A/N Sorry to leave you at a cliffie last time, but I just couldn't resist P. He he. And though I'm dying to reply to my reviewers and scold the flamers, I'm going to shutup and let you read what you first opened to this page for in the first place. Enjoy!

Chapter 5

A woman in a robe who appeared to be in her thirties stood in front of him. She had mid-length raven hair and light brown eyes. She looked at him strangely for a while; when sudden realization hit her, her face paled and her eyes filled with tears, though none fell.

"Hey mom." Gabriel started awkwardly, "Remember me?" His voice cracked as she embraced her long lost son.

For a long moment, they just held each other and cried. As if trying to believe that what was happening was actually real and hoping that it wasn't all a dream. When they separated, the mother's face was tear stained, and for the first time, Gabriel noticed how much older his mother looked from the last time he saw her.

"Oh Gabriel! I've missed you so! You don't know how long I've been trying to find you. The last thing I heard about you was that you had run away from the center we sent you and no one knew where you went. And then when your father died I was so determined to find you so we could start a new beginning…and now we can," She smiled through her tears. "all of us, me…you…and-"

Somebody cleared a throat and both Gabriel and his mother turned.

Pain erupted inside Gabriel's head. It was like someone was trying to get inside his mind. Strong as Gabriel was, both mentally and physically, it took him a great deal of energy to push the strange surge of power away from him. When he opened his eyes, he looked up in bewilderment to see an average height dark haired man with piercing gray eyes staring at him from the corner of his eye. Immediately pure loathe filled his heart as he quickly tried to recuperate and build back his mental walls, making them stronger than ever.

Mrs. Wolfe took his arm. "Gabriel, this is Jake. Jake helped me when your father died. It's because of him I was able to pull myself back together to become myself again" She smiled warmly at him. "And Jake, this is Gabriel, my son."

They stared at each other for a while when quite suddenly Jake smiled and extended his hand, "Gabriel, I've heard so much about you. I'm glad we finally meet" His smile would have charmed any other person, but not Gabriel, he knew that this encounter was not good news…

After a few moments of silence, Jake put his arm down. But nevertheless, continued smiling.

Mrs. Wolfe, noticing this peculiar behavior from Gabriel decided to take them inside for something to eat. When they got into the house, she took Gabriel aside.

"Look honey," Mrs. Wolfe started to say, "I know that your father was not the best of men, but Jake is much different. He's a good man."

Gabriel looked up with a frown "I still don't trust him" but after noticing the hurt look from his mother whom he hadn't seen in years he said "but it doesn't mean I won't give him a chance."

Her face lit up as she embraced him and guided him to the kitchen.

Of course, Gabriel didn't really mean it. He knew that 'Jake' was definitely someone to stay away from. Though he couldn't help but remove the injured look on his mother's face. She'll suffer no more. Not now, not ever again.

A/N Yes yes I know! Its sooooo short and we've all been waiting for ages! But I'm sorry! I'm kinda stuck at the moment, so if you could hold your horses for a bit longer, I will update next time, which by the extra help from a friend that will constantly remind me, I shall update with a longer chapter and a promise that it'll be up by at most next week! Sianara!