(Chapter four. lalala Thank you so much for all the support! I'm so happy! I was worried about the fluff... I'm glad everyone liked it. It worried me that it had nothing to do with the story. Chapters will probably get slower because of school. DARN YOU SCHOOL! but I will write whenever I can to help them get out faster, if you guys want, if not I totally will be slow because I'm very good at slow. So yes, hope you enjoy.)

Jared gently got up so he didn't move the bed. His lips gently kissed Melanie's head. "Love you Mel." He said quietly before sneaking out of the room. He walked to big cavern where everyone ate.

"Where's Mel this morning?" Wanda's high voice asked. Jared smiled.

"I was gonna let her sleep in some." He responded. "I'll take a plate to her." He dished the steaming scrambled eggs onto two plates. Jared's eyes caught on Haley who was timidly stabbing at the eggs. She seemed to get a lot of encouragement from Jamie. Jared raised one eyebrow at him. Wanda felt herself giggle.

"She's very comfortable around him." Wanda commented. Ian smiled.

"This'll be interesting." Jared noted as Jamie suddenly seemed to acknowledge him.

"Morning Jared!" He called. Jared smiled.

"Morning kid."

"How do you think Mel will react... if something does spark?" Wanda asked, peeking up at the teenage boy. Jared cracked a smile.

"Not really sure." Jared responded. Jamie got up from his seat.

"Is Mel up yet?" Jamie asked. Jared shook his head.

"Not yet." Jared said. Jamie seemed to expect that, not having seen her yet.

"How's the girl?" Jared asked, shaking his head toward Haley. Jamie smiled.

"I got her to eat and all, she's more comfortable now I think."

"Good." Jared said.

--T-H-E--H-O-S-T-- (Later that night, after dinner)

"So, you have... souls here?" Haley asked, her voice had an unnatural, forced politeness to it.

"Yeah, but they won't hurt you." Jamie assured her.

"How did that... come about?" She asked.

Jamie started into the story, telling about Melanie and Jared's relationship, how they met, everything. Haley sat and listened, just as involved as Jamie was. She watched him as he used his hands to describe things. She laughed when he talked about the stories Wanda told. Tears streamed down her face as Jamie talked about Wanda finding the Souls, about him laying on the medical bed dying while Jared and Mel risked their lives to save him, about when Melanie disappeared all together.

"Sorry." Jamie whispered for the third time. "I should have stopped."

"No! No, it's fine." Haley reassured him quickly. "I just... get emotional but I'm fine, please keep going, I want to hear how it ends."

Jamie smiled. "Here I am." He gestured over himself. She smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, a happy ending." she reminded herself. Her eyes watched her lap as Jamie gently took her hand in one of his.

"I am sorry." He whispered. She smiled at him.

"It's alright, everything worked out right." Haley reminded. "Wanda seems very kind, I should apologize." Haley thought out loud.

"I'm sure she knows, she understands." Jamie tried to reassure her. Haley looked down.

"All the same, it was inexcusable of me." She sighed. She yawned.

"Do you want me to walk you to your room?" Jamie asked, looking around.

"Sure." Haley whispered, it was too dark to see if her face actually turned as red as he thought he saw.

He got up and kept a hold on her hand.

"I'm alright now, Jamie." She reminded him quietly.

"I know." Jamie said. Haley blushed harder.

They walked to the room, empty space, there wasn't even a door there. She placed herself on the bed.

"Thank you." she whispered. "I might have gotten lost walking down the hall all alone." Haley joked.

"Glad to help." Jamie winked back. "Night Haley."

"Sleep well Jamie." She replied. She lay herself on the bed, as Jamie did in the next room, and let the darkness ease both Jamie and Haley into a blissful oblivion.

--T-H-E--H-O-S-T-- (Wanda's POV because I need to get out of third person)

"Haley, wake up." I shook the sleeping girl gently.

"Hu... Oh, Wanda." Haley said sleepily. "Is something wrong?"

"Ian asked me to stay in your room." I explained.

"Why?" she asked me. I bit my lip, nervous.

"We have... visitors." Wanda replied. "We don't know but we are being cautious if they want to exterminate souls." I explained, shudders running up my spine as the sentence came out.

"Oh, of course, what about... the other girl." Her name didn't come to me.

"Sunny, she's staying with another person, just in case they find one, they don't find both." I said.

"Wanda, I know this is a bad time, but... I wanted to apologize to you."

"About what?" She seemed so... helpless. Her eyes were narrowed from sleep, her body in a slumped position. I watched her rub at her eyes and run her fingers through her hair.

"I acted... based on judgements of what happened. You are kind and... I feel terrible for treating you so terribly." Haley explained. I think I was gawking at her, all by accident. She looked down.

"It's fine." I said quickly. "I understand, this world is very... confusing. Your kinds emotions... are so hard to deal with. Like love." I sighed. Haley smiled.

"Yeah, love is a toughy." she agreed.

"Wanda!" Ian hissed as he came in, his arms clamping around my body. He kissed me hard... I felt my whole body heat up. I didn't have a lot of time to respond. It was more like when Jared kissed me, trying to save Melanie. It was wild, like a forest fire, spreading along my body, burning everything in it's path. I just burned.

"What's... wrong... Ian." I tried to say through him.

"They asked to come in for water. They're sending scouts around to look for souls. Heard about people keeping them." I think Haley gasped but I was too focused on trying to piece Ian's words together so they made sense to be sure.

"No wonder we have such a bad name." Haley whispered. Ian looked up at her, I smiled.

"In any case, I'll stay with you, Kyle is with Sunny." He reassured me before the words came out of my mouth.

"I will keep you safe."

(Okie so, I apologize if Jamie is out of character, I'm sure Melanie would come out of my book and kill me... i'll have to watch my back tonight. That would be hard to explain in heaven... when everyone's sharing how they died. Anyways I'm so happy people like it! Hope to see you next chapter, TEAM JAMIE!

Reviews are much appreciated

love

Haru)