Tuesday
Derek sat on the bed unpacking one of the boxes of his belongs. Now that he was fully moved in with Stiles all he wanted to do was lay down. As he neared the bottom of the box he saw a small shoe box. Reaching down he picked it up, opened it and couldn't help but smile. The side of the box ripped and A handful of photos of him and Stiles from high school came pouring out. As he gathered them he came across one with Stiles and Scott. Back then he always found Scott to be incredibly annoying and he had no idea why. Continuing to go through the photos he found one of him Stiles, Jackson and Danny at prom, he smiled. He spent the next few minutes going through the old photos when he heard Stiles calling his name. "I'm in here, you won't believe what I found!"
"What are you talking about?" When Stiles entered the room he saw Derek sitting on the floor, pictures everywhere. "Oh my god please tell me those aren't what I think they are?"
Derek smiled and held up a picture if Stiles and his dad when he was younger. "You look so cute, how old were you in this picture?"
Stiles walked over and sat next to Derek on the floor. "I think about five or six."
Derek noticed Stiles suddenly frown. "When was the last time you talked to him?"
Stiles sighed. "I don't know, he's been really busy lately and hasn't had the time to talk. It's not just him, Scott hasn't called lately either. I think his phone is off or something because it keeps saying it's disconnected. You don't think anything happened to them do you?"
"Don't talk like that." Derek says gathering all the pictures. "I'm sure everything is alright." He noticed Stiles still looking down so he leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. "I love you."
Stiles smiled and wiped his face before turning his head back to Derek. "I love you too."
"Come on." Derek says getting up. "I got two empty photo albums so we can put these photos in there." Stiles sat on the bed going through the old photos while Derek retrieved the albums. A half hour later he put them in the top shelf of the closet before looking back to Stiles. "Are you okay?" Stiles nodded and gave him a small smile buthe could easily tell that his a love was still very much upset. "I'll be back in a minute okay."
Stiles nodded. "Okay I'm going to lay down for a while before going to work later today."
Derek went to the living room and called Jackson. "Hey, you know Stiles birthday is coming up and I wanted to do something for him this weekend but I need your help and I need you not to tell annyone about it."
Jackson groaned. "Dude you have no idea what Danny has been trying to do to get me to talk about our last conversation. He said that he's not going to have sex with me until I tell him. Half the time he en walks around in nothing but socks and it drives me crazy. Man I don't think I can hold out for much longer."
"You'll be fine just help me with this okay."
"Fine what do you need me to do?" Jackson asked.
Saturday morning
Stiles has been in a sour mood the entire week. Derek has been away at work so much that they barely had time together. To make matters worse he still wasn't getting answers from his dad or Scott. He was off today but Derek had to go in so once again he was alone. Somewhere alone the week he started to wonder if Derek was back to his old ways but shook it off. Looking over at the clock he saw it was a little after ten so he got up and made his way to the kitchen. The house was quiet and he hated it when it was like en that. Thenas if on cue the door and opened and Derek walked in, he smiled. "You're home, I was starting to think-" He stopped talking and looked away.
Derek somehow knew what he was about to say so he walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. " Sorry, work has been insane but I don't have to go back anytime soon."
Stiles sighed and wrapped his arms around Derek. "I know it's corny but I missed you."
"I missed you too." Derek felt bad about making Stiles feel down but he knew it would all be worth it when he sees the reason he's been away for long periods of time. "Why don't you go back to bed and I'll make you some breakfast."
When Derek made to pull away Stiles pulled him back. "Will you come with me, I not really hungry anymore anyway."
"Yeah." Derek followed Stiles back to the bedroom and stripped down to his boxers before curling up behind Stiles. "I love you." He whispered.
Stiles smiled and closed his eyes. "I love you too."
Later that day
Derek has been laying awake watching Stiles as he slept. He looked so peaceful and content and he didn't want to wake him but it was getting late. So he gently started to shake him awake. "Stiles, baby wake up." Stiles stirred but remained sleep so le leans down ans starts kissing his neck, knowing how much he loved it. Suddenly brown eyes meet his own and he smiled. "Rise and shine, we have to go."
"Go where?" Stiles asked as Derek got out of the bed.
"You'll see when we get there, now get up and shower before we miss the entire thing."
A half hour later they pulled into Jackson and Danny's apartment complex. "You woke me up just so we can come here when we're over here enough already."
Derek smiled. "Come on." The two of them headed inside and up to Danny's apartment. When they got there Derek pulled out a key and unlocked the door. "Why do you have a key to their apartment, I don't even have one."
"I'm just borrowing it, I'm giving it back later today." He opened the door and let Stiles in first.
The apartment was completely dark so Stiles reached over and turned on the light.
"Surprise!"
Stiles nearly screamed as he backed up onto Derek's chest. He scanned the room and saw a few of his friends from work, some neighbors, Jackson and Danny, Scott. 'Wait what?' He thought as Scott walked over to him. "Oh my god." He shrieked as he threw his arms around his neck.
"Whoa." Scott says hugging him mm back. "It's good to see you too."
Pulling back he slapped Scott on the side of the head. " Where the heck have you been, I've been calling like crazy?"
Scott chuckled and rubbed his head. "I know but it's been crazy with the new house andthe baby on the way. Plus with my boss on my ass all the time I didn't have the time to call."
"Speaking of Allison why didn't she come?" Asked Stiles.
"Because she's so close to having the baby they have her on bed rest." Scott says. "She wanted to be here though."
"What is all this anyway?" Stiles asked looking around. "My birthday isn't until a few weeks."
"It was all Derek's idea." Jackson says. " He thought this would cheer you up."
Stiles smiled and turned to Derek. "So this is why you've been gone all the time. Derek you didn't have to do this for me."
"I wanted to." Derek says.
Stiles walked up to Derek and hugged him. "Thank you."
As the day went on Stiles and Scott reminisced about old memories and how he was so happy that Scott and Allison were having a baby girl together. He never pictured Scott as a father type but he somehow knew he would be awsome at it. Stiles even filled him in on how ceazy his life has been the past few months. The two of them sat on the livingroom couch while others chatted around them, they were in their own little world.
Derek watched them fromthe kitchen and couldn't help but smile. "I dont think I've ever seen him this happy in a while."
"Me either." Jackson says walking up behind him. "You did good Derek."
"Well the nights not over yet because I still have something in store for him." Derek says. "This will undoubtedly be the best early birthday he's ever had."
That night
After saying goodbye to his friends from work Stiles walked Scott down to his car. " It means a lot that you came here Scott, I really missed you."
"I know, I missed you too and I promise that I will keep in touch." Scott reached over and pulled Stiles into a hug. "I love you."
Stiles smiled. "I love you too." When Scott pulled away he headed back inside where the others were cleaning up. Jackson and Derek were in the kitchen while Danny straighten up the livingroom. "Hey, did you know whatt Derek was planning?"
"Jackson just told me that Derek wanted to do something for you because you were down." Danny says. "And even if it was something major I doubt Jackson would tell me anything."
"What do you mean?" Asked Stiles.
Danny shrugged. "It's probably nothing but a while ago Derek told Jackson something that involved you and I've been trying to get Jackson to tell me what but he won't budge."
Stiles s frowned. "Do you think it's something bad?"
"Naw, Jackson's mood was to cherry after they got finish talking and he's doing everything possible not to tell me because he knows that I'll tell you." Gathering a few bags he headed to the kitchen just as there was a knock on the door. "Can you grab that for me?"
"Sure." Stiles walked over to the door and opened it but when he did his eyes grew wide as he couldn't believe who was standing on the other side.
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A/N Cliffhanger...wonder who's at the door?