Gemini stayed in the woods for a very long time after that. She sat there in the midst of her destruction and turmoil trying to figure out what she was going to do. She had been with the two packs for a little under two weeks and she felt more at home then she ever had at her own home. Even in the council with her friends and peers she had never felt the kindness and love that she felt here. The love she felt when she was wraped in Isaacs's arms, when she was cooking with Stiles or playing video games with Scott. She was helping Stiles control his magic and in turn Stiles was helping Derek manage his anger, which resulted in him being nicer to the pack. She knew the packs had their problems but she felt like she was helping Stiles close the crack in the wall, now she had created a crack in the universe and everything was going to be sucked in and lost. When Jackson found her six hours later she was curled up in a ball playing with a wolf made of light.
"Did you have a mental break down or something?" He asked approaching her slowly. She looked up and the wolf trotted along the air to nuzzle Jackson's face, he batted it away after a moment. "Isaac is going bat shit in the house"
Gemini flinched and stood up, thoughts of Isaac bringing her back to reality. "Sorry" she told him smiling "I had a witches council meeting and it ran longer than usual"
Jackson shrugged and started walking away, he expected her to follow.
"Can we not go back yet?" she asked taking a step towards him
"Why? I don't want to stay in the woods anymore than necessary, I already run through here every full moon" Jackson didn't turn around completely but he did stop walking.
"I just need to think of how I'm going to deal with Isaac" she giggled softly, it sounded almost hysterical "He gets himself so worked up when something unexpected happens"
"That's not my problem" Jackson shrugged "are you coming back to the house or not?" Jackson took a step forward and Gemini's heart rate sky rocked. He stopped and turned around to look at her "What's up with you?" He stepped towards her "you sound like you're going to have a heart attack."
She smiled and walked in the direction of the house "Just worried about Isaac"
Jackson could smell the fear coming off of her, hear the hitch in her heart at her words, hear the way her heart was about to burst out of her chest, and just like always, he ignored it.
"Lets get to the house then" He smiled at her and they walked the rest of the way in silence.
Isaac nearly cried when Gemini walked into the house unharmed. He hugged her tight and everyone smiled and called them cute expect for Stiles and Jackson.
Later that night Jackson sat downstairs by himself, he listened to the sounds of Gemini and Isaac arguing, he heard Gemini bite back a scream at what he assumed was the sound of Isaac's claws ripping through her stomach. He winced but didn't move unable or unwilling to go and help. Gemini was a witch; she could handle herself when it came to Isaac and his temper. Isaac came bounding down the stairs and his eyes went wide when he saw Jackson sitting on the couch.
"Jackson" his voice was calm and restricted, he sounded more like a criminal than Isaac "what's up man?"
Jackson looked at Isaac unsure of what to do, this was none of his business and if Isaac was strong enough to hurt Gemini then he would probably kill Jackson.
"Nothing" Jackson licked his lips keeping his heart steady "just about to go upstairs to my room and chill"
"Cool" Isaac's voice went back to his normal silly tone "Gemmy's upstairs taking a nap so don't be too loud" and Isaac left. The house felt as sad and confused as Jackson's heart. Jackson heard Gemini walk around upstairs hissing and sucking in breath with her pain.
"Jackson I know you can hear me" she said, "I need you not to tell anyone" Jackson heard her nibble on her lip "This isn't abuse it's..." she stopped for a moment and when she couldn't figure out the words she tried another approach "I need this Jackson, and he needs it too. It will stop, this isn't nearly as bad as it's been"
Jackson knew that she truly meant the words that she was saying. He knew how messed up it was that she felt like this but it was not his problem. "Whatever lifts your skirt" he shrugged and heard Gemini's heart rate go down. It only made his own guilt go up. Never before had Jackson ever felt guilty about minding his own business. He had no reason to help Gemini and she said that she liked it; maybe it was some weird kind of sex thing. As he heard her hiss as she applied medication to her wounds he knew it was far from a common day kink. Jackson knew personally that what didn't kill you left you with scares and massive physiological damage.
When Stiles finally got some alone time with Derek it was two days later and things were surprisingly calm within the two packs. Stiles and Derek were sitting on the couch downstairs not really watching whatever MTV trash that was playing.
"Do you think there planning a murder? Because I have never seen the kids get along like this." Stiles asked him after a moment
"Not unless there planning the murder of one of us" Derek smirked picking up on the fact that Stiles had once again called them the kids
Stiles nodded "Don't get me wrong I'm happy that there getting alone and I just don't want to wake up one morning to find out they've made there own pack or something. Then you and me are forced out of Beacon Hills and we have to move to New York because that's the only place that we can both get a place without getting married. Then you'd have to be all wolfy in Central Park and I'd have to get a job as a stripper because Manhattan is expensive, and I'd have to live in Manhattan because we are living in a material world and I am a material girl"
Derek just looked at Stiles in slight wonder and confusion. After a moment he regained his voice "Then lets get them together but in a way that they know that we're the alphas here."
Stiles nodded in agreement before he smiled and slapped Derek's arm gently in excitement "Lets combine our training sessions!"
Derek didn't glare at him for hitting him instead he actually smiled. Stiles marveled at the fact that both corners of Derek's mouth moved up in an honest to God smile.
"That's not a terrible idea, and we can pair them up so there with people they don't really talk to."
"So like...Jackson and Isaac?"
Derek nodded "and Alison and Danny."
"Lydia and Boyd"
"That leaved Scott, Erica, and Gemini"
"Scott can train with Erica and I can do some witch stuff with Gemini"
"Did you know she asked to be in my pack" Derek told Stiles off handedly but it was ruined by the small smile on his face
"She asked to join your pack on her own?" Stiles grinned "that's great!"
Derek shrugged "It was mostly because of Isaac" Stiles could tell by the smile that there was more too the story but he'd let Derek alone.
"Have you noticed anything different with Isaac?"
Derek nodded and the smile fell off his face "He's more relaxed than I've ever seen him but when he doesn't smell like magic he constantly smells of guilt"
"And Gemini?"
"Aside from magic and orange juice? The same can be said for her"
The looked at each other for a moment in tense silence and muted worry.
"Should we do something?" Stiles asked, he had yet to say anything to Derek about the bruises he saw Gemini covering up because he didn't know how he would react. He wanted Isaac to stop hitting Gemini if that was what happened but he didn't want Derek to kill the boy.
"I don't know" Derek looked like he had given up. "I swear if it isn't one thing it's another, I guess that's what I get for making a pack from Beacon Hills' least wanted" he frowned but honestly it was closer to a pout.
"You can't go slinging around insults because you're upset" Stiles told him "Tomorrow we can all train together and maybe we can get something out of them, for all we know we're just over reacting and they just broke something. I mean there not even an offical couple, there just dancing around until the full moon andy maybe thats why they feel guilty"
Derek pulled his face together and nodded even though he just looked upset "Gemini smells like pain Stiles" he closed his eyes "Having her here has taken some of the tension away from the problems but something or someone here is hurting her. I don't know if she's a wolf because of her magic and I won't know until a week before the full moon"
"A week before?" Stiles asked "I thought we had to wait until the full moon"
"Since she agreed to be apart of my pack I'll know before everyone else"
Stiles bit his lip but nodded
"Thats not the point" Derek continued "I need to keep her happy, If I can just start with one then I can work on the rest of the pack one by one"
"Well I'll be here to help" Stiles said putting a hand on Derek's shoulder and patted it "every step of the way"
"You won't feel like I'm taking away your pack?"
Stiles shook his head "I'm not a werewolf Derek, yeah the glowing eyes and Magic tremor in my voice make me a great substitute but I'm still just Stiles. It's your destiny to rule over the rag tag gang of teenage"
Derek snorted "is there a refund on destiny?"
Stiles just smiled and pointed to some teenager crying on the screen "Least you're not like her"
Derek made a noise of agreement and they watched the television. It was nice when the two of them could just sit and be like this. Stiles gave running commentary on every thing that happned and Derek just enjoyed his company and the sound of his voice
Stiles enlisted the help of Alison, Scott, and Jackson to help him make dinner.
"Why am I here?" Jackson complained
"I wanted you here because of reasons" Stiles stated firmly but tossed a look to Scott and Alison. He loved them both but the more time he spent around their love the more he wanted to kill them. Jackson just sighed but he understood.
"What's for dinner Stilinski?" Jackson asked. Before he could answer something hard and made of glass shattered against his back. Stiles let out a pained hiss and fell to his knees, Alison let out a short scream and Scott and Jackson were hovering over Stiles with a worried expression. Boyd and Danny ran into the kitchen with guilty faces. "I am so sorry" Danny said his hand hovering over the shards of glass in Stiles' back.
"It's fine" Stiles said softy sensing Danny's upset "once someone pulls out the glass I'll start to heal right away"
"Gotcha" Danny looked around and his eyes rested on Gemini "scissors please?"
Instead of making them appear she just grabbed them from the kitchen, Danny looked disappointed but took them anyway. "Hold still Stiles"
"You can't just rip a guys shirt of!" He yelled at Danny trying to move
Boyd grinned "that's not what you said last night."
"That's cause you're mom was holding the scissors" he grumbled as Jackson and Scott held him still. Everyone who heard him fell into laughter, even Alison giggled. Boyd nodded his props to the boy and Danny continues to try and cut his shirt off. Scott got tired of waiting and just ripped the shirt off worried about his friend. Stiles made a noise of disgust and tried to curl in on himself before the pain of the glass made him hiss.
"Don't look at me!" He yelled rapping his arms around his torso "I'm hideous" Danny and Boyd rolled their eyes and proceed to pull the glass out of Stiles' back no longer feeling very sorry about inflicting the pain in the first place.
After two minutes Gemini sighed, "How do you people live without magic?" She waved her hand over Stiles' back and the glass all came out at once. She made a fist with her hand and the glass disappeared, Stiles started to heal instantly.
"Thanks for the magic bro" he said still on the ground "could you zap me a shirt? I really don't think these people should be allowed to see my boyish figure. I am a sight to behold and I don't believe there eyes could handle my true beauty"
Gemini rolled his eyes again but instead of making him a new shirt she just took off her outer shirt. She held out her shirt to him and he took it gladly. Only after he put it on did he realize that he was a now comfortably wearing a pink one direction T-shirt.
"Well this is embarrassing" he said looking down
Gemini scoffed and everyone looked at her "it's just you're boyish figure" she grinned and moved to the side and every male in the room had a reaction
"You're gonna have to put a shirt on" Danny told her when he realized
She turned her head to the side in confusion moving her body again "I have a tank top on"
"Well sweetie it's not doing much" he nodded his head at Jackson and Boyd. They were both looking at Gemini like she was made of chocolate
She made an annoyed noise "I feel like a bowl of kibble" she trotted upstairs and all the men went back to normal.
"I really hope she stays" Jackson said looking after her "she's like Lydia but not as bitchy"
"You better hope no one tells her that" Derek told him walking past the kitchen, he followed Gemini and went upstairs to do what he usually does when he's not with the pack. Which is probably brood and practice his scowls in the mirror.
"It's not my fault" Jackson frowned "She's pretty and sweet plus she smells all nice because of the magic"
Stiles grinned "like fornication on buttered toast"
Jackson glared at Stiles "you swore you'd never tell"
"I didn't tell anything!" Stiles said holding out his hands "you sold yourself out"
"What are you two talking about?" Scott asked
"Dash used that phrase when he was writing a poem for Lydia" Stiles said. Everyone laughed softly and Jackson blushed slightly
"I'm not good with words okay" Jackson said leaning back on the counter "now are we going to cook or what?"
"I want to help cook" Danny said, "Can I help?"
"Sure" Stiles smiled "Boyd you wanna help?"
Boyd shook his head no "but I do want to stay and watch"
Stiles nodded "All right everyone lets wash up" Together Stiles, Danny, Jackson, Alison, and Scott made dinner. It was messy and fun and by time dinner was over Jackson and Scott could hold a conversation with Boyd without any hostility
"You know you never told me which Dash you were talking about with Jackson" Scott said while they were cleaning up
"The one from the Incredibles" Stiles told him "The Dash from Danny Phantom was just too much of a dick. Jackson has his nice moments"
"I'm just a stand up guy" Jackson shrugged
Everyone rolled their eyes.
so yeah I'm doing a lot better than I was the last time I updated so yay for that. my life is still going through some hardcore shit but I'm getting through it. I have lots of ideas for Gemini and Stiles because I just realized how similar they are at times. I wanna try something bit idk how you all will react. the next few chapters shall be silly happy fillers of Gemini's remaining week as a witch.
lets kick this shit.