I know this update is a week late but some schedule things shifted last week. Anyway, not sure when the next update will be but here's this for now!

The next day, Seth was cooking pancakes for breakfast. He knew that Mike, Bobby, and Bobbi (who had ended up spending the night) were going to have hangovers. Seth placed two plates of pancakes on the table for Mike and Bobby before making up a third to give to his sister. He needed to talk to her anyways. Seth headed to the guest room; a plate of pancakes, a bottle of water, and some painkillers with him. He nudged the door open with his foot and sat the food near Bobbi, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Remind me to never get drunk again," Bobbi muttered, taking the painkillers.

"I think Bucky got more drunk than you."

"That's good...Did Jade have fun with her girlfriend?"

"Girlfriend?"

"Yeah...isn't she dating that girl she took to the dance?" Seth stared at his sister before bursting into laughter.

"What?" Bobbi asked defensively. "The two of them are totally dating."

"Is that why you drank so much? Because you're jealous?" Seth asked.

"Why would I be jealous that Jade, who is insanely gorgeous and has the most stunning eyes I've ever seen, has a girlfriend," Bobbi muttered, shoving a pancake into her mouth.

"Bobbi...Be honest with me and yourself. How do you feel about Jade?" Seth asked.

"God Seth. She...she's gorgeous and funny and badass and so damn sexy..." Bobbi began.

"You're in love with her." Bobbi shook her head in denial. Seth put his hand on Bobbi's shoulder. "You got drunk because you saw her with someone else. If that's not love, then what is?" Bobbi shrugged helplessly.

"Bobbi. Do you love her?" Seth asked gently.

"Yes. No. I don't know! God Seth. I just...she's so amazing and gorgeous and f*cking sexy and amazing and badass..."

"Tell her that, I know you don't believe in the Soulmates thing, but try to understand her."

"Seth…"

"No, Bobbi. You're over here moaning about how you should've said yes to her, and then you turn right around and say you don't want to tell her."

"I'm scared Seth." Seth gave her a hug and kissed her head. "Don't be, Bobbi. She already loves you."

Meanwhile, Bucky was at home, nursing his own hangover. His father wasn't home, which was good. Bucky forced himself out of bed and ate some toast, popping a few painkillers to get rid of the headache. As he was finishing his breakfast, the front door flew open. George Barnes walked in and glared at his son.

"Where were you last night?" George demanded.

"At a party with friends," Bucky said fearfully.

"What about Tess?"

"I broke up with her."

"Why the hell did you do that?!"

"She wasn't a good girlfriend and she's not my soulmate!"

"Soulmates don't always work out!" George yelled, slapping Bucky. Bucky whimpered. George glared at him.

"You're as pathetic as your mother." Bucky looked down at the harsh words.

"I'll give you to JT to raise if you disrespect me again."

"No! I won't disrespect you again! I promise!"

"Good boy." Bucky was terrified of JT Slade. He was Bucky's godfather and an all around creepy dude. Bucky always got the creeps around him. George stomped off, leaving Bucky alone and sad. He wanted to talk to Annette, but knew it would be awkward with what had happened the previous night.

The kiss. Bucky had been so drunk and he had kissed her. And now everything would be awkward between them. Annette texted him at that moment.

Annette: Am I talking to hungover Bucky or drunk Bucky?

Bucky: Hungover

Annette: I kinda liked drunk Bucky, he was...entertaining

Bucky: I'm so sorry for whatever I did.

Annette: So your sorry you kissed me?

Bucky: That…

Bucky: I…

Bucky: No…

Annette: Good

Annette: Because I'm not either…

Annette: Why don't you believe in the Soulmates thing?

Bucky: My mom left my dad when I was five, she was his soulmate and she still left.

Annette: Oh…

Annette: I'm so sorry

Bucky: I don't want to talk about it, what's your story?

Annette: My mom was a druggie who dropped me off at her sister's house when I was a baby.

Bucky: So Jade's mom is your aunt?

Annette: Yeah

Bucky: That's good, is she cool?

Annette: Really cool

Bucky: That's good

Annette: Yeah...This one time when I was seven, my mom tried coming back

Bucky didn't text back so Annette continued.

Annette: She said she was sober and hadn't touched drugs in months

Bucky: What happened then?

Annette: My aunt said she was more of a mother to me than my mom would ever be

Bucky: What did your mom say?

Annette: She was shocked

Bucky: That's awesome

Annette: Yeah

The two continued to text each other back and forth.

Meanwhile, Bobbi was staring at her phone, contemplating texting Jade. Seth's words were on her mind. Maybe she should give Jade a chance, but only as friends. Just friends. Bobbi wasn't ready for a relationship yet, not after Hamilton and especially not with her soulmate. Bobbi picked up her phone and sent a text.

Bobbi: Hey

Jade: Hey….

Bobbi: Can we talk?

Jade: About what?

Bobbi: Just...Please? I need to talk to you.

Jade: Fine...Takeda's having Seth over, have him bring you over.

Bobbi: Okay

Fifteen minutes later, Seth and Bobbi arrived at Jade's house.

"So you're finally gonna tell her how you feel," Seth said.

"I'm going to tell her that I know what we are, but that I am not ready for a romantic relationship right now, but we can be friends." Bobbi said.

"Bobbi…"

"No, Seth. I'll be friends with her, but I'm not ready for that yet." Seth nodded and the two exited the car, walking up to the door. Seth knocked on the door. A woman with light blonde hair that had a dark stripe down the middle opened the door.

"Hello?" She said. Before Seth or Bobbi could answer, Takeda ran down the stairs and slid to a stop.

"Hey Seth! Bobbi," Takeda greeted.

"Hey," Seth smiled at him. Takeda grinned back. He then looked at Bobbi.

"Head up the stairs and turn right, Jade's bedroom is on the left. I figure you want to talk to her," Takeda said. Bobbi nodded and walked up the stairs and paused in front of Annette's. She stared at it for a long moment. She knocked on the door.

"Annette?"

"What's up?" Annette asked, opening up the door.

"Can I talk to you about Jade?"

"Sure...What about her?"

"Is she dating that girl she was with last night?"

"No...Jade and Kaya are just friends. Kaya's mom, Maylin, works with Jade's dad, Kenshi, on the police force."

"So she's single?"

"Yeah...Why? You gonna ask her out?"

"Maybe."

"You should."

"Annette...Thanks." Annette just nodded. Bobbi smiled at her and turned to Jade's closed bedroom door, knocking on it.

"Come in," Jade said. Bobbi pushed the door open and walked in. Jade was sitting on her bed and Bobbi figured she had just gotten up or something as she was dressed in a tank top and gym shorts that made Bobbi's brain go to all the naughty places. If Bobbi wasn't sure of it before, this cemented it. Jade was extremely attractive.

"You wanted to talk?" Jade said.

"Oh...Erm...Yeah...I did," Bobbi said, blushing slightly. Jade raised an eyebrow. "Go on..." Bobbi bit her lip before speaking.

"Listen I...I know what we are...what we're supposed to be..."

"But...?"

"But...But I don't know...I won't deny it, you are seriously amazing and badass and really f*cking attractive...but I'm not sure if I'm ready for a relationship yet."

"So you want to be just friends for now?"

"For now...just friends..." Jade nodded. She stood up and pulled out a pair of jeans and a shirt before turning to Bobbi, smirking slightly.

"I'm five seconds away from changing, you can stay if you want but..." Jade trailed off, her tone teasing. Bobbi blushed and left the room, closing the door behind her. She leaned against the closed door, cursing her cowardice at admitting her feelings. But Bobbi knew that it would take time, she knew it ever since she decided to make Jade's name her password.

Flashback

Bobbi woke up in a cold sweat for the third night in a row. It was nearing the end of the first week of school. The first week of having met her soulmate. It had happened the first day of school, before class had even started.

Bobbi has been at her locker, with her boyfriend. She and Hamilton had been talking about how their summer had gone, how they felt about the new school year, things like that. Then it happened. She hadn't even noticed the kids until one was thrown into her. Bobbi hadn't noticed them until she tumbled to the ground with the girl.

The girl that Bobbi had been dreaming about since the encounter. The girl that was supposed to be Bobbi's soulmate.

S*it I am so sorry about this my friends are a**holes

The first words her soulmate would speak to her. The first words her soulmate did say to her. They had came from a new student, Jade Okaia. She was tall, nearly as tall as Bobbi herself, with long, dark hair and stunning green eyes. That's what had caught Bobbi's attention first. They were such a stunning shade of green. She was tempted at first to say that they were an emerald green color, but that wasn't the right description.

No, the shade of green that described her eyes was right in her name. Jade. To Bobbi, it was more than just a name. It described her eyes perfectly. They weren't emerald green, but they could be mistaken for emerald green. They were so complex, much like Jade herself.

From how close the two had been when they first met, Bobbi could see all the colors in Jade's eyes. They were green, that much was obvious. But there were so many other colors in there too. Bobbi swore she saw a golden color in there, hidden deep in the depths of the green. It reminded Bobbi of how there was something mysterious about Jade, something hidden deep in her depths. Bobbi couldn't quite pinpoint what it was, but it was there.

Sighing, Bobbi rolled over, the dream still on her mind. The same dream from the night before, and the night before that. Bobbi never remembered much of it, but she remembered enough to know who it was about. Green eyes, dark hair, gorgeous features that made Bobbi want to forget about her past. But she couldn't, Bobbi couldn't ever forget what had happened to her mother.

Bobbi had only been four years old when her father had left them. Her father, the man who was her mother's soulmate, just up and left one night. Even now, so many years later, Bobbi still didn't know why her father had left. Why he had wanted a life away from his soulmate. Away from his family. Bobbi learned an important lesson that day, though, just because someone was your soulmate didn't mean that they would always be with you.

Bobbi knew that, knew that more than most other people. But yet…But yet Bobbi couldn't get Jade out of her mind. Everything about the new student drove her crazy, but in a good way. The way she threw her head back, laughing like a little kid. The way she thought Bobbi was funny, even when no one else (mainly Hamilton) did. It made Bobbi feel happy, incredibly so. This new student, who had known Bobbi for all off three days, made her feel better and happier than Hamilton, who Bobbi had known for years, ever did.

But Bobbi had to be with Hamilton, she had to. Bobbi didn't...couldn't be with Jade. She knew that, she knew she couldn't be with Jade. Not because of Hamilton or anyone else, but because Jade was her soulmate. Jade, with her green eyes that flashed whenever someone said something offensive or upsetting. Jade, who's eyes sometimes seemed to darken when she talked to Bobbi, though it usually happened in her dreams. And the dreams, God the dreams…

She could barely ever remember them when she woke, but they were always the same. Green eyes, dark hair, and just the pure essence of Jade. Sometimes Bobbi could remember more than others. Sometimes Bobbi could remember the feeling of a body pressing down against hers, lips against hers or against some part of her body. It was in those that the green eyes seemed to darken, almost in lust. It was those dreams that drove her crazy the most.

Bobbi knew that the instant one met their soulmate, the attraction would be there. It was how having a soulmate worked, they were The One that was meant for you. But Bobbi also knew the other side to that, that your soulmate was also The One who could hurt you the most. Rejection. Death. Leaving. She had seen two of those three. Her father leaving when she had been only four, and how much her mother changed after that. No longer was Susan Morse the nice, warm woman Bobbi remembered her as. She became colder, more cynical. Susan Morse no longer smiled, she hadn't since Bobbi was four. And Ben, Bobbi's brother, had met his soulmate when she had been twelve and he was fifteen. Ben had came home from school, really happy. He had met his soulmate. Everything fell apart after that, though. Ben's soulmate had been a guy, a straight guy. He told Ben that someone must have messed up, because there was no way in hell his soulmate was a guy. Her brother had left the moment he graduated, going off to some college in California. Last Bobbi knew, he had found a nice boy, Austin, who wasn't born with a soulmark and the two were happy.

In a weird sort of way, Bobbi had followed in his footsteps. Hamilton didn't have a soulmark, and she was with him so she wouldn't have to be with her soulmate. Austin didn't have a soulmark and Ben was with him so he wouldn't have to be with his soulmate. The only difference was it took Ben meeting, and being rejected by, his soulmate to make him lose faith in them. Bobbi never had any faith. Not since the moment her father had left all those years ago. Not even now, having met her soulmate. The girl drove her crazy, but in the best of ways. There was a part of Bobbi that wanted more, needed more of Jade Okaia. There was a part of her that needed more than "just friends".

Bobbi wouldn't lie, she couldn't lie, there was a part of her that desperately craved a relationship with Jade. To be more than just friends...To even be more than what her and Hamilton were. Jade was her soulmate, the one she was meant to be with. But Bobbi didn't want that, she didn't want the possibility of being hurt so easily...or hurting so easily. That was her fear, not the possibility of Jade hurting her, but the possibility of her hurting Jade.

With a sigh, Bobbi grabbed her phone and unlocked it. She went to the settings, changing her passcode. Bobbi's hands shook as she changed the code to '5233', the numbers that would spell out a certain name.

"Well, at least I won't ever forget my password," Bobbi muttered to herself before putting her phone back down and trying to get some sleep.

End Flashback

A few minutes later, Jade emerged from her room, dressed.

"So what made you change your mind about us?" Jade asked.

"I just...I just figured we could at least be friends," Bobbi said with a shrug, not meeting the green eyes that haunted so many of her dreams. Jade nodded. She felt happier. Yeah, she and Bobbi weren't together, but at least they were friends.