Svetlana Jett Ivanova sat in a tiny coffee shop located in Seattle Washington. She sipped her coffee and checked the time on her cell phone. She was waiting for her best friend and partner in crime Nina Hansen to get off work and meet her. They both worked at the same record store but luckily it was Jett's day off. She sat her mug down and glanced at a group of guys about her age on the other side of the room. They were ogling her and not making the slightest attempt to hide it. Jett rolled her eyes and picked her mug back up. She couldn't stand guys like that. If they had the balls to stare her down why didn't they have the balls to walk over and ask her name? Jett smiled and waved as Nina entered the shop.
"Sorry I'm late Jett." Nina said as she sad down across from her, "Jeff was bitching at me about inventory again."
"Ugh I hate that! Maybe it wouldn't be so messed up if he didn't keep giving CDs away to all his loser friends." Jett replied.
Nina glanced over her shoulder at the guys Jett had noticed earlier. Nina raised her eyebrows at Jett and nodded in their direction.
Jett rolled her eyes, "Ew Nina those guys are gross."
Nina laughed, "I think they are kind of cute."
Svetlana Ivanova and Nina Hansen could both stop men in their tracks with just a glance. Nina was 5'9 with platinum blond hair and brilliant blue eyes, but it was her curves that drove guys crazy. Jett was 5'7 with thick black hair that was so long it could've reached her belly button. She had eyes so gray they looked like smoke. While Nina was all curves Jett was toned. She had what Nina often called a 'super model's body.' Nina was 100% Norwegian and Jett was 100% Russian. Jett never understood it but guys seemed to lose their minds once they found that out.
In high school they had broken many hearts and now that they had graduated not a thing had changed. The main difference between the two girls was that Nina actually enjoyed having guys chase her just to shut them down. It was her favorite game. Jett on the other hand had no interest in stringing boys along. It had lost its luster her freshman year. Jett wanted something real. Something worthwhile, but she hadn't found anything even close. The girls had two very different styles when it came to dealing with guys. Nina flirted heavily and was blunt about whatever it was she wanted. Jett gave subtle hints and said more with her eyes than with her mouth. A lot of what attracted guys to her was the mystery. Everyone wanted to know what was behind those smokey eyes.
Nina smiled and rolled her tongue ring between her teeth, "Should I ask them to come sit with us?"
"Please don't." Jett said laughing.
Nina pouted, "fine. So how are you?"
Jett shrugged and sipped her coffee.
"Tell me what's bothering you." Nina said narrowing her eyes.
"I have to move again." Jett said quietly.
"What? Why!"
"My landlord raised my rent and I can't afford it. I asked Jeff if I could work a few more days but he said he already cut Stacy's hours for me."
"Where are you going to go?"
"I have no idea."Jett's eyes filled with tears, "Everything is so expensive and I just had to put 400 dollars into my car or I wouldn't have had a way to work. "
Nina reached across the table and squeezed Jett's hand, "Why don't you stay with me?"
Jett shook her head, "I can't."
"Why not? I love you, Mandy loves you, my mom loves you, and my dad really loves you. Whenever he doesn't see you for a couple of days he says 'Nina where's my kjæresten?' "
"I don't know Nina. I've imposed on people my whole life I don't want to impose on you too." Jett was born in Russia and lived in the poorest part of Moscow until she was five. Her parents felt that they couldn't take care of her so they sent her to live with her grandparents in Ulyanovsk. Her grandparents had both died by the time she was eight. Jett ended up in a global foster care network and was taken in by a family in Seattle. When Jett was 10 Nina was the only person willing to be friends with 'the weird Russian girl' and they had been best friends for the last nine years. Jett had considered her foster parents her real parents and was shocked when they kicked her out on her ass at 18. Now Nina was the closest thing she had to family. "You're not imposing Jett! My dad would kill me if he knew you needed a place to live and I didn't invite you to live with us!"
Jett bit her lip, "Do you really think it will be ok?"
Nina nodded vigorously, "let's go to my house right now and ask."

A few minutes later they left the coffee shop. Nina made sure to blow the group of guys a kiss as they exited the building. They got into their cars and Jett followed Nina to her house. Jett was incredibly nervous as she drove. She gripped the steering wheel tighter than necessary and blasted music in an attempt to distract herself. Jett was incredibly embarrassed that her friend had to offer her a place to stay. Jett had learned to be independent and hated accepting help from people. She worked extremely hard for everything she got and as soon as she thought things were going to be ok the rug was pulled out from under her. It always happened that way and Jett couldn't help but wonder what she had done to deserve it.

Jett nervously stepped out of the car and followed Nina into the house. Nina slammed the door behind them and made a bee line to the living room where Sig Hansen was reading a magazine.
"Look who I've brought with me dad." Nina said happily as she bent over the couch and kissed Sig on the cheek. Sig looked up and smiled, "Svetlana! How are you?"
Jett wrinkled her nose, "Why do you always call me that?"
"It's your name." He replied, "Why wouldn't I?
"Because it's ugly."
"It is not ugly! You should be proud of where you come from."
Jett smiled, "Should I call you Sigurd then?"
Sig laughed, "Touché. But I'm still not calling you Jett."
"Daddy." Nina cooed.
"What do you need this time?" Sig said sternly.
"Jett needs a place to stay."
"Well you know we have two guest rooms Nina. I've been waiting for you to ask her to move in since you two were 10."
"You're not even going to ask why?" Jett asked. She was shocked that Sig had agreed so quickly.
Sig rolled his eyes, "Fine. Why?"
Jett cursed herself for opening her big mouth.
"Well... my landlord raised my rent and I can't afford anything else."
"I see." Sig turned his attention to Nina, "Take her to the blue room. Your uncle is staying with us for a few weeks and he hates the yellow room. I want to make sure he stays in it."
Nina raised an eyebrow, "Uncle Norm or uncle Ed?"
"Ed."
Nina nodded, "Come on Jett. The blue room is right next to mine."
Jett hesitated before following Nina. She shifted her weight from one foot to the other and gave Sig a small smile.
"Thank you so much. It means... a lot."
Sig smiled and waved away her thank you.
"Don't worry about it kjæresten. You're family."
Jett was too touched to respond so she just nodded and followed Nina up the stairs.
Nina showed her the guest room and Jett instantly understood why Sig referred to it as the blue room. The walls were painted pale blue and the bedding was blue as well. One wall was completely covered by a mural of Sig's boat the Northwestern. Sig and his brother's were fisherman and part of a reality show called Deadliest Catch. Jett knew that Nina hated the attention her father got but she would never admit it to him. Women threw themselves at him like he was a rock star and it made Nina furious. Jett suspected that Nina was worried Sig would one day leave her mother for one of his fans. Nina often stated that Sig was the best thing that ever happened to her mother. Sig was actually Nina and Mandy's step father but Nina never mentioned her biological father and she had no problem calling Sig dad. Nina looked at the mural on the wall for a few moments and then turned her back on it, "Sometimes I wish he would just stop fishing and stay home with us. The Bering sea likes to kill people."
Jett frowned and hugged her friend. Being from Russia she knew just how dangerous the Bering Sea was. They exited the room and Nina pointed at the door directly across from what was now Jett's room. "That's where my uncle is going to stay." Nina smiled, "You're going to like him." Jett had heard what had to be hundreds of stories about Nina's uncle most of which involved him lighting something on fire and she had seen him on tv; but she had never actually met him. Apparently when he wasn't fishing he spent all his time with his wife and kids.
"Why?" Jett asked.
"He's a sarcastic ass just like you."
Jett rolled her eyes and followed Nina into her bedroom. Nothing felt more like home to Jett than Nina's room. The nights they sat up talking about rockstars, making fun of their teachers, laughing as boys called and professed their undying love for them, listening to music, and hitting each other mercilessly with pillows were countless. After lounging around her room for a few minutes Nina propped herself up on her elbows and smiled at Jett, "Let's go get your stuff roommate."

Edgar Hansen threw his duffle bag in the bed of his truck and tore out of his driveway. He wanted to get the hell away from his house as soon as possible. "Fucking bitch." He mumbled under his breath as he sped down the street. Edgar arrived at his brother's house within ten minutes. He grabbed his duffle bag and stormed up the driveway. Edgar hammered on the door and waited impatiently for Sig to open it. After a few moments the door swung open to reveal Sig glowering at him."Why the hell are you banging on my god damn door like that?" He asked angrily.
Edgar walked past his brother into the house and headed to the living room. He dropped his bag on the floor and plopped himself onto the couch.
"So I went to the house to get some of my stuff." Edgar said clearly fuming. Sig sat down in his laZ boy, put his feet up, and reclined. "What happened now?" He asked.
"Louise is going to try and take my kids from me."
"What?" Sig roared as he sat up straight.
"Yeah I was trying to be civil with her and then she asked me for 10,000 dollars! So I asked her what she needed it for and she wouldn't tell me. Obviously I told her no and then she told me she's going to file for custody since I'm never around anyway."
Sig shook his head, "This divorce is getting way out of hand Edgar."
"Tell me about it." Edgar said bitterly as he put his feet up on the coffee table. He still couldn't believe that after being married for 22 years he was getting one divorce. Admittedly he had been unhappy for the last ten but he had been willing to stick it out for his kids' sake. Apparently Louise had other plans since she was the one who filed for divorce. "Look Sig. I don't plan on staying here long. I'm letting Louise stay at the house because I don't want the kids to have to sleep in beds that aren't theirs...I just need some time to figure some stuff out and then I'll get an apartment or something."
Sig nodded, "Nina's friend is staying here too."
Edgar raised his eyebrows, "Why?"
"Because she needs a place to stay just like you." Sig shot at him.
"I was just asking!"
Edgar looked up as he heard the front door open and then slam shut. Sig rolled his eyes, "Nina's back."
"Your uncle is here!" Sig yelled.
"Alright!" Nina called back, "We're taking Jett's stuff upstairs real quick!"
A few minutes later Nina entered the room followed by what had to be the most gorgeous woman Edgar had ever seen. He had never seen eyes that gray before and he wondered if they were contacts. They were way to beautiful to be real. She was wearing a tight black and white striped long sleeve dress that went just below her butt and a pair of black cowboy boots. Her body was absolutely perfect and Edgar had an incredible urge to rub his hands all over her. 'Stop it she's a kid.' He told himself. Edgar stood up and his niece jumped into his arms. "Eggy!" She said excitedly, "I missed you! How come you're staying with us?" Edgar sat her down and ran a hand through his brown hair, "Louise and I need some space."
"Oh... Well... I'm happy you're here!" Nina said recovering quickly. Edgar smiled at her and turned his attention to her beautiful friend. He held out his hand for her, "I'm Nina's uncle Edgar."
She smiled and grabbed his hand, "I'm Svetlana but everyone calls me Jett." Jett laughed, "except Sig." Sig chuckled and nodded in agreement. Edgar would have known Jett was Russian even if she hadn't said her name was Svetlana. He could hear a slight accent when she spoke and it was quite possibly the sexiest thing he had ever heard. 'You're sick.' He told himself. Edgar looked down and realized he was still holding onto her hand. He immediately let it go and put his hands in his pockets. "So why Jett?" He asked.
Jett smiled, "It's my middle name. I started going by it when I left Russia and all the kids here said Svetlana sounded like a disease."
Edgar smiled and shook his head.
"Come on Jett." Nina said, "Let's go upstairs."
Edgar couldn't help but watch her hips sway as she exited the living room. 'She's the same age as your niece!' He told himself. Edgar sat back down on the couch and turned on Sig's tv. He was definitely going to have to stay away far away as possible as that girl.

Jett stretched out on Nina's bed and placed her arms under her head. Nina laughed, "You really should have moved in a long time ago."
Jett smiled and rolled over to look at her friend, "I know. It's going to be so fun. I wonder what your mom and Mandy will say when they get home."
Nina rolled her eyes, "Mandy is going to be all over you like a leech and my mom is going to ask you to cook Russian food all the time."
"Mandy is so cute I love her and I love your mom too." Jett paused, "Your uncle seemed nice."
"I knew you would think he was cool."
"Yeah."
Jett did in fact think that Edgar was cool, but she was thinking a lot more than just that.

A few hours later Nina stood up and glanced out of the window. "Mom and Mandy are here."
A few minutes later they walked down the stairs and could hear Mandy squealing from the living room. "You're staying here Eggy?" She asked excitedly. "Yep." Edgar replied.
"Guess who else is staying here." Nina said as they entered the room.
"Who?" Mandy asked.
"Jett."
Her eyes widened as she noticed Jett standing behind her sister. She quickly ran over to her and hugged her tightly. "Oh my god this is so cool!" Mandy said happily, "I have so much stuff to tell you! I have a boyfriend now!"
"Really?" Jett asked genuinely interested. For some reason she still thought of Mandy as a little girl but she was already a sophomore.
"Yes! He's so hot Jett I can't wait until you see him."
"Alright enough!" Sig said interrupting their conversation. "These girls are going to be the death of me." He mumbled under his breath.
Nina and Mandy's mother June walked over and gave Jett a hug. "I'm glad you're here." She said sincerely.
"Thanks."Jett replied, "Me too."
June held onto her husband's arm and laughed, "What are you going to do now that you've got four women staying here?"
Sig grimaced and looked at Edgar, "You know what Ed I'm actually kind of glad you're here now."
Edgar laughed and clapped his brother on the back, "What do you say we fire up the grill and barbecue?"
Sig rubbed his hands together, "Let's do it."

Forty minutes later Jett, Nina, and Mandy pulled on their swimsuits and went in the back yard. Jett and Nina immediately picked up Mandy and tossed her into the pool. Once they finished laughing they grabbed two pool chairs and laid down. Jett pulled her long hair up into a pony tail and looked over at the two Hansen brothers standing by the grill. More specifically the younger Hansen brother. There was something about him Jett was very curious about. Edgar caught her staring at him and she quickly looked away. 'Oh god.' She thought to herself.

'Why the hell does she have to be wearing that bathing suit?' Edgar thought as he tore his gaze away from her. Her body was even more perfect than he thought. He looked back down at the grill and began flipping the burgers. 'Stop looking at her.' He told himself sternly, 'She's going to think you're some old creep.' Edgar shook his head and cursed the fact that his niece's friend was staying there. 'She's going to be the death of me.'

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