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Rating- MA-- I swear, There's Violence. There's sexual content, drug use. If you can't handle it, please don't read it.

Summary-- Jade Saunders was just like any other single mother. Burned in the past, and looking to establish a new life, she relocates. Only to find that you can't hide from yourself, or fate.

Chapter One-- Oh, What a Life.

Jade looked around the small 2 bedroom appartment. It wasn't up-scale, hell it wasn't middle scale. It was down right trashy.

'What the hell am I thinking, keeping us here?' She asked herself while looking over at her 6 year old son, Justin. He was engrossed in the saturday morning carttons he'd been watching.

She re-traced her steps to the bathroom so she could finish getting ready for work. Another 9 hour shift the fabulous road side diner where she had worked for what seemed like ages.

She threw her long brown hair into a messy bun on the top of her head, and applied some mascarra to her fierce green orbs. Slipping into some blue jeans and a long sleeved fitted black shirt,

she hopped on one foot out of the room, while trying to put on her sock. As if on cue the buzzer rang. Justin hopped off the couch and darted to the kitchen window. He looked down to see his babysitter, Carrie.

"Momma, Carrie's here, I'ma buzz her in" He yelled to his mother, still trying to find her other sock.

"Okay, Baby." She replied back to him.

She finished with her socks and slipped her sneakers on in time for Carrie to enter her appartment.

"Hey Carrie, good you're right on time. I might be a little later than usual tonight, Jerry's sick and he asked me to close tonight."

"No problem, Jade." She smiled through the braces on her teeth. "Just gives me more time with my favorite little guy." She said ruffling Justin's short hair.

"Are we gonna watch 'rastlin tonight?" He asked Carrie, with hope in his eyes.

"Uhhmm, Yeah..If mom says its okay." She looked over.

Jade looked at her son and his pleading brown eyes. A trademark he inherited from his fathers side of the family.

"Baby, you know it's on too late, and you won't get up for sch.."

He cut her off.

"But Mooooooommmmmm, I will get up, I promisssseee. Pleeaasse, just this once." He pleaded with her.

"Okay..In bed by 10, NO later" She replies bending on one knee to his level. "I have to go to work, I'll be home around 11,.. One, four, Three, Baby."

"One, Four, Three, momma" He replied kissing her goodbye.

Jade made it to the bus stop just in time to watch it pull away.

"Fucking Fan- god-damed-TASTICCCC" She screamed into the air.

The diner was a good 14 blocks away, and there was no way she would make it on time for her shift. Bundeling up tighter in her jacket, she pulled her bad closer to her side, dug her hands in her pocket, and started to haul her way to work. She glanced at her watch when she was about half way there and realized her shift was starting. She picked up the pace and made it into the corner diner almost 45 minuets late. She entered the diner and the bell on the door rang.

'Great' She though to herself, ' Who doesn't look over when that shit goes off?' Not her boss. She hurried to the back, ripped her apron off the hook and turned around right into Maurice

"I'm glad you finally decided to grace us with your presence, Miss Saunders."

"I know, I know. I'm sorry Ce-Ce. I got to the bus stop in time to inhale fumes, and I walked..I's sorry, I got here as quick as I could, I know it lunch rush and I'm almo.." He cut her off.

"Good, I'm glad Jade, now if you don't mind, 8, 12, and 17 need to be waited on."

"Yes, Sir" She sighed.

She walked over to the table, noticing two guys who kind of resembled each other, one who looked like he has a carrot shoved in his ass, and the other one with tattoo's covering his right arm up to his neck and skull on the other side of his neck. 'Beautiful eyes' She thought to her self.

"Hello Gentleman" She greeted as she walked up to them placing silverware and napkins on the table "Are you guys set to order, or you need a few?"

The first one to speek to her was the guy with funny colored hair and razor blades shaved into his face " Oh I think we're more than ready" He replied with a cheeky grin.

"Oh, thats just like you Jeff, Trying to hit on anything with legs, and an ass" The short black haired guy said. "Sorry about him, he's kind of a douch-bag."

"Kind of?" She asked. The tattoo's guy looked up at her, somthing about her eyes had caught him off guard and he didn't remember what he was going to say.

"I'm Shannon" He spit out holding his hand out to her. He couldn't think of anything else to say. He noramally wasn't one to be dumb-founded, but there was something in her eyes. Like her soul was crying out to him. He could see the sadness through the shine in her orbs. Never had he seen eyes like hers. So intense, so full of hurt, and destruction. Someone had definatly done a job on this girl.

"Ummm, Nice to meet you,Shannon." She said shaking his hand. "What can I get you guys?" She asked through her smile.

'Fake smile' Shannon thought to himself. His friend Matt had noiced the way he looked at her.

"Uhh-aaahhh..I think I'll have the number 3 special. No mustard, please, and waffle fries instead of regular." Matt Spoke.

"I think I'll have the chicken wrap, grilled, no tomatoes" The dark hair guy, who's name was Cody, she found out through thier conversation, said to her. She scribbledon her pad and looked over at Jeff.

"Yeaahh, do you serve eggs now?" She pointed over to the wall where the sign had read ' BREAKFAST SERVED ALL DAY' hung. " Yes is always a good answer. And the one I was looking for." He smiled.

"I'll have 2 eggs over easy, bacon, and some toast, lightly buttered, please. Gotta watch my figure" He said while running his hands over his chest area.

"Yeah, I get that from you" She said noticing how rock hard his body was.

"Cokey, I love it"

"I'm sorry you like what?" she asked him

"Coc--" He started to speak. While everyone at the table busted out in laughter at him. "Good one...JADE" He said reading her nametag.

"Right, and you...Shannon?" She said remembering his name.

"Uhhhmm, what do you recomend?" he asked, looking up at her.

"You heard her dude, Cock." Cody sneered.

"Sorry about him, Dropped on his head as a baby, and his daddy never quit" Matt said elbowing him in the ribs, and shooting him a death glare.

"Great" she replied looking at Shannon.

"I'll have some soup and a grilled cheese, please, Jade." He said letting her name roll off his tongue.

"Be right out" She said barely auditable.

As soon as Jade was out of ear shot Shannon looked at him with fire in his eyes.

"WHATTT?" Cody asked. "I'd give her my cock, she's hot. I mean I don't dig the music note tattoo'd on her wrist, but I'd deffinatly bang out" He finished.

"You're fucking impossible, Man. You think 'cuz you're Cody Rhodes, that every chick will take that frumpled ass attitude to heart. She obvioulsy doesn't know us, so lets not draw attention by being a menace to society, and have a peaceful lunch, think we could?" Matt asked looking at him. "Besides, she lookes like she has enough on her plate already."

Shannon looked over to where she was waiting on another table. The old man took the check out of her hand for the coffee and left the bill on the table. She walked over to the tabe and cleaned it off, collected the bill and wiped the table down. She picked up the dollar he left her as a tip. She stuck it in her apron, and made her way from the table to the kitchen. She emerged with 2 trays above her head, headed in the boys direction, and caught Shannon staring at her. She set one of the trays on the next table and proceded to give them there food.

"Okay, eggs over easy" She set Jeff's plate down. "Chicken Wrap" She set The food in front of Cody.

"Hey, thanks for not throwing it in my lap." He said. She gave her best grin.

"Cheeseburger, no mustard, and grilled cheese." She gave them there food. "Anything else Guy's" She asked in a monotone voice. A round of 'No thank-you's' and shakes of the head were given through-out the table.

"Well, there is one thing" Cody chirped up.

"Yeah?" She asked.

"Shannon here would like your number." He said while Shannon choked on the soup. She made eye contact with him as he shook his head in the 'no' direction.

I'm sorry, I didn-- I mean, No, I--" He stammered.

"It's okay. I get that he's kind of a douch-bag" She smiled at him, causing Jeff to drop is fork onto the table and laugh at Cody's expense. "Enjoy your meals, guys."

After they had finished their meals, Jade had brought the check over to them and walked back to the cash register to ring up another customer. All the guys put their cards into Matts hat, and drew one.

"Cody pays for lunch." Jeff cheered. "And why not, it not like you ever buy lunch for a girl." He laughed.

"I'm buying lunch for a girl right now." He said. Shannon took a 10 dollar bill out of his wallet and proceded to write on it. He scribbled a quick note and his phone number on it, crumbled it up while they made there way to the register.

"Everything alright?" Jade asked the men.

"Yeah, Perfect, Great Waitress too" Jeff added in. Jade smiled a his attempt for a compliment.

"Thanks" She smiled. "Okay, Its $34.77" She said as Cody handed her the card. Jade ran the card and had him sign the receipt. "Have a good one" She smiled as 3 of the 4 men exited.

Shannon was left standing there in front of her. She looked at him.

"You forget something?" She asked

"Yeah."He handed her the money. "Sorry about my friend, he doesn't get out much" He looked at her, appoligizing with his eyes.

"It's cool, I get it alot" She said. "Thanks tho" She said uncrupling the bill and sticking it in her apron.

"No problem. I mean what I said." With that he walked out of the resturant, leaving Jade distraught in her own thoughts.