The Phoenix

Chapter Thirty Four

Chapter Thirty Four

Mac's POV

My father had have Derek a short rundown of the Hale House fire that sent his angrily storming up the stairs, Stiles quickly followed behind his "cousin".

"What just happened?" My dad asked me, coming into the room.

"He knew some of the members that died and it probably brought up some strong feelings." I tried to explain it away.

"Oh. I wish I would've known." He said looking guilty. "I think I should go."

"Okay." I said. "Talk to you later?"

"Yeah. See you later Isaac." Dad said walking toward the door.

"Bye. Thanks for the food." Isaac said, still stuffing his face. I walked back into the dining room and sat across from Isaac.

"Poor kid." I said. "I couldn't even imagine going through something like this."

"It's hard. Losing your whole family." Isaac said. His whole family was dead too, I had almost forgot. "It might've happened overtime but it still hurts sometimes."

"I wish you never had to deal with losing your family like that." I said, placing my hand on his.

"I still have family left. You're the best family a guy could ask for." He said with a smile.

"You too." I responded. I'm so glad he decided to come back from France. I wouldn't know what to do without him. Stiles ran down the stairs soon after that.

"Where's Derek?" I asked.

"In Scott's room. Did you get a hold of him?" He asked.

"No." I said.

"He's probably still with Satan. Why?" Isaac asked.

"Because Derek won't talk to anyone but him. Let me call him." Stiles replied.

"I'm gonna see how Derek is holding up." I said standing up. Stiles scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, good luck with that. That kid is a little asshole." He said and held his phone up to his ear. I chuckled and walked up the stairs to my brother's room. I knocked on the door and opened it to see Derek sitting on the bed with his head hanging.

"How you holding up?" I asked.

"I said I wanted to talk to Scott, not you." He said.

"Scott should be on his way soon, but I wanted to try and keep you company, if that was okay." I said, closing the door and sitting in Scott's computer chair.

"You wouldn't get it." He said looking toward the window with tearful eyes.

"Probably not, but I know how you feel." I replied.

"How? You lose your whole family in a fire?" He shot at me.

"No, but I can feel your emotions." I said.

"Feel my emotions?" He looked at my with curiosity in his eyes.

"I'm a Phoenix and we are empathetic creatures. I can feel your emotions like they are my own. So I can feel what your feeling and I'm sorry." I explained. He nodded and we sat in silence for a second.

"Can I ask you a question?" Derek asked.

"Sure." I replied.

"What was with you and Agent McCall? It was like you had to remind yourself to call him Dad." He said. I guess I could distract him for a little bit.

"It's a long story." I said with a weak chuckle. "But long story short. We're just getting to know each other. He abandoned me when I was a baby and just came back into my life recently."

"I never knew my dad either." Derek said. "Left when I was young too." What?

"I never knew that." I whispered.

"How could you? We just met." Derek said.

"Yeah." I whispered, frowning at the floor.

"What's wrong?" He asked concerned.

"Nothing, just thinking about this guy I know. You remind me a lot of him actually." I said, of course talking about Derek. The Derek I knew, or thought I did.

"What about him?" Derek asked.

"Just that I'm not realizing I don't know much about him. I'm just now realizing there's so much he never told me about himself. He knows practically everything about me but he barely tell me anything." I said.

"Oh. Is he your boyfriend?" Derek asked.

"Not anymore." I said.

"Do you still love him?" Derek asked again and I looked up to meet his eyes.

"I'll never stop. He was my first love. You never forget your first love." I replied.

"Well maybe it just wasn't meant to be. I will always remember my first love, Paige." When he said her name, I bout fell outta my chair. Derek never talked about Paige. I only know of her existence because of Peter. "Paige, she um- we didn't work out. First loves never do. Maybe you two were only meant to be together for a season. Not forever."

I was surprised, who expected Fetus Derek to be so full of knowledge. I didn't expect for him to be so deep.

"You don't have to look so surprised." Derek said and I smiled sheepishly.

"Sorry." I said chuckling. I stood up to head back downstairs. "I'm gonna go see how long Scott's gonna be."

"Hey, Mac?" Derek said stopping me in my tracks. I turned and looked at him. He stood and walked up to me. "Thanks for coming and talking to me."

"Yeah, of course." I said giving him a small smile.

"And If you and your guy friend don't end up working out, you can always hit me up." He said with a shit-eating grin. I laughed and shook my head closing the door on my way out.

"Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen." I called out as I walked away from the room. When I got downstairs, I found Isaac and Stiles in the kitchen. Isaac was still eating and Stiles was on the phone.

"Did you get him?" I asked Stiles.

"It's still ringing." He said, and just as he finished his sentence Scott answered the phone. "Thank god you answered. Derek knows about the fire."

Stiles walked upstairs to probably give Derek the phone. I sat next to Isaac and picked a piece of broccoli off his plate.

"How's he doing?" Isaac asked.

"He's having a hard time understanding what's going on." I replied. Suddenly Stiles runs down the stairs.

"We have a problem." He said and ran out of the door. Isaac and I jumped up to follow him. "Kate was here and Derek went with her."

"Kate as in Allison's murderous, now a were creature aunt?" I asked him.

"Yes. Isaac can you catch a scent?" Stiles asked and Isaac shook him head.

"Something is blocking their scent out. I can't tell what it is." He said. Stiles was still on the phone with Scott who informed us that Peter thinks they're going to the Hale vault that was under the school.

"Alright, let's go." I said. What the hell is Kate up to?

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Oooo I'm so excited for this season. I have so many ideas and plans. In a few chapters I'm gonna end this book and start a new one off. I'll let you know when and what's going on. Stay tuned.

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