This chapter sort of got away from me while I was writing it, but I think it's in a good way. It just sort of flowed out of me, and suddenly I had this, almost 2k word chapter. Oh well.

Enjoy!

December 21st

It was a busy night at the hospital, and Melissa McCall was beginning to feel the strain. She'd been working for 12 hours straight with only a piece of toast in her system. The doors to the E.R. slid open as Scott walked in with a greasy bag in hand.

"Oh, thank God you're here," She said taking the bag and shoving a curly fry into her mouth. Stiles walked in shortly after Scott, carrying a large fountain drink in hand, which he handed to Melissa.

"Well this place sure is busy," Stiles said looking around.

Melissa nodded as she unwrapped her burger. "Yeah, there was a car accident not too far from here, which isn't bad in it self," She said taking a bite. "But, there also seems to be an outbreak of the Flu going around, lots of kids getting sick."

"Well, at least it's not supernatural," Scott added. Mrs. McCall shrugged, finishing her burger. She hugged the boys.

"Thanks you guys. You're life savers."

"No problem," Scott said happily. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

She shook her head. "Not unless you've recently been through med school without me knowing," She said sarcastically. Stiles smiled with delight.

"I know what we can do," he said excitedly. Stiles rushed out the door, his fingers sliding across his phone screen as he sent text after text in a rapid fire motion. Scott shrugged, then hugged his mother before following after the hyperactive teen. "We'll be back," Stiles said over his shoulder to Melissa.

Allison and Lydia pulled into the hospital looking around for Stiles. Lydia's heels clicked against the concrete sidewalk as she tapped her foot expectantly. Danny walked up beside them, looking confused.

"You guys get a text too," he asked checking his phone again. They both nodded.

"Yup, something about an emergency," Allison confirmed. The three teens looked around, trying to spot Stiles or Scott.

The boys pulled up in Scott's car. Stiles got out, carrying some binders and what appeared to be portable speakers. In his arms, Scott carried a box with a bunch of Santa and elf hats as well as a few reindeer antlers.

Stiles passed a binder to the other three teens and Scott began sorting through the box of Christmas apparel. Allison, Danny, and Lydia looked at the two teens with confused expressions on their faces.

"Um, what is all this," Danny asked flipping through the binder of what appeared to be various holiday songs.

"We're going Christmas caroling through the hospital," Stiles said turning on the speakers he was carrying and hooking them up to his phone. "You know, to spread some holiday cheer to the downtrodden."

"I don't think that word applies to this situation," Lydia said correcting Stiles misuse of the word. The boy shrugged, insisting it didn't make his point any less valid. He looked around.

"Wait a minute," He said looking at the two binders in his hand. "We're missing someone." Stiles whipped out his phone, scrolling through his contacts till he found the one he was looking for.

The phone rang a few times before Cora finally picked up. "Hello," she said flatly.

"Cora, hey! Did you get my text," Stiles asked excitedly.

"Yes, and I'm not going," She said bitterly.

"But it's an emergency," Stiles insisted. Cora refused to believe such a thing, knowing that if it were a true emergency Stiles would have called Derek before her. Stiles rolled his eyes so hard he was pretty sure Cora could feel it through the phone.

They argued for a good fifteen minutes before Stiles finally convinced Cora to meet them at the hospital. He had to blackmail her with the threat of revealing her secret Twilight obsession he'd conveniently found out about, but hey, it was for the greater good. Christmas.

"Excellent," Stiles said into the phone. "Oh and bring Isaac while you're at it." The teen hung up and walked back to the group that was already assembled in front of the hospital.

"Do we really have to do this," Danny said messing with the antlers Scott had shoved on his head. They had little bells on them that jingled with every move he made.

"Come on Danny," Stiles said trying to rouse his troops. "Don't you wanna bring some Christmas cheer to these poor, sick people?" Danny rolled his eyes, but agreed to go along with Stiles "ridiculous scheme."

Cora arrived shortly after Stiles called her. She and Isaac had ridden their bikes, racing the entire way. They chained their bikes before joining the group.

"Here," Stiles said shoving binders towards the two werewolves. Scott slapped elf hats on the both of them, which caused the others to laugh because it didn't matter who you were, elf hats just were not stylish at all.

"Why are we doing this again," Isaac asked poking the hat on his head. Stiles smacked him in the back of his head.

"Because it's Christmas and it's a nice thing to do," he assured them. Scott agreed.

"Yeah, Stiles' mom used to take us caroling all the time," Scott said wrapping an arm around his friends shoulder. They both smiled at the happy memories of two 6 year old kids singing terribly off key while Stiles' mom Claudia sang with the voice of an angel.

That seemed to settle things as no one else openly complained about what they were about to do, although Cora's eyebrows did a lot of talking in their own way. Must be a Hale thing Stiles figured.

Mrs. McCall led them to the Children's ward where she chatted with the head nurse there before leaving the group to their activities. The nurse in charge, who Melissa introduced as Mrs. Frederic, was an older looking black woman, with graying hair and a caring personality. She led the group to a play room where several kids and parents were milling about, minding their own.

"It's so nice to see young people caring for the community," She said as Stiles was setting everyone. He smiled at her.

"Thank you for allowing us to be here Mrs. Frederic," Allison said respectfully. "Especially on such short notice."

She smiled warmly at the girl. "Oh, please, call me Irene, Mrs. Frederic makes me sound like an old Librarian," She said charmingly. "And it's no problem dear, besides it's Christmas and everyone can always use a little more cheer, especially in a place like this."

Stiles finished setting up the music and Irene left to return to her usual nursing duties. Stiles instructed everyone to turn to page three in their binders before turning to face the small audience of parents, children, and miscellaneous staff that had set up in the playroom.

"Um, hi, I'm Stiles" He began awkwardly. "Some of you may know my dad, Sheriff Stilinski. These are my friends," Stiles motioned to the group behind him, introducing them one by one. "And we're going to do some singing for you. Hopefully we don't sound too bad," he joked. "Please feel free to join in if you know the words. Or if you don't, that's cool too."

Stiles took his place with the rest of the group and hit play on his phone. Music spilled from the speakers into the room as Stiles led the group in singing "Jingle Bells". Some of the kids and parents joined in, as well as a few nurses and passing doctors. Stiles was glad they didn't sound too bad, and only hiccupped on a few parts.

The group sang song after song, with the crowd growing more encouraging with each number. Stiles managed to convince Lydia and Danny to take the lead on "Baby It's Cold Outside" which was probably his best idea ever, since they had great voices that complimented each other well. The crowd seemed to enjoy it as well.

"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" was a big hit with all the kids, who laughed at Stiles crazy antics during the song. By the last number the entire room was singing along to "Walking in a Winter Wonderland".

When all was said and done, the group was met with thunderous applause that led to a standing ovation.

"That was great," Mrs. Frederic said pulling them all into a group hug. "You were all fantastic!" Stiles beamed at the compliment, giving himself a mental pat on the back for having such a great idea. Lydia and Allison both gave a kiss on the cheek, saying how they had fun and complimenting Stiles on his singing.

As they were packing everything up, and chatting with some of the kids and parents in the ward, Stiles was yanked aside by his arm. He whipped around to see who was dragging him off. Derek spun him around so they were face to face.

"That was really nice," He said wrapping his arms around the teens waist. "And I didn't know you could sing so well." Stiles blushed.

"Yeah? Well me neither. My mom was a good singer, maybe it's genetic," Stiles said smiling. Derek pulled him closer so that their bodies were flush against each other. Stiles ran his hands along Derek's firm chest and muscly arms. "How'd you know we were here anyway?"

"Cora," Derek shrugged. "She sent me a text telling me to come to the Children's ward. I didn't expect to see what I did." He smiled and looked into Stiles eyes. Green looking into amber. Neither blinked. Stiles lazily placed his arms around Derek's neck, pulling him in closer.

Their lips ghosted against each other before Stiles decided to move in. The kiss was tentative at first, neither wanting to seem too forceful. Slowly they began to relax into it, putting more emotion into it. Derek teased Stiles bottom lip with his tongue. Stiles followed, parting his lips to give the older boy access.

Their breathing became heavy as Derek's arms tightened around the teen. Stiles was glad Derek had pulled him aside into the hallway as he didn't want a bunch of kids and parents to see the massive PDA happening right now.

Stiles slipped his hand under the back of Derek's shirt feeling the warm skin underneath. His long fingers trailed higher. The sound of someone clearing their throat made them pull apart, cheeks flushed and lips swollen. Mrs. Frederic stood there, smiling at the two with a knowing look on her face.

"Mrs. Frederic," Stiles said breathless. "I-I-I uh, sorry. I-we didn't-"

"Don't worry," she interjected. "I remember what it's like to be young and in the moment. I'm just glad you weren't in front of the kids. You know how impressionable children are." She laughed, raising an eyebrow then left.

Derek and Stiles looked at the ground, neither knowing what to say.

"So," Stiles began. "That was our first kiss." Derek nodded. Stiles returned with his nod. "When can we do that again?"

Derek smiled rolling his eyes. He draped an arm around the teens shoulder. "Maybe later," He teased. "If you behave."

Stiles scoffed, Derek laughed. They returned to the rest of the group who were playing with some of the kids in the playroom. Stiles laughed as a little girl in a tiara and a tutu insisted Derek where a crown and sip tea while sitting in a small pink chair that made him look like a giant. Cora looked at Stiles and they both shared a good laugh, earning a scowl from Derek, which only made him look funnier to the others.

"This was fun," Scott said sitting down next to Stiles and another little boy who were having a lego building competition.

"Yeah, it really was." Stiles said finishing the spaceship he was building.

Originally, I wasn't gonna do the first kiss here but I liked the way it worked out. Also, doesn't the idea of Danny and Lydia singing a duet seem kinda cute, in a friendly way? I think so.

Please leave your opinions, thoughts, ideas, and souls. I love having all of them.