Okay so sorry this took so long. Family vacations, 4 hour long softball practices, and so on. Hopefully now that school has started I can get a normal schedule going again.

The phrase 'When in Rome do a Roman' is from Dragons Daughter. Thank you bunches for giving me the perfect Minako phrase!

Hope you all enjoy this chapter, and it is, by the way, completely unedited. So any grammar mistakes will be corrected later. Thank you for your patience.

Rei felt her stomach drop to her toes the instant Jason pressed his lips firmly to hers. The world began to spin and she was glad that the wall was to her back. Pressing her hands to his chest Rei forcefully pushed.

Jason, in response, tightened his hold on her and one chin reached down to angle her head. Firmly keeping her in place he put ever ounce of every emotion into what he hoped would be a direct statement.

Rei snapped her eyes open and stood there panting once he did break away from him. Her eyes were half-open and her breathing was coming in gaps. She was glad that she had her back to the wall because her knees were weaker than jelly.

"What..." Rei scowled and cleared her throat when her voice came out sounding hoarse. "What the HELL was that?" Rei almost shouted at him. Her mind was dimly aware of the fact that Kei was sound asleep in the next room.

Jason leaned in until his nose was touching hers. All he had to do was move his head slightly one direction and he would be kissing her again. "That was me proving a point."

Rei's eyes widened in disbelief and anger. "Well you can take your points and shove them up your ass. Back off White." Rei snarled aware of the weak sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach and cursing herself for it.

Jason allowed a half smile, half smirk to pull at his lips. "Do you even want to know what my point was?"

Rei rolled her eyes desperately trying to get the fact that he was so close out of her mind. "Why do I get the WONDERFUL feeling that you are going to enlighten me anyway?"

Jason leaned forward till his lips were brushing her ear. "There are still a whole lot of fireworks between us. You burned me once, and once your flame touches a man, he spends the rest of his life finding a way to recreate that heat. I plan on doing everything in my power to rekindle those flames, and once I have it back, I am NEVER letting it go."

He pushed back and gave her a look that smoldered. Rei licked her lips and shuddered slightly. Something about the way he was looking at her burned her to the core, something Chad had never been able to do.

But Rei was never one to back down from a challenge.

"Well see." Rei snapped her own eyes heating, her face flushed and her lips swollen. " We well see, White."

Jason let a smirk pulled at his lips and traced her bottom lip with her thumb. "That we shall." Spinning on his heel he walked out of the room.

Rei stood rather still for several moments before tempting to walk. Still feeling shaky she walked back into the room Kei was in and frowned when she saw Stacey there.

"What are you doing?" Rei demanded coldly. Stacey turned away from the sleeping child and sent Rei a smile that sent a set of icy fingers crawling down her spin.

"Rei, you really should not leave such a pretty child just lying around." Stacey said sweetly, her voice coated with honey.

Rei walked over and put herself between the sugar sweet woman and her sleeping son. "And what can happen to him in the house of a friend?"

Stacey smiled again, and Rei was reminded of a predator chasing his prey. "You never know, but bad things happen when people are not expecting it."

Rei raised her brow. "What are you getting at, Stacey?" Rei demanded, all pleasantries gone from her voice.

"You should not play with other peoples toys." Stacey warned.

"Are you talking about Jason?"

"You could say that. I suggest you leave all of them alone for the time, I would hate to see anyone hurt." Stacey commented, her eyes dropping down to the sleeping child.

Rei leaned forward, the lines on her face deceptively calm. When Rei was furious she was a force to be reckoned with, when she was calm and collected that was when rain fell up.

"If you are threatening my son, or my friends you need to watch your back. You not the only one with guns around here lady." Rei warned.

Stacey smiled again, her features unruffled. "Take it however you will."

~*~

Minako grabbed another piece of the wonderful cake that Mia had made and gleefully chewed on it. Her eyes were on the front door, watching for what she knew was going to be a pissed Rei coming out of the house.

And she was never wrong.

When Jason had gone into the house for more napkins and had been gone for almost ten minutes she knew something was up. And when he had come out of the house with that smile that screamed I have just been kissed, well it proved her point.

She had expected Rei to come out a few minutes after him, her own features flushed and angry, but so far it was proving fruitless. And when Rei did come out she was surprised at what she saw.

Her eyes did burn but her features were angrier than flushed, since there was a difference, and she really could not tell what exactly was going through her brain. She was not thinking about Jason, because if she had been, she would have been glaring at him in full force, or at the very least doing everything she could to avoid his gaze. Instead she was looking out across the lawn with a frown on her lips, her face distant.

Which meant something else had to have happened before she came back outside. Minako frowned as she mentally went over everyone that was outside and frowned when she came to the obvious conclusion.

Rei and Stacey had a few words between them. Minako knew Stacey was attracted to Jason, but she was unaware if it was an attraction for the man or for what he could get her.

Minako shrugged. Rei could take care of herself; this was one area that she was staying out of. She would mess around in the love lives of her friends, but she would not mess around with a third party, unless of course they did something that crossed the rules.

Rei allowed herself to frown darkly at the moon. She wondered what had caused Stacey to react so violently, besides jealousy. There was something else there, a type of vibe that warned her to be careful. There was a tenseness around Jason and Mia shoulders, and Mark himself showed sign of being upset as well.

And it all somehow tied in with the blond woman who had threatened her son.

Turning to Minako she fake a yawn. " Don't you think its time we get Kei to his bed?"

Minako gave her the 'who do you think you are kidding look' but shrugged and nodded. "Sure thing. I guess we will see you guys around."

Mia stood up to give her a hug. "When are you leaving for Italy Minako?" She questioned.

"Two days." Minako responded. Offering them a huge grin. "What's the saying? When in Rome do a Roman?" Laughter rang out from the cheeky comment.

Rei went inside to collect Kei and Minako grabbed Jason's arm. " So did you kiss her senseless?"

Jason looked at for a moment and shook his head. "One can't get much by you can they?"

Minako shot him a smile that produced its own voltage. "Nope."

Jason gave her his own smile, almost a perfect copy of her own. "Well I am giving no details." He said firmly, his eyes laughing.

Minako just smirked. " I can use my imagination just fine thank you."

Jason groaned. "Your probably going to put more into it than needed." He said, his eyes widening in horror.

Minako flashed him a positively wicked look. "You know it."

Rei came out a moment later with Kei wrapped in her arms and her purse. She shot Minako a look. "Ready to go?"

"Catch you three later." Minako said cheerfully and walked with Rei to the car. Minako got a flash of something from the corner of the house and turned, but shrugged when she saw nothing.

Stacey narrowed her gaze at the back of Rei's head as she buckled Kei into his car seat. "You had best head my warning." She whispered.

Turning she melted into the night.

~*~

Rei stared into her coffee cup a day or so after the incident at the dinner. She really didn't know which part disturbed her more, Jason's kiss or the heated warning that had been thrown at her. Both had left behind strong impressions of danger.

One just was a hair more attractive than the other.

Rei swirled the dark liquid in her cup and her frown darkened. Did she really still care for the idiot who had broken her heart, and on top of that, whose fault was it that had been broken?

Those days seemed so long ago; high school had been so much fun. The five of them and then Jason and Mamoru had joined the picture. Minako's jumping from guy to guy, Ami being so shy. Makoto's out going attitude and then Usagi's pure Princess attitude.

All those time she had seen Jason with another woman, they had always been part of the same group. Chewing on her bottom lip she wondered idly if she had over reacted.

Shrugging she let her eyes scan over the little boy who was as earlier a riser as his mother. If she had made a single decision different then she would not have the precious little child that she did now.

Her gaze narrowed to mere slits again at the thought that Stacey had the gal to threaten her little boy. For one thing she was not a woman who most people chose to mess with. For another thing she could, and would, break her in half if she so much stepped her pinky toe over the line.

There were some advantages to growing up with a master of martial arts as your Grandfather. Being able to defend herself was something he had insisted on since she was a small child.

And once Kei was old enough she was going to teach him. But until then it was her job to make and break his enemies and she knew that in some way Stacey had just declared war.

Shrugging she drained the lost of her coffee and walked over for an enjoyable session of block building with her son. Demolitions at its best, because once they had three or four stack, a small truck would ram itself into the tower, causing it to fall.

Minako came sailing into the kitchen, already dressed for the day. A white tank top with cherries plastered across it and a pair of bright yellow shorts. Her bare feet pattered across the floor.

Rei shook her head. Her hair was still braided from the night before and she was dressed in a simple pair of Blue Jean shorts and a cotton shirt.

Rei felt her eyes brows raise when a knock sounded in the front door. Shrugging she let Minako open the door, turning back to her son she inquired if the block she held in her hands was good enough for the soon to be destroyed pile. Kei eyed it for a moment before shoving his thumb into his mouth and nodding.

Rei stiffened when she heard a distinctive male voice and turned when she saw Jason walked through the door. He was followed by two brightly smiling people that she adored above all others.

"Usagi, Mamoru!" Rei said, grin lighting up her face.

"Hi Jason." Jason said his tone teasing. Rei rolled her eyes.

"Hi." She offered and turned back to the others. "Tell me you brought that adorable little girl with you!" Rei said firmly. Her violet eyes gleamed with threat and Usagi laughed.

Minako came in holding the little girl cooing down at her. "And I am your auntie Minako!" Large russet eyes just blinked up at her.

Usagi leaned down and smiled at Kei. "Well hello little fellow. You sure have gotten big. How bout a big huge?"

Kei eyes her for a moment, the usual debate going through his mind, before he crawled forward and allowed her to wrap him in her arms. Usagi picked up and he stuck his thumb into his mouth as he watched her in interest.

He also watched Mamoru and allowed himself to be hugged by him as well, but the moment he saw Jason he stuck on arm out in demand to be held. Usagi let him go with a laugh and he starred into the bright blue eyes with interest.

Turning in the arms that held him he sucked on his them and allow himself to lean back content to watch the activity that was going on around him.

Rei watched Jason through narrowed eyes, but Jason met her gaze with a slightly surprised expression.

Rei gave him one last look before turning to Minako. "Give me that angel and stop cooing at her Minako." Rei said in exasperation.

Minako handed her over with a pout and turned to the others. "So what bring you three hear?"

Usagi smiled. "We all went out to eat and realized how close we were and decided to stop by and say hi."

"How nice." Rei said in general warmth. It had been a while since she had seen her best friend and she could forgive her for bringing Jason.

"So can we stay for lunch?" Mamoru asked, his cheeky grin in full fledge.

"Aren't you being a bit presumptuous that I don't have plans?" Rei demanded.

Mamoru and Jason exchanged looks. "No." They said.

Rei sighed. "I think I have something I can whip up to feed the endless pit."

Usagi nodded. "Thank you."

~*~

Stacey grabbed the phone and jerked it from the wall of the apartment she had rented. Grabbing the entire piece she through it at the wall as violently as possible.

" I hate her." She hissed, her tone darkening.

A low male chuckle emitted from the corner that a low puff of cigar smoke was emitting form.

"Put that out." Stacey hissed. "This is a non smoking building."

"Poor baby, worried about her return check. Listen leave it up to me and you will get your man, although I must admit I don't see anything special about him." The low voice commented, following it was a large puff of Grey smoke.

"Its not what he is, it's what he can give me. I can crush his sister and my brother through him so easily." Stacey allowed a particular evil smile to cross her lips. "Besides, he is not bad looking either."

"So what's the problem?"

"That witch of a woman who he insists on choosing over me." Her green eyes glittered. "No one throws me over." Looking at the corner Stacey hissed. "Get rid of her."

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