After eating dinner there wasn't really much to clean up but the boys somehow magically it seemed disappeared. I smiled as I helped Emily and Kim clean up. After a minute or two I look over at Emily as she is putting the stuff away. "Can I steal Kim for a second, I have a question for her?"

Emily smiled. "Yes go ahead."

I dragged Kim out the back door with me. Only to see Paul and Jared standing out there taking quietly. I smiled giving him a little wave before pulling Kim over to the side a little so they would hopefully not be able to hear us.

She smiled. "Okay what is it?"

I shyly looked over at Paul and Jared again. "I can't explain it but every time I look at Paul I get these butterflies in my stomach. I mean all he does is really stare at me though."

Kim nodded and smiled. "It's okay. I can yell at him to get him to stop staring at you."

I giggled for a second. Kim was a little taller than I was and Paul was head and shoulders taller than me. It would be funny to see but then again I have watched my mother and father do physical things against each other and I do them against the guys on the SRU. It's always fun getting to challenge yourself.

Kim looked at me and saw that I was worried. She pushed past me and walked right over to Paul. She was glaring up at him and having a very quiet conversation with him. I could see Jared's face he was smirking at both Kim and Paul. Laughing almost it looked like at his girlfriend before snaking his hands around her body and kissing her neck.

She turned and looked over at me with a smile and then nodded towards Paul. I know what she wanted. I shook my head and walked back into the house walking over to Quil sitting down on the couch next to him. "So care to tell me what we are doing in math now?"

"Um ya I guess I could." He fished in his bag for a book and handed it to me. "It's all in there chapter 2 right now."

I laughed handing him back the book. "I don't want to read that I just want to know the topic for the lessons right now. Why can't you just tell me like you said that you would?"

He laughed for a second. "Well that would be no fun. But if you really want to know we are doing this funny thing with area."

I nodded and smiled at him. "Well that wasn't so hard. And I'll find out about the other things on Monday. But is Jared taking me home still?"

Sam smiled at me. "Ya he is. Did you want to go right now?"

I yawned. "Ya I do. I'm getting really tired it's been a long day and I just want to go to bed."

He smiled getting up going to the door. About a minute later he walks back and all three of them walk back inside.

Paul walks over to me. "So I scared you that badly that you want to go home?"

I shook my head leaning up into him. "No I've just tired and want to get some sleep. I've been up since before 4 this morning and I'm really tired."

He nodded "Well Jared and Kim are going to his house so do you mind if I walk you home?"

I shook my head making sure I had everything I needed before giving Kim a hug and walking towards the front door. It was just after 7 so it wasn't that cold out. I put my sweater on though. Paul walked beside me quietly looking down.

"So where did you move from?" he smiled at me taking his focus off of the ground.

"Toronto, Ontario. Actually we lived in Markham most of the time that I've lived with Sam and Jules." I smiled up at him. Man I was still lost right now and it was a feeling that I would never get used to.

He looks at me confused for a second and I realize that he probably doesn't understand. But he lets it go which I'm thankful for. It's not exactly the story that I want to be getting into the first time I meet a guy especially one this umm hot.

"Is Emily's house always that loud?"

He nodded his head. "Usually it is louder. Sam kept us pretty quiet tonight. I think that was for your sake so don't expect it to be that quiet ever again."

I looked up at him that had been loud even compared the SRU on some days I couldn't imagine it being louder in that small house and silently hoped that I never saw that.

We walked in silence for a little while and I was happy about that it was nice just to not have to think about everything. When we got to the house all the lights were still off and although I was extremely nervous about being alone a small town and really not knowing anything I wanted someone there with me. I small smile reached my lips as I looked up at Paul. He was just gazing down at me.

"Listen, I don't know if you have any other plans tonight but I really don't want to be alone out here? You mind staying for a bit at least until my dad or mom gets back?"

He smiled down at me following me into the house and up to my room which was still full of boxes. "Your father won't be mad about me being in here will he?"

I shrugged at him not too worried about it. Knowing my father probably has already checked out all the guys in the group as well as Kim and Emily too. "Don't worry nothing will happen. If you are that worried I'll give him a call and get him to talk to you alright?"

He nodded still looking really nervous about this as I walked over to the phone and dialed the number.

"SRU"

"Hi Winnie. It's Jordan is my dad around anywhere?"

"Um one sec." I could hear her shuffling around on her desk looking for something. "Your father is out on a call right now with Sarge and Ed. Is everything okay?"

I picked up the phone. It always sent my heart racing when he was out on a call. "Um ya everything is fine." It was hard to make my voice sound even.

Less than a second later Spike picked up the phone and Paul pushed the speaker button again so that he could hear what was going on. He had gotten really close to me and was hugging up to my body.

"Jordan, its Spike. Why did you want to talk to your dad?"

"I have a friend here with me because I am scared to be by myself right now at the house and out of respect I think he wanted to make sure it was okay with Sam that he was over at the house with me alone."

I could hear Spike laughing on the other end with Lou as if they were both listening to the conversation. "Jordan, I'm sure it will be fine with your father that he is over there just as long as all your clothes stay on."

I smiled a little. "Okay Spike. Thanks for this. We still have a date tomorrow to work on baby cakes right?"

"Yes we do Miss Braddock. You are to be here at the station at 8 am tomorrow and ready to work until lunch and then you are free to do as you please. Except go out with whichever boy is over at your place right now unless we know his name?"

I giggled a little looking at Paul. "Paul Walker"

It was funny to hear Spike's voice go all commanding for a second there. "Okay Paul Walker. You may stay with Jordan until either Sam or Jules get home. At that time if they have a problem with you staying have them call me. Are you clear?"

Paul looked at me almost intimidated. "Yes I am clear on that."

I giggled even louder. "Okay bye Spike I'll see you in the morning." I hung up the phone and walked back to my room and started to put things away.

Paul was standing at the door of the room just leaning on the door frame watching me put random things away. "If you want to do something in one of the boxes over there, there are movies if you want we do have the DVD player set up in the living room we could watch one if you found one that you like?"

He smiled and started to poke through the movies one by one just looking to see what I had in there. Until he pulled one out and looked at it with an evil smile on his face. "I haven't seen this one in forever. Let's go watch it." I got a little nervous for a second before I saw the title of the movie.

"That is actually my father's movie. I don't like scary ones very much I tend to scream all the way through them. But he put it in there because he didn't want my mom to see it and yell at him for bringing it."

Paul smiled and sighed as they heard a car pull into the driveway, he went and looked out the window. "It's a red Toyota Camry that just pulled in. do you know it?"

I nodded and smiled. "That's my mom's car, she was supposed to be working right now. She sent me a text during dinner to let me know she was staying and working all night."

Jules walked in the door and smiled walking towards Jordan's room. "Hi Jordan, how was the … Oh, hello um who are you?"

I looked up and realized that my mother was standing in my doorway looking between me and Paul very calmly. "Um sorry, mom this is Paul. Paul this is my mother. Paul was one of the guys who showed me around the school then took me to a friend of his for dinner. I asked dad don't worry and I tried to get ahold of dad to tell him about Paul staying right now but he is out on a call but on the good news Spike said it was ok and if you had a problem with it you could get ahold of him and talk to him about it."

Paul had stood there very calmly the entire time just looking at me just keeping all his focus on me. I got up and was continuing to put things away around my room as my mom took everything in. Yet when Paul spoke it pulled me from what I was doing and drew me to his face to find it calm still. "Mrs. Braddock I am sorry for being here. I walked Jordan home from Sam Ulley's place and she was scared to be at the house alone. So I said I would stay but she needed to get ahold of her parents and ask."

Jules nodded. "Jordan, can I see you in the kitchen for a second please? Paul, you can just have a seat we will only be a second."

I got up and followed Jules into the kitchen and leaned up against the counter looking at her. "Mom what is it?"

"So you called the station and Sam was out on a call so Spike told you that you were allowed to have a boy over? You mind if I check on this story of yours?"

I shook my head. "I called from the house phone. It was Winnie who picked up the phone both times once about dinner and the other time about Paul staying here with me." I watched as Jules pulled out her cell phone. I knew she was going to call Spike on his cell just to make sure she wasn't going to go through Winnie if she didn't have to this also saved a bit if he had left and gone home for the night.

She talked in almost a whisper that I couldn't hear anything coming from her mouth. But when she removed the phone from her ear she smiled at me. "Okay you are off the hook young lady but Spike said not too late if you are still scared when you go to go to sleep he can sleep on the couch in the living room. If Sam gets home and finds him in your room there is a rock wall that needs some cleaning tomorrow afternoon?"

I nodded before giving her a hug and running back to my room. Yelling bye to her. When I got to the door of my room I found Paul going through some of my old drawings that had been up in my room when I moved out of my parent's place and into the foster system. Sam had insisted that I don't put them up but I had kept them as a reminder to myself of where I had come from.

I walked up over to the bed almost in tears, grabbing the picture out of his hands. "I wouldn't look at those if I were you they come from a really dark time in my life and a time when I wasn't with Sam and Jules."

He got up off the bed and came over taking the picture out of my hands and placing it face down on the dresser so he didn't look at it before pulling me into his chest and grabbing a different movie off the stack he had there pulling me into the living room.

"Well I think we need to cheer you up there Jordan so I say we watch one of my all-time favourite movies and you happen to have it in your big stack there." He went over to the DVD player and put the movie in before returning to sit with me on the couch. Still not letting me see the case of it. "So while you were in the kitchen, Jared called and asked if you wanted to go shopping with Kim tomorrow in Port Angelus it is a beautiful city besides Jared and I have to work anyway so she can pick you up in the afternoon and then take you to Sam's place for dinner again if you'd like."

I nodded. "Is it that far from Seattle to Port Angelus?"

He shook his head. "Not bad actually, maybe a little more than half an hour to where you'd be going shopping. But there is a deal here if you want to do this. Jared and I have Friday night off so I was wondering if you wanted to go out kind of as a double date thing with us. Friday is a holiday from school so it would be fairly simple for you to come out and hopefully not have to get up really early in the morning to go into Seattle and work or anything."

I looked at him shocked. The movie was starting and I had missed the title again so caught in the brown of his eyes. I shook my head running my hands over my face; I was turning into a girly girl. "Um I'll have to ask and make sure it is alright but I don't see there being a problem with that. Although you might have to come pick me up from the station on Friday, if it is a holiday from school."

He sighed and smiled down at me. "Well if that is the worst thing that has to happen then I guess I can do it. But be warned that might mean Jared and I are the ones who are picking what we are doing so it could be funny." He laughed a little as we settled down to watch Inspector Gadget.

I can't say I remember the movie ending but at 2:30 I woke up in my bed still in the clothes I had worn all day. I very slowly made my way into the living room to find that Paul was asleep on the couch and Sam's car was in the driveway. I wasn't sure who had put me into my room but I was feeling a little stiff. Back in Toronto it was around 5:30 and that explained why I was awake. I moved back to my room quietly grabbing my sketch book and going to draw.