Castle Ward

Jason shook his head."no she'd hesitate at least a bit. i saved her from a german sniper back in world war two so she owes me on in that regard" he said smiling at her. his wings remained around her as did his arms and he hoped she was warm enough.

"Still, I care deeply about you both and the last thing I want is for you two to be fighting over me." She shuddered, remembering how she felt when she saw Jason fight the attacker at the beginning. It would only be that much worse if Dianne was involved. Though she might not look it, Dianne was one of the strongest vampires in the underworld.

Damian smirked. "Only if you want to, Miss Ward."

"Oh, but I do. Come along, Damian. Let's pray that no boy has gotten their hands on her or I'll chop them off." The red color of her eyes and hair made it apparent that she wasn't kidding.

Well, this should be entertaining.... He thought as he walked beside Dianne.

Dianne walked gracefully up the stairs and into the main room, scanning for Bella's white dress among the red and black. She found Bella on Jason's lap and her eyes narrowed, "He better not be."

Damian took a slight, nearly unnoticable step forward but said nothing.

Jason kept his wings around her and his arms beneath it. "are you warm enough now bella?" he asked loud enough that Dianne could hear. "if your clothes are still wet we could move closer to the fire" he offered. he was well aware that dianne was looking now, so he was making it clear he had no dishonest intentions.

Dianne gave a low growl and walked over to the couch. "She is plenty warm, thank you. If you know what's good for you both, I'd back the hell off."
Bella shirked back at Dianne's death glare. She was definitely ticked.

Damian watched, somewhat suprised that Jason's head was still attatched to his body. "Some friendly advice... run. Hell hath no fury greater than a woman's scorn."

Jason looked at Dianne. "please come down. you know better then anyone I would never hurt her in any way, shape, or form." he said. even his eyes held no bad intentions towards bella. "and in case you didn't see from earlier, her clothes are soaked clean through so i was keeping her warm so she won't catch pnemonia. surely you can't blame me for that?" he said. Jaason was one of the few vampires that could calm dianne in a fit and could keep his head on in the process.

Dianne continued to glare, even though it could be seen in her eyes that she was calming down. If only a little. "If you ever touch her again, I'll chop your hands off."
Bella winced at the harshness in Dianne's words. She knew the red-haired woman behind her had every intention of living up to her word.

Jason rolled his eyes and moved one of his wings so dianne could see his hands were around her stomach, on neither of the "out of bounds" areas. "dianne you can ask her yourself I haven't done a single inappropriate thing to her. all i've been doing it keeping her from catching a cold," he said returning the wing to its place.

Damian watched silently as the two argued back and forth.

"That aside, she is my charge and I have assigned myself the duty of keeping her safe. And with her luck, it;s very difficult. I can't risk it with anyone." She took Bella's arm and pulled her up, then lead her away.
Bella looked over her shoulder at Jason, mouthing an apology for Dianne's behavior.

Jason sighed as dianne led bella away. what dianne didn't realize, and what was clear to jason, that her attempts to keep her safe were keeping her from doing anything fun. dianne could talk and flirt with boys, but if bella tried, the boy in question got decapitated. it wasn't fair in the least.

Bella smiled back at Jason one last time before Dianne lead her out of sight. Anyone that knew Dianne too well knew that Dianne didn't know the meaning of 'fair'.

jason smiled softly back at her and sighed when she was gone. he wondered how he could see bella again without dianne finding out.

When Bella was in her room with the door locked and secure, Dianne came back down, dusting her hands off on her skirt. She wasn't about to let anyone even have a remote chance of hurting Bella, either emotionally or physically. She had been through to much already.

the door may have been locked, but not the window. jason had gone outside and flew up to the lighted window. he landed on the window sill and smiled at her. "hello again" he said quietly in case dianne was still around.

Bella quickly turned around, her eyes moist with fresh tears, "Jason!" She whispered loudly, "I thought she wouldn't let you up here!"

"well she doesn't exactly know i'm here" he said slowly stepping inside. he noticed her eyes. "why were you crying?" he asked softly. he walked to her and gently wiped away the tears.

"I didn't think I'd get to see you again." Bella looked down, a little embarrassed. If she had been human, she would have been blushing crimson right now.

Jason smiled softly at her and held her close. he wrapped his wings around her. "i've learned how to get passed dianne after all these years. she won't keep me from you unless you want me to stay away" he said softly.

Damian followed Dianne back downstairs. "That ended well...." He said.