Okay, I just finished "The Forbidden Game" and I am so freaking mad! Julian was obviously the better choice!

So, for all of you out there like me that wished she would've just realized that and given in to the dark side, I give you this amazing one-shot.

I'm still really ticked off!

So, here we go…

This is set right when Julian comes to talk to Jenny about the second game in the- ironically- second section of the novel; "The Chase."

I'll add the section of the actual novel so you aren't confused.

DISCLAIMER: All rights go to their respectful owners. Which is- unfortunately- not me. But, gods, I wish every day that I owned Julian…

C'mon, who wasn't hoping it would happen?

The Forbidden Game style.

Hysteria was bubbling up inside her, and she couldn't stop it. If he wasn't going to throw her over, then maybe she ought to jump, because dying fast would be better than whatever he was going to do with her… "Just go ahead and do it. Just get it over with."

"Alright," he said, and kissed her.

Oh.

She thought she remembered how it was to be with Julian, how it felt to be kissed by him. Her memories had lied. Or maybe this kind of thing was too strong for memory to be anything but a shadow of it. In one instant she was transported back to the paper house, back to the shock she'd felt at his first touch. When Tom held her- back in the old days, when Tom still loved her- his arms had made her feel safe.

Comforted.

Julian didn't make her feel safe at all. She was trembling instantly.

Falling.

Soaring.

The electricity he carried around with him flooded into her, tingling in every nerve ending. Sweet shocks that sent her mind reeling.

(Page 374-375; The Forbidden Game; The Chase. All rights to their owners.)

Oh, god, this is wrong.

.

Wrong because- without resistance- Jenny was kissing him back. Pressing and molding her lips to his, wrapping her small body around him.

And even more wrong because she just couldn't fight it.

She just couldn't freaking fight it anymore!

Instantly the kiss changed- from a small, smoldering pile of ash to a flame as bright as day. It was real.

And it just felt so good to have something be real in this damned world!

Surprisingly, Julian extracted himself from Jenny, smiling wickedly, letting it show in his beautiful, wonderful, magnificent, spectacular, amazing, deep, soulful, blue eyes.

Jenny gasped for breath, struggling not to fall over the balcony she was backed up against.

No need to ruin the dress, Jenny thought, knowing the thought would've made Audrey almost cry with pride.

And- suddenly- Jenny was laughing hysterically. Letting everything go, the tension… the fear.

It all fell off of her in layers, like a rose blooming at her laughter.

Julian's eyes flashed dangerously, the curved shapes of his eyebrows pulling together in confusion. "This isn't a joke, Jennifer-"

Through the painful barrows of laughter that were currently falling off of her, Jenny managed to cut Julian off with an intense glare. "Do not call me Jennifer."

Alright, so, maybe that wasn't the right thing to say to a Shadow Man, but it had to be done.

No one in the universe was allowed to call her that.

They just can't.

Julian's eyebrows rose. "Is that an order, Jenny?" He looked at her, incredulous.

Jenny stood up, and placed a hand on his chest. "Please, just kiss me."

Julian's eyebrows instantly fell, and he swooped in like a hawk, taking her face back in his hands, and her lips against his.

Once again, the sensation of falling came over Jenny, and it almost seemed to… could she… feel it?

"You're falling in love with me, Jenny. Obviously," Julian whispered softly against her lips, his hand moving to the small of her back, pressing her body against his.

"Love?" Jenny choked, pulling away from Julian. "I don't love you," she said in a semi-maybe-but-not-really resolved tone.

Julian's devil-may-care smile shifted back into place. "No, not yet," he reasoned, "but you will, love. It's all part of the process… you know that I adore you."

Jenny fell into his arms. "I hate you, Julian," she muttered, pressing her face into the crook of Julian's neck. "So how is it possibly that I also tingle whenever you touch me? How I shudder whenever you kiss me? You're evil and I shouldn't even befriend you, but now I'm-"

"Falling in love?" Julian finished for her, instantly looking excited. "Remember, Jenny? Light and dark? Everyone needs their other half to… well, balance them out." Julian's smile was unmistakable… until his face suddenly turned dark. "You're bound to me, Jenny," he muttered, pulling the ring with the magic inscription out of his coat pocket. "I can take you by force. I will take you by force-"

Jenny felt the sudden need to feel sparks again, and she pulled the ring from his long, graceful fingers, letting her hand touch his in a graceful movement. "You don't have to," she whispered, pulling the ring on.

She had decided.

What good could she do on earth? None. She had tried to resist the way out. And she lost.

Tom didn't want her anymore. He was everything she had had for… much too long. She'd grown more dependent on him then she ever would've realized until he was gone.

She couldn't do it… she couldn't live without Tom…

And Tom wouldn't even look at her anymore…

Her friends would do just fine without constant danger ensuing because of her.

Without having the Shadow World after them because of one stupid trip to a game store.

Without her.

All signs pointed to her way out.

To everyone's way out.

It was an easy decision.

She was tired of fighting the fates.

Julian's eyes lit up instantly, but then fell dark. "I warn you, if you try anything again… if you try to trick me again-"

"It won't happen," Jenny said stubbornly. "I've made my decision."

The ring felt heavy on her finger… she could feel the words against her skin.

All I refuse & Thee I chuse

She could live with that.

"There's no going back this time, Jenny. It won't happen."

The words sunk in, but Jenny couldn't make herself regret anything.

It wasn't a ruse this time.

Jenny nodded. Was being with an extremely gorgeous, majestic, amazing person really the worst thing that she could do?

No.

The worst thing she could do was to keep refusing.

Jenny sighed contently, feeling safe again. She had a plan now. Something to fight for.

A feeling of contentment fell over the cold air, warming it slightly.

She could fight now.

Fight for the Shadow World.

With the most handsome Shadow Man in all nine worlds by her side.

Jenny pressed her lips to Julian's once again, and took his hand. "Let's go."

So… I feel better. How about you?

I've vented now.

So… I'm thinking about doing this kind of thing for a whole bunch of books.

Tell me if you have one that you just HATED THE ENDING for, and you want me to change.

I would be happy to do so.

So… look for my next "C'mon, who wasn't hoping it would happen?"

It'll probably be for The Vampire Diaries… I'm going to get all of the L. J. Smith ones out of the way.

Peace out, FF readers.

Please, review!

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