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CH 12 – 2001

Claudia and Noah were walking Stiles towards the Hale's school, which Isabella had insisted on going to with him to explain why he was there. Isabella held Stiles' hand as he refused to hold their parents hands. As they walked Stiles continued to stop, rocking back and forth on his heels as he didn't want to go and didn't understand why he had to.

"Hey buddy, it's okay," Isabella crouched down when they reached the bottom step of the entrance to the school. "You know Talia, she's one your teachers,"

"Isabella, sweetheart go wait in the car," Noah said looking to Isabella as she was still crouched in front of Stiles.

"Dad, can you at least let me explain why he's here?" Isabella asked, looking up at Noah and Claudia as Stiles gripped her hand tighter.

"Fine, explain it to him and then head back to the car," Noah said, as Claudia put her hand on his arm to reassure him that they were doing the right thing.

"Stiles, this is your new school. You get to come here and learn just like I do at my school," Isabella said, using the hand that he was holding to motion to the school so that he would follow.

"Like you...and...Derek..." Stiles mumbled quietly, Isabella nodded she knew that Stiles liked Derek whenever he was over because it usually meant he took his little sister Cora with him.

"And like Scott," Isabella smiled, she knew that Stiles loved Scott since meeting him the year before at the at the park. "And Cora, you'll get to see her in the afternoons," Stiles nodded before rocking back and forth and letting go of Isabella's hand.

"Thank you Bella, go wait in the car," Claudia said as Laura and Derek walked out of school and headed down the path.

Laura started signing rapidly to Isabella, who looked at her and then at Derek blinking. Derek rolled his eyes and put his hands on top of Laura's to stop her from signing. Isabella raised her eyebrow at Derek before she asked exactly what Laura had said.

"So what did Laura just ask?" Isabella asked looking between Laura and Derek, Laura sighed exasperatedly throwing her hands in the air.

"I asked if you wanted a lift, Uncle Peter is taking us," Laura asked, while Derek looked at Isabella smiling before looking back at the ground again.

"I'll ask mom and dad if it's okay," Isabella replied, turning around to face her parents who simply nodded and motioned for her to get her bag before heading into the school with Stiles. "I'll get my bag," Isabella said turning back to face them.

"We really need to teach you more signs," Laura signed laughing at the same time as Derek interpreted.

"Did you do the biology assignment?" Derek asked as they headed to the Stilinski's car to get Isabella's bag.

"I started, and then got side-tracked...it's not due till the end of the week," Isabella answered, in truth she'd gotten side-tracked by Jordan telling her what he was going to do when they graduated.

"Jordan? Yeah he did it to me too," Derek nodded as they grabbed Isabella's bag and then the three of them headed to Peter's car.

"And who do we have here?" Peter questioned signing to Laura, and ignoring Derek and Isabella.

"Isabella Stilinski, her little brother's starting at the school today. And she's Derek's best-friend," Laura signed back before rolling her eyes as Peter knew that Isabella was Derek's friend. "But you already know her," Laura spoke this time as she pulled Isabella towards her.

Peter held out his hand to Isabella, shaking it before motioning for his niece, nephew and Isabella to get in and he'd take them to school. Derek and Isabella sat in the back talking about their biology assignment while Laura sat in the front with Peter. Laura had turned off her hearing-aids the second she got in the car so she didn't have to listen to Peter's singing.

"Thanks Uncle Peter," Derek said as he and Isabella climbed out of the car, Isabella nodded agreeing with him before Peter drove off and headed towards the High School.

"Hey Bell, Hey Derek," Jordan said arriving at the school at the same time as them so the three f them headed to home room together.

"Hey you, are you really going to leave us after graduation?" Isabella asked as Derek slung an arm around each of them.

"Yeah...I talked to mom and dad about it," Jordan answered, Derek let out a little huff not wanting to let their trio go down to two. "It's still years away yet,"

"We know but that doesn't make it easier," Derek said, as they walked into class and found their seats to listen to the morning announcements.

At the Hales school, Talia was showing Stiles, Noah and Claudia around the school. Cora had been taken to school by her father so Stiles was holding onto Noah's hand while Claudia talked with Talia.

"I understand you want to start Stiles on half days?" Talia questioned, Claudia nodded before Talia continued. "We do generally like to start them on half days building up to full days when they're older,"

"How do you think Stiles will go?" Claudia asked, she was still wondering if putting their son into the school was a good idea.

"Time will tell, I believe he's a smart little boy," Talia answered smiling as she looked behind them to where Stiles was pointing at a picture of a baby goat on the wall. That was where Stiles' obsession with baby goats began.

"That's a baby goat," Noah said crouching down to Stiles level to see what he was pointing at.

"Baby goat," Stiles repeated, looking at the picture and then at Noah while still pointing at it.

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The Madness of Love - for an eventual Theo/Liam story
Let There Be Light - for a Derek/OC; Isaac/Cora story
Harder to Breathe - for a Scott/Isaac story
In Outer-Space We Live - for well and story set in Outer-Space
I'll Be Home For Christmas - for christmas stories related to The Madness of Love.
Nothing in this World - a Corey/Mason; Parrish/OC story