Title: Trust

Rating: T

Pairing: Slight Jake/Cassandra implied and Cassandra/Ezekiel friendship

Summary: Jake and Ezekiel talk about Cassandra.

Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything from The Librarians!

AN: So I know the show is new, but I am hooked already and since I've had really bad writers block, I knew I had to write this down as soon as it popped in to my head. I love the characters Cassandra and Jake and I think they would be good together even though they had a kind of rocky start to their friendship. I adore the Ezekiel and Cassandra friendship because he understands why she did what she did and he doesn't blame her so I think a great friendship will blossom from that.

Jake watched as Cassandra walked away after her attempted apology. He realized he had been harsh with her, but trust was very important to him and she had broken that trust. It wasn't that he couldn't see where she was coming from because he could, but understanding her reasoning did not change the act of betrayal. He would, however, give her credit for doing right by the group in the end, yet that is all he could give her.

"You shouldn't be so hard on her." Ezekiel had been wandering around when Cassandra approached Jake and he'd heard the entire conversation. After she left he decided to make his presence known. "At least she is trying to make amends which is more than most people would do and you know it. You act as if she did it to hurt you, but she did it out of fear. The girl has a timer on her life and it's counting down with each second that passes. If it were me, well I wouldn't have come back and I sure as hell wouldn't apologize for what I did. She saved our lives today and that has to count for something. This is the second time she has saved our asses and that tips the scale in to the right thing basket if you ask me."

"I didn't ask you." The art expert shot back quickly.

"I don't care if you asked me or not." The thief replied just as swiftly. "I'm telling you to give her a break; she has enough to deal with and doesn't need you making her feel any guiltier than she already does. One say in the near future you are going to have to make a choice between giving you her trust or not giving it to her. I hope when that day does come you choose correctly because if it not it may end up costing lives, maybe even yours; hopefully not mine."

Jake felt his fist clench at his side. "I never would have expected a master thief to care so much. Why do you even care? You admitted that if it had been you then we would have been left to die so I am going to ask again; why do you care?"

The younger male smirked for a second as if he knew something Jake didn't even though the art expert highly doubted that to be true considering there wasn't much he didn't know about.

"That's just something you are going to have to figure out on your own. All I am saying is that you should give her the benefit of the doubt and if you can't trust her then trust me when I tell you she can be trusted and I don't usually trust anybody so think on that." With those words he walked off knowing he had given the other male something to ponder.

The End!

AN: This was just a short one-shot, but I may do more in the future. Hopefully my writers block is gone now, but I suppose only time will tell.

Happy holidays and please R&R like always!