Mama Hale

1.21.21

I know it's been a while since I last updated, but I suddenly had a burst of inspiration and kind of went crazy. So I spent a few hours writing and I hope you enjoy what I'm about to do.

-Recap-

"GAMESTOP?!" Isaac shouts and I laugh as Stiles starts cheering in agreement.

"Lead the way. Buy whatever you want. To an extent." I chuckle and the boys cheer before taking off towards the stores they want.

(Lyrica's P.O.V.)

Over half an hour later, both boys have several bags from various stores while I only have one bag from Hot Topic. We walk past a feminine store and I drag the boys in, laughing as they complain. I go to look through jewelry, both boys shyly trailing behind me.

"Nothing's wrong... I just have a lot on my mind." I hear Lydia and Allison coming up the escalators.

"You could smile, at least." Lydia sasses. "Ever heard of the saying, 'Never frown. Someone could be falling in love with your smile.'? Smile, Allison. I'm buying you a dress."

I snicker as I lead the boys to the perfume.

"Have to admit as far as apologies go, that's more than I expected." Allison says as the boys start playing with the perfume samplers and I lean back, watching them. "But not as much as I'm going to ask."

"What? What's that supposed to mean?" Lydia asks as they reach the top of the escalators.

"It means, you're going to cancel on whatever dumb, roided-up jock you said yes to and you're going with someone else." Allison replies as they stop in front of the store we're in.

"Who?" Lydia asks and Allison smirks, looking at Stiles and Isaac as they play around. 

"Him."

Stiles goes to smell a perfume and Isaac pushes the nozzle to spray the perfume, hitting Stiles directly in the face. Isaac laughs his ass off and I chuckle as Stiles practically throws the bottle down and backs away, sneezing profusely.

"Don't frown, Lydia." Allison mocks her friend. "Someone could be falling in love with your smile."

Lydia glares at her before looking at Stiles, who notices the girls and dorkily grins and waves.

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Isaac and I go sit on a bench while we wait for Stiles to finish with Lydia. I look up as Allison rushes out of the store, having heard that her car is being towed.

"I have to say, Scott, I continue to be impressed with your ingenuity." Peter says to Scott who is standing by the entrance of Macy's.

"Isaac, stay here. Don't move." I say to him before standing and going over to Scott.

"Just remember... you can't be everywhere all the time." Peter taunts him. I place a hand on Scott's shoulder, making him jump.

"Keep an eye on Isaac for a minute please. I'm gonna go talk to him." I say and he nods, going to sit with my son.

I silently run after Peter, falling into step with him as he walks towards the back exit of the mall.

"Peter, where's Derek?" I demand, making him stop.

"What do you mean? Isn't he with you and your precious son?" He asks.

"He's been missing for days, Peter." I say. "He went out to kill Jackson after we met Scott, and he never came back. Scott and Stiles think he's dead because he walked into gunfire."

"Is he dead?" He snorts. "You're his mate. You can feel whatever he feels. You'd know if he's dead."

"He's alive. But they don't need to know that. I just can't find him. I can't risk howling because it'd bring hunters to me and Isaac. He's just a human."

"Look." Peter sighs. "I'll find him. But the second you hear him howl, you drop what you're doing and go for him. Because we both know that hunters have him and if he does howl, he's only doing it once."

"Okay. Thank you, Peter. Really." I say, relieved.

"You're welcome, Lyrica." He smiles. Genuinely smiles. "You remind me a lot of Talia and Laura. They'd be proud of you."

"I know." I say and we go our separate ways. When I get back to Isaac, both Scott and Stiles are sitting with him. They're talking about lacrosse and I chuckle. "You done with Lydia, Stiles?"

"Yeah. Now we need to get suits." He says as all three boys stand.

"So how're you sneaking in, Scott?" I ask as we go to the tux rental shop.

"What? What're you talking about? I'm not going." He rushes out and we snicker.

"Scotty, I'm not stupid." I scoff. "You're going to sneak in the formal because you want to protect everyone and Allison is going with Jackson."

"Busted." Isaac snickers.

"Fine." Scott sighs, defeated. "I'll probably go through the roof."

"Good idea. But if Finstock tries to catch you, dance with Danny. Don't ask why. Just use that as your escape plan."

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(3rd P.O.V.)

Kate Argent is sitting in a chair, listening to voicemails on her phone. Behind her, Derek Hale is chained to a metal gate with a patch connected to his side, designed to electrocute him. Kate sighs and pulls her phone away from her ear, shutting it off and setting it on the table beside her.

"Unfortunately, Derek, if you're not gonna talk... I'm just gonna have to kill you." Kate says, placing her hand on the machine hooked to the werewolf. "So, say 'hi' to your sister for me. You did tell her about me, didn't you?"

Kate pauses at the silence and laughs, standing and walking over to Derek.

"The truth about the fire? Or did you?" She fake gasps. "Did you tell anybody? Not even your wife or son?"

At the mention of his wife and son, Derek lunges for the blonde woman but is held back be the chains. "They stay out of this." He seethes, eyes glowing.

"Oh Sweetie... That's a lot of guilt to keep buried. It's not all your fault. You got tricked by a pretty face. It happens. Handsome young werewolf mistakenly falls in love with a super-hot girl who comes from a family that kills werewolves." Kate laughs. "Is that ironic? Is it... ironic... that you're inadvertently helping me track down the rest of the pack...again?"

Derek looks ready to cry, and Kate chuckles.

"We're just a little bit of history repeating." She says before walking over to the electrocution dial. She stops and taps her fingers on the machine before turning to Derek. "History repeating. It's not Jackson, is it? Oh no, no, no, he's got a little scratch on the back of his neck, but... he's not in love with Allison. Not like Scott."

Edit: May 11, 2020. My brother's cat is chilling in the closet with me.