Chapter 7

                                    

                                          
The next day was woken by a baby's cry, one not so happy and filled with small whimpers. Stiles had been in deep sleep when the sound of the small pup's cry resounded in the room. He shot up from the bed and rushed to Isaac as fast as he could. Hearing the sniffling and whimpers made his heart break. He grabbed him up and held him close, shushing the crying babe. He heard a noise behind him, a growl of sorts, and turned to see Derek in a crouched position on the bed with flashing red eyes and looking about the room, like he was going to kill whoever was in his territory and hurting his pup. 
                          
Stiles smiled softly as he finally got Isaac to calm down and he crawled back into the bed with said pup, reaching over and running his soft small hand across Derek's messy hair."It's okay Derek, we're safe." 
                          
Derek looked at the female and slowly came down from his protective stance, knowing now that they were safe. His eye's came back from their red color to their hazel green as he sighed. Laying back onto the bed and rubbing his face, trying to calm down from being scared shitless that his pup and mate were in danger. 
                          
Stiles smiled and sat himself comfortably on the bed, his back against the pillows with Isaac on the bed in between his stretched out legs. He ran his soft hand across those golden curls and started humming to the small boy, hopefully to keep the baby from crying out again. 
                          
Derek looked over from his laying position, watching the child sniffle and whimper and seeing how Stiles was letting the child calm down slowly instead of stopping it completely. Letting the child calm himself down, he remembered his own mother saying those same words with Cora as a child. How she needed to calm herself down and not have someone do it  for her. Stiles was doing the same right now. 
                          
Stiles smiled down at the pup,"What's wrong sweetie? Hungry or do you need a change?" He lifted the child up and patted the bottom of the baby, noting it was dry."Hungry huh?" 
                          
Isaac sniffled, sticking his thumb in his mouth and gave off whimpers. Stiles smiled and bent over, nuzzling his nose and lips against the pups cheeks. Scenting the baby with his own scent and giving off soft noises, not knowing those were wolf­like noises that mother wolves made to comfort their pups. 
                          
He turned to Derek who had been watching him and Isaac,"Mind getting a bottle for the hungry puppy?" He smiled. 
                          
Derek smirked a little and got up,"Sure. Did you have some already made in the fridge?" He raised an eyebrow at the smiling male turned female in his bed. 
                          
"Yeah, there should be at least four in the fridge. Also, grab one of the small zip lock baggies that are sitting on the counter by it, they're filled with different types of dry cereal. Grab the flakes." Stiles said as he played with Isaac who had finally fully calmed and started gnawing on his thumb and waving his little feet and hands about. 
                          
Derek nodded and left the room to go get the items needed. He came down the spiral stairs and noticed some of the pack members awake. Scott and Jackson were still sleeping along  with Erica, while the rest was relaxing or watching tv. 
                          
Lydia looked up from her phone as he came to the kitchen to grab the bottle and baggie. Setting the bottle in a pot of water to warm it up and doing what Stiles had told him to do as he grabbed himself some coffee that was already brewed by her."Morning sunshine." 
                          
Derek raised an eyebrow at her as he sipped his drink. Boyd snorted and continued to watch tv. Derek set his cup down and leaned against the counter as he waited for the milk to warm up, looking over at her with questioning eyes. 
                          
"We heard the baby."Alison said from her spot next to Scott. 
                          
Derek nodded,"Was hungry, Stiles has him." He sipped his coffee and went to check the bottle. It was at perfect temperature so he pulled it out and set aside the pot for later after dumping the water.