Ugh! I am a terrible person! I am oh so terribly sorry you guys! I reeeaaalllyyy meant to upload the 13th chapter but school caught up to me, beat my butt, and served it to me on a silver platter. *Hangs head in shame* I know, I know, that's no excuse... but here it is! Thanks for staying with me, love ya!

(Your POV)

I stood there, mouth agape with surprise. I, of all people, descended from Gaea and Hades? How is this even possible? What does this mean? Did my mother know? Was my mother a direct descendent of Gaea? Even worse, was my father a direct descendent of Hades? Ruler of the friggin' Underworld?

"(Y/n). (Y/n)? (Y/n)!" Jeff screamed, snapping me out of my train of thoughts and forcing me to snap my big (e/c) eyes up at him.

"Y-yeah?" I asked, slightly shaky from what I had just learned.

"Are. You. Going. To. Be. Okaaay?" Jeff asked, announcing each syllable like I was from another planet.

"I'm slightly shaken up, not an alien, Jeff. You don't have to talk to me like I'm a kindergartener." I stated, making Jeff frown.

"Sorry," he said.

After that, an awkward silence drifted in between Slender, Jeff and I. The room was agonizingly quiet, finally leaving me to my thoughts. All the questions that shot through my head, I knew could not be answered. Not without either of my parents here. I suddenly felt the sting of tears and my chest and throat ached. I miss Mom, not that I can say the same for dad, but my mom was everything to me. Growing up with nothing, she was my safe haven. And the night she died, she promised that she would find a way to contact me.

And I'm still waiting, Mom.

Once I felt the warm tears flood out of my eyes and seep into the corners of my mouth, I snapped back into reality. I wiped away the tears with the heel of my hand, furious at myself for crying in front of Jeff.

"Why are you crying?" Jeff asked, he looked slightly confused.

"Uh, just thinking of my mom I guess." I said, remembering how I had not visited her grave in a long time.

In front of us, I heard Slender sigh.

"(Y/n), I give you permission to go visit your mother's grave. Jeff will be your escort." Slender said sounding like he was smiling if he could.

"Really?" I asked, trying not to smile to widely and failing. Giving way to my body's commands, I smiled hugely.

"Yes. Jeff? Can you still go into your real world camo?" Slendy asked, in response jeff nodded.

Furrowing his eyebrows, Jeff focused. Ever-so-slowly, he went from my Jeff to a boy with brown hair, blue eyes, and eye lids. The scars from the stitches on his face had disappeared and his skin was no longer pale, but like an actual person. Jeff turned to me and smiled.

"Good, now off you go. Wouldn't want it to get late." Slendy said ushering us out of the room and out the door.

~...~

The walk in the woods was strangely awkward and silent. Jeff never spoke once, he didn't even stand next to me. Instead, he lead the way from in front of me.

"Is something wrong? Did I do something?" I asked grabbing hold of his arm, forcing him to stop and turn to look me in the eyes.

Jeff's blue eyes pierced into my (e/c) ones as he said, "no."

"Don't lie to me, Jeff." I said defiantly.

Jeff blinked once in surprise, then smiled compassionately at me, "you sounded, just like my mother when you said that." He said, his voice cracking at the edges. And I swear, I thought I might have seen some tears.

"Oh? Well, I know when you're lying. So tell me, what's up?" I asked, trying to ignore the fact that he was eyeing me like I was some sort of eye candy. Just. Like. Riley.

"Tell me, (y/n), and be honest, which Jeff is better?" He asked.

I let my hand drop from Jeff's arm in surprise. Did he really just ask me that?

"It's the same. I don't care for how you look, Jeff. Even if you're in this form, you're still the person I care about most. Looks aren't important here." I said with what I hoped was a loving smile.

Jeff tilted his head, then smiled happily at me, "thank you, (y/n). We should get going, before it gets late." Jeff said turning away from me so that I couldn't see his face.

~...~

When we got to the well, Jeff made a gesture that said "you go first." I climbed onto the side of the well and glanced back worriedly at Jeff. I had only been down this well once, and I wasn't even awake when it happened, so I was a tad hesitant.

"Go on, you'll be fine. I'm right behind you." Jeff said placing his hands on my shoulders reassuringly.

I nodded curtly and shifted my weight before letting myself fall down into the well.

~...~

When I finally got to the other side, I had to climb the stony walls of the well to make my way out. When I did so, I heard Jeff calling my name from the bottom.

"Can you give me a hand?" He asked once he was a few feet from the top.

I nodded and reached down so that I could grab his hand and pulled him up. Once I did, I put too much force into the pull, and Jeff put too much force into the jump, and he landed on top of me. I blushed furious shades of red at how close we were and my heart thudded like a million soldiers marching to the beat of an incredibly fast drum.

Snap out of it! You've never felt this way around him before! What's your problem? He's your best friend! I screamed at myself.

"S-sorry." Jeff said immediately climbing off of me as a tint of red spread across his cheeks like a furious grey cloud over takes the Sun.

"It's okay." I said regaining my composure and standing, "we should go buy some flowers before going to the grave," I said offering my hand to Jeff and pretending that what had happened a few seconds ago was non-existent.

"Okay. I'll pay." Jeff said showing me the way out of the woods.

~...~

(Jeff's POV)

I could not stop thinking about what had happened at the well. Even though (y/n) never brought it up, which I was eternally grateful for, my mind kept wandering off to what would have happened if I had leaned down... just a little.

Stop! Don't think like that! I screamed, mentally kicking myself.

At the flower shop, I was staring at (y/n) like crazy. She beamed so brightly and was over flowing with happiness as she picked out the flowers to be put at her mother's grave. There was a gleam in her (e/c) eyes and there was a wide, somewhat goofy, grin plastered onto her face. In the end, she chose some purple Water Lilies.

"Purple was her favorite color." (Y/n) remarked as we walked to the graveyard.

I was amazed at how we only walked for about twenty minutes before we finally reached our destination. (Y/n)'s home town was a small one. The architecture looked to be from the 1880s and it looked like no one had bothered to remodel. Though it was really old-looking, there was some comfort to be found in the plain homes and brick buildings.

Once at the cemetary, (y/n) opened the big gates and led the way to her mother's grave. Once we got there, (y/n) knelt in front of it and ran her slender fingers around the cracked edges of the stereotypical shape of the grave stone. It read:

Here lies Delilah (Your Last Name). She was a wonderful mother and a caring friend. May she forever rest in peace.

"Hey, Mom. I'm back. I know I haven't visited in a while, and I'm sorry." (Y/n) said as she put the flowers down in front of the grave, "I've made new friends while I was gone though. This is Jeff. He's been taking care of me and he's one of my best friends. A lot has happened since I left. I found out that I have powers." With that, (y/n) began to sob. Her words now came out slurred and she tripped over everything she tried to say.

In the end, all she said was that she missed her and that she would find a way to visit her soon. When she said that, she got up and buried her face in my chest and began to sob harder. I ran my hands up along her back and held her. It seemed like forever before (y/n) separated from me, much to my discontent, and smiled sadly at me. I wiped away a few stray tears from her face.

"You okay?" I asked.

(Y/n) nodded mutely and sniffed.

"I've never missed a person so much in my life. I thought I'd never find happiness ever again the day Mom died. Then, I met you." She said happily.

I smiled and tucked a loose strand of (h/c) hair behind her ear, "you will never be lonely ever again. I'll stay with you until the day I die. And if I break that promise, I swear I will find some way to come back to you. I swear, (y/n)." I said, not surprised at how serious I was about my own promise.

"Thanks, Jeff." (Y/n) sighed.

She held out her arms in the universal "hug me" gesture and I gladly did so. Once we were done, we began to walk back to the well.

And the entire way back, (y/n) held my hand.

Wellllll? And guess what? I was this close to putting the kiss scene in this chapter. But then, I was like nah I'll put it later. Oh, and I'm letting you guys choose what happens next! Put it in the comments or PM me! The most creative, or the one I like most, idea will get put in here! I'll be continuing this as soon as I have 160 comments! Thanks for reading and don't forget to comment!

Go forth and conquer!