Hey guys and gals, Jaykid1 here. Here's another chapter. I've wanted to use this prompt for awhile. Enjoy and remember to review and leave a prompt you may want to see.

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Pairing- Cassie (18) X Jaden (18)

Featuring- Jacqui Briggs, Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage.

Rating- M

Prompt- Lovers and Friends

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A Thin Line.

Cage Residence- 23:37

How had this happened? That was a question that Jaden had been asking himself for quite awhile. Most recently earlier this morning when he came to Earthrealm to help Cassie move. Cassie had recently turned 18 and decided to finally move out of her mother's place in the Special Forces barracks to stay with her dad full time. Jaden was all too happy to help as it meant he'd have less interaction with the emotionally closed off Sonya... actually that wasn't quite true, Sonya was quite intimate with the emotion anger.

Cassie didn't have much that needed to be moved. Her room at her mother's was actually quite bare as most of her things had been in her room at her dad's home where she stayed every weekend since she was 13 when her parents divorced. All of Cassie belongings, consisting of clothing, toiletries, and a few electronics fit into two suitcases and a large box. Leaving a note for Sonya, who'd been hold up in her office for nearly a week and a quick fire teleport later and the two were now outside Johnny's home where the man himself was waiting for them with open arms.

Johnny had a meeting with his agent but he wasn't leaving until his daughter arrived. Once Cassie was all settled in, Johnny bid the young adults adieu as he wouldn't be returning until the next morning. He left, thinking nothing of leaving Cassie and Jaden alone, and why would he think otherwise? As far as Johnny knew, or anyone for that matter, Cassie and Jaden were just friends nearly siblings. No one but Jaden and Cassie knew the truth.

After Cassie was all settled in and Johnny left, Cassie got the idea to have a spar. Not one to deny a challenge, Jaden agreed and the two retreated to the home gym in Johnny's basement. Cassie was wearing a white sports bra and combat pants similar to the ones her dad wore while Jaden was shirtless and wore a pair of combat shorts. The two had sparred each other hundreds of times but never managed to beat the other. Jaden was quick and strong and could take damage and Cassie was quick, flexible and unpredictable. No matter what they did, they always tied. Lately however their spars were ending much differently.

The two teens had been sparing for half an hour now and were both covered in a layer of sweat. It was after Cassie threw a straight hook and Jaden caught her hand and pulled her close. They stared each other in the eye before Cassie came forward and pressed her lips to his. Jaden dropped her hand and wrapped his arms around her while she wrapped hers around his neck. The two stood there, lips locked in the middle of the room. Before long, Jaden's hands drifted down before they gripped Cassie's ass and hoisted her up where she wrapped her legs around his waist.

Suddenly in a burst of flame, Jaden teleported to Cassie's room. They'd done this so often that neither had to look up and Jaden walked with practiced ease over to Cassie's bed. Soon enough their clothes were gone and they began their passionate dance of desire and lust.

This brings us to now. Jaden was lying naked on his back with one arm behind his head and the other holding Cassie who was cuddled into his side asleep. A thin sheet was the only thing covering their modesty from the waist down. Jaden lied there reminiscing. 'How did we get here?' He thought before looking down at Cassie's peaceful expression. 'Why is this so natural? When did we cross that bridge between lovers and friends?' He thought back, trying to pinpoint the exact moment when they went from Cassie and Jaden 'Best Friends' to Cassie and Jaden... whatever they were now. Sure they'd had moments were they flirted but it was never serious. He figured the line between friends and lovers was rather thin when it came to them. As he thought back, he figured they truly crossed that line two years ago.

Cassie had once again got into an argument with her mother and had left the barracks. Not wanting to be alone and knowing that her father was at a shoot and Jacqui was on vacation with her family, she knew Jaden was her go to person. Normally this would pose a problem as he was home in Edenia, but luckily for her, Jaden, with the help of his father, had a special necklace made for Cassie that would open up a portal to Edenia that would deposit her inside the palace gardens. Cassie found Jaden in his chambers as the sun had set in Edenia, thou it was still early so the markets were still abuzz with activity.

During her visit, the two had left the palace and gone into the markets if for no other reason than to find something to take Cassie's mind off her anger at her mother. When nothing in the markets provided a distraction, they returned to the palace where Cassie suggested they play truth or dare. They played back and forth for ten minutes when it happened. Jaden had chosen dare and Cassie, with a Cheshire cat grin had dared him to kiss her for 5 seconds. Cassie loved to win and she was sure she'd win here. Jaden wasn't one to back down from a challenge so he leaned forward and placed his lips on hers. When the 5 seconds past, Jaden didn't pull away, in fact, he deepened the kiss as his hands wrapped around her slim waist. Cassie's hands had come up with one hand going around his neck and the other tangling into his hair. When the need for air had them pull away, Cassie was straddling Jaden's lap and their hooded eyes were starring at each others. Amber met blue and before either knew what happened, they were kissing again and falling back on Jaden's bed. The next morning, the awoke in the others arms, naked as the day they were born with a slightly blood stained sheet covering them from the waist down.

The two washed up and got changed but neither spoke about what happened. They just went about their business as if nothing happened. A week later found them together again but this time they were in Cassie's bed. It wasn't long before sex became a common part of both their lives.

Back to the present, Jaden was still lost in thought when a pair of lips on his chin brought him back. When he looked down, Cassie's blue eyes stared back at him. "What are you thinking so hard about?"

"Honestly, us." He replied.

Cassie gave a small yawn before replying. "What about us?"

Jaden motioned to them now. "This. We've been doing this for about two years now but we've never discussed this. I just finally have to ask what does this make us? Are we together? Or friends who just have casual sex?" He asked.

Cassie stayed quiet for a moment. They had been doing this for quite awhile, and in some strange places too. In the barracks, Johnny's home gym and film room, she also recalled the time on the Briggs farm on Jacqui's birthday last year when they literally had a 'roll in the hay'. Cassie thought back on all the good times they've had together and realized something, she wanted more. With that in mind she sat up and straddled Jaden's lap. "Well, I'm not sure about you but, I'm comfortable saying I'm yours, as long as you say your mine." She said.

Jaden smiled up at her. "Haven't I always been yours." He said.

The now official couple kissed before Cassie sat up slightly before sinking down on Jaden's hardened member. They made love all morning... at least until Johnny got home and busted down his daughter's door after hearing what he thought were her pained moans.

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