Did You Miss Me? -- Jackson and Isaac

The plan was simple. Get settled back into school. Reintegrate into his role as most popular kid in school. Reclaim his captain titles. Avoid Derek and McCall. Everything would be back to normal. Never mind all that had happened in the few months he'd been gone, or the fact that he'd come back without his parents. He was headed into the locker room to find the coach, when he slammed his shoulder into Isaac's, in an attempt to get ahead of him. "Out of the way, freak," he said, barely even bothering to glance at the other wolf.

Bother Someone Else - Derek and Jackson

Two weeks he'd been back. As much as Jackson tried to avoid getting dragged back into the mess of problems that saturated this town, he'd at least heard a few things already. He just refused to take part in them. He'd already snapped at Scott for even talking to him at school. He wasn't back to dive back into that mess. He had a plan. And he was sticking to it. This plan involved a distinct lack of Derek. That one altercation with Scott had involved threats upon telling the resident grumpy alpha about his return. The last thing he needed was judgmental glaring and getting thrown around under the guise of "training."

He was alone in his house that night. He'd been alone every night. He'd yet to explain it or bring any sort of attention to it, but his parents hadn't returned to the states with him. A towel around his waist, he emerged with a cloud of steam from the bathroom and headed for his bedroom. If anything, he looked exhausted.