Happy Birthday, Smokestack! :)
"Okay so I got the popcorn, but I'm don't know what we're doing." Isaac said, as he entered the living room, carrying the largest bowl of popcorn known to man. He set the bowl down on the coffee table, spilling a few kernels to the floor. His piercing blue eyes surveyed the seating options. Grace was curled up on one cushion of the couch, remote in hand. Allison and Lydia were on the other couch, Scott was leaned up against the coffee table and Stiles was sprawled out on the middle of the floor. Isaac sat down next to Grace, turning his head to smile at her. She smiled back and grabbed the bowl of popcorn.
"You said we could do anything for my birthday. I want to do this." Grace answered. She gestured to the TV, where the main Netflix screen was displayed.
"Yeah but when we said that we thought you'd want to do something fun like make fake IDs and go to a club." Stiles retorted, his voice muffled by the carpet he had his face against. Scott reached over and lightly hit the back of Stiles' head.
"Dude be nice it's her birthday. And we did promise." Scott turned back to smile at Grace.
"Thanks. Now prepare to be amazed. We are going to watch the best show in the universe." And with that she started the Silence in the Library episode of Doctor Who. "Be prepared this will scare the shit out of you."
"Really? Because having a bunch of werewolf friends is completely not terrifying." Lydia said, her words dripping in sarcasm.
"Shush you." Allison whispered, giving Lydia an evil look.
"Be quiet I'm starting it." Grace pressed play and the show started. Allison, Lydia, Scott and Stiles were very engrossed in the action unfolding on screen but Isaac had his eyes closed and his head pressed up against Grace's shoulder. She poked him gently. "What's wrong?" She whispered. He looked up for a moment, his eyes wide.
"This is freaking terrifying." He mumbled under his breath, his cheeks turning slightly pink with embarrassment. "I mean you can't exactly kill shadows so how do you beat those things?"
"Hey, don't be embarrassed!" Grace ruffled Isaac's caramel curls. "They are pretty creepy. And, as much as it pains me to break it to you, you can't kill the Vashta Nerada. 'Cause they are shadows."
"No!" Isaac yelped, burrowing his head farther into Grace's shoulder.
"Here," Grace spread out a fuzzy blanket on the pair of them. Fuzzy blankets help people feel better. Then she gently pushed Isaac's forehead off of her shoulder and slouched on the back of the couch, resting her head on Isaac's shoulder.
"What are you doing?" Isaac whispered to Grace. He didn't understand what was going on.
"Friends cuddle with scared friends." She replied in a factual manner. That befuddled Isaac.
"Since when is that a thing?" He wasn't completely sure that she wasn't making this up.
"Um, always when you're friends with me!" Grace answered, the 'duhh' implied. She rolled her eyes and put them back on the TV screen, where the egg-faced thing in the library was turning around, this time bearing Donna's face.
"We're-" Isaac started, but Scott cut him off.
"Will you two be quiet? I want to hear what happens!"
They instantly shut up and listened.
"Donna Noble has left the library. Donna Noble has been saved."
"WHAT?!?" Stiles yelled, immediately sitting upright. "SHE CAN'T JUST BE DEAD!" The end credits started rolling and Stiles was still freaking out. "But she was so sassy and smart. And ginger. She can't just be gone!"
"Do you want to watch the next one?" Grace asked, her eyebrows raised. "Because if this is too boring for you, we could do something else."
"NO!" Practically every single one of her friends screamed at the same time.
"Okay, okay, one second." She said, then turning to Isaac, "what were you saying before Scott so rudely interrupted?"
"We're friends?" He asked, whispering as if he was suddenly shy. He had nothing to worry about, everyone else was discussing the episode.
"Hell yeah. Why would you think we're not?" She was incredulous. Isaac was like freaking awesome. Of course they're friends.
"Because I've um, never had friends before?" In his nervousness, he phrased the statement as a question.
"We're all your friends. And we always will be."
Isaac was so incredibly happy, it was like it was his birthday. All he ever wanted was to have friends. And now he did.
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