Lydia woke up to a loud knocking at the door, her mother didn't seem to be answering the door so she got out of bed and crawled down the stairs half asleep. The knocking sounded again.
'I'm coming! Give me a break' She huffed. As she opened the door Stiles and Scott jumped in and wrapped their arms around her in a huge group hug.
'What the hell?' She screached as her mom came running down the stairs
'Sorry Ms Martin We came to surprise your daughter!' Scott said with a charming smile
'OK boys, have a nice day everyone. Happy Birthday Lydia, honey' She smiled and gave Lydia a humongous cuddle 'Bye-bye now' She waved to them.
Lydia had no idea what was going on but she got into Stiles' jeep and collected the others on the way. Throughout the whole journey Stiles had a satisfied look in his eyes and he looked like he was up to no good.
As much as Stiles knew Lydia liked him, it didn't bother him. He knew nothing could ruin their friendship which is why he kept it as friends. Somewhere he knew they could be something someday, he just wasn't at that point yet. Lydia agreed to stay friends but that didn't stop her from loving him.
'Stiles, I love you but I will turn this car-'
'Jeep' He interrupted with a grin
'I will turn this jeep around if you don't tell me where you are taking me!' She replied, angrily
'If he told you then that would ruin the surprise silly' Malia responded.
'With all do respect, why is she hear?' She asked Scott
'She is part of the pack now, plus, she needs safety from stuff. Deal with it birthday girl' He looked back and laughed, Lydia laughed too trying to be nice but she really didn't like Malia and how she kissed Stiles. Lydia knew something was up, she just had to find out what and to do that she needed all the people she could find. Kira, Isaac and no matter how much she hated to admit it, she needed Derek seen as he is the closest relative of hers who could help Lydia find out what she is hiding.
'Lydia? You ok? You seem distracted' Stiles asked
'We have an amazing surprise for you!' Isaac interrupted
She was silent for a while, she didn't exactly know what to say. She was distracted but she didn't want to disappoint them and ruin the surprise, so she kept quiet.
'I'm fine. I'm so excited for this surprise' She lied not very convincingly
'Ok, good' Kira responded. Kira was the quiet one of the pack, she didn't talk much but recently she had been more open with the group which made Scott proud. Lydia smiled at her, she liked when Kira spoke. Her voice was sweet and calm.
'If you don't like it then that's fine, but I will also rip out your strawberry hair' Kira put a fake little smile on your face then burst into laughter.
'Your deafening me with your talking, Kira!' Isaac giggled, then they all laughed together
'Guys, I don't actually know where we are going. I kinda wanna know' Isaac shyly spoke up
'You said you had an amazing surprise for me, how can you not know. Did you guys not tell him?' Lydia laughed loudly
'Well, we told him, he forgot, we told him again, now he has forgotten. Finally, he is not good at keeping secrets' Stiles told her. She got a rush of happiness whenever Stiles spoke to her, it was kind of like a childhood crush even though they were the bestest of friends. She didn't want to ruin that for him.
They were on a tight windy road filled with trees and flowers of all colours. Before Lydia could protest, Stiles had wrapped a blindfold across her eyes. She tried to resist but eventually gave up. She felt the car pull to a hault, they must've parked. Scott and Isaac had to hold her arms so she didn't trip while Stiles was telling her where to go.
'I don't like this and you know I don't!' She was getting quite annoyed now
'Come on, Lydia, It's your birthday. Of course we knew you wouldn't like this' Stiles laughed, she wished she could see his smile. He gets the most joy out of making others happy. His smile is one of those which just brighten every ones day at the sight of it. She giggled to herself at the thought of this.
'Can I take the blindfold of yet?' Lydia almost screemed, which wasn't unusual for a banshee
Malia was about to say 'no' but decide that she already knew Lydia hated her and she didn't want to make it worse
'3, 2' Stiles started to count down 'And... Open your eyes' He was gentle with his words to calm her down. She tried to take the blindfold off but it was knotted in her hair so Stiles un-knotted it then gently lifted up the blindfold and saw the natural beauty in her eyes, his smile widened. It was like a spark just set of in his mind.
Lydia opened her eyes slowly and saw a huge cabin with trees and bushes all around it, she recognised it then she realised.
'Oh my God' tears started trickling down her eyes 'This is where me and my grandma used to go, we came here all the time. Your remembered!' Now the tears were really pouring down her rosy cheeks.
'This ones on Scott. He suggested it' Stiles put an arm around Scott and Isaac joined
'No, Stiles and Isaac helped too! I mean Malia and Kira kinda did i guess' Scott snickered
'Thank you guys. Thank you so, so much!' She rounded them all in for a group hug, even Malia.
They entered the cabin to find candles lit, wooden tables and chairs. The fireplace was surrounded with sofas and blankets, she got a rush of excitement at the thought of snuggling in with the pack and watching a movie on the humongous TV. Lydia, Kira and Malia all rushed to their bedrooms but found out they had to share some with the boys. Kira was sharing with Scott, Malia shared with Stiles and Lydia shared with Isaac. This was the worst part, she had to share with Isaac who she did love (as friends) but she wasn't as close to him as the others apart from Malia. Her room was filled with dark misty colours, but she noticed that there was three beds so she wondered down stairs to find Scott sat at the kitchen bar with a mesmerized look on his face.
'This is even better than what it looked like on the website' His smile was so bright
'Yes, it is, it really is. I noticed something in my room'
'What is it?' He began to worry that it wasn't good.
'There are three beds?' paused thinking about the obvious reasons incase she forgot a person
'Oh, Yeah I don't know why that's there. I guess if one of the others suddenly want to sleep somewhere else then they can go in there' This made sense to Lydia and she felt stupid
'Oh yeah. Why do i have to share with Isaac?' It just slipped out, she didn't mean to say it
'Oh, I'm so sorry is it not good for you? I can work something out if you want? Maybe like you, Malia and Kira or something?' He put his drink down and started shaking his hands all of the place. Something was really bothering him
She hesitated 'No, It- Everything is absolutely great!' She figured she exaggerated a little too much so she just walked away to find Isaac and figure something out. She looked all around the house to find Isaac but he was no where to be seen so she searched in the garden and he was sat there reading a book.
'Hey, I didn't know you read' She was friendly but curious
'Oh, yeah. We need to talk' He quickly changed the subject and put his book down
'I thought so too' She said quietly, which was unusual because she was usually very loud and chatty.
'I think we need to talk to Scott or Stiles or one of the others. I don't mean to be rude but we aren't the closest in the group so I think we should move. For example, Scott and Kira, me and Malia and' He paused 'You and Stiles?' Immediately regretting what he suggested.
'I couldn't have said it better myself, but Stiles is with Malia now. It would be a bit bad to seperate them' She looked down at the ground and her face saddened. 'I can sleep on the sofa if you want me to? Then you can have your space' She smiled unconvincingly.
'No, no thats alright. You don't need to sleep on the couch. I can sleep in a room with you I just don't get along with you much- I didn't mean it like that, what i meant was we don't talk as much' he stopped and sighed realising he wasn't going to sound any better.
'Well we are talking now aren't we? If we don't get along then why are we both in the pack? Should I just leave? What do you want from me that makes you so idiotic?!' She shouted. He looked at her shocked and confused.
'I- I'm sorry. Are you okay?' She gave him a look that showed she had a plan, so he went along with whatever she was doing.
'Oh my days, why do you have to be so stupid Isaac? Why can't you just try and get along? I hate you so much right now, I can't even sleep in a room with you!' She stormed off and seemed pleased with herself for that performance.
By this time all the others were downstairs looking devastated. Lydia pushed past them and busted her bedroom door open. Scott followed her up the stairs. She was dissapointed as she hoped it would be Stiles or Kira or something, Scott put so much effort into this trip and she didn't want to upset him. He entered her room and raised his eyebrows in a friendly way.
'You alright, Lydia?' No answer ' Lydia? Come on, you can speak to me. I promise I won't get mad or anything' His face looked so vulnerable and innocent, tears started to roll from her eyes. The tears weren't because of her 'argument' with Isaac it was because she was so thankful of her friends, even Isaac.
'I don't know what I would do without you' She burst out crying and fell into his arms. He wrapped his ars around her and comforted her until Stiles stumbled into the room. She never noticed him in the living room.