i really hope you all enjoy this next update! i've had this idea in my head for awhile and have been working up to it, there's going to be 3 parts...let me know what you think!

"He knew sooner or later someone from his past was going to come for his daughter," line from Look After You, chapter 29

Somebody That I Used to Know

"Hey, happy birthday!" Jade grinned as she greeted Oliver as he came into Rousseau's alone, planning on meeting the other guys there. They were starting out there then they were going to go out in the French Quarter on some sort of bar crawl since it was the first birthday any of them had since they weren't under the crescent curse. She had heard about it all week, knowing they were excited; it made her happy they got to do normal things like this.

"Thanks," he told her as she sat a drink in front of him. "You coming tonight?"

"Ah, I can't," Jade sighed. "I was going to, but I owe Josh from last week with my sister." Oliver nodded, hearing some of the story about the incident from Jackson, though not all the details. "Plus, with him and Aiden being official now, they should get to go as a couple," she added on.

"Man, why does everyone pair off with the bartenders here?" he was joking. "It's not even that great of a bar," he said as he took a drink.

"What the hell are you doing here?" he heard Jade say, clearly annoyed.

"Hell, I was kidding," he said like it should have been obvious.

"Not you," she rolled her eyes at him and Oliver noticed another guy had come over to the bar next to him, someone he hadn't seen before.

"Can I talk to you Jade?" he was asking sincerely, looking apologetic.

"No, Mason, you can't," she snapped at him. "You don't get to do what you did, then show up here and-"

"I know you're upset about your sister," Mason cut in.

"Upset?" she scoffed at him. "I'm pissed. You-"

"Are you ok Jade?" Oliver was asking, meaning he would toss Mason out if she wanted.

"I really just need two minutes," Mason was saying at the same time. Jade looked between the two of them, seeming to weigh her options. After everything, having Oliver throw Mason out certainly had it's appeal. On the other hand...

"One minute," she informed Mason, motioning for him to follow her to the other end of the bar, away from the door.

"Who's that?" Cami asked as she came over towards Oliver's side of the bar, nodding at Jade off to the side with Mason.

"Never met him," Oliver shrugged. "Said his name was Mason?" He noticed the face Cami made. "What?"

"That's her ex," Cami said, still making a face, indicating it was messy. After all, Jade had admitted to her that the break up was what fueled her decision to leave Virginia, though she didn't know the cause of the break up. Cami also knew that something happened with Jade's sister recently, some big family secret that Mason spilled, but she left it alone as to what that secret was seeing as Jade had been so upset.

"Ah, and Jack's gonna be here soon," Oliver said. "This'll go well."

"Really, Jackson doesn't strike me as the jealous type," Cami commented casually as she put away a few glasses.

"We're all the jealous type," Oliver told her and she laughed thinking he meant guys in general but he meant it fell under the category of their werewolf tempers. Over on their side, the argument between Jade and Mason was just picking up.

"What are you even doing here?" Jade was asking him, crossing her arms over herself.

"I was on my way to Florida," he started off.

"And you got lost?" she asked sarcastically and he gave her a look.

"There's a group of us on our way there, I was supposed to meet some wolves on their way from Texas in Baton Rogue," he continued to explain. "I wanted to switch it to here so I could see you."

"Why are you going to-"

"I triggered my curse Jade," Mason cut her off, aggravated. Since he wasn't part of the pack she freed he wasn't going to be able to control when he turned. She felt bad for him for a brief moment, until it flooded back to her everything that he did to her.

"I see," she nodded. "And after killing someone you just felt it was ok to run your mouth about everyone else's victims?"

"I'm sorry things blew up with your sister," he started off.

"Blew up?" she laughed at him cynically. "She dropped out Mason, no one can find her." It was true; her mom finally convinced Jade to try to reach her sister when she never came home. There was no answer and Jade couldn't even track her, meaning she found some other witch to hide her. "Things were hardly ok between me and her to begin with and you-"

"Do you really want to know what happened?" Mason cut her off, his voice raising as he was getting annoyed. "I was driving through town late and I saw her stumbling around." Jade shook her head as that unfortunately sounded like her sister. "I didn't want to leave her alone so I picked her up, told her she could sober up in my jeep then I would take her home. She started crying about her dad not being around...and I don't know..."

"This wasn't a the truth is always the answer moment," Jade complained, her tone angry against his annoyed one. "And certainly not coming from you."

"Look, in case you forgot," Mason told her. "I was the one you used to come to about her, I was the one that you used to cry to about wanting to fix her. This wasn't the first time I had to pick her up in the middle of the night."

"You're right," Jade agreed with him. "Except I was there all of those times. I wasn't there last week and you had no right. You don't get to get involved in my family's business anymore because you-" She started to accuse, pointing a finger.

"Hey Jade!" Cami called to get her attention. Jade realized the argument had probably gotten to where other people around the bar could hear, namely Jackson who had shown up by now and looked pissed. She figured pretty quickly that Cami was getting her attention to keep things from escalating. "Your regulars are here," she said with a smile though her eyes practically screamed get over here.

"Here," Jade said, setting a beer in front of Mason. Did she want him to stay? Not particularly, but Matt was right something was definitely up with Mason, something other than him triggering his curse. With him showing up out of no where she felt that it was better to keep an eye on things.

"You're good if I stay?" he questioned, having mentioned to her he planned to meet his group there.

"Stay, leave," she waved him off as she walked off. Drop dead for all I care, she silently thought. Maybe allowing Mason to wait there though was a mistake as she really got a read on Jackson's expression as she got closer. She never really took him for someone that would fly off the handle but she guessed it would take a certain push for anyone to get that way. In this case it was Jade's ex-boyfriend showing up at her work to argue with her.

"Hey," she said as she was slipping out from behind the bar, pulling him over to the side with her. He kept looking over to the table on the far side of the bar where Mason had settled with some guys he seemed to know. "What's with, look at me," she was saying as he wasn't listening to her. "What's with you?" she asked gently.

"You're not serious," he told her. He wasn't sure how else to phrase it without coming off meaner to her than he meant to. After all, while he thought she was crazy for letting him stay it wasn't her he was getting angry at.

"I know," she told him understandingly, keeping her voice low. "I know, but something isn't right."

"Um, yeah," Jackson said as though the problem was obvious. She didn't think Mason being around her would get to him this much. She wondered if he heard what Mason said about how he was the one she always went to before about Vicki's issues.

"Other than that," her eyes fluttered with an eye roll. "Look, after everything that's happened he's here. He's around me, he knows my dad is in the city. Does that sound like someone with their head on right to you?" Jackson didn't answer. "My brother said he's been acting super weird. I don't know what it is, but something isn't right and I'd rather him be here than off somewhere else."

"That makes one of us," he muttered; Jade had never seen him like this before.

"Jackson, I-"

"Jade, I'm sorry but," Cami was calling out to her, motioning that she did need help as things behind the bar were starting to pick up.

"I mean it Jack," Jade was saying quickly but quietly to finish up. "You guys pick a fight with those wolves and it'll just take one smart ass vampire to point out werewolves fighting each other again, then this whole thing we worked for will be ruined." He realized she was right as she went to go back behind the bar, helping Cami further down with a bachelorette party that had just shown up; that didn't mean he had to like that she was right though.

"What about smart ass vampires?" Marcel said lightly as he showed up to the bar, greeting Jackson and his friends; he then spotted Mason with his group. "Ah, what's he doing here?"

"That'd be a question for your sister I think," Aiden commented since Jackson still looked pretty agitated by the whole thing, jaw clenched.

"Uh huh," Marcel nodded skeptically, looking to get his sister's attention. "Jade!"

"I'm busy Marcel!" she called back, not realizing what he wanted. "You know where everything is!"

"Not that," he said though he had come behind the bar with her and Cami. "You know it's my night to check in with Davina."

"That girl you're mentoring?" Cami asked as she passed by, having heard the name before.

"Ah, yeah," Marcel nodded, trying to keep up with the lies. "What's Mason doing here? And with all his limbs still attached?" Jade rolled her eyes at him now.

"If anyone is tearing Mason's limbs off, it's me," she informed him simply as she was able to take a step back for a second; he was looking at her seriously. "Look, Marcel, I appreciate everyone's," she emphasized, dipping her head around her brother to eye her boyfriend and his friends who were able to hear. "Concern. But, something isn't right, so I would rather him be here. Besides," she motioned to the end of the bar where her guys were. "I send them out there then they run into these guys on their bar crawl and I'm not around to break it up."

"You actually think I'm going out now?" Jackson asked her like she was crazy and she was giving him a look of annoyance.

"Are you guys...fighting?" Oliver asked; they both gave him a look to shut up.

"Something isn't right," Marcel agreed with her. "You remember that..." He wasn't able to say blood with so many more people around. She had given him some of her blood because, like her father, she could cure werewolf bites as well as turn hybrids. While things had been peaceful that last few months it didn't mean there wouldn't be a wolf somewhere to decide to bite her brother or one of his friends; he had her blood in vials on standby just in case.

"That stuff you gave me," he settled on the term and she knew what he was talking about, motioning for him to continue. "Well, some of it's missing."

"Ok," she said, coming closer to him and the rest of the guys so she could lower her voice. "Let me make sure I have this all straight. Showing up here, already stupid enough, but now you think he's also stolen from you?" she raised her eyebrows.

"Think about it Jade," Marcel pointed out to her. After all, it would make sense. Steal the blood, turn into hybrids, and they would be stronger than the werewolves in New Orleans. Turn enough of them and...

"What I think is you're going to be late to see Davina," Jade said, getting her brother out from behind the bar. "I've got a handle on this, all right?" she asked and without waiting for an answer she went back to doing her job with Cami.

"For what it's worth," Cami was saying as they were clearing off a few empty glasses, throwing them in to wash. "I think they're being sweet."

"You and I have different definitions of sweet," Jade said lightly as she then took someone's order for shots, setting out the glasses and getting them ready.

"What I mean," Cami said once Jade was done. "Is they know that guy really hurt you and they don't want it to be unanswered."

"It's been well over a year," Jade reminded her, indicating she was over it. After all, she was with Jackson now. What should she care if Mason was in this bar or not?

"Not since the stuff with your sister," Cami reminded her and Jade just waved it off; she didn't want to talk about it. "Did I tell you my uncle is back in town?" she asked, changing the subject.

"No," Jade said in surprise. It had been months since anyone had seen Kieran. She was sure her brother had given him a heads up about the church, but still... "That's...good right?" Jade asked, remembering how upset Cami had been when he took off.

"I mean I guess," she shrugged. "But, it's all still so...raw," she settled on the term. "Jade."

"Yeah babe?" Jade asked, turning to her but Cami nodded for her to look forward and Jade followed her gaze. She wasn't sure who instigated it, though she had a pretty good idea, but Jackson and Mason were in the middle of a confrontation. Something was said about needing to leave; something else was said about Jade being all right with him staying. Words were exchanged but ultimately what did it was Mason admitting that he missed Jade.

He really has lost, Jade couldn't even finish her thought as the first punch was thrown.

"Jack!" Jade shouted at him, wanting it to stop.

"N,n,n,n,n,no," Cami blocked her from leaving from behind the bar. They were fighting, the guys Mason was with were fighting, Aiden and Oliver were in it with them; it was an entire mess.

"Marcel," Jade was motioning for him to go break it up.

And while he had largely been staying out of it because he wanted nothing more than to see Jackson beat the hell out of Mason he did realize enough was enough and someone else in the bar might get hurt. Going over and breaking the two of them up he shoved Mason in the general direction of the door. Once they were apart the rest of the fighting seemed to dissipate as well, the guys he was with leaving as well. Marcel nodded that he was going to go, one because he had to go see Davina and two because he wanted to make sure the guys really left. Jade's regulars as Cami had referred to them earlier made their way back over to the bar now.

"...hi," Jackson said as he sat in front of Jade, lip busted but nothing else too bad.

"Hi," Jade said tiredly, handing him some ice wrapped in a clean towel. Yes, he would start healing soon, but that was more for Cami's benefit since she expected them to need something like that after the bar fight.

"You're gonna need some too," Cami said, handing ice to Aiden now as he sat down, Josh just arriving. "That's gonna bruise," she commented about his eye.

"You feel better?" Jade was asking now though she wasn't sure why she was so cross. After all, Cami was right; he just did this because he cared.

"Not as much as I thought I would," he admitted.

"What did I miss?" Josh was asking.

"What happened in here?" Klaus was asking at the same time as he came into the bar, tables and chairs still knocked over, some glass from fallen drinks scattered on the floor.

"Mason was here," Jade answered him with a fake smile. "One," she pointed at Jackson. "Plus two," she motioned at the door where Mason had left. "Equals," she made a big sweeping motion in front of her at the mess.

"Mason was here?" Klaus asked, trying the door but it was stuck; Jade had obviously locked it so he couldn't leave.

"Take it as an omen," she informed him, grabbing a broom from beside the kitchen door so she could start to clean up the glass. Klaus came to sit next to Jackson, patting his shoulder appreciatively as he sat; that was probably the nicest gesture he'd given him.

"She'll get over it," he murmured.

"Don't encourage him," Jade said just above a whisper so her dad would hear, with him shaking his head.

"Jade, I'm sorry," Jackson was saying as he went over to where she had started sweeping. "He was here and I know how much he's hurt you and I just..." He trailed off with a shrug. "I don't know." He held out his hand to try to take the broom from her. "I can get it," he told her.

"It's ok," she said with a weak smile. "On both counts." She nodded ahead. "Can you guys just fix the tables please?"

"Yeah," he nodded, motioning for the other two to help him fix the knocked over table and chairs.

After the initial excitement of the bar fight wore off people began trickling in and out again like normal. With their own fight between them over, Jade was left to wonder what it was exactly that Mason was doing there and if it really was that he was just crazy enough to show up there with his friends after everything that had happened. Why did come there? Was it to start something with Jackson?

In any case, the rest of the night was going smoothly. Marcel had messaged Jade that Davina was doing well and that she looked forward to their next magic lesson. She was also happy to see her dad and Cami having a nice conversation at the end of the bar. Right now, she was trying to convince Jackson that it was still all right that him and his friends went along with their original plans to go out.

"I really don't have to go," Jackson was saying; he was clearly worried about Mason coming back, this time angry after the fight.

"Yeah, you do," Jade laughed. "He's your best friend and it's his birthday." She made a dramatic face. "And from what I hear none of you ever got to have a real twenty first birthday or whatever," she was teasing.

"I know, but," he was starting off.

"It's fine," she emphasized, resting her hand over his. "And besides," she nodded down at the bar where her dad was. "I think we can take him," she smiled sweetly.

"...ok," Jackson gave in, though he was smiling as they had all been looking forward to Oliver's birthday. "I'll be back at closing," he said to compromise with her, not wanting her to walk home without him, even if her dad was going to be there.

"Fine," she agreed, kissing him once. "Have fun."

"I will," he said, getting up from his seat. "Love you."

"Love you too," she said as she watched the four of them get ready to go.

"Bye Jade!" one of them called.

"See ya!" another said.

"Have fun!" she said, then paused as they were half way out the door. "No more fights!" she called and they laughed as the door shut.

The rest of the night went on just as nicely and Jade was relieved that she hadn't heard of any other fights that night; maybe Mason and his group already left town. Though Cami wasn't scheduled to stay late that night with Jade she stayed anyway, with them having their rule that if one of them closed the other one stayed to make sure they weren't alone. That night she really didn't seem to mind staying as she and Klaus were really seeming to click that night. As the last customer left and Jade locked the front door, she turned to the other two.

"You guys should get out of here," Jade was telling Klaus and Cami.

"We have our thing," Cami reminded her about closing alone.

"Yeah, but I've got this," Jade assured them.

"Jade," Klaus was saying seriously. After all, he still wasn't too thrilled about Mason being in the city, whether he was still there or not.

"Look," she said, checking her phone for the time. "Everywhere else is closing up around now, my security detail should be back any minute," she joked.

"You're sure?" Cami asked.

"Gooo," Jade dragged it out, making a suggestive face at Cami. Her friend laughed, rolling her eyes though she hugged her good night, Klaus following her out the back through the kitchen. Feeling pretty satisfied with herself, Jade started to clean up around the bar as she waited for Jackson to get there. She started with setting up the chairs closest to the door before making her way closer to the bar.

Out of no where, she wasn't feeling well. It wasn't like she was nauseous or anything, but she did feel dizzy. She stopped at a table for a second to steady herself, hand to her chest as her breathing didn't feel quite right. If she didn't know any better it would be like she was wearing her bracelet as it was the same stifling feeling. Getting used to it now and brushing it off she went back to work. When she turned and saw someone behind her though, she jumped.

"Hell, Mason!" she shouted, throwing a dish rag she had at him. "You scared me," she accused angrily.

"Sorry," he shrugged; Jade wondered if Cami forgot to lock the back door behind her.

"Look, I don't know what's going on with you," she stated, picking up the nearest chair. "But my boyfriend is gonna be here and we all saw what happened..." She trailed off. "Mason?" she questioned, studying him. "MASON!"

"Marcel!" Davina shrieked suddenly, jumping in the air.

"What, D?" Marcel asked worriedly, looking her over. They had been sitting on the floor watching a movie on the laptop Marcel had for her. "What is it, what's going on?"

"I think Jade's in trouble," she was saying, getting up quickly. "It's Jane Anne...I don't know where she is..." She was trying to concentrate. "She's casting a spell on Rousseau's."

"What kind of-"

"It's a boundary spell, no one in or out," Davina was explaining quickly, then tears formed in her eyes. "Marcel, I don't think she can use her magic. She's in real trouble."

"Ok, hey," Marcel was saying gently though he felt like he might explode. "I'm gonna go over that way now, all right? I'm gonna keep her safe, you work on finding where Jane Anne is for me, yeah?" She nodded quickly. "Ok," he agreed, giving her a quick kiss on the forehead before taking off out of the attic.

What had snapped in Mason she wasn't quite sure, but Jade knew he was there to kill her.

He must have help from the local witches because there was no way out of the bar for her and, even worse, she couldn't use her magic. She figured the witches would come after her at some point; after all, if she was dead, the cloaking spell on Davina would be broken. They had found someone she wouldn't suspect of really trying to hurt her and got him to help them. How? Again, she wasn't sure, but as she slammed the kitchen door shut and locked it, that wasn't what was on the forefront of her mind. Escape was the only thing she was thinking of. If she couldn't get out, maybe someone else could get in, she thought as she was using her phone for the first moment she had to call Jackson.

"Hey Jade, sorry we're," Jackson started off as they were running late, having been on the opposite end of the French Quarter. "Whoa, what?" he asked, the others looking at him in concern. "Baby, slow," he was trying to say but she was talking too quickly and there was a ton of back ground noise.

Something about not being able to use her magic? Did she just say Mason was there? Was someone banging on the door?

"Jade-"

"MASON'S GOING TO KILL ME!" she screamed and they all heard loud and clear, taking off running in the direction of the bar.

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