Hello all! This is my first Teen Wolf story, and my first chapter story in a while, so I may be a little rusty...however, I'm very excited about where this is going, so enjoy!
Chapter 1: There Are Lights On At The Hale House
The first thing he noticed about her was her knees.
Yes, that was a weird thing to notice about her, he was perfectly aware of that, thank you. But even though he had officially and finally moved on from trying to get with Lydia, he still had yet to break the habit of comparing other girls to her. It was slightly less unhealthy at this point - he would just think of the differences, rather than thinking that Lydia's insert-feature-here was better. So, that's why he noticed Jamie Grant's knees. The last time he had noticed Jamie Grant was in the second grade, when he was waiting to see the principal and she had come in to see the nurse with blood gushing out of her knee. Back then she had been a gap toothed tomboy with tangled white-blonde hair. Now, her hair was more of a golden yellow color, she actually brushed it, and a round of braces had aligned her teeth. And, Stiles was happy to say the scrape had healed just fine.
Stiles had been sent to the athletic trainer's room mid practice after sustaining, quite frankly, a hard fall on his ass. Greenburg, who was a rather large guy, had plowed straight into Stiles' torso, sending the smaller guy flying through the air and landing hard on one half of his backside. Now, Stiles wasn't normally one to panic, but since he heard a pop and felt a shooting pain across his back and some in his leg, he chose to go ahead and freak out. Thus why he was sent to the trainer's room to wait for the physical therapist, and why he was noticing Jamie Grant's knees as she sat next to his table on a rolling stool, a physics book open on her lap. Lydia's knees were small and delicate looking; they looked like the knees of someone who had not played outdoors as a child or participated in any sport ever. Jamie's knees had bruises all around and were surrounded by thick muscle with a thin scar going down one of them. Surgery, perhaps?
"ACL tear," she spoke up suddenly, causing Stiles to snap out of his reverie.
"Uh, what?" he said, trying to keep his cool.
"You were looking at my scar with a perplexed look on your face. It's from ACL repair surgery," she replied with a friendly smile. Haha, so Stiles was correct! Then, with a jolt, he realized he had probably just come off as super creepy.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to like, stare or anything," he stuttered, once again willing himself to keep cool.
"Oh, no, you weren't. I'm just kind of creepy observant like that," she said, with the same look of panic in her eyes that Stiles felt. He felt himself relax, glad he wasn't the only one out of countenance.
"It's cool, I know that feeling. Sometimes I feel like Shawn Spencer, only hopped up on ADHD meds."
"Right? And you have to pretend you don't notice some stuff 'cause then people will think you're really weird," she excitedly replied.
"I uh…usually just end up looking really weird." Stiles admitted with a grin. "It's alright though, my friends are used to it by now."
"If only I were so lucky," she replied just as the PT came into the room.
"Okay, Mr…uh…" the PT looked down at the sheet in his hands, and Stiles recognized the perplexed look adorning the man's face, he was trying to figure out his first name.
"You can just call me Stiles," he said quickly, avoiding the situation. Birth name in front of a pretty girl? Nope, not today, or ever, thanks.
"Okay Stiles, go ahead and explain what happened," he said as he took the stool that Jamie had vacated. Stiles retold the story, pointing out the areas where he had pain, describing how he felt he couldn't walk right and felt crooked. The man nodded, going along with Stiles and his elaborate hand gestures and verbose story-telling (which were really more for Jamie's benefit than the therapist's), until finally he stopped him halfway through a sentence, "I'm just going to check a few things and we'll see if we can't straighten you out some."
"Sounds good, Doc," Stiles said, trying to be nonchalant (but when had Stiles and that descriptor ever coexisted, really?). The therapist had him lay on his back, pulled up his shirt and started feeling his hip bones. Stiles kept his eyes on the ceiling, trying to once again appear composed. That plan started failing when the therapist then moved on to feeling his pubic bone. Though there was no inappropriate touching, he still felt like his ears had turned into small space heaters fueled by his embarrassment. The therapist had him flip over, feeling his lower back and - gasp - his butt bones before finishing his assessment.
"Your hip bone slipped away from your sacrum when you fell," he explained as Stiles rolled back over onto his back.
"Awesome. That sounds wonderful," Stiles muttered sarcastically, the embarrassment from the situation adding to his pain.
"What's wonderful? You okay?" Scott asked as he walked into the room, tracking in mud. Practice must have finished while Stiles waited here.
"He'll be fine in just a moment," the therapist replied calmly.
"My pelvis is broken," Stiles said, sighing dramatically and tossing an arm over his eyes for added flair.
"Not broken, just a little out of place," Jamie jumped in, trying to be encouraging. Stiles appreciated the effort, but his pride was still stinging a little from the assessment.
"I'll actually need your help to put it back in," the therapist said to Scott. "I don't think Jamie here is big enough to hold him down."
"What?!" Stiles said, whipping him arm away from his widened eyes. He tried to jump up off the table before realizing that his back still hurt a lot.
"Jamie, go grab an ice pack for afterwards, would you please?" the therapist requested blandly, ignoring Stiles' outburst. Jamie nodded, her blonde ponytail swinging as she walked to the other side of the little clinic. The therapist had Scott lay across Stiles' torso, effectively holding him down.
"Now, it may take a few pulls, but you will feel much better afterwards," he assured whilst grabbing the injured boy's ankle and pulling his leg out to the side.
"I'm not so sure that - HEY!" Without warning, the therapist jerked his leg, sending a shooting pain through his back. Without waiting for another outburst (Scott was smirking like he was enjoying this), the therapist jerked again. The third time, a loud pop echoed through the room, and suddenly most of the pain was gone. Stiles let out a sigh of relief, his whole body relaxing down onto the table.
"Well played, Doc. Well played indeed," he murmured.
"One more thing. Push into my hands," the therapist instructed, pulling his knees up and putting his hands on the outside of them. Stiles gave him an odd look, but complied. He then moved his hands to the inside of his knees. "Okay, don't let me pull your knees apart."
If Stiles had known that his pubic bone was going to pop back into place with the sound like a shotgun he would have just lived the rest of his life with it off set, thank you very much.
He let out a few choice words, shamelessly grabbing himself in surprise. Scott, being the wonderful and loyal friend that he was, was leaning against the wall laughing hysterically at his best friend's pain. Even Jamie was trying to hide her giggles as she had him turn over onto his stomach, laying an ice pack across his back.
"I think I'm dying," he muttered into the mat, his voice muffled.
"Oh you're fine. Trust me, it's better to pop it back in now than wait," Jamie said, gently patting his shoulder a couple times. He heard rustling beside him, and turned to see the girl packing up her stuff.
"You're leaving me here to wallow? And here I thought we had a connection," Stiles said cheekily. Scott raised an eyebrow - that was a pitiful attempt at a flirtation.
"Sorry, good sir, but since you all are off the field, it's our turn now," she replied with a smile, grabbing a pair of cleats from the floor.
"Soccer?" Scott asked, slowly realizing why she looked familiar.
"Yessir!" she replied, pulling out a knee brace before standing up.
"Then I guess we'll be seeing you again on Thursday," Scott said.
"Oh yes, I simply can't wait to share a bus with all you sweaty, smelly, lacrosse guys," she said, wrinkling her nose.
"And I'm sure a bunch of soccer girls smell like a field of flowers," Stiles retorted with a brazen grin.
"But of course!" she said with a smile. "See you guys later." And with a wave, she was out the door.
"DUDE WHAT?!" Stiles exploded as soon as the door closed. "Since when were we sharing the bus with the soccer girls on Thursday?"
"Since Coach told us at the end of practice today. Apparently Beacon Hills High has a shortage of buses," Scott said with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.
"Imagine that," Stiles replied scornfully. "But hey, now we can try and get in with the girls' soccer team, hey-o!" he added, throwing up his hand for a high five. Scott rolled his eyes and smiled, slapping his hand against Stiles'. "Follow up question, when did Jamie Grant get so hot?"
"Like two years ago, dude."
"How did I miss this?!"
"You were busy being obsessed with Lydia," Scott said dully, giving him a pointed look.
"That accursed siren," Stiles bristled without any heat, shaking his head. See, this was good! He could make fun of his heartbreak now!
"Stiles, you're done. Free to go," the therapist called from across the clinic, not looking up from his paperwork.
"Awesome, let's hit the road," he said, sliding off the table and grabbing his gear. The two guys went through the halls to the locker room while Scott filled Stiles in on what had happened during the rest of practice. Apparently there were a couple new players that were brought up from JV that had a lot of talent, upping their chances for doing well in district.
"See, I'm telling you, this year is going to be different. Things are finally looking up for us, Scotty-boy," Stiles said, clapping a hand on Scott's shoulder as they exited the school building. As they walked towards the parking lot, they could see the soccer girls running drills under the stadium lights of the field.
"Maybe," Scott relented, grinning at his best friend. They parted ways at the parking lot, Stiles heading home in his Jeep and Scott on his motor bike.
The evening held nothing for Stiles except homework and video games - no dangerous outings, no life threatening events, no werewolves. Stiles' phone was silent all night, and even though that would be depressing to any other teenager, he welcomed the silence. Silence meant no one was dying. Stiles went to bed calm and relaxed.
Then had a literal rude awakening at 3 in the morning in the form of Derek standing over his bed (talk about a living nightmare).
"SHITFUCKDAMN!" Stiles yelped, flailing and falling out of the bed.
"Get up, Scott and Cora are downstairs," he said.
"Nice to see you too, Derek. It's been such a long month without you," Stiles grumbled sarcastically, standing up in as angry a manner as he could muster.
"Whatever. Tuck yourself back in and let's get going," Derek said with a look, turning towards the window. Stiles looked down to find his boxers had shifted in his sleep, leaving him…exposed.
"Oh, sorry that my pajamas are making you uncomfortable. Since I was SLEEPING AND ALL!" he whisper-yelled at the werewolf as Derek jumped down from the window. Stiles continued muttering curses under his breath as he got dressed, getting down from his second story bedroom in the practiced manner. His back still tweaked in pain as he landed on the front yard, only serving to darken his mood further. Derek's tone wasn't urgent enough to implicate a dire emergency - in other words, nothing serious enough to have woken Stiles up.
"This better be good," he muttered as he got into the back seat of the Camaro next to Scott. Derek didn't answer, instead putting the car in drive and pulling out onto the road.
"Sorry," Scott said, with a truly apologetic look on his face.
"Scott only agreed to come if you did," Cora said from the passenger seat, sounding quite bored and tired herself. Stiles shot Scott a glare, but the werewolf just shrugged, the apologetic look still on his face.
"Bro. The fuck," he whispered. Scott gave him a pointed look, which Stiles interpreted to say, We're brothers, remember? And Stiles did remember. After everything that had happened in the past year, he realized he might be more offended if Scott didn't bring him along for whatever outrageous fiasco this was. He sighed, stiffening his resolve and looked forward to Derek and Cora.
"Okay, so what's going on that's so important you had to wake me up at the goddamn witching hour?" he asked. Maybe he was okay with coming along, but he was going to make sure they knew that this was ridiculous. The two Hales were silent in the front seat, which gave Stiles' mind more time to offer up wild speculations. "Wait, don't tell me it's actually witches?!"
"Don't be stupid, witches aren't real," Cora snapped. Stiles rolled his eyes so hard he was sure that each werewolf could practically hear it.
"Yea, neither are werewolves or druids," he said, adding a little extra bite to his sarcasm.
"There are lights on at the Old House," Derek said brusquely. Silence filled the car once again.
"Like…your old house?" Stiles asked. He knew as soon as it came out of his mouth it was a stupid question, but he was still sleepy and didn't quite know how to ask for clarification in an intelligent manner.
"Yes. The one that is half burned down and hasn't been connected to electricity in six years." Cora said, picking at the nail polish adorning her short nails.
"Is it just a squatter or something?" Scott asked, assuming Derek and Cora would have looked into it before coming to get them.
"That's the thing," Derek said, turning the car onto the trail drive leading to the Hale house. "There was no smell of human. Or electricity. Or even fire," he explained.
"Well what kind of light was it? TV light, Northern lights…"
"It looked like someone was home," Derek said shortly, pulling the car to a stop in sight of the house. Just as he said, lights shone through the windows as if the whole Hale family was home. Stiles half expected to see shadows pass through the windows, telling tales of the people inside. But the light didn't seem quite right - it seemed hyper-realistic, too saturated. It immediately made Stiles nervous. Based on the way Scott tensed next to him, he wasn't the only one feeling weirded out. Derek and Cora immediately exited the vehicle, but Scott and Stiles stayed behind for a moment.
"Any ideas?" Scott asked quietly.
"Not a clue." Stiles responded. The two boys stiffened their resolve before getting out of the car too.
As they walked towards the house, the hairs on the back of his neck started standing up. Their steps slowed the closer they got, and Stiles could hear his heart pounding in his ears. They all stopped at the foot of the porch stairs, staring at the closed front door, still splintered from the past year of abuse. Looks passed between the four, each silently willing the other to go first. After a minute of silence, Cora huffed, trudging up the steps and pushed the door open without hesitancy.
"Cora, wait-" Scott said, him and Derek rushing in after her. Stiles, with a gulp, followed in last.
Cora stood in the entry way, looking towards what was once the living room - the room where Kate died, where Peter was brought back to life. The odd light fell on her face, making her skin glow with a peculiar energetic quality. There were no lamps or light bulbs that Stiles could see - no source for the light. The three wolves were looking into the living area with a look of awe on their face, making Stiles quicken his steps.
"What's everybody…" he rounded the corner, stopping mid stride and mid sentence.
Laura Hale sat in an old, charred chair next to the fireplace. She was in one piece again, sitting bent forward with her elbows resting on her knees. Her eyes were downcast, her legs bouncing with nervous energy. Stiles immediately knew that this was not how she would have been in life - nervous did not describe any of the Hales. She looked real, but not alive - her body seemed to be overly imbibed with the light, shining with the odd hyper-realistic manner of the house. It was as if they were seeing her through the hazy glow of a memory.
"Laura?" Cora asked, her voice quivering so slightly that Stiles could just barely pick it up, while the other wolves heard her clear as a bell. The elder Hale's eyes snapped up, the colors of the irises flat and stone-like.
"Cora. Derek," she said, her eyes sliding over to her brother. Her eyes continued to Scott and Stiles, her brows furrowing in confusion. "I don't know you."
"Laura, what's going on?" Derek said, his tone sounding less like a question and more like a demand. Laura's eyes flitted around the room, unable to focus on a single point for more than a moment.
"I…I'm dead," she said, as if realizing it for the first time. Derek and Cora both buckled a little bit, as if they had been punched in the gut. Derek swallowed and took a deep breath.
"Yes, you are," he replied, not knowing exactly what to say to the proclamation. Laura's eyes snapped to his, suddenly shining in a more corporeal fashion.
"I…I watched as my body was cut in half…" her gaze once again fell to the floor, the fire gone from her eyes. "I wasn't ready to leave yet. I had so much left to do, I had to protect you…" She was suddenly standing up, though Stiles didn't remember seeing her actually go through the motion. She was suddenly in front of Derek, though he didn't quite see her walk over there. She reached a hand out, inches away from Derek's face, and held it there without touching him. "I couldn't protect you. I abandoned you. I'm so sorry."
With this statement, her face seemed to crack, as if she was unable to cry in this in-between state in the middle of life and death. Derek gulped again, and Stiles was willing to bet anything that his heart was racing right now.
"You didn't abandon us," he said quietly. "The Argent that burned the house is dead now. I took care of your killer. You've been avenged. You can move on, to the afterworld or whatever it is." He had a pained look on his face as he said this, and Stiles could understand why. If this was his mother standing in front of him, he wouldn't want to tell her to move on either.
"Kate's dead?" Laura asked, confusion painted on her features. The light flickered mildly, then seemed to brighten. The fire behind her dead eyes returned. "Yes, I remember, Uncle Peter-" she stopped, and the light flickered again. She was suddenly standing in the middle of the room, facing the fireplace and the hole where Peter had returned. "You can't trust Uncle Peter." she said darkly.
"I know, but I took his alpha powers away from him-" Derek said, taking a step towards her. All at once she was in front of him, hair blowing in an imaginary breeze (or was it from her movement?). The energy that seemed to be coloring her skin intensified, and the light around her dimmed and flickered.
"Don't trust Peter. You can't trust Peter," she said, her voice cracking. Before Derek could reply, she was back sitting in the chair, knees pulled up to her chest. The lights flickered more, making the scene look like it was skipping on a DVD.
"Laura-" Derek took a few steps toward her before seemingly hitting an invisible wall, staggering backward onto the floor. Everything turned grey, the light from the moon the only thing illuminating the dark. Laura's form dimmed as she appeared to retreat into herself, still muttering not to trust Peter. Her eyes were unfocused, her skin fading, until nothing was left in front of them except the charred remains of the Hale living room.
There was a pregnant pause as everyone tried to soak in what exactly had just happened, what they just witnessed. Derek stood, staring at the place where Laura just was. Cora was slowly scanning the room, looking for answers, and Scott looked like he was listening with all his might, trying to hear anything that would lead them to answers. Stiles found the silence deafening. He opened his mouth to speak, though he had no words prepared. Derek's head snapped around, his eyes boring into Stiles'.
"Shut up," he said darkly, turning on his heel and striding out of the house. Cora ran after her brother, trying to catch up with him. Stiles turned to Scott.
"Even I didn't have anything to say," he said quietly, even though he knew Derek would hear him.
"I don't think our quiet life is turning out like we thought it would," Scott murmured, and Stiles was glad that he was also adopting the dark-humor-apathetic-pretend-it's-not-real approach. The sound of an engine kicking to life broke the silence, the crunching of forest floor following it and fading away as Derek gunned the gas.
"We just got left here, didn't we?" Stiles asked, though his tone didn't relay that he was at all surprised by the turn of events.
"Yep," Scott replied shortly, obviously peeved, but not surprised either. Stiles let out an exasperated sigh, rubbing his face with both hands before shaking his head.
"Classic," he said, laughing sardonically. With meeting eyes and a quick nod, there was a silent accordance that whatever the hell had just happened would be discussed in the morning, once everything properly sunk in. He stuffed his hands into his jacket pockets, and the two boys began their trek home.
Stiles climbed back through his window, and promptly collapsed onto his bed in a heap. The clock read some time past 4:00, though he was too lazy to actually tell the time. His heart was heavy, and for the first time he really felt the darkness around his heart that Deaton had talked about. Couldn't they just get a little bit of peace? Just one semester where they didn't have to worry about anything supernatural? Stiles was suddenly very angry with the universe for screwing them over like it did, but resisted the urge to scream out. He forced himself to calm down, and rolled over onto his back, falling asleep still in his clothes.
When his alarm went off at 6:00 Stiles was not having it. It wasn't until his dad came in at 7:00 that he actually got up to go to school, running in a flurry of activity. The midnight adventure had taken its toll on him, and he wanted nothing more than to go back to sleep. But he redirected his anger from last night into motivation - whatever was going on at the Hale house, he was going to figure that nonsense out and get it taken care of. He ran out the door, barely remembering to grab his keys and backpack, and hustled to school - only to find that he was still 30 minutes early for class. The morning was still semi-dark, with thick clouds lining the sky. It was sure to rain today.
Stiles leaned against his steering wheel, letting his eyes fall closed for just a minute. His mind was whirring, trying to develop a plan of action - they needed to fill in Isaac and Allison for sure, plus probably talk to Derek and Cora again to see if this was some kind of werewolf sorcery. Then it would be time to hit the internet and its great wealth of information. And porn. What? Stiles shook his head, trying to turn his mind away from whatever dark, dirty road it was trying to go down.
A car door slammed to his left, effectively startling him and making him flail in surprise, nearly laying down on the horn in the process. He really needed to learn to not let himself get so deep in his thoughts. He looked to find a (now) familiar blonde head, and Jamie's face colored with concern. She gave him a thumbs up, mouthing, "Are you okay?" Stiles took a deep breath and nodded, opening his door and hopping out.
"Rough morning?" she asked with a wry grin.
"The roughest," he replied, leaning against the Jeep.
"Cheer up, buttercup, it's a beautiful day!" she said with fake cheeriness. He perked an eyebrow, looking up at the dark sky. "Okay, so it actually sucks and I just really want to go back to bed," she amended.
"That would be wonderful," Stiles agreed, eyes still skyward.
"Going to bed with me? Stiles, I didn't think you were so forward," she said, eyes wide. Stiles' heart jumped and he snapped his eyes down to hers.
"No no no! I didn't mean that at all! I mean, I'm sure that you are very admirable and - um - but you know, that's not what I meant and - I'm just really tired and - and you're laughing at me," he rambled quickly.
"Sorry, that was just an even better reaction than I thought it was going to be," she said, trying to quell her giggles. Stiles groaned, leaning against his Jeep and his heart rate slowed. Damn girls! His stomach chose that moment to loudly groan in response.
"Hungry?" Jamie asked. She could hear that?
"Dying," he replied. "I hear that Snickers is the breakfast of champions though, so I'll hit up that vending machine."
"I have a muffin!" she exclaimed, rummaging around in her backpack. And add another point to the dirty thought list.
"Oh no, I couldn't possibly - is that bad boy cinnamon streusel?" his stomach growled again.
"Hell yea it is," she said, extending the delectable treat out to him.
"Are you sure? Cause that's a prime muffin right there."
"I'm positive. I already had three this morning, I think I can spare this one."
"That's an intense amount of muffin," Stiles said, impressed. He slowly took the muffin from her hand, trying not to devour it, paper cup and all, like he hadn't eaten in days (even though that's what it felt like).
"How's your back, by the way?" she asked, zipping up her backpack. Stiles, mouth full of muffin, made an effort to respond. Jamie gave him a look. "English?"
With a loud gulp he swallowed the bite in his mouth. "Sorry. It's feeling much better today, just a little sore."
"Good!" she said with a smile, and she seemed genuinely glad about it. For the first time in a long time, Stiles didn't compare her smile to Lydia's. That smile quickly dropped when a huge clap of thunder rumbled across the sky. She grabbed onto Stiles' plaid sleeve, eyes huge.
"You okay?" he asked, brows drawn together in concern.
"I don't like thunderstorms," she said, looking like she was trying to laugh off the situation even though she looked truly terrified. Stiles knew the feeling well. Another clap of thunder rolled through the air, causing Jamie to yelp and close her eyes.
"It's cool girl, it's just some air rushing back together or something," Stiles said, rubbing her shoulder in as comforting a manner as he could.
"Augh, I know but it's just so chaotic and scary," she said, squeezing her eyes shut. The blush on her cheeks told him that this action was more for her embarrassment than fear of the thunder. Before Stiles could continue to try and make her feel better, a massive drop of rain plopped onto his face. Then a few fell on Jamie's face. Her eyes snapped open, presenting Stiles with the sheer panic of a girl who had actually taken time to do something to her hair on the one day it rains.
"Run!" he exclaimed with a wide grin, grabbing her arm and sprinting toward the school building as the sky released a deluge upon them. They ran as fast a two gangly teenagers with heavy backpacks could go, seeking refuge from the downpour. They slammed into the doors, sliding around on the slick linoleum, laughing and trying not to fall down.
"I blame you for this!" she exclaimed, wringing out her hair.
"Me? It's you and your muffin's fault!" Stiles retorted, shaking in such a dog-like manner that Scott would have been proud. Jamie bit her lip, giving him a mischievous look. "Oh, come on, don't do that to me."
"Sorry! I can't help it that I have the humor of a thirteen year old boy," she said, laughing at her own unspoken joke. Stiles rolled his eyes, smiling. He had to be amused, as he was quite literally a teenage boy.
"Whatever, I see how dirty your mind is now," he replied, patting her on the shoulder and turning her to start walking down the hall to their lockers.
"Oh come on, like the thought never occurred to you," she said with a suspicious look on her face. "I have an older brother, I know how you fools think!"
"You know nothing!" Stiles joked, stopping at his locker.
"I know everything," she said, eyes wide as if she was looking at a crystal ball.
"Oh god I hope not," he said quickly, faux panic gracing his features. She gave him a thoughtful look and a wink.
"See you in history," she sang, turning and walking off toward her own locker. Stiles paused, watching as she walked away. Remember how he was a teenage boy?
"Dude, what was that all about?" Scott asked, causing Stiles to startle and flail for the second time that morning. Scott laughed as Stiles got his heart rate to slow, punching the teen wolf.
"I don't know, but I don't hate it," Stiles said, making an excited face and holding his hand up for a high five.
"Weirdo," Scott muttered, brushing past him.
"Why you gotta hate, bro?" Stiles called after him, holding his arms out. Then the warning bell rang, and Stiles in turn sprinted after Scott to their class. He hustled past Allison and Isaac to his seat at the back of the room, remembering with a jolt all that had happened the night before. And by the looks on their faces, they knew something was up too.
GHOSTS oh snap! Hope y'all liked it, please feel free to leave a review! :)
-XM
