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Moving clear across the country so that her fiance could join another pack to get away from his crazy dad is not exactly what Caroline Forbes had planned on doing with her life at this particular age, but when it comes to things like fiance (mostly that fiance being Tyler) and getting Tyler away from his crazy dad she's willing to make little changes in order to benefit the good of all. It also helped that Elena and Matt were already on this coast to make the transition a little easier.

(It was five hours to Palo Alto. Five hours driving was still better than all the coordination it takes for a five hour plane ride.)

Still, once she actually arrived in Beacon Hills, she's willing to admit that she may have prejudged this town a little harshly. It's actually more than a little adorable. It's got a Mystic Falls vibe all it's own, but lighter, which I guess is what happens when your mayor isn't a psychopathic alpha werewolf trying to make your life miserable. Talia Hale? A plus alpha from what Caroline could tell - which, she could tell a lot, if just knowing Cora even as little as she does is anything to go off of - and she has a feeling they're going to be very happy here. The TV station even approved her transfer to the local syndicate, so as soon as they find an apartment, she's pretty much set.

Which is what she, Elena and Matt (poor, poor Matt) are doing while Tyler is doing his alpha bonding with Talia and getting to know the pack as a whole. It's been a few days of meetings up at the Hale house, and him coming back to the hotel seeming so much happier than she's seen him in a long time, and that? That is worth every inconvenience, every hiccup, every ounce of homesickness because they fought for this for so long, and now they finally have it.

(This is probably the only universe in existence where Caroline Forbes would actually be grateful for Klaus Mikaelson. Whadaya know?)

She's coming out of one of the buildings, finishing up the details with the realtor, when she spots Tyler coming up the sidewalk and grins. Once they part ways, she's skipping over to him, throwing her arms around his shoulders and pulling him in close. "I love this town."

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"Mystic Falls was the same way. Everybody knew everybody." Elena knows small towns well. It's probably why she likes Beacon Hills so much. If Palo Alto were closer, she'd probably live here, just to have that small town feel again.

"But I think it's been really great for Tyler though. She sort of was there when he really needed her. I think being here and working with Talia is going to be really good for him."

Elena's just really excited about Tyler's pack, okay? He has a pack. A real pack. She has no idea what's going on in Stiles's head or she probably would have shut up by now.

She also doesn't know how in the know he is about things, but we'll figure that out in a bit.

Stiles looked down at his feet a moment, nodding. "Well, it's good for him. Talia is an amazing woman. She'll take good care of him."

He wanted to run. Run and find a corner to hide in. It was taking all his concentration not to let the panic attack he felt in his chest take hold. So he deflected and looked down at Dina on the swing.

"Well, we should probably get going. Dina, say goodbye to Matt and Elena?"

"Do we have to go? We just got here, Daddy." The puppy eyes. She was learning them from Ryan.

And Elena suddenly feels like she might have said something wrong. Her mouth falters for a moment, and she glances back to Matt with a shrug, before turning back to him. "You don't have to go. We should probably go find Tyler and Caroline anyway. You can stay."

Whatever she did, she doesn't want it to ruin Dina's fun. Kids should get to be kids and not get caught up in messy adult drama. Even if the adults have no idea what kind of drama they started.

Stiles is about to respond when on the other side of the park, the werewolf in question appeared. No idea he was being watched, the drama that was brewing, or really of anything except that they had figured out what apartment they were moving into and he was smiling and being cozy and affectionate with her against a tree out of the main sight of anyone on the walking trail.

The irrational anger in him jumped, and with a simple "Excuse me a moment," he moved past the swings. Who the hell did this guy think he was - moving here, joining Talia's pack, and yet finding some blonde in the parking and making out with her behind a tree?! This was who Cora left him for? This asshole?

So no, before anyone really knew what he was doing - and let's be honest, Stiles had no idea what he was doing either - his fist went flying just as Tyler turned hearing someone approach. The wolf went down, his nose breaking as Stiles cussed and gripped his hand in pain.

"Oh my God!" comes Elena's voice from somewhere behind him and she's jogging after him as soon as Tyler goes down. Caroline's reaction, on the other hand, is much more immediate and a lot more angry.

"What the hell?!" She glares back at him, eyes narrowing as she tries to figure out who he is. "Who the hell are you?"

Tyler rubbed at his jaw and nose, looking up and then blinking. "Stiles? What the hell?"

"Oh cut the crap. I saw what you were doing. Who the hell do you think you are!" he was shouting, and would have probably gone to throw another punch if his father hadn't appeared and grabbed Stiles' arm with one hand, his other around his son's waist.

"Stiles! Calm down," John ordered.

"Calm down? This asshole moves here for Cora and yet he's making out with the first hot blonde he sees in the park? You're lucky I'm not ripping him apart!" He struggled against his father.

Tyler stood up, just blinking as his nose healed itself. "Who the hell told you I was moving in with Cora?"

"Excuse me?!" Caroline's ire is rising because who the hell does this guy think he is. She takes another step closer to Stiles, all attitude setting into her shoulders. "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't get a chance to introduce myself before you started punching people for no good reason. Hi, I'm Caroline Forbes, Tyler's finacee."

She then holds up the hand with the ring on it and waves her fingers in front of his face. "I don't know where you're getting your information from, but I'm a hundred percent sure it's wrong."

That, of course would be Elena's cue, face all concern and her focus mostly on ... Stiles. "Are you okay? Is your hand okay?"

Caroline looks offended on Tyler's behalf. "Elena!"

"Tyler fixes himself!" She replies, shooting her a look back over her shoulder. "I don't think Stiles does."

Stiles can't win in a struggling match with his father, especially with his shoulder reminding him that going into fight mode was not his best plan ever. But then Caroline talked and he stopped, blinking in confusion.

"You..." he looks at her, then Tyler. "I thought you were dating Cora?"

Tyler's eyebrows went up. "Wow, that information is years out of date, Stiles. Cora and I... we're just friends. That's all we've really ever been." Except for the hot, crazy sex but Tyler's pretty sure no one in present company wants that brought up.

So confused, he slumped in his father's grip and John finally let him go. "Sorry, guys. It's been a rough fews on him. You okay, son?" to Tyler, actually, not Stiles. Stiles he would talk to later.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I've got good genes."

Stiles blinked, then flexed his hand. it was sore, bleeding a bit from a split knuckle, but not broken. "And you're a..."

"Yup." Tyler nodded.

"And that's why you're meeting with Talia." Stiles sighed, then went to rub the back of his neck.

Caroline is still unimpressed, but since things seem to have resolved slightly, she'll turn her attention back to Tyler, frowning at his nose, even though she knows it's probably healed already. "Are you okay?"

Elena, on the other hand, is still mostly concerned for Stiles crossing her arms in front of her chest as she watches him. Something's going on here that she doesn't really understand, but she has a feeling that she might have started it without realizing.

"Are you sure your hand's okay? We have a car, I can take you to the hospital to have it checked out."

Tyler sighs and gives Caroline a smile and nod to say he's okay. "Listen man, you should actually talk to Cora. She'll explain everything, alright?"

Stiles looked up at Elena first, shaking his head. "Nah, it's fine. I'd know if it was broken." Sad truths. Plus he doesn't need to turn into being a repeat customer at the hospital if he can help it.

"You sure?" John was at least concerned about that. His son's anger too, but the hand was something he could help with.

"Yeah. Been awhile since I nearly broke my hand on a werewolf jaw." He looked at Tyler. "Man, I'm sorry... I just saw you guys and thought..."

"Couldn't tell." Tyler waved his hand in a way that he would let it slide. "You sure you're okay?" Not his hand this time.

Stiles bit on his lip, nodding. "Yeah, I'm good."

"Maybe next time, let's talk and not just escalate into immediate violence?"

"Seriously. We just got here, I'd rather not have a list of people to avoid already." Caroline? Not quite so forgiving, but she can at least see where the misunderstanding is. It's not entirely Stiles's fault he didn't seem to be aware of what was going on.

Elena nods a bit. "I'd also second Tyler's idea of talking to Cora." Because she has a feeling there's much more to this than Stiles just being a good friend.

Tyler went over to Caroline, sliding a hand around her waist. He would have to explain to her a bit later about the pieces he had been picking up from Cora in the last few days. "I'm pretty sure now that this misunderstanding is settled, we can figure something out between us, right Stiles?"

Stiles just nodded. "Yeah. Again, sorry. All of you guys. I just..." He had no explanation for what he did, really.

"You thought he was hurting your friend." Elena gives a bit of a shrug. "I'm pretty sure any of us would have done the same thing if the roles were reversed." Which is why Elena is Miss Compassion and Caroline is the one who gets angry. Usually.

Elena glances back over her shoulder to where Matt was sitting on the bench with the baby, clearly having a very involved conversation with Dina. "But for now I think we should probably rescue Matt from what I'm sure is a very interesting story."

Stiles blinked, then looked back at his daughter and nodded. "Yeah. She's a talker."

John rubbed his son's shoulder, and Stiles unconsciously reached up to rub it too, feeling a bit sore. The exertion and struggling had made some of the makeup fade, leaving a few bruises showing unknowest to him.

"I guess I'll be seeing you both up at the house," he told Tyler and Caroline cautiously.

"Yeah, you will. Same pack now."

Caroline nods a bit in agreement, still watching him warily, but it's a bit more concerned than it was before. Elena just gives him a small smile, trying not to note the bruises, before jerking her thumb to the side as they go.

"I'll walk you back." She then reaches around Stiles and extends a hand to the sheriff. "I'm Elena, by the way."

"John Stilinski. And beyond being this one's father, I'm also the sheriff here." He shook Elena's hand, then looked at Tyler and Caroline. "It's nice to meet you both as well, though I'm sure I'll be seeing you both around more. Welcome to Beacon Hills."

Stiles just nodded quietly, walking back with Elena. "I'm normally not like that, I promise."

She shakes her head, wrapping her arms around her torso. "It's okay. Really. People do crazy things sometimes - especially when it comes to people that they care about. And you clearly care about Cora." She doesn't mean that in an obvious love way. She just means in a friends way. She doesn't know better.

"She's lucky to have such a good friend."

You don't know the half of it. "She was... is a good friend." He was back home but still had problems talking in present tense about his relationships.

"Yeah, she is. I don't think Tyler and Caroline could have gotten here without her." But Cora can explain more of that later. She's just going to shift to a smile as they get to Matt and Dina, reaching for Ellie to take her from her husband.

"How are you doing, honey?"

"I'm doing great. I'm learning all about how Dina is going to be Thor when she grows up."

Stiles laughed. "This is what happens when you raise your daughter on Marvel movies."

"Thor is very awesome," Elena nods in agreement, balancing Ellie on her hip as her daughter reaches over to play with her necklace. "I think that's an excellent choice."

"See, Daddy. I make good choices." She grinned. "Can we have ice cream now?"

"Well, it's almost naptime -"

John rejoined them, going to pick up his granddaughter. "Of course we can have ice cream." he interrupted, tossing Dina into the air.

"I stand corrected."

Elena laughs a bit. "This one probably does actually need a nap, so we should get going." She turns back to Stiles again and gives him a small smile. "It was nice meeting you. All of you."

"It was nice meeting you both too. I guess I'll be seeing you around." He gave back a small smile, and then went to trail after his father and daughter as they were walking down the trail towards the ice cream shop.

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