Time Goes On

To Be Honest

I went to my afternoon class and James found me after. I was nervous since I would be breaking up with him. He had done nothing wrong. While I was still a bit angry with Derek, I had a chance with my mate.

Ever since being bitten, I have learned to trust my wolf. She had my best interests in mind. She gave me that very wrong feeling when I was close to James. Plus I had never felt more at peace than when I was close to Derek.

"Penny for your thoughts?" James asked with a smile. He was walking me back to my dorm, like he did on every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, when our schedules matched up.

"I have been thinking about us."

"That sounds a lot like we need to talk." The smile was replaced with a frown.

"I know, but it is appropriate. I don't think we are working out. There is so much I feel like we don't talk about and that is something I have to work on myself. Derek showing up last night got me thinking about it. He came to me today and apologized for running away and he wants to give us a shot."

"So you thrown me away for a guy who broke your heart back in high school?" he sneered.

"Okay, first, he is much more than that. Second, you have known m for three months. He has known me for almost 3 years. There is a lot I can't explain, you are just going to have to accept that I am breaking up with you."

We had arrived at my dorm and I looked up at the golden E that Erica and I had put on our door. It worked for both of us since our names began with the same letter and our eyes glowed the same golden color.

James seemed to be pretty pissed off. "I have been good to you. Late night study sessions, little notes to make you smile. What does he have that I don't?" I rolled my eyes. That was the question every guy wanted to know.

"My heart." With that I unlocked my door and stepped inside. I leaned back against the door and Erica turned around in her chair to look at me.

"So I heard all of that, and I am not even going to pretend that I didn't. I also caught the scent of a certain alpha hanging around the doorway. Care to explain?" I sat on my bed after I put my bag down by the foot, with my winter jacket.

"Derek showed up at three in the morning last night. I was with James at the time and he answered the door. After I yelled at him a bit, I went back to sleep. Then today at lunch Derek found me again and apologized, for everything.

"Because Derek is my mate, everyone else feels wrong to me when they hold me or try to get close. I felt slimy when James tried to even hug me. With Derek, I just felt at peace. I am sure you know the feeling from Boyd. I can't fight my wolf anymore."

Erica grew a smile. "So you and Derek are finally giving it a shot?" When I nodded she jumped up from her chair and giggled. "Finally, the longing looks and sad faces can stop!" I rolled my eyes at her and laid back on my bed. Pulling out my phone, I texted Derek.

Emilia: Told James this afternoon. When is our first date?

I received a pretty quick response saying he was on his way to my dorm. Erica offered to leave but I wasn't going to sexile her. I wasn't ready for sex with Derek yet.

A knock on our door came soon enough and I got up to answer it. Derek was on the other side smiling at me. Little butterflies fluttered in my stomach at the sight. He must have regained the ability to truly smile while he was away.

I stepped back to allow him in and he sat beside me on my bed. "Hello again Erica. How are you?"

"I am good. Classes suck. But I am glad you are back. Don't run away again please." She gave her best Scott impression with the puppy dog eyes.

"I promise, I am not going anywhere. I have a huge reason to stay now." He smiled at me.

"Did you just call me fat?" I asked. He sputtered and tried to get words out. "Derek, calm down. I was teasing you. I know what you meant."

He glared at me a bit. "Not funny." I still giggled.

"It was on my end." With my words he wrapped his arms around my waist and picked me up. Once I was on his lap he rubbed his beard into my neck and I couldn't stop laughing because it was ticklish. I am sure later it would be a turn on but it was ticklish at that point.

"Get a room." Erica turned back to her desk and computer with her words.

"I am in my room. If you don't like it then you can leave."

"You said you weren't going to sexile me." Derek's eyes got very big.

"First, I'm not, and second Derek, we are not even close to that." Erica's phone rang and she seemed very relieved. Turns out that Boyd called her and asked her over for a study date.

Once we were finally alone Derek finally looked at me again. "Talk to me Derek. I can't read minds."

"I dream about having you in that way but hearing it made me freeze. I guess I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that you are mine."

"We still need to work through a few things but I am. You are my mate Der. I plan on learning exactly what makes you tick, what will make you scream my name." Since I was still on his lap I felt his dick twitch against my leg. That made me smile. "We can start slow. First step, kiss me."

It wasn't like we had never made out before, but that was before he ran away and I was only 16. Two years was a long time to not kiss my mate. I shifted so I was straddling him and he let out a little whimper. He fell silent though when my hands went up behind his head and I threaded my fingers into his hair.

The kiss was slow at first but quickly turned into something much more heated. Derek wrapped his arms around me again and pulled me flush with his body. The kiss was a bit sloppy and quickly turned into many. Making out with Derek was always a pleasure.

He trailed his lips across my jaw and down my neck. Finally I moaned out when his teeth grazed my pulse point. I rocked my hips against his and he groaned. "You are not playing fair Em." I smiled and returned his lips to mine. His left hand went down my spine and found the hem of my shirt.

I felt the sparks travel cross my skin when his warm hand met my back. That made me rock my hips again. When he groaned at the motion I detached my lips and smiled. "If you don't want me to do that then stop turning me on so much."

That caused him to chuckle. He shifted so were were horizontal on my bed, me under him. I yanked on his shirt and pressed back into him. His hands roamed my body but settled on my waist. The right hand moved down to my ass, that was covered in my jeans, and he grabbed.

That made me gasp. "Now who is not playing fair?" He smiled at my words and he kissed me again.

This continued for a few moments more until a knock sounded at the door. I climbed out from under Derek and he shifted to hide his erection. "I am going to kill whoever is on the other side of that door.

I opened the door to find my supposedly best friends, Scott and Stiles. Stiles just started speaking without even looking at me. "I am so sorry that we gave Derek your dorm number. I didn't know that he would show up at that time. Plus you had James here and that relationship was going so well."

"Stiles, first, shut up. Second in case you missed the obvious," I motioned to Derek on my bed and my kiss swollen lips, "Derek and I are fine and together. I broke up with James." The look on the boys' faces was so funny. They both had looks of shock. "Scott, you really should use your nose more. Now both of you are going to leave and I will see you at dinner."

I shut the door in their faces and looked at the clock. "So we normally eat dinner around seven. It is only five now. That gives us two hours to enjoy each other a little more."