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Jade's POV

"Leave me alone." I muttered against my pillow as Ryo tried to get me out of bed. I was not going to classes. All I'd be doing is a stupid lecture, pop quizzes, and other crap. I'd already stolen the lesson plans from the normal teachers and done the work in advance, all I have to do it turn it in.

"Get up." Ryo said and shook my shoulder. "It's already eight."

"Fuck it. I'm tired." I muttered and buried myself under my covers. "I don't want to get up."

I heard a sigh and felt Ryo pull away. Next, there was the sound of the flipping of the pages in a book.

"Roland makes an appearance today." Ryo said, trying to tempt me.

"That happens later as in after classes."

"He's throwing a party-"

"After dark. I'm heading over at ten-fifty. I refuse to join the limbo contest, but I might add music since all they'll have is drums." I sighed and opened an eye and peeked out at Ryo to see him holding a copy of Torment. Figures.

"What are you going to wear?"

"Clubbing." I said and threw the covers off me. I rubbed my eyes and summoned a hair brush as I flipped my hair over my shoulder. I brushed my hair as Ryo looked through Torment.

"Wait. That's a fake letter that's not really from Daniel on page 121, right?" I nodded.

"Yes. Somehow someone who doesn't even know Daniel can tell if something's not from him...But Luce is going to end up bumping into Cam. And dear Cameron is going to save her life."

"Isn't Cameron a girl's name?" I looked at Ryo for a second before letting out a laugh.

"Probably. I'm still wondering if God gave them those names or if they just picked them up and kept them." I thought about what happened when Cam saved Luce and then I remembered a line.

'You only get one shot at those clouds. Most of us do, anyway.' I thought, thinking of Cam's words.

How hadn't I seen that? Most of us? He'd looked at Luce when he said that. He'd been hinting at-I should've seen it sooner.

"Are you going to the party?" I asked Ryo, getting my mind off of Cam.

"I don't know. I'm waiting for the guys upstairs to call me back since you're as safe as possible here."

"I thought it was weird that they'd leave you here for so long. But come on, you'll need something to look good in at the party." I grinned. "You don't even have to wear something too hot or sexy. Everyone is going to be in jeans and hooded sweatshirts." I wrinkled my knows. "Honestly, if they say Roland Spark parties are so cool, why the hell would they wear such bad partying clothes?"

"Yes, because they could obviously use advice from the girl who has every celebrity who steps foot in Hollywood on spead dial." Ryo said with an eye roll.

"Exactly." I smirked and moved to my closet.

"Um Jade? I don't thing you'll find me anything in your-" I shushed him and threw open the door to the closet that, thanks to a little charm, was not a large walk-in closet that held anything and everything I could need.

But now, instead of having my clothes, it had male clothing.

"How did you do that?" Ryo asked and I glanced at him over my shoulder.

"I charmed it so when I open it, it has anything I need. And right now I need guy clothes. Now come here, I need to see what'll look good."

I was already skimming through jeans, ignoring the other things completely. I grabbed a pair of dark wash jeans and threw them at Ryo.

"Try them on behind the changing screen thing." I waved a hand in the direction of the screen, but my attention was on shirts.

This was Shoreline, so most likely people would be wearing colors...and it was a beach party...

"Put this one on to." I tossed a dark blue buttom up shirt over the screen. "Leave the a few of the top buttons undone and roll up the sleeves to your elbows."

I waited as Ryo came out of changing and when he did, I gave him a once over.

He'd left the first three buttons of his shirt undone and had the sleeves rolled up perfectly. But then I reached his hips where the shirt and jeans met.

"Untuck it right now!" I ordered and Ryo did as told. "Good. It's looks hot." I smiled at Ryo. "At the first sign that you're going to be mobbed by chicks, I'm out. Every nonhuman for themselves."

"Cruel." Ryo said and grabbed a pair of black converse before leading me out of the closet. "And now, I'll pick an outfit for you."

He closed the door and then reopened it, revealing a whole bunch of clothes for me.

"Fine, but I make no promises that I'll wear it. I'm not wearing it if I don't like it." I took a seat on a chair in the closet and watched Ryo find me an outfit.

He showed me a yellow dress and I immediatly said no. Ryo chuckled and it turned into a game of me turning down his picks.

But, finally, he found something I could live with.

It was a dark blue sexy V-neck cut out shoulder short sleeve shirt. There was a tight band a bit under my bust with a sparkling cresent moon in the center.

I changed into it behind the changing screen and then Ryo tossed me a pair of jeans that matched the shirt.

When I emerged, Ryo gave a whistle and I twirled.

"Like it?" He nodded and we both went to find me some shoes. "I don't want sand in my shoes because that gets annoying. So strappy or sandal is a no no." Ryo nodded and we settled on a pair of black Christian Louboutin knotted pumps that had a peep toe with a platform and good sized heel. Normally, I wouldn't get near sand in these, but with a quick charm, I would have no problem.

And if I remembeed right, these are the ones I wore when I met the girl who stared in Legally Blonde...

"Well, we have a few hours till the part." Ryo said after we'd both changed back into our normal clothes. "What are we gonna do?"

Honestly I had no idea.


"Well, isn't this a nice party." I said as we arrived.

Translation: This wasn't a place I'd choose over anything else. This certainly wasn't an A-list party...

I scanned the crowd and found Roland.

"Roland!" I called and walked over, Ryo behind me.

"Jade?" Roland asked, surprise evident in his voice.

"Who else?" I smiled. "Didn't Daniel tell you I was here? I'm helping protect Lucinda. Although, I can't fulfilly my job fully because if I did..." I glanced around. "Luce wouldn't return to her original state."

"Her original state? As in...?" I nodded and Roland's eyes widened.

"Honestly, Roland, what kind of party is this though?" I asked, going back to a friendly chat. "I'll do the music. Give me a sec." I turned to Ryo and grinned. "In the mood to play DJ?"

"Always." I led Ryo-and forced Roland to follow-to a clean stretch of beach that was just past where everyone was and I made a muticolored dance floor appeared and then one of the best DJ stations I could think of.

"Who's up to Party?" I called to the partygoers. At the sight of the dance floor and the handsome DJ Ryo, many rushed over ready to party. "Hit it Ryo!"

And witht that, music was blaring. But I made sure if someone wasn't on the beach or if they didn't intent to come to the party, they couldn't hear it, so no one would be bothered by us.

"How did you do all this?" Roland asked, bearly heard over the music.

"It's one of my talents! I can make anything appear with a thought." I smiled and grabbed his hand, moving to the dance floor. "Now, we dance."

It was actually fun dancing with Roland, untill he spun me around and I ended up dancing with one of the marines. But, hey, this marine can dance decent enough.

"I'm going to get a drink." I said and broke away from the marine.

As if I'd drink their drinks. I just held up a hand and made a nice bar drink appear in my hand. A traditional Margarita, since the originals are the best. It was in one of those trangular shaped glasses with a long stem, rimmed with salt, and had a lime slice on the rim.

But before I drank my Margarita, I quickly drank a tequila shot to loosen up and then made the shot glass disappear, now focused on my Margarita.

I went back to the dance floor and started to dance.

Christ, it felt good to party. I haven't been clubing or had a nice drink since two weeks before I went to Sword & Cross. Even if this wasn't one of my usual parties, I'd make the best of it.

Jeez, when did I turn into Miss Optimistic?

"I'm guessing that's your third one and that it has alcohol." Ryo said once I reached him after about twenty minutes. Thankfully, I'd been smart enough to include the sound barrier around the area where Ryo was so we could talk normally but still hear the music.

"Mmhm." I said and offered him some. Ryo took hold of the drink and took a sip before handing it back.

"Margarita?" I nodded. "I can tell because of the taste and greenish color."

I held my free hand and one appeared in it.

"Take this one, it has your germs now." I said and handed Ryo the still mostly filled glass that he'd drank from. I took a long drink from the new one and giggled.

"You're pretty close to tipsy...Tequila shot before the Margaritas that I bet you made sure they had a bit more alcohol than normal." I nodded.

"Yes sir!"

"You realize normally I'd take the drink from you, right?"

"But you're being nice because I haven't partied or had a drink since that clubing adventure two weeks before I went to Sword & Cross." I said and Ryo just took a sip from his drink.

"Oh look! They're doing the limbo thing!" I said, point farther off to where Miles was helping Roland hold the branch.

"Are you going to join in?"

"Pft, as if." I took another gulp of my drink and noticed the song was almost over. I quickly skimmed the song options then put a dark blue nail with a black mosaic effect under my song pick. "Play that one."

"'I Like It Loud' by Myah Marie?" Ryo read off the page and I nodded. "You gonna do karaoke?"

"Nope, but I'm in the mood to dance." I grinned as I finished my drink. I was going to make another Margarita, but instead, I made the whole glass disappear and it was replaced with a Long Island Iced Tea. I took a nice gulp and grinned.

Yup, Long Island Iced Tea is gonna be my pick for a while. Include it with the shot and Margaritas...I'll be one drink away from drunk once I'm done with this one.

Just the way I like it. (A/N, My my my, Jade sure is a drinker isn't she? Such a terrible example.)

"Dance with me?" I asked Ryo as the song started, but he shook his head and just said to have fun. Instantly I was on the dance floor and dancing.

"So baby turn it up, cause the speakers gotta boom. And yeah, I like it rough. Til' the walls are coming through. I like it loud. I like it loud. I like it loud. I like it loud..." I sang along with the music, dancing with any guy man enough to dance with me.

"Oh, I'ma keep you up, til' there's nothing left to, nothing left to do." I was singing and dancing with a tall blonde when someone pulled me away from him.

Another guy was in front of me, dancing with me as I sang. I didn't even look at their face. I only caught a glimpse of black hair.

"I'm thick skin, tough as a push pin. Don't be dancin' around my feelings. Bitch, I'm a vixen."

"Yeah, you are a vixen." A familiar voice said and I looked at it's owner.

"Cam?" I asked, my singing having stopped.

"The one and only." I grinned and did something I wouldn't do if I was sober, no matter how much I wanted to do it.

"It's great to see you!" I said and wrapped my arms around him in a hug.

"Uh...are you sure you're Jade?" I giggled and pulled away.

"'Course I am, stupid! I'm Jade Knight!" I took a sip of my drink and then held it up for Cam. "Here, take a sip."

Without question, Cam held my hand to bring the drink to his lips and took a long swallow.

"What is it? It tastes like tea but I can see it has...different alcohols."

"Long Island Iced Tea." I said, taking a sip. "I can drink a bunch of these and get drunk, but it tastes so much like tea you can bearly tell it has alcohol."

Cam looked at me for a second, nodded, and took a sip, making sure to hold my hand as he did so.

"I can poof one up for you if you want." I offered, sounding sober and Cam shook his head.

"I'm fine with sharing with you."

I smiled and glanced at the limbo thing and noticed Luce was no where in sight.

"Oh. She must be with Daniel already." I mused and sighed, starting to get off the dance floor, my mood suddenly dampened. "It must be nice though."

"What must be nice?" Cam asked as he followed me.

"To have someone that loves you so much like Daniel loves Luce." I took a seat on the sand a while behind the DJ station. It was quiet and a nice place to look up at the stars. I laughed to myself as Cam sat next to me. "Tipsiness and forbidden thoughts...Bad combo. Especially since I'm talking about stupid things like love."

I handed the rest of the drink to Cam and then fell back onto the sand.

"What are you humming?" Cam asked after a while and I blinked, having not realized I was humming. Lyrics came to mind and I tried to name them.

Meet me in the pouring rain. Kiss me on the sidewalk, take away the pain. Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile...

"Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift. One of the few country singers that I give the time of day to listen to their music."

"It's weird." Cam said and I shifted my gaze to him. "Usually you hate me and resfuse to do a lot that has to do with me, but now I get it. I get you."

"How?"

"You-the cruel bad girl thing you do-is an act. I've seen the real you twice. When you healed me after Gabbe kicked my ass, and right now." I looked at Cam for a second before smiling.

"I guess so." I smiled and sat up, leaning a bit on Cam's shoulder. "Then you're lucky. Not even Jamie seems the real me unless she catches me with my act down on accident."

"I thought you were best friends." I snorted and took a sip of the drink that was in Cam's hand.

"The real me only has Ryo, but the act I put up has enough friends. Most of which I'm sure would abandone me the second they saw the real me. The real me who doesn't wear so much black and wants to be a makeup artist and designer."

Cam turned to me, confused.

"Makeup artist and designer?" I shrugged.

"I always had a talent for both. But...I stopped designing when I was eleven, six years ago. And six years ago was the last time I talk to someone so openly."

We sat their for a while, silent until I started to stand.

As soon as I did, Cam's hand shot out to stop me, grabbing mine. I froze and looked at our hands before looking at Cam. He seemed surprised at his actions but didn't let go.

"Thank you." I said and sat back down, but held onto Cam's hand.

"For what?"

"For listening and not judging." I smiled and leaned in, kissing Cam on the cheek really quick. "You're not a demon Cam. You're just an angel in the wrong color."

I got up and headed back to the party, leaving Cam their. I glanced back just before I entered the party zone to see him with a hand on his cheek, eyes on me.

But I just took a deep breath, put up my act, and walked back into the party.

Only then did I realize how sober I was.


I couldn't resist the CamXJade thing. Who knows, maybe Cam's ending in Rapture will be different now that I put Jade into the mix. Please review if you can. :) I'll see you next update! And I promise I'll try to update faster!