Let's write a song together

about this other world that you speak of

'cause I'd like to go there with you

Jace's hand was very close to mine. We were painting the remaining green area of the prop and I was trying not to mind the closeness. A little more and...

Jace moved his hand away and I sighed through my nose. I don't know if it was a sad or relieved breath. His effects on me are over the top. Stupid human boy.

'Looks like everyone left,' Jace said and I looked around me in surprise. Oh no...

'You didn't realize?' He asked me and I shook my head. 'You sure are a space case today huh...'

I scowled at him and he laughed as he casually pinched my cheek. 'You never forget to give me that look though.'

I pretended to bite at his hand to hide my blush and he pulled away. I went back to painting to distract myself but I realized that the last bit was done. Our work was finished.

Jace leaned back and stretched from beside me and I looked away when I saw his skin as his shirt pulled up. I tried to calm my heart. Seeing skin isn't a big deal, it's not a big thing.

His skin was paler than mine... I wonder if he ever swims.

Jace stood up to stretch a bit more and I started to put away the equipment into their box. Jace crouched down close next to me and helped me. Our hands brushed a few times and I managed not to make a big deal of that.

I honestly don't know how Jace has this effect on me. I have a mate. An un-rejected mate. Plus, Jace is human! Humans don't have soulmates... Do they? I groaned again. So confusing!

'Alright, that's it,' Jace stood up again and lent me his hand. I raised an eye, looking up at him from my place on the floor. In that position, as Jace looked down at me, giving me his hand, Jace seemed much more than a human to me.

And it made me nervous.

'Let's do something to get rid of all that stress you have,' he said and I considered scowling at him again. 'I don't want you to be a blood pressure patient.'

'Oh, whatcha gonna do? Make me dance?' I said, in order not to let what he said get to me. He cares enough not to want me to be a blood pressure patient. I am turning into such a hopeless romantic, I thought as I gave him my hand.

'Oh,' Jace said, a glint in his eye as if a light bulb just lit up. 'That's a great idea! Come on!' He pulled me up faster than I was ready for and quickly walked out of the backstage area, right onto the big stage. No way, I thought as I struggled not to trip over his legs. It was walking for him, but I had to be faster because of his long strides. Long-legged people... huff.

'Wait, you can't be serious,' I pulled my hand away from Jace's grip and stopped walking with him. 'Jace, I'm not dancing on stage!'

He stopped walking too. 'Why not?' He asked as if he really didn't know. This is a very respectable theatre! I don't know how many big plays have been conducted here! All those amazing people- 'There's no one here,' Jace said. I asked myself if I was always this stupid.

'But still! Do you know how popular this place is? How many celebrities have come here?' I said, knowing that there is no way he can reply to that. We simply cannot do whatever we want here. I am definitely not dancing here, no matter what Jace says.

'Exactly!' he said, and it felt like someone had slapped me. His eyes were so bright and his smile was huge right now. Why is he doing this? This reminds me of the old Jace... The thirteen year old Jace who was always such a prankster, and so much about fun... he always made me so much happy when my old pack got me down.

He's doing the same now.

'That is exactly why we should do whatever we want right now because no one is here! No one will ever know and no one will judge me if I just decided to take a nap on this stage right now!' He's so different right now. Is he being real? Is he being himself right now? Is this the real him? I felt the sudden urge to grin, I felt so happy. He makes me so happy.

'You're right,' I said slowly, even though I was thinking the complete opposite two seconds ago. There's no one here, so why not?

Jace's smile grew bigger and he pulled me towards the center of the stage. 'Stay here,' Jace told me, gesturing with both his hands and he ran off somewhere to the side, somewhere backstage. 'Where're you going?' I called out. 'You'll find out!' came his voice. With my werewolf hearing, I heard him moving towards another room backstage just before all the lights turned off. 'Sorry!' he yelled from all the way at the back and I laughed. The stage lights turned back on and there was also a spotlight on me.

I stood there, looking at the seats. What if there was an actual audience there? My ears burned a bit and I played with the hem of my shirt. Where was Jace anyway?

Just then, a familiar tune started playing through the speakers and my eyes widened. No way...

Jace suddenly appeared at the corner of the stage. He's so quick. Where'd he get this song so fast?

"She's got a way

Walks, talks like she's unafraid,"

'Jace...' I didn't know what to say but he smiled like he was very happy with himself 'I had this song on my phone, and I just plugged it to the speakers. Now come on! You said that you had a choreography for this song!'

'But Jace, that was so long ago!' I really didn't know if I knew the steps anymore! I'll totally mess up.

"She's got a way,"

'Oh, you can do it, Allyn! Just listen to the beats and the lyrics! Listen to the song!'

"With all the rules she decided to bend and break

Given the chance she'd do it all again, and again,"

I remembered when my mom used to position my arms for these lines. She was such a great dancer. The way she'd do it so gently.

"Oh! She wants the throne,"

But as soon as the music played, we'd give it our all, dancing like crazy, having fun. Sometimes, dad would walk in on us and join along. I looked at Jace. He stood there, a smile still on his face, anticipating my next move, thinking "Will I dance? Will I not?" I remembered how we used to laugh.

"Oh! She wants control!"

I want to laugh like that again.

I looked forward, at the empty seats and got into position. I'll show Jace how mom did it.

"I guess princess wasn't enough

Heart's like doves, she's the Queen of the clubs"

I heard Jace whistling and smiled as I did the steps. A little cat-walk, shake hands from above the head, bring them down, do a wink, hand on hip and smile. I remembered every little thing, every step that mom taught me. This was just one of those many songs we did together.

In the middle of the song, I couldn't stop myself from laughing at Jace's expression of awe and called him towards me. I showed him how to do the step and he didn't hesitate at trying but it was awful and we laughed hard.

"I guess princess wasn't enough"

'No Jace, put your hand like that!' I told him, trying not to laugh. 'I am trying, Jessie! Why aren't I getting it right already!' I cracked up and he stood up straight, grinning because he made me laugh and shook his head. 'I give up, Queen,' I raised an eyebrow. Queen, huh? And he also called me Jessie again. 'Well, since I am Queen, I order you to try again.'

This time Jace raised an eyebrow. And he looked so hot doing it. 'Order?' He asked, a smirk coming onto his lips.

Grey got out the car, carrying his bag. He looked up at the hotel. Finally here, he thought. He shut the door and walked towards the reception. Jessie's gonna so surprised.

'Why do I have to do what you said, again?' I whined as Jace walked backstage again and I followed him. 'Because you're gonna love it,' He said, simply. 'And how do you know what I'll love?' I questioned as he unplugged his phone. 'Because I know you,' he answered. Then he made a face 'Kind of.'

I gave him an outrageous expression 'What's that supposed to mean?' He walked towards the lights switch and started turning off all the lights in the theatre. I kept following him like a puppy. 'Well, you change like the wind, I'm never sure what you'll do next, just like we can't be sure which direction the wind will blow next. Or was that reference too dramatic?' This time, I leant forward and pinched his cheek as he had his cute confused expression on.

'See that's the second time you've touched my face today and I didn't expect it either time.'

I smiled 'That's because I'm like the wiiiiiiiiind,' I drawled out as I twirled around. Jace laughed before he grabbed my hand and gently pulled me.

'What do you mean "Allyn's not here?"' Grey asked, shock, worry and anger filling him. He was not used to all these mood swings that came along with liking someone, but he wouldn't let that get in the way of liking Jessie. 'Where else is she?'

'I don't know, man. Maybe she's with that girl Ashley?' the boy said, getting a bit nervous at Grey's sudden change of expression.

He had already checked with Ashley. Dammit, where was Jessie? Was she kidnapped? Is she hurt? Did she fall off the cliff? He rubbed his face, groaning. Where was she?

I have to find her, he thought as he left the wing assigned to the boys.

'Where're you taking me, Jace?' I said, my voice low as Jace led me out the back door of the theatre. 'Are you trying to kidnap the Queen?' The theatre was completely dark now but there was moon light outside. And trees. Why is there a forest behind the hotel? Well, it's actually just a couple of trees. Kind of cool.

'Yes I am,' he replied, his voice low as well. It's funny how casually we were playing around with each other now. I felt so much closer to him.

'To think I am trusting you enough to take me somewhere alone,' I said, trying to calm my heart. We were holding hands. 'At night, that too,' I added.

'Why, are you scared I'll do something to you?' he asked and I could hear the smirk in his voice. We were walking along some path, away from the buildings and into what seemed like a large group of trees.

'You couldn't even if you tried,' I retorted, meaning it. I'm one of the strongest in my species and he's just a human.

'Maybe I'll try then,' he his head to look at me as we continued walking. His eyes sparkling because of the natural light. So pretty...

'Is that a threat?' I asked, not taking my eyes off of his, not because I felt threatened, but because I couldn't miss this view. He shrugged 'I'm not a very violent person, if that's what you're asking,'

'Glad to know, Jace.'

'Glad to let you know, Allyn,' I ignored the pang in my chest when he called me Allyn again. I miss the way he said Jessie without even realizing.

'We're almost there,' he said and I snapped out of my thoughts to properly look around me. There was some light coming from the left side of the trees in the path and Jace was taking me there.

'What is this place-' I gasped. We were standing near the edge of a small cliff. In front of us the hill continued sloping down and far away the golden lights of a town sparkled. 'Woah...' I whispered.

'It's prettier than I expected,' Jace said from behind me. I was barely blinking so that I could properly take in the scenery 'It's so beautiful, honestly.'

'This is my chance to be cheesy and tell you that you're more beautiful,' Jace said with an emotionless voice making me turn around to hit him, because I didn't know how else to react, but I was not expecting him to be so close to me and banged into him instead, hurting my nose again. 'Ungh Damn you Jace.'

'But I just complimented you,' he said and I knew that he was smiling now.

'You know what for!' How did I not realize how close he was? Don't say things like that, or I really won't know what to do.

'You don't want me to compliment you anymore?' he asked, innocently.

'I didn't say that!' We were standing so close to each other.

He put his fingers around the wrist of my hand that I was holding my nose with and pulled it closer to him. 'So you do want me to compliment you?'

I felt myself turning red. 'I didn't say that, e-either.' Don't do this, Jace.

He took my hand and pulled it to his face, close enough to touch his cheek. My heart was beating fast again. 'Then what do you want me to do?' Kiss me.

I gulped. His eyes were looking into mine, a golden tint in them because of the lights. I'm sure my own pupils were dilating, looking into his beautiful ones. This was unfair. He can see everything. How can I hide anything now?

He put the back of my hand to his lips and softly kissed it. I gasped. 'J-Jace,' Do you like me too? 'What...?'

I was frozen as he turned my hand and kissed my palm.

'Do you like me?' He asked as he held my hand to his cheek.

'No,' You're human.

'Are you lying?' his eyes didn't leave mine.

'Maybe,' But I can't control myself.

'Right now, right this moment,' his voice sent shivers down my spine in the best way possible. 'What do you want me to do?'

'Do you want me to be honest?' I asked, my voice somehow not quivering.

'Always,' Jace replied.

'I want you to kiss me, Jace,' I said, clearly looking up at him. He was beautiful in the moon light. I wonder if he thought I was beautiful too. 'I want you to kiss me but I don't know what will happen if you do, and I honestly don't care anymore,' I put my hands on his chest. 'Please, just kiss me.' He's finally driven me insane.

'Are you sure?' He asked. Why is he even asking, he should just do it already.

As if seeing the desperation in my eyes, he leant down and connected our lips. He did it so fast, I barely had any time to close my eyes. I could see the eyelashes on his closed eyes, even though my sight was a bit unfocused because of his closeness. Jace was kissing me.

All sound was suddenly cut off as I shut my eyes and just felt his lips on mine. I felt like I was moving into this whole other world, with only Jace and no one else. I took control of the hand that Jace was holding to his cheek and slid it behind his neck so that he would hold me if I lost my balance; my legs were starting to feel useless anyway. My heart was running a marathon. I forgot that I had no idea what to do at all, because Jace lead me through it all. He slid his fingers up my arm and cupped my cheek. I could feel the blood rushing to my head.

We broke away but stayed in the same position, gasping for breath. That was long and short at the same time. I immediately wanted more. I don't know where I gained the confidence from, but then I used the hand that was behind Jace's neck and pulled him back down, putting my lips back on his. I felt him smiling against my lips and pulled away just slightly. 'What?' I asked, my lips grazing his as I spoke. 'You're a Queen alright,' he said and I let out a short laugh before he made our lips touch again. It all felt so good and I moaned, shocking myself. I broke away with a gasp. Jace laughed. 'So you're a loud one, huh?' 'Shut up Jace. I don't know what that was,' I said, turning red.

I looked up at him, kind of embarrassed and saw him wearing a smile just before he properly put him arms around me and embraced me in a hug. 'I've waited for this for so long.'

That surprised me. 'Y-you have?'

'Yeah. I have.' His chin was on my head and my chin was on his shoulder. His arms were around my waist. I don't think I was ever more comfortable in my life.

'Why?' I asked sincerely. Why would he honestly want me when he had so many other options? I'm not always insecure but this question had to be asked. Jace could do so much better.

'Because I only want you. No questions. Just you.'

'Are you joking?'

'I'm trying to be truthful and romantic at the same time. Is that a sin?'

I laughed again. Why is he so perfect?

Grey had searched all over the hotel. Jessie wasn't at the cafeteria, the swimming, the movie theatre, or her room. No one he asked had seen her, either.

Where is she? He asked himself as he put a hand though his hair. Where did she go?

He was on the way to the only place remaining: the theatre.

She'd better be here.

After making sure that no one could see him, he used his werewolf speed to travel right to the big door and tried the handle. It opened.

We were sitting on the ground, with our legs dangling off the edge. There was not a long way down until the ground below us. We were not worried about the height as I could jump down and land on my feet. With the view in front of us, this place was perfect.

I looked up at the sky. The stars could be seen and they were very bright.

'Do you ever just count the stars?' I asked Jace, who sat next to me.

He hummed yes. 'In fact, I like doing it whenever I can look up at the night sky.'

I looked at him 'Really?' He looked up at the sky and the entire position of his body, it was like he was posing for some picture. I decided that I would paint him like this sometime. He was too beautiful.

'Yeah,' his Adam's apple bobbed. 'There are these three stars that I always search for.' He put a hand up to the sky, pointing with his index finger. 'They form a line. They look so beautiful and bright that I don't know, every time I see them, I feel at home.'

'At home?' I asked, puzzled 'Are they special to you for some reason?'

Jace then looked at me, making me hold my breath again. He had a small smile on his lips. It looked kind of sad. 'They remind me of someone.'

Immediately, there was a pang in my chest. I told myself that I was being irrational. It could be anyone; it doesn't have to be a girl. Anyway, Jace likes me now. He told me. And if he didn't, he wouldn't be sitting here with me right now; he wouldn't have kissed me.

I didn't ask him who it reminded him of. I could find that out later. Right now, I just want to enjoy his company; enjoy this moment. I scooted closer to him and he put his arm around my shoulder, surprising me. I looked up at him. His lips were so close. He looked at me. We kissed again.

He's the one.

'Wait,' Jace broke away suddenly. What? Did I do something wrong? Am I that bad at kissing?

'Remember that box I gave you?' He asked.

I nodded, feeling it in my pocket. Is it time to open it? I removed it and showed it to Jace. He smiled.

'Well what are you waiting for?' He asked, making me grin. 'Can I really open it?' I tried to be sure and he nodded excitedly.

I pulled the ribbon, getting satisfied at how smoothly it came off. I glanced at Jace one time before I took off the lid of the box and gasped.

'Jace...' 'Take it out!' He was excited at my expression. 'No, Jace, I can't-' 'Why not? You don't like it?'