#sorry but she gave up on Jayce instantly and only when did he have something she came crawling back

[kurthummeldeservesbetter]

[echelonlab-blog]

Bound By Ink -- Chapter 25

Disclaimer: Fiction.

Warnings: None

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   I stood there mortified, surveying the damage and glancing over at Shannon. Grabbing Nadia by the arm, I pushed her in the opposite direction, toward the house. Marta was still screaming obscenities and pointing down at the delicate white material dripping with burgundy liquid.

   Nadia threw her glass of wine on Marta. In retaliation, Marta pushed Nadia backward, collapsing the table and sending not only glasses of alcohol, but food as well, crashing to the cement near the pool. The crowd that had formed around the argument were all gawking and some even recording the spectacle with their phones. I was so embarrassed and could only apologize to Jared as we rushed past him and Jamie. “I’m so sorry!”

   He gave a reassuring smile even though I was willing to bet he wasn’t happy about the whole situation. “It’s okay.”

   I heard him calling for someone to come clean the mess, but didn’t stop. “I’m going to take her to the bathroom.” Again, I’m really sorry about this.”

  He followed behind us for a few seconds, his voice never changing from the soft, friendly tone. “Do you remember where it is?”

  Turning to look back, I noticed Jayce standing just behind Jared and he was clearly embarrassed as well.  He pulled the hood of his jacket over his head and walked in the opposite direction, disappearing into the crowd of Jared’s friends. “I think so.” I called out, pretending to be unfazed. Mark and his stupid snotty new girlfriend would have to check on him.

   Luckily, I had no issue remembering exactly where the bathroom was and finally let go of Nadia once inside. The second the door closed behind me, I gave her a little shove. “What the fuck is wrong with you? You and I were cool, why would you screw that up and embarrass me like this?”

   She flipped her pink hair out of her eyes as her back pressed against the wall. Sliding all the way down, her hands covered her face. “What difference does it make?”

 “Yeah, like I’m gonna leave it at that. Bitch you better start talking before I really get mad. You know, I was being nice by inviting you to this little party and I don’t appreciate you coming over here and picking a fight with Jared’s....  whatever she is!” I was busy texting Mark, asking him to check on Jayce.

 “I fucked Jared, okay?!” She sighed and pulled her knees up to her chest. Her voice became lower as she continued to speak.

  I slid down next to her. “WHAT?”

  She looked over at me. “Not recently, it was a long time ago. He promised to call me, like I’m sure he does every other groupie he screws, and I was fine with not ever hearing from him again... until you got called out here to do that tat.” She looked away as she continued. “He must have told her that we had been together because she was making some real shitty comments to me. Am I not allowed to defend myself Blue? You would have done the same.” She stared down at the floor, her pretty pink hair falling from her shoulder and blocked my view. “You know, he remembered me that day at RI. He came over and whispered all flirty in my ear, so, naturally I just assumed I may get another opportunity with him, but I guess I was wrong. I’m sorry.”

 Well, fuck, she was right, in my younger, wilder days, I probably would have done the same thing. It didn’t make it right or okay, but I could sort of understand how she felt. This was definitely a different, more personal side of Nadia I was seeing. “You still shouldn’t have thrown a drink at her.”

 “Hey, at least I didn’t hit her.”

 I tilted my head to the side and giggled. “This is true, but I think you should apologize to Jared.”

  “I will, even though he doesn’t deserve it.” Letting out a frustrated breath, she put her head back and I could tell she was getting emotional. Tears were threatening to fall and she looked up at the ceiling. “You know Blue, I’ve always been so jealous of you. I mean, you have always been so beautiful and things always go right for you.” She wiped her eyes and continued. “Mark is so handsome and Jayce is so talented and just an amazing kid. And now you have Shannon. I get a one night stand with Jared and then my ex gives me chlamydia. I’m just doing great.”

 I shook my head at her absurd view of my life. “You think things always go right for me? Obviously, you don’t know my life. My mother is one of those people you absolutely cannot please, no matter what. I’m a shitty mother in her eyes and she never liked Mark. So, she will definitely hate Shannon. People are always judging me by my hair color and tattoos and I hate it. Believe me, things aren’t the way you see them.”

 “Same thing with me. They see the tattoos and pink hair and think I’m trash. The truth is, I’m really not. I’ve made some mistakes, that I really regret, but I’m not that bad.”

  Instantly I felt guilty for doing the same thing to her, but not because of her look, it was the things I heard. “Stop. I’ve gotta admit, I did the same. I heard some things about you and then you and Mark..  I’m sorry.”

  “It’s okay, I forgive you. Friends?” She asked, holding her balled up fist out for me to bump.

  “Friends.” I pounded my fingers against hers and stood up. “Ready to get out of here?” I held my hand out to help her up.

 “Yup.” She followed me out and gave Jared a quick ‘Sorry’ as we passed him up. Marta, who had changed into some less flattering clothing, still wasn’t finished complaining and her broken English was like nails on a chalkboard.

  Shannon was waiting just outside for us and I smiled at him, not sure if he was upset about what happened. “Hey, do you mind if we just go?” I didn’t really want to hang around for round two.

 “Sure, just let me tell Jared we’re leaving.” I followed him, thanking Jared for the invite and once more apologizing for what happened with Nadia. He brushed it off like it was no big deal. We rounded up Mark, Jayce and Stephanie before heading out to the car.

 Jayce shocked me by asking if he could go with Mark and Stephanie. Just as Mark said yes, his new snotty girlfriend cocked her head to the side. “Babe, we have plans. My home isn’t really kid friendly.”

  I put on my best fake smile and glared at Mark. “Well, Jayce isn’t exactly a toddler.”

  She laughed awkwardly and put her hand on mine. “Oh, I know, but we sort of had plans, for just the two of us. I’m sure you understand.” Who did this asshole think she was. Mark looked away and just as I was about to lose it, Shannon stepped in.

  He put his arm around me. “Okay, yeah, Jayce, you come with us. It’s not a big deal Scarlett. Let’s go do something fun, Nadia, you want to join us?” She nodded and we all got into the car. I was certain my face was red and I felt like I was going to explode with rage. Shannon’s hand was on mine as he carried on a conversation with Nadia, explaining that he never liked Marta and how she sometimes worked Jared’s nerves too. They were getting along great, but I stayed quiet, not wanting to say anything I might regret in front of Jayce.

   I was so consumed by my anger that I hadn’t even paid much attention to where we were headed. When the car finally came to a stop, it was Jayce’s excited voice as he hopped out of the car. “Mom check this out!!”

  “Wanna have some real fun?” Shannon asked, smiling me and nodding over at Jayce, who was checking out the dirt bikes.

[jay-bizzleimagines]

Same Mistakes // Chapter Twenty Two

"Hey, Scoot." Scooter gave me a head nod as he and Justin got out of their black SUV. About two hours ago Justin's lawyer met with mine, who Kylie kindly helped me find and pay for on such short notice. They had sorted out how custody would be handled over the next few months while we waited for the court to sign off on everything.

It was honestly a headache, and my hand and mind were numb from reading over every sheet of paper with my lawyer. It had taken all day to sort just this small part of the custody situation and I didn't want to be dealing with Justin right now.

Somehow Scooter himself had convinced my lawyer to talk me into letting Justin take Jayce for the night, the only condition being that Tessa stay with them until bed. Jayce's sleeping body hugged my neck and I watched as the driver loaded his things into the SUV.

Jayce slept in my arms which was a good and bad thing, bad for me. It made it to where Jayce wouldn't cry from leaving me, but I also couldn't get a proper goodbye this way.

Justin, intelligently, waited for me to hand Jayce to him rather than trying to take him. I squeezed him in my arms as much as I could without waking him.

"I love you so, so much. God, I'm going to miss you." I gave him a hard kiss on the forehead before looking at Justin, "Justin, I want to trust you-"

"Then do."

I sighed and felt a heavy feeling rise in my throat. Though it didn't seem like much, letting Jayce go with his father, it was. This was the first time he would be staying the night somewhere that wasn't with me or the babysitters.

"It's not that easy. You haven't spent time with him, Justin, there are things that you still don't know." My heart was pounding in my chest and surely Justin could hear it in my voice.

"You sent me everything I need to know, if you forgot anything just text me. I'm going to check up with you. This isn't my first time watching a kid, Nadia, I know what I'm doing." And I'm sure he was right.

"This is your first time taking care of your kid though." His eyes shot me a look that read 'are we really going to start this again?'

"I'm sorry, but it's true." I sighed and the sudden realization of the time hit me. I could keep delaying this but that's not fair as hard as this is. I gently passed Jayce to Justin, but Jayce still began to rustle in his arms. I ran my hand over his back in soothing circles, "Shh, it's okay. Go back to sleep baby."

Looking back at Justin he was staring at me, "What?"

"Uh, nothing. We're gonna head out, I don't want to drag this on any longer and risk waking him up. Is there anything else before I go?"

I shook my head, "No, just call me if there's anything you need or something happens and also just call me. He will probably wake up in about an hour and should be ready to go to bed around ten tonight. Tessa will leave whenever he does go to bed."

As he said goodbye, I struggled to keep my tears from coming out. I did not think this would be happening this soon and my emotions were on a roller coaster right now. Going back up to the apartment I sat next to Ryan and Dani on the couch.

"How was it?" Dani paused Friends to examine my face. I shrugged, "Hard."

"As expected, but listen it's hard now so that it can be easier in the future. This is good, Nadia. Head up and hey, kid free for once yeah?" Yeah and it's not as great as it sounds. I quickly attempted to distract myself by putting in Moana. I waited on the couch while Dani waited on the love seat for Ryan to finish making the popcorn.

When he finally finished he sat at the end by my feet. Though this was meant to distract me it was doing a better job at reminding me of Jayce considering he loved this movie.

Justin's Pov

Scooter gave the room a once over before walking to the door, "Don't ruin this for yourself, Justin. She's being extremely nice by letting you have him tonight." I nodded and followed his eyes to Tessa, "Watch him. Justin not the kid."

"Trust me I will." I rolled my eyes and closed the door behind him. I only had about twenty minutes until Jayce was supposed to wake up although time meant nothing to a toddler. Tessa made herself comfortable on the couch while I set up the dining room table with finger paint an idea suggested by my mom.

From the couch Tessa nodded in approval, "That's actually a good idea. Nadia said he loves things like that, especially play doh." I made sure to make note of that fact. Before I could finish opening all the paint there was a loud cry from the bedroom where Jayce's play pin sat with him inside.

I slowly followed Tessa into the room, knowing that he would cry if I were to pick him up first. Tessa reached for him, "Hey buddy, wanna could to Aunt T?"

Through his tears he nodded. After she settled him down, she sat him down at the table with me to start painting. While he started I facetimed my mom.

When her smiling face popped up, Jayce immediately noticed, "Hey mom."

"Hi, is that him?" Even though that was a stupid question I nodded, "He looks just like you."

"I see Nadia." My mom disagreed with me and continued to talk to Tessa and I while I painted with Jayce. For him to only be a year and a half he was extremely smart, a quality he had certainly gotten from his mom along with his cheerful giggle.

Once Jayce finished his painting that looked like nothing in particular, but was still perfect, I held it up for my mom to see. She smiled with a loving look at Jayce, "Will I get to meet him, Jay?"

"Soon, mama."

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Nadia's Pov

My phone loudly rang from the nightstand next to me causing not only me, but also Ryan to jump up in bed. Since we'd spent the entire night watching tv I offered Ryan to spend the night and even though he could have spelt on the couch I told him it didn't matter.

"Who is that?" I shook my head while I looked at my phone. Scooter's names flashed across the screen and I instantly was more away.

"Hello?" My voice wasn't quite panicked, but there was a hint of anxiety in it.

"Is that Nadia? Let me talk to her." Tessa's voice sounded in the background, frantic. Scooter ignored her request to talk to me and I quickly got out of bed to begin searching for clothes to wear. Next to me in the bed Ryan sat up, "Everything okay?"

"Scooter??"

"Yeah, I'm here. You've talked to Justin, right?" He asked in a way that made it sound like he was sure I had, but I could tell from his tone that he was trying to come off as calm as possible.

I quickly slid on a hoodie, sweats, and started on my shoes, "No. What the hell is going on Scooter?"

"Shit. Fucking Justin, damn it." His voice was distant now as if he had pulled the phone away from his face and I heard whispers exchanged, "Tessa came to check on him and Jayce and he's not here. She called Hailey but she hasn't seen or heard from him either. We've called him but there was no answer, so did he say anything to you?"

I didn't answer his question before hanging up and grabbbing my keys. Ryan who had was now trying to frantically put on his shoes followed me out to my car. I had no idea where I needed to go, but I knew I needed to go somewhere.

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Whew. That was a long one but I feel like it was needed. Just Justin being sketchy what else is new? 😂😂