"Ready Isaac? Time for school," Scott announced, feeling excited now that they were here.
"Hey Scott," Allison called out, coming up and giving him a chaste kiss. "Hi Isaac, are you ready to meet some new people?"
Isaac nodded his head, he was starting to feel really nervous; but he managed to wave at Kali, finally noticing her sitting on Allison's shoulder.
And then Stiles came up, high fiving Scott, "Did you bring the tags?"
"Oh yea, they are in my bag, put them in last night so I wouldn't forget," he responded, shrugging the bag off his shoulders and digging through it. "Here they are," he exclaimed as he held them up.
"Awesome, let me take a picture of the Weres without it first, Derek and Cora want to get a group photo," Stiles asked, picking out his two collars.
"Where are they anyways?" Allison asked, noticing the Weres were nowhere to be seen.
Just then Derek popped up from inside Stiles's hood, "We're in here, Cora didn't want you all to see her until picture time. And then she didn't want to be by herself so I sat in here with her."
"Der! You weren't supposed to tell them that part!" Cora cried from somewhere in the hidden depths of the hoodie.
"It's fine Cora, come on out now, everyone's here," Derek said, climbing out of the hood, and reaching back to help her climb out.
Kali and Isaac both gasped as they caught sight of her, Allison even clapped her hands, delighted that Cora had stuck with the dress. Cora was blushing from all the attention, but she was smiling, glad that everyone liked the dress. She blushed when she saw Isaac gaping at her, a shy smile on her face. Kali also gave Derek an appreciative glance, loving his new jacket, she really liked leather.
"Where should we take the picture?" Cora asked, ready to take some attention off of her.
The group discussed it, Scott was thinking about having them stand on the stairs, but Allison didn't want them to get stepped on. In the end they went with Stiles's idea; he had them all stand on one of the concrete benches and he crouched down, planning on taking the picture from a low angle.
"This way, I can get the high school letters in the background. Now we'll always remember that this was from their first day," Stiles told them, waiting for the wolves to get situated.
The wolves came together, Cora grabbing Isaac's hand to pull him next to her, and then linked her free arm in Derek's, Kali jumping to Isaac's other side. Isaac blushed when Cora didn't let go of his hand, instead, she gave it a little squeeze; Isaac returned it, giving her some silent comfort. They all scooted together, waving to the camera. Then they changed positions, Derek got down on his knees and Cora leaned down, elbows on his shoulders and Kali was carrying Isaac piggy-back style. Stiles took a few more pictures before putting his phone away.
Allison nudged Stiles, "Hey, could you send me those, and any other that you've taken, I want to put together a scrapbook. So that way we can all look back and remember all these first experiences. You too Scott."
Scott and Stiles both nodded, loving the idea of having a collection of pictures of all their Weres together, they were just too cute to not take pictures of. Stiles was certain that they'd tire of all the flashes soon, but they just had too many cute moments.
"We should probably head to our lockers, don't want to be late right?" Scott noted, picking up Isaac.
The rest of the group agreed, picking up the Weres and heading inside; the minis were craning their necks, looking at all the students and down the long hallways. As the teens picked up their books for 1st period, the Weres put their collars on; Isaac was clutching his nervously.
'Hey, Isaac," Cora whispered, getting his attention, "It'll be okay, Scott will be with you all day. And I'm sure we'll see each other lots."
"I sure hope so," Isaac replied, smiling at her. "I'm just so nervous, all these new people, and what if the teachers don't like us?"
"It doesn't matter, at the end of the day, we're all together and we are with Humans that love us," Cora said, reaching over towards the blonde wolf.
Isaac carefully leaned off of Scott's shoulder to grasp her small hand in his, feeling much stronger. He remembered earlier and gave her hand a squeeze as the boys closed their lockers, preparing to separate from her and the others.
Stiles looked down and noticed the contact, "Oh guys, don't worry, Scott and I have nearly every class together. We got really lucky!"
"Yea, if by lucky you mean you bribed the principal," a rude voice cut in.
Derek let out a short growl, not liking the insult thrown at his owner, but he was quieted with a gentle pat on the head.
Stiles rolled his eyes before turning to look at the group that had appeared behind them. "Not that you can prove anything Jackson, so really it's pointless to bring it up," he called out, shrugging at him. Then he waved to Lydia and Danny, giving them a sarcasm-free smile, "Hi Lydia, hey Danny."
When Scott turned around to face Jackson, Isaac squealed with delight when he saw Boyd sitting on the teen's shoulder. "Hi Boyd," he called out and waved, happy to see the wolf again.
Boyd perked up as he heard the familiar voice, face breaking out in a smile when he saw Isaac waving to him. Of course he waved back, happy to see a Were that he knew, Peter wasn't exactly the best of company; but his actions received a scowl from Jackson. Boyd remembered his instructions and clasped his hands behind his back, standing tall, and a neutral expression on his face. Isaac ears drooped, but Boyd gave him a sly wink so Isaac would realize that he hadn't just been snubbed.
Lydia offered Stiles the briefest of smiles before tugging Allison away from the group. "So, let me meet Kali," she ordered as she lifted her own Were from her purse.
Kali politely waved from Allison's shoulder, "Kali, that's me, nice to meet you."
"Very nice to meet you, I'm Lydia and I'm sure we'll become good friends. We'll be seeing a lot of each other after all, since Allison is my bestie. This is Peter by the way, isn't he handsome?" she asked, holding him out for them to see.
Allison introduced herself to him, but Peter gave them all a look of indifference, he wasn't here to make friends. But he did give Kali the slightest of nods, showing respect to her Alpha status, which Kali accepted. She could tell that Peter didn't really like having to defer to her, but that he at least knew better than to just ignore her presence. His manner and appearance intrigued her, he looked more mature than the Betas and according to what the vet had said, that would make him an Alpha (Weres age very slowly so it couldn't just be a difference in age right?). But he didn't have red eyes, and he didn't have yellow-green Omega eyes either, but instead an icy blue, just like the picture she'd seen of him. That troubled her, until she know how he had gotten those, she wouldn't be exposing her back to him.
Over on Stiles's shoulder (the boys were throwing quips back and forth), Cora and Derek's ears perked at the sound of Peter's name; Cora grabbed on to Derek's hand, wondering what their cousin might be like. Now that they know he was owned by Allison's best friend, they'd be seeing him a lot; together they peeked over, catching a glimpse of the stoic wolf in Lydia's hand.
"He doesn't look friendly Der, what if he doesn't like us?" Cora asked, looking up at her older brother, hiding behind him just slightly.
"We'll be polite, but it's not like we have to be friends with him, if he decides to be rude. We'll just have to see how it goes, but I'll always be here with you Cora, promise."
At the sound of their voices, Peter turned to look at them, surprised that they had been adopted by someone that might know Lydia. They were his cousins if he remembered correctly, Derek and Cora; Derek was definitely an Alpha, he was much larger than his sister. And Cora was clearly nervous, it must be his blue eyes that were setting her off. This should make things more interesting, he gave them a small smile and a slight wave of his hand; they were his family after all, he shouldn't be rude.
Derek studied him, unsure what to make of the cold wolf, but he returned the small wave, deciding it best to be cordial.
When the bell rang, the group separated, Lydia giving Allison a quick hug before grabbing Jackson's hand and heading to their first class; Danny waved before departing in another direction. Scott, Allison and Stiles all made their way to English. Isaac was so relieved now that Stiles had told them they'd be spending most of the day together; he smiled over at the other Weres, finally feeling excited to be learning. As they entered the class, Stiles took his seat next to the window, Scott sitting on his right and Allison in front of Scott. After they got out their notes and books, the Weres were set down on the desks; each of them exploring the small wooden surface.
"Aww, she's adorable," the girl sitting next to Allison said, noticing Kali.
"Thanks, her name is Kali," Allison responded, beaming with pride.
Before anyone else could say something, the teacher walked in, silencing them all, "Okay everyone, happy Monday, I hope you all had a great weekend. I'm sure all of you are aware of the new rules put into place, concerning Were pets, and them being allowed at school. So, I'll ask, how many of you have brought a Were to class?"
Allison and Scott both raised a hand, Stiles raised two; all the other students shifted in their seats to look at the small creatures. Isaac nervously waved to them, Cora smiled brightly, hoping that they were welcome here, and Derek and Kali just stood there, waiting for the teacher to continue.
"Mr. Stilinski, one hand would have sufficed," Miss Thompson said, eyeing the hyperactive student.
"But, I brought two Were pets to school, and I figured it was fair to warn you," Stiles said, putting his hands down.
She rolled her eyes affectionately, "You would bring two… Well, as the rules state, I can't ban these little tykes from my classroom, but I will separate you if you can't focus. I have a spare desk up here, and I'm sure a lot of other teachers decided to use one as well. I will be treating them as any other students, please feel free to ask questions, although I have no idea how much of an education you might have received from your breeders."
Stiles raised his hand and waited for the teacher to acknowledge him, "Cora wanted to say something."
She waited until she was lifted up so the teacher could see her, "Thank you Miss, for allowing us to learn in your class! I hope the other teachers are like you too!"
Miss Thompson smiled at the wolf, glad that so far at least one of them seemed polite (and it was one of Stiles's pets, go figure). She turned around and got started; they would be continuing their reading of Watership Down today.
When Stiles opened his book, Cora sat on his hand, eagerly following along as teacher read aloud. Derek preferred to just listen, sitting politely in one of the corners, out of the way; Isaac was on top of the book, using his fingers to follow along. Kali was sitting on the pages, eyes scanning the book as she tuned the teacher out and read ahead, deciding that the teacher was reading too slowly. When they reached the end of the chapter, Miss Thompson handed out a worksheet, asking questions about the last few chapters that they'd read.
Kali started reading over the questions, obviously unable to answer the ones from the older chapters, but she was eager to start on the ones she knew. Having remembered what Kali had said about wanting to be the best, Allison had grabbed an extra worksheet for her.
"Hey, Kali, since I can't write for you and for me, and I don't want it to sound like we're copying each other, you can spend the rest of the period reading the book. That way you can catch up, and you can fill out the whole worksheet, we just started it recently so you only have to read a few chapters. And then I'll be able to write it down for you when we're all at lacrosse practice."
"Super smart idea! Can you hold the book open for me while you write? And then I'll let you know when to turn the pages," the mini improvised.
Cora overheard their plan, and since she wanted to be a good student too, she pulled on Stiles's sleeve, "Daddy Stiles, can I go over to Allison's desk and read with Kali? Please?"
"Of course!" he replied, whispering Allison's name to get her attention; " Cora wants to read with Kali," he said before he carefully passed Cora over to Allison and went back to work with Derek filling out the worksheet. Isaac was quietly discussing the chapter with Scott, wanting to learn more about all the characters.
Miss Thompson was walking among the students, readily available if they had any questions, she paused when she saw the Weres were so focused on the worksheets. She hadn't been sure if they'd be willing to learn, other than the quick thank you from Cora earlier. But these four really seemed to be interested. So she went back up to her desk and grabbed a few extra sheets, handing them out for the other three Weres.
"Please feel free to have them hand in all their own assignments, I'd be happy to grade them. That way they can see their progress."
The students smiled at her, writing the Weres' names in the corners so they papers wouldn't get confused. Miss Thompson smiled to herself as she went back to the desk, opening up her grading book and adding the names of the Weres to the bottom of the list.
*First period Spanish*
Lydia and Jackson sat in the middle of the classroom, both of their Weres on the table, waiting for Mr. Schmidt to start teaching. Jackson looked around the classroom, smirking as he noticed that he and Lydia were the only ones with Weres. When he had found out that the pet store was selling them, he just had to buy one to show off to everyone. Then he had his dad convince the school board to allow them on campus. He looked down at his Were, hoping that he'd work out; he had bought him because he looked like a tough, no nonsense kind of wolf. Originally he had wanted Derek, but he wouldn't adopt his little sister, he didn't have time for a girl wolf. So instead he got Boyd, although he didn't seem to be as tough as originally thought, he had been much too friendly with Scott's little wolf. And to top things off, he was slightly peeved that Stiles adopted the Were that he had had his eye on.
Jackson looked over at Peter, Lydia's Were; he didn't particularly like him, Lydia spent too much time doting on him. He had been slightly surprised that Peter was the one she decided to adopt, betting that she would have picked on of the females, in fact that would have helped him out. Maybe if she had adopted Cora, Derek would have been okay with it. He really had no idea what she saw in Peter.
Lydia was oblivious to Jackson's thoughts, drawing little candid chibi Peters all over her notes, she really loved his icy blue eyes. She pulled out her blue highlighter and colored his eyes in as Peter watched. She grinned at the Beta when he wagged his tail, happy with the drawings.
"You're really good Lydia, you should take some art classes," he commented.
Jackson heard him and snorted, "Why would she want to do that, art is a waste of time."
Lydia just shrugged, glad that Peter was impressed with her skills, and she stifled a laugh when Peter flipped Jackson off. "Be nice Peter, Jackson is just very opinionated," she stated, fluffing his tail, tilting her head in her typical Lydia fashion.
"Okay, attention class! I know I normally say Spanish only in class, but I don't want there to be any confusion so I'm saying this in English. For those of you with a Were pet, please don't let it interrupt the class time. I'm sure they're all cute and adorable, but we are here to learn. Now, let's begin shall we?" Mr. Schmidt said, turning back to the board.
Peter rolled his eyes, hopefully all of the teachers here didn't feel the same way, they should be excited that Weres were allowed in school. Were education was a very hot topic, and not many agreed with it; Beacon Hills was one of a small handful that had no problem with the pets learning. At least now they'd be getting more attention, what teacher could argue with that? Hopefully more schools would start accepting Weres; most of them just felt like they'd be too distracting. Plus they were categorized as pets, despite their partial human status, and pets didn't need to go to school. That thinking really infuriated Peter, who were they to say what he could and could not do!
Peter hmphed, calming himself down by watching as Lydia took fastidious notes; everything was color coded for easier studying. He hadn't been sure what to think of the teens when they came to the pet store last week, Lydia seemed like the type to want a female Were, or maybe even a bunny. But when she came over to the glass case and looked around, he was drawn to her. Her eyes captivated him, they reminded him of his own; he saw a lot of intelligence behind them, and he could tell by her smile that she had a lot of sass. Maybe he shouldn't be so fast to judge. And he could tell that she felt the same thing when she spotted him, sitting at the back, flipping some of the chunks of sawdust into the air. She wasted no time, telling the employee that she wanted him, not even giving her jock boyfriend an explanation.
Then she had stood there, cooing over him while waiting for Jackson to pick out a Were, she had seemed genuinely interested in him. She asked what his name was, if he had any family, what it was like back at the breeders. Then Lydia told him all about her, carefully making sure that Jackson wasn't listening before telling him that she was going to win a Fields Medal and really go places. Peter loved her ambitions, it was rare that a high schooler would have such big plans, but he could tell by the look in her eyes that she meant every word of it. This was going to be a great relationship. "Psst, Lydia, why are you taking such good notes? It's not like you are going to study," Peter whispered.
She smiled down at the wolf, writing her answer on the side of her notes, It gives me something to do, plus Jackson uses mine, since he never takes his own. After reading her response, Peter glanced over at her boyfriend, immediately understanding. Jackson had his phone out on his desk and was playing Angry Birds, paper completely blank. He looked up at Lydia, brow raised, why was she wasting her time with this guy?
As if reading his mind, she scribbled down something else, which he quickly read, He's the captain of the lacrosse team, plus he's hot, I only date the best. Peter rolled his eyes again, understanding that Lydia only had the best, but couldn't the best at least have a slightly larger attention span. Lydia erased her responses, knowing that Jackson would see them later and then continued to take notes, absentmindedly stroking Peter's fur.
Boyd looked over at them, wishing Jackson would pay more attention to him, this was hardly better than being at the store. At least there he had a few friends, Erica and Isaac were really nice. He was thankful that Miss Lydia had talked Jackson into going to the mall to get them extra clothes, otherwise he was sure he'd still be in his adopted clothes But he had seen Isaac today, and he looked happy, so that was great; maybe he'd even find Erica soon! He thought back to the day they had been adopted, remember how Jackson scrutinized them all, clearly wanting to pick out the best Were. For some reason, that meant Boyd. At first Boyd was excited, but Jackson didn't give him much attention. And today, when they were getting ready, he had looked at Boyd, telling him that he was to be tough.
"I'm the captain of the lacrosse team, everyone looks up to me, so I can't have some weak pet, got it! You're a rough and tough wolf, you don't care about anyone," Jackson told him before they left his house.
Boyd tried to act like he was told, but then he had seen Isaac; he cared about Isaac, how could he not wave? But Jackson had seen and was mad at him. Boyd sighed, at least Peter got attention, maybe Miss Lydia would start to feel sorry for him and take him in. He sat down on the desk, not caring to learn Spanish today, so he waited patiently for the bell to ring.
A/N: Finally! Got some classes in, it only took 13 chapters to build up to it XD AAANNDDD it ended up with so much detail, I only really got first period in this chapter XD But as promised, I'm trying to follow all the wolves, so I'm doing POV for each period. I'm not following Danny so much yet, since he doesn't have any pets, but that will change soon, I promise. As for the classes, I went on the TW wiki and gathered as much information as I could. I did have to fill in some of the blanks, especially with Danny's schedule, but I gave everyone time with each other so we could see a bunch of different Were interactions! And there will be lunch of course =) I hope it doesn't disappoint anyone.
Like I said, Jackson is a bit of a butt, and he's indifferent towards Boyd, but I promise, life won't suck for Boyd for long. It kinda sucks right now but I promise it will get better, I just had to write it kinda sad in order for it to make more sense in the future, don't hate me =(