I woke and decided that today was going to be a fantastic day. So what if Isaac didn't want to be around me. So what if pretty much the entire pack was hiding something from me? I didn't care, well I did. But I was going to try really hard to not care for tonight. Someone was knocking on my door. When I opened it, the person standing there was definitely not the person I expected to see.
"Stiles? What can I do for you...at 7:30 on a Saturday morning?" He smiled brightly.
"I brought doughnuts and coffee! Figured you could use some help today getting your camp out and bonfire stuff set up." He just continued to smile, Stiles was usually always so happy. He definitely resembled sunshine, sunshine with a goofy grin.
"Well, by all means please come in since you brought doughnuts and coffee. Actually on second thought can you wait for me downstairs because I need to change and stuff."
"If you take thirty minutes to change then I am so going to eat all of these doughnuts myself."
"If you eat my all my doughnuts then I will cause you bodily harm Stilinsky!"
I got dressed into my hiking boots, cut offs, and a tank, and my Atlanta Braves baseball cap. Then I rushed downstairs because I knew that if Connor and Murphy were awake then all of my doughnuts would for sure be eaten. Sure enough by the time I reached the bottom step, all three boys were sitting on the couch and the last doughnut was sitting in the box. Murphy saw me and then he stood, we were the same distance from the doughnut box, I felt like John Wayne in an old western movie. We both lunged for the doughnut, but neither of us were the one to retrieve the doughnut, instead it was Stiles who got to the doughnut. So I lunged towards him, I didn't make it in time though. He shoved the doughnut in his mouth. I punched him in the arm.
"Ow! Not necessary Rhodes." All three boys were laughing and Murphy was pulling up by the waist off of Stiles.
"Easy there killer. There are more doughnuts in the kitchen." Murphy let me go then.
"What? You bought more doughnuts? What kind?" That was silly to ask though because I knew that none of them knew what kind, only Isaac did. We both had went to get doughnuts one morning, and he had ordered the strawberry covered ones, while I ordered blueberry doughnut holes.
"Blueberry doughnut holes. I don't know why someone would just eat the little holes and not the whole doughnut." Stiles was the one to talk now. How did he know to get me the little holes. Isaac had asked the same thing.
"They are the rejects, I happen to have a thing for the rejects in life. They need love to you know." All three boys just stared at me and started laughing then Murphy lightly punched me in the arm and said,
"You are the reject." He was only joking, but when you think about it I kind of was. I was proud of my reject status though. It meant I was different from the rest, kind of like a Tim Burton movie character.
"How did you know that I only eat the doughnut hole by the way?" Even though I am pretty sure I knew the answer I asked anyways.
"A little birdie told me." Stiles smirked. Then Murphy spoke up,
"He called Isaac to see if he knew what kind of doughnuts you liked." The thing I liked most about Murphy is probably the fact that he was always so straight forward.
"Oh." I really didn't know what else to say. "Thank you Stiles." I gave him a huge smile. I ate the rest of my doughnut holes, and drank some orange juice. The boys wrestled around in the living room a little bit. Then Connor stood up and headed out the front door. "Where you going?" I asked although I was pretty sure I already knew.
He looked back and grinned, "Erica says she has a surprise for me." He wiggled his eyebrows and the rest of us grimaced and shook our heads.
"Yeah, next time remind me not to ask." I laughed, I am pretty sure this was going to be a good day and hopefully things keep going well. After Connor was out of the door I turned around to look at the boys. "You guys ready to get everything packed and start setting up?" I knew I sounded like a little girl excited on Christmas morning, but I seriously love camping. It was a healer thing, the closer we are to nature the happier we are. Both boy just looked at me and started laughing but not loudly.
"Excited much?" Stiles asked.
"I just really like camping, plus I have been planning this for over a week and I can't wait."
"Camping?" Oops. I forgot that I hadn't told Stiles what the surprise was. He sounded a little bit nervous.
"Yeah, that's the surprise! I read in this old healer book that a good way to make a pack's bond stronger was to spend time alone together in an element that is a part of them. Nature is definitely our element, but if you are too scared then you can just stay home." I offered but I knew he would still come; he wouldn't want to miss out on anything.
"Pssh, me scared? Never." Murphy and I just looked at him and raised our eyebrows. "Okay, maybe a little. Out in the woods all night, do you know that this town is full of crazy supernatural creatures just roaming, in the woods?" We both laughed because he was obviously missing the biggest part.
"Dude, you do realize that you are going to be with an entire pack of werewolves, seven of them, and a healer right?" Stiles has a dumbstruck look on his face, and we laughed even more.
"Don't make fun, sometimes I forget okay? Not all of us are some kind a supernatural being." I suddenly stopped laughing because he was a supernatural being. He was a healer like me, well not exactly like me. He was more among the level of my brother. He just wasn't aware of it, I needed to definitely talk to Deaton about that soon.
"Hey Willow?" I looked up to give Murphy my attention. "Have you talked to your dad lately?"
"Yes actually. He and Gryffin are trying to gather up a few rogue healers so that the ratio is more even from werewolves to healers. They are both doing great though." I wished that they would come back already. Not that I wasn't getting along okay, I just miss having my family here. As if he could see the sadness on my face Stiles said,
"I am sure they will be back soon." I nodded and he spoke again. "So let's get all this camping stuff loaded up. I am ready to get started!" I watched as both boys just started grabbing stuff and laughing and joking with each other. I really do love my friends, we have grown into a family. I couldn't ask for a better pack. We finally got everything loaded up and I stick the journal into my pack, I hate not having it with me at all times. Then we headed to the camping spot that I picked out.
"This is...so..." Stiles seemed to searching a word.
"Amazing." No worries because Murphy finished it. I thought that the place was pretty amazing as well. I had brought in all the plants and scents that makes a werewolf calm down. The campground oozed serenity.
"Thanks, I put a little extra touch to it." They were still looking around and they seemed impressed. Murphy looked right at me and smiled.
"You are something else you know that?" What was that supposed to mean?
"What do you mean?" Before he could answer Stiles spoke up,
"I am going to go get more stuff from the truck." Then he was off. I looked back at Murphy waiting for him to continue.
"You just surprise me is all." It was clear that I wasn't going to get any more from him. So I headed back up to the truck to get more stuff. After we brought all the equipment down, we started to put the tents up so they would have time to dry out. I got mine up in no time, but when I looked back at the boy they were struggling. I started laughing but then stopped when they seemed to be upset that they are really having problems putting up a tent.
"Guys, how about I finish putting up the tents and you two put together the fire ring?" They could manage that right? They just have to put together a circle with rocks.
"I mean if you really want to put the tents together then we don't mind letting you have them."
I laughed at them because they were trying to make me think that you didn't need help.
I got the tents all put up, and the boys got the fire ring together within an hour. We drove back to the house because everybody was going to be showing up soon.
When we reached the house Isaac was sitting on the front porch swing. I set out for this day and night to epic, especially since it was for Isaac's birthday. I don't understand why he hasn't told anybody that today was his birthday but I planned on respecting his wishes and keeping it a secret.
We stopped on the porch, when Isaac made no movements to get up I looked at both Stiles and Murphy and said, "I will be in shortly." Murphy looked at me again, asking silently if I was okay, so I nodded to him to let him know I was. Then he went into the house and closed the door behind him. I went over to the porch swing to sit with Isaac.
"You okay?" He looked really sad.
"Have you ever had something right within your reach, but you know that no matter how much you work for, or how much you want it, it still remains untouchable?" I really want to make him smile because it was his birthday. He should smile.
"Like a fat kid on a diet, and a piece of chocolate cake on the counter?" Mission accomplished. I know that the was being serious but I wasn't sure I wanted to have this conversation yet, so I decided to make a joke out of it. It worked because he not only smiled he even laughed a little.
"I guess that is one way of putting it." He looked up at me and looked directly in my eyes. "Are we really okay. Because I know something is wrong, and I feel like you are pulling away. I don't want you to pull away." It was actually quite the opposite, but I have decided to move on from whatever it was that Isaac was keeping from me. I reached out and took his hand in mine.
"I promise that we are okay. I know that you are apparently going through something, something that you don't want me to help you with. That is perfectly fine, but please for me enjoy today." Then I stood up, with his hand still in mine, and pulled him towards the front door. "Get in here and have fun." He looked a little bit happier already.
About an hour later everybody had showed up, and I took them out the camping spot. Everyone gave the same response as Murphy and Stiles did. They just all stood there looking around in awe. Even Erica, practically plastered to Connor's side, seemed impressed. Derek seemed like he was having a fun time as well. Well, he was laughing a little. Which is about the best that can come from Derek having fun. We all were joking and having fun. It became dark within a little over an hour and a half.
The boys got a fire started and we made S'mores. Which were my favorite things about camping. Connor and Erica had left earlier saying they had to go back to the house and get something. When they returned I could tell that Erica already seemed a little drunk.
"We got the resht of the party risht here!" Erica was definitely already a little bit drunk. Normally I wasn't one to drink a lot. But the whole time that we have been here Isaac just stood by a tree. He never moved except to get him a drink. It took all the boys no time at all to go grab a beer. I fixed me and Allison some mixed drinks because beer was not our favorite thing to drink. Derek grabbed a bottle of bourbon and started drinking it.
A short time after we were all fixed with drinks, Stiles brought out his iPod and stereo system.
"I don't think so Stilinsky. We all know that you music taste sucks!" I ran over to take his iPod away.
"My music taste does not suck!" He was laughing at me trying to reach the iPod that he was holding up in the air.
"Let's take a vote...My music or Stiles'?" Every person around the bonfire said mine, even Scott who gave Stiles an apologetic nightmare. So I put on some music with a sick beat that was great to dance to. Connor and Erica started dancing, so did Scott and Allison, I went over to Isaac to ask if he want to dance.
"I don't dance!" He yelled over the music.
"I'll teach you then!" I was determined to make Isaac have a good time, but he just shook his head.
"You go ahead, I'll just watch." I gave him the best puppy dog face I could muster. Murphy came over then.
"Can I borrow her for a dance?" He asked Isaac, and Isaac just motioned for us to go dance. Murphy was a great dancer, but I feel bad because I don't think that Isaac was having that much fun. He watched me the whole time that I was dancing. The song changed and I heard Erica scream. She ran over to Isaac and pulled him closer to where everyone else was dancing. I couldn't believe it, I know that I might not be as pretty as Erica or as great of a dancer, but Isaac could have just been honest and told me that he didn't want to dance. Instead of him telling me that he doesn't dance, be obviously he does. I took a break and drank another drink. My fourth one I believe, and I made them pretty strong. I could definitely feel the alcohol kicking in. I decided that I would forget about Isaac, he wanted to stay to himself then let him.
I brought Murphy back out to dance. We moved closer and closer until there wasn't much space left between us. Before I knew what was really happening, we were kissing. Not we were full on making out, in front of everyone. I didn't care a single bit though. When Murphy pulled away he looked down at me.
"What was that for? Actually you know what, I don't care what that was for. Did I mention you are a great dancer?" The alcohol was definitely getting to both of us. We took a break and I went back over to the liquor going to make me another drink, maybe a little bit weaker this time though. While I was reaching for the bottle a hand stopped me.
"Low you might want to drink some water this round." Isaac, who did he think he was?
"You can come over and talk to me now?" I know that I was buzzed but I didn't care. I reached for the bottle again and he took the bottle away. "You can't control me Isaac." He looked sad again and then I realized that it was his birthday so I shouldn't be mean to him. I put a hand on his face and brushed my thumb across his cheekbone.
"I'm sorry, you-you are probably right. No mo alcohol." He looked so sweet right now, he really was a very attractive guy. His hair was so soft. I didn't realize that I was playing with his hair until he leaned his head into my hand.
"Low, I think maybe you should sit down for a bit." He lead me over to one of the logs next to the fire. After some time Connor and Erica wondered off to do I don't want to know what. Scott and Allison were in one of the tents. Poor Stiles was passed out on a sleeping bag next to the fire. I had no idea where Derek was. Isaac had helped me to a tent and as I was falling asleep I heard music playing. Which is weird, because I thought we turned the stereo off. So I went outside to try and figure out what the music was. I saw Isaac sitting on a log singing and playing the guitar. It sounded beautiful, so I just sat back and listened for the longest time. He suddenly turned around and looked so embarrassed. It was pretty adorable because he nearly tripped backwards over a log.
"Easy, it's only me." I went over to sit with him. "I didn't know that you could play the guitar?" His face was a brighter shade of red, maybe from the fire though.
"I don't think that anybody knows."
"Why not? You want to know a secret?" I leaned in close to him, "Chicks dig guys that can play guitars." He smiled.
"What about you? You like guys that play guitars?" Was he asking me if I liked him or if I liked guy that played guitars in general?
"Of course. So did you have a good birthday?" His eyes got huge with surprise. "I knew all along silly, that's why I threw this huge thing. I knew that if I didn't then you wouldn't have done nothing for your birthday. That's also what the tickets were for." He still looked shocked.
"I don't even know what to say..." I had an idea of what he could say.
"You could start with what is bothering you? I know that I said that I was okay with not knowing but that was a total lie." He still didn't say anything. So I had an idea. "How about we play a game of -what if?-?"
"What's that?"
"I make a what if statement and you give me an honest answer. If I mess you and don't say what if then you win." He seemed to think about it for a minute.
"Okay."
"What if I was told that Derek told you to stay away from me, would that be true?"
"Maybe." It wasn't a yes or no, but it was at least an answer.
"What if it was because you had developed feelings for me?"
He dropped his head and then looked right into my eyes and I leaned in closer. "Next question, I'll come back to that one.
"What if I had developed feelings for you too?" He looked utterly defeated.
"Low..."
"You lose. Gosh Isaac! Why can't you just be honest with me?" My feelings were beginning to get hurt again. He didn't say anything. "Those walls of yours, they are pretty damn thick. What are they made of?" He grinned but I wasn't too happy at the moment.
"One more chance Isaac, I think that I deserve an answer." He dropped his head.
"I can't."
"Then I can't either." I started to get up and walk away then I felt his hand wrap my wrist and pull me back into him. My chest was right against his.
"You are something else you know that?"
Murphy had told the same thing earlier this morning. "So I have been told. What does that mean anyways?"
"You are just a pretty great contradiction. You are so gentle yet spunky, you are definitely a lover and a fighter, you are funny but can be serious, and you are beautiful but you don't know it. You make see me when no one else does, but you have a hard time seeing how great you are. You can make me smile and my heart beat faster by just stepping into the room. Watching you dance with Murphy tonight drove me wild, and then when you kissed him I knew that I was losing you..." Before I let him say another word I got on my toes and reached up and kissed him. Not like I kissed Murphy early this kiss was full of passion and longing. He kissed me back and wrapped his arms around my waist as I threw my arms around his neck. We stood there kissing for a few minutes then I finally drew back.
"Isaac, I don't care about causing problems in the pack." He dropped his head and seemed to have a look a worry on his face.
"Just because we don't care, doesn't stop there from being problems. Low, there is nothing I want more than to kiss you again. But until we know that the alpha pack is coming..." I kissed him again, he was like a girl that wouldn't shut up. I pulled back at look directly in his eyes.
"Let's worry about that later okay?" We stayed by the fire together for the rest of the night.

Author's note-
I normally do not write romance. At all. So I hope that this chapter wasn't too horrible. I promise that I will be getting back to the original story line in the next chapter. Thank you to all my readers, I appreciate you guys more than you know! Review and leave suggestions on what I could do to make it better. Love you guys!