The Stranger I Met

Never Be The Same

A/N : Before starting, I just want to clear one thing about Sebastian Hamilton, Jason's father. When Jason asks Aurora if she knows him, her reply was with a tone of obviousness: " Who doesn't!"

So to make it more relatable, just imagine if someone would have asked you who Bill Gates was. That is what I had in mind while introducing the character.

Thanks, now go enjoy.

In third grade, our moral science teacher, Ms Winnie asked us to write a paragraph on what we wish for the most. I had written about wanting to go back in time. She was really surprised with my choice and had asked me the reason for it.

I don't remember what I had said back then word for word but I'm pretty sure it was something lame. But now, if Ms Winnie would ask me why, I would definitely hand down a list to her with finding out about my dad's critical condition being on top followed by my mother's reality. My boyfriend being probably the richest guy on earth would be third on that list and number four was busy engulfing me in a hug.

" Oh my goodness, dear." Jenna says finally breaking away from me." Look at you, you've gone so thin!"

" Jenna!" I repeat myself like a lunatic and look up at Jason, who is standing on my right, to confirm what I had heard. He nods and mouths the word mom at me.

I look back at Jenna, expecting to spot something billionaire- ish about her, something I had ignored before, just like Jason, but she was the same cute strawberry blonde with a permanent chipper attitude.

" I'm guessing he told you about Meredith." Aunt May joins in and my mouth presses into a thin line. Both women get the answer." Oh, you poor thing." Jenna says and runs her fingers along my hairline trying to move away the hair falling in my eyes.

" Come on, we'll take you home. I'm sure you can use some homemade baked goods and loads of molten chocolate." She smiles at the end of the sentence and kisses my cheek. A sudden warmth spreads through my chest and I remember how no one had done that in a long time, apparently everyone is obsessed with kissing my forehead.

" Home?" I finally ask, thinking about her whole proposal. Jason and Jenna exchange a knowing look and grin. Jenna speaks first." Yes, dear. Our real home."

" Finally!" Jason sighs.

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Alec was back on driver duty. Jenna had called shotgun, which was... well...Jenna, making it all the more difficult for me to place her in the position of the Sebastian Hamilton's wife.

Their relation got me thinking about my conversation with Jenna when we were baking together at their "home". In the process of trying to dig some information, I kept commenting on how lucky the man who held her heart is, hoping she would tell me something about him.

My nose scrunches up at my adamancy back then.

" Jenna?"

" Hmm?" She replies from the front of the Bentley while fiddling with the radio, not settling on any song. " Umm, I'm really sorry."

" About what?" She twists her neck to look at me over her shoulder with her arm still stretched towards the tuner.

" The time when we were experimenting on cakes and I kept saying-" She waves her free hand in my direction, dismissing me before I can complete my apology and turning her attention back to the radio.

" Oh please, dear. It's totally fine. You are stubborn, in a positive way, just like your father. Ah." She finally settles on a song I've never heard before.