Dirty Little Secret

Dinner and Watching

Jason's POV

     Waking down the hallway, Nick is right behind me as I lead the two of us down to the lunch hall where you can hear the sounds of other students eating .

     When we walk in, a few people look up at us but go right back to paying attention to the food around them and each other, laughing and talking about how excited they are to be here. It's easy to find Luis and Clary along with her friend but I can feel my lip want to curl into a snarl when I see Nathan seated with the three as well.

     'We could always kill him.' Ryan tries to tell me and I tell my wolf no, still getting used to having the be the only voice of reason between the four of us, for once.

     We walk towards the table, Nick right behind me and I sit down next to Luis, and watch with a tight jaw as he hesitantly goes to sit in the only seat left available beside Nathan. The human immediately begins talking to him and I turn my attention towards Luis who looks amused and Clary who looks on apologetically.

    "Sorry Jace, it's just.." She starts but I cut her off.

     "I know." I tell her and she breaths a sigh of relief before smiling at me.

     "He's going to drown out your scent with his own." Luis tells me when the two get up to go get some food, though thankfully they both keep their hands to themselves.

     "That's the point. He gets pouty when I wash his scent off in the shower and this was the compromise." I tell him and the two of us chuckle before he slides his plate over to me and my mouth forms a thin line. "You should eat." I tell him, even if it was my idea to drag him up here away from her.

      "I ate. Not hungry anymore." He tells me and I sigh but don't push him.

     "Have you called her yet?" I ask and he nods his head as I dig into my food.

      Luis was one of the supernaturals that I know that doesn't look forward to finding his Knot because he already found the love of his life in a human girl. She went to watch him, back when he was first getting the hang of his magic, and he lost control and ended up burning her face and body harshly. Now the left side of her face, neck and shoulder has a permanent scar and while she still loves him, Luis has grown to hate himself and his powers.

    It took him a whole year to use it again and become the prodigy he is today after what happened between the two of them.

    He still blames himself and it was selfish of me to ask him to come, but we both know it was Eliza who told him he should get away for a vacation so he wouldn't be fussing over her all day long.

     Nathan and Nick get back and we all engage into a conversation about school, taking about different classes and teachers and complaining about all we have to do in each class. While we talk, I can't help but stare at Nick as much as I can, his eyes only able to meet mine for a couple of seconds before he looks away, his ears in a permanent state of red.

     After we're done eating some people go back to their rooms while others drifts between the different rooms downstairs, the whole place being rented out for our school for the next week.

    Luis, Clary and I all end up in the game room while Nick and Nathan talk in the TV room, and I let them be, even if the possessiveness of my Rut is making me want to go in there and snatch him away from the human who's goal is to sweep Nick off of his feet. "You're brooding." I hear and turn to find Clary looking at me with a funny face and sticking her tongue out at me and I roll my eyes.

     "And you're annoying." I tell her and she scoffs.

     "I'm the best sister ever because my best friend is a Witch and you can never say otherwise." She says sassily and I think about it before I answer. 

      "You're friend would make a better sister because she's the Witch. You're still annoying." I tell her and laugh when she reaches over to hit me. "You looking for a sister?" I ask Luis who looks Clary over and shakes his head.

     "Too tiny." He says with a smirk and the two of us snicker at Clary's crosses arms.

      I hear someone coming towards us and find Nick standing a few feet away, shuffling and his hands behind his back. I look down at my phone and see that it's almost ten o'clock.

    "Whats up?" I ask him.

     "I'm going to lay down." He tells me and I nod.

     "You have a key?" I ask, checking my pockets to make sure I don't have both of them.

      "He wants you to go with him." Luis tells me lowly and I roll my eyes.

      "I know what he wants."

       "I have mine." Nick tells me and I stop looking and turn back to him with a smile and a nod, going to go back to our conversation before he speaks up again. "Can you come lay with me?" He says softly but loud enough for me to hear and I waste no time in walking away from the pool table we were all standing around.

      "Of course. All you gotta do is ask." I tell him with a wink and he giggles and blushes before Clary and Luis give a wave good night and Nick and I make our way upstairs to go to sleep.

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I love how Jason encourages Nick every day to speak up for himself and be vocal about what he wants and needs. He's such a good brother and Mate.

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