at Derek's while he was still mourning Boyd. "They were there for two days, waiting, hiding. That's what we're taught to do when the hunters find us... hide and heal." Cora said, it's odd seeing her and Molly so grown up since I remember them as little kids wanting to play with Emilie and Stiles. "Okay, so is two days standard, then, or are we thinking Derek's on, like, some extended getaway?" Stiles asked. "Why do you care?" Molly asked. "Why do we care? Let's see... because over the last few weeks, my best friends and boyfriend tried to kill themselves. Their boss nearly got ritually sacrificed. A girl that I've known since Stiles was three and I was two was ritually sacrificed. Boyd was killed by alphas. I... do you want me to keep going? 'Cause I can, all right? For, like, an hour." Emilie said. "You think Derek can do anything about that?" Cora and Molly asked them. "Well, since he's the one everyone seems to be after, it's more like he should do something about it, yeah." Stiles said. "I don't know. There's something different about him now. He wasn't like this when we knew him." Molly said. "What was he like?" Emilie asked. "A lot like Scott, actually. A lot like most teenagers... unbearably romantic, profoundly narcissistic, tolerable really only to other teenagers." Peter said. "So essentially Scott and I are basically Derek and Isabelle?" Emilie asked. "No I didn't know about werewolves." I said. "Yes you did." Molly and Cora said. "I did?" I asked. "This is annoying." Peter said and got up and shoved his claws into my neck making me scream in pain and I fell to the ground as I remembered everything from me dating Derek, learning about werewolves from him, and even Paige's death. "You remember?" Peter asked. "Yeah you took my memories dick?" I asked, he shrugged, I stood up. "Okay so Izzy getting memories back, what happened? What changed him?" Emilie and Stiles asked. "Well, the same thing that changes a lot of boys... A girl." I said sadly, remembering Paige. "You're all telling us some girl broke his little heart? That's why Derek is the way he is?" Stiles asked. "Do you remember Derek before he was an Alpha had blue eyes? Do you know why some wolves have blue eyes?" Peter asked. "I just always thought it was, like, a genetic thing." Stiles said. "If you want to know what changed Derek, you need to know what changed the color of his eyes." Peter said. I sighed remembering this whole story.
Young Isabelle's POV
I was in the music room with Paige as she practiced and I did some homework, and we heard a thumps in the hallway. "Belle do you know what that could be?" Paige asked. "No." I said. We walked out and I saw my friend/ex Derek Hale and his friends playing, Derek and I broke up about two weeks ago but we are still friends it wasn't due to the Hale's being werewolves it was just because we didn't feel a spark. "Hey, do you guys mind? I'm trying to practice." Pagie said. "How do you know we're not trying to practice here too?" Derek asked. "Yeah, well, see, she was practicing in the music room, and I'm pretty sure basketball practice takes place in the gym." I said. "Well, I'm pretty sure basketball practice takes place anywhere you got a basketball. See? Wait. Hold on. Hold on. If you can get the ball from me... maybe I'll stop. Come on. It'll be easy. Oops." Derek said keeping the ball away from Paige, I grabbed it and chucked it at the back of his head hitting him. "I gotta go." I said seeing the time. "Bye Izzy." Derek said. "Bye Belle." Paige said. I got in my car which used to be my Mom's Jeep, I knew this would go to Stiles when he got his license but I couldn't afford anything else. I picked up Stiles and Emilie who said goodbye to Scott and Sage. "Hey Izzy." The two said. "Hey how was school?" I asked. "Good." The two said, it was odd after Mom's death they acted like twins. I got home and we got out and the two ran to their rooms and I took out my homework and portable CD player. I played my Evanscence Origin soundtrack. I finished and I made a quick dinner, we all ate and went to bed. It was the next day and we walked into the music room passing the basketball team and saw Derek in the music room. "Come on lover boy." One of the guys laughed walking away. "Sorry about that." Derek said. "Whatever." Paige said. "Hey, what's your name? I know Izzy's." Derek said. "I'm trying to practice, if you didn't notice." Paige said. "Okay. I'll just leave you alone, then... after you tell me your name." Derek said, I could tell he had a crush on her and they would be cute together. "All right, I'll tell you my name if you can play one instrument in this room." Paige said. I snorted knowing the only plausible instrument Derek could play was a triangle. "One?" Derek asked. "Just one." Paige confirmed. "Any of 'em?" Derek asked and took the triangle and hit it. "My name's Paige. Now please go, so I can practice." Paige said. "My name's..." Derek tried but Paige cut him off. "I know who you are." Paige said and Derek left. "I also need to go." I said waving to Paige. I ran up to Derek. "How's the family?" I asked. "Well Laura is sad we aren't mates, my Mom, Dad, and Uncle Peter understand." Derek said. "Cora and Molly?" I asked. "They are doing good they are annoying as ever." Derek said I rolled my eyes, since I have younger siblings and understand the reasoning, we got to the gym and I saw the cheerleaders stretching. "Hey Belle." The others said. "Hey." I said going to change and I was in my uniform, we wear our uniforms so we can get a use to moving in our outfits. I walked out and saw Gina, the vice captain starting. "Sorry I was late I was talking to Derek." I said. "Still friends even though you broke up Cap?" Gina said. "Yes now let's start." I said and got my Pom poms and we started a cheer and our formations.
Isabelle's POV
After telling Stiles and Emilie that they both nodded understanding. "Okay, so if Derek was a sophomore back then, how old was he? How old were you? How old are you now?" Emilie said. "Not as young as we could have been, but not as old as you might think."Peter said. "Okay, that was frustratingly vague. How old are you two?" Stiles said to Molly and Cora. "17." They both said. "See, that's an answer. That's how we answer people." Stiles said. "Well, 17 how you'd measure in years." Molly said smirking. "All right, I'm just gonna drop it. What happened to Derek and the cello girl?" Stiles said. "Paige." I corrected. "What do you think happened? They were teenagers. One minute, it's, I hate you, don't talk to me. The next, it's frantic groping in any dark corner they could manage to find themselves alone for five minutes. Their favorite dark corner was an abandoned distillery outside of Beacon Hills." Peter said. "All right, hold up. How do you know all this? You just said that they were alone." Emilie said. "Back then, I wasn't just Derek's Uncle. I was his best friend, his closest confidante. That's how I know." Peter said. "I have a bone to pick about the best friend thing." I said to the ex psychopath.
Teen Isabelle's POV
I was walking through the woods and I was tackled by a wolf and I struggled and an arrow went through it. "You good?" The boy asked he was my age had black hair, blue eyes, and looked nice. "Yeah thanks for the save." I said. "You almost got killed by a werewolf and you are okay?" He asked. "I know about werewolves, you arrow boy?" I asked. "Just call me C.A." He said. "Nice to meet you C.A do you normally go around saving girls with a bow and arrow?" I asked. "Only cute brown haired ones." He said. "Don't think that makes me feel special." I said and left. I walked back to the town and saw police lights, I jogged over and saw Dad. "Somebody called for a... Whoa." Dad said and I saw a a dead body. "I want his body. It belongs to me... both halves." A werewolf said. "First off... you need to step back. I'm just a deputy. I do what I'm told. And right now they're telling me there's a young man who was shot in the throat with an arrow and literally cut in half. This is a homicide investigation. Second, no matter how close you were... you're not related." Dad said. "He was family to me." The werewolf said. After that I left and got home, I paid the babysitter that Dad hired and checked on my younger siblings and went to my bedroom.
Isabelle's POV
Huh so I met Conner before he was an adult, how come he never mentioned it? "I don't get it. What does this have to do with Derek?" Molly said confused. "Everything. It's never just a single moment. It's a confluence of events. Personally, I looked at Ennis' circumstances, I saw a profound loss. Derek saw something different. He saw opportunity." Peter said. "Opportunity? To do what?" Emilie asked. "To always be with her." Peter said smirking.
Teen Isabelle's POV
I just finished cheerleading practice and saw C.A standing there. "You a stalker arrow boy?" I asked. "Nah, my grandpa decided I need to scope out the high school for a werewolf but a cute girl was a good second." He said. I rolled my eyes and walked to the music room and head Paige and Derek talking while Paige played. "What are you staring at?" She asked annoyed. "I'm not staring. I'm listening. Am I distracting you?" Derek asked. "No, I've got laser-like focus." Paige said. "You sure about that?" Derek asked. "I hate you." Paige said. "No, you don't. You love me." Derek said. "Hate you." Paige said. "You love me." Derek said.
Isabelle's POV
"And that was the one thing I didn't miss from high school." I said. "That sounds annoying." The four teens said. "The thing was, Derek had this constant fear. He was obsessing over it, thinking about it all night, all day, always on his mind." Peter said.
Teen Isabelle's POV
I was sitting at lunch with Derek and Peter walked up to us. "Why does she eat alone?" He asked. "What are you doing here?" Derek asked. "I'm looking out for my favorite nephew, making sure no one has a crossbow aimed at your throat." Peter said. "We could get you banned from school grounds. You know that, right?" I said. "No one would ban me from anywhere. I'm too good-looking. Doesn't she have any friends?" Peter said. "Yeah I'm one of them." I said. "A few, but she likes to study during lunch. and I kind of just don't think she likes my friends." Derek said. "Only the basketball jocks." I said. "No one should like your friends. They're a bunch of hormonal half-wits. But that one over there... she's perfect for you. And perfect combinations are rare in an imperfect world. It would worry me too, though. I'd probably be thinking about it all the time." Peter said. "Thinking about what?" I asked. "Her finding out. You've thought that through, right? You know it always happens. One minute, you're in this blissful teen romance, and next, she sees fangs, glowing eyes, claws." Peter said. "I found out and I was okay with it." I said. "That's because Talia and Joseph eased you into it, that girl will probably not be." Peter said, okay true Talia and Joseph did tell me and explain it, only because during a basketball game was on a full moon and Derek was trying not to shift during the game and I checked on him. "She doesn't have to find out." Derek said. "But they always do... especially when they're perfect for you. There's really only one way to make sure you'll always be together. Turn her." Peter said. "Can I punch you?" I asked. "I don't think it's worth it." Derek said shaking his head at either me or Peter.
Isabelle's POV
I looked at Peter. "Oh yeah, I forgot that which reminds me." I said and punched him it hurt but it also hurt him. "I kept telling him not to do it. Every day the more he thought about it, the more convinced he became. You know teenagers. I bet he even blames me. He's probably convinced himself the whole thing was my idea." Peter said. "It was!" I yelled at him. "I can see how her and Derek dated." Cora said. "Yeah." Molly agreed.
Teen Isabelle's POV
Derek and I looked at Peter. "I have the perfect idea." Peter said. "Go away." Derek said. "Laura told you about the packs being here, right? There are more alphas than I've ever seen in one place. Your mother would never do it. And these packs won't be here much longer. The time to do it is now. One little bite, and she never gets sick again. She stays younger, more beautiful. Think how she'll be able to protect herself. Derek... the bite is a gift." Peter said. "Please go, also what's an emissary I've been hearing about from Laura." I said. "Oh that's simple." Peter said.
Isabelle's POV
"So what is it?" Stiles asked. "They keep us connected to humanity. But they're a secret even in the pack. Sometimes only the Alpha knows who the emissary is." Cora said. "Derek, Cora, and I had no idea about Deaton." Molly said.  "Or his sister, Morrell." Peter said."She's an emissary too?" Emilie asked. "For the Alpha pack." Peter said. "Our guidance counselor? Why the hell don't you people tell me any of this stuff, huh? I shared some really intimate details with her." Stiles said. "Same." Emilie said. "And did she give you good advice?" Cora asked. "Actually, yeah." Emilie and Stiles said. "That's what they do. That's what Deaton used to do for Talia." Peter said.
Teen Isabelle's POV
I was sitting talking with Paige. "Is there anything odd I should know about Derek?" Paige asked, my mind instantly went to him and his family full of werewolves. "No not that I can think of." I said. "I better go." Paige said. "You and Derek have to meet at your secret hiding spot, ours was a nice small secret garden." I said smiling. "Sounds cute." Paige said leaving. I was sitting on my bedroom when C.A stuck his head in the window. "Hey Cutie." He said. "Hey C.A what's up?" I asked. "Want me to show you." He said. "Sure." I said and we climbed out of my window. We got to the abandoned distillery. "A little creepy." I said. "Yeah but no other hunter knows about there is werewolf here but me." C.A said. "Lovely." I said. "Listen I don't like hurting innocents I want to actually protect the things that can't protect themselves." C.A said. We looked through the window and saw Derek and another werewolf. "I know you know Derek but the other wolf?" He asked. "No clue but Paige she's human and doesn't know about this world." I said. "How do you know about this world?" C.A asked. "Accidentally saw my werewolf ex-boyfriend trying not to shift during a basketball game." I said. "Of course." He mumbled and we got in and saw the one werewolf bite Paige. "Derek why didn't you stop him?" I asked. "It was so her and I could be together I think she's my mate." Derek said. "Mate or not Hale, are you stupid?" C.A asked. "You humans don't get it." Derek said. "Derek you are blinded by being in love." I said. We heard a growl and we turned and looked at me and C.A and Derek both got me out of the way and Derek went over to Paige. "What's happening to her?" Derek asked seeing Paige was not healed instantly. "Her body isn't responding to the bite." C.A said. "Why not?" I asked. "Well the bite either turns you or kills you." C.A said. "I'm sorry." Derek cried. "I knew." Paige said. "What do you mean?" Derek asked. "Right after I told you my name, I think I knew. I've seen things in this town before, things no one really could explain. And then there's the way that you talk... how you say things, like how you'd catch a scent. And I know you can hear things, things that no one else can hear. I knew." Paige said. "And you still liked me?" Derek asked. "I loved you. I'm gonna die... aren't I? Ow. I can't. I can't take it anymore. Derek, I can't. Derek... Please. Please." Paige said. "Okay. It's alright. I'm sorry." Derek said killing her and tears fell from my eyes due to my friend being killed. "I'm sorry." Peter said. "I know where it can look like an animal attack." C.A said and took Paige's body and I was comforting Derek. "Derek." I looked and saw Talia walking over to us. "I did something... Something terrible." Derek said. "I know." Talia said. "My eyes... they're different." Derek said. "Different, but still beautiful... Just like the rest of you." Talia said. We left and I was at the Hale's looking at Peter, Talia, and Joseph. "I want one of you to take my memories of this world." I said. "Why?" Talia asked. "I lost my friend to a werewolf, and I don't want to be targeted by werewolves just because I knew werewolves." I said. "Sorry Isabelle but I'm not going to hurt you." Talia said. "I agree with Talia." Joseph said and the two left. "I'll do it, it may hurt a bit." Peter said and plunged his claws into my neck making me go unconscious.
Isabelle's POV
"Wow so you were actually a nice guy for once." I said getting my purse. "Where are you going?" Emilie asked. "Home." I said leaving. I got in my car and drove to my apartment and walked in seeing Conner making dinner. "Hey Arrow boy." I said and he dropped the knife and looked at me. "I thought you forgot about me?" He asked. "Nah I asked Peter to take away my memories about the supernatural after Paige's death." I said. "Makes sense, but now you remember when I was in Beacon Hills during the whole Derek and Paige love story." Conner said. "That I do C.A, and why didn't you tell me your full name?" I asked. "Um an Argent around the supernatural world isn't a good name." He said kissing me, I smiled at my fiancée.

A\N:New chapter and teen Isabelle knew about werewolves but asked to have memories taken away but now she has them back also teenage Conner when he was first learning to be a hunter.