"I'm sorry" Jason ruined the silence. "I shouldn't have come"

Hazel stared at him long and hard. He had an ice pack on his eye and winced when he turned side to side. Piper was in a bathrobe around her night gown with her eyes red. The clock read eleven.

"It's okay" Piper said tiredly.

Jason shook his head, "No I'm serious, It wasn't the right time, and I shouldn't have been watching Hazel"

"I'm sorry...Dad" Hazel said akwardly.

He smiled, "I'm fine, I should be saying sorry, I must have scared you and your friends both."

"I didn't mean to hurt you on the porch" She said silently.

Jason stood up suddenly, "I wasted enough time, I better get going"

"What do you mean?" Piper asked. Hazel raised an eyebrow.

"Mom!" She said.

"What? He is your father, it's only right he stays longer" Hazel never heard her say that before about her father.

Jason turned around, wincing a bit, "No, no I really should get going"

"Oh Jason, why don't you say?" Piper said dreamily. Hazel stood up and put her hand over Pipers mouth.

"No, you should leave, before the cops show up again" Hazel said sarcastically. Jason raised an eyebrow and sighed.

"Hazel" Piper yelled. "Don't you dare say that to your father"

"You're not the boss of me, he is right, he shouldn't have came" Hazel ranted almost pushing Jason out the door.

"Don't talk back, and stop hurting him" Piper screamed and put herself in between the two. Jason was silent, trying to take in what he just saw.

"You are not my mom" Hazel yelled and ran out the door, pushing Jason into the door frame. He winced and stared in the direction she ran off.

Jason stayed silent afraid of what to say.

Piper faced him and touched his forearm, "I'm so sorry about her, it's been getting worse like this for a while now""

"Oh, it's okay..." He muttered and stepped out onto the porch. "I should really get going. I'm sure she'll come back knowing that I left"

"No..." She said impatiently, stepping closer to him. "...why don't you stay?"

Jason faltered and stepped back, "Uh, I really should get going, I mean I wasted enough of your time"

"Please, it's not been the same, I miss you" Piper said dreamily and fell into his chest. ONly then did Jason realize that the smell of alcohol was lingering of of her. She was drunk. He faltered and pushed her gently with his hands.

"Why-Why don't I go look for Hazel and you get some rest. Here you rest here and I'll just go find her." Jason explained, setting her down on the couch. He placed the ice pack on the night table and pulled a blanket over her as he stepped out of the house. He smiled and ran into the forest knowing her being like her mother that was the most likely place she would stay.

He stepped into the lush deserted forest and smiled. He took in the sights and smells, noticing how calm and elegeant the forest could really be, but with intricate things coing down to the lines of the leaves and to the line of ants tracing up and down the barks of the trees.

With his hands in his pockets he stepped doown from a log and began is search, strolling easily through the forest.

"Hazel" He began to yell. "Hazel"

Something stirred from the bushes and Jason whirled around. "Hazel?"

Hazel surfaced from the large leaves and Jason smiled. "Hello"

"What do you want?" She questioned.

"Piper was beginning to worry" He tilted his head.

"So, she hates me, whats it to her" Hazel ranted.

"She began to worry, you really should get home" Jason softly replied. She smirked.

"Yea right, that's not my home, it's just some run down abandoned house she bought" Hazel said stepping closer to him.

"Oh, well it's still a house, am I right?" Jason joked.

"Well I see you got out of jail, where do you live now, huh? A dirty motel? A shack perhaps?" Hazel said with no sympathy.

Jason smiled, "I actually found a small one story house, that might be okay, price wise, but I currently stay in a motel for now."

"Wow," She said sitting on a rock, while Jason sat on his ankles next to her. "You're actually doing something with your life"

"I guess so" Jason laughed. For a moment there was silent. Hazel chuckled and asked something that took him by suprise.

"Do you love my mother? My real one" She said turning to him.

Jaosn hesitated, "Uh, yea, why?"

"Just wondering, do you love Piper?" Jason frowned.

"Yea" He finally said.

Hazel smiled, "If you love her then you should stay, I really didn't mean to push you out the door like that, I was just suprised that you were here"

"The only thing is that I hurt you guys too much, I can't stay with either of you anyway" Jason mumbled, Hazel frowned.

"So? That was the past, just like Uncle Leo, if I got over it, then she should too"

"Hazel...It's just I physically and emotionally hurt the both of you, and it was unforgivable" Jason said.

"So? You love her, go for it then, I don't care" Hazel smiled.

"You don't understand, I killed someone, that was important to Piper"

"She acted like she loved you, just like before" Hazel reasoned.

"Hazel, I can't"

"Why?" Hazel demanded.

Jason stood up and ran his hand through his hair, "Hazel, I can't forgive myself for what I did"

"What do you mean?" Hazel asked, demanding and answer.

"Jason sighed and in response he lifted the sleeves of his jacket and reveiled the white pale scars on his wrists than continued up his arm. Hazel reacted immediatly seeing this on one of her friends. She grabbed his wrists and looked up at him incrediously.

"Why?" Was all Hazel could say with tears forming in her eyes.

I needed a twist and that's all I could think of to put in here. HOpe it contributes to something...If you could you you help me out and give me ideas with this?

Enjoy and Review,

~Percabeth17~