3I don't own any of the characters all rights go to Jess Townsend and Hatchette books
FYI, Boyfriends and Girlfriends do exist at the age of 14. Rare but in some circumstances they do, also another key thing to note is that both Mog and Jack spend alot of time together so it is possible for feelings to develop.
"Ugh Frank, I told you not to bite the guests," Cried Jupiter
"But Jove he was being particularly rude, and he looked so… biteable?"
He really was grasping at straws here wasn't he? I rolled my eyes. The smoking parlour was meant to be a relaxing place, they even got the nice smoke up again.
"Just go somewhere else, I just got the Deucalion up again and we can't afford it to be shut down because you can't control yourself" pleaded Jupiter.
"Sorry sir, why don't you let Charlie take your bags and as an apology have drinks on the house for the next 6 hours" he said trying to retain the obviously traumatised customer.
"How about a performance from the Wundersmith as well" he asked hoping to have one on one time with the first Wundersmith in Nevermoor since Ezra Squall.
Ever since Squall and I teamed up to save the free state from the Hollowpox, the Wundrous Society and Jupiter finally agreed to let Morrigan use her wondrous arts to dazzle the minds of the Unwuns in the Free State.
However, I preferred not to "show off cheap cabaret acts" as Squall had told me during our lessons, instead I used my skills to gift things to Nevermoor like Wundersmiths before me. I had already ridded the Free State of the Hollowpox and cured quite a few victims. Despite this I desperately desire to receive more training in the Wundrous arts, even more than what Rook and the basement nerds have planned for me.
Thus, I started taking up classes with the most hated and feared enemy of the Free State, the last Wundersmith… Ezra Squall. I still haven't told anyone not even Jupiter, now the lying and secrecy is too much for me. I need to tell someone before I implode, and my secret got out.
Just then a tall young man with an eye-patch walked in, he seemed to be home rather early.
"Ah, I see I am not the only one stressed" he mused.
"Funny, but since when can you tell feelings with your eyepatch still on" I raised an eyebrow daring him to answer.
"It's called noticing the smoke you're using, capitalist". He retorts.
Well, there goes all hopes of being kind, "whatever you say pukey". I cringe internally.
"Pukey?" his confused tone and eyebrow said it all.
"All right, I have been pretty stressed lately and under pressure I am feeling less calm, ok"! Yikes that ok was way too loud.
"Morrigan" his voice goes soft, "we've known each other for a few years now surely you can be honest with me". He looks at me patiently awaiting an answer I don't know how to give or even if I should give.
Tears start rolling down my face, never have I been so vulnerable even in front of Jupiter. I throw my arms around him and bury my face in his chest. He awkwardly puts his strong arms around me patting me on the back.
"Morrigan, you don't have to tell me…" he starts sympathetically.
"I am Ezra Squall's apprentice" I blurt out.
One moment passes, then another, then another until finally…
"Calm down and tell me from the beginning" he says calmly, turning to face me he takes both my hands into his palms.
So, I do, I tell him about how squall taught me how to get rid of the hollowpox, I tell him about President Wintersea or Maud Lowry, I let him know about how he and I cured the hollowpox and I let him know how I agreed to let Squall teach me.
"But wait I don't understand, why would you want Squall to teach you when you're learning from the school of Wundrous Arts". He looked confused.
"Well, the Wundrous deity for Inferno told me that I was very slow in learning the wondrous arts and I realised the Society wasn't making it any quicker. However, I decided to learn from Squall after realising the huge gap between my knowledge and his. After all he seems to be the only one who can truly teach me the wondrous arts at a quick enough rate" .
He only looked amused.
"Well, you can't let that opportunity go to waste" he said.
"Wait, are you telling me I should take the lessons".
"Yeah dummy, how else are you supposed to learn" he slapped his forehead. "Look Morrigan your obliviousness is cute but sometimes, I honestly think you're going to struggle in the real world. If Squall is the only one alive that can teach you, as much as Uncle Jove and everyone else will disapprove, you should learn. Afterall it's not like you're going to try to rule over us, are you?"
"Of course, not" I say softly, and at the same time I notice for the first time how handsome Jack looks and how wise he sounds. I also notice how I am comfortable feeling vulnerable around him. I lay my head on his shoulder and take in the aroma around me finally feeling somewhat relaxed.
"Morrigan because you have been vulnerable around me, I think it's only fair to open up about something similar" he sucks in a breath.
"What?" I inquire.
"You know how Uncle Jove and I say being a witness is a curse sometimes?" he starts.
"Yeah, where are you going with this?" I ask warily.
"The truth is that it is like that most the time and I really struggled to fit in at school. Uncle Jove tried to help me learn but I really struggled to not see certain things. After a while of failing to get anywhere Uncle Jove gave me an eyepatch. However, I also went to a different witness who I thought could help me". Tears start forming in his eyes. "He said everything I wanted to hear and never scrutinised me; I started liking him more than Uncle Jove". He stopped; face blank as though the memory was just in his grasp.
"And then?" I gently prod lifting my head off his chest…
"And then it turned out he was simply trying to take me away from Uncle Jove so that he could humiliate him at a party. Similarly, Squall for all he's saying could also be trying to use you for his own purposes, so be alert and stand your ground, don't hesitate to tell him to stop pushing you around or putting you in a situation you're not comfortable with, ok".
"OK" I reply.
Suddenly, we're staring into each other's eyes, lips drawing closer just centimetres away from the others.
His strong arms envelop me while I kiss him fiercely on the lips, we're about to get carried away, when suddenly we hear a knock on the door.
"Hey Jack, Morrigan, I know the relaxing aroma is on, but can I please use the Smoking Parlour, I am starting to feel the urge to bite someone." He sounded desperate like someone had the last drop of blood in the world and access to all the party materials in the realm.
"Continue this later?" he asks hopefully.
"Yes" It's the only thing to say except maybe one more. "Hey Jack".
"Yes Morrigan?"
"Would you be my boyfriend?"
"Of course," he rolls his eyes like it's the most obvious thing in the world. Thinking on it, it really is. "Let's keep this to ourselves though, I don't wan't Uncle Jove to find out yet"
"You think I do?" she waves her arms around
"No" he smiles and then leaves.
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