April 26, 2012
"I like guns." Bri murmured as she looked between Elijah and Aleksandr. "What? I was raised around them. I can take apart any of these guns, clean them and put them back together without missing a beat. It's just another form of surgery." She shrugged as she sat down between the two large men and smiled. "So, what exactly are we doing."
"Aleksandr and I are testing these guns out to see if we can put them in that new store you want to open up." Elijah smiled at the brunette. "You're more than welcome to join us at the shooting range later this week. That is if you're still an ace shot Miss Hohrykova."
The brunette laughed. "Mhm, you know I'm still a killer shot Elijah. I don't see why Jacey gets upset when you call her Miss Teller, it's sexy as fuck when you call me Miss Hohrykova." She shrugged as she picked an assault rifle from the table. "I want this one for myself, make it happen after the tests are done."
"I do it out of habit to annoy Jacey." He shrugged as he took the gun from the brunette. "Don't touch them yet. Fingerprints aren't your friend Brianna."
"Oh, Miss Hohrykova and Brianna in less than five minutes." She stood up from the sofa and shook her head. "I know what that means. I'll find you guys later… I'm gonna go love on my son and drag him along with me to pick up his sister."
"Goodbye Brianna." Aleksandr smiled up at his daughter. "Try not to get into it with any of the parents at Monica's new school. She quite likes it there."
She scoffed. "I'm not gonna start any shit. Unless someone is fucking with my daughter then I'll be all over the campus starting shit with parents, students, staff. No one fucks with my daughter. Ask the little twat that kicked Monica in the face, where's she at now? Nowhere." She smirked at her dad. "Keep your phones on, never know when I'll be calling to be bailed out of jail."
"You're thirty, act like it please." He shook his head. "No unnecessary arrests Katarzyna Petra… I mean it."
"God dad." Brianna rolled her eyes. "I'm not dumb. I have commonsense. I'll only get arrested if it's because I'm protecting my children. Or protecting one of my sisters or a niece or nephew." She shrugged as she toyed with the strings on her sweats. "I love you guys. Have fun with the guns and don't fucking go to the range without me or I'll cry my eyes out for days."
Elijah watched Bri move out of the living room and up the stairs before turning his attention to Aleksandr. "You know what I've always wondered? Why she just accepted her husband's death without asking any questions besides asking us if we were sure he was really dead."
Aleksandr nodded. "That's all she ever needed to know, if we were sure." He shrugged. "You trying to own up to it now? You did it so her and Monica would have better lives. Nothing wrong with you stepping in and helping them out."
"I'll never deny it if she were to ask." He shook his head. "I just always thought she'd ask who did it and all of that. I guess she really did hate that man with every fiber of her being."
"She did. Almost as much as she hated her dad. You handled that too." Aleksandr smirked. "You've done a lot for her. You having second thoughts about not taking her dad's offer to marry her?"
Elijah chuckled. "Nothing of the sort. I know it sounds terrible but Brianna was just not my type. I'm going to try to say this in the best way I can say it, she's a little too wild for me. I know I dated Jacey but Bri is on a whole new level of wild and neurotic."
"She is very neurotic." Aleksandr chuckled. "It what makes her her. No one will ever want her to change who she is because when it comes down to it, she's selfless, she'll put anyone and everyone she loves before her. It's her most admirable trait."
"I know she is." He nodded slowly. "I honestly thought she was going to castrate me when she found out that Jacey and I were a thing."
"But I didn't because all I cared about was my best friend being happy." Bri mumbled as she looked at Elijah. "I wanted to see if you guys wanted anything from In Out while I'm picking up Monica."
"We're fine." Aleksandr smiled at the brunette. "We have a dinner to go to in a few hours, we'll eat then."
"It was very nice of you to put feelings aside so you could see Jacey happy Brianna." Elijah smiled at the brunette.
"I wasn't referring to Jacey." Bri shook her head. "You were my best friend in the situation Elijah. I mean, Jacey was my best friend too but when it came down to it, I wanted to see you happy because you were my best friend before she was. Now, I'm heading out, continue to talk about how neurotic and wild I am." She pointed to the baby monitor sitting on the table next to the guns. "May wanna make sure it's off the next time you start talking shit about me… I love you guys though!."
"I can't even handle her sometimes." Aleksandr shook his head as he watched his daughter pick up her son and move towards the foyer. "I want to strangle her still sometimes. It's like she reverts back to her teen years when she likes a boy."
"How long do you think her and Jackson will last?" Elijah started packing up the guns. "I don't think it'll be long before they're going their separate ways."
"Who knows?" The man shrugged. "Monica was right, us suits do gossip like girls." Aleksandr chuckled and shook his head. "Let's man up and go shoot shit."
May 13, 2009
"You're three!" Bri smiled down at her son as she passed him a bouquet of balloons. "Happy birthday! You're getting even more handsome with each year that passes!" She dropped to her knees and kissed his nose. "It's your day! What do you wanna do my dear?"
"I wanna get some dinos and then see my dad." Javier smiled at his mom. "Come on mama, grab your keys and let's go to Walmart."
"Oh well, ok Javi Baby." She stood up and nodded. "We'll leave the balloons here and grab your sister, dad and everyone else who wants to go then we'll go to Walmart and grab all the dinos that we can possibly find for you my dear."
"We gotta take Cam with us." He nodded. "I will go get her from the room." He grinned before starting towards the stairs. "I can't forget her mom, she's my wife!"
"I know my love, go get your wife and her family and let's load up." Bri squeezed his cheeks and smiled. "Careful, don't run up the stairs. We don't want to spend your third birthday in the emergency room because you broke your arm."
Javier nodded as he moved up the stairs slowly and towards the guest room. "Cam! Cam!" He knocked on the door with his tiny fist and waited for an answer. "Cam! Jacey! Kol! It's me, Javier!"
Camryn opened the door and looked at Javier. "Hi Javi Baby!" She stepped out of the room and hugged him. "Happy birthday! You're three now like me!" She pressed a kiss to his lips and giggled. "What are we doing today!?"
He blinked at the blonde before smiling. "You just kissed my lips Cam! You never did that before! I liked it." He nodded as he grabbed her hand. "We're going to the store to buy me some more dinos, my dad is coming too."
"It's a birthday kiss." She nodded and smiled as they walked towards the stairs. "You're getting more dinos? I want to help you pick some out, can I?"
"Yes, you can help me pick some out. You're my wife." Javier nodded as they started to walk slowly down the stairs. "Monica is coming with us but she's not mean today, she's being nice."
"There's my birthday boy!" Aleksandr smiled down at Javier and Camryn. "Hello Miss Camryn, it's quite lovely to see you again. You're looking gorgeous."
"Hi grandpa!" Javier smiled up at the large man. "I'm three today! My wife even gave me a kiss…" He waved the man down. "On the lips." He whispered before looking at Camryn and giggling. "I liked it!"
"Oh, I bet you did." He passed Javier a black gift bag. "I'm sorry I can't tag along with you all today. I have business to attend to but I do hope you enjoy the gift."
"It's okay Grandpa." The three year old hugged the man's legs. "You can hang out with us when you get home! I'll have mom take us to Walmart when you get back, ok? Don't be sad!"
Aleksandr nodded as he picked up the little boy and hugged him. "That sounds like the best plan ever my boy. I love you and I'll get back as soon as possible." He kissed the boy's forehead. "Be good and have fun."
"Bye grandpa." Monica smiled at the man as she waltzed down the stairs. "Hey Camryn. Happy birthday Javi Baby. I got you a present. She passed him a purple gift bag, I hope you love it."
"You behave too Monica." Aleksandr smiled at the trio. "You too Miss Camryn. Otherwise I'll have to put the three of you in timeout when I get home."
"They'll behave." Bri wrapped her arms around her dad and squeezed him tightly. "You be safe alright dad? I'll have to put you in timeout if I find out you were careless and got hurt. I love you." She kissed his cheek and smiled. "Now, come on. We still gotta pick up Juice on the way to our destination."
"Juice is my daddy." Javier looked at Camryn and smiled. "He knows your daddy! He has a funny haircut like I do."
"Juice is a silly name." Camryn giggled and shook her head. "I like your hair. It's cool."
He nodded. "Thank you babe." He kissed her cheek and grinned. "Let's all go get in the car! I'm ready to go have fun!"
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"We're going to this kid's arcade place, it's like Chuck E Cheese's but more expensive." Bri looked at Jacey and smiled. "Thanks for coming out with us. It means alot to me and and Javi Baby." She nodded as she steered the full SUV towards their destination. "Also, who in their right mind let me buy a damn Escalade ext… Like I love how big it is but I suck at driving it."
"When did my son get married?" Juice leaned forward and looked between the blonde and the brunette. "Or is it not finalized yet?"
Bri looked at him and grinned. "The wedding hasn't happened yet but they're basically married already. Aren't they cute as fuck together? The are like picture perfect."
He nodded and smiled. "Yeah, they are cute together. Kinda like a mini version of Jacey and Happy but like with a weird twist because he has my hair."
"Oh don't remind me." Bri shook her head. "I didn't want him to have that haircut. I wanted him to have long luxurious hair today. It would've been epic for the birthday pictures."
He shrugged. "Sorry about it Brianna but I had to give my son what he wanted." He grinned as he sat back in his seat. "Eyes on the road, we don't want you to crash. Isn't that right Jacey?"
"Hey, I am a decent ass driver." Bri nodded. "Jacey, tell him I've only crashed like five times in college."
The blonde shook her head. "I mean, I'm just trying to play this game right now. I'm not paying enough attention to either of your shenanigans." She shrugged. "By the way, Camryn's so going to be your daughter-in-law, Juicey, get over it. They're little loves!"
"I don't mind that at all." Juice shrugged as they pulled up to the arcade. "I'm so getting a million tickets and getting the biggest bear."
Camryn giggled. "No you're not! Me and my Javi Baby are! We're gonna get the biggest and bestest bear in there… You can get a smaller one though."
"What?" He looked back at the tiny blonde and grinned. "Well, I guess I can get the second biggest one!"
The little girl shook her head. "No no Juice Ortiz!" She flashed him a smile. "A small one."
"I'll take a small one, he'll fit better on my bike with me anyway." Juice smiled and shrugged. "Come on! Let's go in, I'm trying to beat everyone at skeetball!"
Jacey shook her head. "Not with her around… You know you're dealing with a baby Hap." She smirked at the man. "But you have fun now, don't let her kick your ass too bad."
"I'll stay away from her and just focus on beating you, Bri and Monica." He smirked. "Unless you're gonna sit out on the sideline with Kol."
Jacey shook her head, holding up the diaper bag. "He's strapped to my chest for the day so I can whoop Bri's ass at air hockey." She smiled at him. "Little man needs some fun anyway."
"I'm so not losing at air hockey." Bri shook her head. "I want to go on record saying that I'm just here to win a damn elephant or something. Oh and to celebrate my son's third birthday. He's my big boy now."
Camryn shook her head. "No aunt B… You are gonna lose against me and my Javi Baby." She held her arms upward to Bri.
"First of all, you can't even see over the air hockey table." The brunette lifted her niece up. "That's my Javi Baby, I'm just letting you borrow him."
Camryn gasped. "You never use the legs excuse! I can get a chair, B… Don't be ugly." She shook her head. "You wish that was the case, B."
"I could never be ugly." Bri smirked. "I'm setting you down now. You've really hurt my feelings and I can't deal with this right now. I'm going to sit in the Escalade and call my dad." She set Camryn back to her feet.
The little blonde shook her head. "I didn't mean it, B, I swear. Come back to me! I'll tell you the secrets to beat mommy…" She wrapped her arms around the brunette. "I'll make you elephant shaped waffles!"
"I think I'm too sad right now." The brunette looked down at the tiny blonde. "I forgive you though. Let's go inside. I still want to win enough tickets for an elephant."
Camryn grabbed Bri's hand and squeezed. "Cheer up, I like you better when you're smiley and happy and making silly jokes." She leaned her head against Bri's leg. "Don't be sad ok? It hurts my heart."
"I'm cheering up." Bri nodded as they walked into the arcade. "I got my favorite blondie holding my hand."
Jacey looked back and smiled before she passed her glaring son to Bri. "Let me get this ridiculous thing on, maybe work a cute smile out of him."
"Oh lord." She looked at Kol and smirked. "Looking just like another meanie face I know. When ya gonna talk to me and say Aunt Bri huh? Glare if you think I'm pretty, smile if you think I should stop talking to you."
Jacey poked at his cheeks. "He's so mean right now…" She shook her head. "Babe, say mommy first then you can call her whatever you want. Anything except priss…"
"I think he can just call me Bri. I will cry if he calls me priss." Bri shook her head and shrugged. "Can you just have another baby and gift him or her to me J? I'll give you a generous baby shower gift if ya know what I mean."
Jacey nodded her head, shrugging slowly. "When do you want the baby? Does it matter who the father is or does it have to be with Hap?"
"It can be with a white boy." The brunette smiled. "Whenever you want to bless me with the baby, is fine with me. One kid with Hap is enough."
The blonde shrugged, nodding her head. "I'll call Frey later then huh?" She grinned, nodding again. "Put yourself in my shoes. I got two of 'em."
"The baby would be so beautiful." Bri chuckled. "You know, she asked if I could help her dye her hair purple for her tenth birthday. I told her I would just so I could see Happy freak out about it."
Jacey smiled, nodding her head. "Yes it would, let's go for another girl because I would die if I had to give birth to a baby boy that was as big as Frey." She laughed. "He'd have a heart attack."
"Yeah, I know he'd freak out badly. That's why I agreed to it. It's gonna be pastel purple." The brunette smirked. "Already got the supplies."
Jacey looked at Camryn and smirked. "Don't give me ideas… He'd murder us."
"Toss in a few purple highlights in baby blondie's hair." Bri smiled. "It'd be lovely."
The blonde shook her head. "Red, she loves red. My sassy little angry thing." She grinned. "Baby loves her red, every shade."
"I have red in my bathroom from the time I thought I'd start fresh and be a redhead. It's like this blood red though." She nodded. "Okay, this place is way bigger than I thought it'd be and I already lost Juice and Javi."
Jacey took her son and put in the harness. "Ok well think about it… Come on, let's find them then go see about that ball pit." She grinned.
"Ehh, let them bond and cause trouble together." Bri shrugged as she lifted Camryn up. "Have you seen my other kid C? Where did my Monkey go?"
Camryn shrugged. "I don't know, I'm not babysitting her!" She shook her head. "I was waiting for us to beat mommy at the basketball game."
"Well okay." Bri nodded. "We can beat her at the basketball game. I just need to find my Monkey first." She set Camryn back down. "I don't want her being stolen."
Camryn nodded her head. "MONKEY! MONKEY!" She shouted. "MONKEY!"
"Yes!?" Monica popped up behind Camryn. "What do you need?"
The little blonde turned slowly. "My B wants you."
"I won some tickets already." The brunette smiled and shrugged. "What game are we gonna go play now? You want some of my tokens Cam?"
Camryn shrugged. "Do you wanna play the wheel thing with me? I want lots of tickets!" She nodded, holding her hand out for Monica. "Or the rainbow game!"
Monica grabbed her hand. "We can play whatever game you want. I got fifty dollars worth of tokens. We'll win lots of tickets and you'll get that giant teddy bear over there!"
"Let's switch off, play something we each want, k?" Camryn smiled up at her sister and nodded. "I want the big teddy bear for Javi Baby or or or that giant huge Dino!"
"Good idea." She nodded and smiled. "How 'bout you win him the huge Dino and I win him the giant teddy bear?"
Jacey watched the girls run off and shook her head. "They're so much better at it than us… Holy shit."
"I know. I hate them for it." Bri smirked. "Come on, let's hold hands and make up. I don't know what we're making up for but maybe we can just bank this moment for the future."
The blonde shrugged. "We can make up for you growling at me last night when all I wanted was a hug…" She smirked, kissing Bri's head. "Don't worry, I can definitely forgive you."
"Good, I'm glad all is forgiven." Bri smiled. "Come on, let's go win some tickets, I'm trying for the elephant over there."
Jacey looked down as she heard Kol whining. "That's his way of saying it's all his…" She kissed the baby's head.
"He can fight me for the elephant." She shrugged. "I want that elephant. To add to my collection I started."
The blonde held her free hand to Kol. "You know all he has to do is give you gummy grin and you're melting."
"Fine, he can have the elephant. I died thinking about his gummy smile." Bri chuckled and shook her head. "I'll have Jax buy me an elephant later."
The blonde laughed, watching the baby boy hold out his hand to Bri. "Told you he loves you… Hold his hand so he can be happy."
"There ya go." Bri grabbed Kol's hand. "You're a sweet little handsome thing. You're gonna make all the girls go crazy. You're gonna drive your mama up the wall when you bring home some little hoodrat."
Jacey rolled her eyes. "You are going to her killed, putting that bad voodoo on me, Brianna. My baby doesn't need a girl."
"I'm just keeping it real." She pulled Jacey towards the basketball games. "You ready to get competitive?"
Jacey rolled her eyes. "Shush, hoe… He's mine forever." She nodded. "You ready to get your ass beat?"
"Until some chick with a nice ass and tits to match comes into his life." Bri shrugged. "I'm ready to put up a good fight. I won't get my ass beat by too much."
The blonde shook her head. "She's three, babe, there's still a slight hope that they'll divorce and you can get your baby boy back." She laughed. "You so aren't ready for him to grow up.."
"They're growing up and leaving me already." Bri huffed as she looked at the game. "Javi wants to spend all his time with Cam or his dad. Monica wants to spend time with Happy, Elijah, friends or alone. They're not even teens yet and they already want me out of their lives."
Jacey shook her head. "They don't want you out, they want others in too. My daughter is more attached to Happy than me, hell she favors you over me most of the time. But I'm still ok with it because she doesn't let anyone see her finished pictures but me. Hap's grounded from her pictures since he didn't like the color she used on one of them. Don't even get me started on this guy. I love how he's a whiny mess without me."
"I dunno, I think they want me out." Bri shrugged. "I just want my Monkey to cling on me like old times and my Javi Baby to follow me around like a tiny shadow."
Jacey shrugged. "You have a niece that hates life if she doesn't see you everyday and a nephew that tries to smile at you…"
"I know. I love those two to death." Bri smiled. "Half the time I wanna steal your kids and make them mine, if we're being honest here."
The blonde laughed a little. "I'd be ok with it, until I got cold lonely from lack of love and cuddles."
"I'd still cuddle with you and stuff." The brunette grinned. "It'll be like old times when we used to stay in on Sunday nights and just cuddle and watch old movies while snacking and talking. We need a friendship day, just you and me, doing hoodrat shit together and hopefully avoiding being arrested this time around."
Jacey laughed again, nodding. "God I miss those days. We were so cute with our little routines and our Tuesday dinner dates. I miss it so much." She smiled. "Yes, let's do it! I vote we try to avoid a grounding from dad as best we can."
"How about we get some matching tattoos? We always wanted to but never did. Dad is so gonna be busy for the next few weeks. We can go crazy, we just risk Elijah coming after our asses." Bri chuckled. "I guess that's just as bad though."
She shook her head. "Elijah still pops me, fuck yes he's worse. What tattoos would we get?" She smiled.
"Hmm, the other day Elijah called me neurotic to dad. They were talking so much shit about me. Like little bitches." Bri shook her head. "We're gonna get ride or die tattooed somewhere."
Jacey started laughing. "I will kick their asses, babe, don't worry!" She kissed Bri's head. "That's so perfect!"
"I think Elijah killed my husband." Bri shrugged. "Yeah? We just need to find a tattoo artist to do the work. We can go to the one that did my leg piece, he's dope but talks quite a bit."
The blonde furrowed her brows. "You're not sure?" She nodded. "Or Hap… We may not be together but he's still a good artist."
"Okay, I know he did it." She shook her head and shrugged. "Yeah, we can have Happy do it. I need some bestie face to face time with him. I haven't finished glaring at him yet. What? Don't judge me."
Jacey shrugged her shoulders. "Ok, where's this coming from?" She shook her head. "He was working on a piece for us, before we broke up."
"I heard him basically own up to that shit. Like they thought I went upstairs to my room but I just walked halfway up the stairs and sat down." Bri nodded. "On a piece for you and him? That's so damn adorable. I know I may get hit for saying this but I hope you two make up soon. Even though I'm gonna miss living with you and the babies."
Jacey shook her head. "Do you want to talk about it or did you just want me to know your opinion?" She nodded. "I don't want to make up yet, or anytime soon rather. I just want to figure out a plan for the kids."
"I just needed to tell someone." Bri smiled. "That's understandable. The plan is that you guys are gonna stay with me and my babies forever and we can let Happy visit them. You don't have to be around still if you don't want to."
The blonde nodded her head. "Well I think that you should talk to him… You think we could actually make a trip somewhere? Somewhere we love."
"Yes, we can go somewhere. What about to that little beach house in Oceanside? We spent nearly two months there one summer, laying around the beach and living it up at night." Bri grinned. "We can switch out the partying thing for movie nights with the kids."
The blonde shrugged, looking down at her baby. "I was thinking a little further off the map."
"Greece it is!" Bri nodded. "I've been trying to get you to agree to go since before you were pregnant with Miss Camryn."
Jacey laughed. "We weren't even sure about her yet and that was a trip to take if Hap didn't want anything to do with her…" She smiled, shaking her head. "I was thinking Russia."
"Well fuck, bend me over and call me Katarzyna." Bri laughed. "Yes, let's go to Russia, when do you wanna go?"
She laughed, covering Kol's ears. "Watch your damn mouth, I'll bend you over later." She rolled her eyes. "Maybe tomorrow or whenever we coerce Elijah to buy all the tickets."
"Promise?" The brunette smirked. "I can buy the tickets, no need to get Elijah involved."
Jacey shook her head. "Of course… You know I'm always down for whatever." She shrugged. "Shit shush. I want to aggravate him."
"Oh helllll yeaaah." Bri nodded as she watched Camryn and Javi come towards them. "I guess they ditched Monica… I'll get Elijah to the house though, you can ask him to do the tickets and itinerary."
She shrugged. "What about Kol? Can Elijah get shit done in time?"
"Yeah, he can get it done in time." Bri smiled. "He works fast. It'll be a good time for the whole family. It'll be fun for you and Monica, you two can take pictures while me Camryn and Javi are out exploring." She nodded. "Nothing but fun times ahead."
to be continued…
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