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These drabbles can be read chronologically or not. Dealer's choice. I'm writing them in a progression style but they all pretty much stand alone.

Isaac's bare feet pad across the loft, still damp from his shower, as he goes to the kitchen to get some breakfast.

He sees Derek already there, standing at the kitchen island, sipping a cup of coffee out of his green mug. A smile crawls on his lips when he sees his blue mug across from him, thinks about making some sort of snark like 'What? Did you want birthday breakfast too?' but frowns when he sees a plain envelope beside it.

"What's this?"

"Something for you," Derek says, still very focused on his coffee.

"Isn't it your birthday?" Isaac jokes but Derek rolls his eyes.

"Just open it."

The Beta decides not to 'poke the bear' anymore and does as he's told. The envelope isn't actually sealed, so Isaac just has to lift the flap to pull out the letter. "W-What is this?" He asks, looking up at Derek after scanning the black printed font on the heavy paper over and over again.

"Your acceptance letter to college," Derek tells him, sipping his coffee again. Calm, as always.

"But I didn't apply."

"I did for you." Isaac stands a little straighter, confused. It must be written over his face because Derek sits down his cup, palms resting against the counter, and explains. "Your grades are good. You might be able to get a scholarship even if you don't get one for lacrosse. But even if you don't the tuition isn't that steep. You wouldn't have to take out any loans if you use your trust. I applied for you as an art major, because of your drawings. I scanned some samples out of your book and they must have liked them. But if you want to study something else you can. They have a good art program but I'm sure they-"You want me to leave?"

Derek stops and looks up from the counter with wide eyes. "What? No why-"The campus for this school is over three hours away. I can't commute. I'd have to move!"

"Isaac-"And who even said I wanted to go here! I've never seen the campus, looked at the curriculum, anything!" Isaac can feel the edge of a panic attack coming. He hasn't had one in a long time, since the motel, but he'll always know what it feels like when one is coming.

"You don't have to go there. You can go somewhere else. You're a smart kid. You'll get in."

"I don't want to go anywhere else! I don't want to go anywhere!"

Somewhere in the back of his mind, Isaac thinks that's funny. There had been a time when he wanted nothing more than to get away from this place, from this town. Go far, far away where no one could find him. But he never thought he would.

Now, that he doesn't want to leave, he's getting pushed out. He'd laugh at the irony if he wasn't so close to a panic.

Derek squares a serious look at him and says "Isaac, you can't expect to have a future without a college education. You need to go to school."

"You didn't!"

"I did." Derek tells him sullenly and looks back in his eyes. "I dropped out before I could finish, because of Laura, because I had to come back here."

Isaac gulps and looks back down at the paper. "Why do you want me to leave?"

There's a heavy sigh from the Alpha before he speaks again. "I don't want you to leave. But this is important. You need to not only gain this new knowledge but also expand your horizons. The change will be good for you."

"I don't want to leave you."

"Well…actually I was thinking about that too." Derek rubs the back of his neck, looks up at Isaac through his lashes before looking back down at the counter. "It's been quiet around here. Peter says that he's heard from some chatter amongst other packs about how we drove the Alpha Pack off. If they know we can do that then there shouldn't be any werewolf threats anytime soon. And if there is it isn't that far. Cora and Peter would be here to let me know if anything happens, can handle most small threats while most of the pack is away." He looks back up at Isaac again; his face serious but eyes saying that he's obviously scared. "I think the change would do us both good."

Isaac is surprised that the paper of his acceptance letter doesn't rip under his white knuckle grip.

Derek wanted to come with him? He wasn't kicking him out, pushing him away?

He could go to college, and study art like he always wanted, and leave this place where so many ghost still tried to haunt both him and Derek, and Derek was going to come with him?

This has to be a dream. And if it is he doesn't want to wake up.

"Yeah, I think the change would do us both good too."

Later, he folds the letter back up and puts it between the pages of his sketch book for safe keeping. For now, Isaac and Derek sip there coffees and Isaac makes them breakfast.

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