"Jade, should I be nervous?" you asked him as he continued to push you up to the front door.

"No, they're just my parents…" he mumbled. You felt a chill go up your spine and he pressed the doorbell. You heard footsteps as the door swiftly opened revealing a short dark haired woman. You smiled nervously as she screamed, "Oh my god, Jade you're home! Oh I've missed you so much!" and embraced him. "Oh and who's this?" she said pointing to you. He swallowed and said, "Mom, this is my fiancé, Jesse Hansen."

Her jaw dropped as more screaming came as she embraced you saying, "Oh my god, I cannot believe Jade's finally getting married! I'm so happy!"

"I…can't…breathe!" you cried. Jade then said, "Eh mom, you're kind of…"

"Oh! Sorry dear, I'm just so excited! Wait until I tell your father!"

You noticed Jade twitched on the word father. You wondered if he had some bad history with his dad. You shook the idea and walked inside the house. It smelled really nice and was well furnished. Jade grabbed your shoulder and whispered, "If my dads tells you anything about me, don't believe him,"

You looked at him in disbelief but continued walking as you found yourself in the kitchen. You noticed Jade's father was a lot taller than you'd expected after you saw his mom. "Dear, look who's finally visited home. Jade's come with a fiancé."

He coughed and said, "I'm surprised the boy can get a girlfriend after that last time…"

Jade glared at him. You looked at him confused. The man then laughed and said, "I'm just screwing with you. You take things so damn seriously sometimes. Lighten up," and slapped him aside the back. Jade looked as if he just got the air knocked out of him. You gave him a look of, "please try to stay calm," as he sighed and walked into the living room.

"So, how are your parents, Jesse?" his mom asked. Jade made a face smacked himself on the forehead. You looked up and said, "They died…"

"Oh, I'm sorry! I was just kind of thinking,"

"Oh, I understand. Its fine, they died when I was too young to understand so it doesn't really get to me," you interrupted.

She nodded and sat down across from you and said, "So, tell me about yourself. I want to know everything about the girl who stole Jade's heart,"

You smiled shyly and said, "Well, I'm 21 years old and I am a part-time photographer,"

Jade looked at you in disbelief and said, "You're a photographer? When was this?"

You looked at him slyly and said bluntly, "Jade, I don't really get paid for playing small gigs. How do you think I'd be paying for my house?"

He bit his lip as you shook your head and continued, "Anyways, I also play in a band but that's not really permanent. I'm looking into animating since I haven't really taken my drawing skills anywhere yet. I don't know. There's not much about me…"

"What are you talking about? You're amazing. You manage the ability to have a social life on top of working for money and providing yourself with anything you need. You're not afraid to tell people if they're slacking or behind in rent because you're focused on supporting yourself. That's called proper management. If there's anything you should be looking into, it'd be producing."

You kind of just sat there looking at him confused. "What?"
He sighed and said, "That's the thing about you, you don't think that you're good at thing so you easily avoid getting an ego. Face it, you're invincible."

You stared at the ground sadly. It felt weird that he'd be saying all this stuff after you failed to find the reason for everything before.

Then his mom spoke up, "Well, now I fully understand why he's so into you. Jade's always had a soft spot for naïve girls because he found it better when they were less experienced and less aware of what goes on. It makes for better conversation."

Jade nodded and said, "Jess, I'll admit, you're pretty naïve but you're not stupid. You know exactly what you're doing; you just don't care if other people don't."

You smiled and said, "Now I see where Jade gets all his mannerisms from,"

Jade laughed and said, "Cha did I not tell you that my mom taught me everything I know?"

You all laughed until his mom said, "Jade, I know how you don't get along your father but can you please just try to get along with him for this weekend? The last thing we want is some huge fight. I know a lot of the time he starts it but you can't let him get to you so easily. It only makes him more satisfied."

Jade sighed and said, "I'll try to be better about it but if he says one thing to Jess about me, I swear he's going down,"

You grabbed Jade's hand and smiled sympathetically but really you were wondering what it is that Jade's dad would be able to say to you that would mean so much to jade if you didn't hear.

You went upstairs into Jade's old bedroom. It was covered in posters of old bands and chicks. "Nice walls," you said lightly. He chuckled and said, "The good old days?"

He then lied down on his bed. You then went and lay on top of him and rested your head on his chest. You then mumbled, "Jade, what are you afraid that your dad will tell me?"

He then got up really fast causing you to fall off of him and onto the floor.

"He won't tell you anything!" he screamed. You frowned and stood up dusting off your black pants. "What's so bad that he can say that I already don't know about you?" you yelled in reply. He looked down and mumbled, "Nothing," and instantly lied back down on the bed. You sighed as you watched him close his eyes and fall asleep. You felt really sad and you knew he was hiding something from you. You got up and stood over him and kissed him lightly as you walked out of the room.

You went into the bathroom, which took you ages to find, and washed your face. You looked up in the mirror and saw your lip quiver. "What the hell? Why am I so sad?"

You shook off the feeling and walked downstairs and into the living room where you saw Jade's mom and dad. You sat down in the armchair quietly trying to avoid eye contact.

"Why what's wrong dear?" she asked softly. You shook your head and answered, "Nothing, I'm just tired is all."

She smiled but still had a concerned expression in her eyes.

Then his father said, "So, what is it you see in that boy?"

You looked down and said, "He's sweet and he has a lot of heart in him. He's funny and he's not afraid to do anything. He's everything I'm not. I'm nervous and self-conscience and I try to think for myself more than for others. He completes me."

He kind of stared for a second, "I wish that he didn't hate me so much. I don't know him at all. He won't let me get to know him. He's too damn stubborn,"

You nodded and then said, "I don't know what he's hiding. I wish he'd tell me…"

His parents sighed at the same time. You then heard footsteps as you turned around and saw Jade walking down.

"What are you guys all talking about?" he asked as he walked into the living room and sat on the arm of your chair. "Nothing, just about wedding stuff," you lied.

He smiled and kissed you on the cheek. You then sighed and said, "I think I'm going to go to sleep here soon. It was a long drive down here, you know?" He nodded and let go of you so you could go upstairs. You felt something eating away at you as you walked into his room. You still were worried about what he was hiding but you let it slide and fell asleep.

A few days later…

You found yourself digging around in Jade's room. Lately he has been really suspicious and you were aching to know why. But suddenly when you stumbled upon a dirty old pamphlet, you suddenly wished you weren't so nosey. Inside the pamphlet read, "You are invited to the wedding of Jade Puget and Marissa Festa"

You twitched and read on. By the time you got done reading it, you were pretty much drenched with tears. He never told you about getting married before…did he even get married at all?

You just sat there sobbing into your sweatshirt.

"Jess?"

You looked up. Jade stood there looking really hurt as he looked down at the tear-stained pamphlet.

"Jess…I can explain…" he said and tried to reach out to you but you pushed him away and angrily mumbled, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I couldn't…it was one of my worst mistakes…"

He tried to get close to you but you smacked his hand away and ran out of the room and out the door.

Jade's point of view…

You punched the wall before walking downstairs and running outside to see if you could find her and explain to her what happened years ago.

You see, you were supposed to get married to the love of your life Marissa Festa. You had been with her for so long you figured marriage would be the 'final step'. But after awhile, your feelings toward her had fallen away. But you didn't want to just leave her alone in this world. You figured she deserved so much more so you tried to believe that you loved her. It ended up that last minute that you two were about to be wed, you just couldn't do it. You felt like something was missing…and you left all of that life behind. You couldn't even remember the last time you spoke to her.

But how could you explain that to Jesse?