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I'll wake you up with some breakfast in bed

I'll bring you coffee with a kiss on your head

And I'll take the kids to school

Wave them goodbye

And I'll thank my lucky stars for that night

When you looked over your shoulder

For a minute, I forget that I'm older

I wanna dance with you right now

Oh, and you look as beautiful as ever

And I swear that everyday'll get better

You make me feel this way somehow

I'm so in love with you

And I hope you know

Darling your love is more than worth its weight in gold

We've come so far my dear

Look how we've grown

And I wanna stay with you until we're grey and old

Just say you won't let go

Just say you won't let go

I wanna live with you

Even when we're ghosts

'Cause you were always there for me when I needed you most

-Say you Won't Let Go by James Arthur

I woke up early the next morning. Way earlier than Derek and Isaac. I started my coffee pot and after it was done I headed into the study to do some research. I stared at the bookshelf for a few minutes pondering which book I wanted to start with. There was a whole row full of books related to werewolf lore, and I was unsure of which one it might possibly be in. I grabbed the first two off of the shelf. I headed over to the desk and grabbed a note book and pen ready to dig in. I grabbed my phone before I started and sent a text to Anna.

Not sure if you want to come help me research for a bit when you get up... but I'll supply the breakfast.

I sat the phone down and got to work taking notes as I went. About three books later it was 8 o'clock in the morning and my phone started ringing. I quirked a curious eyebrow at the name flashing across my phone.

"Hey Sam. What's up?" I heard a car door slam and then he answered.

"Hey Cora. I uh. I need a favor."

"Okayyyyy. What's up?"

"Well, Dean- Dean and I have decided to uh- uh part ways for a little while and I was wondering.. if maybe you needed help at the bar? And if you maybe had a place for me to crash..." I leaned back in my chair in surprise.

"Uh yeah sure. You wanna tell me what's going on?" Sam cleared his throat before responding.

"Uh yeah. Can I tell you when I get there? I'm about two hours out."

"Yeah sure. Ditch the car when you're close and I'll come get ya."

"Thanks Cor. I'll call you."

"Okay sounds good drive safe." I told him before ending the call.

"What in the flying fuck is going on?" I asked the empty room staring at the phone contemplating calling Dean. I startled as Derek spoke up from the door way of the study.

"Everything okay?"

"Jesus. Warn a girl would ya?" I asked as I felt my eyes flash red for a brief moment from the adrenaline. Derek chuckled softly and entered the room.

"What's going on?" He asked as he plopped down into the armchair next to the desk.

"Apparently Sam and Dean had some type of spat. And are going to be spending some time apart." I told him reaching for my coffee cup. He quirked an eyebrow.

"About what?" I shrugged.

"Hell if I know. He just asked if he could crash here and help out at the bar. So I told him yeah. Sam. Not Dean." Derek smiled fondly at me.

"I know. But if it had been Dean I would've been fine with that too. I trust you Cora." I smiled and stood.

"Alright. Come on. Let's go make some breakfast."

I sat the plate of bacon onto the table just as Isaac came strolling out of his room.

"Morning." He greeted taking his place at the table. I smiled and placed a hand on his head ruffling his hair.

"Morning dude. Dig in. Want some coffee?" I asked as I headed towards the heavenly machine to pour my own cup. Isaac nodded in response as he began filling his plate. Derek grabbed the pan of scrambled eggs off of the stove and brought it to the table dishing them out as he went. The front door opened and Anna stepped through smiling at everyone.

"Oh perfect, just in time!"

"Hey Anna!" I said cheerily. "Take a seat lady, coffee?"

"No I'm good with water hun. Thanks." She said taking a seat next to Isaac. I delivered Isaac his coffee and took a peek in Derek's cup to see that it was full and cold.

"Babe, your coffee's cold. Want me to get you a new cup?" I asked. Derek nodded from his seat. I smiled fondly and reached for his cup, but Anna's hands beat me to it.

"I got it." I watched in amusement as she wrapped both hands around it, her eyes flashed purple for a moment and steam began to rise up out of the cup. She handed the cup back to Derek as Isaac spoke.

"That is so cool." I snickered and turned towards the sink grabbing Anna a glass of water before sitting down and starting to eat.

"I got a phone call from Dean last night." Anna announced to the table. I quirked an eyebrow and finished my bite before speaking.

"I got a call from Sam this morning. What'd Dean say?"

"He asked how I was doing and stuff, but he also said that him and Sam were splitting up for a bit and he figured Sam was going to be heading out this way. Asked me to keep an eye on him."

"Hmm. Sam called me this morning and asked if he could crash here and help out at the bar for a bit."

"He can stay with me if you want. You don't really have anywhere for him to stay. I've got an extra room." I nodded in agreement.

"That sounds like a good plan. Wanna go with me to pick him up?" I asked just as my phone started to ring. I grabbed it and answered.

"Hey Sam. You ready?"

"Yeah, I'm in the next town over. I'm gonna head into this little diner. Lou and Betty's? Isn't that the place you used to work before the bar?" I smiled and stood from the table motioning for Anna to stand as well.

"Yeah that's actually perfect. I need to deal with some business there anyway. Anna and I will be on our way in a few. Grab some breakfast and we'll see ya in a bit."

"Okay sounds good." He told me before hanging up. I leaned down and gave Derek a quick kiss.

"We'll be back in a little while. I'm gonna sign the paper work while we're at Lou and Betty's and when I get back we'll go sign for the house."

"Did you send the checks already?" Derek asked. I nodded and grabbed my keys off of the counter.

Twenty minutes later Anna and I pulled up to the diner.

"So excited about your newest business venture?" The girl asked next to me as I parked the truck.

"Yeah, hopefully it will be easy like the bar seeing as it's already got such a good business foundation." Anna nodded in agreement as we stepped out of the truck.

"You still thinking about opening up your shop?" I asked curiously as we headed in.

"Yeah, I just haven't been able to find a good location. I want something with a kitchen, but there's nothing for sale." We stepped into the diner and I spotted Sam as an idea came to me.

"What if when we get the house redone you use the apartment? Or we could build another house on the property. You could live there then use your house. Anna contemplated this for a moment.

"That could work. Then we could keep close together. Dean's gonna be around, but you know the life, I'm gonna need help probably."

"Well we've got some time to figure it out. And we will." We approached Sam at his table.

"Hey dude." I said as he finished his last bite. He looked up and smiled slightly at Anna and I.

"Hey guys."

"You two hang tight. I'm gonna go find Betty." I told them before heading off to the back. I found the couple in the office and knocked getting their attention.

"Oh, Cora! Hello! We didn't know you were coming in this morning." I smiled fondly at the woman as she stood to hug me.

"I know. I was coming to pick up a friend. Figured I'd kill two birds with one stone."

Lou nodded and reached into a drawer in the desk and pulled out a folder.

After making small talk with Lou and Betty for a while I signed the paper work and headed out to Sam and Anna.

I threw the truck in park and spun around to face Sam. He shrank down in the seat as I fixed him with a glare.

"Let me get this straight. You let a demon trick you into releasing Lucifer. Aka the fucking devil out of his cage?! And now him and Micheal, the Archangel, want to wear you and Dean to the prom?" I asked. "And you didn't think it might be a good idea to clue us in until now?!" Sam looked sheepishly at me before answering.

"Sorry."

"Jesus Christ." I grumbled out as I spun around to face the drivers seat.

"How did everything get so fucked? You and Dean are both equally stupid. I hope you know that."

"Hey-"

"No. Don't you hey me. You guys should've told me. I could've helped." I snapped.

"Cora. You were basically out of the life. We weren't gonna drag you in. Plus after a while you had your own stuff to deal with." I sighed.

"I understand. But I'm still irritated." I grumbled. I pulled the keys from the ignition.

"Sam why don't you put your stuff in my car. Then meet me in the bar. I'll show you around and you can get started." Sam took off towards Anna's car and threw his stuff in the backseat.

"Wanna cut through the apartment?" I asked causing Anna to nod. We waited for Sam then headed up the stairs.

"I'll pay you 10$ an hour under the table, obviously. Plus whatever tips you make." Sam nodded in agreement. As stepped into the apartment Derek came out of the bedroom pulling on his shirt. A shot of lust ran through me causing him to wink at me.

"Ew. At least wait til we're out of the room to start eye fucking each other." I rolled my eyes and stepped towards Derek giving him a light peck on the lips in greeting.

"Isaac come meet Sam." I called out towards the living room hearing the TV.

"Hey Sam." Derek said stepping around me to shake the man's hand.

"Hey." Isaac stepped out of the living room and looked around awkwardly eyes landing on Sam. He waved slightly in greeting.

"I'm Isaac."

"Sam. So you're the beta. Shouldn't you be in school."

"Probably. But I'm a fugitive right now. So I kinda can't." Sam quirked a curious eyebrow.

"A Kanima killed his dad. Cops think it was him."

"A kanima? Wow, you guys catch about as many breaks as us." I snorted.

"Compared yo what you idjits are dealing with this should be a cakewalk." Sam snorted and shook his head.

"Okay Bobby." Anna chuckled and stepped forward.

"Alright lets go get the bar opened up. We'll see you guys later." Sam and Anna headed towards the door leading down to the bar an disappeared the door closing softly behind them. I turned to Isaac as the door closed behind Sam and Anna.

"D and I are going to head into town. Gotta sign some paper work to finalize everything for the house. Do you need anything?" Isaac shook his head.

"No you got everything when you went grocery shopping." I nodded and turned to Derek.

"Let's go buy a house." I told him with a smile and then headed back out to the truck. Derek climbed in the passenger seat and I pulled out of the driveway.

"So I took a look at your research while you were gone." Derek said breaking the silence.

"And? What'd you think?"

"All seems like bullshit to me." I snorted.

"Yeah me too. Especially the werejaguar part. Fucking thing looks like a snake with legs."

"Yeah and the part about seeking a friend? That didn't make any sense. It seems more interested in killing people than making friends." I was silent for a moment contemplating.

"What if it's not a friend that it's looking for?" I asked after a few moments.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean some people aren't all that proficient in translation and all of the stuff I was reading was translated from Latin to some other language before being translated to English. Something could've gotten mixed up." Derek nodded in understanding.

"So what do you think it could've meant?" I shrugged.

"I'm not sure. I'd have to find an original Latin source to be able to be sure. Maybe I could get the beastiary from Stiles and Scott. What about your families records?" Derek sighed as we pulled up to the county office.

"I don't know. I've checked the house and the vault. I can't find it anywhere."

"Too bad you killed Peter. I bet the psycho hid it." Derek snorted mildly amused, but I could feel an underlying pang of guilt. He had killed his only other living relative. I grabbed his hand squeezing tightly to offer up a tiny bit of comfort.

"Not my last living relative anymore." He mumbled brining my hand to his lips and lying a soft kiss on it as his eyes drifted down to my stomach. I smiled softly and maneuvered the truck into the lot. I looked at Derek with a twinkle in my eye.

"Well you sure you wanna go through with this D? Last chance to back out." I told him with a teasing smile. He rolled his eyes at me and stepped out of the truck. I followed suit and as I approached him he reached out and pulled me towards him. He leaned down and captured my lips in a searing kiss that left me breathless. As he pulled back he cupped a hand to my face staring into my eyes as he spoke.

"Cora, there's no one I could ever even picture doing this with. With or without the mating bond. Even before, when I was with... " I knew he meant Paige even though he couldn't say her name by the pang of sadness and guilt that ripped through him. "Or when I was with.." This time the exclusion of the name coupled with the rage that swept through him made me know it was Kate.

"Even with them, as hard as I tried I could never picture a future, I could never picture kids or anything. But you, Cora I've always been able to picture you chasing around my kids. I was just to blind back then to see they weren't my kids. They were our kids. So no. I won't be backing out. Not out of the house, not on the kid. And definetly not on you. " I smiled widely and leaned up to kiss him again.

Surprisingly the signing for the house went smoothly. After stopping for a quick lunch at the bistro in town, during which Derek had disappeared for approximately 30 minutes, we decided to head out to check out the property.

"You sure you can't tell me where you disappeared to?" I asked curiously. He'd been acting super weird and even when I tried to dip into his mind to figure out what was going on I couldn't. He was blocking me.

"Nope." He said popping the "p". He sent me a mischievous smirk and I rolled my eyes in irritation. Derek snickered at my petulant attitude and changed the subject.

"I think Jackson might be the Kanima." I turned back to faced him with a raised eyebrow.

"Because he was rejecting the bite, but hasn't died yet?" I asked curiously. He nodded glanced at me out of the corner of his eye.

"That, and you know, sometimes the shape we take reflects the person we are."

"Well a giant snake's a fucking new one. I'll give you that. So how do we test him?" I asked curious, assuming he already had plan.

"I had Erica and Boyd go to the gym after we cleared out. They got a few samples of the venom..."

"And you want to test it on Jackson, because a snake can't be poisoned by its own venom." Derek nodded as we pulled up to the house.

I stiffened as I noticed the smell. Argent's were here. My eyes flashed red. Derek cursed and began to throw the truck in reverse to peel out, but I was already out of the car and on my way up the steps. I kicked the door in and rushed to the sitting room. Taken by surprise the hunters drew up their weapons, but I was too quick. At some point during my walk up I had shifted. My now red tinged vision tracked the movement of the unknown hunter's in front of me and I growled. As the first drew up his gun I knocked it out of his hand and grabbed his arm drawing him forward. I smashed my forehead into his. smirking in satisfaction I turned to go after the next only tho find that Derek had already taken care of him.

His green eyes flashed dangerously at me.

"I'm going to go take care of this. Stay here." He told me a deadly calm covering his voice. I winced but nodded allowing myself to shift back.

"Don't kill them." I told him as he grabbed each by an arm and began to drag them out.

"Don't fucking talk to me right now." Derek snapped.

He was gone for 10 minutes and I could feel the anger festering the whole time he was away. Under the anger I could feel his worry. I knew Derek better than I knew myself, however and knew at this point he was more than likely to react with the anger rather than with worry. I stood as I felt him approach the house. As he stepped into the room I sucked in a breath. He was shifted and his red eyes regarded me for a moment before he began advancing towards me.

"You could've gotten yourself killed." He growled.

" I'm sorry. " I mumbled out. His hand reached out and wrapped lightly around my throat as the back of my legs hit the table.

"Are you? Because this isn't the first time. Is there a reason Cora? Is there a reason you keep putting yourself and now our pup in the line of fire?" I swallowed, not in fear, no I'd never been scared of Derek in all my life that wasn't going to change now. No, I swallowed now because I getting super fucking aroused. Derek smirked and he pulled me closer one hand on my neck the other on my thigh, pushing my pelvis into his crotch.

"I guess I'm just going to have to show you just exactly what it is you have to live for." He said into my ear, the gravely sound of him shifted sending a shiver down my spine and a rush of warmth right down to my core.

EXPLICIT AVERT EYES IF UNINTERESTED

Derek smirked as he stroked along my thigh. A growl started in his chest and he pulled himself away from my ear beginning to lay open mouthed kisses down my neck. His hands began to move from their spots towards my shoulders, pulling down my jacket. I gasped in pleasure as his lips met the mating mark on my neck, and a moan slipped out as his tongue darted out to lap at it. Before I could even comprehend what exactly was happening he had my shirt over my head and used a claw to slice down the front of my bra freeing my breasts from confinement.

My complaint was cut off by surprise as Derek reached down and tweaked a nipple. His smirk said that he knew he was in control and as much as the Alpha in me wanted to fight back, show him who was the dominant one. There was a part of me. A stronger part that relished in the idea of my mate dominating me. His hands drifted from my breasts, after giving a squeeze that caused a delicious tingle to shoot through me, to the waist band of my jeans popping the button open expertly. I shivered as he pushed my pants and underwear down exposing me to the chill of the mid afternoon air.

He leaned forward again pressing his lips hungrily to mine, hands drifted to my butt, his large hands each taking a cheek and squeezing before lifting me onto the table. I moaned as his elongated canines nicked my bottom lip causing just the briefest sting before my healing factor kicked in. His hands drifted back to my breasts as mine stayed on his face tugging at the elongated hair from his shift. He let out a growl against my mouth as I arched into his hands.

And then before I knew was was happening, he was really enjoying throwing me off today, his mouth had left mine, he had pushed me to lie flat with my legs dangling off of the table and he had buried his face into my aching core causing me to cry out in pure pleasure as he licked, nipped and suckled at my folds. He continued his ministrations, and added a finger causing my orgasm to build quicker, and quicker. I cursed and prayed all in the same sentence as he suckled at my clit.

"Fuck, D. Oh, God! Derek! Ugh! I'm so close!" I called out just moments before the orgasm over took me. Stars erupted behind my eyes, and my insides clenched. Derek paused eyes staring hard at me watching as I came. As the waves of pleasure subsided I relaxed back into the table.

Derek stood reaching out a hand to me as he did. I allowed him to pull me up and reached for him. I pulled him in for a kiss moaning at the taste of myself on him, and the arousal that was practically radiating off of him. He pulled away from the kiss and nuzzled into my mating mark.

"You're so fucking sexy when you come screaming my name. I'm so hard for you." He told me taking one of my hands and leading it down to the bulge in his jeans. I smirked and squeezed causing him to moan out.

"Well what do you propose we do about it?" I asked as I undid his jeans and shoved the restricting material down his legs with his underwear. Derek smirked back.

"Turn around." I did as instructed. His hand touched my back tentatively and one wrapped protectively around my stomach as he pushed me so I was bent over the table. Catching the slight worry for the baby, over our position I placed my arms down to hold my self up. I sent reassurance through the bond and smiled as I felt him line up.

Then he was inside me. Filling me in the most glorious way that only he could. Both of us let out a moan of pleasure enjoying the feeling for a moment before he began pounding into me. His pace was fast and hard, working out the aggression from earlier and I cried out in pleasure pushing back. Meeting him thrust for thrust. It wasn't long before my orgasm was building back up his fingers reached around finding my clit and rubbing hard. I cried out as I came again this one even stronger than the one before. And seconds later a third orgasm ripped through me as he sunk his canines into my mark, a scream of pleasure ripping from my throat.

END EXPLICIT

After a few minutes Derek untangled himself from me. I groaned in displeasure at the loss of contact. Derek chuckled and I sat myself up as I heard him begin to pull his pants up. I reached down and began to pull my pants up as well. As I buttoned the m I glanced around looking for my shirt. I scowled at the form remains of my bra, but threw my shirt on quickly.

"I'm not done showing you." Derek told me causing me to quirk an eyebrow and glance up into his face. Derek smiled lovingly down at me, he reached forward and placed a hand against my mark and I was drawn into his mind.

It took exactly one image to realize that he was showing me e his dreams.

I stood staring at myself, feeling love and pride swell in my chest, well

I guess Derek's technically, as I took in the sight of me heavily pregnant.

The next me staring down in awe at a tiny pink bundle in my arms, Derek's arm wrapped around me staring down at the bundle in awe as well.

Me, Derek, watching in amusement as a standoff occurred between me and a green-eyed, Brown haired little girl. Both with matching stubborn looks and matching crossed arm poses.

Me, Derek, watching myself walk down an isle, in an elegant yet simple white dress. I was hanging tightly to uncle Bobby's arm and as we reached the end of the isle I was passed off to Derek.

Me, Derek, staring up at myself standing against the same table, wearing the exact same clothing, tears streaming down my face as I stared down at myself, Derek. A diamond ring held between us in the air.

My eyes snapped open, the images disappeared. All except one. The ring.

Derek was kneeling in front of me. My mouth dropped and a fresh set of tears began to fall. He was holding the ring out to me. A twinkle in his eyes and one of the brightest smiled on his face I'd ever seen.

"So, what do you say? You ready for this? " he asked mimicking me from earlier in the day.

"Honey, I've been ready for this since the day we met." Derek's smile grew if that was even possible and he stood, slipped the ring on my finger and pulled me into a passionate kiss.

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