A long awaited return.

[Falco]

The night was cold, dark, and the stars above twinkled like a thousand tiny eyes leering down at him, watching his every move. Thoughts plagued his mind; apprehensions, things of that nature. He had left two years ago due to personal issues and just to see the world, meet new people, etc. And now here he was, driving passed the gate to the mansion in his fresh and rigged up drift style Nissan 350z. It was black, his favorite color, with LED lights. With the high pitched hum of the engine peaking a little as he pulled up to the courtyard in front of the main doors, he shut the engine off and got out; opening the trunk. Grabbing his two loaded suit cases, he shut the trunk and with a couple high pitched beeps, he locked his car and headed for the door.

Looking up at the high walls, the memories of the old flashed into his mind. The woman he had begun to fall in love with, Sonima, he was sure was not there but the memories of her were still omnipresent in his mind. His heart seemed void of anything at the moment, his mind a battle ground for fears and hopes and emotions that had been locked away since he left. And with a deep breath, he set his bags down and knocked firmly on the door, hoping someone was still awake. Glancing at his watch, Ryan took notice of the time; 9:46 pm. And so he waited, wondering who was still here, and if they would even recognize him. Hoping for the best, he sighed slightly, glancing around him every now and then.

"Please, someone be awake. If anyone, Furball should at least be up studying or something. Hell, she was a book nerd back then and she probably is still that way now." He mumbled to himself as he waited.

[Soni]

Before the knock was even heard, an eerie sense of familiarity washed over Soni, causing her faces to go pail. The echoing of his knock snapping her back to reality. It couldn't be him, she was probably just over exhausted and imagining things. Her eyes turned towards the door, waiting to see if anyone else would answer it.

After a moment, she stood up slowly and moved to the front door. The closer she came to it the stronger she could feel him there. Could he really be back? After leaving without a word over two years ago, had he returned on the same night she had? It was almost impossible to calculate the odds, there was no way he was there.

Her hand rested on the handle, taking in a deep breathe before twisting it, and pulling the door towards her. All doubts were purged from her mind as the door opened. Countless emotions ran through her when she saw him standing there.

"Ryan . . . "

[Falco]

He could hear foot steps on the other side of the door and thought to himself, Good shit, someone is awake. But when the door opened, everything crashed inside of him. It was her, it was Jade, it was the moment of his heart’s death. The surprise he felt seeing her there was overwhelmed with grief and guilt and memories of the past. What could he say? What could he do? To be honest all he wanted to do was run, shift into a falcon and fly away. But that was the old Ryan. This was the new. And so he spoke, his voice breaking the deafening silence that had grown more prevalent between them.

“Jade… Hey…” With that said, Ryan forced a smile through the fear and apprehension and just stood there. He made no motion to pick up his bags or anything. He merely stood face to face with the woman who’s heart he knew he broke years ago. Mr. Slaiter’s eyes never left those beautiful hues of Jade’s as he stood motionless, his heart pounding hard in his chest.

[Soni]

The pounding of her own heart was deafening in her ears. It took everything in her powers not to break down in tears and slam the door in his face. Seeing him standing there brought to light every emotion she had banished to the deepest part of her broken heart.

Stepping back, she moved out of the way so he could come into the house. No matter what had happened between them, this was a safe haven for all mutants. His small hello caught her a little off guard, it wasn't really the reaction she expected.

"You look tired, come on in. There are a few new students here, ECKS and Liz are on a mission right now. They should be back soon. "

Moving away from the door, she turned her back to him, fighting off any emotion that dared try and show itself.

[Falco]

Kiss her. No, don’t. She will likely reject it because in all likelihood, she probably hates me. He thought to himself as he grabbed his bags and stepped inside and out of the way so she could shut the door.

“Glad to hear they are still around and Ecks hasn’t gotten himself killed yet.”

A coy bit of laughter could be heard; more of a chuckle really. Anyone with a brain could tell that he was nervous and didn’t really know what to say. Allowing his eyes the precious view of Jade’s beauty once more, he spoke again to her, this time he slightly stammered on his words; his voice low and soft.

“Listen, I know I left. I know I hurt you. I know. I don’t expect you to forgive me now or three years from now for that matter. Just know that no matter how far I was from here the passed two years, you have been the only one on my mind. Hell, I couldn’t look at the pyramids in their height without thinking of that night we spent in the clouds. Or even the rocky mountains in Colorado without seeing a falcon and remembering our flight along the beach.” He paused, realizing he was going on and on about things she probably didn’t want to hear. “I’m sorry… I’ll stop.”

[Soni]

Shutting the door after he stepped inside, she rested her head against the cool wood for a moment.

God I don't know if I can do this. I thought that he was gone forever, but no matter what he has always been on my mind. Now he is back, standing here in front of me, what am I suppose to do. . .

She turned back towards him, finding it hard not to get lost in his eyes like she had done a thousand times before. Her heart was still beating like crazy, and she felt like there was a knot at the back of her throat making it hard to swallow or even breathe for that matter. As he began to speak nervously, she felt eery part of her body screaming out to hold him once more, but she held herself back.

He . . .he thought about me, just as much as I thought about him. Does that mean that part of him still feels for me?

"Ryan, a lot of things have happened to both of us since then. We both have grown and changed in these past few years. But I can't lie and say that you didn't cross my mind a million times a day. I guess I just always wanted to know why you left. I blamed myself for it and still do actually. Thinking that if it wasn't something about me, that you would have taken me with you that day. I have cried more times then I care to admit over you, even now I am holding back the water works. But no matter what I was never mad at you for leaving, only at myself for not being the woman you needed to keep you here."

[Falco]

He didn’t wait for her to continue. He didn’t want her to continue. Immediately after she had spoken her last word, he closed the distance between them and brought his hands to either side of her head, his fingers in her hair while his thumbs pointed to where side burns would be. Seemingly without a second to waste, his lips fell upon hers sparking emotions locked away. The kiss was powerful, conveying emotion that words could never come close to describing, yet it was soft and gentle. Letting it linger for a few more seconds as he hung from those two precious strips of rosy flesh on her face, he pulled back ever so slightly and as he spoke his warm breath cascaded onto her lips.

“It had nothing to do with you.” Ryan’s hands then slowly slid down to her waist and brought her close to him, tossing away the fear of her pulling from him. His fingers interlocked behind the small of her back as their hips met and his warm embrace took her in. Opening his eyes finally, he spoke yet again. “I just needed to find myself, find life. I needed to get away from everything. I should have said goodbye, and I am so sorry for not doing so.”

My heart is still yours, he thought, just tell her. Tell her how much you still want to be with her Ryan. Do it! No matter how much he wanted to tell her, he already had. In that kiss moments before.

[Soni]

He caught her by surprise when he took her into his arms and lowered his lips to hers. Her eyes closing softly just before their lips met for that passionate kiss. The feel of his lips against hers again made her weak in the knees. In an instant she felt as if they were back on the beach sharing their first kiss all over. Her body reacting on pure emotion as she returned his kiss, like not a single day had past since they had been in each others arms.

It wasn't until he pulled his lips from her that she felt her long held breath release slowly from her pursed lips. With that one kiss, he had knocked down every wall she had built up to hide the feelings she still had for him. Every doubt that he still loved her vanished as he spoke softly to her.

"I understand, I just wish that I could have helped you find yourself Ryan. The day you left, I felt as if my heart was broken into a million pieces, never to be put back together. But like you did the first time we met, you have made me fell whole once more."

Her arms wrapped around his neck and held him close to her body. She didn't want to let him go, not again, It was fate that brought them together, and now fate had made their paths cross again.

"Just tell me you won't leave again . . . please."

[Falco]

“Never. I am here to stay. I promise.”

He said with a faint smile as he placed yet another soft kiss upon her lips. He had his heart again. He had the one that he missed so dearly when he left yet was to fearful to return to until now. He had his Jade, his Soni. Smiling into the kiss before pulling from it, he spoke again.

“Care to help me put away all my clothes and shit? I swear though, if Liz messed up how I left my room… well… let’s just say I will give my nickname for her a whole new meaning; Furball.” He smiled deviously and picked up his bags after apprehensively pulling from his love’s arms.

[Soni]

"Of course, and my room is exactly the same as it was when I left, so I don't see why your room would have been disturbed. Unless you count those few nights I stayed in there after you left, but that is a whole different subject."

Her smiled never faded, not even for a moment. It was the first time in a long time she was actually happy. Sure there had been moments that she felt happiness, but nothing compared to the joy she felt within herself at this moment.

"Come on, I am want to hear all about where you have been. "

She turned on her heels and began walking upstairs towards his room. Making sure to stay close to him.

[Amy, Ave., Tiff., Stiff.]

"Okay, or don't introduce yourself, just kiss and leave," Amy felt a bit left out

that moment of ackward silence decended upon the group of people and they felt the need to break it...

"CREAM CORN SODA POP MONKEYS ON A LOG!" Tiffany and Amy shouted together. The silence was broken and laughter filled the room.

"Let me get you that apple," Amy said as the others watched her leave.

[M_a_K]

"......um.....what?.....i-i....who were they?.... and wait....what?"keiy stammered and compleatly turned around by what just happened.
he then moved to a part of the room where he could feel the most relaxed and out of the way.

[Falco]

Ryan followed Soni up to his room and glanced over his shoulder at the people behind him with a bit of a grin. It was not that he was ignoring them. It was merely that he returned finally after two years and he had been reunited with his love. His mind was on her at the moment and he was sure there was plenty of time to get acquainted with everyone.

[M_a_K]

"um...i forgot to introduce my self....im Keiy....."he said.

[Falco]

(OOC: Ryan is no longer in the room. Try to keep up buddy. But nice to meet ya.)