#(Going to admit. Writing Jess's reunion with Peter is what made me cry the hardest)

[hadesrebelofadaughter]

My Friends.

@dontunderestimatemypoison

Jess had dragged the guys out to come and hang out at Amelia's parents' farm with her, Amelia, Kau and Deion for the night. It was beautiful at night and she mostly wanted to try to steal some strawberries from the fields before they left. There were more than enough seats for all of them in the living room, Jess was sharing a seat with F.A.N.G as she always did. The conversation was jovial and lighthearted with it pausing every so often when Amelia asked for help refilling drinks which Jess got up and helped with.

Everyone was pulled outside to watch the sunset with Kau taking pictures and Jess giving the guys a 'told you' grin before it got chilly and everyone headed back in. The fire in the fireplace was lit and the conversation started back up again, a few pillows were thrown around with loud over-dramatic yells of 'HOW DARE YOU' and 'I TRUSTED YOU' with only laughter in return and a few playful 'Be nice' scolds that had both guilty parties laughing. Eventually, Amelia asked for some help in the kitchen and Kau insisted she rest and took some of the offered help to cook dinner while Deion and Jess playfully bickered over music choices.

Both of them were gently swatted with pillows before Kau led the way to the kitchen and Deion ended up winning and he fiddled before finding a playlist while Jess grumbled that it was rigged before snuggling up to F.A.N.G. Only appeased when a few kisses were stolen and she laughed and poked her tongue out at Amelia who poked her tongue out back.

Conversation started up again and Jess ended up going strangely quiet halfway through one song before she shifted, put her drink on the table and quietly excused herself. Getting up and leaving out the backdoor, just needing some fresh air. Amelia shaking her head at F.A.N.G, telling him to give her a couple of minutes as Deion got up and skipped to the next song.

Jess outside leaned against one of the pillars of the house, tucking her hands into her pockets as the song still played in her head. Tears springing to her eyes, she just needed some fresh air. She'd be fine. . .she'd be fine.

And I can’t forget it All of the love All of the love As we stood tall together All of the love

She snuffled and let out a quiet shaky laugh, more tears falling down her face as her hands came out of her pockets. She wiped at her eyes before wrapping her arms around herself.

And oh my friends I am heavy Can I beat within your heart? Can I bleed within your love? Oh my friends

And oh my friends I am ready Can I beat within your heart? Can I bleed within your love? Oh my friends

It was silent sobbing, her shoulders shook, tears fell but there was no audible sobs. She missed Kara, she missed her Uncle Peter, she missed Ennis, she missed everyone that she'd ever known that had gone missing or had died. She missed all of them and it was like a physical ache in her chest, she snuffled again, wiping at her cheek, her nose, her eyes. Her eyes gazing out into the fields in front of her. Mindlessly staring until she blinked and she saw two people walking out of a very familiar looking gate.

It was stark black but glowed with a purple glow, looking past the people and into the gate itself she saw the fields of Asphodel and in the distance ever so faintly, she could see her dad's home. Admittedly it was hard to miss.

She turned her attention to the two people, even with her blurry eyes, the dark pink dyed hair was hard to miss and she choked out a sob, a fresh round of tears rushing to her eyes.

“Hey Jess” The pink-haired figure said and Jess darted forward, Kara meeting her in the middle as the two threw their arms around each other. Jess sobbing into Kara's shoulder. Nothing but apologies fell out of Jess's mouth and Kara just cooed, rubbing her back while she whispered nothing but reassurance and forgiveness back. Her arms tightening around her cousin as she continued to sob into her. “Shh shh Jess it's alright, it wasn't your fault, you couldn't have known. I didn't blame you and I'm sure the others didn't either. Shh, Shh it's alright”

“Bu-But, I still-”

Kara shushed her, cutting her off and she pulled away slightly, wiping Jess's cheeks as she gave her a firm look

“It. Wasn't. Your. Fault” She repeated, wiping at her eyes “It was just bad timing, I should have shouted for help. It's my fault if anything, it's not yours. Never will be yours, it's okay. Even if it was Jess, I forgive you. I don't want to see you upset anymore”

“I'm sorry” Jess whimpered out and there was a quiet coo from Kara before Jess was pulled back into a tight hug, the two falling quiet for a moment as they just hugged. Kara was the one to pull away first and she gave her cousin a smile before looking over her shoulder and gestured for the other figure to come forward. Jess recognised him right away when she looked at him. “Peter?”

“Hey Little J” Peter said, giving her a warm smile and he just held his arms out, letting her run into them. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, kissing the top of his niece's head as she started to cry again. It had been years since she'd seen him, gods she missed him so much “Hey kiddo, shh. It's alright, It's alright. I'm here, we're here. It's alright”

“I'm so sorry, I missed you so much” She said and he just smiled, looking a little teary-eyed himself

“You have nothing to be sorry for and I missed you too” He said before pulling away, looking her over before he gave her a proud smile. Wiping some tears from her eyes “Look at you, all grown up. Getting married with a house of your own with some certain dogs I hear no less! I'm so proud of you”

That just made her cry harder and he cooed and hugged her tightly again, rubbing her back as he mumbled quiet reassurances to her. Letting her cry herself out before letting her pull away to wipe at her eyes

“Better?” He asked and she let out a weak laugh, smiling as she nodded.

“Better” She said, Kara popping up next to them and she ruffled Jess's hair causing her to let out another, stronger laugh as she batted her hand away. “You bitch”

“You love me” Kara said with a giggle

“I do, I miss you too” Jess said and Kara wrapped an arm around her shoulders

“And I miss you” Kara replied, giving her shoulder a squeeze “I've told dad everything, how well you're taking care of the dogs, about Gypsie, how you're doing uni stuff.”

“I'm real proud of you” Peter told Jess and she snuffled

“You guys are gonna make me cry again” She said and Kara and Peter just laughed. “I really miss you both”

“And we miss you but we're both so proud of you honey” Peter said, gently tapping Jess's nose which caused her to smile “There's my girl. We gotta go but I'm sure if you ask your dad, you can come and see us okay?”

“Okay” Jess said nodding before she bit her lip, the urge to cry already bubbling up again “I love you both”

“We love you too cuz” Kara said, tears filling her eyes now too and there was a big group hug before Peter and Kara pulled away and gave Jess a smile. Turning around, they walked back to the gate and as soon as they stepped through it vanished. Leaving Jess both happy and sad at the same time and she let out a slow breath before she headed back to the house.

She opened the back door a little bit after trying to calm herself down enough that she wouldn't sound like she'd been crying. With how much she’d been crying, she probably failed horribly.

“F.A.N.G darling? Can you come out here please?” She called before shutting the door and going and sitting on the swing seat that was on the back porch. She needed a hug.