Echo McCall

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D E R E K

"Daddy?" Trudy said, walking out of my room while rubbing her eyes sleepily. I went over to her and lifted her into my arms. "Did you sleep well?" She nodded and buried her face in my neck. "C'mon , eat breakfast" I put her down on a barstool. "Cheerios! My favourite! How did you know?" I chuckled. "Well when I was your age, they were my favourite too" She smiled and ate her food then hopped off the barstool.

"I'm going to drop you off at School and if anything happens, I will come right there and collect you, okay?" She nodded and got dressed. She was wearing blue dungarees and a white t-shirt. Her blue sneakers and white socks absolutely adorable on her.

"Trudy, after school we are going to go and see Mommy ok? At school you can make her a pretty card" She smiled and we left and got into my car. "I'm so excited for my first day of school!" She squealed. I feel bad for her that she can't see her mother on her first day of school. We arrived and she suddenly became quiet. "What if no one likes me? What if everyone thinks I'm weird?" She looked up with tears in her eyes.

"Don't worry Trude, they'll all think you're amazing. They won't think you're weird, why would they?" I hope she isnt going to say anything to do with werewolves. "Maybe because I was in an orphanage and that no one will believe that I'm a Hale!" Tears started to pour down her cheeks as she started to get out the car. I locked the doors, "You are going to be fine, if anything unexplainable happens then just ask for me to pick you up. Remember, mommy would have wanted you to enjoy today." She nodded and hugged me.

"Come on, let's go and enjoy your first day of school" She smiled and grabbed my hand getting out the car. She put her backpack on and we went inside the school. A friendly dark haired woman came over to us as we entered. "Hello and welcome to Beacon Hills Primary school".
(Sorry, I don't know what Primary school is in the UK. Can someone please tell me in the comments! Being British definitely has it's down sides!)

Trudy smiled up at the kind woman. "I'm Trudy" The woman smiled and bent down to her level. "That's a pretty name, my name is Miss Pierce" My head tilted slightly in confusion. "Millie Pierce?" She nodded. "Are you the one dating my uncle?" She blushed. "Ah Peter you must be his niece" I nodded. "He is a nice and generous man" Trudy and I had to stop ourselves from laughing. "Whatever you say, whatever you say" She was confused hurt brushed it off.

"Trudy, what is your last name?" Trudy looked up at me nervously but I gave her a reassuring look. "Trudy Hale" Miss Pierce would be the only person to believe her so that will maybe boost Trudys confidence. Miss Pierce or Millie, nodded. "Okay, I'll take you through to the classroom and to your peg okay?" She suddenly became shy and anxious. I bent down to her level and rubbed her back. "Come on Trude, you'll love it okay? But remember what I said" She nodded and hugged me. "Love you Daddy" I smiled at her. "Love you too sweetheart" She hugged me one last time and went to the classroom.

T R U D Y

Miss Pierce went with me towards the pegs and I hung up my bag. She then led me into the classroom. It was really loud. A boy was tapping his foot against the grounds another teacher was typing loudly, coughing and lots of annoying sounds that were kind of getting to me. I sat down in the seat labelled, Trudy. Miss Pierce leaned against the cabinet at the back of the room and smiled at all the children.

A blonde woman with a white flowery dress looked up at us and smiled.Her nametag said. Mrs Glazer She stood up still with a smile on her face. "Hello class, today we have a new student. Trudy" She encouraged me to come to the front and talk about myself. I was a bit reluctant to but ended up at the front of the class, being stared at by everyone. I hate talking in public and I tend to have a panic attack when I get to overwhelmed. Suddenly, Daddy's voice wafts into my head.

"Shh it's okay, mummy would want you to love school. Not hate it, now think about them looking silly. That will help" I thought about it and nearly giggled. "Something funny Trudy?" Is shook my head and looked back at the class. "Hello, my name is Trudy Hale" Lots of students gasped at me. I was confused, I thought they wouldn't believe me but they do, they are surprised at my name. "I live with my Daddy, my uncle" I glanced towards Miss Pierce and she was blushing.

"My mummy usually lives with us but she is in hospital right now. Lots of Daddy's friends have bedrooms in my house. Like Scott and Stiles." The teachers looked weirdly at me but I ignored them.

(Let's pretend that they haven't graduated yet, they are in the start of their Senior Year)

"My daddy's name is Derek and my mummy's name is Echo. My uncle's name is Peter." Miss Pierce's gaze never left me as I sat back down. "Today we are having a day where the older students, some people in Senior year are coming down to help us" I smiled. "Their names are Lydia,Allison,Scott,Stiles,Aiden,Ethan,Theo,Malia,Jackson,Hayden,Liam, Isaac,Mason and Corey". Yes lots are now seniors.

My grin became massive,probably so big that I now looked creepy. A few minutes later when we started to look at the whiteboard. I heard a lot of footsteps and all the older students came in and stopped when they saw me. I swear I heard someone mutter. "Trudy" Under their breath. I quickly brushed it off. Mrs Glazer smiled at them and opened the door wider so we could see them. "I will assign everyone two older students" I don't mind who I got, unless it was Theo, I never liked him.

I'm not to fond of Stiles either. He is just too sarcastic. Apparently Daddy doesn't like him either. I mean, Stiles just isn't not one of my favourite people. "Aiden and Ethan, go with Arthur" They went to the boy at the back who never talked to anyone. "Liam and Hayden, you're with Trudy". They both looked over to me and I smiled. Liam and I are quite close but not as close as Isaac and I. They came over to me and kneeled by my desk. "Hi Hayden! Liam." Hayden smirked and hugged me. "Look, I'm really sorry about your parents and I'm sorry for not telling you"
It was Liam, he sounded quite sad.

"Its fine Liam, I forgive you. Both of you" They both smiled and hugged me. I'm a big hugger these days.

D E R E K
(At the same time Trudy is at school)

After I dropped Trudy off at school, I headed to the place where Hale House was. Peter and I got it back from the government and we now own the land again. We had builders in to build up Hale House,Peter and I have resigned it. It should be done within a week or so.

"Hopefully"