Jake kissed the top of her head. "It's not stupid at all." he whispered to her.
"Well out of my free spirit, I won't be going anywhere." She made a face. "But let me warn you, I can't cook."
"No! Of course not! I want to stay with you forever!" She put out her wrists as if to say snap on the handcuffs. "Looks like your stuck with me."
Jake put a comforting arm around her and hugged her, unsure what to say. He smiled at her gentally.
Twilight stumbled a little, stunned. "Well...yeah!" She smiled genuinly. "You...want to stay with me after all this?"
"How much worse?" He mumbled, remembering how she'd reacted to their fake fight a few days ago.
Jacob smiled clumsily. "Thanks. Good to know you aren't sick of me already."
Jake let out a breath. Breath that he had been holding since he'd asked her the question. "You know...you don't have to if you don't want." He said suddenly, wondering if she was just being nice again. "It's your choice."
Twilight nodded silently, tryiny to imagine what things would be like after everything was all over. The thoughts made her eager to move on. Eager to finish the evils of the world. "Let's treck onward then." She smiled at Gharanth, hoisting her brown pack higher on her shoulder. "Shall we?"
Jake waited patiently, pulling at a loose thread in the ratty sneaker while his mind buzzed. The silence was pounding on his ears. "And...?"
"Yeah?" Jake leaned against the wall, pretending to be interested with a hole in his sneaker. "So...have you thought about my...suggestion earlier?"
"No worries. The techers here are like zombies. I doubt they noticed you were gone at all." Jake smiled and sat down next to her. "Wachya doing?"
"I will be fine, Gharanth. I will have you protecting me. But...who will protect you? That is what i worry about."
Jake sighed. "I guess I should get this over with." He stepped out of the room, walking down the hall. He walked past Alyce flipping through one of her sketch books and stopped. "Hey, Alyce? What's up?"
Twilight saw the sudden seriousness in Gharanth's eyes and nodded. "If you think it is right." She replied. "You know best."
"And how do I do that?" Jake sighed, looking out the small window in the room.
Jake froze."huh? But I thought....I thought Jasmine was Essence..."
Jake groaned. "Perfect." He shooved the flashlight deeper into his pocket. "So i guess i just walk up to her and ask her to give me the code that will destroy her. Just perfect."
Jake made a face. "Why not?"
"Essence..." Jake smirked a little but it was weak. "Gee...she's gonna be thrilled to see me after our last conversation." He chuckled driely, touching the flashlight in his pocket.
