Chapter 3 – Moving in Day and First Meetings with the Pack.

Saturday morning and the Magus-Hale house was a state of organised Chaos. Melissa was moving her stuff in that morning and Scott and Jackson were helping her. Derek was running around trying to get Drew up and ready, Damion was cooking breakfast for four hungry wolf appetites and two humans and Drew was running circles around Derek doing anything but getting ready.

It was a big day for all as the Pack were getting introduced to the newest Pup. Derek and Damion had explained to Drew as best they could about Werewolves and had shown him their shifting into beta form, Drew had been scared at first and hid behind Damion's leg, and then when he realised it was still Derek, he thought it looked really cool to the point he wanted his eyes to glow too.

They had then showed him the Alpha form they could both take as well. Derek had gone first and Drew had ended up riding on his back and scratching behind Derek's ears making Derek growl and huff in pleasure. When Damion had shown him his, Drew sat there opened mouthed at the Wings for several minutes then wanted to go flying. They had managed to dissuade him on that but his prize possession was now a feather from one of Damion's Wings and a fang from Derek that had been knocked out in training and been replaced when he shifted back.

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Apart from Melissa, Jackson, Scott and Allison the rest of the Pack had given them the space to allow him to settle in, and Drew was really unsure about meeting the others. His two Daddies were always there for him and Melissa was moving in too, something about him getting a new brother or sister. He knew that the Pack was family but what the really meant beyond the experience of Pack with his two Daddies' and Melissa he wasn't sure.

Derek finally persuaded him to get dressed and while he was playing quietly in his room Derek had gone to help Scott and Jackson shift a wardrobe. Melissa was in her new room un-boxing and Damion was cooking breakfast. Drew thought to himself if he was going to meet the rest of the Pack then he wanted to show off his new Choo-Choo train that Daddy Derek had gotten him. It was on a high shelf in the book case and just out the little boys reach, he knew everyone was busy so he was going to get it himself so he was ready to go with Fang his wolf pup and the Choo-Choo train.

Setting Fang by the door to stand guard, he went to the book shelf and started to pull himself up the levels until he was half way up the case. He reached to grab the train and standing on tip toes to give him more height he reached further and further over. Gravity then took hold and as the five your old grabbed the train he overbalanced and plummeted from the book shelf.

Melissa heard the crash and dropping the box she was holding ran to Drew's room, the little boy was sitting on the floor in tears his knee scraped up and the train in parts. Melissa ran to him and cuddled him and rubbed his back like she had done with Scott to calm him down. "What happened little man?" She asked him softly, hearing the sound of four wolves charging up the stairs.

Drew sat there sniffing and when he spoke it was through his sobs. "I wanted… to take my new Choo-Choo… to show Pack and climbeded up to get it… and felled down and hurt my knee… Mummy 'Lissa it really, really hurts."

The little boy looked up at here with big tear filled eyes and Melissa drew him into a cuddle and made shushing noises "Let me kiss it better ok" She leant down and kissed the skinned knee.

Damion, Derek, Scott and Jackson had held fire at the door; Melissa looked over at them and shrugged apologetically at being called Mummy. Damion looked at Derek and Derek met his eyes and smiling, nodded, Damion returned the gesture and both of them moved into the room. "Did Mummy Lissa kiss and make it better?" He asked and Melissa shot him a grateful look.

Drew sniffed and nodded. "Here let Daddy Derek and Me help make it better too." Both Derek and Damion crouched down and joined in the hug and they both kissed the skinned knee and they both licked it as well.

Drew giggle at the funny sensation of the licks "Daddies are licking me." He squealed at Melissa.

Derek ruffled his hair and said "Pup, you know we're Pack, and that's what wolfs do when another of the Pack is hurt they lick the wound to make it better, see." He pointed to the skinned knee and Drew saw that it had stopped bleeding and looked less raw than it had. He sniffed again and wiped away his tears and smiled. The three adults hugged him again.

From the middle of the hug Drew asked in perfect five year old logic. "If Daddy Derek and Daddy Damion are my new Daddy's and Mummy Lissa is my new Mummy. Does that make Scotty who's Mummy Lissa little boy my new brother?"

Damion and Derek exchanged looks with Melissa who nodded and looked over at Scott and Jackson who were both grinning. Derek answered "Uh-huh Pup, Scotty is your big brother and so is Jacks."

Jackson looked stunned and pleased to be included and started to tear up, Scott pummelled his shoulder and joked about him being a Girl for getting weepy.

Drew piped up "Does that make you and Daddy Damion, Scotty's and Jacks Daddy's too?"

Derek grinned wickedly and looking at the pair who had stopped goofing said "Yes it does Pup, we've been raising those too Pups for a while, and your still better behaved." He ruffled Drew's hair again and Scott and Jackson frowned at the implication.

Scott added "I'm still not calling either of you, Daddy." To which numerous stuff toys got thrown at him.

Melissa sat there drinking in her new Family, it was bizarre and strange and scary at times, but her son and Allison, and these two men and Drew and the extended family of the Pack had filled in her heart something that she had never know she truly missed, a big and loving family. She started to tear up as she through of the added honour and privilege of being mum to Drew as well the little one to come and the unconditional way that she had been accepted. Damion and Derek embraced her and Drew added his and then Scott and Jackson joined in.

The group sat there on the floor hugging each other until Damion sudden shouted "The croissants!" and the group rushed down stairs to salvage breakfast.

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Given the morning they had they were running half an hour late to the Pack gathering. As the cars pulled into the Wolf Lair's drive they saw Allison's SUV parked already. Getting out of the cars they could smell the Bar-B-Queue that was going in the back garden.

When it had become obvious to the Damion of the Packs preference to cook outdoors he had converted a good sized area to large charcoal cooking pits and rotisserie smokers, the area was covered over with a permanent roof and could be heated as well when it got cold. It was the favourite spot for the weekend gatherings that started on Friday night's and stretched all the way through to the end of Sunday. Stiles and Danny were tending the pits, Stiles in his customary white Chefs hat and the infamous 'Goose the Chef' apron which Danny took as an invitation any time he could.

Lydia was talking to Allison who at ten months pregnant was looking like she would drop any day now. It had taken her as a surprise when she found out that Werewolves tended to be pregnant for ten and half months, Scott had ended up sleeping on the couch for two weeks.

Melissa headed down to the seating area with Scott and Jackson, Derek went to head over to the cooking area when Damion snagged his jacket and motioned behind them. Drew was standing nervously at the edge of the grass a worried look on his face, now more than ever his coincidental resemblance to Derek showed with his sharp features and black hair spiked, the hazel green eyes frowning and the leather bike jacket the Derek had found for him. Damion privately thought that Derek had gotten one of every size so he would never grow out of them. He had his little rucksack on the ground and Fang was gripped tightly in his arms.

Both headed to him and hunkered down to his level. "What's up Pup?" Damion asked while Derek placed a hand on Drew's shoulder lightly holding on, both looking concerned.

"I scared..." Drew said in a hushed voice.

Damion quirked an eyebrow and asked. "What's scaring you Drew? This is the Pack, and our Family, they're all here to meet you" Derek nodded in agreement.

Drew scrubbed his toes in the dirt and his head dropped down more. "What if Pack don't like me, and Daddy Damion and Daddy Derek send me away like Phersons."

Derek could see the tears welling up at the sides of Drew's eyes and swept him up into his arms, followed by Damion embracing him as well. Damion didn't know how else to try and assure the little boy who had lost so much already, the McPherson had looked at adopting a younger child and when none were forthcoming they had gone slightly older but hadn't factored in that the child would have problems. Drew's clinginess and the night mares that he had, didn't fit in with their lifestyles and within two months had returned him and pulled out of the adoption program. Damion personally wanted to rip them apart for not considering everything before getting this little boys hopes up, Derek had be incandescent with rage and had had to spend the day destroying a large track of woodlands to work it out of his system.

Damion sighed and said to Drew. "Honey, nothing you could do or say would ever make me or Daddy Derek want to give you up or leave you behind or go away. We knew the moment that we saw you that you were going to be part of our Family, like what we knew with everyone here. Apart from Scott and his Mummy no one here is related, but we have all come together and are one big Family, our Pack, and you my little pup are its newest member. You are our son in every way except by birth and nothing will never ever change that."

Drew mumbled in a trembling voice "Not nothing?"

Derek answered "Not nothing in a million billion gazillion years. You can say or be anything and do whatever you want and you will always be our Pup first and foremost."

Drew made a sniffling noise clinging to Derek and Damion quietly crying, the rest of the Pack had heard the exchange and seen what was happening and started to gather. First Melissa, Scott, Allison and Jackson joined the embrace, then Danny, Stiles and Lydia. They stood there embracing this lost little boy and trying to undo the damage of being alone for so long in his young life with the best weapon they had, their love as a Family.

Stiles muttered from the huddle "How come he gets to make wet spots on Derek's jacket?"

Derek growled and replied "Try it and your dead Stilinski."

It was the moment that everyone needed to break the tension, first Drew started giggling then Scott joined in laughing and so on till the group was all smiling and laughing. The hug broke and as a group the headed down to the Bar-B-Queue area.

Damion then did introductions to the rest of the Pack. "Drew this is Uncle Stiles and Uncle Danny. This is Auntie Lydia and Auntie Allison you met briefly."

Drew looked up at the group and smiled self consciously "Dose Auntie Ally have a baby in her tummy?" he asked.

Scott smiled and said "That's right Pup, Auntie Ally and me are having a little Pup of our own. That will make you his or her Cousin when they come out."

"Really?" Drew asked.

Allison nodded and said "Uh-huh."

Danny came over and hunkered down rather than loom over the little boy. "Uncle Stiles and me are making lunch. We have burgers and ribs and hotdogs and fries. What would you like?"

Drew thought about it for a minute and looking at Derek asked "All of them?"

Derek smiled and nodded. The Bar-B-Queue then settled down into its normal run of affairs after lunch while Melissa, Allison and Lydia watched the boys played lacrosse and showed Drew how to play. Even Damion joined in, Drew and him winning against the others three times out of the five games. Then the evening meal was a continuation of the Bar-B-Queue and dessert was fruit pies and Ice Cream.

After the meal the ladies went inside with Drew and the other wolves went for a run. Allison hated missing out but she knew it wouldn't be good for the little one just now. Drew also wanted to go but was convinced to stay with Mummy Lissa with the promise of when he was older and still wanted to he could.

Allison watched from the back sitting room as the men stripped down for the run, she sighed "I miss running with Scott."

Lydia looked up from her magazine, "Not long now and you'll be out hunting with them again."

Melissa came in after settling Drew down for the night. "He put up a fight but sleep won out in the end, Scott was a lot like that as well when he was Drew's age."

Lydia smiled "He looked so cute in that outfit, just like a mini Derek."

Allison laughed "I know, Damion said that was all Derek's idea. I would never have pictured him as such a big softie."

Melissa smiled "He's good with him, and so is Damion. Natural fathers after dealing with you lot all these years I think. That's one of the reasons I've no reservations about surrogating for them."

Lydia nodded, and said with a slight frown "it's a big commitment and I know they are so grateful you said yes. I wish I could have, but I couldn't risk passing this on."

Allison came over and sat next to Lydia and put her hand on her shoulder. "We understand Lydia, really we all do. Your gifts are amazing but the price that comes with them is a lot. If you and Jackson want to I'm sure that you will adopt. I think he would like that."

Lydia sighed in a positive manner "Yes, after everything that his adoptive parents, then Damion and Derek have done for him, I know he does and I support him. We were talking about getting married as well. I know we have an unusual relationship but I think we do love each other, just in our own way."

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The hunt and play had lasted for hours so they finally got back to the Wolf Run after midnight. Derek and Damion had brought down a magnificent stag, Scott Jackson and Danny had taken down a younger buck. Stiles had gotten distracted and ended up with a Bunny. They had eaten their fill of the Deer and then dressed the remaining meat so that none would go to waste. The Carcases were left for the other animals.

After getting back and washing in the outside shower to clean up the dirt and blood they headed their rooms. Within half an hour of getting back a little figure clutching a cuddly wolf appeared at the door, Damion pushed the covers down patted the space between them.

Drew climbed up; he asked in a quiet voice "Is it really kay?"

Derek answered "Course it is Pup, you're not the only one." They settled down and Drew was soon sound asleep.

Around ten past two another figure appeared at the door. Jackson stood at the threshold unsure about coming in looking like the five year old had, especially after seeing Drew sleeping in the middle of the bed. Derek smirked and rolled his eyes at Damion. They both slid over and Derek gently rolled Drew over to make room in the middle of the bed. Damion rolled the covers down and patted the space. Jackson carefully crept up the bed and got in, he said quietly "I wasn't sure if there was going to be space..."

In the one sentence his underlying fears and abandonment issue that he kept inside were laid bare and he was like the little five years old that had been left alone again. Damion ruffled his hair affectionately "Pup, we always have room for you no matter what."

Derek added his own ruffling and said "You were our first adopted son in fact if not in name, no reason to change the sleeping arrangements now we have added to the Pack. But if you want your own Fang you'll need to let us know."

Jackson blushed slightly and squirmed down to get comfy.

Around five am the migration, as Damion called it, started. Scott and Allison made their way quietly along the corridor to the Master bedroom. Stopping at the threshold they exchanged glanced and both giggled slightly, Scott said "I wish I had a camera."

Damion and Derek were on either side of the bed; Drew was next to Derek and was cuddled into him. Jackson was next to Damion and was cuddled into him at the same time he was cuddling Fang the Wolf. Damion's voice drifted over quietly "Don't worry it's already taken care of."

Almost silently they made out Jackson saying "Balls..."

Scott and Allison grabbed pillows from the pile and got into the bed at the bottom corner on Derek's side. Within ten minutes Danny and Stiles made an appearance, Stiles was still half asleep and dragging his pillow, the both got in at the bottom on Damion's Side.

Stiles asked in a sleepy voice. "Was Jackson cuddling a wolf?"

Jackson replied with a growl "Go to sleep Stilinski".

Finally Lydia appeared, it had taken her the longest to get used to the idea of the Pack on this level, she was normally the last to join in but she wouldn't miss it now for anything. She commented to no one in particular. "I know what Jackson getting for his birthday."

Jackson just growled, but still held on to Fang.

Around eight thirty they were woken to a repeated clicking sound, Melissa stood at the door and was taking pictures with her camera. "Talk about a Puppy pile, ever Drew's in on the act." Drew had rolled over during the night and both he and Jackson was share cuddling Fang while they slept, both looking content with the world.