Ocean Of Lies

The reunion part 2

JASON’S P.O.V. 

Upon seeing Willow at therapy for Marissa I couldn’t think about anything else but Willow and that tight little dress of hers. The things I would do to that woman to give her the most pleasure she has ever been given in her life. Making her scream and moan my name.  

“Jason?” Lena asked me 

“Oh yeah?” I responded.  

“Okay, I see what you mean” Lena said quickly.  

“Tell me Jason, what were you thinking about just now?” Lena asked intimidatingly.  

“Honestly?” I asked, she nodded her head.  

“Willow” I answered looking at her not making eye contact with Marissa because I could feel her staring me down 

“Tell me Jason, why do you feel the need to protect her?” Lena asked 

“We were really good friends growing up and it hit me hard when she disappeared. I couldn’t stand people calling me Jay anymore because she was the first person to call me it when we were kids. I couldn’t save her, find her, or help her anyway.” I said relaxing my head a little bit.  

“Okay, did you and Willow ever have a s****l relationship?” Lena asked taking me and Marissa by surprise.  

“When we were younger, we had s*x once.” I answered quickly  

“Okay, and tell me when you first saw Willow or found out who Willow was did all those thoughts, feelings, memories come flooding back?” Lena asked  

“Well yeah.” I answered putting my head down 

“Okay, I see the problem now. You are struggling to find the line of boundaries, now we as woman know men will think things of beautiful woman, just like us woman think things of hot men. But it's different if you are pushing your mate aside for this other woman. You are trying to protect her because you are afraid of the past repeating itself when Willow is completely safe here, and will be much safer here” Lena answered reassuring me 

“So, Marissa, you feel like Willow is trying to sleep with Jason again?” Lena asked her.  

“Well yeah. It's pretty obvious, she whines when he leaves and is excited when he comes back, the tight dress and form fitting clothes. I’ve walked in the room the past 2 nights just to see what they were doing and they were legit cuddling” Marissa snapped back.  

“Marissa, do you react this way with any of Jason’s other female friends?” Lena asked  

“Well, no because I know they would never” Marissa answered before Lena cut her off 

“The answer to my question is no. Because you don’t feel threatened by them like you do Willow?” Lena asked  

“Well, kinda. But I know them and we have become friends over the years” Marissa said quickly trying to defend herself  

“Okay so if a random woman were to walk into the pack and accepted would you be this threatened by one of them?” Lena asked again  

“No” Marissa said pouting  

“Okay so why Willow?” Lena asked  

“Well for starters have you seen her? And when we were younger Jason was always with Willow. Every time she came to visit no one else would have a chance to see her because she was at Jason’s or with Jason or her and Jason were off somewhere together” Marissa snapped back  

“Okay, so something you’ve been holding onto since you were a kid?” Lena asked.  

“Well yeah” Marissa said pouting again  

“Listen I think it's simple, you need to set boundaries with Jason and we can discuss those now if you would like. Things you aren't comfortable with but also understand if you are willing to let him do it with his other friends then you must accept that it will happen with Willow, and just because she's a part of the equation now your relationship will need a decent amount of work. But I can assure you Willow isn’t into Jason like that anymore. And she is hoping to find her real mate.” Lena assured her.  

“Okay, let's talk about boundaries. How about you threatening Willow last night?” I asked quickly  

“You did what?” Lena asked shocked  

“Well, she was eavesdropping” Marissa said trying to defend herself again  

“Marissa, do you know who willow is?” Lena asked shocked  

“Well, I know she’s from another pack” Marissa said rolling her eyes disrespectfully  

“Willow isn’t just from another pack Rissa, she’s also the Lunas daughter from said pack. And Mindy and Ron are her god parents.” I answered quickly and fear took over her eyes.  

“Oh my god” Marissa said shocked  

“Yeah” I answered 

“Is that why her voice was so loud last night?” Marissa asked  

“What do you mean?” Lena asked  

“Well, when Willow yelled, she made the hallway shake. I could tell her body was tapping into her Luna voice. She is a Luna by blood.” I answered  

“That makes a lot of sense. Okay so now we discover what is not okay to do. Threatening other people, especially Jason's friends.” Lena said 

“Oh, and I tried to slap her” Willow said quickly adding that  

“Okay, let's not do that and do some breathing exorcise when you get that mad again. And Jason, maybe try being more honest about things that are happening with you and Willow. Opening up to Marissa can definitely have a positive impact on your relationship and keeping her in the loop. Do you plan on staying with Willow till she leaves?” Lean stood firm.  

“Yeah, I was thinking about it but Marissa said I wasn’t allowed to” I answered standing up 

“Okay, but do you have sleepovers with other woman? Like Jess? Megan? Alyssa? Anyone else?” Lena asked before walking to the door 

“Yeah, all the time. Especially if they are having a hard time” I answered honestly 

“Okay so then Marissa instead of being mean to Willow try being nice and see where that gets you. As for you Jason, I feel like if she's allowing you to do it with other woman you will be fine to do it with Willow. There really isn't a difference in it. Marissa try having a sleepover of your own too help keep you distracted when he’s gone, it's my understanding he told you this from the start, right? Right after Willow had that problem when she woke up?” Lena stated and asked  

“Yeah, he did. And I said it was fine because I felt bad for her but after seeing how close they still are it worries me” Marissa said 

“I understand that but you still told him yes he could and promised you wouldn’t make him come home until she left so that’s a promise you have to keep. If willow kicks him out that’s a different story.” Lena said opening the door.  

“Thank you, Lena,” I said walking out  

“Same time tomorrow?” Marissa asked  

“Yes” Lena said walking back to her desk  

“Do you feel better?” I asked Marissa as we walked away  

“A little bit yeah” Marissa answered.  

“So how do you feel about everything now?” I asked sweetly  

“I guess it's okay that you stay with Willow and I know I won't be allowed to be in there with you guys but I would like to apologize to her for everything” Marissa said with a smile  

“Okay, why don’t we go to lunch and then we can go back to Willow’s room and you can apologize to her” I said happily.  

“Yeah, that’s fine!” Marissa said holding my hand walking next to me.  

JESS’S P.O.V. 

We were walking around the pack grounds when the most amazing smell hit me. I started walking a different direction than everyone else.  

“Jess?” Willow yelled catching up to me  

“Yeah?” I answered continuing to walk 

“Where are you going?” Willow asked curiously  

“This smell I smell. I need to find it.” I said quickly walking faster 

‘Is it our Mate?’ 

I'm not sure  

I think it is 

You always think it is  

I do not! 

Yes you do! 

Do not! 

Will you stop so I can focus!  

Fine! 

“What was all of that about?” Willow asked confused.  

“Oh yeah you don’t have a wolf yet so you’ve never spoken to her yet” Alyssa said with a smile  

“She was talking to her wolf?” Willow asked shocked  

“Yeah, you didn’t know you could do that?” Megan asked and immediately dropped it as soon as I turned around glaring at her.  

Willow was missing for 5 years. Of course, somethings didn’t make sense to her yet. She knew people had wolfs and all that but she missed almost 5 years of school, of life, of being her own person and that’s why I was with her today. For her to figure out who she is, and here I am trying to find the sweetest smell. Today wasn’t about me. It was about Willow. I'm being so selfish.  

“Okay it’s gone let's go” I said forcing myself away from it 

“What do you mean gone?” Willow asked  

“I can’t smell it anymore” I answered walking away  

“Jess. Stop. Turn around.” Willow demanded  

“What?” I asked stopping in my tracks  

“Jess, if you feel like pushing this aside for me do not. I will be fine. It would make me so happy if you found your mate. Let alone because I drug you out to find him” Willow answered wholeheartedly  

“Willow today is about you not about me” I answered with a sincere smile  

“Nope. Let's go” Willow said pulling my arm towards the sweet smell.  

“Willow!” I yelled as she was dragging me until it hit me and I turned around and came face to face with who I'm assuming is my mate  

MATE!! 

“Mate” We both said in unison. Our eyes meeting each other's and sparks like fireworks going off all around us. Tension building as I looked in his beautiful light green eyes. Our faces close together, He kissed me passionately until neither of our could breathe. I felt my lungs burning as I reluctantly pulled away. I looked at this man Infront of me, he was tall and didn’t look to be much older than I am. He had black messy hair and looked like a god standing in front of me. I was never this attracted to someone, maybe because I have never met my mate before but this man was so handsome in every way, I couldn’t wait to do dirty things to him.  

“Hi.” He said breathlessly  

“Hi” I answered lowly, he made me nervous.  

“I’m Logan” He said catching his breath while mine was catching in my throat, even the sound of his voice turned me on.  

“I'm Jess.” I said lighthearted.  

“Mhm” I heard from behind me  

“Oh yeah, That’s Willow, Alyssa, and Megan” I said pointing at each of them. 

“Hi” Logan said waving to them  

“I’m busy right now but can I catch up to you guys later?” Logan asked meeting my gaze again  

“Yeah, if you meet us around 5, we will probably be back in the hospital room 335” I said smiling  

“Hospital?! Is everything okay?” Logan asked concerned 

“Oh yeah um...” I said looking back at Willow. It was her story not mine and I didn’t want to be the one to tell it without permission. 

“It’s okay Jess.” Willow answered optimistic.  

“Willow was kidnapped about 5 years ago and we just found her again.” I said directly  

“Wow, Wait I heard about you. Willow heart?” Logan said curiously  

“Yeah, that’s me.” Willow answered shyly  

“Well, I’m glad you are safe” Logan said giving her a smile  

“I will see you later Jess” He said winking at me and slowly walking away.  

“Okay but damn is he hot” Megan said as I turned around  

“He’s mine. Touch him and you die” I said smiling  

“I know!” Megan yelled pushing me 

“As long as you know” I said quickly  

“So, Willow where to now?” I asked looking over at her. She had a smile on her face and was looking at her phone smiling like a school girl.  

“Texting Luka?” I asked quickly a smile forming on my face  

“What? No. Pshh shut up” Willow said pouting  

“It’s okay willow. It's cute” I said smiling and putting my arm around her.  

“Well, I was thinking Luka said they are about an hour and a half out which gives us time to go change and get ready before my parents get here. I can head back to the hospital by myself if you guys wanna go change at home” Willow said smiling but also looking anxious at the thought of being left alone.  

“No, it's okay, I’ll walk with you and just shower and barrow some clothes if that’s okay?” I asked quickly as I watched the relief wash over her body as she relaxed a little.  

“Okay!” She said happily and we all went our separate ways 

As Willow and I walked she watched everything and everyone in awe of everyday living, it was cute. She looked like a child going to a candy factory. She looked at me a few times and went to speak but nothing came out, she would just close her mouth and continue walking. She had a look of confusion on her face and I could tell there was something on her mind.  

“Willow are you okay?” I asked quickly before reaching the hospital  

“Well, I’m worried” Willow answered putting her head down 

“Worried about what?” I asked confused  

“What if, well like---okay so what if my parents don’t know who I am? Or don’t want me anymore because they don’t know me anymore? Or once they see the video, they are going to like I don’t know disown me or something?! Or like what is when Luka see’s it and is my mate hates me and rejects me because of stuff I was made to do?” She asked quickly blurting everything out slowly running out of air 

“Willow!” I raised my voice to her and she stopped and looked at me 

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare you, but your parents love you, no matter what you had to do or who are you, and as for Luka, if he can't see past all the things you were made to do being locked up like Repunzal in the tall tower, then he isn’t your mate, and isn’t the right mate for you. You deserve someone who will look past all your flaws and imperfections and not someone who will point them out or make you feel embarrassed about them.” I said pulling her into a hug with a reassuring tone.  

“But what if they all secretly hate me. Oh god what if you secretly hate me.” Willow said pushing away from me 

“Willow, I almost killed a b***h for you remember?” I said laughing  

“But what if it was all apart of your plan? To make me think you like me when you actually really really hate me you just don’t want me to know it because you feel bad and I went through so much that you don’t want to tell me because you think it’ll break me and I'll go like I don’t know kill myself or something like that” Willow said breathlessly.  

“Willow” I said my breath catching in my throat.  

“I promise I do not hate you. You are my best friend and when you disappeared, I didn’t think I could live without you. I spent a lot of time with Jason, in the dark and sleeping a lot. I lost a lot of weight. Like 80 pounds because I didn’t want to eat. I barely slept or all I did was sleep there was no in between. Whenever I did eat, I always felt sick because I had no idea where you were. If you were eating, if you were even alive. Willow when you went missing, I spent days thinking about all the times we spent together and the stupid fights we used to get into, I thought about all the little things about you. I never wanted to live without you Willow, and I was so close to giving up until my parents made me stay with Jason for a while and I realized he had it just as bad. If not worse than I did. I love you with my whole heart Willow Heart.” I said reassuring her. To the people on the outside, it looked as if I just confessed my love for her. But to Willow she knew I loved her. She was having a panic attack and confessing how bad it was for me was my only way to get her to understand was telling her how bad it was for me.  

“Thank you, I love you so much Jessica Laverne” Willow said with tears forming in her sweet seafoam eyes.  

“I love you to Willow, but don’t call me Jessica!” I said making her laugh wrapping my arm around her and leading her inside.  

“They will be here in about 30 minutes” Willow said looking at her phone as we neared her room. It was about 4:30 pm now and I still needed to shower and change before Logan got here and before everyone else got here to. We ran to the room quickly opening the door to find Jason and Marissa talking.  

“What the f**k?” Willow said as we walked in  

“Willow she is not here to make things worse.” Jason reassured her.  

“Jay, I don’t really have the time right now, I need to change and get ready before everyone gets here.” Willow said assertively  

“Willow, please. I promise ill only take 5 minutes” Marissa said standing up.  

“Fine, but you talk fast” Willow said quickly while pulling out the clothes for me to go through. No way in hell was I leaving her out here with Marissa. 

“Okay, I really just wanted to say I'm sorry” Marissa said. Willow and I both stopped what we were doing and looked at her shocked.  

“I saw Lena today, or we saw Lena today and I realized I was using my old feelings about you and who you are now, and I know that wasn’t right of me. You aren't the same person you were when we were kids. You aren’t just going to show up and steal Jason from me. And I know that now. It just took a little outside advice for me to fully see that I was projecting my issues on to you and I am sorry. It wasn’t okay for me to do that. Especially since you have been through a lot. A lot that I don’t know about, I shouldn’t have tried to hit you when I saw you with Jason the first day you woke up. That wasn’t okay, or called you a w***e. Or threatened your life last night. That also was way out of line for me. I am sorry that I'm insecure about my relationship with Jason to understand that you are just like every other one of his female friends and you will respect my boundaries. Even if sometimes you don’t want to. I know what I did was wrong but I hope that sometime in the future you will forgive me and maybe we can be friends” Marissa said apologetic.  

“Marissa, I do understand how you feel. Which is why I told Jason this morning that I wouldn’t be friends with him if you really didn’t want me to. It is your relationship with Jason that matters the most in life. Not mine. I am just a friend but you. You are end game Marissa; I respect your boundaries. And while I may have pushed them a bit in the beginning because I was mad at how you were acting, I realized you have every right to feel the way you do; and that it wasn’t right for me to act that way. You are Jason’s mate and as long as you continue on this road to recovery, I will try to be friends with you, eventually. But for now, I don’t think I can try. There is a lot of other stuff going on and I can’t keep adding more things that cause me stress and anxiety. I accept your apology with an apology. I am sorry for pushing your boundaries with Jason, that was wrong of me. I admit that I was in the wrong. I do believe we may be able to be friends someday. But you have to be able to trust me and know that yes Jay and I do have a past, but I would never mess with someone who has a mate. I love Jay. But in a big brother type of way. He helped me become who I am. Just as all of my other friends did. But I was willing to give up our friendship because of how it made you feel. And if that doesn’t prove to you that I respect you and your relationship, I really don’t know what will” Willow said confronting the situation, If I wasn’t with her 5 minutes ago, I never would have known she just had a panic attack about all of us hating her.  

“Thank you Willow. I really do appreciate it. But I will not stop the two of you being friends. I have come along way today and realized that it isn't right of me to stop him from being friends with you when he acts like that with every other girl-friend he has. I am grateful he has you back in his life. We have decided that it would be best if Jay stayed with you. He needs this time to catch up on the last 5 years, and it's not fair to make you lose even more time you could be spending with him over my stupid stuff.” Marissa said, I was a little taken aback by the whole thing but Willow was calm, cool, and collected. She almost looked like an adult who had done this before. Many times, before.  

“Thank you, Marissa, I appreciate that, but I really do need to get ready now so I ask that you and Jason leave so I can change.” Willow said smiling 

“I understand and thank you for your time.” Marissa said walking towards the door, Jason close behind smiling at Willow and I as he left.