Wow this chapter is long...but I think you all will like it... ;)

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Chapter 14

It was Monday afternoon as Joanne sat behind her desk at work, nervously tapping her fingers on her desk as she tried to think of what she was going to say to Jessica. Just as she was about to pick up the phone and dial, her secretary buzzed in.

"Ms. Jefferson your mother is here to see you." The women said.

Joanne sighed and replied. "Send her in."

Joanne already knew what this was about; it was about her calling off her engagement with Jessica. Before her thoughts could come up with anything else her mother would say, the door to her office swung open, and her angry mother entered the room.

"Joanne…" Mrs. Jefferson began in a delicate voice. "Please explain to me why Jessica called me crying about how you broke up with her?"

"Why don't you shut the door and have a seat?" Joanne asked.

Mrs. Jefferson gently shut the door, and slowly walked over to one of the seats placed in front of Joanne's desk.

"Please began…and please don't tell me it was because of that other girl." Mrs. Jefferson said.

Joanne took in a deep breath. "Part of the reason was because of Maureen, another part was because I didn't like how Jessica treated me."

Mrs. Jefferson scoffed. "How did she treat you?"

"Like shit!" Joanne bluntly replied.

"That's bull!" Mrs. Jefferson shot back. "Jessica was only treating you like you deserved to be treated."

"And I deserved to be hit?" Joanne questioned.

Mrs. Jefferson sat there in silence, while Joanne stared at her in disbelief.

"I can't believe you." Joanne said while shaking her head.

"I can't believe you!" Mrs. Jefferson yelled. "I'm sending Jessica over tonight, and the two of you are going to talk and work things out."

"No." Joanne said. "I'm having a friend come over, I'm busy tonight."

"I don't care." Mrs. Jefferson said as she stood up. "You are going to work things out and marry this doctor!"

"I don't want to!" Joanne yelled. "I don't want to be with Jessica anymore, I found someone who actually makes me happy."

"Oh you can't be serious." Mrs. Jefferson said with hatred. "That bohemian girl can not make you happy?"

"Well she does and you're just going to have to live with that, it's my life, not yours so I'll choose to be with whoever I want to be with." Joanne said firmly.

Mrs. Jefferson shook her head as she began walking away, and towards the door, she placed her hand on the door knob before turning around to face her daughter once more. "I'm sending Jessica over tonight, and you will work things out whether you like it or not!" She then pulled open the door to exit before replying, "That's my final word!"

Joanne fell back into her chair as the door to her office was slammed. There was no way in hell she was going to get back together with Jessica. She did want to try and talk things over, but she also didn't want to cancel on Maureen.

Later that night Maureen arrived at Joanne's apartment ready to have a good time. As she entered the apartment she noticed Joanne was lacking excitement.

"What's wrong?" Maureen asked right away.

Joanne smiled. "Nothing, make yourself at home, I just have a couple more things to do in the kitchen before our dinner is ready."

Maureen nodded as she walked into the living room, plopped herself on the couch, reached for the remote and started flipping through the channels.

Joanne fumbled around the kitchen trying to think of a way to tell Maureen that Jessica might make an appearance. Just as she was mixing the pasta around in sauce, she heard a squeal coming from the living room. Joanne was quickly out there to see what Maureen was happily cheering about.

"What is it?" Joanne asked as she faced a bright faced Maureen.

Maureen clapped her hands together. "Beverly Hills, 90210 is on!"

Joanne walked in front of the TV to see the show unfold in front of her. "You watch this show?"

Maureen nodded. "Oh yeah it's so good! I LOVE Brenda!"

Joanne sighed with a playful smile. "Brenda is such a bitch though; Kelly is the way to go!"

Maureen smiled in delight. "You watch too!"

"Yep." Joanne replied. "I've just been really busy lately with work to watch this season."

"Well let's eat dinner in here, and enjoy the show." Maureen suggested.

Joanne smirked. "We can do that."

Maureen stood up and helped Joanne prepare their meal, not to long after; they were both sitting in front of the TV with bowls of pasta, and glasses of wine in their hands, while they intently watched as the teen soap opera played out in front of them.

An hour later they both sat there watching as the credits to the show rolled.

"That was a good episode." Maureen said.

Joanne nodded as she stood up and grabbed their empty dishes.

"Let me help." Maureen said as she grabbed the empty wine glasses.

"Well I was hoping we could have some more wine." Joanne said with a crafty grin.

Maureen smirked and placed the glasses back on the table. "Is there anything else I can do to help?"

Joanne nodded. "Just sit there and look pretty."

Maureen sat back down on the couch. "That I can do."

After Joanne cleaned up a little, she came back into the living room, and poured their glasses half full with wine.

"Maureen…" Joanne began. "I have to tell you something."

Maureen nervously set her glass on the coffee table. "Okay…"

Joanne mirrored Maureen's movement then began playing with her hands tensely. "Don't be mad…"

Maureen placed a hand on Joanne's knee. "Just tell me…whatever it is…"

"Well my mom told me she was going to send Jessica over here to talk to me…"

Maureen retracted her hand. "She's still not out of your life huh?"

Joanne shook her head. "Not yet, but tonight she will be for sure."

"When is she supposed to stop by?" Maureen asked.

Joanne looked at the clock which read seven thirty. "I'm not sure, but she usually works late."

Maureen nodded. "Okay…"

They both sat there in an awkward silence, until Maureen finally broke it.

"Well do you want to kill some time before she gets here?"

Joanne let out a breath of relief. "You're not angry or anything?"

Maureen shrugged. "Not really…I mean you are dumping her for good right?"

Joanne nodded. "For good for good, I want to be with you."

Maureen smiled. "Well then there is nothing to be angry about."

Joanne smiled at Maureen's response. "Good."

Maureen then slowly moved closer to Joanne. "So how about we kill some time before she comes?"

Joanne nodded as she leaned in slowly. "What do you have in mind?"

"I'll show you." Maureen replied before brining Joanne into a deep kiss.

Joanne pulled away with a smile. "Mmm, I like that idea."

Maureen smirked. "I knew you would."

"How about we take it a bit further?" Joanne asked.

Maureen nodded in agreement as she leaned in and began another intense kiss. As the kiss grew more heated, Maureen slipped her hand up Joanne's shirt, as Joanne pulled Maureen's over her head. Before anything else fun could happen, there was a hard knock on the door.

Maureen jolted away from Joanne, surprised by the knocking. "That's one way to ruin a moment."

"Joanne open up its Jessica!"

Maureen sighed. "That one definitely tops the list of ruined moments."

Joanne stood up and fixed her hair and clothes before calling out. "Okay I'll be there in a minute."

She then eyed Maureen. "Hide in the bedroom."

"What?" Maureen asked as she stood up heatedly. "I want to be out here with you!"

"Maureen." Joanne warned. "Get in the bedroom…I'll call you out if something happens."

Maureen huffed as she crossed her arms.

"Get your stubborn ass in the bedroom!" Joanne demanded.

Maureen rolled her eyes as she walked into Joanne's bedroom and shut the door behind her. Joanne fixed her shirt one last time, before heading to the door to let a livid Jessica inside.

"Joanne we need to talk." Jessica said.

"You're right." Joanne stated. "I'll start…its over between you and me."

Jessica shut the door behind her, and stood there with a stunned expression. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me." Joanne answered.

"No it's not." Jessica said firmly. "You can't live with out me!"

"Yes I can!" Joanne fired back. "You treat me like shit, I already had this conversation with my mother, and I will not have it again with you."

"I'm the only thing in this world that is good for you." Jessica said. "I know it, you know it, and your mother knows it, and mother always does know best."

"Not my mother." Joanne answered. "Why do you want to be with me anyways? Doesn't it hurt to know that I don't want you and that I don't love you?"

"The funny thing about that is…I know you want me and love me." Jessica said with a wicked smirk.

Joanne turned away from her. "I wouldn't be so sure."

"What was that?" Jessica asked while tightly grabbing Joanne's upper arm.

Joanne pulled her arm back, and quickly walked away. "Nothing."

Jessica followed closely behind, until she spotted two wine glasses sitting on the table, and a shirt hanging over the chair.

"She's here isn't she?" Jessica asked.

"Who?" Joanne questioned her, even though she knew who she was talking about.

"That dirty waitress." Jessica replied. "Am I right?"

Joanne didn't answer, as she subconsciously glanced towards the bedroom door.

"AM I RIGHT?" Jessica yelled getting a little to close to Joanne.

Joanne shrugged, while Jessica brought up her hand, and just like that one night, she slapped Joanne across the face. "Don't play those games with me Joanne…I own you, you are defenseless against me, I scare and intimidate you, and there is nothing you can do about it."

Joanne held her face as the pain shot through her; just as she was recovering from the first hit, Jessica surprised her with another. Tears started streaming down Joanne's face, as she watched Jessica raise her hand in the air to attack again. Joanne closed her eyes and got ready for the strike. When nothing happened she slowly opened her eyes to see a hand wrapped around Jessica's wrist, which stopped her from hitting Joanne, Jessica also had a confused expression to match.

"Hey bitch!" Maureen called out as she swung Jessica around to face her. "Why don't you try fighting someone who will fight back?"

Before Jessica could even register what was going on, Maureen punched her in the face.

Jessica stumbled back and held her face, she then began laughing in the crazy bitch way. "Oh you don't even know how long I have waited to get my hands on you."

Maureen smirked. "What can I say; I'm a hot piece of ass."

Jessica then lunged toward Maureen, grabbing her by her shoulders, trying to force her to the ground. Maureen was surprised by the sudden force, and was kind of having trouble pushing back. Jessica managed to back Maureen up into the wall, and then somehow delivered a blow to Maureen's precious face.

"You two stop!" Joanne cried out.

Maureen quickly regained her balance, and shoved Jessica hard, causing the blonde to fumbled backwards, loosing her footing in the process and falling to her ass. Maureen smirked at the advantage. She then straddled the other girl's waist, and wasted no time in beating the shit out of the other girl.

"Maureen!" Joanne shouted as she watched Maureen damage Jessica. Finally building up enough nerve she made her way over to Maureen and grabbed her arm, before it connected with Jessica's face again. With all her might, she pulled Maureen off of Jessica and gently pushed her away. "Enough!"

"You slut!" Jessica shouted as she got to her feet.

"Just leave." Joanne said.

Jessica wiped the blood off of her face. "I'm not done talking to you yet."

Maureen stepped forward. "She said leave!"

Jessica eyed Maureen, she didn't show it, but she was a little scared of the diva, so she fixed her clothes and hair, and headed for the door.

"I'll be back." Jessica said as she left the apartment, slamming the door behind her.

Joanne quivered and let her body fall into a chair, Maureen was quickly by her side. "It's okay if she comes back I'll just kick her ass again."

Joanne sighed. "I don't want her to come back."

"Me either." Maureen replied.

Joanne slowly looked up at Maureen, who was slowly developing a bruise on her face. "You're hurt…"

Maureen noticed the marks Jessica left on Joanne's face. "So are you…"

"I'm sorry about this…it's my fault you're hurt…I shouldn't have had you come here if I knew she was going to be coming.

Maureen let out a small laugh. "I'm happy I was here. Who knows what would have happened…she was slapping you around like a rag doll."

Joanne let a little smile play at her lips. "I guess you're right. Thank you for being here."

"Anytime." Maureen replied. "I'm a bohemian I know how to defend myself."

Joanne smiled fully this time. "Hey Maureen?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think you could spend the night?" Joanne asked.

Maureen smiled. "I would love to."

Joanne stood up and pulled Maureen with her. "Do you want some ice for your hands, and face?"

Maureen shook her head. "No…but a kiss would be nice."

Joanne laughed. "Of course it would."

Joanne then grabbed Maureen's hand, and gently placed a kiss on each of her knuckles, and then she grabbed her face, and placed a small kiss on the bruise.

"Do you want one for your injury?" Maureen asked quietly.

Joanne nodded. "I want one on the lips."

Maureen smirked while she leaned in to give Joanne what she wanted. They indulged themselves in a heated kiss all the way to the bedroom, before Joanne pulled away and climbed into the bed, holding out her arms.

"Protective embrace please?" Joanne asked.

Maureen nodded as she climbed under the covers next to Joanne, letting the frighten lawyer snuggle up to her. After they both found a comfortable position tangled up in one another, they both peacefully fell asleep.