Angel Flares

Ch 4: A Sky Full of Stars

After what felt like one hundred years had passed, Derek pushed away from Lydia and sighed, "So we have an accord, we take the week leading up to and over Stiles' birthday. And prepare for a Summer Vacation, as planed", he sighed.

Lydia nodded, it had taken a week, to put together everything, and both Stiles and Derek had been a bit distant towards each other.

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

Derek hummed and closed his eyes, "Sure", he muttered as he rested away from the screen, where a colorful schedule sat glaring brightly at him. Lydia found it amusing.

"Are you and Stiles fighting?" she asked and then hurriedly continued at his pointed frown, "It's just you're usually the only one allowed in his Bat cave and you haven't been to see him yet, it's been three days", she finally finished as she corrected something on her power-point presentation.

"Bat-cave? Seriously", he shook his head, "No, we're not fighting, after our lunch before this headache started", he pointed to the screen, "I had dinner with him, he said he was going to end up being busy finishing a few commissions, and he'd been struck with inspiration. Actually he went on for a while; the basic gist was he needed time and zero distractions. Apparently his focus only works when he's painting, all the white noise in his head ceases to exist and he can concentrate on his work", he explained going back to closing his eyes and almost falling asleep on her bed.

"How are you a distraction?" she wondered, "You, who enjoys brooding in shadows staring, silently", she commented teasing him.

"Who is the one person who can rile me up like no one else?" he asked waspishly.

"Stiles", she answered honestly. If ever there were two people who riled each other up, it was Derek and Stiles.

"Give the girl a prize", the werewolf snarked, and then promptly ignored her.

Oh... Well that did make sense. Lydia went back to her presentation, checking the dates and making sure everyone had received the mail she'd sent. She avoided sending it to Stiles, on occasion the whole affair had turned into an extravagant gift for the teen.

To McCall-Hale Pack and Satomi Pack:

Dear Pack Members;

The mail was sent to Scott, Kira, Isaac, Cora, Parrish, her mom, Melissa, the Sheriff, Liam, Mason, Brett, Danny, Mrs. Yukimura, Mr. Yukimura, Deaton and Satomi. It had the following words. A short but to the point message.

As per Derek Hale's request, we will have all been invited on a weeklong vacation to Turks and Caico Islands. A much needed reprieve from the hell that we have all been through. As per his request, it's an all-expenses paid trip. So no offer of money should be put on the table, to avoid any offense it might garner.

Please note as of the following dates, the trip will commence on these dates. Given the calls I made and in accordance with matching everyone's timetable, the dates are as follows: Date of Flight: 7th August, 2014 at seven in the evening. We will then have a cab service pick us up and drop us off at his Aunt's Summer House.

Please Note: Not a single word is to be uttered in the presence of one Stiles Stilinski. It's a gift to him; given that on August 8th it's his birthday. And this will be our (Derek's) gift to him, in regards to Flares .Most of us; we owe him our lives and our sanity.

Most of all we will all meet at The Hale Loft the day we'll be leaving. That's at exactly four in the evening. Pack accordingly. We have a week to get our affairs in order. Remember not a word to Stiles. Scott this is really is for you, Kira kiss him every time he tries to tell. Everyone knows Scott can't keep a secret from Stiles at all. In the end; please be on time.