It seemed silly that it took her being engaged to a different man for him to really get the courage to truly ask her Even if it hadn’t exactly been the clearest, ‘will you go out with me’. They agreed to be loyal to each other and he knew that he could count on Sparrow’s word. It seemed that she had been just as hung up on him, as hard as it was to believe.

There were countless times that he had thought about asking her to dinner and then having the talk about how he couldn’t go on with this friends with benefits thing they had worked out. Even back when they were sixteen he wanted to be more than just the friend who was there on her lonely nights. Of course Jade was never upset about the deal that they made with each other. He was lucky to have any sort of romantic time with Sparrow, but it hurt that much more to see her with other men afterwards.

They would finally get their chance. No more looking for love in all the wrong people. This was possibly the first time that Jade got a valentine's day with Sparrow and he was going to make up for the lost time.

Sooner than he thought Sparrow was in his arms as he was turning round to double check the minute setting on the toaster. The hug was like a dream. He hadn’t been gone that long but this was the first time he was truly coming back to Sparrow not just as a quick pop by to say hello and grab some morning coffee before she had to go back to her life and he had to go back to his.

He wrapped his arms around her easily, pulling Sparrow in close. Completely forgetting about the breakfast he was preparing for them before. Then there was the kiss. The lips that he craved every day that he was away. Never had his life felt as perfect as it did right now. In her beautiful apartment kissing after sleeping together in the large bed.

‘It’s good to be home with you’ He signed back, and then the smell of something burning caught him and he turned to the toaster. Quickly Jade popped the burnt pieces of bread up with a frown. He was a take out guy at home. A five star restaurant guy out on work, not a making breakfast in the morning sort.

Jade glanced back at Sparrow with a shrug...’there is still yogurt and fruit and i got some oats too for it...’ the one thing he had to actually cook and he burnt it. So much for the flawless breakfast presentation.

Jade felt like there was so much he was coming up short with when it came to being Sparrow’s ...boyfriend? He didn’t even know. He had know the redhead sense before she had flaming red hair. Even before Salem. It was natural to just be her friend. Now it was more and Jade didn’t know what that was supposed to mean. Their friendship was a bit more generous than what most people would call just friends.

Sparrow seemed happy with just the promise of being faithful to each other. And of course Jade was more than thrilled with it as well. Leaving was a different kind of hard now, but coming home was a million times better than it had been when she was engaged, or rebounding with another man. It just felt almost anticlimactic to have this talk that lead to them kissing each other good morning and it be so simple. It had always been that simple. Why was he such an idiot for waiting so long?

His frown turned itself around when she took the burnt toast. He wasn’t sure how she could deal with the blackened bread but was happy that he hadn’t actually ruined the breakfast. ‘glad you think so’ He responded then catching a bit of jam on the corner of her mouth.

Jade leaned in and carefully licked up the jam before kissing her again. Sure he kissed Sparrow all the time before. Jade tried his best to keep it to a minimum, some nights that flew out the window and he was greedy with his friend. Now her kisses were his and he was already addicted to not having to share any of them.

He leaned back and pointed to himself when she brought up surprises. He wasn’t expecting anything from her this was going to be a spoil Sparrow day.

This took a long time and Jade was convinced that if they had admitted their feelings any earlier it wouldn’t have worked. He would have gotten jealous while he was away. Being distracted by all the things that he could have been doing if he was just back in Salem or New York with Sparrow there was a chance that his business would not have gotten of the ground.

Jade loved Sparrow for everything she was. He knew that people were attracted to her because she was just the kind of person that other’s flocked to. Like moths to a flame or beez to a flower. Sparrow was special and he would never be mad at the beauty she was. Still it was hard to watch her smile at other’s in a way that he wished she would smile at him back when they were young and Jade was insecure. He was old enough and secure enough now to know that no matter what Sparrow would never hurt him and they could be strong enough together to make it through their busy carriers and her natural attractive personality, no matter who wanted to say otherwise.

‘It was good, there was a snow storm in Germany,’ He answered leaning against the counter with his hip. The table was half set for their little breakfast but he would rather stand there and just let the morning roll lazily by. Jade had blueprints for the day, and already he had messed it all up so might as well go along with it. ‘so the plane was late coming back to the states. It all worked out though I got to Louisiana with minutes to spare.’

It was nice being able to relax through failed timing. Normally with his work everything had to go right to plan. Jade learned a long time ago not to get wound up when his time off was not as straight laced and in line as his work was. He would be a very hard man to deal with if he dealt with the rest of his life like he did his investment meetings.

Sparrow was not only a beautiful woman she was smart and business savvy. When he was first starting out Jade would take Sparrow’s opinions very seriously. He liked that he didn’t have to skirt over his business dealings with her. She might not have understood some of the details but she knew what the base of the deals were and could catch the pros and cons to it all. ‘the first looks like it will I will have to go back in a week. I guess another investor came forward with a connection to the Japanese market. So they want to wey their options.’ It wouldn’t be a big hit if Jade did lose.

‘As far at the oil company I did get the papers signed there, we will move forward in a couple days, I won't have to go back south until next month. But all that is boring, what did you do without me around?’ He smirked.