Need

Chapter 18

Derek

"Shit," I exclaimed. How could we not notice Maliki wasn't with us? We talked about who went in what car before this, just so we avoided this scenario. Also what was wrong with Stiles? I wondered as I began to carry him bridal style. The girls and Liam looked at him worriedly and then turned back to me. 

"We need to find him," Liam said.

"Well obviously," Cora snapped. Jhene elbowed her. 

"We should bring Stiles inside, and asses his injuries. They have leverage over us at the moment, so they aren't going to kill him," Jhene decided. I nodded, not really focusing. I was terrified Stiles was really hurt. I couldn't lose him too. I took a deep breath and carried him to our bed. 

"So how are we going to do this?" I asked. Stiles was normally the planner, so without him helping us, it was a struggle. I walked over to the chair he always sat in and sank down, keeping my eyes on him. 

"Derek, listen to his heart," Cora told me. I raised my eyebrows and looked at Stiles. Fuck.  His heartbeat was too slow. I raced to his side and held his hand. Automatically his heartbeat raised to its normal pace. I took my hand off and it slowed down again. Quickly I placed back on him. It went back to normal. Behind me, the kids assessed the situation.

"Well, obviously you help him," Cora said.

"What's with you and the word obviously?" Jhene teased. Cora rolled her eyes at her, and I looked back at Stiles and traced my thumb over the inside of his arm, drawing a line back and forth. I stared at his sleeping face. He was so beautiful, his pale skin was dotted with moles and I just wanted to kiss each one. He was frowning just a bit, and I wanted to make that frown go away. I had plenty of ideas on how to do that--

"So doesn't that put Derek out of commission?" Liam asked, bringing me out of my thoughts. That was probably for the best, Derek.

"Wow, hey there big words," Jhene said with a laugh. 

"I'm studying for the SAT," Liam told her. 

"I don't think that word would be in the SAT Liam, but it doesn't matter. Yes, it does mean it's going to be just us three," Cora said. I shook my head and tore my eyes away from Stiles (God I loved his name, at first I thought it was weird, but now I just loved saying it. It sounded just right. I loved how he said my name. I loved everything about--). 

"So maybe we could use that to our advantage: fewer people. To be real, they are going to be expecting more than just us, so they will probably send out guards to look for you two, so that means fewer guards on our asses," Liam said, once again ripping me out of my thoughts.

"Language," Jhene joked. 

"Hey well, at least my grammers well. Did you hear me? Instead of less, I said fewer," He told her proudly. I rolled my eyes.

"You just ruined it, and I'm coming with you," I told them as Liam frowned and looked like he was thinking about how he messed up his sentence. They all shook their heads.

"Unless you want your boyfriend's heart to stop, I don't think so," Cora told me. I growled. 

"He's not my boyfriend," I told her.

"Are you kidding, you two can't take your eyes off each other," Jhene told me. "It's really cute, actually," She told me. I glowered at her.

"Hey now don't go all meanwolf on us," Liam said. 

"It's sourwolf," Cora corrected. "Anyway Derek, you're staying here. No arguments there," I began to protest. "I know, I'm your little sister, don't boss you around or I'll rip your throat out with my teeth," She said rolling her eyes. "Your staying," She finalized. I took a deep breath. At least if I was here, I was with Stiles. She was right though, if I left his side he would die. That wasn't going to happen. I listened to his steady heartbeat as the kids made a plan.