𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐒
she may look innocent, but she knows how to lead her mark

AFTER STILES SPENT hours comforting a scared Hope, Melissa and Scott had come home and spent the rest of that night and the next day making the blonde feel better. They had movie night, went out for ice cream, even went ice skating which was hilarious due to Melissa falling a thousand times. Overall, it was a great day, and the siblings decided to have a little get together in the woods that night.

So, here they were, in the woods, having a blast. Malia had brought the booze with her from her father's stash, and Rebekah was the one who brought the music. It wasn't too loud to where they would get in trouble by any nearby houses, but it was loud enough for them to drown out the world and to just have some fun with friends.

"This party is great," Hayley said as she and Kol appeared out from the trees, holding up some booze. The good kind. Even though Hayley was Hope's mother - not that any of them knew that - but, she saw how out of it Hope was so she decided to be the cool mom.

"Where's Klaus and Elijah?" Hope asked as she approached them with a wide smile on her face. Nobody could tell if it was fake or not, hell, Hope probably didn't even know the difference anymore, either.

Hayley swallowed as she looked her daughter in the eyes. "Oh, um, they thought they were too old for parties in the woods."

Hope nodded her head before raising a brow. "What about you?" She then gasped and covered her mouth. "Oh, my god! I'm sorry. I don't think you're old, actually, you're very beautiful and have a glow."

Hayley chuckled and laid a hand on her daughter's shoulder with a fond smile. "It's fine. I'm actually only twenty one." Or she was when she was turned over sixteen years ago.

"Oh." Hope bobbed her head before gesturing to the area where they had bottles of booze sitting. "You're the only one that's legal to drink. Just don't say anything."

Hayley places a finger to her lips. "I promise. This is our little secret."

"Thanks!" Hope pulled the older woman into a quick hug before running over to Malia who was dancing to the music widely.

"I overheard Stiles saying that last night Hope had a breakdown and had a dream about the ancestors. Not that she knows that they are the ancestors, though," Rebekah informed the young mother who was watching her daughter with sad eyes. "Something is happening to her and we need to get to the bottom of it before she ends up hurt."

Hayley nodded and sent a quick text to Klaus explaining what Rebekah said, and told him to watch out for any suspicious people. "Okay. I told Klaus. Now, are goal is to keep my daughter happy and finally allow her to act like the teenager she is."

"Hey, mischief!" Hope shouted as she jumped onto Stiles' back. She giggled as he stumbled and had to be steadied by Malia who laughed at them. "How are you on this fine night?" She asked as she laid her head on his shoulder.

"I'm good, how are you?" He asked with a small smile as she slid off his back to stand in front of him. He searched her face with his hazel eyes for any sign of a panic attack.

"As long as you're here, I'm fine." Hope smiled up at him, brushing her blonde hair behind her ear with a blush rising up to her cheeks.

Stiles blushed heavily too, and started stuttering over his words. "I - I am, I just..." He chuckled through his words as her eyes lit up and she giggled. "I'm glad that you're back, even if things aren't alright."

Her smile faltered slightly before it was back on her face, but even bigger this time. "I'm glad that I'm back, too. I love you guys so much." She was quick to place a kiss on his cheek before running towards Scott who scooped his sister into a hug. "Hey, Scotty."

He smirked as he glanced behind her at Stiles who was touching his cheek with a smile. "Are you going to continue to tease him or what?"

Hope's eyes widened before she gave him a confused expression. "What are you talking about?"

"I know you like Stiles. You need to tell-"

She cut him off as she shouted, "Liam!" She ran towards the newest member of the pack. She pulled the blue eyed boy into a hug before pulling away and asking, "how do you like the get together so far?"

He smiled and rubbed his neck as he studied her. "It's pretty fun. Better than the last party we were at that ended up with hunters trying to kills us."

She grimaced. "Yeah... true."

"This is bloody boring," Rebekah stated and changed the music to something more upbeat, and then turned it up. "Let's have some fun, people!" She grabbed Scott's hands and pulled him onto the dance floor. "I would be dancing with that chiseled chest wolf, but he doesn't seem to be showing up. So, you're my victim tonight."

Scott nervously laughed, glancing over at Isaac who chuckled at them.

"Mischief... you want to dance?" Hope approached her crush with a sheepish smile. When Stiles simply grabbed her hand and twirled her, she giggled loudly.

They ended up having fun for the rest of the night, not knowing what tomorrow would bring.