Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Lucas was not as angry as James thought he was. He was just mildly annoyed that Jen was a fan of his brother. He made his way back to his bedroom and saw that Jen was still sleeping. He got on the bed with her and she automatically moved to lay in his arms making his mood improve drastically.

However, he could not get himself to fall asleep since he had to think about what to do next.

As he silently lay next to Jen and brainstorming ideas while playing with her hair she eventually woke up. She dazedly looked at Lucas who was completely lost in his thoughts.

To some extent he could not help but think it would have been so much easier to deal with this if Jen did not know since he would be the one to call the shots, but since that wasn't the case, he had to take into consideration how she wanted the matter to be handled.

He was eventually brought out of his thoughts when Jen's soft palm touched his face. He grabbed her wrist and kissed her palm before pulling her closer to him.

"You're awake" Lucas said as he nuzzled his face in her hair.

"Mmmh, what's wrong? You seem bothered about something" Jen asked as she slightly pulled back and looked up at him.

"I talked to Dave" Lucas said with a sigh.

"What did he say?" Jen asked as she started sitting upright before she was pulled back down on the bed by Lucas.

"They lost the stalker, the police have also taken their hands off the case. They said he hadn't harmed anyone or taken anything and even when found at most he will probably get a few days of jail time and maybe pay a fine" Lucas said as he continued to play with her hair.

"But you don't know where he is yet?" Jen asked.

"Yeah, it also seems like he has been following you around for years now and that it wasn't recent. You never noticed him?" Lucas asked curiously.

"No, i've never seen anyone suspicious around me" Jen said with a shake of her head.

"You are either very oblivious of your surroundings, or he has gotten better at following you…" Lucas said but left the sentence hanging.

"Or?" Jen asked prompting him to continue.

"Or he stopped for a period of time before he continued. Did your ex boyfriend ever mention seeing him?" Lucas asked curiously. Jen was slightly flustered. She was not expecting Tyler to suddenly come up in their conversation.

"Uh, no. Chances are if he saw him he wouldn't have told me anyway" Jen replied after thinking about it.

"From what I know about him, he probably noticed. He is a very meticulous person and very observant. I would have asked him about it, but it would be weird" Lucas thought out loud.

Jen stayed silent the whole time and continued to listen to Lucas' thoughts.

"Is there no other way to find him?" Jen asked.

"Getting information from Tyler would be faster since he probably knows the person. I'm positive that they have probably met, but at the moment there are private investigators I hired to look for him, unless I ask Brian" Lucas said and took out his phone.

"Brian?" Jen asked puzzled.

"He is a long time friend of mine. He has… uhm… unique methods of finding out things like this" Lucas answered as he speed dialled Brian making Jen's eyebrows rise.

If the man was on speed dial then it would mean that they were very close. After the phone rang a couple of times Lucas got off the bed and went outside to the balcony to talk to Brian.

Jen watched his straight back, as he talked on his phone after a couple of minutes he came back to the bedroom and sat on the bed.

"What happened?" Jen asked.

"He said to give him at least three days. He should be able to find information on the guy. Hopefully by the end of the week he'll be able to catch him" Lucas said.

"Is this guaranteed?" Jen asked as she sat up on the bed.

"Pretty much. He is pretty efficient" Lucas asked.

"Oh, who is he?" Jen asked curiously.

"He is my friend. We've been friends for most of my life. He is a computer genius, but because of his family he did not go into that field. His family is a military family, and they are acquainted with quite a few people in the underworld so it won't be difficult for him to handle the matter." Lucas briefly explained.

"Oh, is that so?" Jen said as she thought deeply.

"Yes, what do you want to do once we catch him?" Lucas asked curiously.

"Um, let's cross that bridge when the time comes" Jen said after she thought about if for a while.

In reality, she was also not sure what she wanted to be done to the stalker. She generally did not want him following her around anymore, and now that she is being plagued by nightmares it is even worse.

She did not feel safe, in fact she felt like she would have to move out from her house because she now knew that the man knew where she lived. So she was very uncertain as to what she should do if he was caught.

"Mmh, I'll listen to you" Lucas said as he pushed back some of the hair that had fallen on her face.

"Can we pass by my place to get my things on our way home?" Jen asked as she unconsciously leaned into his palm.

"Ofcourse" Lucas answered happily. His mood had improved from the fact that she considered his place to be home.

Jen picked up her phone that was next to the pillow and unlocked it. She checked her notifications and noticed that she received an image from Jason. She opened the chatand downloaded the image and to her surprise she saw it was a picture of James pinching Lucas' cheeks, with Lucas looking dumbfounded by his actions.

Jen looked at Lucas who was also seriously reading emails on his phone and she couldn't help but laugh in amusement. Lucas looked up and saw that Jen was staring at him in amusement while looking at her phone.

"What is it?" Lucas asked curiously.

"I'll just show you" Jen said and crawled to sit on his lap before she flexed her fingers and proceeded to pinch his cheeks. A similar expression to the picture was on his face which made Jen break out into a fit of laughter.

"What's wrong with everyone today?" Lucas asked puzzled.

"You.. should see... your expression" Jen said between laughter

"My expression?" Lucas asked and his cheeks were pinched again.

"You look-" Jen started before she was cut off by Lucas when his lips settled on hers. It was a short kiss that was meant to silence her and it worked.

"I look what?" Lucas asked with a smile. His dimples appearing.

"You look cute" Jen said and mischievously pecked his lips.