He was pleased that her bra opened in the front as he undid them and threw them off before continuing to kiss her. Their hearts beat with reckless abandon in their chest as he reached up and kneaded one of her breasts, earning a deep intake of breath from Jessica as he kissed the side of her neck and made his way down to the untouched breast.

Jessica let out a moan as he started sucking—licking, nipping—on her nipple, rolling the other nipple between his fingers before alternating between the two until the sensitive buds could take no more.

He left them as he began to trail down her stomach with kisses; Jessica's breathing increased with speed and volume as neared her pussy. Holding her thighs open for him, Erick bent down and licked her dripping wet slit. Damn she tasted better than the dreams, her intoxicating scent overpowering as he licked her hungrily before licking her clit.

Jessica cried out at the feeling—her eyes glowing—and began to moan as he sucked on her red bit mercilessly; she tried to close her legs but ended up bucking a bit, too consumed in this new pleasure to fight against what she wanted.

Erick dove his tongue into her swollen pussy, licking as much as he could inside of her, holding her down as she bucked again. A new yet familiar feeling spread through her body, heat running like liquid fire through her veins.

"Ahh. Ahh! AAHH!"

Her body spasmed as she came hard. She had never came that hard in her life! Jessica panted heavily as she looked down at Erick who was licking the juices off his lips. Jessica couldn't help but feel extremely aroused at this.

He came up and kissed her again, allowing her to taste herself in his mouth before repositioning himself, grabbing a hold of his engorged cock.

Jessica's eyes widened in new fear as she looked at him and shook her head slightly, "...That...that's not going to fit inside of me...!"

Erick looked her in the eye, the sides of his lips twitched as if smiling as he whispered, "We're mates. I'm sure it will."

Jessica looked into his glowing emerald eyes and back down as he guided the head of his cock inside of her. Jessica shut her eyes, trying to get use to the pain of his invading girth as it reached her maidenhead.

"Jessica, look at me," Erick commanded and she did so.

He bent down low over her and whispered soothingly, "It will only hurt for a little bit."

At that, he tore through her virginity; a near silent yelp of pain escaped her lips, holding onto him tightly.

Erick didn't like to see his mate in pain, but the emotions of joy and triumph echoed throughout his wolf as he'd be the first and only male she'd ever have.

They held still for a while long before Erick slowly started to rock in and out of her warmth.

Jessica's hisses of pain turned to moans of pleasure after awhile at Erick's long and steady strokes. Seeing this, Erick started to increase speed as he went deeper, though he was now fighting with his wolf's need to take her rough and hard.

Her moans became louder with each thrust; Jessica locked her legs around his hips, pulling him deeper into her and to take his lips once again as he began to pound into her; sweat forming on his brow and body with the increased speed of his thrusts.

Through their pants, heat and electricity flowed; Jessica's wolf started to claw her way to the surface as she ran sharpened nails down Erick's back, earning a growl of pleasure from him, his wolf just as close.

He felt his knot forming at the base of his cock—proof that he was close to peaking. Using pressure and pulling her closer to his pelvis, he forced his growing knot inside of her, causing Jessica to scream out in painful pleasure as she came again. Limited, he used shorter, faster thrusts, refusing to cum before her; Jessica panted hard and heavy, thrashing her head left and right, her oversensitive body unsure of how much more she could take.

Sensing she would cum again, Erick bent his head down at joining of her neck and shoulder, kissing and licking it as he thrusted, his canines growing in length and sharpness.

"AH! AHH! AAAAAAAAHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" Jessica came hard once more, her moaning turned to pure howls of bliss.

At that moment, Erick bit her, his tongue ran over the puncture wounds as he marked—claimed—her as his mate.

The feeling of his pleasurable bite rose the instinct in her as Jessica rose with elongated canines and bit him right back where his neck and shoulder joined, licking the blood away.

He growled in pleasure as he thrusted a few more times until his cock spasmed, coating her inner walls with his seed as he too let out a howl. A few more pumps and once he was sure he was emptied inside her, he fell to the side, careful not to crush her under his weight as Jessica wrapped tight in his loving embrace, their bodies one, mated, and finally joined.

"Mine," Erick growled softly in her ear.

Panting hard, Jessica looked up at him.

"Erick..." She spoke to tired to anything else, and soon, sleep over took her.

~*~*~*~

Jessica's eyes slowly opened, the sun peeking at her through the clouds and curtains. Her body was slightly sore as she rolled over onto her stomach. This felt too weird. The pillows didn't feel as rough against her head, the sheets were much softer and more comfortable, and her feet didn't roll off the bed on either side.

Wait. Jessica's eyes shot up as she sat up, soreness shot through her abdomen as she did, making her hiss out. Curtains? She looked around the room and swallowed. It was bigger. Much bigger than Kamilla's room, heck, the entire flat! She touched her neck and felt a pleasurable jolt shoot through her. It also made her mind kick into gear.

Memories flooded back to her as she remembered what she did before she fell asleep and a gasp exited her mouth and a slight tremble in her arms occured.

"Oh......shit..." Jessica thought.

She had sex with the Alpha. No. She had sex with the Alpha and mated with him! Last night!

She gulped deeply and took another look around. He was nowhere in sight.

"Oh no, no, no, no, no. No...Why did I do that...?!" Jessica whispered, in shock of previous actions. She let her emotions get the best of her, her logic flew from under her feet, and she now bounded herself to the Alpha of the Delaney pack!

Panic filled her thoughts, but she took deep breaths. She had to remain calm. She had to! She got out of bed slowly before heading toward an open closet. Her eyes widened at how spacious it was and how neatly it was kept. She shook her head as she walked in. She shouldn't be gawking right now.

The pants were way too big, but she didn't have time to care at the moment as she tried to keep her thoughts clear.

She had heard from other mated pairs that their mates can sense their emotions and hear their thoughts from long distances away, and she didn't need her mate to—

"No," Jessica commanded herself, "Don't call him that. An Omega never calls an Alpha their mate."

She quickly reached into a drawer and pulled out a long sleeved white shirt and put it on, glancing over her shoulder several times to make sure no one was coming as she reached for a belt to hold the pants up.

She had to get out there fast! She shouldn't have mated with the Alpha to begin with!

Forgetting about shoes, she ran as silently as she could toward the windows to the balcony. She looked over and swallowed: This was a three story, well four story including this room, manor house. But she didn't have time to think as she ran back and the jumped through the window.

Jessica free fell out the window, hitting the snow and rolled once on the ground. The shock felt like she merely jumped a foot in the air; she had seen humans die from heights that high, and she was thankful she wasn't one at that moment.

She looked around quickly for other wolves before she got up and ran toward the exit of the compound. She faintly heard crunching through the snow and slid to the side of a flat, keeping her breathing steady and quiet.

Please don't smell her out. Please don't smell her out...

She looked to the side and saw 5 other Omegas carrying items needed for their every day chores. As they passed her without so much as glance, she wasted little time as she slowly continued low against the flat, waving between flats until she got to the exit.

The sky looked like it was just becoming dawn, the morning star quite visible and radiant in the light, misty blue and pale orange sky. How long did she sleep?

She shook her head of the thought and continued to run; though she avoided detection from the other Omegas she saw, if she were caught by any other member of the hierarchy, she'd never escape from here.

She tried.

She tried her best not to think about Erick—no—the Alpha of the Delaney. He'd sense her and her intentions if she did. She ran barefoot through the freezing morning snow until she got to the gates, panting deeply through her nose. Jessica stared up at the massive steel barriers and gulped as she looked about it. She had never jumped a fence this tall before.

"There might....be another way around," Jessica whispered between her pants, "Maybe...a hole...?"

She then shook her head. The Delaney pack isn't stupid. She was sure there were next to no flaws in their security system, and even if there were, she had no time to try and find out.

She would have to try...no. She had no other choice but to jump it. She took a few large steps back—and a few deep breaths—and ran as fast as she could toward the fence. Jessica fought against the friction of the cold morning air as she leapt; she held back a grunt as she winced in pain when the blade of the fence nicked her leg, the left pants' leg tearing slightly and let blood trickle through it, but she landed on the other side and ran.

She dare not take the open road so she cut through the frosted thicket, protecting her face from rogue branches that seemed to try and stop her endeavor as well, begging her to return to the Delaney den. She looked up as best as she could through the frozen brush to see which way the sun was raising. That would help her decide which way to go.

Jessica was going to go South.

Her wolf in her head yelped and whined in between her barks at her as she ran.

Stop! Go back to our mate! We don't have to run!

"Shut up!" Jessica commanded her wolf, "Don't call him that!"

She had never yelled at her wolf, her other self, her friend, before and it hurt her heart to do so, but her wolf's sorrowful yelps continued still, ignoring her entirely.

Go back to our mate! We don't have to suffer anymore! We need to be with him!

"We don't!" Jessica told her back, "We survived for years without protection! Once we go west everything will be fine!"

Tears started to trail down Jessica's face once more as she continued to fight the wild limbs from the tree, "Why did I stop in Jackson?! I should have never gotten off at that stop—"

~/~/~/~

Erick growled grumpily as he made his way down the stairs. He really didn't want to have to deal with Adeline or his Alpha duty right now.

He should be laying contently next to his sleeping mate with his arms around her as he sniffed in her scent with each breath, waiting until just the right time to wake her up in ways that he saw fit. The thought made his wolf growl lustfully in his head, and his own mouth twitched as if to smirk.

However, it quickly faded as remembered why he wasn't doing just that. Adeline claimed it couldn't wait.

"What a crock of shit," Erick grumbled in his throat as he made his toward his study which was just down and across the hall from hers.

As he opened his door, he watched Keric get up and lower his head at him while Adeline quickly jumped to her feet in respect.

Erick inwardly snorted before he coolly spoke out loud, "This had better be quick. You know better than to disturb me right now."

"I'm sorry my Alpha," Adeline told him apologetically, "I just didn't think it could wait until later."

"Apparently," He thought as he walked over to his chair and leaned back in it, speaking out loud now, "Well?"

Adeline readjusted how she stood before talking. "It's about Jessica...my Alpha," She spoke calmly, yet humbly as best she could.

This did nothing for her however, as his gaze became cold and hard as did his voice as he sat up in his chair, "What about my mate, Adeline?"

"...It's...about her past, my Alpha," She told him, her eyes not once on his.

Erick's wolf perked in curiosity, but his wolf's lips twitched in aggravation at Adeline just as much as Erick's were, "I don't want to hear it from you. She will tell me herself."

"But Alpha, I really think—"

The words slipped out of her mouth and made Erick growl as she talked back to him.

"She will tell me herself," He growled as he stood.

Adeline quickly looked down in submission. Erick rounded the corner in an irritated manner, "Now if that was all you wanted."

"We're trying to avoid another war, Erick," Keric spoke up as he began to pass by him.

This stopped Erick in his tracks.

"It could end up as a turf war," Keric added calmly.

Erick was silent before he turned and looked at them, "And why couldn't you both wait until Jessica woke up if it concerns her past? She has every right to know as well."

"Because she's an Omega—"

Erick' sharp gaze silenced Adeline once more.

"Because she might become afraid Alpha," Keric corrected for his sister; she was losing points much too quickly this morning.

"Why?" Erick's gaze turned to him, inquiring; his wolf perked at the chance that his mate might become afraid.

Keric's voice was calm, yet slightly hesitant, "...Because of how you could respond it."

Erick's eyes widen, but he now understood, and he too felt like the moment he would be told her past, he and his wolf would go into a rage. Erick took in a breath and huffed as he thought about this, looking between the two of them.

"Regardless," Erick spoke finally, his expression softened as his wolf whined within him, "I don't like that I would have to talk about my mate behind her back... And Jessica needs to learn if she is to make a good Madam Alpha."

His gaze then hardened once again he sharply looked at Adeline, "Which brings me to this. I want you to step down from your post as Madam Alpha, Adeline. Understood?"

Adeline's eyes widen and her jaw clenched, matching her fists as Erick once again turned to leave.

"No," Adeline said defiantly.

Erick yet again stopped in his tracks and slowly glanced over his shoulder, his feral eyes reaching menacingly at Adeline's face, "What did you say to me?"

"I said no. I refuse to give up my spot as Madame Alpha," Adeline said, confidence behind her words.

Keric looked at his sister and his Alpha. In his eyes—and his scent—was fear. Fear on the fact that his sister said the forbidden word to their Alpha. Fear that she even had the nerve to repeat it!

Erick growled menacingly at her and turned, "You will step down as Madam Alpha, Adeline."

"I won't," Adeline dare to say once more, "I refuse to relinquish my position as Madam to a weaker wolf."

"You dare defy me," Erick stared in her eyes, but this time Adeline stood her ground with her gaze.

"You cannot force me out of this, Erick," Adeline told him, "Only a female can, and I refuse to give it up to an Omega."

Erick growled once again and started toward her, but she continued, "Jessica's too weak, even weaker than the Omegas born in this pack. She cannot hope to lead or protect anyone, when she cannot even protect herself."

Erick stopped once in front of her, her eyes and body didn't move.

"Unless she challenges me, I refuse give up my post," Adeline told him, their gazes battling—clashing—against each other like two dissimilar winds creating a storm.

No words needed to be said in the silent interval of acrimony, then tension speaking for itself.

Erick growled deeply; Adeline only blinked once.

"Damn it. She's right," He thought painfully, not one to give in to others, "Jessica would have to challenge her, and she would have to do it on her own. I can't force her."

He then focused in on Adeline once more, their gaze never truly being broken.

"She will challenge you," He spoke, hating the sound of relent in his words, "You're days are numbered."

With that, Adeline finally averted her gaze and looked down, "Understood my Alpha."

Erick growled and turned to leave. He hated that about Adeline, how so insistent and persistent she was, but he couldn't deny that she was a good and strong Madam Alpha thus far. He was going to have to have Jessica trained soon.

"But it can wait until a distant date," The corners of his mouth twitched as if to smirk once again as he started upstairs. The thought of his mate calmed him down.

He stopped suddenly; feeling was something off through their newly acquainted bond. He felt the feeling of randomly aching joints and the feeling of a wet, stinging pain attacked his entire front side of his body.

Was she...in pain?!

Impossible!

She was asleep when he left her! He ran upstairs to his room, slamming open the doors. He looked at the bed her had left her in, his eyes narrowed in confusion, his mouth slightly open.

Gone?

Erick scented the air slowly, but there was franticness in his sniffs. She hadn't gone to the rest room. He sharply looked at the closet before taking in another breath, his gaze turning harshly to the balcony as he quickly made his way over to it.

Looking over, he looked both ways several times before using his keen sight to see, his heart beating heavily in his chest. They were faint—fortunately not covered by the Omegas that walked through—but he made out barefoot prints in snow that led away from the compound, taking back roads and going in between homes to get there.

His heavily beating heart took a dive and sunk, and he and his wolf were stunned in the least.

Everything was blank.

Did she really...leave them...again? And she was in pain? His mind and feelings returned to him when the word pain entered his mind.

Pain and hurt tore through his heart, making constant slices at it, "We mated. Why would she leave?"

He closed his eyes and thought back on what she had told him last night. That's right. She had said she was afraid, and she had tried to think of a hundred and ten reasons not to be together. He opened his eyes, and his hurt turned to raw anger.

She has no right to leave now! Not now, not ever! He turned went toward his closet and grabbed some clothes.

"Emmanuel! Get up and prepare my car now!" He projected to his beta.

Marco and Conroy were in intensive care since he nearly killed them yesterday, he didn't trust Keric entirely, so he will have to do. He turned on his heel and headed out the door to the garage.

"Jessica," He projected through their bond, "Where are you?!"

~*~*~*~

She should have seen it.

She should have seen it coming as she tripped over a tree root that hid under the snow. Jessica fell face first down the side of the steep hill, her footing gone as she rolled, barely missing trees, getting nicked and hit by small and unseen rocks as she tumbled. She couldn't see anything, dizziness and pain taking its toll on her before a feeling numbing pain ran through her body as she smacked into wet asphalt face down, her cheek and body seemed to try and weld into the ground, but at its failure sent ripples of pain internally.

She faintly heard the sound of honking, screeching, and even screams get closer to her.

She couldn't react, her body stung in pain and her mind stunned. Her eyes were black around the edges, threatening to consume the rest of her sight as well within the blurriness.

"Oh my goodness!" A woman's voice, echoed faintly through her head, "Kenneth! Come here!"

The sound of a door opening, slamming, and footsteps ran running over vaguely went through her mind.

"Oh geez, Barbara, is she alright?" A man, Kenneth, asked, worry and panic in his voice, "She just fell from nowhere! I barely even saw her!"

"Not now, Kenny!" Barbara told him, "Can you pick her up? We're going to a hospital."

More footsteps.

Another car door opened.

"Mommy is she alright?" A child's voice asked, worry full in his voice.

"Hopefully, Chris. Scoot over honey," Barbara said before Jessica felt herself get hoisted up gently, carried, and put softly into the car.

Her body still not responding against her will, she barely was able to do anything as the man buckled her in, slammed the door, and drove off. Her body, slowly, but surely, tried to worm its way into blacking out.

However, she refused.

She had no idea which way the nearest hospital was, but she sure wasn't going to allow them to take her there.

Jessica heard the sounds of the couples franticly trying to rush to the hospital, the minivan accelerating on the road, each small turn and slight swivel moved her in her seat, and if she wasn't numb now, she would have shown fear at this.

She felt the feeling of her skin being touched lightly by gentle hands.

Small hands.

It must be the child's.

Weakly, Jessica sniffed the air. Their scent blew into her nose, and made her want to sneeze. That sweet, yet bitter smell of fear, the sour smell of alarm, and the warm smell of concern hung heavy in the air; they were drenched in it. As she took a small and subliminal sniff once more, she scented that they were human. That's a relief.

...But at the same time...

She felt something push its way inside her head, a voice.

Erick's—the Alpha's voice.

He was pissed.

"Jessica, where are you?!" He inquired.

To this she didn't respond. In fact, she kept her eyes shut, not looking out a window or anything to hint where she was.

"...Wait a moment," Jessica a thought of realization crept in mind, "This is all too strange for me. I'm an Omega, and the Alpha is asking me something...and yet I refuse to respond? I should respond, but...I don't want to... Want? My wolf...keeps claiming him as...our mate, yet I dare challenge him back despite our separate positions?! This is unlike me! This is all wrong! I don't understand! The moon Goddess never has gotten anything wrong before, so why now?! Why me?!"

Jessica jerked slightly as she heard Erick growl in her mind; he had heard every word she thought.

"This isn't wrong, Jessica. It's fate, and the deities are never wrong. You are my mate. Listen to your wolf, and tell me where you are," Erick's voice was calm, yet there was an obvious tone of anger and a not so obvious tone of hurt underlining it as well.

Jessica froze, but inwardly she shook her head, blocking him out as she held fast to her previous ideas. It would be a matter of time of him finding her now, and she didn't know how the Delaney pack Alpha would treat humans with her scent on them. She needed to get out of here. And fast.

Slowly, Jessica's eyes started to open as she quickly formulated a plan in her head.

"Mommy! Mommy, she's awake!" Chris's voice bellowed unnecessarily next to her, making her wince and her ears redden.

As she opened her eyes, she looked about the vehicle quickly as if in shock and fear of her new surroundings.

"Wh-where am I?" She laid her soft Quebecer accent on hard.

"Shh, it's okay honey," Barbara tried to sooth her calmly.

Quickly, Jessica started to shake, remembering that in winter weather, humans would be cold in a single long sleeves shirt, pants, and no socks or shoes on.

"Oh dear," Barbara turned and turned the heater up a bit before looking back at Jessica, "You're safe dear. We saw you fall on the side of the road. Are you alright?"

"Y-y-yeah," Jessica stated, appearing as if she was cold and slightly shaken up. She then allowed herself to relax a bit, "T-t-thank y-you."

Barbara smiled warmly, and she could see Chris smiling from the corner of her eye as well.

"If you don't mind us asking, what were you doing dressed like that in the mountains?" Kenneth asked as he drove, his mad driving from before seemed to have dulled down a bit at her opening her eyes, much to her relief.

"Kenny," Barbara looked at him.

"N-no," Jessica quickly said, "It's alright."

She let out a small sigh as she sat up, thinking up her story quick, "My boyfriend, well ex-boyfriend now, thought it be a good idea to go on this camping trip all the way out here in Wyoming with a few of his...friends."

She pretended to catch herself from cursing in front of Chris, "See we live in California and—"

"Really?" Barbara interrupted, "All the way from California? Where are you from? You don't sound like you're from there."

"Born and raised in Northeast Canada," Jessica gave her a small and meek grin, "....And I live in Longbeach."

Barbara's eyes widen and a huge grin spread to both of her cheeks, "Really?! What's it like there—"

"Babs, not now!" It was Kenneth's turn to stop her before he looked up at Jessica in the rear view mirror, "I'm sorry about that. Please. Go on."

"Thanks. Um...Oh, anyhow, we live in California and we had timed our breaks so we can go on this trip. Sadly, we had a really, really bad fight before we left, and I thought it would brush over when we got here. Wrong! I remember falling asleep last night and when I woke up, the truck, the other two tents, and half of the junk we had brought with us were gone along with them! No note or anything!"

"Oh I'm so sorry," Barbara patted her knee.

"That was very stupid of your boyfriend," Kenneth sounded upset, "People die in the woods."

At that Jessica feigned a fearful gasp, earning Kenneth a slap on the arm from Barbara.

Inwardly, Jessica felt bad for getting him hit, but she needed to make this as believable as possible.

"A-Anyways...now that I think back on it, it was probably his bad idea of a joke—worse one yet in fact—and he probably was going come back for me after an hour or so, but I don't know...woodlands like he does! I probably should have stayed in his tent until his return, but idiot me had to go out and try to find my way back to town. I ended up getting lost and tripped over a root or something. I blacked out then."

"Well it's a good thing we saw you dear," Barbara told her sweetly, "We're heading toward the nearest hospital back in Jackson, and—"

"Oh no," Jessica said a little too quickly, faster than she should have, and that earned her both surprised and slightly suspicious glances.

It didn't help that it was paired with silence either.

"I'm sorry," She said, thinking quickly, "I just don't want to stay in Wyoming any longer than I have. Plus, I really want to see some familiar faces in Cali."

The tension in the air slowly started recede, allowing Jessica to breathe again as she let out an internal sigh.

"...W-well," Barbara spoke out a little puzzled, "M-maybe you can accompany us? We're going to see my aunt-in-law in Kansas. Maybe we can drop you off in Cheyenne?"

"No thank you," Jessica shook her head, sensing that Barbara was giving off an excuse that doesn't make any sense. Plus, she needed to head southwest, not back east.

"Could you drop me off at the next Truck Stop?" Jessica asked.

"Are you sure? Dressed like that?" Barbara asked, concern and confusion sown in her words.

"Yes please," Jessica told her, "I'll be fine."

"....Even I'm not so sure about that one," Kenneth sounded just as apprehensive as his wife.

Jessica looked at him, her eyes locking with his in the rear view mirror, "I'll be fine, thank you. Please let me off."

Her voice came out in a plea, and she worried that it would break her character.

Kenneth went silence as he kept contact with her eyes a little while longer before he slowly looked back on the road.

"...Alright, Miss," He told her as he then found a point on the road to turn around.

Jessica was thankful that their eye contact didn't last any longer; she would have averted her eyes otherwise, and she knew that to humans, averting eye contact meant they were lying.

Barbara sharply turned and looked at him in alarm, "Kenneth!"

"It's what she wants, Barbara," He told her in an unexpectedly peaceful manner as he drove.

Her eyes shifted confused on her husband before Barbara looked back at Jessica, "Are you sure, dear?"

Jessica glanced up at her, "Yes, Madam. I've done things like this before."

Barbara had a look and scent that reeked of displeasure in Jessica's choice, but after staring at Jessica, she looked toward Chris, "Chris can you be a dear and hand mommy's Duffy please?"

Chris, being silent and watchful the entire time, grinned at her and did as he was told, handing her the red duffle bag with her name on it.

"Thank you, honey. Can you also get mommy's blue coat too, please?" She smiled at him as she started to look through the bag, her attention then shifted to Jessica, "What size shoe do you wear, dear?"

"Oh! Um, 8 ½-9," Jessica quickly told her.

"Well...I'm a size 8, so these might be a bit tight, but don't worry, I've worn them out a bit so they should be a tad looser," Barbara handed her brown, well-worn sneakers.

"Thanks so much," Jessica grinned as she put them on. True to her word, they were a tight fit on her toes, but they would have to for now.

When they finally neared a Truck Stop with a gas station, mini mart, and a small motel, Jessica unbuckled her belt and put the jacket on.

"....Now again, are you really sure about this?" Barbara feebly tried once again.

"I'm sure," Jessica smiled as she got out the car, "Thanks Mrs. Barbara, Mr. Kenneth, and thank you for keeping me company in the back seat Chris."

Chris gave her a kool-aid grin, and it melted her heart, "You're welcome."

Kenneth smiled at her, and Barbara gave her a weak smile.

"...Take care now," Kenneth told her, to which Jessica nodded, closed the door smoothly, and waved as they drove back onto the semi-busy road.

Once they were out of sight, Jessica let out a large sigh. That was a relief. She wouldn't have to worry about them getting involved anymore. She then faced the Stop, and headed for the mini-mart.