I went through the pictures I'd taken with Aly during the past two years. One was a photo of me and her sharing a hug. Another was of me kissing her cheek.
"Jack!"
I looked up. It was Mom.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"I'm looking through some photos," I said.
"Of what?"
"Of me, Aly, Marco, Cass, Daria, and Eloise during the past two years."
Mom sighed. "Jack, we need to have a serious conversation."
"About what?"
"About Jon."
Jon was the head of security. He was hired after a certain run-in with Morty Reese back in Alexandria... and the less said about that the better. After the run-in, we hired Jon to make sure the island was 100% undetectable.
"Why are we talking about Jon?" I asked. I'd never hung out with Jon much. Neither did the others. Only the adults did.
Mom took a chair and sat down. "Jon was hired by Morty Reese to spy on us."
I dropped the phone. "Are you serious?"
"Yes. And he put bugs in your rooms." Mom inched closer. "I know about that time you kissed Aly two years back when she came back from Atlantis."
Dear god. I was in a lot of trouble.
"Jack," she said. "You know well that Aly's parents didn't want her dating back then. They didn't let her date you until about a few months ago."
"How did you-"
"If you're asking about Jon, let's just say he forgot to log out of his e-mail account. If you're asking about Aly, Nirvana questioned Jon and that's how we found the bugs.
"He told us where he left the bugs, so we went into your rooms and found them. They were under the beds."
"Anne."
Mom and I turned to look. There was Dad.
"I assume you've already talked to him about Aly." he said.
"Yes," Mom replied, her voice sharp.
He took a chair and sat next to Mom. "Jack," Dad began. "Aly's parents are not pleased. Neither are we."
He leaned forward and looked at me in the eye. "Assuming you're mother brought this up, Aly's parents did not allow her to date when you first kissed her."
"Jack, you're better than that," Mom said, disappointed. "You know not to date behind our backs."
"I wasn't dating behind your backs, I swear!" I cried. "She let me kiss her. She didn't mind. She had just come back from Atlantis. She..."
My voice trailed off. I knew what they were going to say next.
"We're going to meet with Aly's parents. And you can explain to them your side of the story. Let's go."
I stood up and followed after my parents, dreading what was about to come.
Hey, what's up? I'm going to write a separate fanfic for this one, and I may write another chapter focusing on the issue with Jon and Morty Reese from Aly's perspective. Once I have the other fanfic planned out in advance, I'll start writing it. For now, enjoy. :)