Chapter 1

Jake just sat there on his bike, staring at his phone. He had just told Sherry he lowered his asking price to fifty dollars. He really needed the money, but this felt right.

He smiled and put his phone in his back pocket and took off. He could hear the plane fading away in the sky.

"See ya later, Supergirl." He murmured.

2 years later...

Sherry just got home from the FOS and she felt unusually tired. She hung her bag on the back of her dining room chair. She flipped on the light and brushed her longer blond hair out of her tired blue eyes.

She took an apple off her table and walked for her bedroom, flipping the dining room light off. Sherry lazily kicked open her door and took one step.

A figure caught her from behind and a steely arm curled around her neck. She was locked in place and struggled her attacker.

She gasped as the arm around her neck tightened.

"Ada! Where is she?" A familiar gruff voice hissed in her ear.

"A...da?" She chocked out.

"Oh shit." The arm left her throat and she rushed to bring in her breath.

Suddenly she was spun around, and even in the darkness...she recognized those wild gray eyes.

"Jake..." Sherry breathed out.

He just stared at her for a moment, before moving closer like he couldn't see her. He leaned down to where she could feel his breath on her lips.

She held her breath as she waited for something that was most likely not going to come.

She was wrong, his lips crashed into hers possessively.

The apple in her hand fell to the floor and her arms wrapped around his shoulders. Jake nipped at her bottom lip and she felt woozy.

Sherry had to stop this. "Jake...Jake!"

He pulled away from her and she went for the light.

"Stop." He grabbed her hand before she could touch the switch. "A certain group of people have been keeping an eye on you. I was just sent from one of my contacts to protect you."

Her eyes widened. "I haven't seen you in two years. And you kiss first, explain later?"

He sighed. "You...were so close to me. I couldn't help it."

"How long have you been here, watching me?" She growled.

He gave her a sheepish look. "Three days."

"Why now?! Of all times to tell me!" She glared.

Jake paused. "You weren't supposed to know I was here."

Sherry's jaw dropped an she wrenched her hand out of his. "Two years...means nothing to you. I'm just another paycheck again?" She started away from him.

Jake grabbed her arm. "Sherry, the years meant...you're not a...you mean so..." The answers wouldn't come out of his mouth fast enough.

She yanked her arm from his grip. "Stay and be on protective detail. Just leave me alone to sleep at least." She growled and ran to her bed, throwing herself under the covers.

Jake watched her for a second, then left the room. He sat on the couch and sighed.

"My Supergirl...she hates me." He didn't know how to feel about that.

Sherry woke up to her phone ringing on her bedside. She answered sleepily.

"Sherry?" Leon's voice came over.

"Hi Leon." She replied. "What's up?"

Leon was quiet for a minute. "You have the next week or two off."

That made her wake up. "What?!"

Leon mumbled. "It's confidential.."

"Don't you dare give me that crap, Leon! Jake is here." She shouted.

"Oh..." Leon replied. "For the love of my six, stay home for a while!"

He hung up.

Pretty quick at that.

Now, Sherry just had to deal with a certain aggravating red head.

After picking up the apple she had left on the floor the previous night, she walked out of her room to see him lying on her couch. He was facing her with his arms behind his head. His snoozing face looked so peaceful.

Oh well. "Jake! Wake up!"

His eyes snapped open and he jumped up, looking for danger.

She frowned and tossed the apple in the waste basket. "It's alright."

He put a hand to his face and sat back down.

Sherry's face turned red as she recalled his rough lips against hers. "J-Jake..." She murmured, approaching him and he looked up to her blushing face. "Why did you...you..."

A crooked smile curved his lips as he stood and moved toward her. "Why did I kiss you?"

Her face burned more as she looked away.

His fingers touched her cheek and moved her long hair from her face. "Your hair is beautiful." He said quietly.

Was he going to kiss her again? She burned at the thought.

He leaned down toward her face again, and she instinctively closed her eyes. Sherry felt just the heat from his breath on her mouth.

She leaned, herself, needing more.

Her phone rang again. Her eyes sprang open and she jumped back.

Jake was staring at her with that same scowl on his face.

She turned away from him and answered it. "Agent Birkin."

"Sherry Birkin." A silky voice said over the line. "Please...be so kind as to put Mr. Muller on the phone."

"Uh..." She held the phone out to him.

He took it and held it to his ear.

"Mr. Muller, hand over Birkin. We are not the bad guys."

"Lie to me all you like, Ada. It doesn't bother me."

"It is not a lie. Listen, we're racing against time and I seriously need your cooperation."

"I seriously don't care. Go to hell, Ada. And take your shitheads with ya. I've already got them tagged. I can take them before you can whisper 'oh shit.' You hear me?"

The line went dead and he pulled it away and dialed again.

"Sherry?" Leon's voice replied.

"No. Ada just called this phone. Track the number now." He hung up and glanced at Sherry. "You should sit...please."

He held out a gloved hand and she took it. He led her to a seat and then sat down next to her. Waiting for Leon's call.

"Is...is it going to take a while?" She replied hesitantly.

"Yes." He looked at her, his gray eyes growing softer.

Her eyes watered. "Jake...what is going on?"

Jake took off his gloves and leaned toward her. He placed his hands on each side of her face. "I can't tell you, Sherry."

That made a couple of tears roll down her cheeks.

"Sherry. I...kissed you...because I didn't last time. When you left for the states." He muttered.

She gazed into those beautiful eyes and bit her lip. He gazed at her lips as she bit them.

Jake couldn't help it. He tilted her chin up with a hand. He bent his head down and sucked her bottom lip out from between her teeth and put it between his.

She closed her eyes and moaned into his mouth. The hand at her chin traveled to the back of her head. The kiss became more passionate. His other hand at the small of her back, he pressed her closer.

He nipped her lips and came up for air. She was breathing heavily for moment before his mouth attacked hers again.

He leaned her down onto the couch, her legs wrapped around his waist. Jake's abdomen was softly pressing against the juncture between her thighs.

She gasped as he moved slightly against her.

"Oh, Sherry." He mumbled against her cheek.

"Jake." She murmured and ran her hands down his back.

He wanted out of these clothes. Jake was just about to peel off his shirt when Leon burst through the door.

They both jumped as far away from each other as they could.

Leon looked at them and then at the floor. "Did I interrupt something?"

Jake growled as Sherry straightened her clothing.

Jake stood from the couch and looked at Leon. "What's up?"

Leon shook his head. "The number wasn't located."

"You couldn't just call and tell me?" Jake asked.

The blond just chuckled. "No, I had to come ruin your fun. Sherry wasn't even supposed to know you were here."

Jake just scratched his chin. "Yeah...I thought she was Ada...and I kind of...grabbed her."

"Choke hold. If I had been prepared, I could have taken him." Sherry griped.

"You're supposed to be 'prepared' for anything, Supergirl." Jake retorted.

She gave him a glare.

Leon stepped in. "Alright. Alright. I'll go report in to Hunnigan. Can you kids play nice here while we get things figured out?"

Leon turned and walked to the door as Jake flipped him off.

As soon as Leon was gone, Jake turned to Sherry.

She looked up at him and then stuck her tongue out at him. "Where have you been these last two years?"

Jake picked up his trench coat and went for his shoes by the door. "In the trenches." He murmured, stoic.

"Where are you going?" She arched her eyebrows.

"It's safer if I'm not in direct contact with you." He answered.

Her heart sank. What the hell was going on?

She ran to him and grabbed his arm. "Will you be close?" She whispered, looking up at him.

The heart in his chest felt a spike of pain when he saw those desperate blue eyes.

"Of course, Supergirl. My mission is to protect you this time." Jake swooped her up in his arms. "Once this mission is over...then we can really catch up."

She blushed a dark pink as he walked her over to the couch and placed her down softly.

He smiled crookedly and gave her lips a soft kiss. "I'll always be here."

She breathed his scent in as he kissed her. Sherry wanted more, but she understood. The mission is the priority.

"Bored!" Sherry yelled into her phone. "I am so bored it isn't funny, Helena! Leon says it's safer if I just stay in my apartment. Come over and bring some wine."

She heard Helena sigh. "Alright, I'll bring a few things. I'll get Jill and Clair, too. We can have a ladies night in."

Sherry screamed in delight. "Oh, Helena! My rescuer! I love you!"

Helena laughed. "We'll be there in an hour. Thanks for making me go deaf."

"I'm sorry." She whispered, but continued to giggle. "Okay. I'll see you soon."

Sherry hung up and went about cleaning and straightening up her house for the girls.

As she finished the dishes, she looked over her shoulder at her empty kitchen. She knew Jake was always here even when it felt like he wasn't. She could almost tangibly feel his presence. It was eerie.

She turned and leaned against the counter, continuing to stare at her kitchen.

"I bet you'll be getting a real laugh from tonight, Jake. I completely intend on talking about you." Sherry said out loud.

Jake was lying on the roof, staring up at the stars. He could hear Sherry move about her kitchen in preparation for her little party tonight. He smiled as he turned up the volume on his ear bud as he heard her humming to herself quietly.

It felt nice to be around his Supergirl again.

Then her voice caeme through the frequency almost too loudly. "I bet you'll be getting a real laugh from tonight Jake. I completely intend on talking about you."

Jake chuckled. "Oh really?"

Unnecessarily, he started thinking back to their kiss on her sofa. He closed his eyes as he felt her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Her lips were so soft and pink. He could kiss her all day long.

Jake shook his head. Those thoughts needed to leave him alone. He couldn't be distracted. Sherry's life depended on it.

The knock at her door made Sherry squeal. She needed this desperately. She opened the door to her friends. Helena, Jill and Clair walked in with bags of goodies.

After Sherry hugged all three of them. Helena opened the first bottle of wine as Jill dug through a bag for chocolate cake.

Sherry put in their favorite movie and the girls sprawled out on Sherry's couch and love seat.

Jill sipped her wine as Failure to Launch began and she turned to say to Sherry. "Why don't we have these nights anymore?"

Sherry shrugged and cuddled up with a box of chocolates.

Clair decided to answer. "Work."

Helena nodded. "You know who I was on protective detail with just last month?"

"Who?" Sherry asked.

Helena sighed. "Your brother." She gave a pointed glare to Clair.

"It wasn't that bad, hun." Clair replied and took a big drink of her wine.

"He's a brute." Helena argued.

Sherry giggled. "He is. When I first met him in Edonia, I thought he would just run Jake and I over with his muscles alone."

Jill laughed. "Mhm...I'll tell you something about those muscles though." She had a dreamy look on her face.

Clair just threw a couch pillow at her. "That is my brother! You can stop right there!"

Sherry, Helena and Jill burst out laughing as Clair just fumed.

Helena gave Sherry a look and Sherry visibly gulped.

"What's with the look, Helena?" Sherry questioned.

Helena just smiled slightly. "So...you mentioned Jake."

Jill paused the movie and looked at them. "I've got to hear this. There's talk going around Hunnigan's office about Jake being on protective detail."

Sherry just smiled and set her wine down on the coffee table. "I don't really know a lot about what's going on. Jake is here..." Her throat suddenly felt tight, "...he's here to protect me...from some people. I don't know. Hunnigan wants me to stay here until the problem is taken care of."

Jill just shrugged. "You can take care of yourself. You're an agent."

"Apparently, we're up against someone powerful." Sherry replied.

Clair buzzed in quickly. "Okay seriousness over. Let's get drunk and watch this fabulous movie."

Jill clicked play and Helena put her hand on Sherry's shoulder.

"It's okay to fall in love." Helena whispered and thought of Leon.

Helena knew she would never stand a chance. Not against Ada. The man loves her.

Helena could see it in Sherry's eyes, however. Sherry and Jake had the chemistry that Helena wanted with Leon. It was so unfair. Jill and Chris also had the affection for each other.

Helena was happy she wasn't alone as she looked over at Clair. Clair was a strong, independent woman.

Helena could be, too.

After a few movies, Jill and Clair were leaving. After their goodbyes, Sherry turned to Helena.

"Thank you for coming over." Sherry said.

Helena smiled cheerfully. "We should do this again. It was fun."

Just as Helena's hand would have touched the doorknob, it swung open.

Jake stood in the doorway. His hand on was on his gun in its holster and his head was lowered.

Helena backed up a step as Sherry's jaw dropped.

"Get back." He said and slowly entered the apartment.

Sherry blinked before he came to stand in front of her. "Jake...what are you-"

Jill and Clair were back in her doorway as a blast rocked the building. Gun fire went off like fireworks and Sherry stumbled into Jake. He caught her and lifted her back to her feet.

A closer sounding shot was fired and Sherry heard Clair cry out. Jill caught Clair against her and dragged her into the room, kicking the door closed. Helena locked the door and went to assist Jill with Clair.

Sherry's eyes widened. "H-Helena! The first aid is in the-" another blast shook the building and everyone was knocked off their feet.

Jake stood, helping Sherry up again. "We have to leave! Now!" He yelled, over the chaos.

Sherry looked to where Clair was on her side on the floor. Blood soaked her carpet as a vicious wound was visible in Clair's side. Clair moaned in agony while trying to keep pressure on her injury.

Sherry looked at Jake. "She needs medical attention."

"Sherry..." He knew what she was thinking.

"Let them take me. Then she can get to a hospital." Sherry said quickly. "For now..." She went to her kitchen and pulled her medical kit out from under the sink.

She handed it to Helena. "There are some herbs. Remember, it'll be better to match the red and the green." She said and turned back to Jake as the room was again rocked by another explosion.

"I can't let them take you. This mission will be a failure." Jake told her.

Clair spoke up. "The mission...takes...priority."

Jill looked up. "She's not going to make it at this rate."

Helena bent down to help with the medical kit. "We'll do the best we can. Jake, get her somewhere sagfe."

Jake grabbed Sherry and threw her over his shoulder.

"No! Jake, stop! Clair?!" Sherry shouted.

Jake opened the window and there was nothing, but fire down below. A helicopter's ladder was in front of them.

"Go. Now! Supergirl!" He shouted.

Clair knew what she signged up for, but Sherry's heart ached. She climbed the ladder with Jake right behind her.

She hated leaving her friends behind.