Jupiter Ascending: You Are Not Alone

Disclaimer: I do not own Jupiter Ascending or any of its characters, concepts, back story, or settings. They are the property of their respective owners. I am just borrowing them for entertainment purposes.

Author Note: So, again…thanks for the reviews. I'm glad that my first Caine POV chapter wasn't complete crap. I know that the last two chapters were short. I plan to make them longer in the future.

Chapter 5: Jupiter's POV

There were issues with living in an apartment building. Like irritating neighbors. Of course, people who lived in houses and mobile homes had to deal with irritating neighbors as well. But my irritating neighbor lived across the hall.

"What's wrong?"

I looked at Caine's concerned expression and sighed. "My neighbor Benny is home. I was really hoping to avoid him today."

"You don't like your neighbor?"

I shook my head. "Not really. He's had a huge crush on me since I moved into the building. I keep telling him that I already have someone in my life but I don't think he ever believed me."

As we continued into the building, I could feel Caine's grip on my hand tighten a little, almost possessively. Maybe I shouldn't have told Caine about my irritating neighbor. But it was bound to come up eventually.

Thankfully, I didn't see Benny on the way to my front door. I tired the door but it was locked. I dug my keys out of my pocket to unlock the door when I heard the door across the hall open.

"Jupiter, you're back."

I sighed and turned around to face him. "Yup." I glanced at Caine for a second. Just as I thought. Caine didn't look all that happy to see the guy. "Oh Benny, this is my boyfriend Caine Wise."

Benny looked at Caine and swallowed hard. "It's uh…nice to meet you." Benny reached out his hand in greeting but Caine just looked at him. Ben turned his attention back to me. "Jupiter, I didn't know you were with someone."

I sighed in frustration. Why did Benny have to be that way? "Yes you did. I told you that I had a boyfriend the first time you asked me out." I paused. "And a few times since."

I could see that Caine was tense so I decided to end the conversation. "I'm sorry Benny but Caine and I have plans." I turned around quickly and unlocked the door.

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"I can understand why you don't like your neighbor." Caine said as he pulled the beanie off his head. "He doesn't seem to understand simple concepts."

I tossed my keys on the table. "I told Benny the first time he started putting the moves on me that I was taken." I took a deep breath. "And even if I was single, I wouldn't date him. He's just not my type."

"So, what exactly is your type?" Caine asked with a smirk on his face.

"Hmmm…let me think about that one." I said as I slowly closed the distance between us. "I don't know. Normal guys just don't do it for me."

"Good thing I'm not normal then." Caine said as he gazed into my eyes. "What else?"

"Well…" I reached up around his neck. "Come to think about it, I've never really had a type. But your type is good for me."

Caine raised an eyebrow. "A splice?"

"A Lycantent to be specific." I told him. "One with pointy ears and wings. One named Caine Wise." I stood up on my tip toes and kissed him on the lips.

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After lunch was over, Caine yawned loudly. I smiled. "Ready for bed already?"

Caine blinked a couple of times and shook his head. "No. I'm fine."

It was only two in the afternoon but I knew that he was fighting sleep. "Caine, you're exhausted. I can tell. You can barely keep your eyes open."

Caine shook his head again. "I'm not exhausted. I'm fi…" His sentence broke off into another big yawn. "I'm fine." He yawned again, making me giggle.

"Yeah. You're fine." I said sarcastically. "You can't even finish a sentence without yawning." I paused. "Napping is actually really good for you."

I didn't think that what I said was that big of a deal. But Caine's expression darkened. I didn't like that expression on him. "Or, we could cuddle on the couch and watch a movie. I'm sure that I can find a movie that we'll both like."

Caine finally nodded. But honestly, I really didn't think that it mattered all that much what I put in for a movie. Odds were that he would probably fall asleep before the trailers even ended.

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I searched my movie shelves for something to watch while Caine sat on the couch waiting. I didn't know what to put in. I didn't know what Caine would like. "Caine, do they have anything like TV out there? You know, on other planets?"

He shrugged tiredly. "Some planets have theatre but nothing like Earth has." He paused for a minute and looked down at his hands. "Theatre is usually reserved for Entitled people only. Splices like me usually aren't welcome to such events."

I watched his expression and wanted to run over and hug him. I hated how the culture outside of Earthwas. Splices were treated as lesser beings and it really pissed me off. Especially since Splices did more noble work than an Entitled could even imagine doing.

I searched some more. I wanted to find something light hearted and maybe a little funny. "Oh, I got it." I said and pulled a DVD of the shelf.

After starting the movie, I plopped down beside Caine on the couch. Caine turned to me and gave me a tired smile. "So, what did you pick?"

I smiled back. "It's called the Lego Movie." He gave me a confused look so I continued. "It's a movie about a guy who is completely ordinary. He likes what everyone else likes, agrees with what everyone else says. But then he finds out that he is special and is meant to save the world."

Caine watched the screen for a few minutes. "Why do they look like that?"

"Oh. They're made out of Legos." I told him and giggled at the look of confusion on his face when he turned to me. "Legos are toys. They're little plastic bricks that you build things out of."

"Oh." Caine leaned back on the couch and turned his attention back to the screen.

I snuggled into his side and smiled as he wrapped an arm around me. I let out a sigh of happiness. Sitting with Caine so close just felt right. Everything about it felt right.