Julian was tucking Tavvy in bed when he felt it. A surge of emotions that was surely not his own. He didn't need to even ask who's emotion it was. They were Emma's, Emma who was alone with Mark in Helen's room. He knew what was happening he didn't even have to see them to know. Julian steadied himself on the post of Tavvy's bed, once he felt like he was okay he left Tavvy's room and headed downstairs.

Julian arrived in the kitchen and everyone was eating. The twins were in the corner of the table heads bent over Ty's computer, Mark was talking to Dru he probably told her something that made her happy because she squealed and hugged him. Julian saw Emma talking to Cristina by the the counters. Emma was sitting on the counter eating an apple her face was unreadable to Julian, which was a strange thing for them.

"Jules are you just going to stand there or eat?" Liv said. Ty got up and took a plant filled with fruits and pancakes.

"Where are you going?" Emma asked.

"Taking food to Kit. No one can last that long without food"

"Should we tell the consul about him?" Emma asked,

"We'll wait until we can get a hold of Tessa and Jem again before we do anything" Mark said putting another strawberry in his mouth. Julian agreed with Mark as he started to eat. He looked between Emma and Mark, to normal people, everything would have looked normal. But to a trained Shadowhunter they can see the little movements in Mark and Emma's faces. The quick looks and the faint blush in Emma's face. It made Julian's heart clench.

After breakfast everyone went up to training. Julian trained with Emma, their movements as one. When they train everything goes away, Julian didn't think of what happened earlier. It was just him and Emma sparring to see who was the best. Emma manage to disarm him, when he was still thinking, and pinned him to the mat. Emma gave Julian a hand up,

"You're distracted Jules." Mark said from the bench.

"You try it then!" Julian snapped at Mark, which startled Emma, but didn't faze Mark. He just shrugged and got up and walked over to Emma.

"Do you mind?" Mark asked the pair, they shook their heads. Julian backed away while Mark and Emma got into stand.

Their fight wasn't in sync, They both moved effortlessly. Blocking, defending, and attacking, their feet were quick and they evaded each other's movement. Mark got a hold of Emma's arm and twisted it to her back. Her back was pressed against Mark's chest, Emma can feel Mark's heartbeat and she was sure he could feel his. Mark was not easily distracted but she took an opportunity. She used her weight and flipped Mark forward, unfortunately he seemed to caught on with what she was doing, causing to bring her down with him.

Mark pinned Emma to the floor. They were both out of breathe by the end of it. The kids were watching them, along with Cristina and Diego, who looked better. Mark got up and gave Emma a hand.

"Distractions works best when you know you are distracted. You can you it against your opponent because they are too busy watching you, they keep themselves wide open."

Emma took his hand and pulled herself off the floor. She whipped the sweat from her head. Diana walked in as they were about to go another round,

"The portal's opening in the sanctuary" Mark's face shined, it was better when Mark felt happy because the rooms tension seems to melt away, Emma still had his hand and he was warm to the touch. The Blackthorn kids all ran out of the training room.