Jonah Jeremiah Jones never knew quite what to make of London. Bristol had been a large-enough city, but London just loomed, with its tall building and winding streets. Pregnant with possibility, but also with danger.

It was enough to make him overstimulated. Normally. If he had any fear of getting lost, he would have.

Luckily, he wouldn't have to get lost in this wild, weird, endless place, because JJ did have a destination, and a very specific one at that.

It wasn't his first time at Naomi and Emily's flat. He'd visited before, when he'd had breaks from school, and when he'd been able to get away from Lara and the baby. Which hadn't been often, but enough to know where it was located, to not have to scour maps to find it.

But that was all over now, and so he could stay at Emily and Naomi's as often and as long as he liked.

It had seemed like it would last forever, but it had ended so quickly - just like that.

Funny how love is, JJ thought. Funny how human relationships are. By nature, unpredictable. They come and they go, and you never can tell when.

He made his way to their place and rapped on the door.


It wasn't what he wanted that greeted him.

"Naomi's out," Emily said tersely as she answered the door.

Even with his brain, JJ could tell something was up. "You're not having another spat, are you?"

"Maybe we are and maybe we aren't," the redhead responded. "Well, come in, then. Are you going to stand out there and freeze?"

He listened to her, though his mind was awash with considerations. It wasn't the season for break-ups, was it? The girls hadn't caught whatever had plagued him and Lara, caused them to suddenly realize they'd lost their love for each other and move on?

No, with Naomi and Emily it would never be that simple. The girls burned for each other; they were the light of each other's life. Their love was their sun. Even he could see that. It could never be something as simple as just falling out of their feelings. They could only end things with a bang - with a supernova.

JJ hoped this was just a minor solar flare, nothing that would send the star that was Naomi and Emily exploding into oblivion.