Beautiful Soul

Chapter 03: Meeting the Pack

Chapter 03: Meeting the Pack

Just like Derek had told Stiles, an hour later the pack was arriving just as Stiles finished feeding Talia. Noah and Melissa arrived first, and Noah swooped in taking hold of his granddaughter from Stiles. Stiles tried getting out of the baby sling, before giving up as Melissa walked over to him and took him out. Melissa smiled up at Stiles and kissed his cheek before she was setting the sling on the back of the lounge. Derek watched as Noah looked down at Talia before the older man kissed her. Talia giggled and reached for Noah's finger which he happily let her take.

"She's getting bigger Stiles," Melissa smiled at him, before she was walking over to Noah and looking down at the baby. "Scott can't wait to meet his niece,"

"I know..." Stiles said letting out a small yawn as Derek walked up behind him and wrapped his arms around his waist.

"Stiles will probably try and nap when she does," Derek smirked before he was kissing Stiles on the cheek and clasping the younger man's hand.

"He most definitely will," Noah laughed, cradling his granddaughter in his arms as he moved to sit down in the armchair. "You know the whole pack is itching to meet her,"

"Scott keeps annoying Isaac and myself," Melissa said, as she sat on the sofa while Derek and Stiles watched before Derek was leading Stiles into the kitchen. "Would you like any help?"

"We're good, I'm just making sure that Stiles actually manages to finish his breakfast," Derek laughed as Stiles hadn't finished the toast the Derek had made him before he'd gotten sidetracked by baby Talia.

"Stiles you need to remember to eat!" Noah said, as he started to rock Talia back and forth in his arms. "Melissa would you like her?"

Melissa grinned before she was taking Talia from Noah and giving the infant a snuggle. Talia smiled contently at Melissa as Derek left Stiles eating in his toast in the kitchen. Stiles leaned against the counter and closed his eyes savouring the cold toast, not for the first time. Derek was just about to sit down when he heard the rest of the pack trailing up the path to the house. Stiles opened his eyes and looked at Derek wide-eyed he was wasn't as prepared as he thought he was for everyone to see Talia.

"Stiles, baby breathe," Derek told him, before he was opening the door and Scott, Liam and Isaac were tumbling through and onto the floor. "Seriously?"

"I told them to just knock," Lydia said from where she, Jordan and Malia were standing.

"Come in, and not so loud," Derek said as he glared down at Scott, Isaac and Liam who were blaming each other.

"What! It was his fault!" Scott pointed at Isaac who rolled his eyes while Derek raised his and glared at him a little more. "It was,"

"I can tell when you're lying you remember that right?" Derek questioned stepping back as the pack walked into the house. It was once they were all inside that he noticed Corey and Mason were behind them.

"Where's Cora?" Lydia questioned before she quickly hugged Derek.

"She'll be here after lunch," Derek answered watching as Scott raced over to his mother and skidded to a halt in front of her. "Scott if you want to hold her you need to sit down, no one is handing you Talia,"

"Pops, is she okay?" Stiles questioned with a mouth of coffee as he walked back into the living room and had Lydia wrapping her arms around him.

"Stiles, sweetheart she's fine," Melissa smiled as she motioned to Talia contently in her arms snuggled close to her.

Stiles blinked he hadn't seen his father make the hand off to Melissa. Melissa smiled at Stiles as Scott sat down next to his mother and she carefully put Talia into his arms and made sure that the infant was being held securely. Scott looked at his mother and then down at Talia in his arms and smiled at her, before he looked up at Stiles. Isaac smiled as he looked at Scott with Talia and then at Derek who had a bigger smile than the day the two of them had married.

"Stiles, she's so tiny and cute," Scott smiled at his best-friend before Talia was grasping for his hand and grabbing hold of his finger.

"Oh we know, that's why you have to sit your ass down while you hold her," Stiles said, causing Derek to let out a laugh as he wrapped his arms around him. "What?"

"Really Stiles?" Noah raised his eyebrow at his son, who only moments earlier had had Talia attached to his chest.

"Okay she's making faces, why is she making faces?" Scott questioned, before he was scrunching up his nose and looking down at her and then back up at Derek who quickly took her.

"Someone forgot to burp her after he fed her," Derek stated as he looked at Stiles who gulped, he knew he forgot something that morning. "We worked out that she farts when she's not burped," Derek put Talia up to his shoulder and started to pat her back gently until she burped and a little milky liquid dripped onto his shirt. "Who would like to hold her now?"

Lydia smiled and walked over to Derek and carefully took Talia in her arms and held her before she was walking around rocking Talia back and forth. Stiles smiled at Lydia watching as his former crush and now one of his best-friends held his daughter. Noah glanced at Stiles and smiled seeing how proud he was that his two best-friends loved his daughter. Isaac sat on the couch to hold Talia as he was afraid that he would drop her, while Liam was just scared to hold her at all. Before Mason, Corey and Jordan could hold her Talia was handed back to Derek who set her in her crib as she drifted off to sleep.

"How many months is she now?" Lydia asked, as Malia peered into the crib she'd been nervous about holding her and Scott being made to sit before he could hold her just made her not want to hold her at all.

"She was born September fourth, so she's a little over four months," Derek answered watching as Stiles started counting on his fingers.

"We've known each other now for nine years...maybe not as friends for that entire time but we're closer now than we've ever been," Stiles announced, he'd had an ulterior motive for everyone visiting them on that day. As he spoke Derek looked at him and couldn't help but let out a snort.

"Stiles, what are you getting at?" Scott questioned, raising his eyebrow at his best-friend and brother from where he was sitting next to Melissa.

"Can we...can we reminisce?" Stiles questioned, earning a smile from Scott who nodded they all knew that they hadn't exactly told Mason, Corey, Liam and Jordan how they came to be even if Jordan was one of them.

"Of course," Scott smiled at him, Derek groaned and rested his chin on Stiles' shoulder and looked them. "How about once Cora, Peter and Chris get here?"

Stiles pouted before Derek was shutting him up and kissing him while Melissa peered into the crib again as Talia slept soundly. Noah sat watching and thinking about what he could tell them, they'd all grown to trust one another in the last nine years despite all the ups and downs. Stiles glanced at his father before Derek was kissing him again.