CHANGE CHANGE CHANGE! Ok, so At first this was just a small random back story I made in which an OC from my Hidden Lives Series, met her husband [who's also an OC] and that was that. HOWEVER! That is no longer the case! It has now become an 'in-between the years' story, focussing on everyone! Jake & Rose, Trixie & Spud, Haley & David, Violet & Henry, and even Gwen with the hated Peter! And on the little ones as well! Bridge, Art, Haley and David's Twins, Kate, James, and even Fitz!

So this is how it'll work: Every chapter will focus on a couple. That includes on chapters centered around the kids. At the front of the chapter, it'll say who the chapter is centered around. It's just a compilation of the initials of their first names, so for example, this chapter is 'VH: Sometimes It's Best to Not Assume.' V for Violet, H for Henry. Also, no consecutive chapters will focus on the same couple/kid.

So this is the breakdown of the acronyms: JR: Jake, Rose and Bridgette. TS: Trixie, Spud and Art. HD: Haley, David, and the Twins [that I have yet to name!]. VH: Violet, Henry, and Kate [their daughter]. GP: Gwen, Peter and James. And then Fitz, and I have yet to create names for the Drs Jones :P

So, as I said earlier, this chapter is centered around Violet [Rose's twin sister] and Henry.

Just a little note: Henry is at first under the impression that Knight [Violet] is a guy. That's why he says 'him' and not 'her' it's not a mistake on my end...it's a deliberate mistake :)

Please enjoy!

Anywho, I don't own the show American Dragon Jake Long. I do own the Hidden Lives series :) Yay, I own something!

I extended this chapter, if you want to re-read it, go ahead, if you just want to skip down to the new part, just go down until you reach the NEW NEW NEW part. Enjoy!

==The Base of the Protectors

Henry was walking through the main hallway, greeting old friends who he hadn't seen in years.

Henry Hall had just graduated University and was taking a year off to study. He would then take his tests to enter grad school where he would study to become a lawyer. At 22, Henry was an average height man, fit, with light brown hair that occasionally fell to his eyes, which were of a hazel colour. He had been part of the Protectors when he was in Middle and High School, but had put his 'extra-curricular' activity on a hiatus in favour of his studies. While the Protectors paid well, it wasn't what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, and he most certainly wouldn't be able to continue there after his prime.

Now, he had once again taken up his role as the Guardian Spy, keeping track of wrong doers or watching member's backs, for this year. He had just gotten settled in there, when a messenger had knocked on his door saying that the Guardian King and Queen requested his presence at their office.

This is where Henry was heading to. He knocked on the door and was answered with a "Come in"

He opened the door and saw the Guardian King and Queen. The King got right to business. "Guardian Spy, thank you for coming. We have need of your services. What do you know of the Guardian Knight?"

"Not much Sir. All I know is that he is a very skilled fighter, a brilliant strategist, and even more adept at staying undercover. But that is all from word of mouth. We never moved in the same circles, so I'm not much of an expert on him."

"Erm, well yes. I suppose. Anyway, the case is that their partner in crime, the Guardian Angel was recently exiled from the Protectors and Knight left as well, believing Angel's exiling to be an injustice. We wish you to go and track them down, just to make sure that they don't decide to contact some unfriendly people, and give away Protector secrets in revenge."

"Very well Sir, I will do it no problem. If you'll give me the information, I'll leave and get ready."

"Ah." The Queen said. "That's the thing, Knight has been smart enough to removing all the tracking devices we planted. Therefore, your actual task would be to put a tracker on them. Leave the rest to us."

"Very well. I will get right on it." Henry left their office, leaving the two leaders befuddled.

"Does he really think Violet is a man?" The Queen mused.

"Incredibly, yes. We'll leave him to figure that one out. Violet never made herself clear as a female. She trained with males and females, but chose the ambiguous name. Not like Rose who made herself recognized as a female."

"Do you really think Rose will try to contact Violet?" The Queen voiced.

"Of course, I'm just worried that Rose will try to use Violet to get information." The King grimly replied.

"You think she's still evil."

"Do you not agree?"

"I agree, it's just hard to believe our own child would do this. But the Huntsclan did a very good job in training her to be convincing to us that night. I fell for it the minute I saw her face."

"Same here. But what are we to do? Once evil, always evil. You shall see. We'll read the magical paper one day and the headline will blare 'Huntress murders American Dragon.' We should be glad we got Violet out of this in time before Rose turns her against us as well. She will try. That is why I think Spy is our best bet."

"But his skills may be rusty."

"Nonsense. He's the best."

We'll see. A being in the shadows mused inwardly.

==Night time

Nothing so far! Man he's good. He probably knows I'm on to him. Henry was on his hoverboard, checking the skyline for Knight. Suddenly he caught sight of some movement. It was Knight! He got up on and using his feet to control the board, he zoomed after him.

Knight was heading after some goblins that stole some money from some leprechauns. She had realized that the spy was behind her, and was silently giggling to herself at her parent's ways of trying to keep a watch on her. She had listened in earlier that day to the conversation and was very amused at the fact that Spy actually thought that she was a male. She was going to try and exploit that to her benefit.

She found the goblins and jumped off from her board and went flying , poised with her staff ready to strike. She waited for the right moment and exclaimed "HI-YAH!"

The goblins turned around just in time to see the protector's staff release a powerful blast that knocked them off their feet and crashed them to the ground. She grabbed the two goblins and tied them together. She then grabbed their loot and holding on to one end of the rope, she got onto her hoverboard and left towards the sheriff's office. The magical one that is.

Spy was watching from a distance and followed them, hoping to get close enough to put the bug on him. But he was unsuccessful, he could never get close enough. They went to the sheriff and he waited from a distance, getting more bored by the minute.

He saw Knight come out again. He followed him to downtown Washington. Spy had devised the plan to follow Knight to his home or hideout, and wait until the guy was pre-occupied with something else or sleeping. Then, he would insert a tracker to the guy's hoverboard and be done with this. The guy was so bland and monotone, what Angel saw in him to have him as a partner was beyond him. On top of that, he wore that monstrous scowl for a mask. At least he had a sensible mask, of a caricature with a straight mouth and a raised eyebrow.

He followed him to an alleyway. It was a long and narrow one, and Spy got off his hoverboard because it wouldn't fit in it. He was walking around until he felt a strong arm rope around his body and a gloved hand cover his mouth after having taken his mask off.

"Now handsome, did you really think you were going to go around unnoticed?" A voice whispered in his ear.

Spy tried to say something in reply but only got out a grumble.

"Oh I agree. You're supposed to be the best of the bestest. But guess what? I'm even better."

Spy grumbled. But Knight wasn't done.

"Now handsome, what say you give up on this wild goose chase and just leave me be? Say you planted the tracker, but then it got taken off."

Knight took their hand off his mouth, and wrapped their arm around his neck. Knight pushed their body closer to his, so their bodies were touching, making Spy feel very uncomfortable.

"Uh, erhm, I uh, guess, I uh, could. Now you see I don't exactly flow that way."

"Flow in what way?" Knight purred.

"Well, I'm not interested in men, and I'm assuming that you're flirting with me." Spy tried to get loose of the grip hold the guy had on him, but with no success.

"Hmm, smart and likes to assume, I'm definitely liking this. Well, the thing is, I do like men. So what say we do this? You close your eyes for five minutes, and I escape, and never bother you again?"

"You need five minutes to escape?"

"Hmm, who said I needed those five minutes just to escape?"

"Well, you-" Spy got cut off by Knight putting their hand over his mouth.

"You see, the problem when you assume? You might be wrong. Hence the saying: when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me." She took her hand off his mouth to allow him to reply.

"You're charming. I'm sure one guy will be very lucky to have you."

"I'm sure he will. Now close your eyes. And don't move until five minutes go by or I tell you to. You take one peek, and you're dead."

"Sounds good. I promise I won't move."

Knight let Spy go, and true to his word, he stayed stock still. She took off her mask, and then went to face Spy. She put her hand over his eyes, and then kissed him.

Spy had felt the hand covering his eyes and was totally confused. He had promised and the guy didn't trust him? He then got the shock of his life when he felt a mouth on his. He tried to back away, but Knight kept on pressing, eventually pressing him against the wall. He then was more shocked that he himself was kissing back. Now, he hadn't ever kissed another guy, but he had concluded that it wasn't much different than kissing a girl if this was any indication.

They eventually broke apart to get air. It was then that he got another shock.

Knight took their hand off his eyes and whispered "open your eyes, you still think I'm a guy?"

Spy did, and from the bad lighting in the alleyway he couldn't really see much, but from what he could see, he could clearly tell that Knight was not a man.

"Oh shit. Now I feel really dumb."

Knight giggled. "What did I tell you? Never assume."

"Alright, please accept my apologies."

"Hmm, I'll accept them over dinner. That is, if you don't mind going out with a guy." Knight smirked.

"Ouch, that really stings. Just to make sure, you are a woman right?"

"Hmm, I'll let you figure that one out."

"Ha-ha very funny. So, want to go over to the Bistro Rouge in say 20 minutes?"

"You're giving a girl only 20 minutes to change and get ready? Man you really are clueless about the opposite sex! "

"Argh, fine. Look, I'll be waiting outside. Just meet me there."

Knight grabbed her mask and put it on. "Whatever you say handsome."

NEW NEW NEW

== 40 minutes later

I swear, that woman is doing this on purpose. Henry thought, he decided to wait for a couple minutes more. He was wearing a plain white dress shirt and wearing a navy blue sports jacket, and he hoped that Knight would come. He would look like a frozen fool if he was kept waiting for much longer. He also stupidly realized that he didn't even know her name, or how she really looked like. All he knew was that she had bright blue eyes, and a really nice smile.

"Hey handsome, do you want to go inside or are you content freezing your ass off?"

Henry turned to face the owner of the voice and was shocked at the smirking woman talking to him. She was wearing a jacket that showed that underneath, she wore a simple, yet elegant gown of a purple colour. Her blond hair was cascading around her shoulders, and her hands were on her hips.

Henry walked up to her saying "you did this on purpose didn't you? Making me wait for twice the amount of time I had offered."

She's a very forward woman, that's for sure. Henry thought, as he saw the beautiful woman advance to him and kiss him, full on the lips. They would have kissed longer, but they were quite cold.

"I would love to continue the conversation inside, miss?" He said, wanting to put a name to the face.

She smiled mischievously at him as they made their way inside. "Well, Henry, I think you've advanced quite a bit, calling me miss. I actually feel like a female now."

"Very funny. How the hell do you know my name? I never said it!" He replied after he had ordered a table.

"Such humour, I think I'm going out with a comedian! For your information, unlike you, I'm quite well informed, and know your name from having overheard it, Mr Hall. Next time, do your homework." She mocked, sitting down at the table they were offered.

"By overhearing it you mean..."

"I mean that everything that was said at your bosses' office today was heard by yours truly."

"Want to trade names? You seem to have my job down pat."

"I'll dispense the honour Mr. Hall."

"You call me Henry once, and now it's Mr. Hall? Such decisiveness can sometimes be dangerous."

"Very well, which do you prefer?"

"Henry, if you'll tell me your name."

"So now I need to be giving my name out to a stranger I have just met and has been stalking me for the majority of this evening, not to mention, was under the impression that I was a guy 40 minutes ago?"

"You're the one who would accept my apology over dinner!"

"That's no excuse! What was I supposed to say? Go to hell? I wanted to be courteous."

"Plus you kissed me, twice!"

"To everyone else, we're a normal couple, and I did as normal couples do."

"Face it, you're smitten with me, clearly noted because you're head over heels."

"In that case, Mr. Hall, it would appear that everyone in this whole world, males included, is smitten with you, since we all have our heads over our heels." She smirked at him.

"It's an expression. Not to be taken literal."

"I like to take things literally, makes you think about what you're saying. It's a quirk I have."

"Well, then, I shall be careful in what I say."

"I must say you're doing wonderful in holding a conversation without calling me something."

"If you want, beautiful, I can do that without a problem."

"Alright handsome, if it's fair for one, it's fair for all."

They continued throughout all of their dinner like that, bantering back and forth, not really talking about anything, just trying to have the last word.

Finally the time came when they had finished, and Henry decided that he wanted to pay the bill.

"But I invited you." She scoffed.

"And I accepted, and since I'm the one that was the cause of the invitation, I think it's only fair." He took the little booklet thing holding the receipt and put cash in there, including tip.

He then got up and taking her jacket, offered his hand to her, and helped her up. He helped her put on her jacket, and then they left the restaurant. They stayed silent for quite a while, walking to a nearby park. Henry wanted to put his around her shoulder, but didn't want to face another round of bantering with her. He felt that she used bantering and sarcasm as a way of not having to talk about herself. She seemed to be a really nice and kind person, however, her biting sarcasm made her look like a rude person.

He decided to throw caution to the wind by grabbing her hand, and kindly leading her to a bench where he sat down, with her beside him. He then enveloped her in a hug, warming her up instantly.

Violet had let Henry guide her. She trusted him, and he seemed to be a really kind and caring man. She had stopped bantering with him because she saw that in his eyes, he looked very tired. When he sat down on the bench, she decided to follow suit, and then she felt him hug her. The truth was, Violet was in love with him, but he right now had shown only a mild interest in her, something that was aided by the fact that she had only been talking in her biting sarcasm, and the fact that he had thought she was a man not too long ago.

"Violet." She said.

"Ok, my favourite colour is red." He said, confused by the random subject of the conversation, but glad she was talking. He liked hearing her talk, it sounded nice to him, like a melody.

"No silly, my name is Violet, or Vi for short." She giggled.

"Oh! Well, then, Violet, glad to meet you."

"If you're tired of this date, you don't have to stay you know."

"I know, it's a good thing I'm not tired then, isn't it?" He smiled at the woman in his arms.

She looked up at him, blue eyes locked onto the hazel ones. He lowered his head, and this time, he kissed her. He kissed her with a passion, he was in love with the spunky young woman, and wanted an opportunity to date her, for real this time.

When they broke apart, he took a deep breath and said what they both wanted to hear. "I love you Violet, even though I don't know you all that well, but I would like to know you, and so I was wondering, do you want to go out with me?"

She smiled at him, in such a way that it gave a new definition to a radiating smile. Her smile was glowing with the strength of the sun. She felt happy for the first time in a while, actually, since she had left Washington, she had been in a mood, either at Rose, or at the stupid Dragon she called a husband.

"I love you too, and would love to go out with you, even if you think I'm a guy."

He laughed, and playfully reprimanded her "Oh that's it. I get it! You're woman! That's understood, loud and clear! You're a beautiful and wonderful woman, and I'm lucky to be the guy with you."

"Are you going to be reporting this to the Guardian King and Queen?"

"No, actually, I handed my letter of resignation when I went to change. Tomorrow, I'll go and get a place to live, and then, I'll go and prepare for my exams to become a lawyer. Why did you resign for Angel? Were you two close?"

"Thanks. I just bought a place two days ago, you can stay there. As for Angel, she was a really close friend of mine. She was my best friend actually, and she was I never had for a long time. It's just that, the King and Queen over-reacted, they think Angel's evil, but she's not. So she was exiled and I resigned."

"That tanks. But on the other hand, I would love to stay with you. In fact, if you want, I can just get my stuff and go back to the apartment. I'll walk you there and come back."

"Sounds good handsome."

==An hour later.

"Honey, I'm home!" Henry sighed, entering the apartment of his girlfriend. She had given him the spare key, just in case she fell asleep.

That was the case, seeing her sitting in the kitchen with her head in the counter. He carefully picked her up, and carrying her bridal style, he took her to her bedroom. He wished someday they would be able to sleep together, and be husband and wife. But he still had grad-school and much more to go through before he could settle down.

He put her in her bed and covered her up. He then went to take a bath and then changed into his pyjamas. He went to go check on Violet, to see if she was ok. He was surprised to see her wake up when he neared her.

"Sorry if I woke you." James smiled, blushing.

"It's ok, thanks for carrying me to the bed. Come on, lie down beside me."

"You sure? I'm good in the sofa."

"Like hell I'm making you sleep in the sofa. So come here."

He laid down and snuggled up to her, drinking in her appearance. "Did I ever tell you how pretty you look?"

"I think you did, but I would be careful, some women like to be complimented on things other than their appearance."

"Fair enough." He kissed her. They fell asleep in each other's arms.

So that's how they met! Hope you guys enjoyed it!

BTW, this was about a week after Violet moves back to Washington, so the kids aren't born yet. None of them.

To those that reviewed in the last version:

Luiz4200: So, how did you like the date? Thanks!

Onej6: It would be a bit scary right? But it all worked out between them :) Thanks! How did you like the date?

Next chapter will be out tomorrow! It'll be focussing on everyone's favourite couple: Jake and Rose!

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