Jake sat in the living room and stared at the far wall. He had been doing a lot of sitting and staring lately. He didn't know what else to do. He needed something to distract him but he spent most of his time sitting and thinking. He not only felt out of place in the house, but useless. And he was wondering if it wouldn't be a good idea to just get his memory wiped and leave.

*Kiley walked into the room and leaned in the doorway. She looked at him and sighed* "Are you okay?" *She asked quietly, looking up from the ground. She felt so guilty...he looked so sad.*

He sighed also. "I'm okay." he lied, looking away from her. "How have you been? I haven't seen you in a while." Jake hadn't been avoiding her but he hadn't been trying very hard to find her either. He didn't say anything else. He didn't know how he was supposed to start the conversation he knew they needed to have.

*Kiley pushed off from the wall and grabbed a chair, pulling it closer to him. She sat down, hugging her legs to her chest and resting her chin on her knees* "I don't know....okay I guess." *She spoke quietly, obviously tired* "I heard you talked to Rogue the other day about us...well...." *She paused, then mumbled* "About me..." *Kiley looked up at him from the ground.*

"So she talked to you?" he asked, not sounding surprised. He sighed heavily. He looked straight st her when he spoke. "So..." he assumed that she already knew whay he suspected and he wanted to hear what she had to say, but he didn't know how to ask the question without sounding like a jerk. "What do you have to say about it?" he sounded completely uncaring even though he was so nervous.

"I haven't done anything with Milo, Jake." *She said, looking him dead in the eyes. Kiley found strength in his lack of caring and was able to continue* "But...I do like him, Jake. At least I think I do." *She kept watching him for his reaction.*

"You think you do? You don't know?" He sounded skeptical yet still uncaring. "Maybe you should make up your mind." he said. He wasn't really angry, he was more hurt. He didn't want her to know that though. Before he mght have let his guard down in front of her, but now it was different.

*Kiley looked up at him, obviously hurt* "Jake, I'm really sorry....." *She looked away, then back to him* "You were there for me when I needed someone the most, and you don't know how much that ment to me..."

"But you don't need me anymore..." he said, feeling even worse now. He felt like she had just used him until she could find someone better. He sounded s little upset this time insted of aloof.

"I never said that. I just....." *She sighed and looked at Jake* "It jsut never really seemed like you were all that interested." *She admitted* "And that was perfect at first, because I was afraid to push my limits, but now that I'm learning to cope with it..." *She looked up at him* "I'm really sorry Jake."

He thought back and he knew she was right. He had kept his distance througout the entire time they were going out and all they did was fight. Now he wished he could go back and fix it, but it was too late. He wasn't going to try. "It doesn't matter. Like you said, I was never that interested." he replied. "That's why I left Hogwarts to go into hiding with you. That's why I went to war against my family." He was speaking calmly, he figured it would have more of an effect than showing any emotion. That would show that he actually cared. "Oh, and I don't think I told you, I'm broke. My parents aren't going to give any of my money because I came here with you." He didn't want her to feel bad for him, but bad about herself. "I hope Milo's good enough for you." he rose and walked toward the door. He knew where he was going. Back to his family...Maybe they would take him back. He thought he would be better off if he left.

you can't stay with someone out of obligation...you just can't..it's not how it works... *She kept trying to remind herself over and over, but no matter how many times she said it to herself she still couldn't shake the guilt* "Jake.....please don't do this...." *She said, standing as well.* "Don't go...we need you here...."

"No you don't. I'm not doing anyone any good here. I should have just gone with my family in the first place." He said, he was obviously feeling a little sorry for himself. He thought he had a right. She had almost killed him besides everything else he'd done for her. He was risking his life just by being around her. It wasn't the fact that she wanted to break up with him, but the fact that it was for someone else.

"I wish you wouldhave just talked to me...told me that..." *She said quietly* "Although, had you said that I don't know what I would have done." *She muttered, looking back up at him* "So you're switching sides? To help them....kill us?" *Despite all they, as in the resistance, had been through, the word kill felt so foreign in her mouth, espically when she said it to Jake*

"I'm not switching sides." he said firmly. "I don't think I shuld take sides at all. I'm mad but I don't want you dead. Do you honestly think I would try to hurt you?" Jake couldn't believe that she would think that, even though he had said he wished he had gone with his family, he thought she would have trusted him better than to think he would join a group that was killing werewolves. She hadn't made him that angry...yet.

"Well, what do you think's going to happen when you walk out that door? 'oh, it's okay, you can just go to hogwarts and pretend like nothing's happening' NO. They're going to suck you into their side, if you want to or not. And that's at best. When if they don't forgive? How would we know. We wouldn't. They could kill you for trying to help our side. And it's not like going back to school will fix anything at all. Because it's controlled by the family too." *Kiley was clenching her fists at her sides, on the verge of yelling.* "If you're gonna go, then just go.Don't act like you're not." *She added quietly, looking away, obviously still hurt*