A/N: I'm back! The trip took a lot longer than I thought. I stayed in Baltimore after the Otakon was over. Anyways here is the next chapter of Borders. I hope you enjoy.
Waking up to the sound of his new alarm clock, Crow got out of bed at a snail's pace. Due to his recent blackmail, he has now, unwilling, become a servant boy, or as Crow would call it a personal slave. His morning job consisted of making him breakfast, which seemed like an idiotic job.
Crow walked into the hallway and an idea formed in his head. Since his room was adjacent to Jack's room, it was easy access to enter. Crow quietly entered the room without making a sound. Seeing Jack's high classed stuff disgusted Crow. His eyes locked onto the alarm clock on the side table. Crow knew Jack had to get up early to go to a meeting with his dad, Goodwin. So he pulled out the plug on the clock and snuck out of Jack's room, snickering.
A few hours passed by and Crow was meet with a loud bang as his bedroom door slammed opened.
"You were supposed to wake me up at nine! It's eleven!" Jack screamed.
"Opps." Crow said without remorse.
"And dare I ask about breakfast?" Jack asked.
"I wouldn't." Crow said.
Jack took a deep breath to calm himself down, but it didn't help much.
"Remember your place, I'm still in control." Jack said. "If you don't have my lunch ready in one hour, you know what I'll do."
"Hey that's not fair! It'll take me a lot longer than one hour to make you lunch!" Crow stood up and walked up to Jack, "Plus, I don't know my way around this maze you call home!"
"Well then good luck, because I'm not going to show you around." Jack left the room, but poked his head in the door to say one last thing, "Don't forget to wear your uniform. It's in the closet."
Oh how he hated Jack. Crow rushed to the closet and opened it. Inside was nothing but butler suits, or as the Satellite called them monkey suits. Crow didn't have time to stand there, he was wasting time. Having no knowledge of how to put on a suit of any kind, he only put on the black jacket and didn't bother with the rest.
In the living room, Jack sat in the sofa rubbing his temple.
"If it wasn't that he looked-."
Jack's mumbling was interrupted by the door opening.
"Jack!" Goodwin called out.
"Dad I can explain." Jack said.
Goodwin walked up to Jack, "Don't bother. And why are you still in your night cloths?"
Jack didn't realize that he didn't change and simply replied with a roll of his eyes.
Goodwin sighed, "Just good get dressed and we'll continue discussing about your servant."
Jack did as he was told and went upstairs to his room to get dressed. When he came back down he saw Crow serving Goodwin some coffee.
"You're not in uniform." Jack said.
"Like I know how to put on this monkey suit!" Crow shot back.
"Crow, would you give me and Jack some privacy?" Goodwin asked, though it was more of a command.
Crow rolled his eyes and gladly took the chance to leave both their presents. Jack sat down as his Goodwin drew in his breath.
"Why?" Was all Goodwin said.
"I'm just showing that satellite trash who's king around here." Jack said with a smirk and crossing his arms.
Goodwin saw right through him.
"Jack I know this has more to it than that." Goodwin said.
Jack softened his expression and down casted his eyes.
"I want to know my childhood." Jack said.
"Jack you can't still be dwelling on that." Goodwin said.
"Dad! I was hit or fell on my head or some freak accident of some sort caused me to lose my memory of my childhood. And the only thing I remember is shaking hands with someone who had orange hair and gray eyes before losing my memory!"
"Keep your voice down. Even so, it's impossible that servant is the same person."
"I still have to try." Jack said.
"You can't stay stuck in the past forever. You have a bright future ahead of you. Don't let the past hold you down." Goodwin got up to walk to the stairs but stopped. "And as soon as you find out what you need, get rid of that satellite trash."
Jack watched as his father went upstairs. He sighed and went to search for Crow. When he left earlier Crow was headed in the direction of the garden, so that's where Jack went. And he was right Crow was in the garden, sitting on the swing under an arch that was decorated with roses and vines. The scenery looked peaceful. And Crow looked like he was deep in thought.
Jack began to feel dizzy. That boy appeared in his mind. Orange hair and grey eye color, smiling. He and Jack were shaking hands, but this time he said something.
"We'll always be friends."
Jack smelled the aroma of plants and heat as he awoke. The dizziness was still there, so he didn't know if this was a dream or reality.
"Jack, can you hear me?" A voice asked.
Jack grabbed his and sat up.
"Hey, slow down. You don't want to move around too fast." Crow said.
Jack didn't answer; he just looked at Crow and his surroundings.
"Why are we in the greenhouse?" Jack asked.
"It was the fastest place I could get to. I didn't think that you would want anyone to see you in a weakened state." Crow said.
"Why would you care about that? It was a chance to stomp on my pride." Jack said.
"As much as I would love to kill your pride, I can sympathize with that. I don't want anyone to see me at my weakest point either." Crow said.
They both looked at each other with surprised looks. They were actually agreeing on something.
"Did we just agree on something?" Crow asked.
"I'm going to go now." Jack stated.
Jack left the greenhouse still in a daze.
'He might be the only connection to my past, but there is no way me and that satellite trash could ever get along.' Jack thought.
A/N: This was more like a chapter to why Jack wanted Crow to be his servant. Either ways I hope you all enjoyed! Laters!
