"I don't like him." Danny said, pounding his fist on his desk.
"Big surprise," Sam replied. "You all but attacked him. What's up with you? You don't have a girlfriend."
"Yet," muttered Tucker, fiddling with his PDA. When they both stared at him, he groaned and said "Sam, the bet I had with Jazz was that sooner or later, one of you two would talk to her about asking the other out, or something in that vein. It's been how long now? It's more obvious than Jazz liking Rae." Nobody answered. "Fine," he said, "this has gone on long enough!" He grabbed the spectre deflector, strapped it on Danny, locked it, then went outside the room, locked the door, and said "Unless you two can pluck up enough courage to at least talk to each other about how you feel, you're staying in there."
"So, now what?" Danny said, clueless as ever.
"We talk." Sam replied simply.
Outside the door, Tucker said, "This is where it all begins."
Saturday, and twenty dollars shorter (Tucker pulled a reverser on her), Jazz was driving to the park, to see Rae. He had called earlier that morning, and had handled her parents overbearing questions (okay, just her dad's. Maddie was quite approving). She hadn't quite felt this way about anyone before. Rae was cute, nice, smart, and handsome. And, on top of it all, he had found out by himself that Danny was part-ghost! Now she wouldn't have to make stupid excuses for his odd behaviour. Then there was the whole elements thing… What was that about? Then she pulled up to the park, and saw Rae. Sitting on a bench, the air around him suspiciously clear. She walked up, and he presented her with a clear rose.
"Rae," she said, "it's beautiful! What is it?"
"Pure ice crystal." He said, while affixing it in her hair. "I made it myself. It'll never melt."
Jazz looked at him in awe for a moment, then snapped awake and asked "I know this isn't my business, but what exactly does 'complete elemental control' mean? I've just gotta know."
Rae didn't answer for a while, but looked around, pausing slightly on the bumper sticker on Jazz's car. "Well," he said, "even though you are going for a psychology doctorate, you might not want a bumper sticker asking whether you've 'hugged' you inner child to day or not on your car. It seems a little weird." Jazz just stared at him. "Fiiiine," he said, mock-whining, "I'll tell you.
"Complete control of all the elements. Fire, Earth, Water and Air. What it basically means is that I can do almost everything. Throw fire, breathe underwater, control plants, all that basic stuff is only a small part of what I can do." He brought his hands together, and a single raindrop fell into them. Then he blew onto it, and a tiny red flame appeared in the drop. "This is a fire tear." he said. "It shows the amazing control needed, for these two would extinguish each other in any other situation." Then he waved his hand over the ground, and fine strands of metal wove themselves into a necklace with the fire tear, which Jazz soon found across her neck.
"That's amazing! So, if you control everything about the elements, does that mean you can control the water and earth in living things?" A nod. "Wow, that's mind-boggling! Ooh, the possibilities are making my head hurt!"
"Believe me," Rae said. "That'll pass." He looked at the sun, then said, "Drat, I'm late for work! Sorry Jazz, but I've gotta go. I'll see you later."
She grabbed his shoulder, and said "Not yet. You've given me such wonderful gifts, I feel a need to give you something." She closed her eyes, a leaned in towards him, as he did the same, and their lips met. She was going to pull away, when, overcome by a strange desire, and pulled him fully into the kiss, which they shared for what seemed like ages. They broke apart, and Jazz said, for the first time to a boy (actually meaning it), "I love you." He looked at her, and said so softly "I love you too, more than the amazing life that grows each day." Then the reverie was over, and both blushed, and said, "I've gotta go. We'll talk tomorrow."