"I promised I would stay until you woke so I aint staying any longer," Celena said jumping of the bar stool she was sitting on just as Jessica exited the bed room,

"Hang on you lecture me about not sharing a bed with Celena yet you sleep with this guy and you get completely changed in front of him, who knows what else you were doing in there you were in there for ages," Alec said seriously

"Alec A) I told you to stay out of that, B) it's not my fault Jason stormed in when I was getting changed, and C) it's not my fault he wouldn't give me my shirt back,"

"Why did he have your shirt,"

"She threw it at me,"

"Again why,"

"You know me Alec I throw things when people make snarky comments about me, it just happened to be my shirt, oh pancakes, are these from that cafe on third," Jessica said sitting on one of the stools, as Jason put a plate of food in front of her

He handed Alec a plate before sitting on the second stool, "you sure you don't want any?" He asked

Celena who was sitting on the couch pulling on her shoes sighed "I don't eat stolen food, and besides, I'm a carnivore," she rose to her feet and planted a kiss on Alec's check, and turned to Jess, "try not to blow yourself up okay," 

 With a final witty remark she left.

Alec stood on the opposite side of the counter to Jess and Jason, as they are their pancakes Jason remarked, "you both eat as if someone is going to steal your food,"

The siblings looked at him, then at their food and then each other and smiled, "Luke,"

"He used to steal our food it's kind of how we all started training together gang up on Luke for taking our food."

"Fair enough,"

The morning passed pretty quickly, Alec kept texting someone presumably celena, it was about 10:45am when Jess slid in to her shoes, grabbing her bag from where it lay almost empty in Jason's bedroom she grabbed her clothes that she had discarded in the corner and stuffed them into a bag.

"Where are you going," asked Alec

"Home," she replied,

"Why?"

"Someone needs to explain to Chris that you don't just kick your own son out for having a girlfriend you don't approve of, and besides I've been gone for three days I'm pretty sure someone will start to notice soon," she explained

"What about your room how are you going to explain that,"

" it's been taken care of," Jason said ridding his finger nails of dirt.

"What if you lose your temper, again,"

"I won't I have got it a planned out," she smiled, and checked through her bag one last time, "I'm going to start packing as soon as I get home, when they ask why I will say something about trying to figure out a way to stop Luke's fairy thing, that is what we were arguing about, and I crashed with Celena last night you turned up drunk and begged her to take you back this morning when you were sober you asked if I wanted to share an apartment with you since you can't go home and I accepted,"

"They won't believe that I got drunk I'm only 19, I'm not legal age yet,"

"You are in the demonic world, and I have this to help me," she pulled out a fake ID with Alec's photo on it, Jason had made it on her request to help her prove her point.

"Just don't start a fight, it's bad enough that he already hates me,"

"Oh come on Alec, I thought you would be the first to notice he hates me and Luke, he probably only puts up with us because of my dad, and the fact that your mum loved us as if we were her own blood,"

"The others are lucky he can't kick them out," Alec said, "wait a second where are we going to live,"

"both of you are living here until, you find another place to live," something about the way Jason spoke made it seem to Alec like he was the only one who needed to find another place to live.

"Fine but can you get my laptop and phone charger for me," Alec smiled sweetly at his adoptive sister as if it would convince her to get them,

"Any thing else your highness," she did a fake curtsey

"My laptop cord, headphones, maybe some more weapons we are on patrol tonight,"

“So that means you have your gear?"

"Crap no, can you get that as well, oh and Celena still has your phone that's how we found this place,"

"So I need to get you your gear, laptop, chargers, and weapons plus all of my stuff this is going to be a fun train ride,"

“I'll pick you up,"

"Where we normally meet, I'll text you when I'm ready,"

"How Celena has your phone,"

"Alec lead me yours,"

"It's  almost dead anyway,"

"I'll charge it when I am packing," she took the phone and kissed Jace, "I'll see you soon,"

The walk to the train station didn't hurt like it usually did, she would often take this path in the very early hours of the morning after spending most of the night with Jason, she knew she had to be home before 4 am when Christopher woke, he tended to randomly wake them in the early hours of the morning to get in some training, now that she and Alec had moved out they were required to do their own training and it is much easier to train with someone than it was to train alone. It would be nice to train alone with Alec again like they did when they were younger before Luke and Savannah turned 12. They were 15 and Christopher got them to teach the younger ones although they went out on patrol separately they always seem to fight better as a quartet. Going out on patrol is where a pair of Natumeste goes out and looks for any demon activities. Some higher ranked demons such as Lucifer and Lilith are only able to cross into the human world if summoned by warlock. But low ranked demons can slip through the barrier of hell and earth without trouble and they tend to destroy most of the objects in their path trying to destroy the entire city they appear in. each and every night to Natumeste from each city patrol the streets keeping an eye out for any demon activities. Tonight was Jessica’s turn to patrol with Alec. The Natumeste council discourage the opposite sex fighting together until after marriage but in the case of the Tilan and Hawthorne family they have made exceptions for they have learnt how to fight with one another and never fought any other way. Chris had once made Jessica and savannah go on patrol together they had done more damage to each other then they did to any demon that night. And both swore they would never fight alone together again.

Jessica had just arrived at the house that she called home and walked through the front door, only to see Christopher standing with his arms folded across his chest. “Where have you been?” he demanded

“out,” she dropped her bag at the front door and kicked of her boots,  she looked to her adoptive father who was grinding his teeth “if you must know I was trying to figure out this dam fairy thing as usual,”

"What about your room?" Luke asked stomping  down the stairs  "Alec said it was completely trashed,"

"Well Alec needs a dictionary thrown at him because it may be a bit of a mess but it is not trashed," 

"Speaking of Alexander he is no longer living here,"

"I know," Jess replied, "I crashed with Celena last night and he turned up completely drunk and begged her to take him back, this morning he explained what happened and I agreed to get an apartment with him,"

"Your moving out too?" Demanded savannah hanging over the banister,

"Yes I've been looking at apartments for a few months now, Chris knew, I put my name done for a lease a couple of weeks ago I should hear back from them in the next few days," Jess said forcing the lies with a smile. It was true she and Chris had talked about her getting her own place she had a job she could afford the rent and she was looking at a share apartment but couldn't find any Alec offered the perfect solution to that "We've been given permission to share one of the spare apartments in the wolf complex until we get our own place."

"So Alec never broke up with that mutt,"

"Celena Delunne is no mutt, and she is not doing it as a favor to Alec but a favor to me her friend."

"And when do you intend to move out."

"The only reason I am here is to get my stuff and go. No offense Chris but there is only so long you can stay in someone's spare bedroom,"

"Jessica you are part of this family so don't you dare think otherwise,"

"After Tia died it stop feeling as if I was part of this family," Jessica referred to Chris' late wife who Alec had stated earlier loved her as if they were each other’s blood. She knew she had hit a saw spot and Chris wouldn't argue any further. It was her siblings she had to convince next.

She glided up the stairs and into her bedroom. Jason had done a great job to cover up the damage she had caused there was not one burnt item in the room. He hair straightener lay on the floor next to the floor length mirror a couple of t-shirts and pairs of jeans litters the floor and the blankets on her bed were all messed up but aside from the mess it looked exactly like she would of left it. She pulled her suitcase out from under her bed it had homed most of her clothes when she and Luke had left London. She started packing her clothes into it now and savannah  came in, "so, how long have you been planning on moving out?"

"About 3 months or so," she sighed "do you remember when I came about this far from driving a dagger through his skull,"  she held up her fingers indicating a space about 2 inches wide

"Yeah you took a pretty decent chunk out of the kitchen wall, that long huh?" Savannah sat on the bed and crossed her legs in front of her.

"Didn't you think it was a little strange that this family has more money than you can shake a stick at and I got a job,"

"I thought you just wanted the independence, you've never been a people person,"

"All the more reason for me to avoid getting a job,"

"I suppose," she sat silently as Jessica packed her things, wrapping photos and valuables in t-shirts and jumpers to protect them, her clothes and shoes took up almost the entire suitcase she kept her fighting gear on the top so it would be easy for her to access later, she slammed the lid of her suitcase and lent on it to get the zipper closed. She pulled out her duffle bag and stuffed the rest of her belongings into it. Before heading into Alec's room grabbing his chargers laptop chargers and his gear. She then headed into the basement that had been transformed into a weapons room and training room, Luke was there fighting the mechanical punching bag that was supposed to be like fighting a demon but it was always programmed the same way it was better to train with someone. Different moves each time different defensive strategies and attacks. Jess said nothing just went to the weapon stash and grabbed the weapons she and Alec always seemed to grab when they went on patrol. Swords for Alec and daggers for both of them but bow and arrow set for herself.

Luke disarmed the punching bag causing it to shut down he then turned to jess and remarked. “I think it’s a little ironic that you and alec are both the same age, and both decide its time to move out at the exact same time,”

“and your point is,” jess said inspecting the quiver of arrows she had picked up.

“that now would be the perfect time for you to do it,”

“do what?” jess still wasn’t quite listening to what he was saying,

“you know when a mummy and daddy love each other,” he said putting on a little kids voice as he did so

“ew don’t be disgusting alec is like my brother,” she picked up his water bottle and threw it at him, “it would be like us having sex,”

“and what’s wrong with that,”  he smirked, “I’m absolutely gorgeous,”

“there only one person in this world who would agree with that statement and it certainty aint me,”

“who is it then?” he asked scooping up the water bottle and taking a drink out of it

“savannah,” she smirked and Luke chocked with the bottle still pressed to his lips.

“what are you talking about,” he tried to play it off as if he had absolutely no idea what she was talking about, but his glowing red cheeks gave him away.

“oh come on you are always staring at her which is how alec and I find it so easy to disarm you in training, and you blush bright red whenever she compliments you or asks you if you have your eyes set on anyone, you couldn’t make it any more obvious,”

“she probably thinks I am an idiot compared to the guys she dates,”

“I think she just doesn’t realize how much you like her,”

“but you just said I make it obvious,”

“not for her, girls always notice but think they are just being a sweet,” she put the weapons into her bag, and walked over to him, “you need to tell her, so grow some balls get her alone and tell her, I’m going to go, I want to know how it goes,”

“why do you always treat me like a kid when we argue, but an equal when we don’t,” he smiled and engulfed her in a hug.

“because I am your sister, its my job.” She smiled and returned the hug. She shouldered the bag and walked back upstairs to her room where she had left her suitcase, she paused in the doorway to savannahs room. She opened the door and savannah smiled up at her, “did you think I would leave without saying goodbye?” jess asked,

“its not truly goodbye is it?”

“of cause not who else am I going to turn to for advice on fashion and boys,” Jessica sighed and sat down on the bed beside her sister.

“I knew you were a girl behind all the dirt and grime and messiness,” she squealed with excitement,

“may I indicate the state of your room,”

“oh shut up,” laughed savannah hitting her with a pillow. “oh I almost forgot,” she said and jumped of the bed and dived under it,

“what are you doing,” Jessica said hanging over the edge but she couldn’t see anything past savannah’s butt, she sat back up still un-sure of what to make of her sister hiding under the bed.

The bed shook and savannahs voice rang out, “ouch, dam it,” she wriggled out pulling a large decoupage box out behind her, she held a hand to the top of her head, “this is for you,” she said heaving the box onto the bed it shook again under its weight savannah sat on the floor and looked at her sister expectantly, “go on open it,”

Inside was heaps of crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, a tea set, sheets and pillow cases. Everything needed to move out of home, every thing in the box was a light blue color in theme, the tea set held a depiction of blue bell flowers the kind that had grown in her garden back in London,  “it’s a glory box, mum had started one for each of us and I continued with yours, its not quite finished yet I was going to give it to you for your 21st birthday when the council would force you out of this home but I guess you need it now, I want to be one of the firsts to see your new apartment,”

“I’ll have you over the night we move in,” she promised that would give her at least a week to convince Jason and alec to let them come over she would actually prefer it if Jason left the apartment, he could be introduced to the family but no matter how good of an actor someone is they will always stuff something up.

 the girls hugged and savannah closed the box and fastened the straps that kept it closed. She stood and walked out of the room carrying the box with her, Jessica walked into her room and grabbed her suit case she still had her duffle bag crossed over one shoulder. “do you want me to come with you to the wolf complex or are you right?”

“I think I am right, just help me get my stuff down the stairs,” savannah walked slowly down the stairs carrying the glory box, it was a lot like one of those old leather suitcases  except it had been decoupage with photos and pictures she would need to take a closer look at to tell what they were of exactly.

She left the house with her duffle bag slung across her back her messenger bag balancing on her left shoulder, her suitcase handle was in her hand and the bag trailed behind her the glory box savannah had given her was in her other hand. She stopped under the street lamp that when in darkness illuminated a brick wall at the corner of her street, she ducked behind the wall and leant up against it. This was the place she and Jason had decided on as a meeting place because it reminded them that the world they lived in together had a light even if the rest of it seemed to dark to bear.

Jason's car came around the corner and he opened the trunk, allowing her to put her stuff into it. She slid into the passenger seat beside him. "How did it go, I'm not going to have to wipe their memories, am I?" Jace asked after kissing her cheek.

"No you don't have to clear their memories, it went fine, but according to Luke, this is just an excuse for me and Alec to have sex."

"It's not is it?"

"of cause not! He is like my brother," Jessica's voice went high pitched in astonishment, "and why would I want him, when I can have you," she smirked laying a hand on his thigh.

"Miss Jessica, this is not like you," Jace made his British accent sound as if he was from the Victorian era. He picked up the hand and laced her fingers with his. The drive to his apartment was short but Jason liked taking different back ways to make the drive longer. With Jessica's free hand she turned the music up and they began to sing along to my chemical romance's song 'Sing'

He pulled into the garage and the parking space allocated to his apartment he wasn't in a very big apartment complex only with three apartments, but each apartment had two allocated spaces and there was heaps of guests spaces almost as if the builders  expected the building to be used for party's

But Jessica has never seen anyone coming in or out of the other two apartments.

She walked upstairs carrying her duffle bag and glory box while Jason carried her messenger bag and suitcase.

She stopped at the front door waiting for Jason to unlock it. "I swear I gave you a key already." He commented leaning around her to slide the key into place.

"Nope," she smiled and slid into the apartment. They dumped all the bags in Jason's bedroom. "Where's Alec?" She asked looking around the apartment.

"Probably in the spare bedroom, or maybe the study if he is anything like you,"

"Alec is not a bookworm like me, I'll check," she walked down the hallway and stuck her head in the study as she passed. It was silent and empty everything in its place

both of the spare rooms sat empty the beds slightly ruffled by the people who had slept in them last night in the second room was Alec's duffle bag and a note on the bedside table. 'Jess, gone to Celena’s, I’ll be back about 6.'

She walked out into the living room where Jace was lying down on the full length of the sofa. He pulled her down next to him. "Find him?"He asked

"No the asshole has gone to be with that wolf,"

"Well that gives us some alone time," he said kissing down her neck

"Jace," she sighed as his fingers wound their way up the inside of her shirt. Jessica rolled over so that she was facing him, he smiled and rolled onto of her. He moved his hands so that they were on either side of her head,

"There's something sick inside of that head of yours, you do know that, don't ..." She laughed but was cut off by Jason pressing a finger to her lips.

"Shut up," he sighed and pressed his lips to hers,she pressed up against him deepening the kiss. Earning herself a moan from Jason. He traced his tongue along her bottom lip asking for entry. Jessica's lips parted slightly just enough for Jace to slip his tongue inside her mouth and start exploring Jessica let a small moan escape her lips and Jason smiled against her lips. Jessica tugged on the back of Jason's shirt forcing it up over his head Jason pulled on hers never breaking the kiss until a sharp pain went through his back, it was like getting hit by lightening, he shook of the pain and went back to Jessica who was panting slightly she forced him back down and wrapped her legs around his waist. The pain shot threw him again everywhere where his body touched hers seemed to get shocked he sat bolt upright

"What is it?" Jess asked propping herself up on her elbows,

"It's you," Jason said burying his head in his hands, "every time I touch you I get zapped, and not just a little shock but, it's like getting struck by lightning," he shuddered with pain.

"Why haven't you said something," she said pulling her legs out from underneath him.

" it's not like that, Jess, I can hold you and hug you that kind of thing but if we get ... Excited, I get shocked," Jason said pulling her toward him.

"Great so when I'm angry I start fires, sad I make it snow, scared I make storms and if I am excited I try to kill who ever touches me." She grumbled, “I sound like I should be locked in a padded cell,"

"You and me both,"

" let's hope we aren't locked in the same one I might actually kill you," she joked lying her head on his chest