Denny's On the Mainland, Saturday Night

[justlurkinghere]

Laura was once again gone. And Derek was totally fine about that. Yeah, totally fine. He was just glaring down at his coffee cup like it offended him on every level possible and would set it on fire with the power of his hatred.

And he was apparently talking to Stiles again.

Well, it had really been more of a kidnapping because the kid had his jeep available to drive them to Denny's while the Camaro was still in Beacon Hills. But, you know, whatever got him a Grand Slam of sadness.

[[NFB, and for the kidnappee!]]

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[justlurkinghere]

This is true.

"I could hear what Laura said in the house." Which was possibly why she never said a name.

[robinonadderall]

Ah, right. Stupid werewolves. "Eavesdropping is pretty rude. Just for the record."

Was he avoiding the subject? Maybe.

[justlurkinghere]

"I'm a rude guy."

He was. He really was.

[robinonadderall]

"No kidding." He was shocked, really. "I guess that explains why she didn't stay on the subject for long."

[justlurkinghere]

"House full of werewolves growing up," Derek said dryly. Aw. Awww. He made himself sad.

Which is nothing new. Because have you met Derek?

[robinonadderall]

Great, now he wanted to ask how someone would masturbate in that situation. Which would be highly inappropriate considering what was going on. Contrary to popular belief, Stiles did not aim to make things more awkward than they already are, so he needed to change the subject.

"I told Kate we were dating."

Okay, still a little awkward but less awkward than the masturbation question.

[justlurkinghere]

Oh sure, get Derek to look up at you in something pretty close to horror. "Why would you tell her that?"

Do you not get the Glenn Close vibe from her?

[robinonadderall]

"'Cause she was getting creepy on me, I thought it'd scare her off!" Stiles said. "Which I was completely wrong about 'cause she got more touchy, if anything."

[justlurkinghere]

Yes. Yes it was very wrong, Stiles.

Derek was just going to continue to stare at him. Because seriously, this was the worst idea since ever. And he clearly could never explain why.

[robinonadderall]

"Dude, I know it was a mistake. I didn't even know it was her at the time, there was a 50/50 chance it was some other creepy lady that looked like her," Stiles said, throwing up his hands. "I would have been a little more prepared if you learned to communicate with people."

[justlurkinghere]

"I didn't exactly have time to grab my phone." That worked well enough as a response.

[robinonadderall]

"Like you don't know exactly where to find me if you want to." He didn't have a social life, Derek, there was only so many places he could be! "Anyway, I'm sorry, really, I am. I had no idea it'd make her like...that."

[justlurkinghere]

And possibly lead her to more people he---did not care about in the slightest? No thank you!

"She'll go after the other version of you."

[robinonadderall]

Yeah he hadn't really thought about that at the time. "Well she'll be up against the alpha for kidnapping privileges so I'm not too worried about it."

[justlurkinghere]

Stiles, stop saying thing that alarm him!

"What."

[robinonadderall]

"Dude, you need to learn to eavesdrop better," Stiles said, shaking his head. "The alpha takes me hostage for a bit. And like with most kidnappings I'm a part of, I get let go before anyone really notices I'm gone."

That was really, really sad.

[justlurkinghere]

"I was showering." That wasn't a reason to stop listening, Derek.

[robinonadderall]

Stiles rolled his eyes. "Excuse me, I didn't mean to insult your ability to overhear conversations you're not apart of."

[justlurkinghere]

"Shut up."

[robinonadderall]

Stiles really wished he could sometimes. It probably would have been easy to shut his mouth and just finish his pancake bites but if he didn't bring this up now he probably would never do it. "I gotta tell you something else and you're not going to like it."

[justlurkinghere]

"I don't like most of the things you tell me." Seriously.

[robinonadderall]

"Dude, seriously, can the sass for a second." If it was possible for a Hale to stop with the sass. "My conversation with Kate wasn't all her petting my head and me calling her a psycho for burning your house down."

[justlurkinghere]

Sass was their lifeblood.

Derek went very still in that deer in the headlights, Scott just said he wasn't part of his pack after making him bite a cancer ridden old man sort of way.

[robinonadderall]

It was a very unsettling look. One that actually made Stiles kind of nervous. He was very much not looking Derek in the eye when he spoke.

"Yeah she, um, told me about the the two of you being um...involved. Which I'm guessing you didn't want me or likely anyone else to know and I'm really, really sorry she shared," Stiles said. "If she was trying to reiterate the fact that she was a psycho to me then well done, Kate, 'cause that worked."

Stiles pushed his plate of pancake bites towards Derek, like that would make things better.

[justlurkinghere]

Derek stared at him and then the pancake bites. The nice, nonthreatening pancake bites that would not blame him for the deaths of her family.

Did you do this in a public place so he couldn't make a scene, Stiles? Did you?