Nate rubbed the palm of his hands together and waited for Ivy to say something. Anything. But all she could think of is "Y'know its going to take more than a mug to fix this?"

Nate turned his head to Ivy "Are you seriously putting all the blame on me-"

"What? No I didn't mean-"

"We both said things Ives, we both need to make the effort-" He was shut up by the palm of Ivy's hand covering his mouth. "Listen to me" she softly spoke, she then raised her eyebrows to check if he would listen and not interrupt. Nate nodded as Ivy slowly slid her hand off of his mouth. Ivy sighed and looked up to the sky

"What that was meant to come across like was, there are things we both need to get off our chests, we cannot buy each other a make up gift and then brush it under the carpet y'know"

"I do know, yeah...so...do you wanna go first or shall I?"

Ivy looked at him for a moment and then gave him a soft nudge "You go ahead" she realized that she hadn't heard his feelings on how she has not been dealing with things. Nate then took a deep sigh to think about what he was going to say. "Okay...I know that there are many things that you don't want to share, and I get that it's personal, believe me I do, I get it...but I hoped that I'd be the guy you always found it easiest to trust and to share things with" Nate then turned his head to look to Ivy, Ivy softly nodded and then weakly whispered. "You are, but it's hard for me"

"It doesn't have to be" Nate said with a warm smile "And I'm here for you...but...I am not going to be shut out"

"Don't act like I've-"

"And I am not your punching bag"

"I never intended you to feel that way" Ivy looked down to her hands that were placed in her lap. "I know" Nate sighed then feeling like a jackass for jumping to conclusions "I know" he repeated.

"What's going on out there?" Stef said as she walked over to the window near the sink. Jude looked up from his book and looked outside "They're working it out"

Stef tilted her head as she saw the reflection of the mug in the window, she turned to it and picked it up. Jude smiled to himself and then stated "It was Jesus idea"

Stef looked up "What's that babe?"

Jude motioned his hand to the mug "Nate wanted to buy Ivy something to make up, it was Jesus' idea to get her the mug, he'd knew she'd like it"

She looked down at the mug again, when she read it she couldn't help but laugh "He knows her very well"

Jude nodded and then looked back down to his book. Stef walked over to him and rubbed his back "Hey, you alright? You look a little down or worried?"

He sighed and shrugged his shoulders "I don't know if I should tell you..." Stef tilted her head, she didn't get why Jude was so quiet. Normally the kids could share anything with either Lena or herself. "Are you in trouble?"

"No, but it might get someone in trouble"

"Who sweetie?"

Jude then nodded his head to his cousin outside and said "Ivy"

"Can't you tell me?"

"I can"

"Then do it, Ives"

Ivy rubbed her forehead and then rubbed her palms "Are we doing this?"

"Yes"

"Right now?"

"Now would be good" he bickered back at her stressful tone.

Ivy rolled her eyes and licked her bottom lip. Where the hell does she start? Ivy began to explain everything she went through. She started off with the situation with her sexual harassment's she had gotten from her step-dad's friends. Then she got onto Jason, surprisingly the attempted murder didn't bother her as much as Jason. He was twisted and dark in a much different way than Eddie's violent ways. Ivy told him that after she broke up with Jason, his violent streak shone throw, how he hit her on more than one occasion whilst trying to convince her that they belong together, and that he too tried to force himself on Ivy and almost succeeded if she hadn't have hit him in the side of the head with her surfing trophy. She put him in the hospital, but luckily it was only a cut and a bruise. She also got arrested but he dropped the charges and then tried to blackmail her to get back with him after that.

Ivy then got into the darkest part of Jason there was. She hesitated "And then he...well we..." Ivy ran her fingers through her hair and took a deep breath and then looked to Nate "Don't hate me after I tell you this"

"After everything you just told me, I doubt I could hate you" his voice was shaken from feeling so shaken by what she just said.

"Just wait"

Ivy's POV.

I was walking down the street, getting home from the diner my mom worked at. I was with a friend of mine, his name was Toby. He was just a friend. He was like my bestfriend. But Jason didn't know that, he knew Toby. They went to college together, they were next door to each other in their dorms. Anyway. We were walking home, it was late. About 9ish. Toby was pretty wealthy and had a big house. I was complaining to him that I couldn't be bothered with dealing with Dylan because he was in one of his bad moods. So Toby offered me that I could stay at his place, his parents were always very welcoming. There was a shortcut down an alley way to his place. We were followed by Jason. He started shouting the odds, saying that Toby was a bastard and that he was going to send him to hell where he belongs, he totally lost it. Acting like a maniac. I was telling him to go away since I wasn't his property and I never was. I was all mouthy at him till he got out a gun. Safe to say that made me shut up. It would make anyway shut up. I didn't know what to do, Jason got closer and closer to Toby. So I pushed him but after I did. Jason pulled the goddamn trigger, my fault really. What was worse, the bullet his Toby. Knocked him straight down to the floor. I froze. I didn't know what to do. All that was going through my head was that I was going to get arrested. It would be in the news. My family would hear about this. My Aunts would see their little girl painted as a murder as would my baby cousins who I tried so hard to be a good person for. He was knocked out. I thought he was dead. I went to go feel his pulse until Jason grabbed me up again and told me that I would have gotten my finger prints on his neck as this would get out. Jason was almost sure that Toby was going to die. I saw his chest go up and down so I knew he was alive. But I didn't know how long for. I was panicking and couldn't stop but breathe heavily.

"Calm down"

"Calm down!? YOU just shot my bestfriend"

"Oh no, baby, WE shot him"

"What?" I gasped my words out.

"If you think that I'm going down for this then you have another thing coming"

"Jason we can't leave him here" I couldn't stop crying. I knelt down and this time I wasn't stopped. I placed the palm of my hand on his forehead "Toby sweetie, you're going to be fine"

"Ivy, lets go"

"Are you crazy?! No fucking way am I leaving him"

"I-Ivy...g-go" Toby said to me, he was the one that was shot and yet he was still doing his best to protect me. Jason lifted me up from my feet and grabbed my hand. I refused to move until I helped him. So I called an ambulance for them to find him...

And then...I left. Jason dragged me to his place. He made me promise that I wouldn't go to the police, he even threatened that he'd go back to hurting Toby. And that me and him were in this together, if he burns, I burn.

Ivy then shut up and paused for a moment. The silence was deafening. It was eating away at her, Ivy was too scared to even look at Nate. All see sensed was disgust, she looked to him and he wasn't looking at her. He was looking to the ground, he was shocked of course. She then felt his hand slide into hers, he took a deep breath with his eyebrows raised, still trying to take it all in. All he could say was "And Toby?"

"He recovered, barely though, has a big dint in his shoulder and a pretty big scar...he said that he was alone and that he didn't see anything, of course the police did their best to look for any leads but they gave up after a while"

Nate rubbed his forehead and cleared his throat "Wow..."

"Now you know why I didn't want to say anything, I make myself sick just thinking about it"

"I'm sorry you had to got through that"

"Don't" Ivy cried out in a gasp as she wiped her tears from her cheeks "Don't sympathize, what I did was totally wrong I never should have left him I should have just stayed with him and then ratted Jason out...I was scared of Jason but it's no excuse"

"It's a good enough reason, Toby understood right?"

Ivy nodded and wiped her tears again, she sat back in the bench and folded her arms. "You still hear from him?"

Ivy's head snapped, she quickly replied with defense "Who?"

"Toby? You ever heard from him?"

"Oh, yeah I skype him now and then, he's the only friend I really keep in contact with from over there, the other ones were also kind of bad news" Ivy shrugged with a very small smile, she then threw he hands back down from being folded and grabbed his hands and snuggled closer to him, she looked down to his hands and said

"I'm sorry"

"Thank you"

"For?"

Nate shrugged and stated the obvious "Being honest...did you also hear from Jason?"

Now Ivy hesitated. She said she'd be honest with him. But she didn't want him to freak out or go out looking for Jason. That could get him put in hospital. But Ivy wouldn't lie to him. She nodded "Yes...he's...he's been here"

"What?! Ives!" Nate stood up, not knowing how to react. Ivy pulled him back down to listen, she begged him to listen. And he did. Ivy told Nate on how Jason came to the school, she sugar coated it. Really sugar coated it. She said that Jason came back in a pleading with her and that he still loved her. She left out the details on how he threatened Callie and how he wanted to know where Nate was.

"Does he know me?"

"No he doesn't even think that we are even speaking" Liar she said to herself.

"And where is he now?" Nate asked with a worry in his voice.

"I haven't seen or heard from him since he came, I think he's gone back" Liar. Well. Sort of. She doesn't know for sure and it was kind of odd that he hadn't have contacted her, Jason used to be calling Ivy 24/7. He never stopped. But now he has. And that was both odd and comforting.

Nate nodded "Okay, thank you for being honest with me...and look I am very sorry for what I said and the way I acted, but now that I realize what happened...I understand, and thats good"

"I guess it is, I'm sorry I pushed you out, and the things I said were stupid and I regret saying it, but what you need to know what that you also hurt me"

"I know I did" Nate said with guilt. Ivy licked her lips and added "You're the last person I want to be hurt by"

"And I will make sure it won't happen again, but Ivy this is a two way street, Ives, you know that right?"

Ivy nodded, Nate wiped the tear that was rolling down her cheek and said with a laugh to lighten the mood. "I'm just glad that we know where we stand, and I promise not to put pressure on you, if you promise to be not shut me out" he whispered as he placed a kiss on her forehead. Ivy looked to him and lightly nodded, she then pulled a little laugh to shake of the cries as she wiped her tears again. "Okay, now I want a cuppa tea"

"Tea?"

"I'm in a tea mood" Ivy pulled Nate up with her hand in his and they walked into the kitchen. When they entered the kitchen, they saw Stef with her hand on her hip. Ivy sensed that Stef was either mad or worried. Ivy couldn't really figure it out yet, she glanced to Nate and then back Stef "You okay, Aunt Stef"

Ivy saw Jude peeping around from the stairs and quickly ran upstairs. Already she had a strong feeling what this was about. And she wasn't going to have a fun time explain the situation and herself. But she remained silent, waiting for Stef to speak. Stef looked at her hand that was laid on the table that was closest to the lounging area. She tapped her fingers and then tried to get her words out without trying to sound too nervous.

"Would you care to-to tell me who Jason is? And what he is doing near my children? And yes that includes you"

Nate remained silent but still cautious. Ivy didn't mention that Jason had gotten in contact with the rest of the Foster kids. Ivy felt her heart instantly start to race. "Nathan, could you give us a minute...or longer"

The last scene ended a little roughly but I had to round it off :/. Anyway leave reviews below. What do you think Ivy is going to say or what do you think she should say, did Jude do the right thing?