"Uh, Jessie.. hi.." Ed said as he opened the door later that evening. "Uh, Veronica isn't here."

He had tried calling her, but she hadn't picked up her phone. It seemed she was still mad at him. He only hoped she hadn't talked to her mother about him. Because Jessie had warned him not to hurt her, and he did. If she was here to kick his ass he would take it like a man.

"I know, I'm here for you. I want to talk to you."

O-oh, he looked around his apartment for a second. Suddenly unsure if he wanted to take it like a man. He was suddenly very nervous, he thought for a second but couldn't make up a decent excuse so he stepped aside. "Come on in." He closed the door behind her. "Can I get you something to drink?"

"No, I'm not planning on staying here long."

"Okay.."

"So earlier today, Veronica was over at my house. Looking through some old stuff I found from when she was a kid."

"Okay.."

"And the doorbell rang, I opened it to find, Jeff there.. he's.."

Ed interrupted her. "Her old professor.."

"Yes, they've had an.. affair." Ed nodded. "She quickly walked down the stairs, told me she would go through the rest later and he led her to his car."

Ed could feel his blood starting to boil. "Led?" He tried to keep the anger out of his voice.

"Yes, led.. I don't want her hanging around him again, he isn't a good influence."

"I agree, he's a creep."

"Yes, now if you could tell my daughter that. I'm sure she would listen to you."

Ed huffed. "Well currently she's not talking to me at all."

"Did you hurt her?"

"I told her my opinion about Jeff, told her I didn't like her hanging around him. Going to lunch with him, I told her all he wants from her, is sex." Jessie raised her eyebrows, wanting him to continue. "I told her that I'm her boyfriend and wanted to keep her safe. She slapped me and told me that if I kept this up, I wouldn't be her boyfriend for long."

"This?"

"I have no idea." He sighed. "She isn't picking up her phone when I call her, so if you want someone to tell her how bad Jeff is.. maybe Greg or Angela.."

Jessie nodded. "I'm glad you agree with me on Jeff."

"I'm glad that either I'm not paranoid or we're both paranoid."

Jessie smiled at him. "I think you want the best for my daughter."

"I do, and I really think that doesn't involve Jeff."

"Me too." She zipped up her coat again. "Well, thank you for this talk."

"You're welcome, thank you for coming to me."

Jessie nodded. "Maybe I'll see you again?"

"Yeah, I would love to have you and Greg over for dinner sometime."

"Sounds good." She shook Ed's hand before leaving.

…

A couple of days had passed, Veronica hadn't talked to Ed. She was still too mad at him.

His phone rang, he hoped it was Veronica but was disappointed when caller ID said it was Greg. "Hey, Greg."

"Hey, so she's mad at me too." Ed sighed. "Told me she didn't want anything to do with me if I treated her a like a child."

"Take it you talked to her about Jeff."

"Yes."

"I'll go stop by Angela's, I don't like where this is going."

"Me either, want me to come with you?"

"No, I'll be fine."

He hung up and grabbed his coat and keys. He drove to Angela's house and sighed when she didn't open the door. He then drove to the restaurant.

"Hey Maria." He smiled at her as he walked in.

Maria smiled at him. "Ed, hi. What are you doing here, aren't you and Veronica going out for dinner somewhere?"

"No." His brow furrowed. "Veronica isn't here?"

Maria was stunned. "No, she needed an evening off. Said she was going to dinner, I assumed.."

Ed sighed. "I need to talk to Angela, is it okay if I walk through?"

"Yes, of course."

He walked through the restaurant, it was still early so there was barely anyone eating. "Angela." He called, trying to get her attention.

"Hey,' She smiled at him. "Date didn't go well?"

"We need to talk, about Veronica."

"Sure, okay." She followed him to a quieter part of the kitchen. "Is she alright?" She asked a little concerned.

"I don't know, she hasn't been talking to me for the past three days and talks a lot to Jeff.."

"Mr sleaze ball. "

"Ah, you know of him." Angela nodded. "She's not talking to me or Greg and we don't like where this is going. Her hanging around with Jeff.."

She shrugged. "Me neither, but she likes the guy."

"I know, now if maybe you can talk to her about him.."

"I'll see what I can do, but I don't promise anything."

He smiled at her and nodded. "Thank you."

…

He opened the door and smiled when Veronica stood there. Though his smile faded when he saw the look on her face.

"Son of a bitch."

"Good evening to you too, want to come in?"

"No. First you lecture me about Jeff, then you sent Greg and Angela to do it. And when that doesn't work.."

He sighed, Angela told him yesterday she was now being ignored as well. She was dumping all of her friends and anyone who was close to her. She also skipped work sometimes, something she never did before.

"When that doesn't work you stop by Jeff's house and intimidate him?!"

"I care about you."

He'd stopped by Jeff's house earlier today, told him that it wasn't a good idea if he continued seeing Veronica. He then not so subtly shown him his gun.

"You have a funny way of showing it."

"He doesn't care about you."

"He's a friend Ed."

"No, he's pretending to be your friend, just so he can sleep with you again!"

"Oh come on! Not that again!" She turned around to leave.

He grabbed her arm. "No, you're going to listen to me. He just wants to sleep with you again, and he will turn violent if you don't give him what he wants. Because he's that type of man."

"No he's not, he's a decent man."

"He's not. I think you know that, deep down. Because you're a good profiler, you want to believe he's this good guy. But he's not. He's a cheating, child molesting jackass."

"You don't even know him."

"I know his kind."

"Shut up Ed."

"No, you need to hear this because all of your friends have been trying to tell you. He is a jerk, you're just not safe hanging around with him."

"We're over," She signaled between them. "We are so over.."

"When he hurts you, I will be here Veronica. When you change your mind about him, about us.."

"I won't."

"I hope you will, because I love you. I hope you will realize that I'm not the jealous boyfriend right now. I'm the concerned boyfriend."

She walked away.

…

A/N They broke up?! Oh no, *cue dramatic music* papapapamm…