Sweet Lies | Nathan Young [Misfits]

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"Jade...?"

She remained silent, her face betraying her state of shock.

Kelly kept scanning Jade's appearance with a confused look, like she wasn't trusting her eyes.

"So you're..." Kelly trailed off with her brows furrowed, and Jade avoided her gaze.

"Fuck..." Kelly hissed as she glared at Jade. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"You hid this from everyone ? From me? I thought we were friends! That means Jade isn't even your real name, fuckin' hell..." Kelly started to yell, and Jade didn't know if it were her powers speaking or her anger.

Jade cringed when Kelly raised her voice. "So what ? Everything was a lie? That's it? You think this is funny, yeah?"

Her eyes filled with tears. "No, it's not! I'm sorry, Kell. Please don't be mad. I just wanted to start over."

"Start over my fuckin' ass. Fuck you!" Kelly snapped before storming out, and Jade jumped slightly when the door slammed shut.

Jade wiped her tears away, smearing her makeup on her face and her hands. She didn't give a damn anymore as she left the bathroom and made her way towards the entrance.

She couldn't stop crying, and her loud sobs were drowned by the music of the club. Kelly was her closest friend, and she had ruined everything.

She was never going to escape her past, it would always come back to bite her in the ass.

"Jade!"

Her head snapped up when she heard the voice, revealing her face streaked with tears.

Simon was looking at her in worry, his thin lips curled down in a frown.

"Why are you crying, what's wrong?" He asked. "Is this because of your powers?"

He had barely reacted to her appearance.

Jade looked at him in shock. "Do you...?"

"I already know." He explained with a sheepish smile, and he quickly looked around to check if anybody had recognized her.

"What?" Jade asked, her brown eyes wide.

"Sally was getting suspicious, and I did some research on you. There is no info about Jade before your disappearance, like you never existed. I put two and two together, and my suspicions got confirmed when I saw pictures of you."

Simon draped his jacket over her head to hide her, and he placed a hand over her back to guide her. "Let's go out."

She wiped her tears and sniffled as she followed him outside. The cold air hit her and she sighed in relief.

Simon froze when he felt Jade wrap her arms around him to hug him tightly.

He pursed his lips as his hand awkwardly patted her back.

"Thank you..." She whispered.

Suddenly a blast startled both Simon and her, and they noticed a car catching on fire while Nathan had been pushed aside by a masked stranger.

"Oh my god!" Jade gasped.

"Jamie!" Nathan yelled in panic as he tried to look in the car. "Jamie!"

Simon patted her back, and he went after the limping stranger that had protected Nathan.

"Nathan!" Jade ran straight to him, but he  put a hand to stop her from going too close to the car.

"Careful!" He said quickly as his wide eyes kept searching for his brother.

His face was illuminated by the flames, and she could see the sheer worry on his face as well as the cuts and bruises.