Derek opened his mouth to protest, to say that he could do it himself if she just showed him where the machines were, because he hadn't ever actually been to that part of her house, but Patty was up and taking his things before he could get a word in edgewise. He paused for a few moments before finally folloWing her instruction and sinking down onto the far end of the couch in her absence.
Things were going to be weird now — weirder than they had been, even — for a while, he thought, and that was going to take some getting used to. Derek was more accustomed to making himself at home in Patty's house and for her to do the same at his, and Derek knew it wasn't going to be like that for a while, while things settled again. It kind of bummed him out, but he thought he really only had himself to blame for that, so he had little to no right to be upset about it.
Patty returned and sat down, gesturing for him to sit closer, so Derek shifted on the couch and chanced putting an arm around her shoulder. A small, endeared smile slipped over his lips at her question. "If you'll let me, then yes. I want to stay."