1 TITLE: Past and Present

SUMMARY: Jondy's heart is restless. Time to go to Seattle and maybe work out some other feelings while she's there....

DISCLAIMER: *Sigh* no none of the DA characters are mine; they belong to the DA producers.

Past and Present: Our sister's real life

* Hey guys, really sorry for the short and not-too-much-happening chapters lately, I've just been really busy (like you're gonna believe that…^_^) and now that holidays are over I have schoolwork to do as well…anyway I hope the next two parts make up for it…you have no idea how hard it was to write this…it is SO hard putting Zack (or anyone) in this sort-of situation. *

"Jondy? Hello…" Jondy snapped back to reality to find Syl waving her hands in front of her face.

"Huh? What?"

"What? You've been staring into space for like the past 10 minutes that's what," said Syl.

"Oh sorry…just thinking…"

"Well that's enough thinking. Come on Jondy, I want to show you something," said Max, pulling Jondy up and dragging her towards the door.



"What'd you do that for Max? What do you want me to see?" asked Jondy, as Max pushed her towards the Ninja.

"I don't actually want to show you anything, I just wanna talk to you." With that Max got on the bike and headed toward the space needle.



"Ok, spill." Max didn't waste any time, as soon as they got to the top of the space needle she began the questioning.

"Spill what?" asked Jondy, trying to put an innocent look on her face.

"Hmm…where to start…how about you tell me what the deal is between you and Zack." By Max's tone, Jondy could tell the Max wasn't gonna settle for anything but the truth. "We all know where Zack is every time you're in heat. All I want to know is, is it just about sex or is there some actual feeling there?"

Jondy's eyes widened in shock. "Don't you think that's a bit of a heavy question to be asking?"

"We're not going to get anywhere by being subtle. Just answer the question."

"Well…I guess I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it…But he's my brother! Isn't that just sick?"

"Morally? Yeah, it's sick, you shouldn't be sleeping with your brother. But technically? He's not really your brother," Max didn't like adding that last part. Even though she was right, that they weren't blood-related, that's what they'd grown up thinking.

When she saw that Jondy wasn't going to say anything, Max moved onto the next question. "Ok, so we're not going into the whole you and Zack thing. What about you and Krit?"

"There is no me and Krit…"

"By the look on your face you wish there was."

"Well…the situation with both of them is just completely different, you know? Like Zack knows everything about my life- everything. There's no point trying to keep a secret from him. And I kinda like that he cares about me so much that he makes my life his business." Jondy looked up, and Max nodded.

"Keep going…"

"But Krit? He can tell when there's something I don't want him to know, and he doesn't push it. He completely respects my privacy. And I like that too. But I still don't know how to label my feelings for the both of them."

"Ok, then compare that feeling to the way you feel about Zane."

"What's Zane got to do with it?" Jondy was starting to have serious doubts about the direction their conversation was going.

"Zane's your brother. Just your brother. Do you have the same brother- sister feelings for Zack and Krit?"

"Wow, that's a good question…" Now that she thought about it, she realized that her relationship with her 3 brothers was completely different. A typical conversation with Zane was pretty much just about the weather, or Zane's latest girlfriend. She and Zack, when they were just talking, pretty much just had heated arguments. They'd fight about anything and everything. But with Krit, the conversations went a lot deeper. He was the only one she trusted enough to tell all her thoughts to. She told him all about her nightmares, and he was always understanding, especially about the memories of the escape.

"Maybe you've got a good point there Max, but I'm still not any closer to an answer…"

"Well I can see that if I leave it up to you we're gonna be up here forever. So I'm just gonna tell you how it is." Max smiled when she saw that Jondy looked nervous.

"You and Zack have a very strong physical attraction. We can all see the chemistry between you two. It's the kind of chemistry that's always going to be there…" Max paused; she could see that Jondy was not enjoying having her feelings laid in front of her. But she kept going anyway.

"You love Zack…but you're actually IN love with Krit. And he loves you too. It's obvious."

"I am?!" Was there even a difference between loving someone, and being in love with someone?

"Even if that's true, it still doesn't make it any easier to decide what to do."

"I know what you're going to do," said Max, "you're going to wait here until I get back…"

Max stood up and began to head back down the space needle.

"Wait Max! Where are you going?" Jondy called after her.

"Just wait here!"

Jondy watched as Max drove off down the street. Then she sat back down and tried to figure out exactly what Max had told her. She smiled as she remembered how ultimately she'd come to Seattle so her Little Sister could help her figure out her feelings. And it seemed that Maxie was definitely up for the job.