LONDON CALLING

Jessie looked at Robert and nodded saying nothing at the moment. He lookd at Jeffery and shook his hand aprihensivly thou. " good to meet you, I think" he said glancing at Robert for reasurance as Jack had let go of him now. "if you are the person who can help then yeah , lets talk." he said and watched as Kate point them out to Brian's stocked farm pond. He walked out and sat down under the tree with a soda.


"I don't know what you want me to say, I act before I think I unknowing ly acused some one of doing something they had no intenshions of , and I didn't know I was doing it until Brian and the others pointed it out, by then it was too late." he looked down at his soda and sighed. " now every ones mad and Rubys angry at me and I havenb't even seen Kaden."

Jeffrey went out and sat down on the bed next to Jessie and simply waited quietly, giving him the time he needed to start somewhere. He listened to Jessie's nutshell explanation of what had happened.

"Well, let's break that down a little," Jeffrey said. "You haven't seen Kaden, not because he's avoiding you but because you just got here within the last few minutes. So, it sounds like you think that sometimes your behaviors are impulsive. They might be, or they might be well practiced behaviors that now happen rather automatically. When the same responses happen over and over, we develop habits of responding that way, even if those behaviors are negative. It sound like you're wanting to see what happened as a type of accidental response, but was it as accidental as you think? If that response has never happened before, then I perhaps could accept that it was accidental. However, I don't think your loved ones would be as frustrated with you. Something, though, had them concerned enough to reach out to me. So, let's look a little deeper.

"Have you disapproved of your sister before? Have you accused her or one of her friends or perhaps one of her boyfriends in a way that was similar to how you responded to this situation? Your sister sounded and reacted like someone who has gotten this treatment before from you. So, let's get honest. How often as something like this happened?"

Angus was pleased with his purchase, but he knew he didn't dare give it to Ruby in front of anyone else, and absolutely not in front of Jessie. This wasn't an engagement ring. It was a rather delicate looking little right hand ring that reminded him of her and of their relationship. He did have plans in motion for another ring, but it had to be specially made, and he didn't have it yet. It was still being made. Besides that, there was absolutely no chance in hell that he wasn't going to give it to her with Jessie around or in any way that would let her or anyone else think even for a moment that he was only giving it to her to please her brother. He wasn't thinking of giving up his relationship with her, but it did make him wonder how many other boyfriends had Jessie driven off by being an asshat? It also made him wonder how far was he going to have to go to get Jessie to mind his own freaking business? Would jessie continue to push until it drove Angus and Ruby away from England?

Jessie listened to Jeffery and nodded " I guess, and yes One ok Two, I caught one with another girl, he was using Ruby as a cash cow, but I was only fifteen or sixteen at the time, he just laughed when I confrunted him, until I punched him wasn't laughing then." he said his fist for second balled at the memory. " the second he was a mooch, didn't work though he told Ruby he was some big shot, I found out teh truth, he had other women me and others from the platoon went down and told him what for, he waas so scared he wet himself." he said " but thinking on it now , im ashamed of what I did I should have just told her." he let his hands unfurl and hung his head.

He frowned for a moment then looked at Jeffery " but my father said to protect family was everything, I learned being here its not everything is part of a greater thing, protection is deserved not just by family but every living creature." he gave a sigh " makes me wonder if my father had something to do with me being infected when I was given the transphushion in the VA's hospital, it was weird they would let a bag of tainted blood slip by." he glanced at Jeffery " yeah Im  a turned wear wolf."

Jeffrey believed there had been two incidents, but he also believed that it was likely more than that. Jessie was working really hard at minimizing, and Jeffrey wasn't stupid.

"Well, protecting loved ones is important to a given point," Jeffrey said. "When it takes away your loved one's right to choose, then it stops being protection and starts being controlling and domineering behaviors. So, there's a part of you that evidently doesn't trust Ruby to be able to make good choices, and it is significant enough that you've felt the need to disrupt her relationships for her. And in both of the situations you mentioned, you chose violence to do it, and that was your first line defense, not your last resort.

"Even if what your father said was something he believed, you were a military man, and you're not the first military man I've met. You surely were trained that nonviolence defense is just as important as violence. Somehow that wasn't a lesson you took to heart though. And, even if somehow you missed the impact of it then, it doesn't appear that you picked up entirely on what your training here should have showed you. In the short time you've been here, you've surely had a chance to see how Robert and Brian and Michael have handled assignments. I know they have had occasions to fight, but in the years I've known them, they use every nonviolent means at their disposal and violence of any kind is the last resort. You've missed that, though.

"I know you're a werewolf, and that's neither here nor there for me. However, you're overthinking the transfusion. The wizarding world doesn't have an army, so that means you served in the muggle forces. Muggles don't believe magic or magical creatures exist, so they wouldn't have known to check any donations of blood for lycanthropy, and their instruments wouldn't have detected it anyway. How it got into the military blood supply, I don't know, but I wouldn't be too quick to jump on the conspiracy train. That might be going a bit too far."

Jessie nodded at Jeffery's theory about why he'd been the way he had " truth is its like..seven times, nothing came of them, I never hurt them only scared them away, they were no good, they saw only her families money and wanted to use it to get to it, they would belittle her behind her back, sleep around and well treat her bad, or so my father said" he said then shook his head " I did understand when I came here everything was diferent, but this was the first big mission I did with out Jessie and with Angus." he held his head " Im not sure why this has all happened, but Roberts right I can't go out again, Im a danger to the others and Ruby. " he lent over as he held his head as he hard Jeffery say he was over thinking the blood transphushion. " yeah , thats past, this is now and I over reacted, I always had ether my platoon to rain me in or a partner that stopped me going to far."

"And now we're coming closer to the truth," Jeffrey said. The reasons that Jessie was giving still didn't wash, so Jeffrey knew they certainly had more work to do. jessie still wasn't ready to tell the truth 100 percent. Nor was he willing to be accountable or responsible. Everything was still someone else's fault, and he wasn't telling the truth about his actions. Jeffrey had not fallen off the dumb therapist's truck. He knew better.

"I can tell you why this happened, and I think you really already know. Ruby's had enough of your behavior, and she has a man who isn't going to tolerate it. She's finally found a man who isn't going to let you control her anymore. He's going to stand and fight for her. Furthermore, he has a strong family system that loves him enough to call you on your behavior. There isn't a platoon or a partner here to cover up your actions. So you have a choice, it seems. You can either get help, or, very likely, I think the people here are going to be done with you, and I think that probably will include Ruby right along with it.

"I'm going to offer you a choice. You certainly don't have to come with me, but if you hope to keep Ruby and Kaden and some of the other people that you genuinely care for, you'll give it serious thought. Your other choice is to refuse. Nobody's forcing you. You can refuse if you want to, but you need to be realistic about what the consequences will be. Robert will absolutely not let you go on any missions until he can completely trust how you will behave. If he can't trust you here at home, he certainly can't send you out in the field. Either way, I will be returning to Switzerland in the morning, so I'd like an answer before bedtime tonight."

Jessie listened to him the guy sure pissed him off but he knew that was his job " I don't need to think about it..." he paused and sighed again looking at him " Im going with you, I don't want to lose Ruby nor Kaden , I had time to think on the train and back in romania , thats my desishion" he told him as he sat up on the bench.

"I for one think thats a good choice " Jack said stepping out from behind some trees " he looked at Jeffery " sorry doc, I would kill my self if anything happened to you." Jack said and saw the shock on Jessie face.

"you think Im that bad?" he asked and Jack nodded.

"Gods honest truth boy." he folded his arms across his chest as he looked at Jeffery. " besides Robert would use my skin as a rug if anything happened." he smirked

"Then, we'll leave first thing in the morning," Jeffrey said. "I'd like to leave by about 7:30 or so because I need to see that you get checked in, and then I have morning rounds to do. You'll want to pack probably a couple week's worth of clothes. Most often people wear jeans or khakis or casual clothes, comfortable shoes or walking shoes. There are hiking trails you can access as things improve. Dressy clothes are not necessary. Since we're partway up in the Alps, it doesn't get sweltering hot generally for us. This time of year, it is usually comfortable, but it can get a little chilly at night. Most people like a sweater or a hoodie at night. You will need four or five sets of workout clothes and some swim trunks because you will be working out in some way or another daily. Your own pajamas and a robe and slippers, of course. Your own toiletries if you have something you prefer. If you have a book you'd like to read or some sort of positive activity, you're welcome to bring that along. We do have activities, of course, but some people want to bring their own selections of books. Questions for me?"

Jeffrey didn't say much when Jack came out of the bushes. Jack had taken it upon himself to guard him. Jeffrey had worked with werewolves before, so he knew their speed. It was why he hadn't gotten very confrontational here. Jessie had some really deep seeded issues that were probably going to require quite a little bit of confrontation to get him to admit, much less resolve.

He was hoping Angus and Ruby were very wise and did not do much of anything that Jessie would see as an open display of affection between now and Jessie's departure in the morning.

Jessie nodded to Jeffery and remebered the book Micahel gave him and the puzzle Brain and he did on the train " I do but I'll have to as Bian if I can borrow the jigsaw puzzle we were doing." he listened to the list and nodded again " I have all those I'll pack tonight and be ready." he said glancing at Jack. " please look after Ruby for me" he said Jack gave a curt nod knowing Ruby would take care of her self.

Jessie looked back to Jeffery and motioned to the hosue " then maybe we should return and let the others know." he said motioning for Jeffery to go first. Jack waited for them to head back and followed behind them and into the house where Ruby was making bread he chukled knowing that was just how Jess use to take her anger out.

"hum brea rolls or a loaf?" he asked Ruby looked up at him but her eys followed Jessie as he headed up to his room .

"two loafs, Jeffery I hope hes going with you?" she asked as she slambed down the dough hard onto the board.

Jeffrey noticed that Jessie didn't ask about his own partner first. His first priority was finding someone to be a replacement for him in taking care of Ruby. This guy was definitely a piece of work. His priorities were certainly all screwed up.

When they went back to the house, he saw Ruby manhandling a lump of bread dough, and he wanted to ask her what that poor lump of dough ever did to her. For some reason, this lot tended to be more physical with their stress management. It looked like they al needed some meditation classes or something. Jessie went upstairs to his room to pack, and Ruby asked if Jessie was going to Switzerland.

"We'll be leaving first thing in the morning," Jeffrey said. "Just a request. If you can help it, try to keep your displays of affection with Angus to a minimum in front of Jeffrey when Angus gets back. At least until after we leave in the morning. I can't answer you yet about why it triggers him so, but hopefully, we can find out. I know you're aware he tends to respond physically first rather than last, so I'd like us not to have an incident if we can help it. I do know you're going to be glad to see Angus. I completely understand that. Just try to keep it to a minimum when you're within eyesight or earshot of Jessie for tonight."

"Trust me, Jeffrey," Robert said, coming in, "he isn't going to be permitted to cause any sort of scene in this house. I am not unfamiliar with how to deal with someone whose having problems. I see them in my ER all the time. If I need to intervene, I will."