In the city of love. (DirkJake.)

Chapter 3

You arrive back in the apartment and your Nanna is no where in sight, you're afraid you're too late, you hear foot steps, they're very light, you know its Jade. She looks tense yet relieved, she lets out a heavy sigh. You know what this is about.

"Is she okay..?" You ask, at this point the silence was killing you. She swallowed thickly

"I-I'm not sure.." she said, she ran her fingers through her temples messing her hair up with the simple motion.

"One of us will have to quit our job..I mean we can't leave Nanna here like this." She finally said,

"I can't quit my job," You argue. "It's the only way we keep this roof over our head!" She nodded, "But Jake, I'm no good at taking care of her. I can't even lift her!" She said back. There was a long silence.

"Jake?" She finally spoke, "Don't you work for the Striders?"

You look at her, a brow quirked. "Yes I do, and what exactly are you getting at?" Jade got a small smile on her face. "They're rich. You could always ask for a loan."

"Jade...I don't think I could, besides, Nanna wouldn't want that.." Jade sighed and pulled her hair up in a ponytail "Yeah, you're right," she frowned. Her eyes then lit up, "I have to go to the market, I just remembered." She put her flats on. "No no, I'll go." You offer, she smiled a bit. "Thanks, but you don't have to." You wave it off, "I don't like when you're out this late. Especially since Jack Nior has been taking snatching people and doing who knows what to them," You say while putting on your green trench coat. You head out after you give Jade a kiss on the forehead.

At the market place there are many things, you wish Jade would've specified what you guys needed. It was very inconvenient,

GT:Hey, Jade. What exactly do we need from the store?

GG:umm...we need bread, eggs, milk, sugar, and uh..i need another bra.

GT:Is that why you wanted to do the shopping?

GG:yep!! but you beat me to it so now you'll be doing the dirty work :D

GT:Gadzooks...

You get most of the groceries and when you finally get the eggs, you bump into someone. A very familiar frame, you look up at him—it was Dirk. You blush madly and hope he doesn't look at you. But its almost like he read your mind. He looked down.

"Jake?"

"H-Hello Strider." You still stumble over your words and it makes you blush even more. "Listen, about earlier. I'm really sorry.." You begin, "It's just my Nanna is really sick and I was needed at home...and—"

He interrupts

"It's fine, I understand, but how about you and I do something? Say maybe this weekend? I think you're really interesting. I like it."

At the comment you're bashful, "I-I'd like that, but Strider. I can't leave my Nanna unattended she's much too weak to care for herself and I wouldn't want to burden Jade with such a responsibility..." at this point you had to keep yourself from rambling. Dirk nodded

"Yeah, cool..but how about we meet at your place?" He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, "I-I mean...I really want to get to know you." He was absolutely dear to you. You smile and take his hands into your own.
"I'd love that."