Finding Ourselves

The past

I was at Derek's. Stiles brought me with him because he was kind of scared of being alone with the Hales. Cora was telling us about the time the hunter almost killed Derek but Peter was able to find him. 

"They were there for two days, waiting, hiding. That's what we're taught to do when the hunters find us... hide and heal." Cora told us and I remembered that. When they came home. 

"Okay, so is two days standard, then, or are we thinking Derek's on, like, some extended getaway?" Stiles asked

"Why do you care?" Cora asked him

"Why do I care? Let's see... because over the last few weeks, my best friend tried to kill himself. His boss nearly got ritually sacrificed. A girl that I've known since I was three was ritually sacrificed. Boyd was killed by alphas. I.. do you want me to keep going? 'Cause I can, all right. For, like, an hour." Stiles explained

"You think Derek can do anything about that?" Cora asked him

"Well, since he's the one everyone seems to be after, it's more like he should do something about it, yeah." Stiles told her pacing and I was sitting on the table.

"I don't know. There's something different about him now. He wasn't like this when we knew him." Cora said and I knew what I would have to tell them. 

"What was he like?" Stiles asked

"A lot like Scott, actually." I said with a smile on my face and Peter was coming down stairs. 

"A lot like most teenagers.. unbearably romantic-" Peter started

"Profoundly narcissistic." I said

"Tolerable really only to other teenagers." Peter finished

"And so what happened? What changed him?" Stiles asked us

"Basically, what changes a lot of teenagers, or mainly young men.. a girl." I told them

"You guys are telling me some girl broke his little heart? That's why Derek is the way he is?" Stiles asked Peter and I.

"Do you remember Derek before he was an Alpha, had blue eyes? Do you know why some wolves have blue eyes?" Peter asked Stiles knowing that I would know

"I just always thought it was, like, a genetic thing." Stiles admitted

"If you want to know what changes Derek." Peter said

"You need to know what changed the color of his eyes." I told them knowing that Peter and I would probably have different stories.

"Wait, how do you know?" Stiles and Cora asked me

"Well, Stiles remember when Scott was always at your house because of my parents." I said and he nodded, "I was always at the Hales house. Raised by the Hales. I learned a lot. But something no one knew. I was close with Paige. My Dad knew her family. She would teach me to play Cello. My Dad payed them, it was an excuse to get me out of the house while my parents were at work." I said with a smile on my face and Peter looked shocked.

*Flashback*

"Okay, so let me show you how it goes." she told me and started to play the Cello. It was beautiful, then we heard dribbling. She stopped and gave me a small smile then started again. She was trying to ignore it but then they got louder and she stopped. She grabbed my hand and we walked out to the hallway and I was standing a little behind her. 

"Hey, do you guys mind. We're trying to practice." Paige told them

"How do you know we're not trying to practice here too?" Derek asked