Author's Notes- Hey guys, again I'm sorry for the late update. I have no excuse, I was having pokémon marathons and got distracted. I also choose to rewrite this chapter. It was originally going to a very dark place and I wasn't enjoying writing it, so I took in a different direction, one that I hadn't planned on. I really hope you like it.


I'm stunned for a brief moment, but only a brief one, that voice, no, it couldn't be. My shock turns to anger, how dare he come to my house and ask to see me, after what he did. I reach into my left pocket and pull out my trusty scissors. I keep them there so I will always feel protected and I only pull them out when I feel threatened and right now, I feel very threatened. I hold them steady and walk toward the door. It's only a few metres, but it seems like a mile away. I look at Tori, her face is hard to read. I round the door and I see him. But it wasn't him.
"Kenny!" I shout, annoyed and surprised.
He breaks into a stupid grin, letting his stiff upper lip fall.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" I shout, shoving him for good measure.
"Hey, watch the suit! It's expensive!" He smooths the suit, importantly.
"You're an arse, you know that." I growl, wondering how I couldn't have fallen for his stupid impersonation again, I forgot how good he was at it.
I hear a throat clear from been hide me. I turn around, I see Cat and Tori, looking even more confused than ever.
"This is my stupid younger brother, Kenneth." I say, punching Kenny in the arm.
"Not your fiancé?" Tori asks, breathlessly.
"No! And Conner Winchester is my crazy ex and this is not him. If it was, there would be blood all of the floor." I tell Tori, twirling my scissors. I turn back to Kenny, "But, I'm
not ruling that out with you! Why would you scare me like that?"
"Just keeping you on your toes." He laughs.
"You're an arse." My words were repeated, but not by me, by Cat.
I look over and see an angry little red head, with one hand resting on her little belly and the other on her hip.
Kenny looks over, I see a slight flush in his ivory cheeks. He gazes at Cat, all of a sudden looking a little guilty. I raise my eyebrows in surprise, my brother never felt guilty about the pranks we pulled on each other.

"I'm sorry?" He stumbles out, brushing his short black hair forward. An old nervous habit.
"That wasn't very nice. You surprised all of us, and I could have gone into early labour." She scolds him, walking towards the door.
I smirk, she's not that far along, so she couldn't have. But, my brother wouldn't know that, so Cat could make him feel very guilty right now and I'm going to enjoy every bit.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to cause any pro.." He starts to apologise.
"Well, you could have. And you could have caused problems for these two." She continues, pointing to the two of us. Kenny looks at Tori and I.
"Do you know how hard I had to work to finally get them together?" She glares at him.
"Hey!" Tori protests, I frown also, wondering how Cat had a hand in us getting together.
"And now, you've probably upset Jade with you stupid impersonation." Her glare seems to get icier, as she stops in front of him.
Kenny looks stunned at being scolded, "I'm really, very sorry. Jade and I sometimes play jokes on each other..."
"Well, it wasn't very funny!" She snaps "And can someone make me some damn pancakes!" She demands, turning around and looking at Tori and I, her stomach giving an angry growl.
I walk over to Cat, "Put your claws away, Kitty Cat and go back to your ice-cream. I'll make your pancakes soon."
She huffs at me and walks back to the couch and picks up the ice cream. Taking a spoonful, while glaring at my brother. I have a feeling she's more angry at the interruption of the making of pancakes than his impersonation of my ex.
"Ah.. I guess, I'm sorry Jade." My brother says, still confused.
"Save it. You're lucky I didn't stab you in the throat." I say, dragging him inside and shutting the door, before pocketing my scissors.
"That's rather aggressive." Tori comments, looking alarmed.
"My ex is psycho, believe me it would be necessary." I growl.

"Now, why are you here?" I ask my brother.
"Well, actually, it's about Conner." He says.
"What about him?" I snap, angrily.
He throws his hands up defensively, "Calm down, sis! The restraining order is up in about a month." He explains, coming and sitting down at the counter.
"Restraining order?" Tori questions, "Ok, somebody needs to tell me what's going on."
I sigh, it was such a bad time in my life that I don't generally talk about it.
"I told you I had a crazy ex." I say to Tori.
"Yeah, but you didn't tell me you were engaged or you had a restraining order out on him." She argues.
I cover my face and groan, not because Tori's asking but, because of how stupid I was to have believed someone like him.
"Um, Tori.." My brother starts, tentatively "It's really not an easy subject for any of us."
I go and sit beside my brother, he was right. Conner had fooled all of us. Tori and Cat look at us expectantly, waiting for an explanation.
"It's kind of a long story..." I begin.
"Jade, it's ok. I'll tell them, I know you hate talking about it." My brother stops me.
I was grateful, I hate reliving it. All the lies.
"Jade was meant to take over West Co. when she graduated from preforming arts school. That was the deal she had with our father. If she and I could went to that school, she would take over. She didn't want it, my father knew that. But he also knew how much potential she had. Though, I was good with the arts, I really wanted to take over the business but he didn't think I had enough 'shark-like' abilities to take over!" He says, rolling his eyes.
"So, after graduation and turning away several amazing scholarships, Jade started an internship for the company. The board members were not pleased about it..."
"They didn't want his freaky looking daughter to be their boss!" I growl, Kenny grabs my hand.
"Several of the senior board members were concerned about Jade's outward appearance." He explains, "My father never really had too much of an issue with it, except the facial jewellery."
"Ok, so where does this Conner come into it?" Tori asks me.
"He worked for West Co., he was a few years older than me. That's where I met him." I say, with so much regret.
"He worked on the executive floor, the youngest person to ever make it through the ranks of West Co. Was he brilliant? Yes. Was he manipulative? Definitely." Kenny continues, "He took a sudden interest in Jade, much to everyone's surprise. He was from a good, upper-class background. Though, we were too, Jade and I had a much more relaxed opinion of the way society worked."
"He swept Jade off her feet. Wined and dined her. Expensive gifts every other week, most times for no reason. As the months went by, my sister became unrecognisable to us." He looks at me, sadly.

"Why?" Cat asks, suddenly standing behind Tori, still eating her ice-cream.
I see my brother blush at the sight of Cat, so I answer instead.
"Because, I guess...*sighs*, I thought he was too good for me and I changed myself to suit him. I never thought I'd ever, change myself for someone, but he was just so manipulative. " I explain.
"Our father was extremely concerned at the change of my sister." Kenny speaks again, regaining some of his composure, "While, he always wanted Jade to dress in something other than black, but to change herself entirely. He didn't like her changing for someone other than herself."
I remember my father, while he didn't approve of my tastes, he respected most of them because he knew I was my own person and I was self-reliant. All that changed with Conner.
"So, you turned into a different person?" Tori asks, sadly. I nodded.
"It wasn't long before they were engaged. The board was thrilled that Conner was marrying Jade. They convinced our father to have Conner take over instead of Jade, since he was marrying into the West family." Kenny continued, with a bitter tone.
"Jade was thrilled, she didn't have to be CEO, she was getting married and now, she could pursue her dream of writing. Life couldn't have been better, or so we thought." Kenny shakes his head.
"What happened?" Cat asks, now totally invested in the story.
"Um.." Kenny's voice cracks slightly, trying to answer Cat, I smirk at my brother's nervousness.
"What happened was, my life crumbled around me." I answer, instead, "Conner had been made a fill-in CEO until we were married. It was very exciting for us, so I wanted to celebrate. So, one afternoon I was entering the offices with Kenny, I wanted to surprise Conner. But he surprised us."
"With balloons?" Cat asks, taking another spoonful of ice-cream. Tori leans her hand over and quietly shushes Cat.
"No, we walked in on him and his secretary having sex on his desk." Kenny says, finding the deep side of his voice again.
"SHUT UP!" Cat yells.
I nod, as does Kenny.
"What did you do?" Tori asks, just as shocked as Cat.
"I couldn't do anything, I was stunned. He was surprised to see me, but he didn't take long to launch into some sob story about him being stressed with work and the wedding. If it wasn't for Kenny, taking action and waking me up from that two year coma of Conner, I might have forgiven him." I shake my head, disgusted at my own actions.
"What did you do?" Cat gazes at Kenny, interestedly.
"I..*clears throat* I walked over and punched I'm in the face. Nothing gave me greater pleasure than to see his pretty face slightly broken." Kenny answers, with a hint of pride.

"So, he cheated on you?" Tori asks, with slight confusion. I guess she's wondering why there's a restraining order out on him.
"We found out later, that's not all he'd been doing. He had planned to take over West Co. And get rid of Jade in the process." Kenny's face turns grave.
Tori's eyes widen in horror, she quickly covers Cats ears.
"You don't mean kill, right?" She whispers, hurriedly.
"We're still not 100% sure what his plans were exactly. All we found out, was there was going to be a major change in the company once they were married and Jade would not be in the picture." Kenny answers. Cat shakes Tori's hands off her head.
"How did you find all this out?" Tori asks.
"My father was not so easily wooed by Conner, he had put in place that Conner couldn't take over CEO fully while Jade was still alive. They were, initially, co-CEO's. Not the Jade knew that. Dad realised something wasn't right a few weeks after Conner signed the contract, so he had the whole CEO suite wired and bugged with cameras and mics." Kenny explained.
Cat and Tori listen in rapt silence.
"We had enough evidence to have him fired and to have a restraining order placed against him. But, unfortunately, that's all we could do. He technically didn't do anything illegal, or hadn't had the chance yet, so we couldn't have him jailed." Kenny finishes, bitterly.
"And you?" Tori asks me, softly.
"I had to re-evaluate everything. Somebody took away my identity and made me somebody I didn't know. For all I know, he could have actually gotten rid me also. After, hearing everything, my old self began to awake again. I cut up everything that reminded me of him, all the stupid dresses I wore, tokens and gifts. I destroyed everything." I remember my rage fuel rampage.
"After about a year, Jack called me and said he needed my help with his movie. Dad agreed it would be better for me to stay away from West Co. He decided, Kenny would take over instead." I finish.
"Why? Didn't he say you weren't good enough?" Cat asks Kenny.
His blush returns "I.. Um.." He stutters.
"Dad thought how Kenny reacted to Conner was rather 'shark-like', and reconsidered." I smirk at my flustered brother.

We sit in silence for a moment, I can see Tori trying to process all this new information, while Cat is simply scraping the bottom of her ice-cream tub. I glance at my brother, he's nervously brushing his short hair forward, while trying to not look at Cat. As handsome as he is, girls always frighten him a little. It's not long before somebody spoke.
"But, why didn't you tell me all this?" Tori asks.
I sigh, "I know, I should have. But it's still so raw, I still find it very hard to speak about. I'm sorry" She smiles at me sympathetically, but, I can see that a bit of damage had been done. It was a huge thing to keep from her, but, I know I have my reasons. We fall quiet once more.
"Well, to the reasons of why I'm here." Kenny speaks, trying to look as far away from Cat as possible.
"I need to go back to New York, don't I?" I ask, apprehensively.
He nods, "Only for a bit though, we need to keep the restraining order on him. You just need to sigh all the paperwork and it'll be renewed." He assures me.
"Why couldn't you have brought the paperwork here?" Tori asks, frowning.
I frown too, she makes a valid point.
"Ah, yeah." Kenny shifts in his sit, nervously, "That's the other reason why I'm here. Dad wants to meet you."
Tori looks a little shocked, but I knew this would happen eventually. She looks at me apprehensively, I give her a half smile and a shrug.

"So, does that mean we're going to New York?" Cat asks, happily, looking up from her now empty ice-cream tub.
"We?" Kenny frowns.
"Yes, we! We are a tricycle." She points to Tori and I.
Kenny looks at me, confused. I shake my head, smirking.
He leans over and whispers "Tricycle?"
"She's a third wheel." I mutter back.
Tori looks amused as her pregnant friend starts babbling about how awesome their trip is going to be. It was going to be a very eventful one that was for sure.
"Oh, Jade?" Cat asks, in a sweet voice.
"Yes, Cat?" I raise an eyebrow at her.
"I know you've had a really emotional day and all... But, could you..."
"You want me to make you pancakes now, don't you?" I shake my head at her again, as her tummy gave an angry growl.
"Would you?" She flutters her eyelids at me.
"I could make them." Kenny says, all of a sudden.
Cat looks at him surprised, then her face turns serious, "Are they as good as Jade's?"
"I..I..I don't know, I've never compared before." He stutters out.
"I can't risk it. Jade in the kitchen please." Her tummy growling once more.
I look at Tori, who's covering her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
"Fine!" I give in, but I grab Tori and drag her in with me. If I have to do it, she can help me. She smiles at me, hopefully things will be ok between us. Cat groans exaggeratedly.
"God! Don't take Tori with you! One look from her and you'll be having make-up lady sex on the counter!" She complains.
"Oh god!" I hear Kenny whisper in horror.
This New York trip is going to be a long one, I can feel it.


Author's Notes- If you want to have Conner and Jade meet face to face again, let me know. But be warned, it'll be rather aggressive. haha, its up to you guys.