Things We Never Expected: Alpha's Mate (Sterek)

Chapter 6 The Mating Ritual

Stiles POV

    Derek told me a little about the mating ritual.  It has to happen on a full moon, which is next weekend. It's a good thing it's summer, because Derek and I spent the entire week together.

    The ritual starts as soon as the moon goes up and last for three hours, so that the mates can build a bond. We have to be isolated from everyone but the pack. Then we spend two days isolated together.

    Derek decided to rebuild the Hale house,  so that we'd have somewhere to live together with the pack. The house is going to be even bigger the the original Hale House. The house will have 20 rooms, 10 bathrooms, a library, an office, a giant kitchen for me to cook in, an even bigger living room/den,  and a dining room with enough space for a table that seats 30 people.

    We hired a crew to start working on it the day after Dad accepted Derek into the family,  so it could be done by the day of the full moon. They got done 3 days early because we paid them enough to work dusk to dawn. When the crew was finish the pack (mainly Lydia) decorated the house. They refused to let me or Derek near the house until after our ritual.

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    It was the day of the ritual.  I woke up to Derek laying in my bed already awake. He had a troubled look on his face, as he was deep in thought. He realized I was a wake a moment to late and sat up. Sighing he spoke "Stiles, we need to talk. I don't know how to say this but bear with me, okay."

    "Are you breaking up with me? The day were supposed to get werewolf married?" I asked him nervously.

    "What? No that's not it at all! I love you Stiles, I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life with anyone else." He tells me before leaning in and kissing me. Once we break apart he continues. "So about the mating ritual... Well, you know how I said we had to spend two days isolated from the pack? Well there's a reason for that.  I'm not sure how to tell you this, but I've spent days trying to figure it out, so I'm just going to come out and say it." He takes a breath and looks me in the eye nervously. "While were isolated I have to knot you."

    "Wait, you actually have one of those? I thought it only applied to actual wolves. Well, that's awesome! It's the perfect way to break in your new house."

    "So you're not completely disgusted and want nothing to do with me?" Derek asked surprised.

    "Of course not I love you no matter what. But you have to give me more credit than that. I researched everything I could about werewolves when Scott became one. I do have a question though." Derek shakes his head,  laughs, then nods for me to continue. "Is it true that when we complete the ritual I could be impregnated?"

    Derek has the decency to blush as he nods. "I wasn't going to tell you it could happen unless it actually did happen."

    I got up and threw a pillow at his face. "Well thanks for telling me!" I shout as I walk into the bathroom to take a shower, Derek running after me.

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That night just before the moon goes up.

Derek left hours ago to set up the ritual. I've been anxiously waiting,  but I'm coming to the end of my patients. My fingers are taping a random beat it to the couch arm. The tv is turned on to a random channel. I check my watch again. There's still two hours three hours before the moon rises. I decided I better eat before Lydia comes over and prepares me for the ritual. I enter the kitchen an get a plate of spaghetti my dad had cooked earlier.

    When I finish washing my plate Lydia enters the house. "Stiles, I'm here." she shouts. I walk into the living room where she's setting up.

    "So, quick question what am I preparing?  You and Allison already raid my closet and chose my outfit."