Holidays are upon us, {PACK} what are we to do?

[Derek Hale]

The holidays were upon them and that was something Derek hasn’t really done. Laura used to make him try to participate in the holidays, but he didn’t see the point not when his family is dead and gone. Would his beta’s even care that it was the holidays? He didn’t know. He really didn’t care to celebrate it would only be a reminder of what he lost and he didn’t think he could open that complex issue yet.

He wasn’t sure if any of them ever celebrated so he might be able to get away with not doing so. Thaila she lived in fairy tales and was unsure of how her family did things. Isaac he really didn’t seem as if he did the holidays either, Lilith seemed to be on the run with her father usually, Boyd & Erica if anything they’d have their family to do stuff with. Peter he wasn’t sure what that man did, but didn’t think he’d care if holidays were missed. Pierson he didn’t think celebrated that since the family wasn’t exactly into civilized things.

Cora he didn’t know how she felt about the holidays. Since he doesn’t really know her that well these days, but when they were kids she loved it. Family gatherings were always the best. Stiles well he wasn’t sure if he considered that annoyingly sarcastic teenager pack or not, but was sure he’d be spending it with his father or possibly the McCall’s. Which he was sure where Scott would be spending it with his mother if she isn’t working.

Jackson now he was probably going to spend it with his parents on some exotic getaway or something… Lydia with him. He still don’t trust her as far as he can throw her. Allison she may be dating Scott and that is something Derek was all grumbles about, doesn’t trust her, and doesn’t think that Scott should either, but since when do any of them actually listen to him? He defiantly did not consider her pack at all.

So there Derek sat on the couch, his hands rubbing over his face, taking in the living room. It was a nice place for the pack. It really was. Holidays were always a big Hale tradition. It was just still things were up in the air with alpha’s and who knows what else roaming threw Beacon Hills do they really have time to celebrate? He didn’t know… his luck something would roll threw and ruin the holidays so should they even try and bother with them?

He could hear music all over the places and sucked in some air and out. They all liked to drive him crazy. “Shut that crap off and do your home work.” He yelled at them all. He was sure they could all hear him. He liked to make sure they all got it done. He had to TRY to be the responsible adult especially seeing as most of them are still under age and they don’t think of ‘the dramatic consequences’ if he is deemed un fit to stay with. They are young, stupid, and reckless and he knew what recklessness got you. Your whole family burnt alive or worse. If they are too reckless something like that could happen to everyone in the house or well the state could just come and put them in foster care especially the younger ones if they are not old enough to be emancipated.

Someone was rustling about in the kitchen. He didn’t really use his ears or sense of smell to figure out who it was. He was too busy thinking ‘please don’t tell me we need more food.’ Werewolves ate as if food was going out of style. “You best not be eating my cookies,’ He yelled at whoever was in there not wanting to get up off the couch for one. Usually he was always active, but for right now, he wanted to take a load off and think, but surely would be interrupted. He could feel it in his bones. So what were they to do?

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[Isaac Lahey]

Where do we go from here?
Why's my heart filled with so much fear?
When all that you are is all I need and more




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Isaac really was trying to get into the holiday spirits. He really hadn't celebrated it since his mother was with them. But then she was gone and their father stopped celebrating everything, including birthdays. If it hadn't been for the fact he kept track of it to continuously wish for a better life, Isaac was sure he would have forgotten when his birthday was.

He probably would have forgotten all about Christmas, but Stiles wouldn't stop talking about it. He was going on and on about the gifts he got everyone. Isaac wasn't sure if people wanted gifts, what to get them. He had never been invited to birthday parties since Matt stopped being his friend. What did you give people as gifts? Books? Movies?

Isaac had been at a complete loss and had spent a while just searching online for what people do at Christmas. He wondered if Derek ever celebrated Christmas. Or Thai, Lils, or others in the pack. He had found something interesting and had wandered off to the kitchen to search. He really didn't want to draw attention to himself, as he could hear various music filtering from different rooms. Everyone else was busy. He wondered asking them if they wanted to join him, but it made him feel foolish.

He nearly dropped the box he finally found after searching the cabinets for a couple minutes, Derek's voice startling him. He ducked his head as he glanced at the box. "It's not your cookies, Derek..." He responded. He spoke up a little louder, although he was sure the Alpha could hear him just fine.

Isaac opened the box and took out a bag of popcorn. He took off the wrapping and put it into the microwave, starting it up and putting the box back. He didn't shut the cabinet door though, he wasn't sure if one bag would be enough. He just leaned against the counter, watching the microwave. He was second guessing himself now, thinking this idea was stupid.

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NOTES: Not stealing the cookies, for once. Need to remember what exactly Isaac is doing. xD Wants to string up popcorn, if you're wondering.
MUSIC: "Where Do I Even Start" - Morgan Taylor Reid

[Lilith Rose Masters]

Holidays...the word seemed to bring a smile to the girls face. Lilith may have been on the run alot with her father, but he always managed to get her something small to celebrate the season. Lilith was blasting her pre holiday music and dancing around her room when she heard Derek yelling for them to turn the music off and do homework. She almost groaned. It was a good thing that she had already done her homework, she was getting into the groove of things. Lilith made her way down the stairs and into the kitchen for a snack, smelling the popcorn that Isaac had put in was making her stomach growl.

Once she was down there she looked around the kitchen for her fruit snacks. She noticed that her box had been opened, and her eyes glowered. "Alright, which one of you dweebs took half of my box worth of princess gummies?" Like Derek was territorial over his cookies, she was over her gummies. She couldn't help but laugh when he replied with a question of his own in which Issac assured him that it wasn't his cookies. For those that knew the young girl, people would probably think that something was up because of how cheerful she was being. "Oh, um I'd like to know what to get you guys for christmas, so a list would be nice, nothing to pricy mind you" she said.

She already had a good idea of what to get Thai and the girls, it was the boys of the pack that she was having issues with. Piers especially. She wanted to make sure that his gift was something special.

[Jackson Whittemore]

It was the time of year that he was typically skiing in Aspen with his "parents", or in New York City on his own trip because they had worked work into their trip. This year, Jackson was planning on staying home. Not that any of the pack had really known that, and even thought he was sure he was still dating Lydia, Jackson wanted to make this a year...about those he cared about more than just himself. And the biggest twist of all was that it included Stiles, Scott, and even Peter.

Being that it was one of his favorite holidays, Jackson was in a good mood, so he thought he should stop over and and check in with Derek. It still felt odd to him, the closeness that he wanted to have with his Alpha, even though he didn't really consider him friendly, or his friend. He knew that he would always be protected as long as he stayed with the pack. And as he didn't plan on leaving Beacon Hills, better protected, than dead. The last time he had been at the house, he did gorge himself on Lilith's gummies. So before heading over he ran to the store, knowing full well of her tiny punches. Tiny death punches.

Jackson whipped the Porsche into park, and just walked in the back door, right into the kitchen, as Isaac was making popcorn, and Lilith was asking about her candy. He laughed, and tossed the box of candy to her. "Sorry squirt, I had some." 

Out of all of them, she was is favorite. There was something about the way that the ten year old handled herself, and since he was an only child, it was kinda nice to have someone younger to take care of. He only nodded at Derek, still not having really talked to him; unless he was asking to be bit, he didn't know how to approach anything around him.

"So...," He looked at Isaac. It had only been a few days since he had texted Isaac to meet him in the woods. His nightmares still hadn't lessened in waking him up, but his handle on his anger...was a bit better. And that was thanks to the kid that he couldn't save. The one who he felt the most guilt for. And the one who would probably get the biggest gift from Jackson. Along with Lydia. "the popcorn is for eating?"

 

[Peter Hale]

TAGGED Derek Hale,Isaac Lahey, Lilith Rose Masters, Jackson Whittemore

Peter--didn't care much for holidays, even when he was younger. He never saw the point of doing anything with either friends or family. He was also sure that since the fire and the death of over half their family--Derek wasn't going to be in a very festive mood. As for Cora, that was very hard for Peter to figure out really--he only just met the girl once more.

So it wasn't going to be easy to figure her out.....

As for the others in the pack--the only few he only seem to make any sort of friends out of were Lilith and Thai. Though Lilith wasn't afraid of him the first time they met--it was what had first drawn his curiosity. As for Thai--that was a personal matter in which he would not tell Derek or anyone else for that matter. He had only--felt responsible for turning the girl, and that was it.

Though for anyone to believe him would be another matter, and it wasn't something that he would get into with them. He was certain that no one else wanted anything to do with him so he just kept himself from making any conversation towards it. He only let himself look at it just to be another day as always. Though he was certain that most wouldn't want him anywhere near them--he didn't care.

He was already in the kitchen when one of the other members of the pack had walked in. He was drinking a cup of coffee when he actually noticed it was Isaac that had walked into the kitchen. He partially ignored the boy in front of him until he could hear Derek yelling about something with cookies. Peter raised a brow at that, "sometimes I forgot about that crazy obsession of cookies with you...."

Amazingly as soon as those were said it was like a beacon for everyone to come out of nowhere and into the kitchen. so much for peace and quiet.... His attention shifted towards Lilith for a moment when she asked everyone about their gifts for Christmas. Peter was very sure that the word Christmas had made him involuntarily frown deeply.

He looked away for a moment to watch Jackson closely as he tossed a box of candy towards Lilith. No doubt it was so that he wouldn't have to suffer from the girl's wrath upon him. Peter only shrugged before actually saying anything to Lilith, "I have no need for gifts dear-heart.... Though it would make it easier on me to know what you wanted....."

He wasn't good with finding gifts for people--especially girls and children. It wasn't his forte and he wasn't even good when Laura or Thalia was around--it was hard to figure out the mind of a girl. He was sure that if he just bought perfume or possibly a dress it would do. Though for girls like Thai and Lil--they were--different in tastes that he didn't need to displease.

"Probably just get you a box of candy since you love sweets so much."

He noted what Jackson had said to Isaac about the popcorn, "very good question indeed, Jackson....."

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[Thaila Elise Papillion]

T his house was busy. It was always busy. It was for that reason that Thaila mainly locked herself away. There were times when everything became too much for the young blonde. She was still mentally preparing herself for her first day at school once Christmas was over with. As much as she knew others were excited, Thaila was honestly trying to hide away from it all. Even though there was nothing to really be so afraid of anymore, Thaila couldn’t shift this sinking feeling from the pit of her stomach that Christmas and birthdays were bad things. She had no real desire to celebrate and she hadn’t even realized yet that it could have been unkind to her friends and pack mates to feel that way. She’d been able to hear everyone as they had slowly entered the house one by one. She’d heard the sounds of TVs and stereos going on around the house. She was lucky in her own little world that she could just turn all noises off. Instead Thaila sat in the darkness of her room, surrounded by bright white fairy lights and letting the glow illuminate the pages of her book as her eyes scrawled across the words and she quickly flicked from page to page. Yes, it was easy for Thaila to turn off the sounds as and when she wanted to, but smells was a whole different matter. At first it hit her like something in the house was burning, alerting her senses almost immediately, but as she placed her book face down upon her pillow and took a few more sniffs she became aware that the smell was popcorn. It was the smell of movie night. It was with that the young girl felt a curling sensation in the pit of her stomach followed by an all too familiar rumble. She really did have to stop forgetting to eat. Her little legs carried her quickly to the kitchen door, hand curling around the handle as she slowly pushed it open. She’d tried to be quiet, and it trying to be quiet she had hardly noticed all the commotion that was contained within the kitchen. As her amber eyes scanned the room she tried to step backwards out of it, only to land her foot on one of the toy cars she’d left in the room from helping take care of Asher’s children earlier that day. As her foot jammed atop of it, it slid forward, sending her hurling into the kitchen with a yelp and a sudden crash to the floor. Pushing blonde curls out of her face, she looked up with crimson cheeks but some how managed to giggle at herself. “I heard something about cookies….”

LAIKA OF GS!

[Erica Jolene Reyes]

Truth be told Erica hated Christmas almost as much as most holidays. It was a painful reminder of her mother walking out on her dad and her. Not that she would ever tell anyone. No, sometimes the blond preferred not being the grinch. So instead she figured she would bring the holiday festivities to Derek's place. Lord knew her dad would be drunk the whole time. If she wanted to have a semblance of a good Christmas she'd do it here.

Dressed to kill was what came to mind with her outfit. Tight red sweater with tight blue jeans and high heeled boots she enjoyed looking good. Now if The she could just get Thaila to dress well too. That was going to be a fun chore. The blonde beauty walked slowly into the already extremely bustling house with a small smile on her face. These people might annoy the hell out of her sometimes but this was home.

With a big box on one hip she pushed open the door in the kitchen and looked around. "Damn am I missing a party or something?" She teased as she moved through all of them order the box of decorations on the kitchen table. "I think you guys need more of a staple food other then cookies... just saying," she snorted as she pushed some blond curls from her face. Eying up everyone in the room. She really didn't like being around a lot of people but with this group, the craziness almost made sense. Erica would be lying if she said she hated them. Each person her had something that she cares about, in her own way.

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[Derek Hale]

He was on the couch and someone was rustling in the cabinets and he thought it was someone after the cookies again. Someone was always after the cookies, but Isaac commented it was him and he wasn’t after the cookies. “ It better not be.” He sassed back, and heard the microwave open so that was a good sign that it wasn’t the cookies. Lilith showed up asking who ate her gummies and Derek shrugged from the couch. “Wasn’t me.” he stated. He wasn’t too keen on gummies himself. Other members of the pack filtered into the room including Peter and Jackson.

Those were two he didn’t really expect to see, but it was nice almost everyone was there. He didn’t know what any of them did for the holidays so it would be good to get their ideas. Jackson was the one ate Lilith’s gummies. Holidays were something he figured Jackson didn’t do. Peter made comments about his crazy cookie obsession. “Nothing wrong with my cookie obsession.” he stated and threw at pillow at his uncle and shook his head. Lilith wanted a list from everyone of presents and what to get people and that made him arch a brow. She was 10 she didn’t need to get presents.

He remembered being ten and at that age he was more worried about what Santa was going to bring him then presents for everyone. It wasn’t something expected of a ten year old. Peter told her that she didn’t need to get him a gift. “I don’t think anyone is really expecting gifts, Lilith. You shouldn‘t be stressing about that and should worry about what Santa will bring you like a normal girl.” Derek told her.

“This is more of a meeting on what we should do for the holidays. I don’t know what any of you used to do for the holidays.” he was being honest they all seemed to have some sort of messed up family so maybe as grumpy and miserable as the holidays made him it would be good to make some new pack like traditions.

Thaila even joined them which was nice and she though she heard something about cookies. “ I thought someone was in the kitchen eating the cookies again and that would have meant more would need to be made.” Thaila seemed to love making cookies. “ So maybe later making gingerbread ones will be in order.” he told Thaila. Jackson was talking to Isaac wondering what the popcorn was for and Derek himself was wondering the same thing.

It wasn’t to long after Erica showed up with a box full of things. Asking if she was missing the party or something. “ Nope you are not missing the Party. You are right on time.” He told her. “We have other food other then just cookies.” he commented seeing as she said they needed more then just that. “What’s in the box?“ Derek asked her and was sure everyone else could be wondering the same thing. He looked at all of them. “ So ideas of things each of you would like to do for the holidays.”

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credit to alisha of adoxography

[Isaac Lahey]

Where do we go from here?
Why's my heart filled with so much fear?
When all that you are is all I need and more




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Isaac barely paid much attention to Lilith when she entered the kitchen. Except then she began to shift around, looking for something. He blinked when she began questioning about where her gummies were. He continued to lean against the counter.

He found himself shaking his head quietly when Jackson said he had had some of the younger wolf's gummies. He tried to hide his amusement, knowing that there would be trouble soon enough over it. He wanted to avoid getting dragged into it. He just glanced back at the popcorn, trying to will it to pop a little faster. But his attention turned to Jackson, he could feel the other watching him.

Then came the question about eating the popcorn. The teen paused for a second before ducking his head. "I was thinking... maybe..." He didn't know how to finish what he was going to say. It would make more sense to eat it. It seemed even Peter was interested in eating the popcorn. Of course Thaila crashed into the room, so he rushed over to help her up. "You can eat it if you want, I guess." He shrugged, deciding to abandon his idea of the use for the popcorn.

Isaac glanced at Lilith. "I don't want anything for Christmas," he responded to Lil's question regarding Christmas gifts. He wouldn't even know where to begin if they were supposed to give gifts to each other. It just made him feel a little awkward thinking about it.

Of course Derek went and said they were having a pack meeting about what to do for the holidays. He froze at the words before chewing on the inside of his cheek. "I haven't celebrated any holiday since I was little." Heck even birthdays hadn't actually existed for him in years. He just quietly went back to the microwave, as it began to beep, and took the bag out. He shook it a little before tugging the bag open and handing it out to Jackson.

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NOTES: Ugh. My internet is acting up, but glad it let me post.
MUSIC: "Unbroken" - Black Veil Brides

[Lilith Rose Masters]

Lilith was shocked that no one wanted gifts, she wasn't used to that kind of behavior for holidays. She wanted gifts and she wanted to hand them out as well. Lilith made her way back to the couch with her newly aquired package of gummies, and gave a huff towards Jackson. "Next time, please ask, I don't just have these for anyones, and why would you wanna eat princess gummies anyways?" she said jokingly as she plopped down next to Derek. Soon enough it was like the whole shebang was there, Jackson, Erica, Thaila, Peter, the only one who wasn't..was Scott and his girlfriend.

Lilith didn't care what anyone said, they were all getting presents, she made a mental note of it in her head. When Derek mentioned she should worry about being good so that she could get presents from santa her eye brow went up a little bit. "Santa actually exsists? I thought he was just a legend my papa told me about to get me to behave before christmas..but if you say he exists he must!" she said her eyes full of wonderment and glee. When he asked what they wanted to do for christmas she closed her eyes and thought back to all the times that her and her father would go ice skating. "Ice skating" she blurted out fast.. " I mean..that is if no one objects to it.."