A/N: Hello fellow Darkest Powers fans! I have been feeling very festive for the last few days, and this two-shot was just begging to be written. This is my first Darkest Powers fic, so please tell me if I did well! If I didn't… don't be too harsh on me please!

Disclaimer: Are you trying to make me cry? You want me to admit I don't own the Darkest Powers? Fine. I don't own anything in this fanfiction! (Runs off crying)

And now without further ado, A Very Chlerek Christmas!

Derek's POV.

It was our first Christmas since we defeated the Edison Group. I hadn't had time to buy Chloe a present, and I always felt kind of guilty, but she would make me feel okay about it. I was going to make up for all those lost Christmases this year. I could tell Chloe loved the holidays, so I tried making it special for her this year. We put up decorations all over the safe house we were hiding out in, and I bought her a gift that I hoped she would love.

It was Christmas Eve, so after I carefully wrapped the two presents I got my mate, I placed them under the tree and ran headfirst into…Chloe.

"S-s-s-sorry." She stuttered, making her blush and me smile.

"It's fine." I mumbled, pulling her closer to me. She flushed again, turning the most beautiful shade of pink.

She slipped away from my grasp and my inner wolf whined at the loss of contact, but she just placed a box underneath the tree and slid her arms around my waist. I smiled down at her and I could hear her heart speed up.

"So," I said, leaning to whisper in my ear. "What did you get me for Christmas?" I gave her my best puppy dog face and I felt her knees weaken under her, but she remained firm.

"I'm not telling you, that would ruin the surprise." Chloe stuck her little tongue out at me and my inner wolf growled, thinking about what we had done with that tongue. I shivered, shaking off the thought.

"I'll let you open one of the ones I got you…" I hinted, hoping she'd go for it.

Her face lit up like the lights on the tree, but she bit her lip, thinking. "Okay…but you only get a hint."

I agreed to her terms and handed her the larger of the two presents.

She shook it, a clear look of wonder on her face before she opened it, ripping off the wrapping paper and quickly opening the box. She had a look of confusion on her face at the gift.

"It's hair dye." She said simply.

"Yeah, but I made sure it was red, so when you wash out the brown, you can put those red highlights back in." After the black started to fade, Tori insisted on buying the dye and I didn't protest.

Chloe smiled widely. "Thank you so much Derek! I could never go back to having the just blonde hair and being mistaken for under twelve. That was so thoughtful!" She threw her arms around my neck, giving me a thankful hug and a kiss on the cheek. To be honest, she didn't look twelve even in her brown hair. She had…um…filled out more since I met her Oh, don't act embarrassed, my inner wolf reprimanded me. You know you like them. I told him to shut up and leaned down to Chloe's ear.

"You know, you don't look twelve anymore. Not one bit." She blushed when my gaze shifted involuntarily to her chest.

"Stop." She murmured, halfheartedly hitting my chest. She dragged her hand down my chest, stopping to trace my eight-pack. I held my breath as she dragged it even lower before she put her arms back around my neck and gave me a kiss. "And that," She started to say "Is your hint."

That left me wide-eyed and wondering about what my actual present would be.

~~~~~~~~~~Change Scene~~~~~~~~~~

I woke to Chloe whispering in my ear.

"Derek, could you wake up and come down to open presents with me? Or do you think we should wait?"

I had been awake since she walked in the room, her very scent waking me. "We can go open presents now." I whispered back to her, careful not to wake Simon.

"O-o-okay." Chloe stuttered making me wonder what was wrong. I looked down to find her staring at my chest. I smiled, causing her to blush.

"I'll put on a shirt and some sweatpants." I said. I still wore boxers to bed, even in cold weather.

"I'll g-g-g-go downstairs and wait." Chloe responded, turning to leave. I quickly pulled on pants and was still pulling on my shirt as walked into the hall, following Chloe downstairs.

"I only have the one other present." I told her, hoping that wouldn't disappoint her.

"Oh, that's fine; I know you wouldn't have much time to do any Christmas shopping. I only got you one material gift." She said, winking at me. Thoughts immediately sprang into my head about what she had in mind, but I had to shake them away, or I couldn't see her reaction to the gift.

I pulled the green and red wrapped gift from the pile below the tree and smiled as she took it.

Chloe tore the wrapping paper off the box with just as much enthusiasm as she had last night, and her face broke into a huge grin when she saw the box.

She covered her mouth to muffle her scream. Chloe basically tackled me, peppering kisses over my face. "Derek, this is possibly the best gift ever!"

I had gotten her a high-res video camera in case she decided to direct one day. It also had a special surprise on the inside.

"Open it." I chuckled as she adjusted herself on my lap. She slowly pulled the camera out of the box and turned it over in the palm of her hands.

"The screen is sticking out a bit." She stated, a bit confused as to why.

I pretended to not know why. "Maybe you should pull out the screen. Something is probably blocking it from closing properly." I bit my lip to hold in my excitement.

She opened the small screen in what seemed like slow motion and her eyes widened as she saw what was there. On the screen I had taped a silver double-banded ring with an imitation emerald and an imitation sapphire. Hey, I'm not rich, I can't afford real ones.

"Derek, i-is this a-a-a-an eng-" She stuttered, staring at me.

"No, it is a promise ring, however. I will promise to stay faithful to you, even though it was implied with the whole mate thing." I explained to Chloe and she began to smile. "Plus, it lets guys know that you are my girlfriend. Will you wear it for me?" I practically growled my girlfriend.

"I-I-I-I-" She blushed at her stuttering and took a deep breath before continuing. "Of course I will Derek."

I beamed at her and slipped on the ring.

A/N: So how was it? Was it very OOC? I found parts of it kind of awkward to write, but I did enjoy it. ** IMPORTANT** Besides Chloe's 'surprise' I don't know what else she would have got for Derek. Ideas anyone? I'll add the second part faster if you review! :D