Fluffy, Adorable, Water Works

Theo struggled as his head pounded and his mouth felt extremely dry as he rolled over and the plastic of his truck bed dug into his side. He groaned as he reached out for the Little Wolf that passed out in his truck with him. His hands felt nothing and he internally sighed, thinking of how the wolf must've already left. He rolled back onto his back and slowly opened his eyes, the sunlight poured through the leaves of the trees that sheltered the truck near the preserve. As his eyes adjusted he thought, today is the first day of the next chapter in my life.

Almost immediately, he heard a reply, Little Wolf said, "I didn't go anywhere. I'm still here and it's also the beginning of heading to college for me too."

Theo rubbed his eyes and slowly sat up and was struck with an odd sensation as he felt he didn't sit completely up. He opened his eyes and saw a small, blonde headed child, no more than 4 years old laying in the back of his truck. The kid looked to be wearing the same BH lacrosse hoodie and gym shorts that Liam wore last night. He said, "What the hell?" or that's what he meant to say but his mouth only released a clumsy, "What?"

The child rolled over and looked to the chimera and the reply in Liam's voice filled his head, "What are you complaining about now? I'm hungover too."

Theo's eyes widened as he raised his arms and hands in front of his face and saw that they too were the limbs of a child. He muttered, "You've got to be kidding me" but the only word to leave his mouth was, "Kidding."

The child sat up and they made eye contact. The blonde child's blue eyes widened, and Theo heard Liam's voice, "What? Is that you Theo? You're a kid."

Theo remarked, "So are you. What the hell happened?" The only word his mouth produced was, "Hell" which sounded ridiculous with his childish lisp.

Liam looked at himself and his anger rose, "This is bullshit. What happened?" His sentence came out in nonsensical garbles.

Theo shook his head which looked dramatically over the top and replied, "Do you remember last night?"

Liam fought his anger and spat, "No." Liam's body had a different idea as his skin flushed and tears began to form in his eyes.

Theo replied, "No, no, no. We do not have time for the water works."

Liam growled, "I'm trying not to cry. It's like my body has a mind of its own." He started wailing loudly, as the crocodile tears flowed down his face.

Theo smirked, "Great. Here come the water works. Haven't we talked about this before and feeling emotions?"

Liam growled as his internal voice wasn't hindered by the crying, "Yeah, but I'm pissed off, not sad."

Theo replied, "And what do kids do when they are pissed? They can throw a tantrum, like you are right now."

Liam started to hiccup with the crying and replied, "What do we do? How can we hear each other when our mouths aren't really talking?"

Theo sighed and looked away, "I don't know. Who is still in town? Mason and Corey left yesterday, didn't they?"

Liam nodded as he tried to wipe away his tantrum tears, "Yeah. What about Deaton?"

Theo nodded, "Yeah. I can drive us to the clinic."

The crying ceased almost immediately as Liam started to laugh in Theo's head and his body audibly giggled, "How are you going to drive us? You're in the body of a 4-year-old."

Theo responded angrily, "What should we do Little Wolf?" His eyes widened as he actually spoke the sentence, it was clumsy and sounded slow, but he actually spoke the sentence.

Liam shook his head, "I don't know, call someone." His body spoke as well.

Theo sighed as he stood up and walked to the tailgate and looked to the ground. It looked a lot farther than it did when he climbed in the truck last night. He felt a chill up his spine as he looked back, "Come on, you can work the pedals while I drive."

Liam stood up and pouted, "I could drive, and you work the pedals."

Theo rolled his eyes, "You couldn't really drive before this happened. Plus, my truck, my rules."

The chimera jumped off the back of the tailgate and tumbled to the ground. After he fell, he pulled himself to his feet and dusted the dirt off his skinny jeans and hoodie. He remarked, "I guess I should be glad that whatever did this shrank our clothes as well." The chimera heard an enthusiastic "Geronimo" and when he turned around he saw thirty pounds of preschool Liam flying at him. He tried to dart out of the way, but the blonde boy tackled him to the ground. He growled back, "The hell Liam."

Liam giggled as he got to his feet, "What? It was fun."

Theo pulled himself to his feet and dusted himself off again, "I swear, there isn't much difference between you normally and now."

Liam huffed, "You're an asshole."

Theo walked over to the driver's side door of his truck and tried to reach the handle. When he stood on his tip toes, he could barely grab it. He managed to hold it and swung himself backwards, opening the door. He lost his grip as the door swung open and tumbled to the ground. He growled, "I hate this body."

While Theo opened the door, Liam walked over to him. As the chimera lay on the ground, Liam smirked at him, "I thought you loved your body."

Theo glared at the boy, "I do, just not this one. No wonder kids are pissed all the time, nothing is made for them." Theo pulled himself to his feet as Liam climbed into the truck. Theo walked over to the door and climbed in. He said, "Just work the pedals, I'll steer."

Liam sat in the floorboard with his tiny feet on the brake and gas pedals. He replied, "Okay, I got it."

Theo stood on the seat, a hand on the giant steering wheel and reached into his hoodie for his keys and pulled out a large toy keyring. He glared at it as he growled, "More bullshit."

Theo tried to fight the tears that his body produced as Liam laughed, "You didn't think it was going to be that easy."

Theo sighed, "Fine. Call someone."

Liam reached into his pocket and pulled out a small toy cell phone. He growled, "I can't call anyone on this."

Theo laughed as he looked to his dashboard and saw his cell, still in the charging mount, and replied, "I guess you get to feel my pain now."

The chimera shimmied over to the phone and it began to ring before he could reach it. Nolan's face and name appeared, and the chimera swiped the accept button.

Nolan nervously said, "Hey Theo, are you still in town?"

Theo responded, "I'm still in town, Nolan."

There was a noticeable silence before Nolan responded, "Theo? Is that you?"

Theo growled and flashed his eyes, which sounded considerably cuter than he meant it, "Yes, it's me. Something happened. Track my phone and find us."

Nolan sounded worried, "Theo, you sound like a kid."

Theo fought back the tears, while Liam laughed, and replied, "Because we are."

Nolan asked, "We?"

Theo sighed, "Yeah. Liam is here too. Get someone to come with you. I can't drive my truck."

Liam remarked, "Bring booster seats" before he started laughing harder.

Theo glared at the beta, "Not helping Liam."

Nolan laughed on the other end, "That sounds like the cutest argument."

Theo growled into the phone again, "Just do it Nolan. Please. We are near the preserve."

Nolan acknowledged, "Okay. I'll be there soon."

The phone call ended, and Theo looked to Liam as the wolf climbed into the seat, "Was that helpful?"

Liam smiled, "Nope. But it was funny."

The two boys sat in the cab of the truck as they waited for Nolan to show up. Liam asked, "How are they going to drive your truck with no key?"

Theo shook his head and hopped out of the driver's side door and tumbled to the ground again. He growled, "This uncoordinated body." He pulled himself up and reached under the front tire wheel well and opened the spare case he had mounted. He walked back around and flashed the key to Liam.

Liam's eyes lit up and he asked, "Why don't we drive then?"

Theo sighed before he plopped down on the ground, "If I have this much trouble getting out of the truck, maybe trying to drive it would be a challenge."

Liam puffed out his chest, "I could drive it."

Theo glared at the wolf, "Not. A. Chance. I'm not having my truck totaled by a toddler."

It wasn't long before Nolan found the truck and drove up in a white sedan. The teen stepped out and looked to Theo, as the chimera sat on the ground, and Liam, as he still stood proudly on the seat. The nervous teen laughed and said, "It's true. You are both tiny."

Theo glared at the teen while Liam huffed, "Am not."

Theo shifted the glare to the wolf, "It's not new for you Little Wolf. You've always been tiny."

Nolan looked at the two as Theo laughed and Liam's face reddened, "Okay. I don't know what's going on but all I heard was "Am not" and "You tiny"."

Theo facepalmed and said, "He doesn't understand us well." Liam looked to Nolan, "Do you understand?"

Nolan shook his head at the wolf, "Do I what, Liam?"

Liam growled and fought to say understand. Nolan lightly smiled and shook his head, "I don't get it. I think you are trying to say something more that you can."

Theo looked to Nolan and simply asked, "Where other person?"

Nolan looked to Theo, "Oh. The other person. Brett's on his way."

Liam's eyes widened with anger and the water works began again. They earned a toddler eye roll from Theo as the wolf screamed, "Why Brett?"

Brett stepped from behind a tree and answered, "Because I wasn't going to turn down a chance to see tyke Liam."

Liam glared at Brett, "You know what, you smug, lanky, bastard. You're an asshole."

Brett's eyes widened as the words that came out of Liam's mouth didn't match what he heard. He responded, "Language young man. Do I have to wash your mouth out?"

The tall wolf stepped up to the truck while the teen looked to him, "You understood that perfectly too?"

Brett looked to Nolan, "Yeah. It's like he spoke into my head."

Nolan nodded, "Yeah, but just a few minutes ago, I didn't understand anything."

Theo's eyes widened as he looked between the two, "This is good news. We can actually communicate without using baby speech."

Liam pouted as he muttered, "He's still an asshole."

Brett grinned as he picked Liam up from the truck and held him, "What was that young man?"

Liam growled, "Put me down."

Brett's grin widened as Nolan watched him, "Sure." The tall wolf began to lower Liam but before his little feet could touch the ground, he threw him high into the air. Liam screamed as he fell, and Brett caught him. He began to laugh as Brett did it again. Liam said, "That's not what I meant. This is not funny."

Nolan nervously asked, "Th-then why are you laughing and smiling?"

Theo stood up and looked to Nolan, "Because his kid brain enjoys the sensation. Kind of like the tantrum earlier."

Brett laughed as he kept tossing Liam in the air and the preschooler kept laughing. He stated, "See, babysitting isn't too hard."

Liam's stomach turned, and he couldn't control the spray that rained on Brett as he fell. The wolf barely caught him but was covered in what smelled like tequila and bad decisions.

Theo laughed as Brett glared at him with golden eyes. The chimera returned the intense gaze.

Nolan stepped in between them as Liam cried in Brett's arms. He looked from the miniature chimera to the tall wolf and back. "This is the weirdest stare down ever."

Theo growled, "What? You want to fight?"

Brett continued to stare, "You're a toddler. You can't fight."

Theo stripped off his hoodie, tossed off his shoes and unbuttoned his pants before he shifted into his wolf form. What the chimera thought was going to be his full wolf form but instead he finished his transformation and became a tiny, insanely fluffy, black wolf pup.

Liam and Brett laughed at Theo as Nolan's eyes grew to be saucers, "Oh my god, he is adorable." The teen scooped up Theo, much to the chimera's protest, and held him.

Theo growled, "I'm a vicious monster."

Nolan poked the pups nose, "You're not. You're adorable and so soft."

Theo stopped struggling for a moment, "Wait, you understood my yips?"

Brett responded, "Yeah, we can still hear you in our heads."

Theo huffed, "Okay, there is some serious something going on. We need to go see Deaton."

Liam looked to Theo's pile of clothes, "Keys are right there Lurch."

Brett growled at the wolf, "Don't get smart with me. You still threw up on me."

Liam argued, "I had tequila last night and I'm hungover. What did you think was going to happen when you kept tossing me in the air?"

Nolan laughed as he stroked Theo's fur, "He-He's got a point, Brett."

Theo groaned as Brett picked up the keys and clothes, "Can't Lurch drive your car Nolan? I don't want my truck to smell like tequila."

Brett looked to the chimera with a smug grin, "Nope. Your boyfriend threw up on me, that's your problem."

Theo sighed as Brett loaded Liam into the truck and Nolan carried him to his car.