Chapter 14

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The next day Jackie called Danielle to tell her about last night's Operation Rescue Heather.

"Heather was singing in her cell?" asked Danielle while laughing. "Really?"

"Yeppers,"

"That's funny. So Oliver took her home?"

"Yep, he did," answered Jackie.

Danielle replied, "That's a relief. So let me get this straight? Malfoy had two girls in his bed?" She could not believe this. Yeah, Draco was a player, but she had thought that he had changed his ways. Plus, Sean told her as well that he changed. Maybe that was a lie just to get her to see Ian. Danielle pouted. She was not falling for that trick.

Jackie let out a sad sigh. "Yeah it was devastating. But thanks to Nehal, I don't think we will find girls in his room for a VERY LONG time! Oh my gosh! You should have been there!"

"Details girl!" said Danielle grinning. "Wait...gotta go Eli's waiting."

Jackie sighed frustrated as she put the phone down. "Why does MY boyfriend have to be in HIGHSCHOOL?" She said loudly to the ceiling.

Nehal got to the Ministry Of Magic earlier than usual. She zipped past Jamie's door, hoping he wasn't in, or that his back was to the door. When she reached her door, she slipped in and closed it soundlessly.

"Hey Jensen," she said as warm hands gripped her shoulders and spun her to face him. He brushed a strand of hair that fell above her eyes. Her dark brown eyes. In the light, he could see the iris had some interesting colours to it, despite Nehal always claiming her eye colour dull.

"You want to have a serious talk with me," he began still keeping eye contact, "Tell me I can't come with you to Godric's Hollow because its dangerous for me to come, since we're fighting beasts of my kind. That I might be caught in the crossfire. Ask me to stay back, to stay safe." He leaned in a little closer. "I won't do it."

Nehal felt that vampric hold on her fall away suddenly. She turned her back to him, seething. She hated it when he used his mind reading powers.

Nehal heard him sigh behind her, "What is it now?" he asked

"Well why do YOU tell me, since your so good at it?" Nehal replied coldly.

"All I see is hissing fire. I get it okay. I wasnt supposed to take my ability-"

"Your ability? Your ABILITY???" Nehal turned around sharply and strode forwards glaring at him. "That was a breach of privacy, Jensen!"

"What do you want me to do then?" Jensen's calm face turned angry. "Be a good little boy and adhere to whatever Aubrey or you say? Is that it? That's what my existence as a vampire is? He brought his face so close, Nehal had to force herself not to flinch.

"I wont do it." Jensen repeated.

"You've never been a good little boy," Nehal pointed out, "It doesn't suit you anyway."

Jensen continued to glare her down. What was Nehal playing at, getting mad and calming down so fast...

"Fine." Nehal said sitting on her desk. "Take a seat, and we'll discuss some boundaries."

"Boundaries?" Jensen scoffed. "No deal."

"Co-operate with me or no Godric's Hollow trip for you. Period." Nehal stood her ground

Jensen grabbed the back of the chair facing Nehal roughly and sat down, a fierce frown on his face.

"And none of that," Nehal reached over to smooth down the frown. "I don't own you and I don't want to. I'm just worried, so could you please keep an open mind?" They both smiled at her choice of words and the tension in the air broke.

"I'm just getting fed up of losing people I care about." Nehal said looking sad.

"Come here." Jensen hugged Nehal comfortingly. Just then Jamie walked in, about to tell Nehal off about something else she had forgotten. He froze seeing her being comforted by someone that wasn't him.

He closed the door quietly and and leaned back against the wall, to calm his heart. "I'm so glad we're leaving soon. I need a vacation." he thought

After Jackie called Danielle she decided to call Jesse's cell phone.

"Hello?" answered Jesse.

"Hey it's me. Where are you?" asked Jackie.

"Algebra," said Jesse bitterly.

"Oh I'm sorry. I'll make this quick. You free at 4?"

"I'm not sure. I got track and field after school," replied Jesse.

"Well, meet me at the Mermaid Inn later," said Jackie. She paused. "I need to relax."

"You, uh want me to keep my gym clothes on?"

"Sure why not. Bye Jesse!"

"Bye sweetie,"

"So Eli what did you want to talk about?" asked Danielle sounding like a psychiatrist.

"About our...baby," said Eli hesitantly.

Danielle giggled like a teenage girl in love. "OH MY GOD! I love the sound of that. Our baby. Danielle and Eli's baby." She really did love the way that sounded.

"Danielle!"

"Huh?" said Danielle coming out of her trance.

"Maybe we should tell your parents," advised Eli.

"But I'm not ready to tell yet Eli!" cried Danielle. "I mean, I just recently found out I was pregnant. Don't you think we're moving a little fast here?"

Eli laughed. "Babe, we've always moved fast." He remarked. "We had a one night stand the first time we met." He smirked at her remembering. It was one of the best nights of his life.

"True..." said Danielle pondering. "Wow, who knew a one night stand could lead to marriage?"

"Yeah...life plays tricks on you like that," said Eli thoughtfully.

"Indeed it does," said Danielle. "Okay! This is the dealio. I'll tell my parents in about...three more days or so is that okay? I just need some time to prepare."

"Okay sounds good baby,"

"Are you talking to me or the baby?" questioned Danielle.

"You!"

"Well then you're going to have to stop calling me baby then! It's confusing!"

Eli chuckled. "Alright sweetheart sounds good to me."

At the Mermaid Inn....

Jackie was again on the phone. For someone who didn't like talking on the phone for long periods of time, she had been doing that a lot today. This time she was talking to Peyton who had called her.

"Yeah sure I can look after Jenny...wait in ten minutes? Girl I'm at the Mermaid Inn!" hissed Jackie.

Just then there was a tap on the front door. Jackie walked over and opened it to let Jesse inside. "Okay then bring Jenny over here," She put her cell phone to her chest and whispered to Jesse. "Take your clothes off sexy," She smiled seductively at him. She held the cell phone back up to her ear. "Peyton don't worry. Okay...uh huh...alright. I'll see you later. Bye!" With that Jackie hung up. She turned her attention back to her boyfriend. "Hi how was school?"

"Good. I got 81% on my biology test!" said Jesse proudly.

Jackie grinned widely. "Congrats! Well um...let's see what you've learned."

Jackie cupped Jesse's face and kissed him keenly. She ran her fingers through his dark hair while he in return wrapped his arms around her waist. They spent a couple of minutes like that just kissing.

Jackie pulled away and smiled at him adoringly. "That's such a great mark. I'm proud of you!" Her eyes than darted to the window where she saw Jenny and a furious looking Peyton outside.

Jesse turned around to see who she was staring at. "What's going on?" he asked.

"Peyton and Jenny, crap."

Peyton picked Jenny up and covered her eyes. She glared menacingly at Jackie before walking off with a huff just like Hermione did whenever she was pissed.

Jackie knew she had to fix this. "I'll be right back." She ran down out the door and followed Peyton outside. "Peyton! Peyton wait!"

Peyton buckled Jenny into the car seat, closed the car door and spun around angrily. "How could you? I told you I would bring Jenny by and I see you full on making out with Jesse. What kind of example are you setting?"

"I-I don't know," said Jackie dumbfounded.

"She looks up to you, you know!"

"Oh..." Jackie instantly felt guilty.

"Whatever," said Peyton annoyed. "I gotta go. I guess I got to take Jenny to the concert with me cause I sure am as hell not missing it!" She thundered.

Jackie felt even more guilty. She knew how much Peyton loved her concerts. "Peyton, I can still look after her. You don't have to pay me though. I'll do it for free, please!" She pleaded.

"No, you've done enough already. I don't want you near Jenny for a while."

Peyton walked over to the driver's side and Jackie followed suit.

"Peyton come on!" begged Jackie. "I'm sorry; all we were doing was snogging!"

Peyton stared at her friend for a moment shaking her head in disgust. "Who are you? Seriously, you call in sick to work even though you're clearly not sick and all you want to do is snog Jesse senseless." She shook her head again and scoffed. "What happened to my friend?" She looked at Jackie sadly before getting into the driver's seat and driving off.

Jackie stood in the same spot for a while watching Peyton drive away.

Jesse came outside to check on her. "You okay?" He asked.

"I'm officially the worst baby-sitter ever," declared Jackie cynically.

There was a knock on Heather and Oliver's condo.

"I'll get it!" said Oliver. He opened the door and saw Nehal. He gestured for her to come inside.

Nehal said, "Hey Oliver! Is Heather here?" She asked.

Before Oliver was about to answer, Heather walked over to them. "Did someone say my name?"

"No!" said Oliver sarcastically and right up in Heather's face. He then walked away.

Nehal chuckled at Oliver. She then turned to her friend. "So how are you feeling?" she asked cautiously.

"I am feeling pretty good Nehal," answered Heather honestly.

"Direct answer, I like that."

"D'arn tootin!"

Just then there was another knock on the door.

Heather rolled her eyes annoyed. "It's probably the new neighbours."

But it wasn't the new neighbours.

"Hi Malfoy," said Heather.

"MALFOY!" said Nehal astounded. She walked up beside Heather to see for herself. "What do you want?" She snarled like a mountain lion.

"I just wanted to see if Heather was suffering from Post-Azkaban Syndrome like I did," answered Draco truthfully. He noticed the blank faces of Nehal and Heather staring at him. "It's caused by being subjected to prolonged incarceration in environments of punishment with few opportunities for education, job training, or rehabilitation. The symptoms are most severe in prisoners subjected to prolonged solitary confinement and severe institutional abuse. "

"Well I definitely don't have that!" exclaimed Heather.

"Good, cause it's a pain in the ass," said Draco knowingly. He then looked at Nehal and looked like he wanted to apologize.

"DON'T TALK TO ME!" said Nehal still irritated by his actions last night. She then looked at Heather. "I'll talk to you later." She smiled at her friend and walked off, shoving Draco along the way.

Heather looked confused. She didn't have any clue what happened. She opened her mouth to say something.

Draco shook his head. "Don't ask."

The next day Jackie went to pick Jenny up after school, even though she technically wasn't allowed to go near her for awhile. Jackie wore a long bright pink trench coat and Italian designer sunglasses to disguise herself. She spotted Jenny waiting on the school steps drawing a picture.

Jackie thought, "Well Peyton seems to have a good influence on her."

Jackie then looked both ways before crossing the street. She scurried over to Jenny. "Hi Jenny! It's me Jackie!" She said lifting up her sunglasses so she wouldn't frighten the little girl.

"JACKIE!" said Jenny loudly.

"Shh! don't say my name out loud," muttered Jackie putting the sunglasses back over her eyes and looking around hastily.

"Okay!" said Jenny and continued drawing.

"Wow, aren't you the little artist! What are those, flamingos?"

"No," said Jenny sullenly. Just like Peyton, she was very defensive of her artwork.

Jackie was a little taken back by the six year old's tone. "Well, they're very pretty. It almost looks like they're kissing." She paused to think what she was going to say next. "Funny thing about kissing...it's not just for people who like or love each other. Sometimes we kiss our parents, or our grandparents. Sometimes we even kiss our dog. And sometimes we even kiss people who are just friends," she said in her best teacher voice. "Kinda like a high-five on the lips. Right?" Jackie held up her hand for Jenny.

Jackie laughed awkwardly because Jenny left her hanging. "Hey Jenny. I was at the mall and I saw this. Thought you might like it." She placed the doll in Jenny's lap. "She's Hawaiian. Her name is Princess Kahaluia. And, I think it means 'Little Waterfall' or 'Big Pond' or something..." She trailed off.

Jenny looked at the doll and smiled. She wrapped one arm around the doll and with the other continued to draw.

"Okay then...so we're good right?"

Jenny didn't say anything.

"Right...well you enjoy your new doll. And if there's anything else you need, you just let me know. Oh and if Jake or Peyton ask where you got the doll make something up..." said Jackie as she stood up.

"Wait!" said Jenny tugging on her arm.

"Yes?" said Jackie smiling.

"What I'd really like is a bike,"

"Oh Heather, time to go!" said Oliver.

"Time to go where?" asked Heather curiously.

"To my parent's house!" shouted Oliver.

"NO!" Heather shouted back.

"YES!"

"But I was just in Azkaban! I should take some time off..." Heather trailed off.

"Hopefully my mom won't find out. Now come on!" said Oliver and threw a suitcase at her.

"OW!" yelled Heather. She threw the suitcase back at him. Then Oliver threw it again and this time it hit Heather's ass. She shook her ass in his face and he smacked it.

"Now hurry up!" yelled Oliver and dragged her out.

When the couple were in the hallway, Oliver said, "Hey, it's the new neighbours."

"Hi!" said Stuart Townsend. "What are you guys up too?"

"We're going to Oliver's parent's house," groaned Heather. She really didn't want to go. Not at all.

"I love going to see Stuart's parents!" chirped Charlize Theron.

Heather rolled her eyes at Charlize's cheerfulness and shook her fist at her when she wasn't looking. She really didn't like the neighbours. Not at all.

Nehal had quite a good day at the office. She had done and accomplished a great deal of work. She sent Queen Tulip letters asking for more information on the task at hand. Even though they were leaving for Godric's Hollow in a couple of days she wanted to be prepared as much as possible.

Also, for a person who had just flown off the handle, she felt rather calm. She just had a blowout with Jamie because he wanted to talk about something and Nehal was not interested. She finally had to kick him out (literally).

Nehal sighed. She had finally finished and was famished. She had finished all the aurors assignments because everyone had escaped from the wrath of Nehal for the day. After a while, she packed to go home.

As she started to pack, Nehal suddenly missed Bell Boy bugging her in the office. It was too quiet. She walked over to the main floo network and got it connected and working again. "Bell Manor!" she shouted into the emerald flames as they engulfed her.

Nehal fell out of the fireplace a lot gracefully than she normally would. She did Jackie Chan type roll and dusted herself off. "Good thing nobody saw that..." she muttered to herself.

She walked around the Manor looking for Jamie. She knew her way around the place pretty well, so she wouldn't get lost. Nehal walked around for a couple minutes before giving up.

"Jamie!" yelled Nehal. "Jamie are you home?"

The manor was silent.

Nehal heard the floor board's creek behind her and whipped her wand out. No one was there. She hurried to the greenhouse, where Jamie went when he wanted to be alone.

What Nehal saw threw her back. The greenhouse was on fire! Jamie was standing out, his back to her.

Nehal bit her lip and walked over to him very cautiously. His expression was hard, and his eyes glassed over. "Jamie?" whispered Nehal.

Jamie flinched at the sound of her voice.

"Jamie?"

Jamie's legs buckled and fell to a heap. Nehal immediately kneeled down and took his head in her hands.

"He burned it down...it's gone," Jamie whispered hoarsely.

Back inside......

Jamie and Nehal were both sitting on the couch. Nehal had wrapped a blanket around him and was doing her best to look after him, as well as find out what was going on. Why was the greenhouse on fire in the first place? Did it happen by accident or on purpose?

"Oh, Jamie" she said, and wrapped her arms around him. Jamie clutched at her arm. She felt a tear drop onto her knee. Her eyes watered, and she stared at the blurry fire.

"It just —" Jamie's voice broke. "It hurts."

I know, Nehal wanted to say but couldn't, because she still didn't know what was going on. "Jamie..." said Nehal shyly, still holding onto him. "What happened?" Usually it was the other way around; Jamie would hold and comfort Nehal. But this time he needed her. He needed Nehal to be the one to say everything was going to be okay. But of course...everything was not okay. Not this time.

"I'll kill him...I will," said Jamie viciously. His hand that wasn't holding on to Nehal formed into a fist and he gritted his teeth together.

Nehal gulped nervously. "Kill who?"

A/N: Dun dun dun...stay tuned for more.