"Lee! Wake up, seriously I'm your only best friend and you can't even wake up to see me?" Issac shouted as he shook my bed and I groaned.
"You are not my ONLY best friend Issac, and if you don't stop shaking me you'll be the first to die mister" I threatened jokingly and shot the boy at the foot of my bed a sleepy smile.
"Why are you waking me up on a Saturday?" I asked him with a groan and he smiled at me.
"Welllllll. We have to clean the house, your sister is coming into town remember." He spoke and panic shot through my body as I bolted up out of bed.
"Holy shit. Okay, we clean. I feed you. You leave! You know how she is even with you and we've grown up together!" I said hinting at how over protective my older sister is.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm used to it. I'll just sneak in through your window tonight anyway." He said with a sweet smile and a chuckle and I rolled my eyes. "I love you, Lahey" I said with a smile as I climbed out of my bed. "Of course you do," He smirked and winked making me laugh, "now come on I already have music hooked up all you have to do is hit play and if you haven't noticed we have a lot to do!" He said and we headed down the stairs.
I live on my own with my best friend Issac, however he isn't permanent only when things in his home life aren't the best.. So he is over here quite a lot or he used to be at least.
My sister leaves me the house while she is out with her pack doing god knows what on the one condition I keep it clean when she has to drop in, and that's a hard thing for two teenagers to do. Especially Issac and I. I let out a small smile at the thought and let my gaze linger on my best friend vacuuming our living room singing his heart out to the song playing in the background, I let out a loud laugh and began singing along with him as I headed into the kitchen.
"What happened to Miss Independent" blared in the background as I scrubbed dishes. My phone began ringing and I threw myself at the stereo turning it off and signaling to Issac to shut up.
"Hellllllllooo?" I said in a fake cheery voice,
"Hello gorgeous, how are you today?" I heard the voice of my favorite person(next to Issac of course)
"AIDEN! Oh my gosh!" I squealed much to his amusement, Issac shot me a disproving look and I rolled my eyes. He had never even met the twins but he seriously has a strong dislike of them.
"Hey babe, how is everything? We're all on the way, and by all I really mean all of us." He said and my eyes god wide as I headed into the next room away from Issac.
"Do you mean the whole group of you lot?" I whisper yelled at the boy on the other end of the phone.
"Yes, sadly. It's not just a casual visit. What's worse is we're all staying with you per your sisters request" Aiden spoke and I growled causing him to laugh.
"Shut up just because yours is actually vicious doesn't mean a damn thing, leave me and cute self alone" I said with a chuckle and then my face turned somber.
"Do you mean to tell me I am going to have a house full of A words? You do realize that I am close friends with the pa-people here in Beacon Hills right, I won't pick a side unless it's absolutely necessary okay. So if he has the idea of using me he can get that out of his sick head right now because I refuse okay. Refuse!" I ranted changing around words so Issac would hopefully be confused.
"Hey, you know that Aiden and I would never let anything happen to you even if Tara might blindly follow orders sometimes" Ethan butted in and I smiled.
"I really have missed the two of you I hope you know that, I can't wait to catch up tonight. Out from under the nose of Duke okay? I don't want to have to sensor myself." I muttered and I heard them both chuckle.
"Alright sweetheart, we will see you soon. Love you!" They both shouted and hung the phone up. There was a different side to every person, and I've learned that over the years, you can find the good in everyone if you just try. I do try and I tend to bring the best out in people, it's like a gift. So to speak.
"Who was that?" Issac asked and I turned around shocked, "FUCK! I'm going to put a damn bell on your ass okay, you can't just sneak up on me like that! I don't have freaky super hearing or heightened senses you dork!" I muttered and swatted his arm making him laugh and pull me into a hug.
"I think the house is clean enough, can I have lunch now?" He asked with am adorable little pouty face.
"Yes, yes just go sit and put that adorable face up!" I said and reached up to kiss his cheek and shoved him to the table.
"Oh yeah, Der is on his way he has to tell me something important apparently" Issac said as he looked down at his phone.
"Got it make that lunch for three" I said with an eye roll, "It's like I'm everyone's mother or something" I muttered and heard a deep chuckle at the door way.
"OKAY! You guys are going to keep this up and I swear to god I will buy you bells and I am not even kidding!" I shouted and pointed my knife threateningly at the man leaning up against my kitchen door frame. He smirked and chuckled at me,
"You wouldn't dare hurt me, so put the knife down princess" He said using his oddly affectionate nickname for me.
"Sit down, I'm making lunch you guys can eat and then get down to business but you have to be out before 4 okay. You know better than anyone how Tara is, don't you Der?" I asked with a wink and he growled and glared my way making me laugh triumphantly. I continued cooking the chicken and got the rest of the stuff I needed out of the fridge. I made a mean Mediterranean chicken wrap, if I can toot my own horn. Toot toot. I let out a snort of laughter at that thought and the boys gave me odd glances making me giggle more. I began singing It's Time by Imagine Dragons as I was finishing up their lunch.
I think the only time these boys eat healthy is when I cook for them, which is shocking at how great shape they're in, actually it's not. Stupid wolf genes. I grimaced and glared at the thought and continued on with my song. "Cause' after all this city never sleeps at night. It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bigger, but then, I'll admit I'm just the same as I was. Now don't you understand that I'm never changing who I am" I finished the song with a smile and handed the boys their plates and sat on the counter watching happily as they enjoyed their meal. Derek would never admit it but he had a soft spot for Issac and despite his past with my sister, he still has a soft spot for me...and my cooking. I thought with a grin. They began talking about a pack heading to Beacon Hills soon and I focused on keeping my heart beat steady as I listened on, knowing full and well exactly who the pack was that was coming.
Derek knew my sister was an Alpha now but had no clue what she did or what kind of pack she was in now. Sometimes I think I could never forgive her for what she did, even if I have such a close relationship with Ethan and Aiden. She was my sister and her pack was my family just as much as they were hers, and it hurts to know what happened. My eyes teared up a little and that caught Issac's attention as he stood up from his chair.
"Hey Leia, what's wrong darling?" he asked me with concern laced in his eyes and I smiled sadly up at him. "Just thinking about Mom and Dad, you know how I get. It's dumb. I'm fine though, I promise. You can both calm down" I said with a small smile and Derek rolled his eyes at me. "I know you better than that" He deadpanned and I shot him a look, I looked up at Issac and sighed.
"I promise I will tell you both soon, I will tell you everything. But it's something I wouldn't rather go through more than once. So when I say everyone I mean all of you" I said and locked eyes with Derek before looking up at the clock noticing the time.
"SHIT!" I mutter with a grimace "Okay you guys gotta goooo!" I said and started pushing them towards the back door.
"I love you both, now put those wolf legs to use and get your cute asses outta here!" I said and they laughed as I slammed the door. I ran to the closet and grabbed two bottles of febreze. If you over load their sense of smell they won't be able to pick up lingering smells. That was a lesson I have learned over the years that proves to be more and more useful the more packs decide to show up in Beacon Hills. I plugged my nose before blanketing the house and chocking my way out on the porch to wait for the cloud of perfume to die down. A few minutes of fresh air later I headed up the stairs to change and put on clothes for the day. I grabbed my ray-bans and headphones and headed out to the back deck, I popped my headphones in and sat down on one of the lounge chairs. "Might as well enjoy the alone time while I can" I bitterly muttered and turned the volume up as loud as I could stand. I slid the sunglasses down on my face and laid back enjoying the view beyond the pool. The reserve in Beacon Hills was beautiful and there aren't many people that live back here, Derek is the only person that could be considered a neighbor and even he lives a good distance away. I enjoy the privacy of the house, and I was glad my sister allowed me my own privacy and didn't hover. I was more independent now than I ever would have been if she would have stuck around, I have learned to take care of myself and fend off both humans and supernatural beings as well. I let my thoughts continue to wonder and closed my eyes relaxing fully into the lounge chair. The Fray began playing through my headphones further relaxing me as I let the music take to my happy place.
I nearly fell out of my chair when I felt a hand on my shoulder, I shot up and scrambled around yanking the earphones out harder than intended. I winced and looked up into the waiting eyes of my sister and the rest of her evil minions, excuse me her pack. I resisted an eye roll and as I locked eyes with the rest of them and tried my best to hide the smile I had when Aiden met my eyes.
"Tara, It's good to have you guys back." I said, heartbeat steady as ever, because in some ways it was nice having my sister home and I was internally freaking out about being around Aiden and Ethan again. I spotted the man I had come to absolutely despise and had to hold in my cringe as he walked toward me with his cane. "Leia Janell, how wonderful it is to hear your voice again. Still sounds like an angel so I know these vermin haven't corrupted you to much" Deucalion spoke and I glared ahead.
"Some of those vermin as you call them are wonderful people and have accepted me unlike some people" I spoke with a an eye roll in the direction of Kali. I heard her growl slightly and then smirked as my sister snarled in her direction and snapped her teeth, Kali sank back and huffed I shot her a triumphant smirk and chuckled.
"Don't act like a child Leia, act your age and don't antagonize people. I'm not always going to be here to protect you. Have you got the rooms ready?" Tara spoke to me in a tone that I loathed.
"Yes, all the rooms are ready. Ethan and Aiden are in the room beside mine. Kali and Ennis are in the room beside yours, and I think it's obvious where Duke will be staying isn't it Sis?" I spoke and she shot me a glare that could have chilled my soul, if I weren't used to it.
"Is there anything else you need?" I mumbled as I saw Deucalion crack his neck, I could get by with several things but I knew when to back off. I was just a human after all, a human who knew far to much I thought and shook my head. Deucalion laced his arm through my sisters and she shot me a look and I knew I was in for a long talk later. The rest of the pack followed them in but Aiden who lingered behind with me after waving in his brother.
When everyone was a safe distance away I threw myself into his arms and couldn't hold back my smile any longer.
"I have missed you so much beautiful" Aiden mumbled as I buried my head into his neck and fisted his leather jacket.
"I have missed you, too. So much, Issac is amazing but he isn't you. I don't have to pretend around you, and I never have" I mumbled and he pulled me tighter against him.
"Hey, don't worry. Everything will be fine, I swear" He said and pulled away to look me in the eyes. I nodded and he pressed his lips to my forehead. "Let's go, wouldn't want anyone getting suspicious of the big bad twin alpha" I said with a wink and pulled him towards the house as he playfully picked me up and spun me around. I held in a squeal and laughed loudly as he set my back on my feet and ruffled my hair making me mock glare in his direction. I had missed this, but I knew the joy wouldn't last to long. It never does with Deucalion around I thought with disdain as we walked back into the wolves den.
A/N: I had a dream about this and sat down and started writing and I like the outcome. Feedback is always loved and appreciated. (Greatly appreciated!). I'm the only one who has proof read this so if you see any errors please tell me! XOXO Stephanie.