At the end of the night Derek drove Stiles to her front door, "I had a really good time I know we have the museum coming up next weekend but do you think we could meet for coffee before work. We both work close to the Starbucks even if it's in opposite direction".

"I would like that a lot goodnight".

Stiles unbuckles her seatbelt and leaves the car, before she could open her front door Lydia opens it.

"Hi Derek", she yells at him. He waves at her and drives off.

"Damn he's driving a Range Rover I thought it would be one of the cars that cost six figures.

"Derek seems really down to earth so I doubt he's a petrol head like that".

"So how was the date?"

"It was nice we decided to be friends for now".

"So what you guys aren't going out again?"

"Actually we're".

Lydia squeals, "Its a good job I can't hear I think my eardrums would have suffered".

"Before I forget your dad called he's coming to New York tomorrow he was booking a hotel".

"I hope you told him not to, he could stay here we have two spare bedrooms after all."

"Don't worry Stiles I did, are you going to tell him about Derek?"

Stiles shakes her head, "Its only been one date so far, I want to enjoy my dad being in New York and doing the touristy things with him without talking about Derek to him".

"Fair enough".

The next day while Stiles was at work Lydia went and pick her dad up from the airport, Stiles came home to see her dad and Lydia cooking together.

"Hi dad how was your flight?"

"It was okay, how was work?"

"The usual how come you waited till the last minute to tell me you were coming today, you didn't text me".

"It was meant to be a surprise I'm sorry honey".

She hugs him, "Its good to see you dad what are you guys making?"

"Your dad is teaching me to make pierogi, goulash and chicken", answers Lydia.

"Meat my favourite food group mmmm", later as they were sat at the table "Dad not that I'm not happy to see you but why the surprise visit?"

"I'm retiring and was thinking of moving here especially now."

"What do you mean Mr Stilinski?"

"Just I want to be there for Stiles, which reminds me I need to start house hunting while I'm here". He sees the look Stiles gives him, "We both need our space away from each other".

"Unfortunately dad I can't cancel my clients but I can meet you for lunch every day. The week went by quickly, Stiles met Derek for breakfast every work day at Starbucks that week and met her dad for lunch and dinner. She was able to take him to the airport for his trip back to Bacon Hills. That Saturday she met Derek outside her house, "If we're going to keep seeing each other before work I want us to go somewhere different to Starbucks I need real food".

Derek laughs, "That can be arranged there is a diner round the corner from it".

"The diner with the name spelt wrong?"

"That's the one."

"I mean who spells Sofia's Diner like Soffia's dinner they can't even correct it now people would go mad they're so used to it".

"So anything in particular you're looking forward to seeing at The Whitney Museum?"

"My Dad was here all week".

"That really wasn't the answer I was expecting."

"I didn't tell him about you, he's going to be moving here soon he's just retired from the police force".

"We're friends it's up to you to decide if you want to mention me".

"If I mentioned you then I would have to admit they maybe we could have a relationship and I'm not ready to think about that yet".

"Back to my original question I know you looked on their website what are you looking forward to seeing?"

"I'm happy to be surprised I've never been there before", the museum trip went well Stiles was happy to see Derek was just as interested in the arts as she was.

"Next time I go to a museum I want to see dinosaurs".

"That can be arranged, I booked us a table at Eleven Madison Park for lunch".

"Damn Derek you could have told me that before now, I'm not dress properly for somewhere so posh". Derek looks at Stiles who was wearing a yellow sweater with a green skirt and black boots with a chunky heel, her hair was in waves down her back.

"You look perfectly fine don't worry about it let's go enjoy some french food and figure out what we're going to do for the rest of the day, that's if you want to spent the day with me".

She takes his hand, "Of course I'll spent the day with you", she looks at her watch. "Its twelve now it's going to sound weird for an adult to say but I would love to go to the aquarium after lunch. Then we can do Chinatown for dinner, next weekend is your turn to choose what we do don't forget".

"That sounds like a plan".

Derek and Stiles take a taxi to Eleven Maddison Park, Stiles looks around the restaurant she had never been in a place with so many different knives and forks. They sit and order wine as a waiter takes their order, "You know I thought I would feel weird you telling the waiter what my order is but I don't. What makes me feel weird is the looks I'm getting from other diners knowing they're talking about me but I can't hear what they're saying about the deaf girl".

"You can afford to eat here these snobs only see money and status".

"It's weird being in a place like this, it's hard to describe being deaf in a room like this where I'm sure they've not seen people like me in real life ever. At least if we go to a diner or a Starbucks they get a wide range of people and don't really give me a look".

"If it makes you uncomfortable we can leave."

"Hell no do you know how much of a big deal this place his, I want to say I've eaten at a place rated the best restaurant in the world at one point".

Derek takes a sip of his wine he listens to the other dinners, "She's so pretty shame she's deaf the poor girl. He then hears, "What's he doing with her she will never fit into his world, she can't have a conversation with someone than can hear. He was very upset on Stiles behalf when he heard, "Poor thing I would rather die than be deaf". He was glad Stiles couldn't hear what was being said about her then he hears, "Good for her for not letting her disability affect her life and to land a billionaire as well damn she got game". He looks over at the woman and sees it's the daughter of one of his mothers' friends.

Being a werewolf gave him the opportunity to hear at a great distance, he looks at Stiles and smiles at her if he could give her the world he would. The meal comes and he looks at his Coq au van and then at Stiles bouillabaisse which was a fish stew with bread. They both tuck into their meals

"This is really good do you come here often?"

"At least once a week with a member of my family it's a tradition for us Hales".

"It's nice to have tradition my family have none, although I use to love helping my mother in her garden before she die".

"Your house has a backyard right, or is it Lydia's place?"

"The house is mine, Lydia has been staying with me for the last three years but she's moving out in a month or so, she found a place closer to her boyfriend and the hospital where she works".

"She's a doctor right?"

"Yeah she graduated this year I'm so proud of her, I'm going to miss her but I'm looking forward to having my house to myself for once. I bought it with money my mother left me when she died, I was lucky enough to buy it outright in cash".

"Your neighbourhood is a really nice one plus you have a backyard and how many bedrooms?"

"Four."

"That house isn't cheap that neighbourhood is quite expensive you grew up with money?"

"We were okay I don't know my mom's side of the family, I think they had money not your level of money but they're comfortably well off".

They finish up and take a taxi to the aquarium, "There is something peaceful about being here, it's like when I'm in my backyard gardening or at the preserve in Beacon Hills. It calms me in a way I can't describe. When I'm in Beacon Hills and at the preserve I feel connected to it, there's a tree there that I feel like it calls out to me".

"It's nice to know you have a place like that, do you always go by the tree when you go to the preserve?"

"Yes".

"And right now you feel calm?"

"Very calm".

"Come on let's have a proper look around this place", Derek started to worry he suspect Stiles was supernatural and didn't know it. "You said your dad is moving here, did he say why?"