"Oh Jake! I'm so sorry for doubting you!" Were the words everyone expected to hear but instead Franklin and Maryann Portman just fainted.

"Oh dear. Well I guess we had better move them to their rooms. Bronwyn? Would you mind?" Miss Peregrine said before moving to the kitchen to prepare a grand dinner for them all.

As Fiona was trying to coax the plant to go back to its original shape and Hugh and Millard were running around trying to catch bees with a net, Jake managed to slip away. He ran upstairs and before Emma could even turn around he was gone. He ran to his bedroom, put Raven down for a nap and decided he needed a walk. So he slipped on his rain jacket and tiptoed down the stairs and into the now raining backyard. He edged his way around the house careful to not go past any windows before he fled into the Ymbrynes garden and sat under the great tree before falling asleep. The last thing he saw was the twinkling lights in the tree before he fell into a long, deep sleep.

A few hours later he was woken up to hear Emma calling out into the darkness, in a big jacket over her hair, and boots on under he nightgown. She had a distressed look on her face and had a croaky voice, and as Jake was just waking up he saw her sink onto the muddy ground beside the pond.

"EMMA!" He said stumbling to his feet and running towards her, before taking her in his arms and covering her in his rain coat and sprinting back to the house.

"Jake! Where have you be- Emma!?" Miss Peregrine said before helping Jake place her on a couch.

"Enoch fetch me a cloth." Miss Peregrine demanded and the children all looked up. They had been sitting beside the fire listening to stories about Jake from his parents who were sitting on two armchairs. Everyone had tea apart from Claire, Bronwyn and the twins who had hot cocoa.

"Oh no! Is she alright!" Maryann said standing up and going to give Emma a blanket.

"Yes she's fine Mrs Portman, just a bit of a scare."

"What scared her? Was it Jacob? Is that why you missed dinner?" She pressed on.

"Yes, I.. I fell asleep under a tree. She must have came out looking for me."

"How awful. I feel awful. Poor girl, single mother, I mean you have to feel bad this happened-"

"What?!" Jake said jumping to his feet with a shocked look on his face.

"Well that baby, Raven is that her name? I mean it's not like the father is here seeing as the young man Enoch is with Olive-"

"Miss P! Why did you let her believe this!"

"I thought it best to let you explain. Please don't be angry Jacob, me and Emma didn't think it our place." Miss Peregrine said.

"Jake what's going on?" Franklin said getting up and putting a hand on Maryann's shoulder.

"Children bedtime! Give Jake some time to talk to his parents please. And Bronwyn could you take Emma to her room-"

"No Miss P, I'm fine." Emma said sitting up groggily.

"I'll take her up." Jake said kissing Emma's forehead and carrying her in his arms up the stairs.

As he lay her on the bed and started pulling the blankets around her she said, "Jake what happened? All I remember is seeing the pond then-"

"You fell. And now I kinda have to tell my parents about Raven."

"What? Why?" Emma whispered.

"They thought you were a single mother. And I didn't think it fair to let them think that, also I think they may be suspicious." And with that he got up, turned off the gas lamp and walked down the stairs. He saw his mother sitting on an armchair, Miss Peregrine standing next to the fire and his father bending over the mantle place.

Jake sat down on the sofa only to jump up with a shout.

"MILLARD!"

"Sorry Jake! Not my fault you can't see me!"

"Millard! Bed Now!" Miss Peregrine said grabbing him by the hair to make sure he didn't sneak off and started trudging him up the stairs.

"I'll give you some time alone." She said before lecturing Millard about privacy and rudeness.

"Jake what's going on." Franklin asked.

"Dad, Emma's my girlfriend." Jake said waiting for a response.

His dad sighed before continuing, "Jake I don't think this is a good idea."

"What do you mean-"

"Jake you can't date a girl with a kid! I mean she seems nice enough, but it's not your responsibility and this isn't your child, you shouldn't have to pay for her mistakes-"

"Oh honestly Franklin! How idiotic can you be!" Jake's mother announced. She had caught on.

"Dad I don't think you get it-"

"No I do son. You think you thought you could have a perfect family, but you can come home with us and find a different girl! Have your own child-"

"Dad!"

"Jake don't interrupt me! Now-"

"Franklin!"

"Dad Raven IS my daughter!"

Silence fell on the room and Jake put his head in his hands and Franklin looked at him in shock.

"No! Maryann he can't be! He's a virgin! I know he's been away for like nearly a year, but he's still only 17!"

"Well OBVIOUSLY HE ISN'T!"

"Maryann! Raven can't be his! I just! Jake is this true!?"

But Jake just stood up and ran up the stairs. He ran to the empty bedroom and slammed the door.

"Franklin you have to talk to him!"

"Why! He messed up!"

"She's your granddaughter! Have some sense!"

"No! I won't!"

It wasn't long before Maryann was knocking on the door and quietly coming into the room.

"I'm sorry Jake." She said sitting on the end of the single bed.

"Why are you sorry, I'm the one who 'messed up'." Jake said furiously sitting up, tear stains down his face.

"No you didn't. Your dad is just shocked. This is a lot for him. You are only 17 Jake. Please understand how strange this is for both of us." An awkward silence followed this. "But Raven is cute. I kinda knew as soon as I saw her. She has Emma's nose and mouth, but your hair, and big blue eyes. She's really perfect."

"Thanks mum. That means a lot. And you know I'm not leaving Emma to go back to the States?" His mum kissed his forehead, and a single tear ran down her cheek.

"I didn't think you would."