Pamplemousse was snuggled in the backseat of the Camaro with Brooke, mumbling every once in awhile. Stiles was in the front with Derek, looking behind him he smiled at Brooke.
"It's amazing isn't it? How quickly they grow up I mean." He asked, speaking in a low tone.
"Yeah, it seems that Ezze and I found her only yesterday. Thank you for the idea by the way and Derek thank you for offering to pay." She replied in the same manner.
"Yeah, it's no problem. I mean I was a real jerk to you two when you first got here. I need to make up for it somehow." Derek responded, smiling at Brooke in the rearview mirror.
"How do you know when her birthday is? If you don't mind me asking." Stiles asked.
"It was one of the few things she remembered. That and the fact that home wasn't a good place, she told us she never wanted to go back. So Ezze contacted her aunt in the state office and got legal guardianship over her. We never asked Pamplemousse to elaborate and she hasn't wanted to." Brooke responded, stroking the child's hair as she spoke.
Pamplemousse stirred and shifted, she sat up and stretched her arms in the air. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and looked out the window.
"Are we almost there?" She asked voice full of sleep.
"Almost, we have a little ways to go, why don't you keep watch out the window." Stiles responded, his face growing into a grin as they drove through the city towards their destination. Knowing Pamplemousse was going to adore her birthday surprise.
The rest of the ride went in silence. Pamplemousse dutifully kept her eyes trained on the window looking at the palm trees and billboard passing by. She looked disappointed and upset, thoughts of how mean it was to forget her birthday.
She scanned the street they were driving on, not really paying attention. Derek turned off the street and continued up another. Suddenly Pamplemousse's eyes met a welcome sign, and she started to scream excitedly and bounce in her seat.
The elders in the car started to laugh at the young girl's reaction to seeing the 'Welcome to Disneyland' sign. They parked and got out of the two vehicles. Pamplemousse ran around the car and hugged Brooke tightly.
"I thought you forgot!" She said into Brooke's stomach, as that was where she reached.
"Never." Brooke replied.
"Pamplemousse." Stiles said. The girl turned to look where his voice had come from, her eyes met the sight of the pack.
"Happy Birthday!" They all said in unison. They had champagne poppers and blowers, Allison and Lydia were holding up present in a bag. Pamplemousse ran up to all of them and gave them individual hugs.
Lydia handed the bag to the young girl who opened it almost immediately. Inside the tissue paper there was a Beacon Hill's Lacrosse Sweatshirt that Stiles had from freshman year, and a Tie Blanket that had a super hero print on one side and Disney princesses on the other, Lydia had made it on the way down.
"This is the best birthday ever! I really love you guys!" The girl said looking around at the pack.
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The pack checked into their hotel rooms and converged in Derek, Stiles, and Pamplemousse's room. Allison, Lydia and Brooke had another and Scott and Jackson the third.
"Pamplemousse, it's up to you what we do. So where do you want to start?" Lydia asked the young wolf.
"I want to see everything, but first, can we get some lunch?" her tummy was in agreement as it rumbled. The pack laughed and headed out the door for some food.
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After a light lunch the pack wandered around the park going on various rides that Pamplemousse wanted to go on.
"Brooke! Will you go on the Matterhorn with me?" She asked her guardian.
"Nope. Unless it's a carousel or has carousel in the name, I'm not going on it, sorry. Why don't you ask Derek or Stiles."
Pamplemousse turned to look at the two men. With wide eyes, she seemed to stare into their souls.
"Yeah, why not." Stiles answered. "Come on guys let's go!"
The entire pack minus Brooke got in line to go on the ride. Unlike normal summer days, the line went fairly quickly. They all got in the ride and the car took off.
After screams and laughter, plus a little growling from Pamplemousse at the yeti, the ride ended and they all got off. As they exited they looked up at the photos that the ride took, as usual the photos had a ton of lens flare.
"J. J. Abrams would have been proud." Stiles commented. Lydia, Derek, and Allison let out a small chuckle at his joke.
"How was it?" Brooke asked as they exited the ride.
"That was amazing!" Pamplemousse cried jumping into the air. "Brooke will you go on The Haunted Mansion ride with me. It looks scary, but I know it doesn't have drops or loopies!"
"I think I could maybe manage that one."
"Yay!" And with that the pack headed off to the next ride.
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"It's so pretty!" Pamplemousse exclaimed as she watched the fireworks boom above Sleeping Beauty's Castle. The pack was sitting on a patch of grass, enjoying the end of the night before they headed back to the hotel.
Pamplemousse was snuggled between Stiles and Derek. Lydia and Brooke sat together holding hands as did Scott and Allison. Jackson sat a little farther behind the pack checking his phone every few minutes as it had been ringing all day with texts.
"This has been the best birthday ever. I got to meet all the princesses and everyone else, and I got to spend it with my pack. Can we do something like this again? As a pack?" She asked staring up at Stiles, firework flares dancing on her eyes.
"I think that could be possible." He answered.
"Yay! Thank you Mom." She said turning back to watch the firework show. Stiles looked up at Derek, the surprised look on Derek's face was perfect. His face then broke into a smile as he leaned over and place a arm around Stiles' shoulder. The three snuggled close together and waited for the show to end.
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