Later she Skyped her father and tell him what happened to her in the water. "The package I left you have some stuff from me too, I see you've not had time to read it all. My mother is a nymph you get those water powers and the ability to control the weather from me. Well your nymph side anyhow not many people know we exist and I want it to stay that way. When a nymph meets her mate it triggers her magic fully I'm guessing you've met yours".

She nods, "His name is Derek Hale and he's really lovely and sweet dad and he treats me like I'm the most important thing to him".

"Well honey you're, once mates have met each other they feel a strong pull to the other person and would give their life literally to save the other person. Wait is that Talia's lad?"

"Yes do you know him?"

"Not to speak to but I know his mother through your mum. They were good friends I had to let her know I was visiting her territory when I came to visit you".

"She knows you're supernatural?"

"Yes I ask her to keep my secret she thinks I'm just a witch. People can't tell what we are the magic from the forest and sea confuses them. It's built in protection".

"The Hales know I'm a spark".

"They can see your spark half".

"Lydia could see you were powerful I knew she was stealing your magic. I could tell from the visit before last".

"Why didn't you say something about magic to me or that she was no good".

"As long as she thought you were just a witch she would find no reason to kill you. Because she knew you had power she could siphon, she had reasons to keep you alive".

"If she knew you were suspicious of her she would kill you, she couldn't take a great deal of your powers all she could do was dampened it, I'm sorry honey. When you told me you were asking her to move out I knew that very day you were in the same space as your mate without realising it. Something in you unconsciously started fighting her so I knew he was near".

"Are you telling me my magic starting fighting back and I started disliking her because I was due to meet my mate".

"You must have stood near him or been someplace with him without you both realising it and that overrode what Lydia was doing to your magic. She couldn't feed off you anymore from the moment you officially met Derek. At some point in that day you decided to give Derek a chance, sealing a promise to be together before the official mating happened".

"But I was unsure about him."

"If that was true Lydia would still be your fake friend and I would be pretending I was human around her. She's a banshee where they go death and destruction follows she doesn't really have a lot of power. She needs to use what she steals which makes me think she could be mixed with something else".

"So right now she's powerless?"

"Until she finds someone else she can use I want you to study all about banshees their powers and their screams. Now I would like to meet this young man of yours".

Stiles goes and gets Derek, "Dad, Derek. Derek dad".

"I hope you're taking good care of my little girl."

"I'm sir, I'm trying my best to".

"That's all a father wants to hear I've spoken to your mother. Your building has a vacancy and she's offered it to me I should be moving down there in two weeks. We'll talk properly then".

"It will be nice to have you staying here sir, don't worry about the rent".

"I'm paying you something my boy your mother said a thousand pounds a month should be enough".

"That amount is fine sir".

"Well I'm off to bed, Derek it was nice to meet you I love you Stiles".

"I love you too dad".

"Remind me to thank your mother for giving him such a low rent. I know places in this building goes as high as twenty thousand a month and I know he's safe here so there's less worrying for me".

"I have a feeling my mother told him he didn't have to pay rent but he refused her as well".

"That's my dad for you".

"I forgot to ask him what day he's moving seeing as we're spending the weekend in Florida in two weeks. It doesn't matter my family can help him settle in or do you want to do Florida the week after?"

"I'll talk to dad tomorrow sees what he says".

"Right it's late let's finish watching the movie".

They go back in the living room and continue watching The Grinch. The next morning Stiles woke up in the living room with a blanket over her and Derek spooning her. He had a large deep L shape Velvet sofa in blue that even with the two of them lying side by side on it had lots of room left over. Stiles expects with a werewolf pack you need to be able to fit in a lot of people. Derek's living room had a lot of comfy sofas and armchairs in it. goes to the bathroom and brushes her teeth and showers. She changes into grey jeans and a white shirt with a red hoodie, it was New York after all and almost October it was getting chilly. Stiles came out the bathroom to see a empty sofa, she folds up the blankets and turn the heating on high. She grabs flour, eggs, bacon, sausages and fresh blueberries and make a start on breakfast.

"What you making?" Ask Derek walking into the kitchen.

"Blueberry pancakes with egg and bacon".

"I can't wait to taste it, is it me or is it chilli today".

"It's chilly, I was going to make some porridge for breakfast as well".

"Go for it I could do with something filling", her phone starts flashing Stiles reads her text message.

"Your sisters and your mother is on their way over for breakfast, they want to know if we're decent

and if they need to stop off at the store and get anything".

Derek looks in his fridge which he filled with enough food to last him and Stiles for two days, "We need more eggs, bacon, sausage and blueberries. Get bread as well if they could stop by Starbucks and get me a hot chocolate I wouldn't say no". She types all that and decides to wait till the food comes to start breakfast more help in the kitchen meant breakfast is prepared faster.

Half an hour later the woman walk into the apartment and they made a start preparing breakfast, when it was cook they sit down at the dining table and began to eat.

"So Stiles I see you too haven't mated yet but I'm sure there was some fun had.".

"No there was no fun had, is that my shirt you're wearing and my earrings".

"You don't mind do you?" Ask Laura. "I borrowed them when I stayed over".

"You could have told me that".

"Are you mad?"

"Well you did come to my house not expecting to spend the night you need clean clothes after all".

"Mum and dad bought us clean clothes when they came that morning", volunteers Cora.

"Next time ask please wait how do you know we've not mated yet?"

"We would smell it, you would smell of each other not that you don't now but it's a more concentrated permanent smell to let every supernatural know you both have mated and claimed each other".

"Not that I don't like you all being here but why are you guys here and not eating at mums."

"We wanted to talk about the barbecue next weekend and what things we need to get for it and finalise the invitations. We know that we need to buy a barbecue and everything else that goes with it but I need to know how many people you're comfortable having at your house. You have an amazing backyard and a forest beyond it, lots of people will want to take advantage of that and go for a run in their wolf form", explains Talia.

"Well about thirty-five people is enough, forty at a push there's a bathroom downstair people can use. I don't want anyone I will have met that day upstairs in my house. I certainly don't want anyone in my bedroom or Derek's room".

"Those rules are simple enough, I'll tell everyone to stay downstairs if for some reason the downstairs loo is occupied can they go upstairs and use that one?"

"Just as you reach the top of the stairs there's a bathroom but only if there's no other choice and I would prefer one of the people I've already met to watch them".

"Thank you for that compromise everyone will be bringing something to contribute to the party, you ok with the kids coming like Peter's kids for instant".

"That's fine now I would like to spend some time alone with Derek, it was nice having breakfast with you guys but kindly get out we need our alone time".

"If anything changes about next week I'll text or Skype you".

"Thank you Tali, bye Laura, Cora. They leave and Stiles turns to Derek, "Do you think I was too rude then?"

"No you were assertive and they were too nosey wanting to see if we've mated yet".

They clean the dishes and fill the dishwasher before laying down on the sofa, Stiles put the blanket over them and they start playing Mario Cart. When the game was over they fell asleep again, she woke up to noise. "I guess I was more tired than I thought what time is it?"

"Just gone two o'clock I'm making us homemade tomato soup there's ingredients in to make a hero sandwich as well".

"The soup smells really good I didn't know you could cook that well."

"That's not the only thing I do well, can you assemble a turkey and cheese sandwich for me with tons of shredded lettuce".

She washes her hands, "Sure, you know what's weird I've been hugging and kissing you and you made that filthy joke just now and I don't feel mad or angry about it. But when Lydia wanted to know if I wanted to shop for sexy underwear for you after the first time we went out I was furious with her".

"You have to remember you started to not trust her and she said that because she knew it would upset you. Your magic knows it can trust me and you know I respect you and would never force you into doing anything you didn't want to do".

"I feel comfortable around you, you're the first man I've truly felt that way with apart from my dad".

"I'm flattered and honoured I make you feel that way so after we have lunch what do you want to do for the rest of the day?"