November was coming to an end and the pack was making plans for Christmas. Scott, Melissa and Logan had pretty much told Isaac, Ethan an Aiden that they were going to be spending Christmas with them. However they still wanted to do something special as a pack. Lydia suggested doing a secret Santa and the rules were you couldn't tell anyone who you had unless you needed help from someone close to them.
They all gathered in the McCall house to draw names on the last weekend of November, from there they would have until Christmas Eve to get a gift for their secret Santa. They also made sure that no one had a close relationship with the person they got for example Scott couldn't get Logan, Stiles or Allison. Ethan and Aiden couldn't have each other or their significant others other than that everyone was fair game. In the end the list was as follows:
Scott had Ethan
Ethan had Allison
Allison had Logan
Logan had Danny
Danny had Malia
Isaac had Aiden
Aiden had Stiles
Lydia had Scott
Stiles had Isaac
Malia had Lydia
- A few days later at school -*
Isaac approached Ethan he had gotten better at telling them apart by sent now and could pick Ethan out easier now from Aiden. He was glad he was alone as he needed to ask him for help getting something for Aiden as he was having trouble figure out what he liked besides bikes and sunglasses.
Ethan smiled at him and said "hey Isaac so what's up?"
Isaac smiled back at him and said "I um kind of need your help with something?"
Ethan replied "let me guess Danny or my brother?"
Isaac said "your brother, Danny I think I could figure out."
Ethan then said "yeah Aiden can be a bit hard to figure out if you don't know him. I wonder if you could maybe help me out."
Isaac then asked "so who did you end up with?"
Ethan looked around before he said "Allison."
Isaac laughed "it figures the gay guy gets her."
Ethan raised an eyebrow and growled at him as Isaac said "easy there I didn't mean anything by that."
Ethan smiled and said "I know I was just playing." Isaac looked at him uncomfortably.
Ethan then said to him "I'm sorry I'm used to Aid, I know I can growl at him if he says something I don't like and he'll back off from it."
Isaac then said "I just need to get used to you guys so um when should we meet up?"
Ethan replied "after school is good with me."
Isaac then said "yeah that would be good. I just need to get..."
Ethan then said "a ride? You can come on my bike if you want?"
Isaac smiled and said "yeah sure I guess it will be ok. After all I have been on Scott's."
Ethan then said "and Aiden's."
Isaac laughed and said "yeah I guess I have, so I'll meet you out front by your bike then."
Ethan said "yeah let's get to class now."
- After school -*
Isaac got onto the back of Ethan's motorcycle he actually felt comfortable on it. The seat was bigger than Scott's and the bike was also bigger. Ethan joked "don't get to frisky back there."
Isaac then said "you're not my type anyway." He knew this time that Ethan was joking and he hoped he hadn't offended him by inferring he wasn't his type.
Ethan laughed and said "its ok I didn't think you would do anything I know your straight."
Isaac replied "that's' good "as he put his arms around Ethan's waist to hold onto him as much as he could as Ethan stared the bike. It was lot quicker then when he had done it with Aiden's a few months ago. Isaac then said "you do that a lot faster then I did."
Ethan revved the engine as he said "I've had a lot of practice with it. My dad used to have a motorcycle when we were kids and he taught us how to ride it."
Isaac then said "I um never thought about you guys having a family. My dad used to lock me in a freezer."
Ethan replied "that sucks our Dad died when we were about 12. Aid is the only family I have now."
Isaac added "I don't have any left anymore."
Ethan replied, "yeah it sucks losing family."
They made their way to the mall it was the same one that they had been to a few times before when they had given Scott and Isaac makeovers.
- the Mall -*
Ethan parked his bike and they went inside. Ethan then said, "so is there anything you were thinking of or do you just want me to make suggestions?'
Isaac replied, "I'm not really sure like what does he need or want?"
Ethan replied "that's a great question actually. I'll have to think about it for a minute."
Isaac replied "so you're not even sure what to get him either?"
Ethan replied "I have a few ideas in mind. I may pick up something today too."
They went into a clothing store and Isaac pickled up a Henley shirt and said "do you think he might like this? "
Ethan looked at it and said "yeah I think he might."
After Isaac had made his purchase they headed into another store. Ethan picked up some matching t-shirts that said on them Dear Santa I can explain. He then picked up some somewhat matching pajama pants.
Isaac laughed at the shirts and said "those are perfect for you guys." Ethan replied "yeah I figured we could wear them for Christmas morning at Scott's.". Isaac laughed again as he said "yeah after all you guys are twins your supposed to be cute together."
Next they looked for something for Allison, Isaac had innately suggested some perfume but Ethan said that it's something that Scott should pick out instead, Isaac noodled and said "yeah that makes sense it would be like if I picked out cologne for Danny."
Ethan replied, "yeah exactly." Ethan had thought of getting him something new but picked up a bottle of the same one that he always wore.
Isaac then said, "I guess you like the smell of that on him?"
Ethan replied, "Yeah I do it makes it easy to find him because I know it so well."
Isaac then smelled Ethan and said, "do you wear any type of Cologne?"
Ethan replied, "yeah Danny picked out something he said went well with my sent it's called Fierce from Abercrombie and finch."
Isaac replied, "it smells good on you."
Ethan replied, "thanks I like it too."
A couple of days later*
Danny Scott and Stiles were at the mall together. Danny had asked them for some help getting something for Mallia, which worked out as Scott and Stiles were going anyway and Scott had thought about asking either Danny or Aiden for some help with something for Ethan.
Well they were there they came across Allison and Malila looking for something for Lydia. Allison was also trying to figure out something for Logan when she came across the boys. After some talk with both Scott, Stiles and Mellissa Allison had ended up deciding on a new hoodie for him that would match his lowlights that he had in his hair.
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Christmas break
Logan had returned from school for his Christmas break, him, Scott, Isaac and Melissa started to get the McCall house ready for the holidays. They had brought out the Christmas tree from storage and started to decorate it. Isaac even pulled out some ornaments that he had saved before his Dad's house had been sold after the Kanama had killed him, even though they knew it was Jackson they didn't really feel comfortable about referring to it as him when they talked about the deaths that had been caused by him just like how they didn't talk about Stiles doing the things that the nogitsune had done even though he had been pessed by it.
The day before Christmas Eve the pack gathered in the living room of the McCall house to exchange gifts for the secret Santa.
Scott went first and gave his gift to Ethan Scott had gotten him a long-sleeved t shirt that Danny had helped him pick out. Ethan went next as they decided that whoever got Scott's gift would go next. Ethan had Allison he had ended up getting her a book to help with the Latin translation of the bestiary. Allison was next and she had gotten Logan she had gotten him a new hoddie as he always seemed to wear one, he immediately saw that it matched his low lites. Logan was up next he had gotten Danny interesting he had gotten Danny the same shirt as Scott had gotten Ethan they all laughed at that. Danny went next he had gotten Malia it had been a bit harder for him to figure out but he ended up getting her a flannel shirt as she liked to wear them. Malia had gotten Lydia she had inliseed the help of Allison to get a skirt that Lydia would like. Lydia was up next she had gotten Scott she had picked out a nice button up shirt that she thought that he would like and could wear on a date with Allison. Since Scott had already given his gift they decided to start with Stiles next he had gotten Issac he had actually ended up getting him a long sleeved shirt too it was almost the same as the one that Ethan and Danny had gotten. Isaac was next he had gotten Adien he had gotten him a shirt that Ethan had thought he would look good in. Adien was last and had gotten Stiles he had also ended up getting him a shirt too much like some of the ones he usually wore on a regular basis.
