A little trip down memory lane.

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Jade woke up a few hours later to find that Faith had found her way into their bed and was sleeping beside her. Jade was privately glad that she had decided to pull some pyjamas before falling asleep earlier, seeing that Faith had brought her teddy with her, sucking her thumb as she slept.

Jade smiled fondly and sat up, pulling on her robe and going out to check CJ's nursery, seeing that her son was asleep and that Luke had fallen asleep in the chair to one side, obviously he'd watched until his son fell back to sleep

'Luke?'.

He stirred slowly, looking bleary eyed around the nursery 'oh, did I fall asleep?'.

Jade nodded and he walked over to her, hands on her hips 'I love you, by the way'. She laughed

'I love you too, you don't have to constantly tell me for me to know Luke'.

'I know... I was just thinking... About the first time we went out... We're like different people now, we've been through so much but we've come out the other side'.

They both stood there in the doorway, thinking of their first date, taken back a few years. Technically their first date had happened a few nights before the night they had properly connected.

The first Date, years previously

Jade was wearing a little black dress which showed off her long tanned legs, a pair of red heels, and her hair was in loose curls down her back. Luke was picking her up from her apartment and was watching as she finished getting her things together, checking her phone before putting it in her handbag.

'I think I'm ready to go if you are?'

Luke swallowed, seeing just how incredible she looked and momentarily lost for words 'wow... You look incredible'. Jade blushed slightly 'oh, thanks. You don't look too bad yourself'.

Luke was wearing a dark grey pair of suit trousers with a black shirt, and Jade held her tongue about him scrubbing up well, he looked like a male model, and Jade noticed the high cheekbones, light stubble and bright eyes that she'd never really noticed on Luke before that moment.

They didn't really speak on the way down to the car and Luke opened the door for her, watching as she somehow managed to get herself into his Range Rover in high heels and a tight dress whilst still looking incredibly elegant.

Luke got in the driver's side and was sorting himself out for a minute or two when Jade glanced over at him, seeing that he was lightly shaking and Jade smiled gently at him, placing a hand on his own

'Luke, calm down, I'm not doing this to annoy my dad, I'm doing this because I wanted to go on a date with you, so stop freaking out, okay?'.

He looked visibly calmed 'okay, thanks'.

She smiled again and he looked calm again, Jade pulling on her seatbelt as she spoke 'now, shall we go? I don't know about you but I'm starving?'.

The dinner went well enough, they talked and shared some laughs, but Jade knew that he was skirting around asking her anything personal or talking about what had happened in Israel, and that had annoyed her slightly.

If he wanted anything to do with her then Luke would have to get over who her father was and what had happened to her. Generally however, she had liked him, giving him a quick kiss at the end of the night before heading back up to her apartment.

Three days later Jade was looking over some proposals for paintings in the back of an Irish bar just down the road from her apartment that she went to often. Jade wasn't a big drinker but she liked to have a few and the atmosphere had charmed her over, and she didn't want to sit and look through the proposals alone in her apartment, and at Escala there was always too much going on.

Also of course, she didn't want to see Luke whilst he was at work, thinking that it might only make the situation more awkward.

She still wasn't sure if her father even knew about the date.

Her father would prefer for her to be sipping champagne in some exclusive members club in the City, but instead she had a cold beer in front of her and was sitting in one if the booths at the end, grateful that she looked easily 21 and was never asked for ID.

The place was fairly quiet as it was early but she was making notes on proposals and barely noted when Eddie from behind the bar called out to a new customer 'hey Luke, I haven't seen you in a while, the boss keeping you busy?'

'You have no idea Ed, slave driver isn't even the word for it'. It was only when she heard the voice that Jade looked up with astonishment and saw Luke standing at the bar, looking exhausted in a suit, taking off his jacket and tie and unbuttoning his top few buttons.

'Nice enough guy I guess, but I can't keep working these hours or I'll be dead by thirty, I've only just got off- been there for ten hours straight. I need a whiskey, a really, really big one'.

'That bad eh?'

'If you worked for my boss you'd be asking for the whole bottle mate'

Luke idly glanced around the bar as Eddie made up his whiskey and his eyes settled on Jade, who was looking at him with an eyebrow raised in amusement. Luke faltered as Eddie handed him the double measure and Jade smirked, moving her bag off of the seat opposite her ad Luke took the hint, coming over and sitting opposite her.

'Uh... I can't imagine your Dad would be too happy to see you here'.

'Well, if you really want to tell him then be my guest Luke'.

'You know I'm not going to do that. You are technically underage I should point out'.

'And you are hardly that much older, and you also just spent several minutes slagging off working for my dad, so if you really want to tell him then be my guest'.

Luke laughed 'I guess we're equal then'.

Jade smirked and shuffled her papers together, Luke glancing down at them 'are those your sketches?'.

She waved a hand slightly 'they're nothing, just a few ideas'.

Despite himself, Luke put his hand on one of the papers, pinning it to the table so she couldn't hide it.

The sketch was of the inside of a complex watch mechanism, and the detail she had put in was incredible, making Luke look up at her with an incredulous expression 'you did this?'.

'It's nothing... Just a sketch'.

'Jade, this is incredible, I knew you were good but I didn't realise you were this good, bloody hell'.

Jade blinked 'it's just a clock mechanism Luke, don't get too excited about it'.

'Can I look at the others?'.

Jade narrowed her eyes but handed him the papers in her hand, watching as his eyes widened when he slowly looked through the sheets of paper, looking impressed when he finally looked up.

'You are really, really good Jade. Why can't you just take that compliment?'.

Jade looked taken aback 'we're not really that type of family I guess'.

'Well, you're gonna have to start getting used to it, you'll have a lot of people giving it to you after they see these'.

Jade looked surprised but quietly drank her beer, taking the sketches back and putting them into her bag. 'Well, we'll see. If it doesn't work out then I don't know what I'm going to do with my life. Army is out of the question now after…you know… what happened. Pretty sure I'm classed as 'damaged goods' for most other jobs, and I don't want to be given a career just because I'm a Grey'.

Luke looked slightly annoyed, shaking his head as he took a long drink 'don't call yourself that'.

'What?'.

'Damaged goods. You're not, okay, so don't say that about yourself'. Jade looked surprised 'why do you care?'.

'Jade, why do you think I was there when you woke up in the Hospital?'. Jade didn't reply and Luke sat forward and continued to speak

'Your Dad made sure that there was someone with you at least 12 hours a day, just in case you woke up. I wasn't on his time Jade, someone had been with you overnight, and I was sitting there and reading to you after I'd seen my sister… I'd fallen for you the first day I saw you when I came to see Taylor at Escala for my interview… I felt like I had an obligation to be there as much as I could, because of how I felt... I've seen you covered in blood and stitches, covered in tubes and wires that were the only thing keeping you alive. I wasn't being awkward the other day when I didn't ask you personal questions, I just didn't want to make you relive it, and I care too much to do that to you'.

Jade opened her mouth to speak but closed it again, looking surprised and confused before finally speaking 'Dad always said you weren't working when I woke up, and he didn't know why you were there… And you never said anything before I left?'.

'Well you left without any warning didn't you, I didn't really have a chance. That's why I'm trying now… to make up for it'.

Jade watched him closely for a while, her expression unreadable. 'Well, lets start again then shall we?'.

'What do you mean?'.

Jade smiled, leaning forward on the table 'I'm not really a 'wearing a fancy black dress and having an expensive meal' type of girl, I'm more the type of girl who wants a bowl of fries and a few drinks to be honest'.

Luke looked a little relieved 'well thank god, because that suits me better. Want another drink?'. She nodded with a grin.

Eddie had cleaned the bar and put all the stools up before either Jade or Luke noticed that it was so late in the night. They'd both had a fair amount to drink but they weren't drunk, just laughing and very comfortable around each other, which Jade was surprised about. Since returning from Israel she had been insecure about herself, but Luke seemed genuinely not to care about any of that.

They were the last ones to leave and it was dark and beginning to rain, neither of them had an umbrella or hoods on their jackets, though they'd had enough beers and whiskeys between them that they simply laughed, hurrying down the Seattle street and ducked into an alleyway between two buildings that was slightly covered by the roof of the adjoining restaurant.

Jade was completely soaked as her jumper wasn't waterproof and Luke was fairly damp himself, laughing as he moved a wet lock of hair off Jade's face that was plastered to her.

Their eyes met for a second and then they were kissing, neither sure who had initiated it. Jade had her back against the wall and Luke held his hands on her face, kissing her as if his life depended on it as Jade kissed back.

After a while they parted, both breathing heavily, breath mingling between them as they looked at each other closely.

'I'm gonna marry you one day Jade Grey, just wait and see'.

Jade could still feel her heart racing and her blood singing in her ears, almost delirious after the passion of the kiss. 'Bold words Sawyer'.

He leant down and kissed her again, this time it was soft and gentle rather than fiercely passionate 'you're not the type of girl I can just forget about Jade, and I'm not intending to'.

Jade smiled despite the pelting rain and rose up on the balls of her feet so she was almost the same height as Luke, a smile on her face 'well, I'm glad to hear it'.

The kissed again, both unaware of how far they would actually come in the next few years.

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