Who: Derek Hale and Erica Reyes What: Derek is checking in before the full moon Where: Kitchens When: Thursday morning Warnings: Possibly bad language.
Derek knew he should have been paying a lot more attention to Erica. A lot more. If he had she probably wouldn't have the stupid idea of leaving for the moon. Granted, of course, she had spent many moons out in the wild, pregnant and with zombies around, but she was here now, and she was safe, and there was no reason for her to go and put herself in any danger. Especially not when Derek was perfectly capable of helping her. The first few moons he'd had with Erica, Boyd, and Isaac had been a challenge but he'd dealt with the three of them (two, once Isaac had managed to constantly ground himself) on his own. So Erica alone would be fine, even if she had the potential of being a little bit more vicious as a pending mom.
So he had to talk her out of that. And talk her into staying with them. Or at least him. He was sure she'd be safe, more than sure he could convince Faith not to tranq any of them. Maybe Scott. But he needed to chill out a bit.
Derek headed for the kitchens. Erica would probably be there. If she wasn't he'd find her. In a wholly non-threatening way but, even if the casual rules of their prior social organisation had fallen apart through necessity in here he was still her alpha and he was still responsible for her. And her child. Whether she liked it or not.