'Never leave me' Alice whispered softly.

'I would never dream of it, my home is wherever you are now' I whispered back.

She smiled at me and stroked my cheek; I could tell she was remembering my uncle because she looked upset again.

'I saw him, when he was dead. Griffin told me that my uncle might be in danger, so I checked on him' I then took a deep breath, 'and he was just lying there, blood all over him and the walls.'

'Oh My God! Jamie why didn't you tell me?' Alice said.

'I was going to but outside your room wasn't the best place and after that the teachers came up to us. There was no time, I'm sorry' I sighed.

'It's okay, I'm just sorry you had to see your uncle like that' Alice's voice was soft and soothing.

'Want to have some breakfast?' I changed the subject.

'Mmm breakfast in Italia, molto buono' Alice said mocking an Italian accent.

'Ooo, get you!' I joked. 'You are ordering the breakfast then!'

'Fine then' she said and we burst out laughing together.

We freshened up and I jumped us to the harbour, luckily nobody saw us; but it was quite early in the morning so we were safe. Then we walked to a little Italian café and Alice ordered something in Italian.

The food looked incredible, mouth-watering but I was too hungry to savour it. I scoffed down every bite, half the time not even chewing.

'Jamie, have some class!' Alice pestered.

I just looked at her and rolled my eyes; not wanting to spit out the food in my mouth if I spoke. The hot chocolate was delicious, I burnt my tongue but I just couldn't wait to drink it. Alice laughed at me as I panted like a dog to cool down my tongue. I really didn't have time to be classy.

Alice and I walked down the roads of Italy laughing, care free. Italy was our escape destination; we could be ourselves here and just escape the world. We exchanged a few kisses near the beach and we looked around a few shops on the market while the sun radiated of our skin.

'I feel like a vampire, I'm glistening' Alice laughed.

'And your name is Alice, you could be that Edward's sister' I laughed.

'That makes you my jasper' she winked at me.

'I'm okay with that' I flashed a smile at her.

Alice's eyes then widened in shock, so I followed her gaze and she was looking at the couple. I couldn't believe it. It was the same couple from many nights ago. I just stared at Alice, confused and anxious; her face reflected mine like a mirror. I could tell that we were both thinking the same thing.

'We should go and speak to them!' my voice full of excitement went up an octave.

'And say what? Hey, we've wanted to meet you for a long time now. We've seen you before and we saw you jump. Yeah just wanted to say hey' Alice said sarcastically.

'How about we start with hello' I mused.

'Okay' Alice said and pulled my hand towards where the couple were. They looked exactly how I remembered but I could see them clearer now; they reminded me of Alice and me so much. The girl was showing the guy the postcards and he was clearly pretending to like them. I would so do that.

Alice stood right opposite the girl, picked up a postcard and looked to my confused face.
'What about this one, Jamie' she tried to sound enthusiastic.

'Yeah, we should totally get that one!' I said almost robotically.

We had got the couple's attention, they were looking at us and the girl whispered, 'I like that one too actually.'

Then the boy mimicked my voice and said, 'Yeah, we should totally get that one!'

I couldn't help but laugh but not as loud as Alice she was almost on the floor and then said too loudly.

'He got you Jamie! That's so totally you' Alice mimicked my voice as well also.

'Oh, Alice' I covered my face with my hand.

'After we get this postcard we should go back to San Francisco' Alice said but the way she said it seemed as if I had missed the joke 'Let's stay here for an hour and then you can flash us back to America!'

I understood her now and I looked to the couple who were watching our theatrical performance. Then back to her.

'Yeah, travel is so easy for us!' I said in an obvious fake voice.

'Really? Why is that?' the boy said sarcastically, with his arms folded.

'Well, I'm not allowed to say' I loudly whispered back.

'Or maybe you can drop the act' the girl said smiling.

'What act?' I asked pressing my lips together so I wouldn't smile.

'We know we've met before' the girl said.

'And we know, one of you jump' the boy said.

'We know that one of you jump too!' I said almost childlike.

'I jump' the boy said and the girl rolled her eyes.

'I jump as well' I tried to sound manly.

'Now that, that's sorted. What are your names?' the girl said.

'I'm Jamie and this is Alice.' Alice then walked into my arms and said, 'So who are you two?'

'I'm David and this is Millie' David said.

'I never thought you'd be a David, a Chris but not a David' Alice wondered.

The couple laughed together and smiled at us but then said nothing in response. So I asked, 'how did you know I can jump?'

'We've seen you before, jumping around at night.' David explained, 'Then we saw that you had some trouble with the paladins, we distracted them a couple of times for you.'

Then mine and Alice's faces fell as we remembered what the paladins took from me. I tried to compose my face again and said, 'Thank you, we have had -trouble with them before.'

Not wanting to carry on the conversation David asked, 'do you have any jump sites around Italy?'

I then smiled and said, 'yeah, I'll show you.'

With that I held Alice's hand and showed David and Millie around Sicily, Florence, Tuscany. We had so much fun and bonded really well, it wasn't until we were in a sleek black gondola that I remembered we were supposed to be in San Francisco.

'Alice! We need to go back soon, we haven't been back since yesterday' I whispered.

'Oh shoot! Yeah' Alice said, 'what about David and Millie?'

'What about us?' Millie said. Millie was definitely the more attentive one out of the two of them.

'We're on a school trip and we haven't been back all day and yesterday night. They may have noticed our absence' I explained.

'Oh, well you should go back' David said but I could tell he didn't want us to leave.

'I don't want to leave' Alice took the words out of my mouth.

'Neither do I, we should meet again though' I suggested.

So we all agreed that we would meet at the Sicily harbour, tomorrow morning and then they were going to show us around France. We all joked about travelling the world together but I would actually do that. David and Millie were just so easy to get on with, but it made me wonder whether they had a back story like Griffin.

At the hotel, after we explained to the teachers that we 'got lost' and wrote an account about it; I stayed up with Jeremy talking. When Jeremy went to sleep, I found Alice and I suggested we should go to Griffin's home.

'I don't know Jamie, I just don't trust him' Alice shrugged.

'I trust him and trust me he is a good person. He has just had a hard life that's all' I reasoned with her.

'Okay, let's go then' she said defeated.

I jumped us to Griffin's room and Griffin was drawing. He jumped up in shock of our arrival and put away the drawing. I thought it would be best if I ask him later.

'I don't remember inviting you' Griffin smiled.

'I don't remember you banning me either' I said back.

'I'll tell you next time then' he joked.

'Want to carry on playing games? Or do you want to go somewhere?' I asked.

'Can I at least eat first?' he grinned.

After we all eat some food, which tasted like rubber compared to the Italian cuisine I was having this morning and afternoon. We set off, in Griffin's car which probably wasn't actually his car but still. I decided I would get my own car and he showed me how he gets them, it's not hard. Jump into a car shop, steal the keys and jump the car out.

Once I had my car, the races began. We started in Tokyo, then New York, then LA, then Hollywood. We weren't following a speed limit; we were just feeling the wind blow my hair up. I wasn't as good a driver as Griffin but I was good enough to keep up with him, with the help of jumping the car forward as well. It wasn't cheating because we were both doing it; he was jumping on buildings and crashing down in front of me. There were no rules to this game and no rules to this new life I was leading; though surely there must be pain and fighting coming but for now I was just enjoying swerving around Griffin's car.

Back in Griffin's room, Alice was asleep again. So I took the opportunity to ask Griffin about the drawing.

'You are really good at drawing' I said starting the conversation.

'Nah, not really. They are more outlines and shadings' he said being modest.

'You are! Who were you drawing' I said trying not to sound like I was interrogating him.

He looked hesitant but continued, 'her name is Sophie.' Then he jumped to his drawer and jumped back holding the drawing but not really showing it to me.

'Who is she?' I asked.

'I wasn't always alone you know. After E.V. I met this girl, she was beautiful and I loved her but like everything else in my life it was complicated' he looked pained again, I felt bad for always digging at his past.

'What happened?' I had to ask.

'Her mother is a paladin and I told her I couldn't involve her in all of it' he explained, 'but she obviously didn't listen because about a month later she was one of them. Attacking me as if she didn't know me; I couldn't kill her, so I left.'

'Wow' I was lost for words.

'Not just that, her mother was one of the paladins who killed my parents, I couldn't be with her after that. It just wasn't fair' he then jumped and put the drawing away.

'I'm sorry, you have really been through it all' I said, 'I'm so grateful that you trust me enough to tell your past to, I can see that you don't like talking about it.'

'I don't, I've always worked alone because I don't really play well with others and things don't go well for them when I do' he looked like he was remembering something and then continued to say, 'but I need help to take down the paladins so I don't have to worry about them.'

'You want me to help?' I asked confused.

'Yeah, I saw you out there with the paladins. You are not too bad and you seem to have your priorities straight unlike others I have teamed up with' I could hear the anger in his voice.

'I will help; whatever you need me to do I will help you!' I promised him.