The Secret Side of Me (Derek Hale)

A Meet Up

That night my dreams were haunted with images of ...dare I say werewolves? Everything was just crazy and it was still hard to believe that any of it was actually real but after seeing Derek transform right before my eyes, deep down I knew that this was actually happening...that werewolves were real. The whole scene with Derek transforming and backing me into the wall played out in my dreams as all my emotions resurfaced. When the whole thing happened part of me was terrified as I didn't know what to think of it all, but the other half was intrigued and a teeny tiny bit excited. Nothing overly exciting had ever happened in my life, but now here I was being faced with the fact that what I thought to be myth was actually reality. It made me wonder what other kinds of creatures were out there.

When my alarm rung out and woke me up that morning, anxiety instantly set in. I walked around my bedroom as I quietly got ready for school and made sure that my sister was doing so as well since my mom couldn't be around this morning to make sure we got up. My mom had been going into work a lot earlier than normal due to the fact that she was behind on work. Once Abby and myself were ready, I drove us to school but I waited until she was inside the building before turning my car back on leaving the school only to go in the opposite direction. My eyes were fixation on the road as an all to familiar burnt down house came into view.

Why am I doing this...why am I even here? Derek could easily kill me with just swipe of his hand... I thought to myself as I nervously stepped out of the parked vehicle and slowly walked up to the place. I stopped in front of the door as I started to debate if I should go through or if it would be better for me to turn around and go back to school, but before I could really control my actions I found myself pushing open the door. Much to my surprise, Derek was standing in the middle of the room staring at me as the door opened.

“H..How did you know?” I stumbled over my words as I looked at him, but it didn't take long for him to answer.

“I could hear and smell you before you were even anywhere near the door. Now why are you here Elizabeth?” he answered me while turning around and giving me a question to answer myself.

“I...was just curious.” I casually answered back as I tried my best to hide the fact that I was nervous.

“Curious about what?” he shot back as he took a couple of steps towards me. My heart was starting to rapidly speed up.

“You know...the whole werewolf thing. There's obviously a lot I don't really know.” I answered him as our eyes met.

“Most people would be scared and run away or at least try to stay away.” he commented, but I held my ground.

“Trust me, everything in my mind is screaming at me to stay away from you, but you said I was apart of this now since I knew, so I think I have a right to know all there is to know. I need to know what I'm up against.” I replied as he finally broke his gaze.

“Fair enough. As you know by now we have a heightened sense of hearing and smelling. It's heightened enough that I can hear that your heart is racing.” he started to explain to me as a very faint tint of pink covered my face.

“G..go on. What else is there?” I stated as I encouraged him to tell me more. He seemed more than willing to go on.

“Well, we also have a lot of strength. Something you surely witnessed at the school when you all had a run in with the alpha. We also heal a lot faster than normal which makes it harder to kill us.” he continued on as he walked circles around me.

“Is it even possible for werewolves to die?” I breathed out as I thought about how the alpha has shoved its claws through Derek and yet he was still alive.

“Of course it's possible to kill us, but I rather not explain how to do so since that could be putting my life in danger.” he replied back almost instantly.

“As if I would even be able to come close to killing you.” I huffed out knowing it was true. If I even tried to kill him something told me he'd kill me before I even got the chance to try to kill him.

“Be that as it may, I'll wait to talk about that until I know for sure I can trust you. Anyways, most of us transform if we get too angry, our pulse too high, or if it's the full moon. I'm a bit different than most because I know how to control my transformation” he said as he ignored my question about how to kill werewolves.

Part of me was tempted to keep pestering him about how to kill a werewolf due to the fact that I wanted at least some chance to survive if that alpha came after me. If it hadn't been for the fact that Stiles and Scott were with me the night at the school, I was pretty sure I'd be dead right now. My thoughts disappeared as I felt a nail down down the side of my arms and send chills down my spine. I looked down at my arm to see goosebumps covering the areas that Derek's claw had come into contact with and then looked to my side only to lock eyes with the werewolf once more.

I adverted my head away from him as I heard his foot steps come towards me. I stared straight ahead of me and tried to keep myself calm since I now knew that he could hear my heart beat, but the attempt was in vain as I once again found my heart racing when I felt his hot breath on my ear.

“The full moon is tonight. You should stay inside tonight so that you're safe.” he breathed into my ear and causes another cold chill to attack me.

“Y..yeah. I'll keep that in mind” I stuttered as I took out my cell phone and looked at the time. I better get back to class before my sister finds out I skipped the first half of it.” I said as I spun around on my heels and started to walk out the door.

“Elizabeth...don't tell Scott or Stiles that I'm alive just yet.” I heard Derek yell as I walked out the door.

“Sure, whatever.” I casually replied as I got in my car and headed back towards the school.

As I drove down the road I thought about the werewolf's request to not let my friends know that he was alive yet. Why wouldn't he want them knowing that he's alive? I thought as the school came into view and I parked my car. It was then that it finally hit me. Oh my god, what if he goes out in public? Scott and Stiles told the police that Derek was the one that was going around killing everyone! I thought fanatically as I reached for my phone once I remembered that Derek had added himself to it.

Oh by the way, you're now a wanted criminal I texted him and started to walk towards the school, but it only took a few seconds before my phone went off.

What?! -Derek

Yeahhhh. You see, we all thought you were dead so Scott and Stiles told the police that you were responsible for all the murders. Have a nice day ;) I texted back with a sly smile on my face as I entered the school. Hopefully I didn't just sign my friend's death certificates.