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Chapter 10: Carry You There
Sara sighed as she pushed Derek's arm back towards him, that was why she should have gone instead of him. They didn't have to wait long for Noah and Jordan to turn up, Sara had managed to talk her father and Chris into cooking. After a couple of minutes of silence, things were too quiet. Sara exchanged a look with her father and the two of them headed inside.
"I hate when Stiles is quiet, quiet always means that he's up to no good," Noah said as they made their way into the house, they'd left Allison and Lydia watching them while they talked outside.
"Not always dad, sometimes he's asleep," Sara added helpfully with a shrug, but it quickly became evident that they weren't asleep.
"Mischief," Noah sighed when they stopped in the living room and saw a pile of cushions and toys all over the floor. Stiles looked up at Noah and then went back to playing with the cushions.
"Grandpa!" Mikey grinned jumping up from where he was sitting playing patt-a-cake with Isaac. "Hi mommy,"
"Hey bug-a-lugs what are you doing?" Sara asked watching as her father crouched down and scooped Mikey up.
"Play with Ike," Mikey said wrapping his arms around Noah's neck.
"That's good, how about you and Isaac go out side with grandpa?" Sara smiled at him before she looked to Isaac who had grabbed hold of a teddy bear and was clinging to it as Noah walked over to him.
Noah extended his hand to the small boy while holding Mikey watching as he tentatively took hold of it before leading him outside. Sara smelt the air for a second before she was joined by Liam racing in wondering what he could smell. Sara looked around the room for Erica, finding the small girl curled up in a beanbag after Allison motioned to it.
"Hey baby girl, come here," Sara crouched down in front of the beanbag and extended her arms for her to crawl into. Erica started to uncurl herself but quickly stopped and started convulsing in the beanbag. "Allison can you distract them?" Sara motioned to Jackson, Boyd, Stiles and Scott who had stopped building their pillow fort.
"Come on lets finish the fort," Liam grinned at the four small children as Mason appeared behind him.
"What's going on?" Mason questioned peering over Liam's shoulder to see what was happening.
"Not now, just play with them. Please?" Sara said again, her attention completely on Erica to make sure that she didn't injure herself. After a couple of minutes Erica stopped convulsing and was still, so Sara gently moved her onto the floor and waited until she was ready to sit up.
"What was that?" Mason asked, glancing away from the pillow fort that had been successfully created.
"Erica has epilepsy," Sara explained as she found Erica climbing into her lap and clinging to her. "That was the fear you smell," Sara directed that part of her reply towards Liam who mouthed 'Oh,'.
"I tired," Erica's voice was barely above a whisper as Sara stood up with her in her arms.
"Shh, you can go to bed after dinner okay?" Sara questioned kissing the top of her head as she made her way in to the kitchen to grab the medication that Melissa had given her. "I know you don't want to have it, but open up," Sara said holding Erica against her hip and having her open her mouth so that she could drop the medication in. The second it was done she grabbed one of the sippy cups with orange juice and handed it to her.
Jordan walked into the kitchen as Erica put her head on Sara's shoulder and muttered something about Brett trying to help and there being flames. Sara raised her eyebrow at Jordan who shrugged and walked past her heading for the upstairs bathroom. Lydia looked up from where she was sitting with Jackson planted in her lap – he hadn't moved.
"Foods ready!" Chris called as he and Derek set the food on the table on the back porch.
"Okay, lets go wash our hands," Lydia smiled, picking Jackson up off her lap and setting him on the ground as she stood up. Lydia's voice was enough to get the four boys attention and they followed her to the bathroom and lined up.
"I'll get Mikey and Isaac to wash theirs," Allison said ducking past Sara with Mason and Liam close behind her.
"At least we're only feeding five werewolves tonight," Sara muttered as she walked out to the back to join the others with Erica resting her head on her shoulder with the sippy-cup in her mouth.
Allison took Mikey and Isaac by the hands and led them inside to the bathroom with Lydia. Lori looked up at Sara and smiled, she was shier than her brother and Sara appreciated that the current time. Derek motioned with his head towards Brett and Liam who were having a stand off.
"I may still be able to hold my own against a wolf, but that pair is another story," Derek told her, as Noah and Chris started to get their food.
"Here take Erica for me?" Sara said as she started to move Erica away from her body only to have her cling tighter. "Or not, you owe me," Sara sighed as she jumped off the back porch and walked over to the two teenagers. "What are you two arguing about now?"
"Out of the way Sara," Brett growled, flashing his eyes golden are as she stood between the two of them.
"Back down Brett," Sara spoke calmly and when the teenager didn't move she closed her eyes and allowed them to glow red. "Now Brett, Liam," Sara's voice was a low growl that scared Erica who buried her head in her shoulder and dropped the sippy-cup. Liam noticed the cup falling and instinctively grabbed it before it touched the ground. Brett stepped backwards and dropped his defensive pose as did Liam. "Want to tell me what that was all about?"
"Sorry Sara," Brett looked at the ground and then back to Sara before snarling at Liam. "Lacrosse..."
"Seriously?" Sara sighed before she took the sippy-cup back from Liam and handed it to Erica. "Sorry baby girl. Let's get you some food," Sara said kissing the side of her head before she looked back to Liam and Brett. "You pair can wait until everyone else has food,"
Liam grumbled something that sounded like it was all Brett's fault, while Brett said that it was all Liam's fault. Lori chimed in that both boys were to blame, which caused Derek to chuckle slightly as he found Boyd clinging to his leg. Derek looked down and saw Boyd's brown eyes peering up at him.
Noah went about getting Stiles' food remembering what foods he liked and setting the plate on the table. Sara quickly served the others food while still balancing Erica on her hip. Lydia sat between Jackson and Isaac, while Allison sat between Scott and Stiles, Mikey sat on Noah's lap, while Boys beside Derek and Sara had Erica sitting in hers. Chris, Jordan, Brett, Liam, Mason and Lori sat in the remaining chairs with Lori being poked fun at by Brett.
"Can we build more pillow forts after dinner?" Stiles questioned with a mouthful of food as he looked at Allison and Lydia. "And, and can Liam, Mason and Brett help?"
"One more pillow fort and then its time for baths and bed," Lydia smiled at them, as she took a bite of the chicken burger in front of her.
"Really?" Scott asked in between mouthfuls of sausage.
"Yes really," Allison said before she looked at her father who was still only half believing what was happening in front of him. "Dad?"
"Is this really what you've been spending your free time time doing?" Chris raised his eyebrow at them as Isaac suddenly started to cry.
"Yes, dad it is," Allison smiled at him as she picked up the cup in front of her and drink.
"What's the matter?" Lydia questioned, calmly turning slightly so that she could see Isaac's tear stained face.
"Too hot..." Isaac's voice was muffled by the crying as he buried his head in her side.
"You know what you do when it's hot?" Lydia asked, Isaac shook his head and looked at her expectantly. "You put a piece on your fork like this," Lydia stabbed a piece of the sausage that was cut up and held it in front of her mouth. "And then you blow on it," she smiled before she blew on the sausage and handed it to Isaac who mimicked her actions.
"Mommy?" Mikey's voice piped up from where he was sitting on Noah's lap as he looked across the table at Sara. "Can I sleep in your bed tonight?"
"Of course you can baby," Sara smiled at him, earning an are you sure look from both Derek and Jordan. Which in turn got a her a very concerned look from her father.