7 Derrick Black (1/2)

Luna drove all night, she had her Merc pushed beyond the speed limit, and didn't care a cent of it, the quicker she got distance between her and Seth the better. As she passed Johannesburg city she rang Michael up again, it was now seven o clock on a Sunday morning, he had to be home and awake, but still that same voice answered 'the number you have dialled is not available' she tried Dianne again, same answer.

”Who are you trying to call mother?” Sahsa asked next to her.

”You remember uncle Michael and aunt Dianne?”

”Yes”

”Them, were heading there now” Luna said looking back at Kara, she was still asleep. It took them another hour to reach the adress, number two one three Ockert street in Wierda park. She came to a halt in front of the gates, the right garage door of the two stood slightly open. She rang the intercom, but instead of an answer, the half closed garage door opened up, a young man in a tank top came out he was oiled and dirty clearly the result of working on an engine.

”Ooh hubba hubba” Sasha said seeing he had a ripped muscle tone and was tall as a tower. Luna saw he looked almost just like Michael, but it wasn't him. He opened the gate wiping his hands with a cloth.

”Hi” he greeted, Luna saw the blush on his face, he was shy to her aswell.

”Um, hello? Im looking for Michael and Dianne?”

”Yes this is their house, but they're not here now, who are you miss?”

Luna suddenly felt old, this handsome young man calling her miss.

”My name is Luna, don't call me miss please” she talked without really thinking of their age gap.

”Ok, Luna”

”This is Sasha, and the lady in the back is Kara”

He bent over to look at the other two girls, he saw Kara's sharp green eyes, but she frowned and stubbornly looked away, making him frown aswell.

”Whats your name?” Luna asked.

”Oh, sorry my name is Derrick. My parents have retired early, and decided to go on holiday”

”Parents? You mean Michael and Dianne?” Luna asked shoked, not knowing they had a child.

”Yes” Derrick said.

”Well, thats how i know them, always on some fun trip, the reason im here is we need a place to stay for a couple of days, and was hoping to stay here for a while, we just came up from Capetown”

He smiled ”Of course you can, please come in”

Derrick opened the right gate, then the left, he caught a glimpse of Kara's angry eyes again as they passed, making him wonder what her problem was.

”Hes so jucy i can eat him whole!” Sasha said and elbowed Luna ”And don't think i didn't see what you did there ma! You telling him to directly refere to you as Luna”

”Hey, im allowed to have fun”

Sasha looked back at Kara ”What do you think Kara? Hes one handsome piece of man meat hey?”

”You can have him, just looking at him pisses me off, his red eyes remind me of Seth”

Sasha stuck her tongue out ”Your loss”

”Listen girls, for now no wolf talk around him ok?” Luna said as they stopped.

”Why? Uncle Michael and aunt Dianne were wolves right? Surely he must be one aswell?” Sahsa asked.

”Thats just it, I don't sense a wolf in him, or not even that unawakened essence similar to what we can feel in Kara”

Sahsa looked at her mother worried ”What could that possibly mean?”

”I don't know, just hold the wolf talk, unless he comes out with it first” Luna said and she nodded.

”Kara?” Luna looked back at her.

”I couldn't care less what he is, he looks like Seth, and i want nothing to do with him”

Luna climbed out opening the boot. Derrick came over and hauled her bags out for her ”follow me” he said walking to the front door.

”We can really carry those” Kara said not even wanting him to touch her bag. Derrick felt the ice in her voice and looked at her, Kara's angry stare was somewhat unfazing to him, out of all three women, he found her the most attractive for some reason.

”Ok, as you wish, which one is yours?” He asked holding the three bags to her, Kara grabbed her bag and backed away from him.

”Kara!” Luna scolded seeing how disrespectful she was.

”Its ok” Derrick said ”You know what they say about women and their bags?” He smiled and walked in. He glanced at Kara as he entered, het eyes still that piercing glare, he somewhat liked it, Derrick never liked a girl who smiles too much, she needed some issues to make her harder to deal with, otherwise a woman would just be any other woman to him.

Luna grabbed Kara back and looked her in the eyes.

”Hes not Seth!” She yelled in a whisper ”Hes our host! Show some respect!”

”Hes lying to us ma!” Kara said angrily.

”What do you mean hes lying?”

”Remember how i can tell if someone lies!?”

Luna was reminded of Kara's strange gift to tell a lie out, till today she didn't know how Kara did it, but she could even tell you if you were lying about the color of your underwear.

”Lying about what then?”

”His parents”

Luna suddenly felt cold, what secret about his parents is he keeping? Could he also be with Seth? Luna knew before she jumped to conclusions, she was going to find the truth, and she needed to do it before it was too late. She nodded to Kara and walked into the house, Derrick was waiting in a hallway for them, he pointed to two rooms next to each other.

”This is my parents room, and this is the spare, you can have any one you like” He gestured placing the bags infront of the rooms.

”Thankyou once again Derrick” Luna passed him into the spare room her daughters behind her.

”Please make yourselves at home, the kitchen is open take what ever you like, im not a good cook” He smiled blushing and Luna nodded. He pointed over his shoulder ”Ill be in the garage if you need me, like i said, make yourselves at home” He said walking off.

”Atleast he didn't lie about his cooking” Kara snarled.

Sasha looked at her mother, then they both looked at Kara.

”What?” She asked.

”Wow Kara, your really damn straight made an enemy out of him didn't you?” Sasha smiled.

Kara only folded her arms.

”You didn't even see how he looks at you?”

”How?” Kara asked.

”You know, Michael fell for Dianne because of her hard headedness, Dianne was no twinky, she was more like a chilly, and she burned” Luna told her.

”What is that supposed to mean?”

”It means, what you just did, that whole little cold shoulder routine? He likes it, a tough woman, just the way his father liked it”

Kara glared at the two with her ”Well he can go fuck himself! He won't get me to like him” She spat making the other two laugh.

”I tell you what Kara, go to him in the garage, see what hes up to, start talking to him. Maybe you can get a little more information out of him, then you'll see, he's not Seth, he's a different person that deserves a chance to get to know you, i promise” Luna said stepping aside so the door was open. Kara didn't like it one bit, but her mother was right, he's not Seth, she needed to remember that.

”Fine” she marched out of the room.

Kara kept telling herself he's not Seth, and thats the only reason she agreed to her mother's request. She was also interested to know why he would lie about his parents, and by this time, Kara had a way of questioning someone in such a way that he would spill the truth in a diffrent manner. She heard the klinks of tools as she approached, he was underneath an old looking car standing on peristyles. He grunted and kicked with his legs, Kara could hear he was struggling to do something down there.

”Come on you bitch! Come on!” He said through his teeth.

”This car is an old piece of shit isn't it?” Kara suddenly asked, at that moment whatever Derrick was doing finally prevails, she heard the loud bang of his head making the whole car twitch on the stands, then the torque wrench flew out from underneath the car, Derrick gurgled like one drowning, he spat and grunted, she saw him grab an empty ice cream bucket and pulling it under.

”Fuck” he spat again coming out. Kara struggled not to laugh, his entire head and face was black of engine oil. Derrick with his eyes closed searched on the ground around him for his cloth, but just missed it every time, Kara picked it up and threw it into his face.

”Oh, thanks” he replied wiping the oil of. Secretly Kara enjoyed this 'Take that you bastard'

He got his eyes open, that red colour now amplified by his black face, she pretended to look at the car, not wanting to be reminded of Seth.

”Sorry, you said something?” He asked peeking in under the car again.

”I said its a piece of shit, this car”

”No it isn't! Its an Avante, its one of my favourites”