Stuck in a Cage (OPEN)

The girl asked Peter how he came back from the dead and he grinned at her, unable to help himself. His grin was coy, as was his response. ”Stick around, girl, and you may find out my secret,” he taunted playfully, giving her a bit of a reason to stay in town, even if a part of her didn’t want to. He was hoping he’d be able to convince her, to be able to use her to his advantage if he needed to in the end. He needed to find a way to return to his Alpha status. Aside from killing and being a true Alpha (which everyone knows is not only rare but impossible for Peter), he didn’t quite know how he could do that. He could, of course, find and kill Deucalion, but that was a lot easier said than done. He was still an Alpha and Peter wasn’t at full strength yet…still.

Peter grinned as the Omega recovered from her shock of finding out that he had been dead and responded to his last question. She said that she hadn’t been in to town yet. She wanted to get a feel for the surrounding area first. Peter nodded his head in understanding. He could see how that could be something that an Omega would want to do. ”I can understand that…” He trailed off a moment before he looked over at her. ”Well if you’d like, we can take a stroll around town. I can show you around, give you the odds and ends of the place, tell you what places have the best food and what places don’t,” he offered, trying to be a nice guy…which he was…when he wanted to be…or when it was convenient for him.

The male werewolf paused, raising an eyebrow as the girl jumped about a foot in the air, looking around for where the snap of a branch had been heard. The man’s eyebrows furrowed together. Did she not realize that was far off and not behind her? His face returned to normal when she turned back and shook herself out of her initial fright. ”Or, if you prefer, I can tell you the places that are renting, hiring, or selling. It’s important to have a job as well as a place to live, wouldn’t you say?” he asked her, not really knowing about the former. The man had no job. He needed to get around to that at some point. Yeesh…working. Peter thought that horse had been shot in the face years ago and yet here he was, needing to look for a job as well…

Tag; @kahlee
Words; 441
Notes; I KNOW, RIGHT?! HASJDKLJAKLSD CAN'T WAIT FOR MONDAY...OR MOONDAY?

Peter had a feeling that she would be intrigued by the idea of him having returned from the dead. To be honest, he was surprised that she would be so trusting, that she wouldn’t assume he was lying. Still, he guessed she didn’t know him yet. So, she assumed he was telling the truth, she had no reason to think otherwise…at least not yet anyway. Peter was sure he would screw it up, he always did, but for the moment, he would do his best to treat her as a friend or at least a mentee, someone to manipulate and mentor as he liked. He wished he had someone who was moldable, like clay and he supposed that Kahlee would do. After all, she seemed like a nice enough girl, innocent enough, desperate enough.

Pushing those thoughts away, Peter looked at the girl as she said that him showing her around and whatnot would be helpful to her, plus she was dying for take away food. He grinned over at her and nodded his head. ”Alright then, sounds like a plan,” he told her before she went in to shock, well, got scared more like. The snapping of a nearby twig scared the crap out of her, but she soon realized that the twig was farther away than she originally thought and seemed to calm down. Peter was glad that she realized it because he was not about to deal with a hypersensitive or hyperactive werewolf. No way. It was bad enough he had to deal with Stiles, he didn’t want to deal with another hyperactive spazz.

The girl calmed and Peter amended his previous request. She agreed to this one as well and he nodded his head again. ”We can do both,” he told her as he made his way towards her, still going slow. He stopped beside her and offered her his arm. ”Town is just up this way,” he told her, motioning forward to where they would be walking. He supposed he could talk while they walked to keep her mind off of what she could sense in the forest. It was an easy way to test her. ”There are a few openings in the apartment complex that I live in, the rent is reasonable but no pets, which for us isn’t really a bad thing. But, if the idea of living in the same building as me makes you uncomfortable, which is fine, there are other places,” he reasoned.

Tag; @kahlee
Words; 417
Notes; STOOOOKED. I want Peter in the next epi so that he can look at Derek and be like: ...seriously? God, like once wasn't enough XD

Peter noticed the hesitation of the Omega when he neared her and held out his arm to her. While she was comfortable with him approaching her it seemed, she was uncomfortable with his gesture. He found that extremely interesting. The girl was comfortable with his presence and comfortable when he approached but not when he seemed to give her a gentlemanly gesture. Perhaps it had been a while since she had been around humans or a gentleman. He wasn’t sure, but it wasn’t as though he would take advantage of her. Despite popular belief, he wasn’t fond of women who were more than five years younger than he was. The girl didn’t look to be much older than twenty, maybe eighteen and despite how she was technically legal, it still made him uncomfortable, especially since he recently found out his daughter was seventeen years old…

Kahlee hesitated a moment before she took his arm. She seemed awkward with his gesture but he digressed and kept his thoughts to himself before she nodded in response to his words. Instead, he chose to take a few steps forward and once he was sure she was following beside him, in stride, he kept walking, making sure to head towards town. He wanted to make sure that by the end of this meeting she trusted him more than she did now. After all, if she was going to be useful to him, she needed to trust him more than anyone else in Beacon Hills. He was the first person she met, even if he was encouraging her to seek out Scott. He only did that to seem like a good guy, a nice guy, and he was when it benefited him.

The female werewolf told him that it was fine so long as they could wait for a first payment. Peter nodded his head a bit before he shrugged his shoulders. ”I think that arrangement could be made. You can talk to the building manager if you like. She’s a nice lady, tends to be understandable when it comes to rent payments,” he explained to her before she continued. He then remembered she said something about if she could find somewhere that would take an unexperienced kid from out of town. He chuckled. ”The only difference between you and the kids around here is you being out of town. Besides, some places need all the help they can get,” he told her, patting her hand in a friendly manner before they broke through the woods and stepped out towards the city through an alley. Once at the end of the alley, he motioned out with his free arm. ”Welcome to Beacon Hills.”

Tag; @kahlee
Words; 451
Notes; WOO HOO! I need my other half in this TV series more often XD

The girl noticed how he looked at her oddly. He hadn’t meant to be so obvious with his actions, but he digressed. He should have known she’d be hyperaware of those as well. She apologized and told him that she hadn’t been around people in a long time so it was taking her a while to come back. Peter nodded his head. ”I understand,” he told her and he honestly did. Coming back from his vegetative state and attempting to interact with humans was…difficult for Peter. It was why he came off as so creepy to Allison in Macy’s, but he had gotten better and had been a bit more charming with Scott’s mother…but…not by much.

The new werewolf duo continued down their path as their topic of conversation went towards living arrangements and work and so forth. The girl seemed alright with living in the same apartment complex as him. He found that quite interesting, but kept that to himself. It seemed that perhaps his help was positively impacting the girl. Perhaps she would be most useful indeed, but for now, he pushed those thoughts away. He could think about that at a later time. The girl said that she hoped his landlord liked her. He chuckled. ”Given that she has a daughter around your age in college, she’ll no doubt have a soft spot for you,” he casually mentioned. As such, she would be more than willing to give Kahlee housing.

A chuckle escaped Peter’s lips as Kahlee told him that all she needed to do was find shop owners that were desperate. ”One of my best tips,” he joked before they stepped out onto the sidewalk of downtown Beacon Hills. They stood there out of everyone’s way so she could look around and get her senses working. ”One of the easiest ways to find a desperate shop owner is to get a feel for them. So, while we pass people on the street or when you go look in places to get a job, feel the owner, see if they’re desperate or if they’re in need of help,” he told her, guiding and teaching her already. She was an Omega, but as every werewolf, she had potential. Therefore, Peter would tutor her in the ways of the werewolf.

Tag; @kahlee
Words; 385
Notes; Love me some Peter.

It seemed that Kahlee was listening to him, judging by the small tilt of her head. She chuckled after he spoke, talking about his land lady’s daughter in college. She looked at him with a raised eyebrow before saying that she hoped the woman would take pity on her. She said that she wouldn’t mind all the luck that she could get. He chuckled as well, still soft and sweet. ”You and everyone else in the world,” he told her gently before she turned, eyes darting around the small town as she took everything in. While Beacon Hills was in no way a tiny town, it wasn’t a huge city either. In this district though was most of the shopping, restaurants, theaters, and the like. There were apartment complexes and things, parks, and a few small schools. Towards the preserve and the high school were mostly houses and other such homes to live in.

Peter wasn’t sure whether or not the girl would accept his tutoring or not. He supposed it depended on how well he taught her this one lesson. He watched her carefully to see if she would listen to him and it seemed that she was. As people walked by, she tested out this new ability that Peter was teaching her. He was teaching her to look for one specific mood. It oozed from people at times like a scent or some sort of perfume that they couldn’t control. Almost like emotional body odor. Still, he kept that description to himself as he too looked around the city, trying to remain as normal as possible. He didn’t like people looking at him funny as he walked around. Well, they did anyway since he seemed to walk with a swagger no one thought possible in his dark v-neck t-shirts and his dark wash jeans.

Ance the girl had practiced, he looked at her with a raised eyebrow. ”Any luck?” he asked her before he turned and they made their way down the street. To anyone else, they looked like a normal father and daughter or uncle and niece. Despite this, Peter already had a daughter and two nieces…well…one now, but that wasn’t the point. It was a role, the uncle part anyway, hat he took on effortlessly. The father part? Well…that’d be for him to figure out with one Malia Tate when the time was right. Before he confessed being her biological father (which she probably wouldn’t accept according to those soap operas he secretly got addicted to), he needed to get to know her first, but that would involve getting past one Stiles Stilinski and one Scott McCall, but that would come in time.

Tag; @kahlee
Words; 449
Notes; MOONDAAAAY. Stoked for Teen Wolf tonight! Woot!

A man, a very anxious man scurried past the two wolves across the street. Peter could tell that the guy had some sort of gambling problem or he was in debt to someone. Not many people gambled in Beacon Hills, but those that did were foolish. They were usually killed, arrested, or alienated for their strange addiction. Smoke? Drink? All fine addictions. Gamble? What are you some sort of nut case? Gambling was seen as odd in Beacon Hills. Had the town been any smaller or more religious then smoking and drinking would also be on that list, but seeing as it was more modern and larger, gambling was the one thing that people found odd, especially since there were no casinos, races, or anything to really gamble with, save for card games that people had at their houses.

The man ran into a cash converter place and girl turned a moment to look at Peter. When she realized that she was alone, she sank back into the shadows with him. This was wise, of course. The less conspicuous she looked to people, the better it would be in the end for her and her loved ones. If anyone aside from him found out that she was a wolf, things would not end well, so it was best to stay in the shadows and out of everyone’s sight and mind. He nodded his head when she did so, quite impressed with how fast she caught on. She seemed to have been a rather loyal Beta at one point. Although, it was possible she was just an Omega trying to survive by listening to the man who had lived here all his life, and been a werewolf all of his life.

Kahlee spoke, making Peter grin a bit when she asked him if he could tell her which one would pay the most. ”You’ll probably start off at minimum wage no matter what you do, but there are a few people who may pay a little more…” He paused, hesitating. ”There’s a man in town, the local veterinarian, he knows about us, he was an emissary to my sister when she was alive. He may be able to pull some strings if you talk with him. He’s Scott’s boss and I believe Scott’s emissary now, but he’s a good man, a helpful fellow…even if he and I aren’t on the best of terms,” he mumbled at the end, but hoped she wouldn’t ask why. He didn’t want to explain his previous behavior to someone, especially this girl whom he had just come in to contact with.

Tag; @kahlee
Words; 437
Notes; Peter was in last night's ep. I loved it, but no spoilers since you haven't seen it yet XD