Hey, Y'all!

How is everyone? I'm good since I have a three day weekend. I just finished this, and expect more one-shots, because I LOVE writing them! So this one is what I think happened to Jay's mom and a splash of Jaya for old times sake. Hope you like this, I'm working on a greenflame chapter for next week. Also, I was listening to Hamilton while writing this, so that's why I named Jay's mom Eliza :) Thanks for reading and review whatcha think!

The night was cold. Jay leaned back on the couch. He had another bout of insomnia and couldn't scrape up any sleep, he sighed as he reached for a blanket. Wrapping up in the blanket he laid back down, trying to coax his brain into slumber. Now that they had their own rooms, Jay had been having trouble sleeping, he was used to Cole's snoring, Kai's sleep talking, The hum of Zane's motors shutting down, and especially Lloyds habit of sleepwalking into the wall. Jay couldn't stand the silence of his room. The blue ninja was used to constant noise around him, though it was mostly caused by Jay himself.

When Jay couldn't sleep he would retreat to the game room and would look thru old picture albums he had found in his father's mansion. He was on book three and had reached around when he had been born. The pictures were all of a pretty blonde woman with stunning blue eyes holding a small baby with a soft coating of auburn hair. Jay smiled at his mother he'd never met. He still had no idea who she was only picking up on her name (Eliza) and what had happened to her. His mother seemed to smile back at her now grown son. Jay turned the page, staring at the picture that stared back at him.

The picture had been cut out of newspaper with the title Cliff Gordon's bride hospitalized. His mother was lying on a bed in a hospital. An IV stand stood next to the bed. Her face was pale, the once full cheeks were shrunken. Jay scanned the article that was next to it. Eliza Gordon Diagnosed with lung cancer has been hospitalized after going to the doctor complaining about chest pain. She is expected to go through multiple treatments in the following months. She recently gave birth to Cliff Gordon's first son, Jay. Cliff Gordon has issued a statement that Eliza is expected to live. A small picture of Jay and Cliff followed. Jay had a feeling of shock. His mother had been sick. The tiny picture was grainy but he could see that baby-Jay was crying. Jay felt his heart start to hammer in his chest.

The page opposite held another article. Jay swallowed. Eliza Gordon dead at the 30. Jay pushed down his tears. After he had found out he was adopted he had wondered why his dad had given him up, and this was undoubtedly the reason. His mother couldn't be dead, his dreams had all been of meeting his mother someday. Cliff Gordon's wife Eliza Gordon (30) is dead after battling lung cancer for over five-months. She leaves behind her son Jay who just turned a year-old. Cliff Gordon has not commented about the death of his first wife. The picture included was a chapel with the label The private funeral will be held on Tuesday the third between 3 and 7 PM. Jay couldn't believe what he had read. His mother, dead at only thirty.

Jay turned the page expecting another article. There wasn't, the next page was empty except a picture of Jay's adoptive parent's trailer and their address scribbled on a piece of light blue paper. Jay felt the sobs start to creep up his throat. His father had abandoned him. He couldn't help it, he wished he had never found the picture albums. He would've much rathered to leave it a mystery. The hot tears crept out of his eyes splashing down onto the page. He sobbed until he was just heaving breaths of sadness. He checked his watch, to find it was three a.m in the morning exactly. Jay sighed in ragged breaths. He decided to go to the bathroom before retreating into his bedroom readying himself for morning training. He tugged off the blanket, shutting off the lamp. Slowly he crept to the bathroom, Jay cringed at his blotchy tear stained face. After shutting the lights off in the bathroom, he crept slowly down the hallway trying not to wake his brothers and Nya. When he was almost there he heard someone's door open, Jay surprised rushed into his bedroom shutting the door behind, he jumped onto his bed climbing under his blue comforter.

"Jay?" the door creaked open, Nya stood there, wearing a robe over her nightgown illuminated from the hall. "Are you there?" She asked fear creeping into her voice.

"Yeah," Jay mumbled wincing at how cracked his voice sounded.

"What's wrong?" Nya asked as she advanced to his bed. "It's three a.m in the morning, you should be asleep." His girlfriend said as she reached the bed. Jay turned away, not wanting her to see his tear stained face.

"Jay?" She asked again, as she climbed into his bed. Jay scooched over letting Nya get comfortable.

"My mom died." He said into his pillow. Nya exhaled slowly. "I was only one, she had lung cancer." He turned to face his love, Nya's brown eyes scanned his blotchy face.

"Oh." She answered simply. She wrapped her arms around the poor boy, not caring about how he'd found out, not caring why he was up. No, it didn't matter right now. Jay just needed to be comforted. Jay snuggled closer to her enjoying the warmth, they both quickly fell asleep to the sound of each other's breathing holding onto each other.

~Time Skip~

"Should we wake them up?" Cole asked the others. Kai shrugged, he had been immensely pissed that Nya had snuck into Jay's room, only Lloyd was allowed to do that.

"I think we should leave them," Lloyd said softly, rubbing his eyes sleepily. He glanced at his boyfriend who was scowling down at his sister. Lloyd smiled at Kai being his overprotective self.

"Okay," Kai responded, the boys left the couple to their much-needed sleep.

I just wanted to note that I got some feels from writing this, Also do you have any ideas for one shot? I'll take suggestions so feel free to request anything! (Well except, Conya, Ronya, bruise, techno, or plasma shipping) Sorry, my OTP is Jaya. But anything else I'll try to write!

~Esther (BunnyTheNinja)