Chapter 7

Jack sat down on one of the many park benches thinking about Schuyler. She had such a strong power over him and she didn't even know it. How could this have happen? Jack's whole existence had been planned out for him. It was the same routine every cycle, but Schuyler came along and threw a wrench in it. Sure he had chased Gabrielle, but she doesn't hold a candle to the way he felt for Schuyler. She made him feel free, light and truly happy; she made his soul sing. Yes he was an angel, but looking at Schuyler he felt like she was his true angel, she was the one with the halo.

Jack sat there watching the sun's rays slowly come through the spaces between the buildings and realized that his bonding was in five days. There was nothing he could do to stop it and that killed him. He knew that it would cause Schuyler great pain, but she would never let him know. "If only I could spend one more night with her." Jack knew that wasn't going to happen anytime soon not in this lifetime anyways.

One of the rays of the sun hit Jack in the face as he was leaving the park, the warmth one his face remind him of Schuyler. He thought of the nights back at the apartment how she would come in and take her time to reach him. The waiting always killed him in between their secret sessions. Sure they kissed and nothing more would happen, but there was more between them then the electrifying sensation they had. Schuyler was the only person he could truly talk to about anything. Jack decided to go see Schuyler and see how she was doing. Going three days without her was killing him and he wanted to see her without Mimi, but there was Oliver.

Jack pulled up to the Van Alen mansion and got out of the cab. He slowly walked up to the door and was about to knock when Hattie came up the steps.

"Good Morning, Mr. Force, a little early to be making an appearance for Ms. Van Alen?"

"Morning Hattie, I just wanted to check on her to see if she was ok and see if she wanted to go visit her mother." Jack was curious to see if she was ok, but he didn't have in mind going to see Gabrielle.

"That is a nice gesture, Mr. Force, but you should know that she usually goes to the hospital alone not even Oliver goes with her." Hattie unlock then door and welcomed Jack in. Jacked helped Hattie carry the grocery bags to the kitchen.

In the kitchen there was Henry at the bar on his laptop. "Morning Hattie, Morning Jack, what brings you here this early; Schuyler isn't supposed to return to the Force's until this evening."

"I was just out for a morning walk and thought I would check and see if Schuyler wanted to go see her mother."

"Let me go see if she is up yet. You think after she went into hibernation mode that she wouldn't want to sleep anymore." Henry was getting ready to leave the kitchen and go up the stairs to get Schuyler, but Jack stopped him.

"What do you mean she went into hibernation mode? She was supposed to keep up on her feedings. He said she took a new familiar and that she was doing fine."

"Apparently, you don't know Schuyler to well do you." Jack felt like Henry had just punched him in the stomach. How could Henry say that, he has only known Schuyler for two days and he supposedly knew more about Schuyler then Jack? Jack was about to counter back to Henry when something or someone caught his eye. Jack looked up to see Oliver coming from Schuyler's room. Jack felt envious of Oliver because Jack felt he should be the one in Schuyler's room. Oliver came to the stairs and saw Jack and Henry talking.

"Hey Jack, what are you doing here? I thought Schuyler didn't need to be back until this evening."

"I just came to check on her and to see how she was doing?"

"She is up in her room. We were getting ready to start a movie and I am going to the kitchen get us something to eat. You can go on up, if you like. Tell Schuyler I will be up shortly. Henry and I will get her breakfast." Oliver didn't have to tell him twice, Jack wanted a couple a minutes alone with her. Jack started up the stairs when Oliver told him to be careful, Schuyler might be in a bad mood with him here. "I guess she is still not over Friday night's incident."

"Jack, I know you really care about Schuyler, but you are going to have to quit leading her on. You are to be bonded with Mimi on Friday and that is killing her right now."

"Oliver it is all business between Schuyler and me. She made that very clear that night at the apartment." Jack really wasn't lying, everything between him and Schuyler had been business, but he wanted so much more. Jack reached Schuyler's room and was nervous to knock. This was Abaddon, an angel of dark, scared of the girl behind the door. Jack knocked on the door and Schuyler opened it with a smile that quickly faded. Schuyler thought it would be Oliver with a handful of snacks.

"Hey Jack what are you doing here?" Schuyler actually seemed surprised to see Jack in her house.

"Why does everyone ask me that? I can't just stop by to see how a friend is doing when they don't return your calls?"

"Sorry about that this weekend has kind of been umm weird."

"Like the fact that you went into hibernation mode." Schuyler's face changed she knew she had been caught.

"Yeah I was going to tell you about that."

"When, like umm never. Fortunately, your two boys told me downstairs. What is up with Henry being here anyways? I thought you were all about Oliver now." Jack crossed the line and he knew it and wanted to take it back.

"Jack I don't think that is any of your business who is at my house with me on my own free time. Plus, I am not your girlfriend or your secret fling anymore. So what does it matter?" Schuyler had him there, but if she only knew how he really felt about her.

"Schuyler, I didn't come here to pick a fight with you. I wanted to apologize for Mimi's need to ruin my life and to see if you would like to go see your mother this morning?" Jack knew all he could do was be honest with Schuyler and hope for the best. Schuyler looked Jack up and down to see if he really wanted to go to the hospital or if it was just business deal. She loved the way his green eyes sparkled at her.

"Let me ask Oliver. I am sure he won't mind he wanted to do some research and Henry was going to check out some apartments. Plus, I am not allowed to go anywhere without a chaperone." Schuyler rolled her eyes, having someone around constantly was getting on her nerves. She would like to be alone once and awhile.

Oliver came back up to Schuyler's room with Henry and some homemade breakfast that Hattie made for them. Jack was sitting at Schuyler's desk and Schuyler was sitting on her bed they both seem to be talking about something, but Oliver couldn't make out what they were saying. Jack turned and looked at Oliver and came over to help him with the food. "This is unlike Jack to help me out. I thought he would want to kill me since Schuyler told him that she loved me and not him," Oliver thought. He knew Jack was up to something, but figured Schuyler knew better and let it go.

"Ollie, Jack wanted to know if I would like to go with him to see my mother. I told him I would, but that I didn't want to leave you to do all the research by yourself." Schuyler looked at Oliver with her pleading eyes and he knew that she really wanted to go.

"No go ahead Schuyler; it will be good for you to go see your mother. Henry and I can go look at apartments and then when you get back we can go through your grandparents stuff." Oliver said all of this with a fake smile. He knew that Jack was going to break Schuyler's heart again and he will be there to pick up the piece. "Why can't she let him go?"

The four teenagers sat on Schuyler's floor and ate their breakfast before breaking up to go their different ways. They all planned to meet back at Schuyler's at two' clock, so that they would have a couple hours to look for anything about Schuyler's sister before dropping her off at the Force's.