290 - From the ashes: Night escapade

The gray SUV stopped not far from the school gates, with a few minutes to the end of classes. Jenny, who had been hired to look after Jason, could have been the one to take him back, but it was those small things, those small contacts, those small bits of time spent together, which helped build something more, something greater, becoming the foundation for affection and happy smiles.

Not long later, as the couple waited in a companionable silence that needed no noise to fill a void that did not exist, the school gates opened, and out came the small and big imps. Each looked for a direction to go in, some less in a hurry than others, maybe even planning for extra curricular activities while they could.

Jason also came out, her teacher directing his group of younger children. They spotted Daemon who got down from his SUV, and Jason ran to him, his face split in two by a wide grin which were showing all his small milky teeth.