A nightmare... A nightmare... Since when did he ever get nightmares?. This was just his brain being annoying right, a mess up...right?
Once everyone had left his bedroom Derek lept of his bed and started pacing the room like there was no tomorrow.
'This is the eighth night' Derek thought to himself, one month fair enough, two months ok, three months... THREE MONTHS what the hell.
The pack, holy cow and the pack saw it as well, what was he going to do? How can he possibly explain what they woke him up from? What made it worse is that he can never remember what it was. All he knows is that each time he wakes up dripping wet from sweat with a few cuts on his skin, never anything useful. And know the fucking pack saw it.
'Calm down already, breath, slow down and think' Derek thought, taking in deep breaths and letting it tumble out in a jagged sigh. He needed to get ready for the day, not to mention the pack where here meaning that he couldn't move around at his normal pace.
It was going to be a long morning.
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Meanwhile, everyone crowded around the couch watching whatever came on the television. All was silent until Someone whispered
"Did anyone else notice how-"
"Yeah..."
A thick tension grew amongst the pack, everyone clearly wanting to say something yet no one dared to speak up. What were they meant to say?... They just saw... That!
"Should we, maybe uhh you know" liam tried to speak but all that came out was mere mumbles.
"Ask?" Scott finished for him
Stiles didn't even answer him, just gave a nod of his head before going back into silence.
The atmosphere in the room had just gotten extremely awkward which was weird because it rarely did. A few minutes had passed before
the sound of a running shower filled their ears, destroying the tension slightly.
"He's in the shower, he won't hear us very well" Jackson spoke
"I think we should leave it," Lydia deadpanned, "We shouldn't have even seen it happen so why would we question him on it?" She continued her case
"She's probably right guys, maybe we should just leave it" Allison agreed
'ok' and 'yep' was everyone answers as they left the subject alone
Everyone seemed to be to distracted in their own thought to realise that Stiles and Isaac had changed the channel on the tv.
"SpongeBob SqUEaRe PAAAANTS" stiles and Isaac yelled out startling everyone before turning into a fit of laughter and giggles
Everyone turned to them with bewildered faces but to say they weren't all amused would be a lie. Before they knew it everyone was laughing and giggling loudly to the theme tune of Spongebob.
"We're such idiots" Scott chuckled out, he wasn't lying either but that's exactly what made him love the pack.
"Yes you are" A deep voice spoke with a slight chuckle
Derek came walking down the stairs his hair still damp from the water. He knew it was wet but in a way, it helped with his ongoing headache so it wasn't much of a problem to him.
Once making it down the stairs Derek made his way straight to the kitchen, not getting involved with all the laughing that was happening just beyond the kitchen doors.
"Classic Sourwolf" Stiles laughed as he got off the couch following after him
"Classic Stiles" Lydia smirked.
Everyone just gave her a knowing look before going onto the next conversation... Ok, they were listening to Stiles and Derek.
"YO SOURWOLF!" Stiles yelled out as soon as he got into the kitchen.
Derek turned to him, glaring daggers into the boys head. He's always hated that name with a passion yet stiles still teased him with it despite his constant reminder.
"Stiles, I hate that name. STOP" Derek said emphasizing the word stop, Hopefully getting his point across that he wanted Stiles to quite.
"Why it suits you, SOURWOLF" Stiles laughed at Derek's face as he clenched his teeth. Stiles had become braver and braver recently when it came to Derek, he never knew why he liked it but he enjoyed getting under the wolf's skin.
Suddenly Stiles was being pushed backwards, his back hitting the kitchen counter with a pissed-off looking Derek pinning him with one hand, cutting off any chance of him getting away. Stiles, not wavered one bit gave Derek and innocent smile, not once wavering at Derek's firm glare.
"Call me that one more time and I'll rip your throat out with my teeth" Derek was pissed. Tho he knew he would never intentionally hurt anyone in his pack, let alone stiles. But you would never hear him admit it.
"Ok, ok, I surrender. Please don't eat me" Stiles half giggled half fearfully spoke
Derek released him before going back to what he was doing before. He was making a list of the things he needed to pick up from the store for later tonight, he would have done it later but since everyone was there early he was going to do it early.
Stiles stood there twiddling his thumbs as he watched Derek write down his list. He wanted to help but would Derek let him?
"What you doing?" Stiles asked innocently
"Writing thing we need in the house to eat" Derek stated simply.
Stiles walked closer to Derek stopping when he was by his side, still giving the wolf space but enough for him to see.
"Can I come?" Derek turned to look at stiles with a confused face
"Why?" Derek asked
"Because I don't want to stay in the loft" Stiles stated simply with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Uhh...sure"
"Great" Stiles smiled
"..." Stiles tapped his finger drumming a rhythm onto the countertop
"..." Stiles jumped up onto the countertop and let his legs swing down before swinging them back and forth
"..." Stiles realises that his ADHD is going to be the death of him one day
"Hey, Derek can I ask you something?"
Derek sighed before looking up from the piece of paper, patience was not his thing.
"What is it stiles?"
"What was your... Nightmare about?" Stiles asked consciously. He couldn't help it, he really wanted to know what caused Derek to be like that.
Derek completely stopped moving. He leaned against the countertop looking down as if in deep thought.
'Shit' Derek thought to himself. What was he meant to say? 'Tell him you don't know idiot'
"I- I don't remember," Derek said slowly, he wasn't lying he didn't remember
"Has it happened before?" Stiles continues
'Wow he asks a lot of questions' Derek thought
"I have everything on the list let's go" He tried changing the subject
"You doesn't answer the question Derek" Stikes pointed out
"No, look just leave it alone ok!" Derek said, his voice coming off harsher than he had intended it to be but he didn't want anyone knowing or worrying about him.
Stiles silently nodded. Derek sighed looking at the kid, he didn't mean to upset him.
"Look im heading to the store now, are you still coming?" Derek asked in a softer tone
"Nah it's ok, im gonna stay" Stiles responded
"Suit yourself" Derek said before walking out the kitchen. He won't admit it but he felt kinda disappointed that stiles had changed his mind? He didn't know why but maybe it had something to do with the fact he made him sad... Mental note to stop off at the place Stiles gets his curly fries from as a sorry.
With that Derek left the loft, got in his car and drove to the store.
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