Full Moon //Derek Hale//

Forty-One

Sorry for the late update. I've had a lot of snow days and it's been like in the negatives here, and I haven't had the motivation to sit and write till now. But here ya'll go.

Enjoy!

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I woke up to silence. Or so, that's all I could hear for the time being. I groaned as my body felt like it was frozen. The blanket that was wrapped around me, I pulled tighter around my body as I tried to get warm. I turned onto my side and found Derek asleep in a chair next to the bed I was in.

His bed.

I move over to the edge and reach my shaking hand out, hoping to grab his hand. As our hands meet I feel the familiar warmth enter my body. I sigh in content and close my eyes, still exhausted from the past few days.

As I start to fall asleep again, I feel a soft feather-like kiss on my forehead, causing me to open my eyes.

"Derek?" I look up, noticing our hands were no longer linked. I feel a sadness wash over me as I watch him turn back towards me as he was about to leave. "Lay with me?" I whisper.

"I don't think that's a good idea." He replies.

"Derek. Please." I almost whimper, my body shivering once again from the loss of warmth. He sighs in defeat before walking back over towards the bed. He picks up the covers from behind me and slides under them, keeping distance between us.

I spin around and give him a confused look before moving closer towards him.

"Derek, can you tell me what happened between you and Jennifer?" I ask, grabbing his hand underneath the cover for comfort.

"Hallie-"

"No, I want to know. Even if it hurts, I deserve to know." I firmly state.

He was silent for a few moments before he sat up, causing me to sit up with him, "She made me hallucinate." He started, causing me to furrow my brows, "She made me believe that what was happening between her and I, was actually between us."

My heart aches as I realize Derek didn't really do it on purpose, the whole time he thought it was me, but I still wanted to know how.

"Did she act like me? Did she look exactly like me?" I question, curious about how it had happened.

"Yes. In every aspect. Same facial features, same smell, same everything. She even had that nervous act in play where you'll twiddle your thumbs and not speak. She had you all figured out right down to a T. But something felt off while she was here. Like my mind and body knew it wasn't you, but I didn't listen to them. I should've listened to them."

"God, I'm so sorry Hallie." He stresses, placing his face in his hands.

"What happened last night?" I ask, trying to change the subject so Derek could stop feeling bad about a situation he couldn't help but be in.

"The Oni, which are demonic ninja's searching for another demonic supernatural being, attacked everyone after I killed the black light party. They checked to see if you were yourself and I guess the coldness from it sent you into shock. Like your body wasn't healing itself. You stopped breathing for ten minutes. I don't know how you're alive, but all I can say is that I'm glad you are." He answered, keeping his face away from me.

I reach over with a shaking hand and force him to look at me, "Thank you... for staying by my side." I say, staring into his eyes that wore a sad look, "I still love you, and I want to try again with you. But it'll take some time. There's still a part of me that doesn't trust you well enough to be so close to you. But if you are willing to try and fix things, I'm all in. Only if you are."