Souless666: Blood in the water? That might be putting it lightly. The water just might be blood by the time this is all over lol. SlytherinQueen020: Mindy and James… oh yes, there will be fun there. DarkMage6: I cheer for Mindy too whenever I reread this chapter. Debwood-1999: Mindy has to have a backbone. It's not like people are lining up around the block to defend her. Menaji: Mindy and Kane are husband and wife so she and Mark are siblings by marriage. JacktheSinister JaketheJust: She really is quite the force and Glen is whipped by her in a lot of aspects. It's a very interesting situation. Naomily17: Here's more for ya. Enjoy. Esha Napoleon: Yay, the score card is back! Lol NeroAnne: Yes she certainly does. And Amber is awesome. I love her to death. slashdite: Their relationship is the definition of the word dysfunctional. Back when they were just friends that were sleeping with each other, they got along really well. Now…well not so much.

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"Mommy, where are we going?" Amber asked. She, along with the rest of the kids, Thorn's pet Serval Oxa and Trish had been piled in the car by Mindy after her fight with Glen. She knew that Glen was going to go nuts when he found out what she was doing but she didn't care. She wanted to have a proper meeting with James and nobody was going to stop her.

"We're going to meet Mark's new boyfriend," Mindy told her.

"Why does Mark have a boyfriend? I thought he was with Michelle." Amber was the only child bothering to ask these questions. The others were lost in their own little worlds.

"He was. But then he realized she was a big fat stupid face and now he's with James."

"You know I still have a hard time believing this," Trish said with a shake of her head. "You and I have both known Mark for years and never once did he ever say anything about anyone named James."

"Well he was a secret obviously," Mindy said with a shrug. "And since one of his boys is actually his, he's just as bad as being gay as Mark is."

Trish frowned at her. "There is a thing as being bisexual you know. They don't actually have to be gay Meem."

Mindy snorted. "Glen says people who are the bisexual are morons who can't make up their minds."

Trish rolled her eyes. "Glen says a lot of things. Does that mean you have to listen to him?"

"I'm not listening now!" Mindy pointed out, turning the car suddenly because she almost missed the turn to get to Mark's place. "He says I'm not allowed to meet James but I'm going to."

"Careful Mommy!" Thorn scolded as she held on to Oxa tightly. "Oxa almost fell!"

"Sorry," Mindy apologized, not really looking back at her daughter.

Trish just shook her head. "You said Glen's been freaking out about this whole thing…is that why you really want to meet James? Just to spite him?"

"No," Mindy said. "I don't care what Glen thinks about James. I like him. Him and his boys are cute." She saw the look her twin was now giving her but she blew it off with a flip of her hair. Trish could think what she wanted. This was her chance to get a proper, uninterrupted meeting with James and she was not going to let it get spoiled by anybody.

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James glared at the eggs as they cooked in the pan he was holding. "You listen to me you yellow pieces of shit," he growled, being deadly serious at the moment. "I am not putting up with you burning again. I am trying to make Marky breakfast in bed and if you do not cooperate, bad things are going to happen to you. I'm a serial killer damn it. I kill people for my own amusement. And I-"

"Have gone absolutely insane," Mark finished for him, coming up behind him and wrapping his arms around his waist. "Seriously, why are you talking to the eggs like they can hear you?"

James took the pan off the burner and turned around so he could face Mark. "Because I can," he replied. "And why are you up anyway? You're ruining the breakfast in bed plan I had."

Mark rolled his eyes. "I'm up because you're cooking. And contrary to what you believe, you suck at it." He moved James aside and took control of the situation. "And I would like my house not to burn down any time soon."

James pouted. Just because he had started maybe a dozen small fires in the past didn't mean that he was going to start one this time. "You promised to teach me to cook," he pointed out.

"I've tried Lawson!" Mark said defensively. "I've tried off and on for years now! You're just hopeless at it."

"Oh shut up," James said with a sigh. He rested his head against Mark's shoulder and just kept it there, happy despite his frustration about the whole cooking thing. It felt good to be back with Mark. Being with him was just…it was just right. It had felt right to him since the moment they had met. Before Mark, the only person who had ever given a shit about him had been Annabelle. And despite the almost constant fighting (the past few days had seriously been the best they had gotten along in years), all of the skanky whores (besides from Sara…she was alright) and a lot of other bullshit that he didn't feel like thinking about, he really still did love Mark. And he knew that deep down, Mark loved him, even if he didn't like to admit it.

"Have you and the boys been out hunting since you got here?" Mark asked, interrupting James's thoughts.

"Do you mean here as your house or here as in Texas?"

"Both."

James grinned. "Remember that message I wrote for you in that hotel room? That came from a maid who was in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Mark rolled his eyes. "Jesus Lawson. If you ever get yourself caught I'm going to bust you out just so I can kick your ass."

"Goody! That means you really do care about me."

"Dad!" Cooper yelled, cutting off Mark's response. "We've got company!"

James and Mark exchanged looks. "We do?" James asked, moving away from Mark and heading out to the hallway. "Who is it?"

"Crispy Critter's family…minus him of course," Cooper replied, opening the door so he could go out and join Connor in greeting the visitors.

"Oh goody!" James said happily as he heard Mark sigh loudly. He had been meaning on seeing Mindy again. He knew she was delightfully crazy and add in the fact that he knew getting close to her would drive Glen nuts (which was one of his favorite activities), it just sparked his interest in her that much more."

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"Who is that?" Trish asked as Mindy pulled the car into the driveway.

Mindy looked to where her twin was pointing and smiled. "That's Connor. He's funny. I like him." She turned off the engine and opened the door, only to get ambushed by Connor, who had looked up and saw she was coming.

"Hi hi hi!" the man-child shouted eagerly, practically almost pushing the petite popstar back into the vehicle. "I'm Connor! You remember me right? You didn't forget. You're mean if you forgot."

"I didn't forgeted," Mindy assured him. He was the smallest one in his family and he still was about a foot and a half taller than she was.

"Yay!" Connor cheered and then cackled for absolutely no reason at all.

"Uh…Meem?" Trish said, getting Amber, Scarlett, Thorn and Oxa out of the car while giving Connor a wary look.

Connor almost started addressing Trish, but then he saw Oxa and he became completely distracted. "Oooohhh! A kitty!" He bounced over to Thorn and started petting Oxa's head.

"Jesus Connor, way to act like a freak in front of everyone," Cooper said as he and James came outside.

Connor just stuck his tongue out at his older brother before looking at Mindy, who was handing Tryg to Trish and getting Chelsea out of the car. "Can they plays with me?" he asked, pointing to the kids. "I wants to play with peoples. Cooper's a big meanie that doesn't like to play nice."

Mindy nodded. "Okay. Just play nice okay?"

"Otay!" Connor took Tryg right out of Trish's arms and then led Amber, Thorn and Scarlett over to his set of headless G.I. Joes.

"Where did their heads go?" Scarlett asked.

"I cut them off," Connor replied.

"Why did you do that?" Thorn asked.

"Because I wanted to."

Mindy giggled at Connor's honesty while Trish continued to look worried. Cooper just sighed in exasperation before following Connor, seemingly to keep an eye on that situation. That left James to grab each Stratus sister by the wrist and kissing their hands. "Let me properly introduce myself," he said, giving them his most charming smile. "I'm James Lawson and I am at your service."

Mindy just giggled again while Trish looked torn between looking amused and looking distrustful.

"Quit flirting with the women Lawson!" Mark called from the porch. "They're both married!"

"So? They're cute!" James wrapped his arms around the twins and pretty much literally started carrying the both of them towards the house. "Cooper will take care of Connor and the kiddies," he assured them, his eyes landing on Chelsea. "She's pretty."

"I know," Mindy said, shifting Chelsea around in her arms. "She gets it from me." She kissed her unresponsive daughter on the forehead before looking back and forth between Mark and James. "Did you two have butt sex this morning?"

"Mindy!" Trish exclaimed while Mark snorted and James roared with laughter.

"What?" Mindy asked. "Gay men have butt sex. Glen told me so."

"But you can't ask-"

"It's alright," James assured Trish as they followed Mark into the house. "Marky and I don't mind." He looked at Mindy. "The answer is yes. Marky and I had lots of butt sex this morning."

Mindy licked her lips, actually finding the idea of that kind of hot. "Is Deadman on top or is you on top?"

"We take turns," James said. He let Mindy and Trish sit down before sitting down himself. "But between the three of us, he likes it when I make him my bitch."

Mark immediately smacked the back of James's head. "Shut up you moron," he ordered. "Or I'm going to hurt you."

"Oh baby," James said, sounding turned on by that statement.

Trish stared at the two men with wide eyes before clearing her throat and trying to change the topic. "So uh…you two are dating now?"

"Yup," James confirmed. "Again…and if someone gets their head out their ass, we'll actually stay together this time."

Mark just muttered something under his breath before going and getting himself a beer.

"Again huh? How come nobody ever told Mindy or me about you?" Trish asked.

James smirked. "I'm a dirty little secret. Glen can't stand me and Bearer thinks I'm the devil-"

Mindy's eyes widened. "Daddy hates me too!" she exclaimed. "He hates me a whole bunch!"

"Really?" James shook his head. "Asshole. How can anyone hate you?"

"I don't know," Mindy said with a shrug. "But he does. He's hated me since the moment he met me."

James shook his head. "What a moron." He leaned back in his chair and studied Mindy with amused eyes. "Let's not talk about him anymore."

"Okay," Mindy agreed without hesitation. She was remembering that she was supposed to be asking things about him. Glen wasn't going to tell her himself after all. "Where you from?"

"Las Vegas."

"Why does Glen hate you so much?"

"He's scared of me."

Mindy snorted loudly.

James looked insulted. "What? You don't believe me?"

"No!" Mindy said bluntly. "Glen's a monster. He can't be scared of anything!"

James's insulted look turned a smirk and he leaned forward so he could brush her hair out of her eyes and run his thumb over her lips. "Believe me Baby Doll, everyone's scared of something…even big bad Glen."

Mindy ran her tongue over her lips, lightly brushing James's finger with the tip of it. "But why would he be a-scared of you?"

James grinned. "Because I'm a very bad man."

Mindy's lips twitched, her body literally feeling like it was melting under James's stare. "I like bad mens," she said quietly, shrugging off Trish who was trying to pull her back.

"You do huh?" James looked happy to hear that. "Well then Baby Doll, I think you and I are going to get along just fine."