Ok so here is the scene from Fable where Mina is in the storage room in her new mansion.

***there is a reference to the short story in the beginning- if you did not read it, it doesn't matter, just an extra detail***

Jared was at Ever's apartment. They had ordered pizza and were eating at the small kitchen table surrounded by plants of all types. He ignored the thunder outside, while Ever would jump slightly after a particularly large boom.

"Hmm," Ever licked sauce off of her finger seductively. Jared pretended not to notice. "I love pizza. Humans are useless, but you gotta admit they are pretty damn smart." He nodded, finishing his piece.

Ever opened her mouth to speak again but was interrupted by a small croaking noise. She looked at the bullfrog. "Tom shut up, we are eating dinner." After another moment of looking at him, she broke off a large piece of pizza crust and threw it at him. "Here, now go watch tv. I left the sports channel on for you." He croaked happily and hopped away.

"So," Ever started cleaning up. "What's new with the Gimp?"

Jared tensed. "Nothing since last time you asked."

"Last time I asked you didn't answer me and had to leave to help her."

Jared stood up and started helping her clean up. He really didn't want to talk about Mina with Ever. "I had to go because she needed my help."

"Jared. She always needs your help. What did she do this time?" Ever rolled her eyes and put her hand on her hip. "And I thought she was ignoring the quests."

"There was a fire at her apartment building, and she fell off the fire escape. But I came right back after she was safe."

"But when you came back you were all depressed and stuff. What happened? And where were you this afternoon?" She put a hand on his shoulder, almost having to stand on her toes to reach.

"Ever, a Fae I didn't recognize the scent of set that fire. And her little brother is dead. Now Teague can really kick her while she's down because Mina loves her little brother and she's going to have her guard down. It's the perfect time to strike," he sat back down, pulling away from her touch. "And I was at a funeral," he added bitterly. Mina hadn't seen him, he didn't want her to. But she had seen Brody... and Teague.

She sat across from him. "Jared, you need to stop worrying about her. All the Grimms fail at one point."

He tensed more. "I really think she's the one."

"How can you say that? Jared, that will ruin everything. She can't live."

Ever's words hurt Jared more than she could ever know. "I'm so tired of having to change everything every time one of them fails. This is sick and twisted. I don't want to do it anymore. Just show a little compassion for once." He mumbled the last part.

"You don't have a choice." She said it so innocent but that angered him more.

He opened his mouth to answer, but froze. Terror rose to the front of his mind and he knew Mina needed him. "I have to go."

"But-" Ever tried to catch his arm but he had already left.

Jared appeared in a dark storage room. He recognized the Grimm mansion, though he hadn't been there in years. When he was there it had to be in secret so the Grimms wouldn't know about him. He reached out and grabbed Mina's arm and a painting easel she had almost knocked over. Mina fell anyway, but was stopped from falling by leaning on Jared. "Clumsy as always. I think you could use another lesson from me."

She quickly stood upright and turned around, facing him. "There's someone outside!" She tried to push him to the window so he could see for himself. But one look at her terrified face and he knew that she wasn't imagining anything. He ran out the door, remembering the hallways easily. He ran outside into the pouring rain and looked around. Running to the magic barrier, he stepped over the invisible line and looked around. There was definitely a Fae there, he just didn't know who, or what, they were. But they were already gone. Jared turned and ran back inside.

He walked back into the storage room and didn't see Mina. "Mina?"

"Who was it?" He heard a muffled voice from beside the sofa.

He kneeled in front of her. "I don't know, but they're gone." Jared called on his magic, drying himself off from the rain outside.

She shivered. "You believe me though, eight?"

"Of course I do. There was someone out there, I could smell them. I just didn't recognize the scent." It seemed familiar, but the rain had washed most of it away.

"You mean they were Fae?" What else could it be?

"Most definitely, I just didn't know what kind and that worries me." Jared stood up and turned to walk out the door.

Mina scrambled to her feet and took a few steps towards him. "Wait, Jared, don't leave me."

He stopped. It thrilled him that she asked him for help, it meant that she finally trusted him fully. It took a year, but they were finally there. But being Jared, he pretended to be irritated. "Oh so you don't need me all summer, and now all of a sudden you want me around more? Look around you. You don't need me when you've got all this. Besides, whoever was out there couldn't get past this house's defenses, and I doubt they will tonight, or any other night. Call it a special gift that comes with the house."

"Then how did you get in here?"

He inwardly groaned. She really should know this by now. "You summoned me dummy. Where you go, I go. Unless its the girl's bathroom." He made a face, trying to lighten the mood. "Or you leave the book somewhere really far away or lose it, and that can cause problems, like you already learned."

Mina nodded, "Yeah I remember. But what do you mean he couldn't get past the house's defenses? What defenses?"

Jared ignored her question. Instead, he sat down on the dusty sofa. He leaned his head back, suddenly tired. He heard Mina walk towards him, but she stopped. He knew she was watching him, and after five seconds of trying to not listen to her thoughts, he gave in.

After what he heard, there was no way he couldn't forgive her. Plus she called him attractive and said he was better than Brody. This was turning out to be a good visit after all. Mina turned to walk away, but stopped, remembering the paintings. She reached out but he spoke before she could pull the sheet.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you." The GM's had covered them for a reason.

"Why not Jared?"

He turned on his side and looked at her. "Because some things are better left undiscovered. Like spam, nasty stuff, that should have remained a mystery." Jared couldn't help it. He had to tell her he was sorry for not staying with her. Thinking back, he had been stupid for not being with her when she needed him. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you that day."

She tensed slightly, then shook her head. "No, I could have called you, and I didn't. It's my fault he's dead... No one else's."

Jared didn't have the heart to tell her it was a Fae that had set the fire. The situation was already bad enough because he had abandoned her. "I was ignoring you, because you had been ignoring me. So I purposefully tuned out your emotions I didn't know something was wrong until you fell. I almost didn't get there in time," his voice almost gave out, thinking about what could have happened to her. "I didn't know about Char... about what happened until after..." His voice trailed off. Why was Mina always making him feel so damn guilty?

"You caught me, didn't you?"

He nodded. Jared wasn't used to apologizing to anyone. This was odd to him. "I carried you to the alley by the ambulance and left you there. I'm sorry."

"You should have stayed with me. Not left me and my family on the worst night of my life. I thought you'd abandoned me," her voice was small. She sounded like she was on the verge of tears.

That was it. He jumped off the sofa and stood extremely close to her. He smelled her strawberry and vanilla scent on her. "I will never abandon you. I will always be there to catch you when you fall."

Jared loved Mina. He couldn't deny it anymore, but nobody could know. It was moments like these when he let his guard down and allowed her to see he did in fact care for her. Whenever she fell, he would always be there to catch her, no matter what.

Mina closed her eyes and leaned into him, but she didn't touch him. He was so tempted to close the distance and kiss her, pushing her against the wall and- no! Stop it! He chastised himself again.

"I'm scared to fall, I'm scared I'm not strong enough for the tasks ahead."

"Then I shall teach you to fly. It's time for you to get some answers. Pull the sheet." He motioned to the covered painting.

"You just told me not to," Mina said. She was always begging him for answers, and now she was listening to him? Human girls were so confusing.

"Okay, how about this... Pull at your own risk."

Mina didn't break eye contact as she reached out and yanked the sheet. It flew off the painting and when the dust settled her eyes widened. "Who painted this?" She looked at the portrait of James.

"One of the Fae, I don't remember which one it was, but it's a pretty good likeliness."

"Why is his picture in this house?" She looked at him. "What's it doing here, Jared?"

"Haven't you figured it out yet? The house used to belong to your father, although he never lived here." She looked confused, and he couldn't help but laugh at her expression. "Okay, now I'm seeing how lacking your training as a Grimm is. Someone should see about that." He started laughing.

"Yeah, why don't you see about that?" She put her hand on her hip attractively.

He stood up straighter and tried to compose himself. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be mad at you, I just thought you would have been smarter than that."

She reached out and punched his arm. "I would be if you weren't a deceitful, pigheaded prince who played both sides of the tales and obviously gets enjoyment out of terrorizing me."

Jared smiled, he didn't play both sides of the tales, technically he couldn't. But he did enjoy teasing Mina. "I like terrorizing you. Your face turns the prettiest of colors." He pushed her arm back.

She pushed him harder and he yelled out, pushing her onto the sofa- which they had somehow gotten closer to. Jared started tickling her. She begged him to stop and he laughed at her smile. She was so small he covered her whole body on the sofa and she couldn't escape.

Trying to get out, Mina kicked at his legs, causing him to stumble. He fell forward, not holding his weight up anymore. They were inches apart now and his mind drifted back to that day in the woods when they had fallen down the embankment.

He had stopped tickling her, and his hands were on her hips. She was staring at him with such an emotion filled gaze and her heart was racing while she tried to catch her breath. Jared's heart was also racing, though because he had become become extremely nervous. They were so close, he couldn't help it.

Jared leaned down and brushed his lips across her cheek, but she didn't realize it was a kiss. Her skin was soft and smooth, and her scent was so intoxicating to him.

Mina froze, and subconsciously turned her head slightly, allowing him access to her neck. Jared would have stayed there with her forever- if it weren't for her mother's coming presence. He sat up and looked at the door before leaving, randomly sending some object in his place.

Jared remained in the room, shielded by magic so Mina and Sara couldn't see him. He watched in amusement as Mina kicked the plastic dummy. Was that really the only thing he could think of to replace himself?

His smile faded as reality set in. This had been a one time thing, it could never happen again. There was a Fae watching Mina; a quest was coming- a very powerful one at that. They- especially he -couldn't be distracted like that again.

Jared cursed fate as he left the mansion. Why was life so damn complicated? Why was fate so screwed up?

Why?