Hope this is okay. I really didn't know what this chapter was going to be about until I started to write it. This happens sometime after the second episode in season 3 but it is not directly related to it. Please keep reviewing as they make me add more chapters quicker.

It was late in sanctuary. Darkness filled the vast expanse of open space. Three bedroom doors were closed signaling three fast asleep mutants. One was not asleep. Jesse hadn't even gone to bed yet. He sat at the computer terminal with both computers facing his way as he multitasked. A small lamp giving him enough light to see what he was doing. Every now and again he had nights where he couldn't get any sleep. Shalimar and Brennan were used to it and usually left him to it. He normally got a lot of work done during those hours anyway. Jesse sighed and rubbed his eyes, he had been looking at both screens for too long. He was about to take a break when he heard a voice.

"Don't you sleep?" It was Lexa, she walked past him and into the kitchen. He listened as she turned on the coffee machine and then a few minutes later she walked back and stopped by the desk he was working at. She placed down the extra mug of coffee she had made.

"Thanks" Jesse spoke, taking a small sip of the hot drink. It was very strong, just the way he liked it.

"so…. don't you sleep?" Lexa repeated her question. Jesse put his mug down and looked at Lexa who was still standing over him.

"I couldn't sleep, happens some times" Lexa nodded in understanding. "What about you, why are you up?" Lexa paused for a second as she thought up an answer. She didn't really want to tell him that she had woken from a nightmare.

"Would you believe it was your incredibly loud typing that woke me up?"

"Not really"

"I'm surprised, cos you do type really loudly" Jesse smiled. A couple of minutes went by as the both drank their coffee. "You know" Lexa started "In the past, what is it?, nearly two weeks I've been here I've kept secrets, lied, rolled my eyes at you too many times to count, been sarcastic nearly downright rude to you and the other too and basically been a bitch, yet you're still nice to me, why?" Jesse pushed his arms out so that his chair was leaning on its back legs and stretched out, moving some of the muscles that had been kept in the same position for too long. Moving back onto all four legs he answered.

"Well, despite the fact you've done all that stuff and although I might not like half the stuff you say and even though the rolling the eyes things is going to get really old I know you do it most of it for a reason and most of that time you're thinking about other people first" Jesse showed this by lifting up his cup of coffee. He didn't ask for it and she didn't need to get it for him but she did anyway because she knew he would want one. He knew that most of the stuff she had done to keep Brennan and Shalimar away from what she was doing was to keep them safe.

"I'm glad you feel that way, I'd think I would hate it if I had to come here and win all three of you over"

"Its not about winning them over, its about knowing what they need, and most of the time what they need is the truth" Jesse confided.

"They will have to learn that I can't always give them the truth" Jesse went back to his typing. He didn't really have a reply to Lexa's comment and she looked like she was about to go back to bed. "How about a game?" Jesse looked up confused. Lexa motioned to the chess set lying on the coffee table not far from where they were. The pieces were still in their places ready to be played.

"Don't you want to go back to bed?" Jesse asked

"Nah"

"Are you ready to lose?"

"Are you?"

"What makes you think you'll win?"

"What makes you think you'll win?"

"I was taught to play by Adam"

"So was I"

"This will be interesting then"

"So it will" Lexa agreed. The pair looked at each other for a second before moving to he chairs either side of the coffee table and began to play.