aurora woke up for school with derek nowhere to be found, she sent him a quick text that she doubted he would get back to and got ready for school.

the girl arrived at the school and when she got out of her car she saw scott and stiles both looking at her, she rolled her eyes and scoffed to herself grabbing her bag from the passenger side.

she had to walk past the two boys to get into the school but when she got closer they began walking towards her. "i don't wanna hear it." she put her hand up to the boys and continued walking.

"we're sorry we didn't believe you." scott spoke to the girl as they both followed behind her. "derek told me everything last night."

"oh, so because it came from derek you now believe me?" she snapped. "i told you as much as i knew and you didn't believe me and neither of you could trust me." aurora turned to look at the two, who genuinely looked sorry. "just leave me alone." she finished and began walking to her first class, which scott and stiles were also in so they followed behind her silently.

...

aurora slumped in her seat and stiles sat next to her, then scott sat in front of stiles. the girl watched as the teacher brought the grades back for the test she did a few days ago.

"if derek isn't the alpha, if he's not the one who bit you, then who did?" stiles whispered to scott, but aurora easily overheard.

scott shrugged. "i don't know."

"did the alpha kill the bus driver?" stiles asked.

scott was silent for a moment. "i don't know."

stiles sat back in his seat and let out a sigh before leaning back over to scott. "does allison's dad know about the..."

scott quickly turned around to stiles. "i don't know!"

the teacher brought around scott and stiles' test results, finally, she got round to aurora who got a b on the test. she shrugged to herself not really giving a shit.

"dude, you need to study more." stiles said to scott, when scott didn't say anything stiles spoke again. "that was a joke. scott, it's one joke. you're gonna make it up. do you want help studying?"

scott sighed. "no. i'm studying with allison after school today."

"that's my boy." stiles hyped up his best friend, making aurora roll her eyes.

"we're just studying."

"uh-uh. no, you're not."

"no, i'm not?" scott questioned.

"not if i'm forced to live vicariously through you. if you go to her house today and squander that colossal opportunity, i swear to god i'll have you de-balled." stiles spoke too loudly on his last words.

scott turned around. "okay. just... stop with the question, man."

"done. no more questions. no more talk about the alpha or derek and aurora." stiles told him, making aurora slowly turn her head at the boy but he didn't look back at her. "especially derek and aurora. who still scares me." he said quietly.

"dude?" aurora spoke up, making stiles jump and slowly turn to her.

...

the school day had finally finished, and aurora was barely able to escape scott and stiles the whole day. they were just everywhere all the time. aurora got into her car and noticed stiles had parked right next to her. but she swore she didn't park anywhere near him in the morning.

the girl had felt a funny feeling the whole day like something was off, but she wasn't sure what it could've been. stiles got into his jeep noticing aurora sat in her car, she briefly glanced at him but rolled her eyes as he drove away, she pulled out after him but stiles had randomly stopped in the parking lot.

"i'm gonna kill him." she muttered to herself, beeping her horn at him. when nothing happened she got out of her car and walked over to his jeep. "stiles! i am not in the mood for-" aurora stopped when she saw derek. "derek?" she asked. 

the man looked extremely pale, then he suddenly collapsed to the ground. "derek!" aurora panicked, kneeling next to her brother.

scott ran over and knelt next to aurora who helped sit derek up. "what are you doing here?" scott asked.

"i was shot." derek weakly spoke.

aurora visibly paled.

"he's not looking so good, dude." stiles said from behind aurora.

"why isn't he healing?" scott asked aurora.

aurora could smell it. "he was shot by a different kind of bullet." 

"a silver bullet?" stiles asked, seemingly interested.

"no, you idiot." derek spoke.

"wait, wait. that's what she meant when she said you had forty-eight hours." scott said, glancing at aurora.

"who?" aurora asked cluelessly. "who said forty-eight hours?"

"the one who shot him." 

derek groaned, his eyes flashing blue. horns began honking behind aurora's car.

"what are you doing!? stop that." scott panicked.

"that's what i'm trying to tell you. i can't." derek hissed.

"derek, get up." aurora told her brother. when he didn't move aurora and scott helped to get him up onto his feet. "get him into your car." she told stiles.

stiles opened the passenger door to his jeep aurora and scott got him inside quickly. 

"take him wherever. i need to move my car. call me when you're away from people." aurora told stiles as she rushed to her car and drove out of the parking lot.

...

aurora left her car at her apartment and called stiles to come pick her up. not long after the phone call stiles sped into the parking lot, a look of annoyance on his face. aurora rushed over to see derek. 

"hey, der. you okay?" she asked her brother softly.

the man weakly nodded. "scott's gonna try to find the bullet they used."

aurora nodded with a deep sigh. "if he doesn't find it i'm going over there and killing them all." she muttered, getting into stiles' jeep.

"your brother is almost as insufferable as you." stiles told aurora.

"i'm right here." derek grumbled.

stiles pulled out of the parking lot and drove down the road, until he got a text from scott, he quickly read the text and groaned. "come on." he glanced over at derek briefly. "try not to bleed out on my seats, okay? we're almost there."

"almost where?" derek and aurora spoke at the same time.

stiles sighed. "your old house."

"what? no, you can't take us there." derek quickly said.

"i can't take you to your own house?" stiles asked in annoyance.

"not when i can't protect aurora and i." 

aurora pulled a face. "i can protect myself thank you."

stiles quickly pulled over and turned to derek and aurora.

"what happens if scott doesn't find your little magic bullet? hmm?" stiles asked, very annoyed at the situation at hand. "are you dying?"

"not yet. i have a last resort." derek weakly replied.

"what do you mean?" stiles yelled, throwing his arms in the air. "what last resort?"

derek pulled up his sleeve to reveal the nasty-looking bullet wound. aurora cringed and stiles being stiles, he massively overreacted.

"oh, my god! what is that?" he cringed. "is that contagious? you should probably just get out."

"start the car. now." derek told stiles sternly.

"i don't think you should be barking orders with the way you look, okay? in fact, i think if i wanted to, i could probably drag your little werewolf ass out into the middle of the road and leave you for dead." stiles ranted, aurora clenched her jaw.

"stiles. start the goddamn car." aurora almost yelled at the boy. 

"or i'm gonna rip your throat out with my teeth." derek added on.

stiles stared at derek for a few moments, before starting his jeep and driving off.

...

it had gotten dark and derek wasn't looking any better, he was extremely pale and sweat covered his body.

"why won't he answer?" aurora asked stiles in annoyance.

"aurora, they're two teenagers. studying." stiles bluntly replied.

"no shit, stiles. he's pussy-whipped, for an argent too? reminds me of the past." she snapped.

"well i think they're cute together." stiles defended his best friend.

"yeah. until she puts a bullet in his skull." aurora muttered. 

stiles phone rang and he immediately picked it up. 

"i'm trying to find the bullet i just need a bit more time." scott spoke from the phone.

"what am i supposed to do with him?" stiles asked.

"take him somewhere. anywhere!" scott said.

stiles let out a sigh. "and by the way, he's starting to smell."

derek slowly turned his head to look at stiles.

"like- like what?" 

"like death." stiles said in an exaggerated tone.

scott was silent for a moment. "okay. take him to the animal clinic." 

"what about your boss?" stiles asked.

"he's gone by now. there's a spare key in the box behind the dumpster." scott told him.

stiles dramatically sighed. "you're not gonna believe where he's telling me to take you." stiles handed the phone over to derek.

"did you find it?" derek asked scott weakly.

"how am i supposed to find one bullet?" scott questioned stressfully. "there have a million! this house is like the freaking walmart of guns!"

"if you don't find it, then i'm dead, all right?" derek told scott.

"i'm starting to think that wouldn't be such a bad thing."

"scott, if you don't find that bullet i will fucking kill you!" aurora yelled. "stop being a whiny little bitch and find it!"

"the alpha called you out against your will. he's gonna do it again. next time, you either kill with him or you get killed." derek said to scott, his voice still weak. "so if you wanna stay alive, then you need me. find the bullet." he finished, hanging up the phone on scott.