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[mamanurse]

[Melissa appears on camera, wearing her nursing scrubs, looking more than a little frazzled. Her jaw is set and she also looks pissed in addition to frazzled. Look out, mom on a rampage.]

Okay, you know what? It can't hurt, here goes nothing. I get here somehow I don't quite remember, and I'm told that talking to a bunch of strangers on-line will answer all my questions. I really hope that's the case, because I'm not feeling in the mood for any games.

So, tell me where I am please? And how I can get home? I don't have any on-line names, you can just call me Melissa. I don't mean to be rude, but I have a job to do and a son to raise and a mortgage to pay. So...I gotta go.

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[affectioning]

[ He's done it a few times. No he hasn't. Shh. What? ]

There's no hotel. There's the Welcome Center. And all our stuff is there. He's okay. [ A little gruff. Quiet. They made up. Sort of. ] I'll take the couch tonight, you can take my bed, and tomorrow we'll find an apartment. [ He's not trying to be that guy. The son who's not a son but a werewolf. ] Stiles lived with him for a year. Derek looked after him. He invited me to stay. But, it doesn't mean I'm pack. [ He's told you before that's not something he's interesting. So, he's saying it again. ]

It's the easiest thing. We have food there. And it's safe, outside of the city. [ In the forest. He slides the drink away and finally looks at a menu before looking up at her. ] Are you okay?

[mamanurse]

I am. Soooooo. Not okay. I'm about as far from okay as you can be before you fall off the edge.

[Oh god a martini. She has no way to pay for this but she'll figure that out later. She takes a long, slow sip, feeling the burn.]

If I were in a wetpack somewhere, with four burly orderlies holding me down, you'd tell me, right?

[affectioning]

[ He'll pay for this. She doesn't have to think about that right now. He just waits. Half his mouth curves into a smile. ]

I'd be the first to tell you. And I'd visit you every day. And bring you stuff. And tell you stories. [ And maybe in another universe, he'd bring dad. Or, Allison. Allison always liked her, right? ] You're not crazy. As crazy as things have been, I'm not crazy.

[mamanurse]

Okay. I'm gonna trust you on this.

...Although I still feel weird about staying in the same house as Derek Hale. He's not gonna give you any more problems, is he?

[affectioning]

No. Back home, we're all on the same side. We have to be. [ Here and there. ] We only have to stay for one night. Maybe two. However long it takes us to find a place. [ He promises to go apartment hunting with you.

Also, with several bedrooms just in case? ] Also, when I said it was out of the City, I meant about ten/fifteen minutes into the forest. But, it's safe!

[mamanurse]

You're living. In the forest. With Derek Hale.

[She takes another big gulp of her martini.]

I think I got here just in time.

[affectioning]

[ It's not that bad! ]

Only for the last two weeks. [ Stiles, a lot longer. ]