Derek looks a little surprised at Malia's response, but pleasantly so. It just serves as another reminder of how little he knows about his cousin and how much work they've got to do to get to know one another. She's missing her pack and Derek hasn't got one; they might as well cling to one another in that vein for now. They're family, they should know one another.

The surprise fades into genuine happiness. "Awesome, we should, then. It's way better when you're not alone," he replies. Maybe they can't get to know one another when she's a coyote and he's a wolf, but they can be who they really are inside and there won't be anyone there to judge them. Derek thinks that has merits of its own.

"Listen, I should get back inside and find my date, but text me. We can make it a thing, the running together. I feel like we should."