Jupiter Ascending: You Are Not Alone

Disclaimer: I do not own Jupiter Ascending or any of its characters, concepts, back story, or settings. They are the property of their respective owners. I am just borrowing them for entertainment purposes.

Author Note: So…this is my first Jupiter Ascending fan fiction story. I haven't written fan fiction in a long time and after watching the movie…I couldn't help myself. I just love the relationship between Jupiter and Caine. This is a hurt/comfort story. It's going to be a fairly slow paced story because of the nature of it. If Caine or Jupiter seem out of character…I do apologize. I tried to make them as in character and believable as possible. Please let me know what you think about the story so far.

Chapter 1: Jupiter's POV

It's been a year since my first official date with Caine. It didn't seem like a year though. Time flew by. Since then, I had turned my life around. I used to hate my life. Despise it really. But now, I love everything about my life.

I managed to find a different job. One that pays better and much to my mother's surprise, I moved out and got an apartment with a friend of mine. Zoey, a friend from high school was now my roommate. I no longer shared a room with two other people. I finally had a room of my own and I loved it.

"Hey. Earth to Jupiter." Zoey waved a hand in front of my face, snapping me out of my thoughts. "You're spacing out again."

I blinked a couple of times. "Sorry. I guess I'm just a little preoccupied. What's up?"

"Are you busy tonight?" She asked. "Because I was thinking we could go out for a few drinks. You know…have a little girl's night out. What do you say?"

I gave Zoey the most apologetic smile I could manage. "Awww Zoey. I have a date tonight. I'm sorry."

"No problem." She said with a smile. "And would your date happen to be with your mystery man?"

I couldn't help but smile. "Yes. My date is going to be with Caine."

"So when am I going to meet your mystery man anyway?" Zoey asked.

"Oh." I hadn't been expecting that questions. "Well, the thing is…"

"You don't want me to meet him?" Zoey sounded disappointed.

"No, that's not what I meant." I said quickly to reassure her. If anyone I knew would be okay with who and what Caine was, it would be Zoey. But it was something I had to discuss with Caine first. I sighed. "Look, Caine is…well, he's different. Really different. I know that you love differences in people but it's something that I would have to talk to him about first."

She looked at me for a second and smiled. "Okay then. Just make sure to talk to him because I want to meet the man who stole your heart."

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It was barely starting to get dark when I went up to the roof to wait for Caine. When he contacted me, he said that he wouldn't be long. Sure enough, just a few feet away, a faint beam appeared.

I watched with excitement as Caine floated down the beam to the roof below. When he was on his feet, the beam disappeared. He bowed slightly. "Youre Majesty."

I smiled. "I really love hearing you say that. But you can call me Jupiter."

He closed the distance between us. "I know that. But then I'd miss out on your smile every time I say Your Majesty."

I smiled again. God, I loved hearing those two words out of his mouth. I stood on my tiptoes and kissed him. When I saw the bag on his shoulder, I pulled away. "Caine, are you going to be here for a while?"

He smiled bashfully. "It was supposed to be a surprise." He paused and our eyes met. "I managed to get some time off."

I wrapped my arms around his neck and gazed up into his eyes. "How much time off?"

"As much time as I need."

Huh? "What do you mean as much time as you need?"

That was it. Our moment was over. Caine's entire demeanor changed. He stepped back, turning away from me. "Can we just…talk about it later?"

I knew Caine well enough to know that he wasn't the most open individual in the universe. Whatever the problem was, he would tell me when he was ready. "Yeah. Of course."

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"So here it is." I told Caine as we walked in through the door. "It's nice that you finally get to see the inside."

Caine looked around the living room. "It's certainly more spacious than I expected."

"Well, I do share the apartment with a friend of mine but at least I get my own room now."

Caine rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Friend? Me being here is going to be a problem."

I took a deep breath and gave him my most reassuring smile. "I think we'll probably have to explain some things to her." I paused and took a deep breath. "I mean, there's no way those wings of yours are going to stay hidden forever."

There was a silence that hung in the air between us for a few minutes. I wasn't sure exactly what to say. I was thrilled that Caine was going to be staying for an extended period of time but the reason behind it had me concerned.

Caine went rigid for a minute and his ears twitched slightly. "Someone's coming."

Before I could say anything, the door flung open and Zoey came barging in. She slammed the door and threw her purse on the floor. "That bastard! I can't believe I actually thought that…"

"Hey Zoey." I said with a smile. Her look of shock was hilarious. "You're home early."

Zoey looked from me to Caine and back to me. "And you were supposed to be on a date with Mystery Man."

Caine turned to me, looking almost amused. "Mystery Man?"

Caine shifted uncomfortably beside me. "Your High…er, Jupiter, where can I put my bag?"

I took a deep breath. My heart skipped a beat when he started to say your highness. "My room is the door on the right." I pointed to the door of my room. "Can you give me a few minutes?"

Caine looked back and forth between me and Zoey, clearly unsure of my roommate. "Are you sure?"

I smiled. "Yeah. It's fine."

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Once Caine was out of sight, Zoey turned to me with wide eyes. "Jupiter, is that your mystery man?" She whispered.

"Yes. That was Caine." I told her and watched the grin on her face grow. "He's going to be staying here for a while."

"He really is different." She said.

"Yeah." I agreed. "I haven't had a chance to talk to him yet though so…"

She held her hands up. "Don't worry. You don't have to worry. I'll try not to do anything to make him uncomfortable." She leaned close and continued in a whisper. "Was I seeing things or does he have pointy ears?"

I smiled. "I told you he was different." I whispered back. I looked at her purse on the floor and back to her. "Are you going back out or…"

"Hell no. I'm going to go to bed early. Maybe get up early tomorrow and hit the gym." She picked her purse up off the floor and started toward her room.

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"So that was your roommate?" Caine asked the minute I walked into the room.

I closed the door and walked over to the bed. "Yeah, that was Zoey." I paused for a second. "Caine, are you okay?"

Caine raked his hands through his short hair and sat down on the bed. "I wasn't sleeping well. They said that it might be some sort of post traumatic stress and…"

"And what?"

He looked up at me and gave me a sad smile. "And…separation anxiety."

My heart swelled a little. Caine was actually having a hard time being away from me. I guessed that it had something to do with his splice. Being half wolf would probably have its drawbacks.

"They told me that I needed some time away from being a Sky Jacker." Caine continued. "I just got reinstated."

I walked over and sat down beside him. "So, did you think that being here would help with the separation anxiety?"

"I'm sure it'll help." Caine said and turned to me. "But that's not why I decided to come here. If I'm not going to be able to do my job, this is the only place I want to be."