I wish i could be,
Somebody else.
I wish i could see,
You and myself.
I wish there was something inside me,
To keep you beside me.
And say,
What you really feel.
You know i need,
Something that's real.
I wish there was something inside me,
To keep you beside me.

I wanna know if i could be,
Someone to turn to,
That could never hurt you.
But i know what you think of me,
You had a breakthrough,
And now i'm just bad news for you.

- Yellowcard

"How do you like this one, Miss Force?"

The beautiful blonde stepped forward to take a better look of herself in the 360 degree mirror. This one did seem better than the rest of the hideous dresses the saleswoman had brought her. Mimi Force examined herself in the mirror very carefully, her eyes glaring into the delicate fabric, practically willing it to have a flaw.

The saleswoman held her breath in anticipation for the initial reaction that she would receive from Mimi. It had already happened twelve times that day and she was certain Mimi would not let it slide again.

Mimi let out a loud sigh. When she had stepped forward she noticed how there was a thread peaking out from the bottom of the dress. To anyone else that small piece of thread would have been nearly unnoticeable but to Mimi it was a huge abomination.

Mimi turned to face the saleswoman, "are you sick or just plain stupid? You shouldn't have come to work if you were going to be such an idiot!"

The saleswoman held her breath as she took in Mimi's insults.

"This is the thirteenth dress that you've brought me that looks like a piece of crap! Do you think that I had nothing else to do today other than dress a hundred times over in what looks like trash. You've wasted my whole afternoon, that's four hours I'm never going to get back."

The saleswoman stuttered, "I -I'm so-rry Miiss." She was on the verge of major tears but Mimi stared back infuriated.

"Where the hell is your supervisor?" She continued to yell.

Mimi was completely fed up. She had set aside special time today in order to be here and find the perfect bonding dress. Instead of keeping a close watch on Jack's dealings, what she's much rather do, she was stuck here for four hours trying on dress after dress. Mimi had left Duchesne early that day do to some outings. Jack's and Mimi's bonding was in a couple more weeks and with all the plans she had for the ceremony, she had to be extra cautious things went absolutely right. And with Jack being no help these days she was all on her own.

But for four hours all that Mimi saw were dresses that were either not glamorous enough or too cheap or too loose. She wanted something that would make Jack's jaw drop when he first saw her at the ceremony.

Almost the whole store was able to hear Mimi's screams but she could honestly care less what they thought. She needed to find a dress and she needed it now. A store manager who had noticed her tantrum from the very beginning walked over.

"Miss Force is there anything wrong?" He asked calmly.

Mimi didn't recognize him so he must've been new to the staff.

"Everything's wrong! When I had said I wanted a dress I didn't mean for her to bring me everything that looks like it came from a thrift store." She said with disgust.

The store manager looked towards the saleswoman and dismissed her with one glare.

He continue, "well Miss Force, what's wrong with this dress now?" He said while motioning to the dress she currently had on.

She snorted.

"Your kidding me, right? Look down there - in the bottom of the dress. I see a thread sticking out. How can I possibly walk down the aisle with a huge thread sticking out?"

The Red Blood manager stared down squinting, trying to detect the thread. Mimi's patience quickly started to thin. Sometimes these Red Bloods could be so pathetic. After what seemed like an eternality to Mimi the manager finally made it out.

"Ah! That thread," he exclaimed happily at having found it, "oh that's nothing, I'm sure Donatella would be more than ok to have a look at it herself, if you like."

"No! I don't have time for that I need that dress now! Ugh you people are such morons."

Stated Mimi.

And with that, she strutted her way to the dressing room to change back into her clothes. But before she made it all the way there something moving caught her eye. A worker was trying to put a dress on display. The dress was the most magnificent thing Mimi had seen all day. It was a floor - lengthen, light lavender, low V-neck dress. The loose straps holding it up sparked like diamonds and the back was left almost completely uncovered.

Mimi fingers ached to touch the satin fabric.

She turned back to the manager, "I want that," she said boldly pointing to the dress.

"Oh…I'm afraid that item is not for sale until three months from now."

Mimi stared laughing hysterically, catching the attention of many costumers.

"Do you know who I am?" She asked very seriously after a moment.

* * *

Mimi laid in her large sized princess bed that night trying to ease the stress of her afternoon. Sometimes she felt like she wasn't doing anything right. She was so tired of having to do everything herself, bonding planning could be so stressful. And every time she thought of the bonding, she thought about everything that could go wrong. And naturally that would lead her to think about Jack being no help, and that would have her thinking about why Jack was no help. And that would lead to her. The half - blood disgrace.

Why did this have to happen? That half - blood was ruining everything. Mimi knew the moment she returned from Brazil that Jack was through hiding his feeling for Schuyler. She especially knew that on Thursday night dinners when he would stare at no one else but her and at school when he would be lurking in the shadows watching her go from class to class. It was sick. And then there were the things that Schuyler probably didn't even know about. Like the day Jack was acting very defensively most likely due to the fact that the half - blood had chosen to wear a skirt to school one day. Or when he got tackled harshly in Lacrosse practice because his head was too busy listening in on Schuyler's conversations.

The worst part about everything was that their was nothing Mimi could do. She had once tried to do away with Schuyler and look where that got her, the blood trail. Jack knew very well how Mimi felt about everything but it was obvious he didn't care as he continued his pursuit. All Mimi could do was ignore it. And even though the mongrel had moved on with her Conduit, Jack still couldn't help himself.

But he went along with the bonding ceremony because they both knew there was no way he could avoid it. Mimi only wished that he would be a good boy and do as told. The path where they were headed didn't seem very bright. He would end up like Gabrielle, or worse, Mimi would have to destroy him. If it ever came to that…would she be able to do it? She'd rather not dwell on those thoughts.

That afternoon she had left the Versace showroom with the beautiful lavender dress in toe. Mimi knew the moment she saw the gown that it was no where near bonding material but she had other plans for it. She had been so busy lately that she failed to notice her seventeenth birthday was just three days away and she had nothing to wear.

Usually on birthdays, Mimi and Jack would be whisked away by their parents to a five star Manhattan restaurant to celebrate. After five different courses their parents would shower them with presents and give a speech. But it was later that the real fun began. When their parents would make their leave, Jack and Mimi would celebrate with their own friends in an exclusive and extravagant party.

On their sweet sixteen Charles had paid a bundle to ensure that the twins got a private 'get together' on the Statue of Liberty. That get together ended up being hundreds of New York's richest and most privileged teenagers partying on the many levels of the U.S. landmark of freedom. The night had ended with a gigantic display of fireworks more impressive than the ones in Times Square's New Year.

This year Mimi wanted an even bigger party on her daddy's Yacht, and she already had her outfit picked out for the first half of the night. Mimi continued to think of wild ways to make the party even more memorable when she had gotten in her towns car that afternoon. She was suppose to go to the gym and meet up with her trainer but before working out she wanted to get some coffee in her system. She had asked driver to take her to the nearest Star Bucks, completely unaware of what lay there.

She had only been mildly shocked to find her brother and the object of her hatred talking heatedly on the sidewalk. Mimi watched the whole argument from the sidelines in her car but it wasn't very long before she realized they were starting to get a little too 'touchy'. She had stomped out of her car and walked through the traffic and to her brother before it got to far. But suddenly, at the last second, Mimi witnessed what was about to be Jack's betrayal as pulled Schuyler to him and cupped her face.

Mimi had felt like someone had stabbed her in the heart.

"Jack?" It was amazing how calmly she had said it, as if her heart hadn't been pulled out from its insides.

Mimi's voice worked in reviving them because it broke the two from their embrace before anything more occurred.

She heard Schuyler whisper to Jack, "I don't belong with you…just leave me alone," before she used the Velox and in a flash ended up on the other side of the road where she reunited with her Conduit.

Now it was only the two of them, Mimi and Jack together alone as it should be.

Mimi still couldn't get the imagine out of her mind. The way Jack held Schuyler, the way he looked at her, the way he spoke to her softly…this wasn't suppose to happen. This was a mess! She hated Schuyler, absolutely detested her, she wanted her died - gone and…

Jack turned to face her for the first time since Schuyler left. His expression was furious to the tenth degree, he must've heard her thoughts.

"Stop! Don't you ever think anything like that again or instead it'll be the end of you!"

The coffee addicts walking around them were defiantly getting a good show by now. Schuyler was long gone but Jack still stood in the same place, keeping his distance from Mimi. He didn't want to risk getting too close and doing something he might regret in public. Almost anyone who took the time to pay close attention would realize how the green in Jack's eyes got darker and the golden specks in them got larger as he spoke his threats. Mimi wasn't dealing with Jack anymore, not when Abbadon was struggling to be released.

Anyone would've been scared out of their wits right now but Mimi only stared back at Jack defiantly. No matter what she would never be afraid of his true nature, they were both one in the same. And besides, what did she have to feel guiltily about? It had been him who had practically punched her in the gut with that mental imagine.

Mimi only retaliated, "Aw. That might actually be convincing in some other world, but not this one." Was what she said before leaving him and walking back to her car.

It was when she arrived home that Mimi realized she wasn't giving things the right approach. At first, she had tried to get rid of Schuyler, then she had tried to separate Schuyler from Jack. She was totally wrong. If she was going to get Schuyler out of the picture then she couldn't do it forcefully, Jack would have to leave her willingly.

And Mimi knew just the thing to do because she was working with powerful advantages. From the moment of their creation Abbadon and Azreal were meant to be together. To love each other. There will always be a part in their hearts (no matter the size) that would be devoted to one another. Even if Jack and Schuyler did become a happy couple and loved each other forever, there will always be a part of Jack that would be inaccessible. A part of Jack that Schuyler would never be able to understand because it belonged to Mimi. And that would never change, it was ensured from the God who made them.

Mimi understood that Jack's love for Schuyler was different then his love for her. Jack loved Schuyler because he choose to, he loved Mimi because he was forced to. But none of that mattered to Mimi. All she needed to do was work in bring out that small part of Jack that was attracted to her. The part of Jack that was made for her, suited for her. Maybe she could still win this battle if she could make Jack become attracted to her all over again, but make it seem like he had a choice in the matter.

That would be easy, seeing as how guys only thought about one thing. Mimi would just show a little skin and let his natural instincts take over. By the end of the night Jack would see what she saw and everything would be as it once was.

Mimi smiled in the darkness of her room.

Jack had no idea what he was in for.

I wish i could be,
Somebody else.
I wish i could see,
You and myself.
I wish there was something inside me,
To keep you beside me.
And say,
What you really feel.
You know i need,
Something that's real.
I wish there was something inside me,
To keep you beside me.

I wanna know if i could be,
Someone to turn to,
That could never hurt you.
But i know what you think of me,
You had a breakthrough,
And now i'm just bad news for you.

- Yellowcard

A/N: Whoa! I just whipped that chapter up in the last two days for you guys. Not my funnest chapter but it sets the plot for the next one coming up. Chapter four is gonna be WICKED;)! Thanks for all the comments you guys are really awesome. *Hint*: reviews help everything move faster. Hope you guys enjoyed...give me a yay or a nay.