Derek Hale | The Beta
Usually Derek would have turned into his werewolf form if another wolf from a different pack wandered onto his territory but Lyra was different, she was still new to Beacon Hills so he figured that her family would want to do some exploring and the old Hale House may be in the middle of the forest but for a wolf it wasn’t hard to find. The smell of the burnt wood lingered in the air, no matter how hard Derek tried to cover it up. He wasn’t angry will Lyra so when she came back in her human form, he brushed off her apology.
“Don’t be, I understand you want to know the area that you’ll be living in now. But just so you know, if it hadn’t been you then I would have fought back.” He told her as she joined him by sitting on the front porch, he didn’t mind her being there and even her immediate family but he didn’t want her extended family coming across his old house.
“Did you really mean it?” Lyra asked as her eyes found his face, he didn’t think she needed to ask but he guessed it was because she had grown up different from her family. He could tell from the pack dinner that some of her family didn’t think she was worthy, because she was born different. Derek didn’t understand but that could also be from having to allow himself to trust Scott, growing up all Derek knew where wolves that came from long family lines and not bitten.
“I really meant it,” He promised the blonde and almost instantly the air around her changed, he wanted to see more of this as it brought a bright glowing light to her beautiful face.
“To be honest with you, I’ve never seen a hyena before. I grew up with wolves, seeing you is a nice change and one that I don’t think you should be hiding.” It was just his opinion and Derek knew it wasn’t that easy, she would be given crap for not being a wolf especially when she was from a family such as the Ramos one. It was something that he felt Scott needed to know about, but it also wasn’t his place to say anything.
Anyway what're you doing here? Rebuilding?" She asked him causing him to sigh as rebuilding his family house was taking him longer than he first imagined,
“I’m trying to. It was about time to start rebuilding, but it’s not going as well as I had hoped. Considering everything that has happened here lately, I’ve been pretty busy.” He glanced over his shoulder at the house that once stood tall and beautiful, he knew when he did manage to finish that it would be beautiful again but that would take him a long time if trouble continued to settle in Beacon Hills.
Tuning his gaze back onto the pretty blonde, he grinned when he noticed a leaf that had gotten stuck in Lyra’s golden locks. Reaching out he picked the leaf out and tossed it aside,
“How are you finding the town? You can be honest with me, I know it’s completely different to what you’ve grown up with but it really isn’t that bad here.” He told her as he felt comfortable with Lyra, something that had changed after his family was burnt alive because he trusted Kate Argent. Since that he always took him a while to trust someone new in his life, but here he was talking to Lyra easily and he felt happy that she had stumbled upon the area.
Charlotte Ramos | The Human
Charlotte sat on the dirt ground as she held back from letting her eyes water, it wasn’t from the sting of the backhand or the cut on her cheek. Not from the embarrassment that she felt because Scott and Stiles had seen Elijah take her down, but it was from her cousin being able to push her around so easily. If she had been born a wolf like she would have been if her body hadn’t been affected while she was growing, then she would have been able to stand up to her family and no one would be able to shove her around like she was a doll.
But the bleachers shaking slightly is what captured her attention as Stiles crouched down beside her and a little awkwardly rested his hand on her shoulder, which did give her some comfort but it wasn’t long before her aqua eyes moved over to Scott and noticed he had pinned Elijah against the bleachers.
"Don't you, ever, touch her like that again. I don't care what pack you come from. If you ever bully anyone like that again you won't have to worry about Lyra being alpha. You'll need to worry about staying alive in Beacon Hills." Scott threatened Elijah and from where Charlotte was sitting, she saw the fear that flashed through her cousin’s hazel eyes which she hadn’t seen for a long time.
If only Lyra had been there to see how Scott had handled the situation, she would have been proud and it would have given her another reason to like the bitten alpha. As Elijah rushed back into the school, she knew this wouldn’t be the last time he tried something with her but hopefully it would take him sometime to work up the balls to approach Charlotte in that way again. Watching as Scott made his way over to him, her eyes never moved from him. No one had ever stood up for her like that before, only family had and a new set of emotions ran through her body. Trust being a main feeling that was filling her body quickly, but there was also something else. She couldn’t put her finger on it, but it felt warm and tingly and she never wanted to stop feeling that way.
However to add to her embarrassment, a warm pink flush settled across her cheeks when she felt Scott’s large palm gently place over her flushed skin. The sting from her cheek soon left and so did the small cut, she had seen her father do that only a few times before. One time when Charlotte was only young and had followed Lyra up into a tall tree, however Charlotte grew scared and had accidently fallen from a high branch. She had broken her left arm and her right ankle, she had never felt that much pain before and wouldn’t stop crying until Sterling took all her pain away.
“I’ll be fine, but if I leave than Elijah will think he’s won. I will be fine, Scott. After what you did, he shouldn’t try anything else today.” She assured the alpha and if he did, then she would threaten to call her sister so Elijah could lose yet another fight against her.
“But thank you, both of you.” She glanced between the two friends before she got back onto her feet, she brushed the dirt from her clothes as Stiles suggested they head to the cafeteria right as his stomach grumbled.
“I think that’s a great idea,” Charlotte smiled as the three of them also headed back inside, Stiles was slightly in front of her and Scott so she reached between them and gave his large warm hand a squeeze. She could sense how tense he still was and she didn’t want him to lose control of his wolf, not that she thought he would but there was always a chance that any wolf would at any given time.
“What you did will mean so much to my family, Lyra is always worried about me and Elijah being alone. I guess she has a point, not that we should tell her that.” Charlotte smiled as she looked at Scott, she wanted him to relax and go back to his normal goofy self. She left her hand holding onto his until she knew that she was calming down,
“Besides I still have classes with Stiles and Boyd.” She assured him although Stiles wouldn’t be able to help her if she did get into more trouble, but she still wouldn’t be completely on her own for the most part. The hallways of the high school were pretty much empty, a few students littered the hallways but they kept to themselves which Charlotte was grateful for. Even though she was still new, she was beginning to gain less and less attention from the rest of the student body. When they finally reached the cafeteria Stiles led the way to the table where the pack was sitting, Charlotte usually always brought her lunch from home as it was easier because she could eat something she knew she’d like. However she did let her hand drop from holding Scott’s, even if she didn’t want to it would be for the best right now. It also wouldn’t raise any questions.
“What took you three so long?” Erica asked as her dark orbs moved between the three friends that were sitting down at the table,
“We would have been here sooner. But as Scott and I were heading here, he smelt something and took off without telling me anything. So I followed him outside, and we saw that Elijah guy bullying Charlotte so we had to step in.” The words spilt from Stiles’ mouth as although Charlotte didn’t mind, the pack had a right to know what her cousin was like. She was glad he left out the part where she had been backhanded and cut, that part didn’t need to be known.
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I'd love to continue this role play, it's one of my favourites.