Chapter 11

Authors note: sorry for the late update, I had a lot going on this weekend for Halloween. If this chapter seems a little short it's because I couldn't really think of much to say regarding what's happening with buttercup and Jason. But I finally finished this chapter so here we go.

Buttercup had just finished her paperwork at the station, and is going to the locker room to change into her civilian attire. When she finishes changing, she reaches into her pocket and pulls out a photo of her and Jason when they went to Coney Island two weeks ago. She smiles at the photograph fondly, they had been dating each other for almost a month now and she still hasn't gotten in his pants yet. Whenever they get intimate Jason pulls away or allows himself to get distracted by something else, he seems to be avoiding her a lot lately. A relationship she thought was going to be hot and passionate turned out to be a cold and distant. Lately Jason has been working on a secret project in his private garage, always claiming to be busy. His project has taken up a lot of their private time and worst of all, he won't tell her what it is he's working on. She decides to pay him a surprise visit to get to the bottom of this. Valentines Day is just a week away and she wanted the chance to set up something to do with him. She steps outside of the precinct and gets on her bike. She drives off with her mind made up deciding that he's going to see her whether he likes it or not.

Buttercup arrives at the shop and enters the garage. The workers there smile at her as she walks through, some even wave to her. She's become a regular occurrence there; she waves to all of them as she makes her way to Jason's private garage. The receptionist walks by but immediately regrets it as she sees buttercup coming her way.

Buttercup: Beatrice, where's Jason?

Beatrice: good afternoon to you too.

Buttercup: yeah yeah, so where is he? I need to talk to him.

Beatrice sighs: he's busy right now working on something important

Buttercup grins at her: not anymore, he's seeing me right now. Take me to his garage.

Beatrice gets nervous: well he's in the back room, how about I go there and let him know you're here.

Buttercup: you mean you're going to warn him so he can think of a good excuse not to see me.

Beatrice: uh w...well.

Buttercup: just tell him I'll be seeing him now.

Beatrice sighs: ok, right this way.

Buttercup nods and follows her into the backroom where Jason's garage is. Beatrice walks to the big double doors and presses the intercom next to it. She holds it there and talks into it.

Beatrice: Jason? Buttercup is here to see you.

Jason's voice is heard: I'm a little preoccupied at the moment.

Buttercup steps in front of Beatrice and pushes the intercom button.

Buttercup: I'm coming in Jason, Beatrice I'll take it from here.

She hears some cursing in the background and then some ruffling of some paperwork. She chuckles having made him scurry in panic that she might bust in. She opens the door and walks inside, as it turns out the backroom is a lot bigger then the regular garage his staff works in. Jason pulls the covers over his project and turns just in time to see Buttercup walk in.

Jason: what's up beautiful?

Buttercup: yeah yeah whatever, we need to talk.

Jason: about what?

Buttercup: about us. I get the feeling you're avoiding me.

Jason: why do you think that?

Buttercup: I haven't seen you in weeks. I need to know just what this thing between us is; I mean are we together or just fucking around.

Jason: well, I don't know, what do you want it to be?

Buttercup: I dunno, what do you want it to be? Or do you just not give a shit?

Jason frowns: hey, hey, I'm just busy. There's nothing more to it then that.

Buttercup: why won't you tell me what you're working on?

Jason: it's a private project

He walks away from her and suddenly his attitude turns cold. He goes over to his work bench and puts his tools away. Buttercup follows him with her eyes suspiciously.

Buttercup: what's so private about it?

Jason: it just is.

Jason regards her coldly at first, but then suddenly grins and looks over at her.

Jason: is this because Valentines Day is coming up in a week.

Buttercup gets agitated: yeah right, like I would be interested in spending Valentines Day with you…. What are you doing that day anyway? Working on your precious project?

Jason grins again: I'm actually not doing anything on that day. I'm closing the shop and my "precious project" will be finished right on schedule. How about I show it to you on Valentines Day.

Buttercup looks over at him: fine, but at least if we are going to do this, let's do it the right way.

She gets up and walks over to the door to the room. She really wanted to see what was behind the curtain. She was annoyed by the fact that he wouldn't tell her because it made her suspicious as to what he was truly up to.

Buttercup: take me to dinner then a movie, then we can come back here, ok?

Jason: fine whatever you say.

He watches her as she gets up to stomp away and he rolls his eyes. When she was annoyed she would start making demands of him and it would be hell on earth for him if he denied her what she wanted. He watches her stomp towards the door wondering if he should even bother to call her back if she was going to act like that. Just before she reaches the door, he makes up his mind and grabs a remote from inside the drawer of his desk and presses a button on it. The doors automatically lock, Buttercup sees this and stops in her tracks, she was officially locked inside the garage with him. She turns back to him and glares at him, Jason simply smiles back.

Jason: hey come here.

Buttercup stays where she is: no

Jason: Buttercup come here.

Buttercup gets pissed: If you don't care then I don't care. I don't give two shits about whether this is a relationship or not, so you can go fuck yourself for all I care

Jason smiles at her and walks up to where she is. He then wraps his arms around her waist and kisses her on the lips. She looks as if she is about to resist but says and does nothing. She turns her head to the side away from his kiss and avoids his gaze. He then pulls her to him.

Jason: sorry ok? I didn't mean it. I care about you buttercup, you know I do.

Buttercup: no I don't and that's the problem. First you're all into me and we're going great, the next you're ignoring me like we never did anything. I'm starting to get sick and tired of your bipolar ass.

Jason holds her close: well I do care for you. I'm telling you right now, I care for you deeply and I'm sorry I hurt you

Buttercup blushes: whatever

Buttercup pulls away a little from him but he inches closer to her, not letting her go. He plants a few kisses on her neck before letting her go finally.

Jason: I'm telling you the truth and I'll prove it to you on Valentines Day, promise

Buttercup blushes again: can I go now?

Jason simply grins and unlocks the doors with his remote; he then watches her walk out the door. As soon as she is gone, the grin on his face disappears and he frowns at the door, he then turns back to his project

Jason: don't worry bitch, I'll show you exactly how I really feel about you.

Buttercup exits the garage and goes out to the main shop. She was bothered, her detective instincts were kicking in and she didn't like it. She decides to make good use of the rest of her day and gets on her motorcycle. She then heads back to the station. When she gets there her partner was just walking out of the front door. He notices her approaching him and instantly grows concerned.

Officer Hernandez: hey BC everything alright?

Buttercup: yeah, well for now anyway. Is the computer room still open?

Officer Hernandez: yeah up until 8 tonight. Why?

Buttercup: I need to do some homework, it's personal.

Officer Hernandez: need some help?

Buttercup: nah I'm good, go on home to your family.

Officer Hernandez: well ok, see ya tomorrow.

Buttercup waves him off and walks inside the station, the only thing she hated about this job was the fact that it was hard for her to be alone. Because everyone is trained to work as a team, she always found it difficult to enter the station without the "team" being all around her in her business. Even her partner made himself a nuisance every now and then. After bypassing almost every officer on the force she finally reaches the computer room. She sits in front of the computer screen and stares at it blankly. She hated the fact that she needed to do this, but Jason was so guarded, he never talks about his past, at all. There are never any pictures of his childhood or his parents, it's almost like he doesn't have a family. There were also sharp objects everywhere, statues, his sword collection; it was almost like he had an obsession with sharp and dangerous things. It didn't bother her at first but now that they were getting deeper into the relationship she became more and more curious about him. She had to find out what was going on behind those hypnotic silver eyes. She turns on the computer and begins her search.

[A half an hour later]

Buttercup had been at this search for almost 40 minutes, she was able to get some info on his past. The basics, like the fact that he was a Devry graduate, worked in a garage for another rich owner who was a kind elderly man. The old tycoon basically took him in. He was born in New Orleans but there's no record after that, what really confused her was when he was born, it didn't make any sense. He was born in 1970, shouldn't he be hitting 40 by now. Clearly he looked young enough to be in his mid twenties. She discovered that he was living in a boarding house for young boys which was run by his mother. The records on his mom stopped there, so there's a good 15 year gap going on.

Buttercup: what the hell is going on with you Jason?

She continues to uncover more and more about him as the day rolls on.