One thing I forgot to point out last chapter. I'm going to try and keep this entire story in Jaden's POV. Whenever I change from his POV, I'm going to us narrative.
Okay, enjoy part two!
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Jaden's POV
"Claire!?"
Claire smiled and pushed herself off of the chair, so she was standing up. The newspaper fell on the floor. As she stood up, she folded her hands against her hips, just like Morgan did at the airport. Claire was wearing fingerless black gloves. Her jeans were beaded around the pockets. Claire was wearing a tight, long sleeved white T-shirt that was covered up by a black button up vest that began just underneath her breasts. Her hair was pulled up into a high pony tail with some strands loose and curling by her face.
"I want her pants, I want her shirt, I want her slippers, and damn it I bet I want her bra and underwear too!" Sam muttered from behind me. Joni stifled a giggle. I would have too but my voice kind of vanished from me as soon as I saw Claire. I wasn't the only one either. My entire family, well, the adults, not the kids, were dead silent. My mom was just smiling. Morgan was quiet too but that only lasted about, oh, ten seconds before…
"CLAIRE!!!!" Morgan screamed. Claire jumped slightly and looked up at Morgan. Morgan threw herself across the counter that separated her and Claire. She fell off of the counter and landed on her back on the ground. Mark jumped forward to see if she was okay. She was, because she just scrambled to her feet and threw herself at Claire, hugging her tightly. Claire laughed and hugged Morgan back. After a minute, Claire forced Morgan back.
"Oh, my god! I can't believe you're here! What are you doing here? Why didn't you tell me that you were coming?" Morgan demanded. Claire just smiled and tipped Morgan's nose with the tip of her finger.
"I'm here to spend Christmas with old friends, I didn't tell you because you would have blabbed it to Jaden as soon as you saw him and I wanted to surprise him and you as well," Claire explained. Morgan just scowled at her for a moment before smiling again and throwing herself at Claire. Claire laughed and forced Morgan off again and then she side stepped her so she was standing in front of me. Claire lowered her head and cocked it to the side, raising an eyebrow at me. "I think he's broken, Morgan," Claire said. She then raised her hand and snapped her fingers in front of my face. I blinked and my head shot back. I looked down at her and then I found my voice again.
"Claire!" I screamed. I grabbed Claire around the waist and spun her around, hugging her tightly. Claire was laughing and hugging me back.
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Narrative POV
Alexis stared at Jaden as he swung Claire around in a circle. Jealousy coiled in Alexis' gut. It shocked her; Alexis never saw herself as the jealous type. Just the way Jaden was swinging Claire around…
"Jaden Takato Yuki, put me down this instant!" Claire ordered, still laughing. Jaden obeyed and set her on her feet. Claire brushed some hair out of her face and was beaming up at Jaden. Jaden was beaming down at her. The jealousy coiled tighter. Chris quickly sidestepped everyone and walked quickly to Claire.
"My eyes aren't deceiving me! It really is you, Claire!" Chris said. He scooped her up in a quick hug, swinging her around once before setting her down on her feet.
"What is she, a rag doll?" Chazz grumbled. Sam smacked his arm.
"Shut it, Chazz," Sam growled. Chazz glared at her. When Chris set Claire down on her feet, she reached up and smacked him on the back of the head. Chris winced and rubbed the back of his head.
"Any particular reason why you just abused me?" Chris asked. Claire was glaring at him.
"Yes, there is. Thanks to you mister, I got attacked by a mattress when I was taking care of my bags!" Claire answered. Chris blinked in confusion. He then turned and looked at his wife, who was smiling at no one in particular.
"A mattress?" Chris asked. Lauren giggled and nodded. She pointed up the stairs toward the end of the hallway, toward the spare bedroom.
"The mattress I specifically asked you to get in the spare room before you left to go pick up Jaden and everyone," Lauren said. "Instead, you left if propped in the hall outside the door," Lauren continued.
"Where it proceeded to fall on me!" Claire said. Jaden looked at Claire.
"No way," Jaden said. Claire looked at him and nodded.
"Way," Claire said. A smile spread across Jaden's lips.
"Damn, I wish I could have been there to see that!" Jaden said. Claire smacked Jaden on the side of his head. He just laughed.
"Yeah, I was down here making cookies when all of a sudden, I here kerplunk followed by a cuss and 'I'm going to kill, Dad!'" Lauren said as she got some cookies off of the cookie sheet with a spatula. Chris smiled at Claire, both amused and repentant. He also looked thrilled. He must have liked the fact that Claire still called him Dad.
"I'm sorry, Claire-bear," Chris said. Claire shrugged.
"Its okay, this time," Claire said, looking at him. Chris laughed.
"That's it; I need a hug from Claire now!" May said as she forced her way through the gang and to Claire. Shelbi, Jake, and Mike all followed. After all of the hugs were out of the way, Atticus spoke up.
"Jay, who's Claire?" Atticus asked. Jaden looked at Atticus. Claire looked between them before kicking Jaden in the shine. He looked at her confused; the kick wasn't a hard one.
"What was that for?" Jaden demanded. Claire was glaring at him.
"Now why would your friends be asking who I am? Shouldn't they already know?" Claire asked. Jaden stared at Claire and looked like a deer caught in the headlights. Claire had heard all about Jaden's new friends from Duel Academy, all about them. Shouldn't they have heard all about her?
"Ummm, no, they shouldn't," Jaden answered slowly. Claire's eyes narrowed even more before she just smiled. Jaden looked at her confused.
"Okey-dokie then," Claire said.
"That's it?" Jaden asked. Claire shook her head.
"No, but it will be more of a surprise when I actually do get my revenge," Claire answered smiling. Jaden frowned and Morgan just laughed.
"Jaden?" Syrus called. Jaden shook his head and looked at his friends. He smiled and pointed to Claire.
"Guys, meet Claire Sato, Claire, meet the guys," Jaden introduced. Claire smiled at them.
"Jaden, I think she should know our names, too," Bastion said. Claire shook her head.
"No worries, Bastion, I know who everyone is," Claire said. Everyone looked at her in shock.
"How do you know all of our names?" Hassleberry asked. Claire sighed and jerked a thumb at Jaden.
"Jaden here, ever since he started going to Duel Academy, just wouldn't shut up about his new friends," Claire answered. Axel looked at her.
"That doesn't explain how you know the names to the faces," Axel said.
"Sure it does, Axel. Jaden sent me pictures of you guys. I have all of your faces in my phone. Creepy, but effective now," Claire answered. Jim nodded.
"That sure is creepy," Jim agreed. Claire nodded. She then placed her hands on the counter top and pushed herself up onto the counter top. Crossing her legs, Claire swiped a cookie off of the sheet and took a bite out of it. Lauren just smiled at her and continued to place the cookies on a plate.
"Mommy, I want a cookie," Mia said. She was standing next to her mother's leg, tugging on her pants. Zoey and Tommy stood next to her, obviously hoping to get a cookie as well. Before Lauren could say anything, Claire leaned back and grabbed three cookies. She held them down for the three of them.
"Here ya go," Claire said. The three of them smiled up a Claire and took the cookies.
"Thank you!" they said. Claire smiled and sat up straight, taking another bite out of her cookie. Jaden smiled at Claire.
"What, I don't get a cookie?" Jaden asked. Claire looked at him. She took one last bite of her cookie before shoving the rest of it in Jaden's mouth. He chocked and cookie crumbs fell on the kitchen floor. Jaden quickly swallowed the cookie and whipped his mouth with the back of his hand, glaring at Claire. Claire smiled and looked at Lauren.
"Mom, Jaden's making a mess of the kitchen," Claire said. Lauren looked at Claire, then Jaden, and lastly the floor. She looked at Jaden with a disapproving expression. Jaden pointed an accusing finger at Claire.
"Claire shoved the cookie in my face!" Jaden defended himself. Lauren rolled her eyes and went back to the cookies. Claire tisked Jaden.
"Excuses, excuses," Claire said. Jaden rolled his eyes and elbowed Claire in the side. Claire just smiled.
"Okay, can we, like, go now?" Blair asked. Claire looked at her, cocking her head to the side confused.
"Go where?" Claire asked. Blair rolled her eyes.
"To our hotel. I think I speak for all of us when I say we're ready to relax," Blair said. Everyone nodded their heads. Claire looked at everyone confused and then at Lauren.
"Explain to me again who's staying here," Claire said. Lauren chuckled and smiled. She looked at Claire.
"Only Jaden, Alexis, and Jesse are staying here, sweetheart. We don't have room for everyone," Lauren said. Claire pointed to the living room.
"But you have a big living room, and those couches are pretty damn comfy!" Claire said. Lauren laughed and Chris ruffled Claire's hair, causing her to glare at him as she fixed her now messed up hair. When she finished fixing her hair, Claire looked back at Lauren.
"So Jesse is the guy I'm sharing the guest room with?" Claire asked. Lauren nodded and began to scrub the cookie sheet.
"That's right," Lauren said.
"Wait a minute!" Atticus yelled. Lauren looked at Atticus over her shoulder, as did everyone else.
"What's up, Atticus?" Jaden asked. Atticus looked at him.
"If Claire is sharing a room with Jesse, doesn't that mean you and Alexis are sharing a room?" Atticus asked. Jaden nodded.
"That's right," Jaden answered. Atticus looked at him like he was insane. Claire jumped off of the counter and patted Atticus on the shoulder. He looked at her.
"Relax, Atticus, nothing is going to happen. For Christ's sakes, Jaden's room is right next to his parents. And those walls a very thin," Claire assured Atticus. Atticus' cheeks took on slight color. Claire just smiled at him. "And besides, I can't share a room with Alexis," Claire said with a shrug. Aster looked at her confused.
"Why's that?" Aster asked. Claire looked at him.
"I don't know her," Claire said. Bastion pointed to Jesse.
"But you don't know Jesse, either," Bastion said. Claire looked at him.
"Actually…," Claire began to say, trailing off purposely. Jesse chuckled and Claire smiled at him; she smiled back at her. Everyone looked between them confused.
"Jess," Jaden called, causing Jesse to look at him. Jesse raised an eyebrow. Jaden pointed to Claire. "You know Claire?" Jaden asked. Jesse smiled.
"You could say that. This is the first time we've actually met in person," Jesse clarified. Claire smiled. Jaden's head whipped between the two of them.
"What are you talking about?" Morgan demanded, folding her hands against her hips. Jesse and Claire smiled at each other.
"I called Jaden at Duel Academy about a month ago, but he was in detention so Jesse answered the phone. We got to talking and then I gave Jesse my cell number and we've been talking a lot in the last month," Claire explained. She turned to smile at Morgan. "Dad wasn't pleased with the phone bill last month. He actually made me pay for my part of the bill," Claire said, frowning. Morgan laughed.
"That only ever happens when you go over your minutes by a lot," Morgan said. Claire winced.
"Try I nearly tripled them last month," Claire said. Morgan's jaw dropped.
"You have twenty five hundred minutes!" Morgan said. Claire glared at her.
"I know, but like I keep track of how many minutes I use! I talk to you, Jaden, Danny, Jesse, and all of my friends!" Claire explained. Sam looked at Claire.
"You have twenty five hundred minutes!" Sam gasped. Claire turned and smiled at her.
"Actually, because of last month, I have five thousand minutes now. Dad gave me Nathan's minutes and bought him a Go-Phone, because Nathan doesn't use his phone nearly as much as I do," Claire explained. Sam's jaw fell and she whipped around to look at Mike. Mike's eyes grew wide and he started shaking his head.
"Oh, hell no! You are fine with three thousand minutes! You never go over your minutes!" Mike explained. Sam's lower lip jutted out in a pout. Joni patted her hand.
"Sam, you text everyone anyway, you don't need five thousand minutes," Joni explained. Sam continued to pout but nodded. Claire clapped her hands, drawing attention away from Sam. Everyone looked at her.
"Okay, now that my phone's minutes are out of the way, can we please get out of here?" Claire asked. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy.
"Um, we can leave but you guys can stay," Atticus said. Claire looked at him.
"What on Earth are you talking about?" Claire asked. Chazz took a step forward.
"We want to relax. So you guys are going to stay here and we're going to our hotel to relax," Chazz explained. Claire just shook her head and waved her hand in the air.
"Pish posh, you can relax tonight. I need out of this house and I want to go to town, track down some people, all that jazz," Claire said. Chazz glared at her.
"And why do we have to go?" Chazz demanded. Claire looked at him.
"Because, what do you intend to do at your hotel?" Claire asked.
"Relax," Chazz answered in a tone that insinuated that she was an idiot.
"Relax how?" Claire asked. That pulled Chazz up short.
"Relaxing like everyone relaxes!" Chazz said eventually. Claire smiled at him.
"Oh, so you're going to relax like I relax?" Claire challenged. Chazz nodded.
"Yes," Chazz answered.
"Oh, so you're going to write and clean the hotel and listen to music and organize every room in the hotel?" Claire asked. Chazz's eyes grew wide. Jaden laughed.
"Give it up, Chazz, you're going to lose," Jaden said. Chazz grumbled and folded his arms across his chest. Claire smiled at him.
"Besides, you'll have time to relax before we run around the city. We still have to drop your bags off at the hotel and get you checked in before four," Claire said. Everyone looked up at the clock on the wall.
It was a quarter to two.
"Alright, good point, Claire," Aster said. He then shrugged. "I don't really feel like kicking it back in a hotel anyway," Aster said. Everyone slowly nodded.
"Yeah, that gets pretty boring pretty fast," Syrus said. Jaden smiled.
"Alright, then, we'll get out of here as soon as Lex and Jess are settled in," Jaden said. Everyone nodded. Jaden grabbed Alexis' bags and headed up the stairs. The gang sighed and resigned themselves to the living room. The adults began to talk in the kitchen over cookies and coffee while all of the younger kids ran back outside to play in the snow. Jesse began to pick up his bags. As he reached for his shoulder bag, a hand reached down and picked it up before he could. As Jesse looked up, he saw Claire shouldering the bag.
"Thanks," Jesse said. Claire smiled.
"No problem," Claire said. She reached down and picked up Jesse's Ruby Carbuncle key chain. She ran her thumb over the top of the key chain. "I love the keychain. Ruby's my favorite Gem Beast," Claire said. Jesse smiled at her.
"Don't tell the others, but she's mine, too," Jesse said. Claire giggled and nodded. She looked at Jesse and held her index finger in front of her lips.
"Our secret," Claire said, winking. Jesse chuckled and nodded. Jaden leaned over the banister in the hall to see Claire talking with Jesse. Claire casually tucked her hair in front of her face behind her ear. This caused Jaden to smile and come up with an evil idea.
"Claire, quit flirting!" Jaden yelled. Claire whipped around and glared at Jaden.
"I'm not flirting!" Claire yelled. Jaden rolled his eyes.
"Sure you aren't," Jaden said in a patronizing tone. Claire growled and Jaden just smiled at her. Jaden then stuck his tongue out at Claire and turned around to go back into his room.
"Jaden Takato Yuki, I'm going to kill you!" Claire yelled. She then ran through the living room and up the stairs. She disappeared down the hall where Jaden's room was. Everyone stared up at them confused. Morgan just laughed and smiled. Everyone looked at her.
"That's Claire Sato, live and in person," Morgan said with a smile.
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