For the rest of the day, Sherry wasn't quite herself. She took Oreo for a short walk down to Central Park - she lived about 30 minutes from there. Her mind kept wondering back to the meeting with Hunnigan she had earlier that day. So, me and Jake are technically working together from monday onward.. Sherry sighed softly. She was happy sure, but Jake obviously wasn't. She was worried that Jake would act as rude as always at HQ, and she wouldn't always be there to apologize for him, what if Jake got into trouble and Sherry - as his supervisor, got the worst of it? what if he got into so much trouble that she'd be demoted? She swallowed an invisible lump in her throat. No, no, he wouldn't, he couldn't. not even Jake is that much of an idiot, i'll just have to..

Her thoughts trailed off as Oreo yanked on his leash trying to pull her ahead, Sherry guessed he saw Central Park ahead and was excited. Sherry felt bad she wasn't getting Oreo out for as many walks as he deserved, if he got walked once a week he'd be lucky. Her work for the D.S.O always kept her busy, but with Jake around her, her daily routine got a little flustered, with Oreo getting the short end of the stick. Jake gets to live in the apartment rent free, maybe ill start forcing him to take Oreo for walks when i can't manage.. and just like that, Jake was the center of attention again.

As she approached the Parks entrance, her phone chimed out a message tone. She instantly reached for her phone, upon unlocking it she noticed Jake had changed the wallpaper to a picture of himself. Cute she sarcastically thought. The message was from none other than the mercenary himself, he took it upon himself to change his name in her contacts too, to your one and only of all things, she forced herself to hold back a laugh.

From: Your one and only

"Hey Supergirl, don't leave the walk too late, i have dinner reservations for 6, its a fancy place too so get dressed up."

Dinner reservations huh. She wondered where in the world he'd be taking her, but her thoughts were quickly cut short by Oreo's whining over being kept at the entrance. "Oh, sorry buddy" and with that, she gave Oreo more of the leash and the walked around the Park, occasionally waving at a passing stranger. They had been walking for about 20 minutes when Sherry located a bench to take a break and reply to Jake. She decided to change Jake's name back in her contacts, and finally reply to him.

To: Jake

"Sure, on the way home now, where are we going?"

She gave Oreo a dog treat she had brought from home before standing up and tugging hm gently to let him know it was time to get home. He was a puppy, so he naturally had a lot of energy, but she hoped he'd be tired by the time they reached her apartment. As they were passing one of Sherry's favorite café's, her phone chimed again

From: Jake

"Its for the benefit of national security that you just wait and be surprized."

Okay, she was kind of expecting him not to tell her, but she still let out a giggle at his recycled reply.

After passing a few more stores, cafés and an apartment complex or two, she was home. she smiled politely at her doorman Wayne, who was always courteous to her, and never minded Oreo too much. She'd always remember what Jake had said about him a week into his stay, the way he smiles is just too creepy, tell him the med's aren't working. She tried to casually jog to the elevator to hide her giggling, but she was sure it looked wierd. Pushing the button for the 14th floor, she picked up Oreo and petted him softly, she could see he was a bit tired, and by the time the elevator reached her floor, he was starting to fall asleep in her arms.

She opened her apartment door to see Jake relaxing on her couch with a book. He was currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird, and from what he told her, it was his new favorite book, the old one she had no clue what it was. Jake loved to read to her surprise. Jake would go through Sherry's book collections and read whatever seemed interesting. He soaked up information like a sponge, from what she read in his case file before her field mission to retrieve him, he inherited it all from his maniac father - Albert Wesker. Though, much unlike him, Jake wasn't interested in ruling the world, and used his advanced skills to become a soldier of fortune - well, now he was going to be using those skills to become a D.S.O agent.

She gently kissed Oreo on the head and lied him down in his dog bed in the kitchen and then walked into her living room to see Jake was closing his book and smirking up at her. "Hey, how was your walk? Oreo looks exhausted.", she smiled at him and sighed "It wasn't bad, and yeah, thank god, he was up the other night barking at the thunder, i want him to actually sleep tonight, so i can sleep." She sat beside him on the couch, taking out her phone to check the time. 4:56 pm, plenty of time. she thought. Though, upon opening her screen she could see Jake looking at her to take in her reaction over the changed wallpaper. "Oh yeah, lovely picture of you Jake, no really." He flashed her a wide smile, "Especially for you Supergirl." He winked at her playfully, before sherry gently slapped him on the arm, "Sorry, but i like my wallpaper of me and Claire a little more." and with that, she changed her wallpaper back, ignoring Jake's over-the-top pout in her direction, which she just laughed at.

"Better start getting ready for dinner by the way, we need to be ready to walk out of her around 5:40. I've already had a shower so its all yours." He slowly stood up to turn on the TV to turn on the news, Jake was glued to CNN lately. He liked to keep himself updated which Sherry understood, but all Jake watched was CNN, Sherry at least had her girly program's to distract from the reality of the world. "Sure, thanks, i shouldn't be too long." he nodded at her and suddenly all his attention was to a news story over a recent outbreak in Africa somewhere, but she heard the D.S.O had already sent agents to contain it. She stood up from the couch, grabbed some fresh towels from the laundry basket she had left on the kitchen table and took a 'quick' shower.

Sherry often liked to sing in the shower, but one morning she heard Jake singing along with her outside in the hall and felt so embarrassed that she hadn't sung since. She used some sweet smelling Cherry body lotion that she only used for special occasion's. Hey, he's taking me out to dinner, why not? She finished rinsing the conditioner from her hair, turned off the shower and dried off, quickly hoping into her warm fluffy dressing gown and crossing over to her bedroom to pick out her outfit. She decided on a knee-length blue dress with a white wrap and white high-heels. Half her wardrobe was blue, Claire once told Sherry that blue was her color, and she had to agree - she felt like blue suited her.

She was putting on a little lip gloss then Jake called out from the hall "Hey Supergirl, its 5:35, you ready?", she finished her lip gloss and quickly glanced in her mirror and smiled approvingly at how she looked, ready for a nice dinner and a talk with Jake about the meeting, maybe even some wine if Jake offered to drive them home.

She stepped out of her room and saw Jake had changed into a nice black shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and a good pair of jeans without a single tear. Huh, i didn't even know he had such a good pair. She couldn't help a blush when she saw him though, god he looked perfect. When he saw her, she could see his eyes opened just a little more wide than they usually did, and he smiled at her, "You look great Supergirl, as usual ofcourse." she giggled slightly at his complement "Thanks Jake, likewise." and with that, Jake and her walked out of the apartment. Jake locked the door and held his arm out for Sherry to hold, which she gladly accepted, and they were on there way.


Turns out, they walked to the restaurant. It was one Sherry had only ever been to twice with Claire and Leon, once for her birthday, and the second for a celebratory dinner from a mission Leon had arrived back from that had gone well. Despite only being there twice though, Sherry really liked it, it was a half indoor, half outdoor restaurant that served Italian food - Jake's favorite, and well, it was growing on Sherry more and more. They decided to sit inside as Sherry had shivered the whole walk there, which Sherry was very thankful for.

When they got the menu's and had finally decided on their order, Jake called over a waiter, "She'll have a garden salad and Ravioli, and I'll have Lasagne and a side of fries, oh and a bottle of red wine and 2 glasses." the waiter nodded politely and moved on to the next table to take more orders. "So," Sherry began, "Do i have to ask you about the meeting today?", Jake relaxed a little more in his chair and smirked, "What do you want to know? I know you want to be out in the field again, its all you texted me about after China, and i thought id surprise you by applying to the D.S.O to work as your partner." She smiled at his reply, honestly it hadn't dawned on her that any field missions she had after Jake wouldn't actually have Jake as her partner on them, but she was sure if she had realized it sooner, she would of missed him and not applied at all most likely.

Jake was the perfect partner for her, he didn't treat her as a mutant over her healing abilities, and she wasn't afraid of him, even with his inhuman strength, rude attitude or short temper. They balanced each other out, what one lacked, the other more than made up for it. She never thought she'd fine someone who accepted her so easily as Jake did - well, he was obviously a bit freaked after a piece of metal nearly sliced her in half, and as soon as it was pulled out, she was fine; no bleeding out, no crying, just a moan of pain and she was back walking within minutes. She expected him to be a bit taken aback by her, but after the initial shock, he was more curious and didn't bombard her with too many questions over it. When she replied with its a long story she was relieved to see Jake understood she didn't want to talk about it, and rewarded his patience with an explanation later in the cabin they took refuge in.

"I'm still pissed over how i have to babysit a bunch of idiots for the next year." he scoffed and rolled his eyes. "You're not babysitting Jake, You're teaching, and i'll be there to help you if you need any, i was kind of a trainer last year for them when there teacher had to drop out, i only taught them for 3 months but it wasn't bad, they were all nice and it can be fun." she smiled reassuringly at him and added "Don't worry, just think about what you get at the end of it all." He was about to reply when i waiter set there orders on the table in front of them and poured them each some red wine - Sherry's favorite she noticed. "Perfect, i'm starving" Jake mumbled and immediately began eating. "Yeah, yeah, enough about work and shit anyways, want to watch a movie when we get home? we never did finish Die Hard."

Sherry sighed, Jake had never seen a lot of the more common action movies, growing up he was more focused on getting money and learning Mercenary tactics - from what he told her, he had even dropped out of school to continue with training, so Sherry could see why he didn't exactly have the time to laze about watching Die Hard movies. He had discovered them amongst Sherry's already huge DVD collection - Claire and Leon often gave her DVD's as birthday or Christmas presents. Claire would give her romantic rom-com's that Sherry always loved, while Leon would give her nothing but action movies, he assumed she liked them since Sherry never said anything against them. Though, Die Hard was in a bunch of about 7 DVD's Leon had given her that Christmas, and she never actually got around to watching it. All it took for Jake to see the title and before she knew it, she was sitting beside a giddy Jake watching one of the most manliest movies she'd ever watched.

"Sure, didn't we fall asleep on the couch near the end?" Jake let out a short laugh, "No, you fell asleep, and watching movies is boring as hell when i cant give my witty commentary." Sherry nearly choked on her wine from his reply, "I don't think you screaming 'Fuck yeah' at the TV qualifies as 'witty commentary', but whatever helps you sleep at night." she winked at him and finished her meal trying not to laugh at the memory of that one time when Jake had gotten so excited over Die Hard that he had knocked his coke all over himself and couldn't find the DVD remote to pause the movie, so he sat in his wet shirt for a good 30 minutes until Sherry finally kicked him off the couch.

Jake sighed, "Man i love this place, they've got the best Lasagne, well, second best - my mom's is always going to be the best." Sherry readjusted her wrap before replying, "Oh yeah, is your mom coming over soon? i remember you saying once that she'd love to visit America.", Jake nodded "Yeah, part of the reason i'm working with the D.S.O is so i can get her over here faster actually, Hunnigan says it'll be maybe 3 weeks before she can come over, mom called me yesterday saying shes nearly packed too." Sherry smiled, Jake loved his mother and it was sweet to see he was taking care of her, "That's great, guess you're on the couch when she gets here huh?" she winked and him playfully but saw his expression grow a little distant, "That's the thing actually, with the money from the D.S.O i'm actually going to be renting an apartment for her, and she wants me to stay with her there, she doesn't know the city and doesn't want to be alone you know?"

Sherry felt her heart sink, she knew this was coming but didn't want to know when. Jake and her weren't even dating, why was she so sad? well, they had grown so close after everything that happened, so naturally she was attached to him. She felt the tears stinging the back of her eyes, Please don't move too far away, don't leave me again.. She sadly thought. Claire was visiting her brother Chris and his wife Jill just outside New York, they had just bought a new house and were having Claire out for a month to help them with the furniture and such, and Leon, as usual, was on a field mission. She hated when either one was gone, but when they were both gone Sherry felt very vulnerable, so she clung to Jake all the more when he showed up unannounced outside her door 3 weeks ago.

Sherry quickly blinked back the tears that thankfully, never came. "That's great Jake! I hope you don't move too far away, I'm sure you'll be needing me to get you to and from work." she smiled happily at him, trying her hardest to hide her hurt feelings. "And that's the other thing, i actually talked to your landlord, the guy said there was an opening on the 3rd floor, it'd be perfect for mom since she doesn't like being too high up, so i'm not going too far supergirl." Don't go at all she silently replied.

"So when do you think you'll be moving out?" she asked, trying to keep herself together, and maintain the cheery face she had put on for him. "Hmm.. is next weekend okay? i'm sure ill be too busy with work this week to do anything." Sherry nodded, "Sure, i can help move your clothes and stuff out, we can even go shopping and get you furniture if you need it." Jake's eyes suddenly opened wide, "Shit i forgot about all that." he muttered, "Yeah, i'm definitely gonna need your help there, thanks Sherry." she nodded once more, "You don't call me supergirl for nothing."

Jake picked up the check and they walked back to Sherry's apartment, chatting about a bit of everything - How their dinner was, Work, Jake's books, until finally they reached Sherry's apartment door. Jake turned on Die Hard but wasn't in the mood for it once it started, and saw how Sherry was fighting to keep her eyes open. Jake slowly scooped her up in his arms and carried her to her bed. He tried not to wake her up so he gently took off her high heels and wrap, and tucked her in, he could see she was fully asleep by the time he'd reached her bedroom door, ready to go to bed himself.

"Thanks for letting me stay here with you Supergirl, I promise once everything's settled and sorted out, I'll tell you.." he muttered at her, knowing she was fast asleep and couldn't hear him, but secretly he hoped that she'd heard every word, and with that, flicked off her bedroom light and slowly walked toward his room, soon to be spare room.


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