A/N: Uhm…there's not much to say, hope you enjoy reading…g

Jessica sighed, she had to forget about Bianca just thinking about her was driving her insane, even when she was twenty-two years away. She stood up slowly and looked across the lake. She didn't want to go back to the manor or the club she didn't feel like talking to Rachel, or Ben, or least of all Chris. She turned around and walked in the direction of the exit of the park, but a cracking sound behind her made her stop.

"Hey," a voice behind her that sounded a little too familiar said.

"Hey, Chris," she sighed and turned around.

"What are you doing here and what were you doing hiding behind the bushes?" she questioned him annoyed.

"Nothing, I just didn't want to disturb you, I was afraid you'd run away and do something stupid." He replied unaffected by her irritation.

"What, did you think I'd cut my wrist with a stick?" she asked with a little laugh.

Chris just looked at her with his striking green eyes and slightly shook his head in disbelief.

"Look I'm fine," she said as he didn't say anything, "I just don't feel like being around people right now, I'll come back to the manor later, okay?"

"If I said no, it wouldn't stop you would it?" He asked with a small grin.

"Not really, no," she said and smiled, her blue eyes glistening impishly.

"I'm okay, really I just need some time alone," she reassured him.

"Okay, I'll see you later than?"

"Yeah, see you," she answered as he orbed out.

Jessica kept walking, out of the park and down the street without any final destination. Thirty minutes later she found herself standing outside her home, automatically that's where her subconscious had led her. She just stood there not knowing whether she should just keep walking and tried to see through the window. The familiar sight of the messy living room, with the white couch and the blue armchair made her ache. Guess nothing much had been different before she and her brother were born. She wrapped her arms around herself shivering, even though it wasn't cold out. Suddenly a woman walked in the living room which she recognized as her mom, she was holding a baby in her arms, which obviously was her brother. The whole scene looked peaceful until her dad came in, slightly staggering with an open bottle of beer in one hand and the keys in the other hand. Her mom said something to him and gave him a disgusted look, probably something like, "You're drunk, again." But it seemed to be more than that because it totally set her dad off. He dropped the keys and threw the bottle of beer against the wall, where it shattered and left a spot on the wall. Her mom screamed something put Ryan down, who was now crying hysterically and started collecting the shards which were scattered all over the living room.

"Stop it you stupid woman!" her Dad yelled, she could hear him loud and clear from where she was standing.

Her mom ignored him, which made him even more pissed than he already was under the influence of alcohol. He slapped her on the back to get her attention, she tried to ignore him, but he just kept slapping her.

"What! What the hell's the matter with you!" She cried out in anger and frustration and started sobbing almost as hysterical as Ryan.

Her dad replied something in return and pointed at Ryan, which made her mom scream at him again, "That kid is your goddamn son!"

"Shut up!"

"No, damn it!"

"Shut up!"

Her mom said something back to him, as a reaction to that, he struck out and hit her hard in the face. She staggered back and looked at him in shock, then turned around and walked slowly out of the room, holding herself up with one hand on the wall. Her Dad turned around as well, and she heard a door slam, seconds later. Jessica stood there frozen, not able to move or think. Her Dad was coming out of the house right at her.

"What are you looking at?" he asked aggressively and staggered again.

Jessica turned around and ran as fast as she could, away from her family away from her home, if you could even call it that. She didn't know how long she'd ran, she stopped and let herself fall on a bench on the sidewalk and tried to catch her breath.

Guess nothing had been different at all.

After it turned dark out, she quickly walked back to the manor, which was only a few blocks away. While she walked she observed her surroundings carefully, it was interesting to see how the poorer, neglected homes faded to the big houses with the perfectly cut lawns. You wouldn't even notice it if you just drove by. The contrast was almost shocking. Finally she arrived in front of the house and walked up the steps to the door. She turned the door knob. It was locked. She let out an exasperate moan.

"Chris!" she yelled, she wasn't going to walk all the way back to P3.

"Yeah?" he asked after he immediately appeared in blue orbs.

"It's locked, where is everybody?"

"I guess they're still at the club."

"Yeah well obviously," she said getting a little annoyed again, "Well, come on," she waved her hand impatiently.

He shook his head at her peevish behavior, grabbed her hand and orbed them to his room in P3. Rachel and Ben were standing in the middle in the room discussing something but broke their argument off when they appeared.

"Hey guys."

"Hey, are you okay?" Rachel asked her with a concerned look on her face.

"Yeah, I'm fine, what are you guys doing, why aren't you out dancing or whatever?" Jessica said.

"I'm kind of tired, she's a real slave driver," Ben replied, nodded his head towards Rachel and yawned widely.

"Am not," Rachel said and nudged him. Chris laughed at them and let himself fall on the couch.

"Yeah, well I'm kind of tired too," Jessica yawned infected by Ben, lay down besides Chris and put her legs over his lap.

"I feel so honored that you're lying all over me, are you comfortable enough?" he asked her his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Yeah, thanks," Jessica replied and laughed at the expression on his face.

Ben grinned at them and sat down on the floor in front of the couch while Rachel did the same as Jessica, but put her head in Ben's lap. The conversation continued and after a while Jessica just stopped listening and let the voices of her friends drift past her. She calmed down more and more, but the memory of the look on her mom's face after her dad had hit her kept intruding her thoughts. Sure, this wasn't the first time, but there had been something about that look she couldn't quite get a hold of.

"Jess?" She suddenly heard someone ask, "Hello, are you still with us?"

"Yeah, I'm right here," she lifted her arm lazily.

"What were you thinking about?" Rachel asked curiously, "You looked kind of…lost."

A thoughtful expression crept over Jessica's face, "You know," she said finally, "we came back here to make the future a better place, right?"

"Yes…?" Ben looked at her questionably.

"Well of course if we keep Wyatt from turning evil it will be a better place for all of us not just for Chris, but…" she trailed off.

"But…?" Ben said again. Chris lifted his head to and turned around so he could see her face better.

"I mean I have no family to go back to," Jessica burst out, "Ryan's dead, damn it! I go back and it'll be the same for me as it's always been and I don't think I can handle that."

"What do you want to do?" Ben asked into the silence.

"I don't know, but what if I get my mom to leave my dad?"

As nobody replied she kept talking, "Of course after they conceive me, but I think she only stayed with him because she couldn't afford raising us on her own."

"You know if you do that, it'll affect the future in a huge way, at least your future. There could be a chance you'll never even meet us." Rachel said quietly.

"Why not? I mean I met Chris in a sandpit, we went to the same kindergarten, we practically grew up together and that's how I met you guys, my dad didn't have any influence on that," Jessica answered sounding slightly panicked.

"But if your moms going to be on her own, assuming she'll even leave your dad, maybe she would want to move or whatever, lots of things could happen," Ben said.

She looked at Chris who hadn't contributed anything to the conversation at all; he just looked at her in complete loss of words.

"Would you really jeopardize everything to just have a family?" Rachel asked her a little insecure after she realized Jessica was actually thinking about this.

"Honestly? I don't know," Jessica replied, "It's not 'just' my family, okay? It's my home, my life, you guys wouldn't know, you've had the perfect childhood! The perfect parents, they love you for Christ sakes!"

She breathed in and out, trying to calm herself down.

"Not including Chris in the perfect childhood part," she added quickly, "But still...I've been to my house today…and I saw my dad drunk as ever hitting my mom, you know how that makes me feel? Knowing it has always been like that? I can't even imagine what my mom's going through right now. All I ever did was yell at her, I mean she wasn't the perfect mom, well she was as far from perfect as anyone could be, but under these circumstances wouldn't everybody?"

"You can't just leave us, okay, there's no chance I'm risking losing you," Rachel stated looking around for support from Ben and Chris.

Ben just shook his head helplessly and everybody turned to look at Chris.

"You deserve the best life," Chris finally said, "You've been through worse than all of us put together and I if anyone should have the chance to start over it's you…but if there's a chance that I'll never meet you then, that would pretty much suck," he smiled sadly at her and she smiled back at him thankfully.

"Are we even going to remember anything, if, we make it back?" Ben asked a little confused, "I mean we can't have to sets of memories, can we?"

"Oh god, this is making me so depressed," Rachel said and stood up, "Come on, get off your lazy bums, let's go," she stuck out her hand and pulled Ben up from the ground.

"Up, up, up," She said to Chris and Jessica who then stood up slowly.

"She really is a slave driver," Chris grinned at Ben as they walked out of the room back into the club.

A/N: Hope you like it, PLZ REVIEW, it's sad I only got one review for the first chapter, so review! 