A/N: Every year is a separate chapter...2011 will be kind of done as a continuous time-stream. As usual thanks for reading! Hope you're enjoying, any questions?

CH 3 -2004

Isabella stood holding Stiles' hand as they watched their father talking with their mother, Stiles was rocking back and forth on his feet tugging gently on Isabella's hand as he did so. Isabella had just turned seventeen, and being in the hospital watching their mother was the last thing that she had expected to be doing. Stiles looked up at Isabella and tugged on her hand before he started to walk away from the room.

"Hang on buddy, we have to tell dad where we're going okay?" Isabella asked crouching down to his level, listening as he mumbled an okay to her. "Mom, dad...I'm just going to take Stiles for a walk,"

"Alright sweetheart, just make sure he doesn't get into anything," Noah said, looking out the door at Isabella who was still holding Stiles hand as he tried to get away.

"Yes dad," Isabella answered before she allowed Stiles to drag her away. "Where are we going?" she questioned, having an idea that Stiles was taking her to the nurse station to see Melissa.

"Scott," Stiles answered, not stopping as he lead her down the hallway to the elevator and waited until she pressed the button.

"Okay, lets go see if Melissa is in today," Isabella smiled as she pressed the down arrow and they waited for the elevator. The second it arrived and the doors opened Stiles waited until Isabella stepped in before he tentatively stepped in beside her. "Buddy, can you tell me who Princess Leia is again?" Isabella asked, it was a way to distract him from being cooped up.

"Princess Leia is Luke Skywalkers sister," Stiles said quietly as he rocked back and forth and looked up at Isabella before looking back at the ground. "Darth Vader is their father," Stiles continued on talking about everything that Princess Leia was until they reached the ground floor.

Once the elevator doors opened, Stiles again waited until Isabella had stepped out and followed her before leading her towards the nurses station where Melissa was. Melissa looked up from the paper work she was filing when she saw the top of Stiles' head poking up above the desk. Isabella smiled at her as she walked around the desk and crouched down in front of Stiles.

"Hi Stiles, I'm Melissa. Do you remember me?" Melissa asked, it was something that everyone asked him until he said their names on his own. Stiles nodded and held out his hand towards her not letting go of Isabella's with his other hand.

"Scott," Stiles said this time more clearly than when he had been telling Isabella that was where he wanted to go.

"Hi Melissa, he wants to see Scott, and he associates you with Scott," Isabella explained, watching as Melissa took Stiles hand and Stiles slowly let go of hers.

"Scott just took himself to the toilet, he'll be back in a minute," Melissa said pausing as she smiled at Stiles and then at Isabella. "How about we sit over here and wait for him?" Melissa suggested leading Stiles over to a row of seats out of the way of everyone. Stiles nodded and slapped his free hand against his leg in an almost clapping motion.

Isabella followed Stiles and Melissa over to the seats and the three of them sat down, with Isabella managing to hand Stiles a piece of paper that he could pull apart. Melissa smiled at Stiles and looked up as Scott was walking back from the bathroom. The second that Scott saw Stiles he made a beeline for his friend and stopped in front of him.

"Scott," Stiles smiled brightly as he looked up but didn't stop with the paper in his hands.

"Hi Stiles," Scott smiled, Isabella let out a little laugh before she stood up so that Scott could sit next to Stiles.

"Scott, can you sit with Stiles? I just want to talk to Isabella for a minute," Melissa asked, looking at Isabella as if to ask do you trust my son to sit with your little brother.

"Hey buddy, Scott's going to sit with you okay? I'm just going over there so you can still see me," Isabella said, so both she and Melissa waited until Stiles acknowledged what she had said to him.

"Okay," Stiles nodded, watching as Isabella followed Melissa a short distance away from them.

"How's he doing in school? I asked your dad the other day but he didn't say anything," Melissa said, sometimes Noah wasn't the best parent in the world but he tried his hardest he just didn't know how to cope with Stiles without Claudia and Isabella.

"He's been going okay, he does half days three days a week when I pick him up and take him back to school with me," Isabella said, as Stiles did Monday, Thursday an Friday with Isabella while doing full days at the school on Tuesday and Wednesday.

"Scott's really taken by him, he asked if he could learn some of the signs he's seen Stiles do with you," Melissa said, as both she and Scott had watched Stiles and Isabella communicate in ASL when he seemed to be getting overwhelmed.

"I can show him a couple of the easy ones, but the one he's given Scott now he's scared," Isabella said as she noticed that Stiles had moved both his hands across his body and dropped the paper as there was a loud clap of thunder.

Isabella quickly walked back over to Stiles crouching down in front of him and signed that it was okay before she extended her arms to him. Stiles looked at Scott and then back at Isabella before slowly climbing into her arms and wrapping his own around her neck.