Dominic Lucier
Dom listened as Maverick told him where he’d been for the past month. It wasn’t what he expected at all and he found himself thinking about how much courage it must’ve taken for him to tell him that. “Maverick.” He said his name, trying to get him to look up. “I’m happy you got help. Thank you for telling me.” He told him, letting him know that he supported him.
@Littlefeets - Maverick
“I… don’t think he’ll care to listen”
Candice simply shook her head at the sentiment as she looked at the girl. “I don’t care what he wants, he’s going to listen to me,” Candice stated simply. Candice had never been scared of Daniel. Yes she had her own secrets in the past; but she never truly cared if they were revealed to the world. And now here she was; no secrets left. What could he do to her? Candice wasn’t going to let the man get away with hurting Delilah and her family. And she was clear in her intention in dealing with Daniel whether he wanted to or not. CC still couldn’t fathom that he had done this to Delilah. If there was one person Dan always protected throughout the years - it was Delilah Hawthorne. She had seen it through her own eyes how protective he had been of her. So what the actual hell happened that made him do that to her. And even if he didn’t know; the fact that he lied when he found out was unforgivable. This was Delilah’s family he was hurting.
So with that thought in mind; Candice finished driving the girl to her dad’s place. It was slightly smaller than her mom’s house but her father had always appreciated views over size; so the view of the city skyline was to die for in the condo. Getting out of the car, Candice waited for Delilah to get out before leading the girl to their new three-bedroom condo on the top floor. “And… here we are” Candice stated; opening the door to the living room. Art adorned every wall; likely accumulating to be more expensive than the condo since her father had gotten art worth millions simply gifted to him over the years with his career. “The master I’ve saved for you and it’s through that door,” Candice started pointing towards a room. “And I’m over here,” she revealed with a soft smile… knowing that Delilah was struggling right now. “Let me get my laptop and we can do some research on your father’s prison and if they allow anything,” Candice explained.
And that’s what C did; getting her laptop; she took a seat in the lounge area overlooking the city skyline illuminated by the lightened buildings. It didn’t take long to find various articles about Delilah’s dad; from the initial imprisonment for the drug ring scandal… to some subsequent charges when Jesse something had testified and stated that Delilah’s dad had aided in a bank robbery. It seemed as if her father’s additional charges had made his imprisonment increase and now he was in there for another 5 years. Though with probation it was a possibility to get that lowered. “I think visitation is allowed,” Candice revealed, looking at the prison website; a list of eligible visitation names listed. “We can call to double-check but they open at 8 tomorrow if you… feel ready?”
This was simply supposed to be a regular night. One threat, a simple agreeing from the man who stood across from him. It was as easy as that; Daniel had been through the same routine with hundreds of people. So why the hell was this man in particular not folding. It was clear Dan wouldn’t hold back - not today with his anger level on maximum. Lower than it had been before but still higher than was normal for an.
Though when Kai revealed that him and Jessica had on a date after the fashion show; he could feel his annoyance growing. “Don’t you dare…” Dan started, standing up to face the man, “… touch her ever again. Don’t touch her, talk to her, hell, even look in her direction,” Dan stated. “Am I being clear?” Dan questioned. The one thing he hadn’t expected was for this man to turn it back on him. And perhaps if what Kai had said hadn’t ignited a fear within him, Dan would have ruined him right then and there.
"Watch my tongue? If I were you, I’d watch my next move very carefully…Try it Parker. You don’t want to threaten me. All it takes is one phone call. One phone call and Parker Industries is under new management.”
Daniel’s mind worked fast; and he recalled the file Dan had seen a few years ago; an analysis of how much stock his father owned in Parker industries. 49%. That meant his father never owned a majority of his own company; something he had asked his father about though it was only met with a joking laugh and a lie about it being an accounting error. Though Dan didn’t truly question it at the moment, this made him re-evaluate. Kai’s family owned the majority - how? Daniel didn’t know. But they did.
The momentary fear was present in on his features before Dan attempted to keep steady; attempting to show no emotion. “When I said I didn’t like you, I wasn’t bloody lying,” Dan stated simply; walking towards the door attempting to figure out what he would do with this new… development. Though he stopped at the door, turning towards the man. “Good luck finding the 4 other cameras and 3 audio devices still in this place,” Dan muttered. “Bye now, Anna… and Kai, don’t think this means you’ve won,” Dan stated; walking out of the door - slamming it behind him as he walked to the elevator; his head in his hands. Daniel Parker had never been this… fearful before. And all he knew to do is go to the other party in this relationship. For the first time; Dan would have to ask Jessica to stay away from Kai - and he had a feeling he knew where that would go. He needed proof; and he needed to find it and convince his cousin to stay away from Kai Azure.
Friday 8:00 am, 13th May, Beryl Heights
It was needless to say that the Fashion Show had successfully met up to the catastrophic expectations, with fall-outs, make-ups and make-outs, there wasn’t a dull moment that evening. Due to a fair amount of this being task-prompted, the update for Blue Bloods to see if their actions were worth the mess they made had been highly-anticipated. So, when the notification finally came through while everyone was making their way to school, it quickly became the main focus of the morning.
@BlueRoyalty
Marie parked at school, getting out of her car and getting her bag. She walked inside the school, heading to her locker. After putting her books in her locker, she spotted Zion at their locker and headed over with a smile. “Hey Zion! How are you?” She asked cheerily, her bag swung over her shoulder. She tucked her hair behind her ear, chuckling at the shock her family had expressed at her new hairstyle. Her family actually liked her haircut, and her mom helped her fix it up.
@Caticorn - Zion
April 30th:
Her body relaxed into Dorian’s arms with her words; something she hadn’t dare tell anyone but lying to the man… after four years just felt… wrong. She couldn’t physically do it so she did what she never expected her to do; she told him the entire truth. Everything he asked… every answer. Why she left… why she couldn’t sleep; the nightmares clouding her mind most nights when she tried. But here’s the thing. The reason why sleeping was so hard was that it wasn’t a nightmare. It had happened. She kept her body nestled in his own - unwilling to look at him as he rubbed her back telling her it wasn’t her fault. Though he could never truly change her perception of the situation - she would always blame herself; if even partially. She was about to tell him such when he told her that she was wrong, but she didn’t really have a chance as he changed the conversation and stood up - putting his hand out to go get cake, and that’s what they did. Sneaking downstairs to the kitchen and eating the slice of cake that Davina had gotten her. “You know I"m going to tell her I never got it right?” Jessica joked as she stuffed another bite into her lips and the two stayed there until every bite was finished; alongside eating a few of the other sweets Jess had bought. Up until the moment she convinced him to go play soccer with her; like old times. Dori had a field in the backyard with a goal set up so the two played for hours until the sun truly did rise and she fell to exhaustion on the grass - though in the morning she woke up in a bed next to Dorian. Assuming that he probably simply picked her up and brought her dare.
After all of that; perhaps Jessica’s mind didn’t change on what she told him. But the one thing she knew is she missed him. She missed Dorian so damn much and at this moment; she almost never wanted to let go of this feeling of being back to their normal… a new normal but a normal nonetheless.
Flashback:
The next few weeks went by in a whirl. Jessica found her friendship with Dorian on better terms, but also her relationship with Kai had also been growing. She found herself spending almost every free moment with the man; sleeping over at his place almost every night. Perhaps it was Daniel’s relentlessness of telling her to stay away from Kai that just… annoyed the hell out of her. Perhaps it was because she was honestly really just enjoying being with Kai… something she hadn’t had in a long time. Part of her told her to push herself away from him; as she did with the others. But in an odd way; he wasn’t letting her. From the way, Kai held her tighter at night when she woke up - in an effort to go on one of her many 2 am strolls. Jess almost had a feeling he was a light sleeper and he did it on purpose; though she could never truly tell; she simply wasn’t able to break out of his grasp so she gave up, wrapped her body around his again, and fell back asleep.
There was also the sex. The great freaking sex. Which… let’s just say Yara Keller wasn’t wrong about Kai. He was great in bed. And perhaps the relentless waiting made it better but at the same time - she still would have preferred not to be pushed off the first two times. Either way; it was almost as if since that moment the two couldn’t keep their hands off of each other. Perhaps Jess was setting herself up for being burned, but all she knew was she liked Kai… a lot.
May 13th:
Jess opened her eyes to an empty bed, confusion setting in for a second before she heard the shower running. A sigh left her lips as she looked at the time to be 6 am. Damn Kai and his early rising. She had half a mind to close her eyes and go back to sleep; but after a moment of trying and being unable to do so - she pulled herself up off of his bed. Jess was wearing one of his shirts and found herself walking to the bathroom. Without saying anything; Jess took her shirt off and opened the door and followed him in. “I should be asleep right now Kai; so i’m blaming you that I’m not dreaming about pancakes right now,” Jess mumbled; smiling as he turned around and wrapping her arms around his neck. “At least make it worth my while to wake up this early? Or convince me I’m still dreaming.” She whispered in his ear as she let her lips move down to meet his neck.
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Flashback:
Frustration. That’s what Daniel Parker felt when thinking about Kai Azure. The amount Daniel wanted to bring him down was unfathomable, but his assumption that day wasn’t wrong. Kai’s family did own a majority stake in Parker Industries - thought the question of how remained unclear. And it… urgh. The amount he wanted to tear Kai down and he couldn’t. Valerie’s cousin or not; Kai was up to something and he didn’t have a good feeling at all. Which is exactly why the moment he left Kai’s house; Daniel Parker had been attempting to do a deep dive into Kai Azure. Though he kept getting roadblocks in his search. Nothing came up; but Daniel knew there was something there… he just had to keep looking. Especially with Jessica annoyed with him and fully moved into Kai’s place despite his attempts to get her to stop.
May 13:
Two weeks and nothing. That didn’t mean Dan had stopped trying. He knew there was something there he just… needed to look in the right place. And he would, but for now - Jezebel Sloane. Daniel closed his screen that was actively running a search on Kai - and another screen looking into Anna Pierce. Though as he walked up; Dan found a notification on his phone about Jezebel’s trust and how much money it held now. At least he could wake her up with some more good news. Which contrasted the other news… of her not being on blue royalty. Dan had seen that notification a few moments ago and alongside the name Kai Azure and Delilah Hawthrone taking points off of him… two people he wouldn’t dare hurt… he saw Marie Larson. Now her… Dan had no problems hurting. Yes dan knew Jez and Jessica weren’t happy with his outburst… perhaps that was the reason Jess also left but he just needed a moment to talk to her. What they didn’t know was Daniel, after calming down from his… rage… had called Reina, apologized… as much as he could… and offered to pay for any correction surgeries she would need. Zion he didn’t apologize for though he reactivated the passports, social securities, and everything he had made for them so they were officially citizens once again. Though he had no intention of telling they that - they still p^ssed him off… though Valerie allowed him to see the wrong in what he did and he fixed those mistakes…
Did that mean Dan still wasn’t annoyed at Marie? Nope… which is exactly why Daniel parker sent another message that morning - though it was more to keep his reputation of keeping his word true.
Aww, guess there was someone who forgot who I am… again. Hello Marie, yes I’m talking to you, sweetie. I think it’s cute that Marie and Zion are trying to make it work right now. After all, two shoplifters together; it truly is a match made in heaven isn’t it? Have fun with that Marie - oh… I’m sorry… were you not out of the closet to your parents yet? It really sucks that they got this message as well isn’t it? Have fun explaining that one. Maybe next time you realize who you’re messing with? Thanks.
“Hey wake uppppp,” Dan stated walking into the girl’s room as he jumped onto her bed. “Come one; you’re finding the sex of the baby today. I still think it’s a boy. 20,000$ on that,” He smiled as she slowly woke up. “They made your favorite - french toast downstairs. Unless… please don’t tell me you can’t eat that either now?” Dan sighed. “I’m really struggling with the no taco rule in this house,” Dan sighed. This is what their relationship had been like since they made up - truly back to their old antiques. Dan loved Jezebel with all of his heart and even though he knew she was struggling - he was attempting to ease that as much as he could. Though he had tried to get information about Kai from her; he hadn’t told her what he learned. It wasn’t a worry his sister really needed to have.
“Also; on the plus side. Your trust fund that Jordan and I set up officially has 24 million dollars in it so hey, extra change,” Dan smiled. Ever since the reveal that he did about Jordan; he assumed the man told her that he took that half a million and combined it with dan who fronted another half to put into an account for Jezebel when she was 15. “Though I’m not letting you touch it until you’re 21 so don’t ask. There’s a lock on it but I’m hoping I can get it to a 100 mil with my stock bots,” dan stated casually as he waited for her to fully wake up.
@Littlefeets - Kai, Jez, Reina
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@Ouijaloveletters - Marie
@CerealKiller - future wify that has him wrapped around her finger
@Caticorn - Zion
Panic. That was the best way to describe Ketziah’s mind in that moment. How else should a girl who knew her time to live was limited react to being pregnant. Not even taking the risks with the pregnancy and her health, or even that the odds of living to see the kid grow up were extremely small if she had it, into account, what was she supposed to do. She didn’t know how to react to the news herself, let alone have any idea how Andy would react. Normally, Ketziah was the type of person who at any moment knew what she wanted and knew what she was intending to do, but this… this was something that caught her off guard and it left her head spinning.
Text from Ziah to Andy:
Morning Rockstar. Breakfast?
May 13th:
Two weeks and it felt like her life had turned upside down. Yes, her mother had found out about her… well the wholeeee not being dead thing. And let’s just say, Lily-Ann Collins was not happy… at all. Though she wasn’t the only one. The world had been running stories about the reappearance of Candice Clarke; some calling it a kidnapping, some calling it a publicity stunt, and so much more. In either case; Candice had been hounded by paparazzi; calling her, calling her lawyers, calling her mother and father for any details they could get.
Despite that; Candice had been staying on the DL - doing all her classes from the comfort of her condo that was surrounded on the ground floor by people trying to get a photo of her. But thankfully; Valerie Wood and her had spent the last few days together helping ground her and bring her back to reality. The two had spent most of it laughing… being normal. It had been a long time since the two of them had been like that and Candice missed her; missed her best friend with all of heart. though sooner or later she’d have to tell the girl something she’d been hiding from her; the fact that she had a child… and how to ever go about that.
Though, perhaps it wasn’t the time to bring that up. Candice sighed, her eyes looking at the ceiling as she thought about all of it again. Valerie was asleep next to her; as they used to do in their sleepovers. They had fallen asleep watching Mean Girls. “Hey Val…” C whispered, waking the girl up. “You have school kid,” she smiled as the girl groaned; something about not waking up.
“That’s a wrap!!”
Jordan was sitting in a red leather seat, touching a lightbulb as he finished singing the last words of the song for his newest music video. The camera was right next to his face though Jordan had gotten used to acting like it wasn’t there. After two albums and various music videos, this was truly just another day in the life. A smile met his lips as the director said cut; someone immediately going over to Jordan and handing him water. “Thank you,” Jordan smiled at the assistant before walking over to where they were replaying the shots they had done this morning. They had been shooting this video for the last two days and it had finally come together - though, in retrospect, Jordan had only finished singing writing the song about a week ago… after everything with Jezebel. And the studio apparently wanted to rush produce it once he played it for them as a sneak-peek for his new album.
“We’ll work on cutting this together and send you and the studio the edited cut,”
“Thank you so much,” Jordan laughed smiling at the director as they started cleaning up the set. The man walked over to his dressing room grabbing his bag and checking his phone. There were a few messages; one complaint from Yara about the hot water being out and another from Riker saying it was “not him” with no context bringing a soft laugh to his lips. With that Jordan took a look at Instagram simply scrolling through the different posts and liking them before heading out. Though what surprised him was a post by Sadie which revealed it was the girl’s birthday. “Damn” the word left his lips as he closed his eyes trying to remember if she had ever told him over the past few weeks. Which, the two had been talking daily for the past few weeks. It was… fun. Jordan honestly enjoyed talking to the girl… she had a way of making things, easier almost. Especially with his… well lack of communication with Jezebel. Ever since things had happened between the two of them… her finding out about the money… Jordan just didn’t know what to say. He had tried reaching out through their conversations didn’t go past “Hey” and “How are you doing” - a stark change from the way they used to talk to each other.
Turning his phone off - after seeing a story on Instagram with the birthday girl; an idea met Jordan’s mind as he left the studio and to his favorite music store to buy a few things. Once that was done; the man made his way towards the house of the girl of the hour; knocking on the door that had become a familiar place over the past week. As the door opened; he smiled at the girl in front of him - Sadie Monroe. “So someone forgot to tell me it was their birthday and I missed a perfectly good gift-buying opportunity…” he started; showing her the box in his hand, “So I didn’t really have time to wrap this but, here we are,” Jordan finished showing the girl the professional mic and other things he had bought after seeing her story. “Happy… lateish birthday?” Jordan stated, biting his lip slightly as he looked towards her; a bashful smile on his lips.
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Aside from Daniel Parker’s little visit to Kai’s place, since that date with Jess after the fashion show, things were going well. He was still working on finding the surveillance devices left by Anna Pierce, but he was slowly finding and destroying them. Over the two weeks, Kai and Jess had been practically inseparable, despite Daniel’s urging for them to stay away from each other. They spent time together during the day, and nearly every night he held her close, ensuring that she didn’t go out at 3 in the morning and get herself into trouble. Somehow, Kai actually really liked Jess, something he didn’t necessarily expect in the beginning. He didn’t want her getting hurt, he enjoyed having her close, and he was even more himself around her. She was so different from him, but in a way, that’s what he liked so much about her.
May 13th, also known as Kai’s birthday, though Kai wasn’t someone who made a big deal out of his birthday and hadn’t in a long time. Kai was normally someone who got up early in the mornings, though that didn’t mean that he wanted to get out of bed when he was laying there with a sleeping Jessica. However, he got out of bed extra early and stepped out of his bedroom for a phone call he had to make, as he always did each year.
“What the hell do you mean that she’s gone?” Kai said to the individual on the other end of the call.
“We’re sorry Mr. Azure, but Elettra’s not here.”
“How did you neglect to tell me she’s missing?”
“Apologies Mr. Azure, I do not know what happened for the message to not get to you. I will find out what I can and let you know anything.”
That phone call was not a pleasant start to his birthday, but there was nothing he could do about it at that point, so he went to take a shower. He had seen that Jessica had still been in bed asleep, but he hadn’t been in the shower long before she came in, joining him in the shower. He put his arms around her as she brought her arms around his neck, whispering in his ear. “I’ll make it very worth your while.” Kai said, hands feeling her body, then bringing his lips to her skin.
Jessica laughed softly at his words, letting the vibrations of her laugh hit his throat as her lips were still playing down his neck; though it soon turned into a soft moan as she felt his hands going down the length of her body. “Is that a promise, Mr. Kingsly?” Jess questioned teasingly, moving her lips away from his neck to speak. “I don’t know if you could Kai; dream sex is surprisingly mind-blowing… I’m not sure if you could compare,” she mumbled, her hand meeting his hair as she tugged it slightly. “Maybe I should try and go back to sleep or…” though before she could finish that sentiment, she felt his lips meet her skin; causing her eyes to flutter close for a second. She swore he did that on purpose to shut her up half the time but… hell, she wouldn’t complain… and she definitely didn’t as she pushed his body against wall - taking control of the situation.
“You know we should probably stop doing that” Jess smiled; walking over to the man sitting on the chair reading the New York Times. Wrapping her arms around the back of the man; she placed a soft kiss on his cheek. “The sex in the shower I mean. We really should focus on getting clean in the shower, but you’re too busy distracting me and we only end up needing another shower,” she joked before looking over his shoulder to see the article he was invested in. Something about a double homicide that happened a few days ago in New York. She allowed her eyes to read through it, leaning against his shoulder as she did so. If there was one thing Jess loved - it was reading the news in the morning. Call her old-fashioned… hell, okay fine she was definitely old-fashioned (in some senses) after all she barely even used her phone but there was something about reading the news from an actual paper that she loved. Perhaps it was the feeling of the paper in one’s hand or something about looking at the small justified text; she enjoyed it. “And you say New York is better than London. Me: 1, you: 0 Kai,” Jess added before kissing his shoulder one more time and walking towards the kitchen where she was making herself a cheese omelet. As much as she would have loved ice cream for breakfast; Jess had finished that last night - so here she was cutting peppers for the food she was making. Though she didn’t mind; she hadn’t cooked in a while - the last time being for her little siblings a few weeks ago. While she was cutting; Jess had her phone open to instagram stories so they were shifting through as she cut. And perhaps it wasn’t the best Idea to be cooking and be on one’s phone but it was here and she was more than a little behind on what was going on.
Though when she saw Valerie Wood’s most recent post about it being Kai’s birthday; her eyes widened as she looked over at the man. “Kai is it your bir-” though she didn’t get to finish the sentence. Jess was still cutting the vegetable and it seemed in her distraction; she brought the knife down on her pointer finger and thumb - cutting both of them deeply. “Motherfcking, fcking balls, sh!t,” Jess groaned almost silently - though in her head she was cursing the hell out of something; putting the knife down as she bit her tongue to stop herself from shouting and grabbed as many paper towels as she could grab and held it against her fingers. “Kai… 1. It’s your birthday and you didn’t bloody tell me and now I’m upset. 2. Can you drive me to the ER because I’m kind of bleeding out and I’m pretty sure if I do it myself; my car will look like a murder scene,” Jess questioned sweetly.
Jezebel woke up to someone jumping onto her bed, that someone being Daniel. Since they had made up, and especially after she had moved in, they went on just like they had before. Jezebel truly had her best friend back, her brother. She smiled despite still laying there with her eyes closed. “We’ll see. I think you just want a nephew to corrupt into being just like you.” She opened her eyes and turned slightly to look at Daniel from where she was laying at his mention of French toast and tacos. “I’m sorry, someone doesn’t like tacos, and they aren’t so good coming back up…” Overall, Jezebel had been feeling better and not really nauseous, but there were still certain foods that just churned her stomach. “French toast though, is still my favorite.” The girl smiled sleepily at her brother, but with his next words, mentioning something about a trust fund and Jordan who she had barely exchanged a few messages with over the past couple of weeks, she woke up nearly completely and sat up, looking at Daniel very confused. “What are you talking about?”
@benitz786 - Dan, Jordan
Kai chuckled at Jess mentioning how they needed to stop having sex each time they wound up in the shower together, then smiled as she came over to kiss him on the cheek and put her arms around him. It’s not my fault you walked right on in and distracted me while I was trying to shower this time.” He just couldn’t help it that showering with her was distracting. “Sorry Jess, you aren’t going to change my preference for New York. I’ve been there so many times, and London’s never going to be better. That stuff happens in every large city.” If there was one thing that the two would never agree on, it was likely which city was better between the two. He smiled at her as she walked to his kitchen then looked back at the newspaper in his hands. Though, his attention quickly went to Jess as she first mentioned his birthday then that she needed to go to the ER. He quickly set the newspaper aside and ran over to check on Jess and find out what happened. “Don’t even think about driving yourself. Let’s go.” Kai said, ignoring the topic of his birthday at least until they were on the way to the hospital, when he eventually said, “Yeah, its my birthday. Its not a big deal.”
Daniel sighed as the girl kept her eyes closed; poking her every few seconds. The slight twitch in her features made it clear she was awake and attempting to ignore him… exactly why he was doing everything he could to annoy the hell out of her. He was about this close to dropping a bucket of cold water on her. And honestly, she shouldn’t test him on that because he had, indeed, done it various times before. “Okay maybe I"m a little biased in wanting a mini-me who’s a genius and I can teach to hack and take over the world okay? Sue me,” Dan smiled; laying against the pillow as he looked at the ceiling; a fan revolving. “curtains open,” dan stated and watched as the electric curtains listened to his command and opened letting the sunlight into the room.
Dan sighed as she talked about the baby not liking tacos and shook his head, “that kid has horrible taste,” he sighed. “… but just for him, I’ll deal with it for the next few months. Thank god for french toast Fridays though,” he stated, “where would we be without Bertha’s french toast?” he questioned; naming the cook that worked for the Parker family. Though as she asked about what he was talking about; he furrowed his eyebrows. She seemed more alert at that notion as she shot up from the bed looking towards him with a… almost worried expression? “The cheque?” Dan stated; slightly worried about her memory at this point. “The one at the fashion show? The half a mil that Jordan took and gave to me to put into a trust for you?” Daniel reminded the girl. Though then he realized what had happened. “Fck he didn’t tell you did he? What did Jordan say? The only reason I followed through with that task was that I knew it didn’t matter - Jordan didn’t use that money for himself so it didn’t really matter.” Dan stated; giving her a concerned look.
The fact that Jezebel was tired and didn’t want to actually get up, really couldn’t be held against her. Growing a child inside of her was tiring. Which lead to a sigh from Jezebel as Daniel had the curtains open and let sunlight in. “Fine, I’d take a mini you over a mini me.” Jezebel nodded slightly. “I’m sure the kid will be fine with tacos when they’re older, but for now you can suffer through not having them any time I’m around. And without that French toast, we’d be in a place with a lot less sanity.” Then as Daniel spoke about the check that Jezebel’s mom had given Jordan, Jezebel only became more confused. “He didn’t say anything about any of that. He just told me that he took the money from my mom, asked her for it even if he had to break up with me for it, and never planned to tell me.”
"It’s not my fault you walked right on in and distracted me while I was trying to shower this time.”
“Excuse me?” Jess murmured into his ear; still reading over his shoulder. “I was trying to be a good samaritan and conserve water for the environment,” the girl teased; letting her hands run down his chest, “It’s not my fault we ended up having sex; I’m an innocent party in all of this,” Jess continued - a soft smile on her features as she met his incredulous look with her own. “What?” she questioned kissing him on the lips for a second before pulling away as the two once again had their ongoing debate between New York and London. “bull, Kai. You’ve just never explored London with me,” she stated before approaching his ear. “Trust me; you’ll like it more with me there I…,” she started; kissing his neck slightly implying something more than she meant “…Can take you to all the best places to eat,” she finished with a soft chuckle.
The pain in her fingers had soon began to numb as it begins to bleed through the paper towels she had been holding against it causing her to grab more. But all she could think in that moment was… we’ll there goes a perfectly good omelet; which honestly was probably the most upsetting part. Because Jessica Pierce had really worked up an appetite. Well, that and the fact that the blonde idiot hadn’t told her it was his birthday today. “Hey hey hey; don’t change the subject…” Jess stated; holding her bleeding fingers tightly in her other hand as she looked at him. “…your birthday is today and you never told me,” though she only sighed as he ignored the statement and told her that she wasn’t driving herself.
“Wait,” Jess told the man as he told her to let go as she walked over to the stove and turned it off; grabbing a fork and taking a bite of the cooked egg while he gave her an incredulous look. “Look if I"m going to go to an ER; I’m not going on an empty stomach” Jess stated before taking one last bite before sighing at the look he was giving her and following him.
Taking a seat on the passenger side; Jess made sure to tightly hold her fingers. It hurt though it was more of sharp pain at the beginning than was now; a dulled pain that she was getting used to. Probably something to do with the nerves being cut so it didn’t hurt as much. “Really wish you let me finish my food,” Jess sighed, laying her head against the seat as she looked at him driving. “Fuel helps with me yelling at you about not telling me it’s your birthday,” she stated as he continued with the statement of it not being a big deal. “Hey no fair. It’s a big deal to me,” Jess explained. “If I knew, I would have at least got you something better than morning sex, a trip to the ER, and blood on your car seat,”
“Fine, I’d take a mini you over a mini me.”
He frowned softly at that statement; not liking exactly what it implied. Though he didn’t exactly want to get into an argument with Jez about this in the morning… he’d simply convince her slowly over time that ‘Jezebel Parker’ was amazing. “I wouldn’t be so quick to say that; me as a child was kind of a miscreant,” he laughed. “And that kid better be fine with tacos in the future; I can’t have a taco free house for the rest of my life,” he stated, “unacceptable.” Though he looked at her softly as he said his next words, “How… how are you Jez? I know we talked about it and everything but… really how are you feeling. About the baby and… Mikel…everything?” Dan asked the girl; sincerity in his voice as he asked the question.
As the conversation moved to Jordan; Dan was simply confused to why Jordan hadn’t told Jezebel the obvious. Further emphasized when the girl said he didn’t say anything except the fact that he took the money and broke up with her over it. “Well I’m probably not the best person for this but all I know is a few days before he left, Jordan came to me with a $500,000.00 check from your mom and asked me if I could put it somewhere safe for you in case you ever needed it. I just took the extra step and put it into a stock fund so it could grow over time for you.” Dan revealed. “I don’t know why he just wouldn’t tell you that but Jez; he didn’t use a cent of that money on himself. Probably why I always liked Jordan and you together. He always thought about you first.” Dan shrugged. He was confused about why Jordan would keep that a secret but the man clearly had his own reasons. “Hey how about we go eat that french toast, go get that sonogram done, and we can worry about this later,” Dan questioned.
“Also…” he sighed… “You might… Jez…The blue royalty list is…” Dan sighed. He didn’t know how to go about telling the girl bad news but he simply pointed at the phone. “The new list is out…” he trailed off… really hoping the good news about the trust would serve as a counterbalance for the bad news she was about to get.
“Oh you’re no innocent here.” He smirked as she responded about London, then kissed his neck. “I will have to visit London with you sometime, just like you’ll have to come with me to New York sometime.” When Jess’s fingers were quickly beginning to bleed through the paper towels, she of course had to stop for a bite of food, while trying to bring up his birthday. “Letting you eat wasn’t my concern. I’m more concerned about you bleeding out on me than I am about you finishing your food.” Kai shrugged as she said how his birthday was a big deal to her. “I’m 19 now, so what. My birthday isn’t anything special, so don’t worry about the blood, or the ER trip. I just want to make sure you’re alright.” Though, it wouldn’t necessarily be the first time for a sudden trip ER to happen on his birthday. “I don’t need anything better. The morning sex was good enough to be a birthday present.” Kai wasn’t really a fan of celebrating his birthday. The last time he made any kind of big deal about it was when he was a kid. Since he was 13, his birthday wasn’t anything he really looked forward to like most people did. Everyone else always made a bigger fuss over his birthday than he did.
“Oh you’re no innocent here”
“Says who?” Jess stated; raising her eyebrows. “I would just love for you to try and explain why I’m not innocent Kai.” she grinned; awaiting his response. “Was it the way I…” she started, moving her head back to his ear as she whispered what she had done to him the other night. Perhaps she was teasing him… okay she was definitely teasing him, but what could she say, there was a joy in seeing how he would respond to that. “… and yes… I do need a New York tour from you… I’m still upset that our favorite pizza place shut down. I’ve been trying to call the family to see if I could send any support or… anything but I can’t even get in touch with Elle,” she sighed. “Does Ralph know what happened?” Jess asked. She recalled the conversation they had a few nights ago where he revealed the news; truly breaking her heart. What could she say; that pizza was part of her heart.
The emergency room wasn’t necessarily far away; though with the traffic during Friday morning with people likely trying to get to work it seemed that the commute would be longer than expected. “But if I bleed out, at least I bleed out happy and full,” Jess argued with a smile. “Plus it seems like it’s going to take time to get there anyways so I may bleed out in your car hungry and sad that I didn’t get you a gift before dying in your car,” Jessica joked. Though her smile faltered as the man continued talking about how his birthday wasn’t special to him. “Well… at least let me make it up to you after they fix me up in the emergency room?” Jess questioned. “You might not celebrate your birthday but I want to,” she whispered; using her free hand to grab one of his and bring it to her lips softly. “And I could have given you so so so much more sex if I knew it was your birthday Kai,” she continued jokingly as they approached the ER.
“Another reason London is better than the US, including New York, a trip to the ER would be free whereas here it’s probably going to cause thousands to fix this little thing… honestly we should just leave it alone. The pain’s subsiding always,” Jess said as they got closer to the building. Honestly; Jessica had never been a fan of the Hospital… or the ER… it honestly just brought bad memories of that night. “No honestly; I think I’m good Kai. Just making a big deal out of nothing… I could totally go finish that omelet if you just… turn around,” Jess stated.