Castling

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May twenty-first, two thousand fifteen...

"Liam, don't forget to pack your swim trunks!" a brunette Omega woman shouted from beside a king sized bed where she had a large tote bag that she was packing beach towels and sunscreen into beside the tote bag was an open suitcase with enough changes of clothes for two people to last at least three or four days.

"Mom, I can't find my sandals!" a ten-year-old boy shouted back from his own room which was a mess of clothes and shoes, on his twin sized bed was a duffle bag haphazardly packed with random things that he didn't even know because he was just throwing things into the bag.

"Whoa.. Buddy.. Noooo.. Your mom will strangle us both if we don't fix this mess." Derek had been passing his son's room and had caught sight of the aftermath of the apparent hurricane that had come through his kid's room..

"What mess?" The brunette Omega woman asked as she started to cross the hall ..

"No mess!".. Derek replied hastily as he darted out of the room, smoothly closing the door behind him, leaving his son giggling in the room and effectively hiding the mess.

From inside the room Liam could hear his mom ask "Oh really?.. No mess?.. Then what was that I heard about a mess?"

"Oh.. I was congratulating our magnificently neat child on packing his own bag without making a mess." the boy heard his dad reply making the kid giggle harder.

"Well.. I better check and make sure he doesn't forget anything.." Liam heard his mom say with playful skepticism in her voice.

"No, no.. We're good!.. I'll make sure he has everything!" His dad exclaimed.

His dad came back into the room faking wiping sweat from his brow mouthing the words "Close one.." but the door wasn't closed all the way and when the boy's dad neared the bed to help with the mess of the boy's bag, tge brunette Omega woman came in with an "Oh don't forget.." but then trailed off as she crossed her arms in mock stress but mischievous playfulness lit her eyes "Oh.. No mess, huh?"

"Busted.." Derek hissed "I'll distract her, you make a run for it.."

Liam grinned up at his dad and scampered towards the door and his mom went to grab him around the middle but his dad tackled his mom and started tickling her ..

"Nooo.. I've been thwarted!" Liam's mom said with laughter..

Liam joined in pouncing on his mom and the family of three were laughing..

"We're gonna be late!" Derek's wife shrieked with breathless giggles.

"My mom will understand.." Derek said as he kissed his wife..

"Ew.. No.. Not on my bed!" Their son groaned as he plopped well away from the grown ups.

Derek waggled his eyebrows at his wife..

"Help him pack his bag and I'll call your mom.. Tell her we're a few hours behind schedule?" Derek's wife said through hooded eyes up at her husband.

"Gross!" Liam exclaimed with a fake gag.

Derek nodded. "Come on, kiddo..".. He climbed off of the bed, freeing his wife to go back across the hall to make the call "Let's pack your bag and get this mess cleaned up.." then he winked at his wife who gave him a hip shimmy and wink in reply as she left the room.

The side of Derek's mouth was tugged up in a dopey grin..

Across the hall, Derek's wife had made the call and then shoved all the bags onto the floor, clearing the bed off but making a mess in the floor in the process.

Derek raised an eyebrow at the mess in the floor as he came in and shut the door behind him, his wife just playfully shrugged a bare shoulder at him.. Derek smirked and prowled up onto the bed, crawling up the length of his wife's legs, she was sitting, half leaning against the headboard with a pillow under her back.. He tugged her down until she was laying under him..

Three hours later, the small family of three were loading their bags into their car and Derek and his wife were sharing a secret smile that only they knew the meaning behind..

A long flight later, the family was landing on the opposite side of the United States from where they had just left..

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May twenty-second, two thousand fifteen..

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So they were more than a few hours late.. They had, had to get a new flight as they had missed their original flight, and then there was a lay-over, so the family of three didn't reach their destination until almost a whole day after they were meant to..

Their rental vehicle drove down a dirt road lined with trees on both sides, at the end of the road there was a large three story cabin.

A tall, raven haired woman walked elegantly down the stairs..

"What happened to only a few hours late?" the woman asked Derek with a raised eyebrow.

"Sorry, mom.." Derek said sheepish and bashful as he blushed and rubbed the back of his neck..

His mom looked to Derek's wife and then caught the woman's scent on the wind "Paige.. Are you?.."

Paige gave a giddy hop "We wanted it to be a surprise!"

"What?" Liam asked "What's a surprise?"

Paige looked to her mother-in-law then gave her son a sideways dart of her eyes.. Liam was Human, so he couldn't smell everything that the Werewolves and other Supernatural Beings in the family could smell an he was only ten and it was too soon to make any announcements since it was still so early..

"Um.. Cake!" Derek's mom replied hastily "Your mom is making cake for everyone it was supposed to be a surprise.."

"You could just say mom is having a baby, geez.." Liam said with a roll of his eyes.. "I know I'm not a Werewolf but I'm not deaf.. I heard mom and dad trying to whisper about it before we left." Liam was blushing scarlet...

Paige look astounded but happy as she gave her son a side hug and gave Derek a look and Derek shrugged with a sideways grin.

"I love happy news!" A woman squeed as she blurred past Derek's mom to hug Paige.

"Did everyone in the house hear?" Paige asked as Derek's whole family crowded onto the porch.

"Pretty much!" Derek's father replied happily as he came down the stairs and hugged his daughter-in-law..

"It happened.. I mean we found out just yesterday.." Paige said with a blush.. "It's why we're so late." She admitted with sheepish embarrassment.