The boys were fresh to death as they entered the manhattan loft that night. It was raining outside but the music was loud no one could hear it. The air was filled with people laughing and glasses clinking. This was C-money's house, mutual friend of Jamal and Darius who grew up in DC. Their hats were pulled low over their faces and Gordon and Darius licked their lips at every cute girl that walked by.

The crowd was typical, sports jerseys, timbs and tight jeans, fitted tees, lip gloss and hair weaves.

Jamal didn't think any of the girls were cute, white black or latina. Everyonme just looked.... Not Ruby.

Gordon punched him hard in the shoulder and handed him a beer. "Man if you don't stop lookin so sad I will have you shot. You messin up my game with all your mopin'"

"Please" Darius teased. "You ain't got no game to mess up."
A tall girl wearing almost nothing passed by, smiling at Darius, he nodded at her and pretended to ignore her, walking over to the snack table. She followed like a bee to honey. Darius winked and mouthed, "Always keep em chasing."

Gordon rolled his eyes. "Catch you lata lil buddy and you better come back with mad digits or you're a loser" he joked punching Jamal in the arm.

Jamal smirked at him and sat on a chair. After a while, not wanting the beer to get to him he hit the dance floor. Jamal was very cute and his cologne was intoxicating as the girls on the floor flocked to him. Grinding can be dangerous and he quickly found himself much to close to all of them. He slipped away and grabbed another drink, it was his fifth of the night.

He'd went from beer to bacardi.

"What's wrong babe, you look sad." a voice said.

She was beautiful, her caramel skin was shining with glitter and she smelled like honey and roses. Her hair was real and permed reaching her shoulders, with a slight sweep in the front. She wore a mini skirt and a tight tanktop revealing ample cleavage. She was obviously much older than he was but he didn't look his age so she couldn't tell. A hand rested on her wide hips.

"Oh, I'm fine.." he said in a low voice which almost cracked. He couldn't take his eyes off of her chest but he didn't want to look her in the eyes.

she laughed. "Listen I know sorrow when I see it, hun, and you are definitely there if not close."

Why did she have to call him hun? Jamal lifted his face to hers and cocked a half smile, his playa smile. "I'm good, ma, don't sweat me."

"what's her name?" the girl insisted.

Jamal laughed. "why I gottab e havin girl trouble?" he joked half heartedly.

"Cuz I know it when I see it. you either broke up or you think you might and you don't want to. C'mon, it's obvious you haven't spoken to anyone about it."

"I don't wanna have to scream the whoele story." Jamal explained. So the girl led him to a bedroom which was clean and very brightly lit. They sat on the bed for lack of a better space.

"Spit it." The girl challenged.

"Um..." jamal began and finished the story.

"OOOh...wow..."

"Yeah, so I mean there isn't anything I can do."

"You a virgin?" she asked.

Jamal licked his lips and smiled, trying not to laugh. "nah, i'm not."

"Then she shouldn't have expected you to wait. if you ask me you're in the right."

"I'm not into whos right or wrong. I just wanna know what to do."

She shrugged and looked at him in the eyes, her hazel contacts were so hypnotizing he didn't even feel her get closer to him on the bed. The alcohol had the room spinning. "I don't know, honestly. I mean...you do have needs..." she placed a hand on his thigh and he swallowed hard moving it and taking a deep breath.

"Listen, I still have a girl."

"I know."she smiled, still looking him in the eye. She took his fitted and put it on her head. "I just wanna be friends."

"I have enough friends, give that back to me." Jamal reached but the girl wouldn't stay still and backed up."

"I"m not playing, give it back." he demanded but she wouldn't and pulled it tighter on her head. he reached forward one last time before they both fell back, he on top of her. She looked up at him from under the bill of the cap, her full lips glistening in clear gloss. Before he knew it , his pelvis was pressed against hers, his lips against hers and one of his hands was slipping under her skirt.
**************

When Jamal awoke sunlight streamed into the room and window was wet with dew. He was in his boxers and....the girl was naked beside him. Thoughts and memories flooded his mind and as he shook his head, hruting from a hangover. he groaned.

The girl awoke and rolled over, smiling. "Good morning babe."

"I'm not your babe." he cursed. "Who the hell are you?"

"I don't know, but I liked whatever you were calling me last night." she grinned and rolled onto him, laying on his chest "what was it, Ruby?"

"oH shit." he groaned again and pushed her away. "I need to go. Don't call me, this never happened."

"what?" she demanded her face full of hurt, her hair messed up. He was sucked back into his past, because this was what he was used to back home. This was supposed to be over.

Jamal shrugged on his wife beater leaving his button up unbuttoned and dragged on his jeans and sneakers.

"You can't just leave. You..."

Jamal looked at her, at the tears as she looked down at the blanket obviously mad at herself. He bit his lip then rolled his eyes and went to sit beside her. "Can I tell you something?"

She nodded and looked at him sadly.

"I don't usually bother speaking this much to anyone I sleep with, but I'm trying to become a new person. Do you remember your first?"

"Yes.." she said weakly sniffling.

"Good, make me your last. Don't do this again. Guys don't respect this. Wait until you get a boyfriend, make sure he's not an asshole like me and make him wait for it. Don't give it up right away."

She looked at him blankly and he sighed.

"Please, just remember I said that. You're a nice girl and I feel bad so I'm trying to help. Just try to treat yourself more special in the future."

She nodded weakly. "whats your name?"

Jamal paused then shook his head. "Call me Alchemist." he siad and left the room.

A small growl could be heard from down the hallway as Emerald emerged. The wolf girl was wearing a leather jacket, a t shirt cropped up to her stomach skin tight jeans and her old sneakers. She had a toothpick hanging out of the side of her mouth, which she spit to the side carelessly as she glared at Jamal.

"You have no shame do ya twerp?" Emerald growled, slamming Jamal into the wall. She pinned him against the wall, dark blue eyes glaring at him, murder written clearly in them. "My sister told me to follow you because she was worried you would get into some kind of trouble without her. But looks like the only trouble you are about to get into is with me."

Jamal's eyes widened as he thought about Ruby finding out about this. "You wouldnt!"

"I would twerp. No body hurts my baby sister and gets away with it. Not even her boyfriend." The wolf girl stated.

Jamal shivered, but his brown eyes stayed on hers.

"Listen, Ruby made her choice. Maybe I'm just not the right guy for her." he said. HE did feel bad but he didn't like being threatened. Not by Emerald, she was just Daria's friend.

((HAHAH Sapphire appears))

"She thought you where the right guy." A voice stated. Sapphire Emerged from a hole in the floor, looking as dark and evil as ever. "You look far to young to be doing the things i saw you doing last night."

She smiled as her sister got out of the way. Leaving her to tehter the boy against the wall with her dark tedrills. He had his arms spread as well as his legs. She felt a few Dark teddrils appear as she whipped one across the boys chest.

"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU BITCH?" He roared, trying to animate the teddrils but found it useless.

"My baby sister loved you little bastard child," Sapphire stated, eyes emotionlessly."She took whip lashes for you, she was willing for you get closer than anyone else got, she was willing to die for you. And you had to go let yourself go thinking with the wrong head. You cheated on her! She loved you! She actually felt emotion fr someone and do you know what she is doing? She is crying in her room with pictures everywhere pictures of you two together! She is rocking back and forth sobbing. How ddo you feel about that? Do you feel big now that you made her cry?"

Jamal stared at Sapphire, a look of pure regeret in his eyes. He watched her look at Emerald, as if they where having a conversation in thier minds. "Umm escuse me?" He asked irritably, causing both women to look at him. "Can I say something?"

Sapphire shrugged. "If you must."

((Tag))

Jamal's eyes were narrow slits. "You can do what you want to me but when it comes down to it you have to answer to Daria. Personally, I don't care what you think of me and hurting me isn't going to make Ruby feel any better.

"I'm old enough to realize my mistakes and you can't shield her from the real world forever." He glared and animated the long hall rug that Emerald and Sapphire stood on so that it waved wildly; threatening to make them lose their balance.

Sapphire jumped off the rug quickly and hovered in mid air. Emerald quickly stubled on the rug however, never having the best balance. The wolf girl glared at Jamal.

"We protect her from people that want to hurt her!" She growled at the boy.

"I didnt hurt her."

"Physically, no, Emotionally, yes."

Meanwhile down stairs RUby walked into the party, getting strange looks from people. The fox girl wore an oversized t shirt above her hip huggers, never liking to show to much skin. Her fox ears where covered by a large hat. She watched as some of the girls looked at her like she was nuts as she pushed through the crowd.

"Whats good Ma?" One of the boys asked her as she pushed through the crowd.

"Excuse me?" Ruby asked with her brow arched. She inched away from him before running into a group of guys blocking her way. "Excuse me...I need to see Jamal. Is he here?"

((tag))

Jamal smirked at them and simply walked away. "Listen, I don't have time for this." As if to emphasize his point, he animated all the furniture in the hall to block the path behind him.

Downstairs the guy turned to Ruby seeing she was extremely over dressed for the occasion and out of place.

"Jamal? Nah, we don't know no Jamal." one guy said a drunken smirk on his face. Had Gordon and Darius been there they would've noticed her and defended her, but they were passed out like Jamal had been, reeking of alcohol and laying next to strange girls. "but," the boy continued, his two friends next to him also grinning. "I can show you a much better time than that dude, I'm sure, ma."

Ruby backed up. "Stay away!" she demanded. She knew it was against mansion rules to use her powers outside of the property, especially since she was one of the younger kids.

"Aww, that ain't no way to be, sweet thang.." He reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Stop! Please, get off of me!"

Just then Jamal appeared at the foot of the steps and Ruby saw him.

"Jamal! HELP! JAMAL!"

He turned to see the two guys were dragging Ruby to a bedroom. He rushed over and decked the lead guy in the face, hitting him so hard his nose started bleeding on contact. The guy was much larger than him and punched him in the stomach, forcing Jamal to double over beside a folding chair. He wasn't going to give up though. He
was not giving up though. He lifted the folding chair and charged at the boy.

Emerald growled angerily as she ran her head into the barrier. She was about to ask Sapphire for help before realizing she had dissapeared once again. The She wolf sighed as she began movving the stupid furniture pieces by hand, trying to find a way to get through.

Ruby on the other hand was weaving her way in and out of the fight, trying to get to Jamal. The tiny fox girl felt a sharp pain in her arm before she was jerked into the room she was avoiding before. A sharp scream was heard from the room. "JAMAL! HELP ME!" Shortly followed by sobs.

Jamal threw all caution to wind, making thousands of items spring to life as she opened the door, only to find...

Ruby was on the bed, nearly in her underwear, her clothes were being torn off as she struggled against them all, too good to use her powers. Jamal concentrated on the bed and it jerked forward, rearing like a horse and knocking the two boys down. One got up and plunged at Jamal knocking him in the lip and into the wall. Jamal kicked him in the stomach and then on the back so that he hit the floor.

He rushed to Ruby and she clung to him, wrapping her arms around him.

"Oh my god! Jamal, they...they..."

"Are ass holes, I know." Jamal wrapped his arms around her as well, cradeling her half naked body in her lap as she cried.


((hehe, emmy should walk in on this haha))

After, finally getting through the barrier Emerald came rushing to the room where she heard Ruby's scream. When she walked in her mouth dropped open. Emerald snarled darkly and rushed at Jamal before pure electiricy surged through her veins. It wasn't enough to kill or paralyze her, but it was enough to get her attention.

"Emmy dont." The fox stated, sending her sister every recolection of what happened.

Emerald felt a look of dawning spread across her face before she removed her leather jacket, wrapping it around Rubys trembling body. She glared at Jamal briefly before grabbing the two boys by the legs, dragging them out the door.

"Do I really want to know what happens to them?" Jamal asked with a nervous laugh.

"No not really" Ruby smiled slightly through her tears. She snuggled her head against Jamal's chest. "You know I didn't mean anything I said right? You are still my night in shining armor no matter what."

Ruby kissed him on the cheek, watching him look down at her lovingly. the fox girl began crying again, burrying her head in his chest.

((Tag...I dont quite no Jamals reaction to all this.))

Jamal hugged her tightly, "What's wrong? They're gone, Ruby, what's wrong?"

"I was just so scared and I started thinking about how you....you know how you wanted to.."

Jamal bit his bottom lip and cut her off. "Yeah, I know."

"And I mean, I know you wouldn't hurt me, I mean you didn't try to force me like them. You'd never do anything like that, you'd never hurt me..." She looked up at him, eyes glassy.

Jamal felt his heart shatter. "yeah, of course not, I wouldn't do anything to hurt you."

It was bull shit. Emerald knew, Sapphire knew and Daria always had her ways. Soon enough, Ruby would know the truth and would hate him. he only hoped he got the courage to tell her before someone else did.

Ruby smiled at Jamal, kissing his cheek happily. Tail wagging back and forth. She wrapped her tail around Jamal, ears flattening lightly. "Jamal...when we go home could you watch over me when I sleep. I still kind of freaked out by this and I dont want you to think I am a baby or anything." Ruby whined, twidling her thumbs.

Jamal smiled slightly at the fox girl, Kissing her on the forehead. He attempted to rid himself of his guilt by thinking off how much he loved Ruby and cared for her. But it wasnt working, the guilt still seeped into him. "You will never be a baby in my eyes." Jamal smiled.

"Aww....can you still call me princess? Unless I have lost that title." Ruby asked.

"No you have'nt. You are still my princess."

((AWWW!))

Ruby and Jamal returned with Emerald to the mansion, the trip back was silent on Jamal's part but Ruby just chattered away happy that things were okay. The whole time Jamal cast nervous looks at Emmy, awaiting doom.


((is this godmoding? all I said was that they all went back together...))

(((nah not really))

When they got out of the car when Ruby wasn't looking Emerald managed to pin Jamal against the car. "Listen, I am not gonna tell Ruby nothing, that is your job! But if you pull that shit again I am gonna sing like a friggan canary," Emerald growled before walking over to Ruby hugging her. "I am going to get some air, you kids go inside."

RUby arched a brow and Jamal. "What was all that about?" She asked as she walked up to him.

"Nothing" He answered, scooping her up in his arms again. "Would you like an escort to your room my princess?"

Ruby grinned. "Sure." they disappeared.

Not long after Daria drove up in her car, seeing Emerald she stopped short, putting out the cigarette she was smoking.

"Hey, Em. What's up?" she asked grinning.