A/N: Thank you to anyone who's reading this and a special one to those leaving behind reviews. Jrod85 you're right, they do have that electrifying chemistry between them; which makes me extra happy for the upcoming episodes since they're said to have some scenes with those two :P
The door shut behind them with a click.
'So where do you propose we look first?' she asked unenthusiastically.
'The basement', stated Jake as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
'We can work our way up from there', said Cassie whilst removing her coat.
'Sure, whatever, let's just get this over done with' added Faye and began making her way down the corridor to where the stairs were. The stairs were hidden behind a door nobody ever used, so rarely in fact that they jammed. 'Oh, come on' she was thought as she tried to push them open. No luck. Jake and Cassie were still by the entry hanging their coats so they weren't much of help. She decided she'd hit the door and hope for the best. She took a step back, and launched herself forward so her shoulder ended up taking most of the impact. 'It wo-'she began as the door shifted, but she was not to end that sentence; she started losing her balance. She could see the approaching stairs coming closer and closer in contact with her head, she shut her eyes. Surprisingly the pain never came. Instead a warm hand was enveloped around her waist. A hand she knew very well. Jake pulled her back up in a way that left her leaning completely on his side.
'How about you wait for us next time, huh?'As soon as the words escaped his mouth, he stepped back as if nothing happened. She decided not to comment on it.
'Where's Cassie gone?'
'She went to get something to drink, should be back soon'. Almost magically, Cassie appeared with a glass of water in her hand.
'I just w...'
'Yeah I know' Faye added in a bored tone and set off to descend down the stairs.
An hour later, they weren't any closer to finding the crystal they so desperately needed. Instead they've surrounded themselves in heaps of old photographs, toys and clothes.
'Okay, I think we're done here', said Faye. She hated all the dust and couldn't wait to leave it as far away as possible. Their next destination was the living room, but it only took few minutes to realise nothing of importance was hidden there.
'Where to next then?' asked Cassie.
'Her room; we can check the walls and furniture for any possible hiding places' came an answer from Jake.
'Isn't that a total invasion of privacy? Do you really think a crystal would be hidden in my room?'
'It's unlikely, but we might as well check.'
He was doing this to annoy her, she knew it.
'Happy? Now Jake, which place looks like its hiding a crystal? Because to me none of them look like they do'.
He just ignored her and carried on inspecting her walls. She wasn't completely angry; this whole situation wasn't too bad if you looked at the bright sides. Jake was here. But, the grey shades weren't to be dismissed; after all it no longer mattered. He was head over heels over the Blondie who was currently busy standing way too close to him. This was pathetic, two more seconds and she was throwing them out of her room.
'Sleeping pills Faye?' cautiously asked Cassie, holding up a bottle of pills which she completely forgot about. She snatched them out of her hand,
'How is this in any way related to the CRYSTAL? Now OUT, both of you!'
As she waited for them to kindly leave her room, Jake remained standing and examining her closely.
'I'm fine, now leave'.
In fact, she wasn't fine at least when it came to sleeping. She'd be surrounded by nightmares as soon as her eyelids would slit shut. Images of her dead granddad, Lee and Nick were her constant companions for the past few weeks. It seemed sleeping pills were her only solution if she was to get any sleep at all these days. This is why she disliked people invading her personal territory, some things were just meant to stay private.