Hey guys! It's time for yet another chapter of JAS. This is gonna be a more serious chapter as it immediately follows what happened at the end of the last chapter. There's gonna be a whole lotta drama between the Davis family, and let me tell ya, the end result isn't gonna be so nice. With that said, be prepared.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but my OC's.

Chapter 19: Harsh Words

Albert was surprised and relieved at the same time that the kids weren't here right now (They were downstairs getting food). Surprised that they didn't hear the yelling, and relieved that they weren't in the middle of it. All he could do was watch as Danielle screamed at Rudy, who was cowering on the couch as she stood over him, waving that photo in her hand.

"SO YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST SCREW ME OVER, HUH?!" The pregnant woman seethed, shoving the picture in her fiance's face, "YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST DO THIS AND GET AWAY WITH IT! WELL, YOU THOUGHT WRONG, YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

The others were very confused, as they had not seen the photo to understand why Danielle was so upset. But then Leia took the picture and took a look at it, "Oh... oh my God..."

"What is it?" Trina asked.

All she could do was show everyone else, and they were just as shocked, the girls especially. It was a picture of Rudy making out with that stripper from the nightclub in Raleigh... and it appeared to be very raunchy as well. Albert put his face in his hands. He hoped that nobody else would find out... but Arnie definitely made sure of that.

Once Rudy saw the picture, he paled, "Fuck... um, Danielle, babe. I can explain!"

"Oh, I bet you can! I doubt you even have a legit explanation for this!" Danielle scowled at him, breathing heavily.

"I was drunk that night. I didn't know what I was doing."

"It looks to me like you were going to actually do that whore! What stopped you?!"

"Albert stopped me. He saw me and pulled me away."

Everyone expected Danielle to thank Albert for that, but she still kept her focus on Rudy, who slowly stood, "Please, understand. I royally screwed up that night, but I won't let it happen again. Honest!"

He put a hand on her shoulder, but Danielle not only smacked it off, but she also sent a slap straight to his face, knocking him back on the sofa with such force. Everyone winced a little, "Why should I believe that bullshit?!" She demanded, "Why should I trust you after seeing this?!"

Russell was laughing, "I told you. I told you that if she found out, she was gonna kick your ass, Rudy."

"Oh, I'm just getting started!"

Danielle was about to raise her hand again, but Trina held her shoulders, "Cool it, Dani. Take it easy. You're pregnant, and all this stress isn't good for the baby. Just take deep breaths..." She told her, "We can do this without physical harm..."

The pregnant woman held her stomach and sighed, "It's fine... it's fine..."

Rudy groaned to himself. Seriously. Fuck Arnie. Fuck him to Hell...

"Besides... that's not the only damned picture I have now!"

Danielle then picked up her purse, reached into it, and pulled out the pictures she had found in her fiance's record book, "I found these in your record book! Apparently, you still have a thing for all your old sluts and whores that you have to keep their slutty pictures... again, no offense, Leia."

Now Rudy himself was getting mad as he stood up, "What the hell were you doing snooping in my record book?! You know that's off limits!"

"First of all, I wasn't snooping!" Danielle defended, "I accidentally knocked it off the table when we were in South Carolina and most of the stuff fell out. And when the girls and I were picking it, we discovered these fucking pictures!" She shoved them in his face, "And what I wanna know is why the fuck do you still have them even after the pimp business?!"

"None of your business!" Rudy shot back, "The contents of my record book are private, and I intend to have it stay that way! So I suggest you shut up about it and drop the issue! I don't have to explain myself to you!"

"NO!" Danielle snapped, "I wanna explanation as to why I'm having a hard time trusting and understand the man I'm gonna marry in a few weeks! Why is it so hard to find anything lovable about you? To believe that you really care about me, when all you've done is shame and insult me ever since I got pregnant!"

Rudy glared at her, "I'm just trying to keep things in control! I haven't forgotten what you did all those years ago! When I saw you dangle Alya out that window, my heart stopped! So forgive me if I don't believe you've truly got what it takes to be a Mom. Because if you try to hurt this second child, it's over!"

Suddenly, everyone jumped at the scream of rage Danielle let out, "Why can't you see that I've changed? I'm not the crazy-ass sex addict I was before, Rudy! I'm better now! I've changed how I used to be! But you just won't believe me! What will it take for you to trust me?!"

"That's the problem! I can't trust you! I had to send you away for you're own good! For Alya's own good! Look, I want to make things better between us, but you sure haven't been helping out yourself! You've become a selfish spoiled brat ever since you became pregnant, and you treat me like a servant to wait on you for your every need!" Rudy frowned, "I get its hormones and everything, but there are sometimes where you lash out for no reason, and I know it's not because of the baby!"

"Can I help it if I can't control my emotions at times?"

"Apparently not!"

As the unhappy couple went back in forth with their argument, everyone watched with uncomfortableness, "This is so much worse than what happened last year..." Cami whispered to Bill.

"Yeah. I just hope they don't take out their anger on us again."

Albert was debating on whether or not to get involved. On one hand, he hoped that they would be able to solve their problems on their own. On the other hand, things might get worse if he didn't intervene. So he decided to approach the situation with caution as he stepped forward to get in between Rudy and Danielle, "Hey, hey, hey. I've got something to say. This arguing isn't doing anybody any favors. Why don't we just sit down and talk about this calmly and rationally?"

Danielle was too upset to even do that, "I'm sorry, Albert! But it's hard to have a normal conversation with this bastard! Honestly, I don't even know why I came back! Why I even moved back in! Why I even stayed with you all those years ago! I should've just left as soon as Alya was born!"

Rudy started to seeth with rage when he heard that, "You ungrateful BITCH! I take you in, nurse you back to health, give you a child! Let you get the help you needed, propose to you, and THAT'S the fucking thanks I get?! You've been planning this all along, haven't you? You want to take Alya away from me! You've been having a lot of her attention lately to get her to trust you, and when the time is right, you're gonna pack up all of your shit, leave, and take my pride and joy with you! IS THAT IT?!"

His fiancee' gave him a dirty look, "When you put it that way, that's probably what I should've done a long time ago. At least we wouldn't have had to deal with a sleazy bastard pimp!"

"You should be gracious that I even took you in! In fact, all the girls I had should be grateful! I did them all a favor! I actually saved their lives, and if it weren't for me, they'd still be where they were. On the streets looking for dick to suck or a good fuck! And that goes for Leia too! She would still be a prostitute in New York! Same for Sasha, as she would probably still be with that whack ass boyfriend of hers!"

That was a new piece of information for Donald as he turned to his wife, "Leia... I never knew you were a prostitute..." He said.

Leia blushed a little, "Yeah... it's a part of my life I'm not too proud of... so I never brought it up..."

"Well... it doesn't matter. I-It's in t-the past now, and I still love you regardless..."

"Oh, Donnie..."

"Trust me. I treated you good, Leia..." Rudy told her.

Danielle scowled at him again, "I'm sure you did! I'm sure you treated her REAL good! And I bet you STILL treat her good if these damn pictures are anything to go by! I bet you masturbate to her pictures, don't you? DON'T YOU?!"

"What I do in my private time is none of your business! But you know what is my business? My record business and my family!" He shot back.

"FAMILY? HA! As if you truly care! If you did, you'd stop being such an asshole to me and give me another chance to be the mother I need to be for Alya and the baby!"

Rudy took a step forward, "You never should have screwed up the first time! Alya had to spend most of her life without knowing who her mother was!"

"And that's YOUR fault for sending me away!"

"I never would have had to do that if you didn't lose your shit that night and almost kill my baby!"

"Since when is she your baby? She's my baby too!"

"Not for ten years! And I'll be DAMNED if I EVER let you leave and take her away from me! You will NEVER take her away from me! NEVER!"

Danielle felt tears building up, but she blinked them back, "I don't wanna leave-"

"LIAR!"

"SHUT UP! I don't wanna leave! I really don't! But you make me wanna do just that! Believe it or not, I want us to have a normal healthy relationship and for us to have a happy family. That's all I ever wanted. But I can't seem to have that, because my baby's father is such an asshole who reacted so violently to my pregnancy!"

Rudy groaned, "Okay... I admit that I lost my shit that day, but we clearly aren't ready for another kid yet! And about you not wanting to leave? Bullshit! It wouldn't be the first time you tried to leave me! When Alya was born, you tried to leave! As if I was nothing! As if the time we had together meant nothing! But I can now see that it still means nothing to you, you lying selfish skank!"

Everyone expected Danielle to slap him again for that comment, but she did something worse. She punched him square in the face to send him to the ground. The pregnant woman was seething again, "Don't you EVER call me that, you piece of shit!" She warned.

The rich man recovered and rubbed his face, now completely pissed off, "You little BITCH!" He got up to lung at her, but Albert moved quickly and restrained him, "Rudy, calm down!" He said.

"NO! This bitch is really asking for it!" Rudy growled as he struggled to escape.

Trina was holding Danielle back from throwing another punch, "Let him come at me! LET HIM HIT ME! I'm not afraid to beat his stubborn ass!"

"Right back at ya, slut!"

Russell had pulled out his phone and began recording the ordeal, "This is totally going on World Star." He whispered to Bill, who only shook his head at what his brother was doing.

"Don't do that, Rus. Then you'll cause a scandal, given that Rudy's a celebrity now."

"... Fine. You're no fun. I'll still keep the video to myself, though..."

That's when Harold decided to step in and help, "Um, maybe you guys should separate until everyone is calm again." He suggested.

"Separate?" Rudy asked in confusion.

"Are you saying that... we should break up?" Danielle asked.

Harold shook his head, "No, no. I mean you should just go to different rooms to calm down. This is all getting out of hand, and things might get worse. Maybe Danielle can go outside or something."

"I'm not going anywhere until I stick my foot up Rudy's ass!" Danielle snapped, "He has the audacity to call me a slut!"

"You ARE a slut!" Rudy snapped back, "You always have been! I should've just kicked your ass to the curve when I had the chance!"

"You already did that the second you decided to send me away and separate me from my child!"

"I didn't want her to see you like you were! Alya didn't deserve to had to deal with that, and I honestly feel like I did a good job with that! I know I wasn't the best father back then, but at least I made an effort to be there for her even when I couldn't!"

Danielle growled with rage and then screamed out.

"YOU NEVER EVEN WANTED HER IN THE FIRST PLACE!"

Silence followed that outburst, aside from Danielle's heavy breathing. The men found awkward, the woman shifted uncomfortably. Rudy... he stood there stunned... before he glowered at her, "What the hell did you just say?"

"You know DAMN WELL what I just said!" She exclaimed, "You talk about how I was a shitty parent, and even admit that you were a shitty parent, but the truth is, you didn't even WANT Alya! When we found out I was pregnant with you, you were ready to throw me out and ditch your responsibilities! The only reason you didn't is because I got on your ass about it! You would have NEVER done it if I didn't say anything!"

Rudy shook his head in anger, "I wasn't trying to raise a kid in the environment I had set up. With my pimp business, I didn't have the time for a child! And you're one to talk, I remember you not being too thrilled about being pregnant either! In fact, I think you were planning to abort her!"

"Maybe I was, but I quickly realized that I had a duty! Duty to my baby!"

"If that's the case, then you would have never tried to kill her as if she meant NOTHING TO YOU!"

"She MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME YOU INCONSIDERATE MOTHER-"

Before anything else could be said...

"Momma... Daddy..."

Everyone's heads snapped to the entrance of the suite. The kids were all standing there holding the food they got. But everyone's attention seemed to be on Alya, who was staring at her parents.

"Daddy... you... you didn't want me...?" She asked, on the brink of tears.

"Alya... I..." Rudy tried to say.

"And Mom..." She turned to Danielle, "You didn't want me either...?"

"Sweetheart, it's not like that..."

Everyone in the room was officially uncomfortable. Judging by those questions, it wasn't hard to figure out that the kids had been there for a while, thus heard nearly everything. Rudy started to approach his daughter, "Listen, baby girl. I can explain."

"No, I can explain!" Danielle pushed past him.

But Alya frowned and backed away, "No need for an explanation... I can see how it is. You don't love me... you never loved me... and you've been fighting this whole time, and I thought you loved each other... but I was wrong!"

"Alya, no. That's not true." Rudy shook his head.

"STOP!" Tears started to stream down her cheeks as she held her head, "No lies! No more lies! I know the truth! I'm not wanted! I'm not cared about! I'm NOT LOVED!"

With a sob, Alya ran off. The rest of the kids, concerned for her, followed, "We'll make sure she's okay." Theo said.

"Thanks, son," Albert replied.

Rudy and Danielle just stood there, shocked, stunned, and ashamed, "Oh my god... what have we done..." Danielle whispered, finally letting her own tears fall.

"We somehow convinced our child that we don't love her..." Rudy replied, "Because of our constant fighting, which we tried so hard to hide from her, and spilling those secrets out in front of her... she now thinks we hate her and never wanted her from the start... but that can't be farther from the truth..."

Albert reached out to put a hand on his friend's shoulder, "Now you see why hiding this from her was a bad idea... she was going to find out at some point..."

"And it had to be at the worst possible time..." Trina added, putting her arm around Danielle.

"We royally fucked up..." Rudy admitted.

"We sure did..." Danielle sobbed, "And now we gotta fix it... but how...?"

"I... I dunno... I really don't know..."

"Look. Why don't we all get some sleep? We've had a long day." Cami suggested, "And we can talk about this in the morning...?"

The engaged couple looked at one another and nodded. It has been a bit of a rough day. They could use some rest. In fact, everyone agreed to that. So they began to retreat to their respective rooms. Sasha offered to find the kids and make sure they were okay, Alya especially.

As for Rudy and Danielle, they hoped that they could show their daughter that they truly loved her...

They decided to both get some fresh air on the balcony of the lobby, as they looked out of the view of Atlanta, "Isn't this beautiful...?" Danielle asked.

"Yeah... Rudy nodded, "I remember coming here for an internship... I also remember being here when I learned about my father getting sick... and eventually dying..."

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

"It's fine."

Danielle put her hand on her fiance's, "What are we gonna do about Alya? I don't want our baby girl hating us..."

"We'll think of something. She has to know that we care. And I think... the only way to do that is... to talk to her."

"Will she listen?"

"I'm certain of it."

"Are you certain of that? That you really will have the chance? I doubt it."

The couple jumped at the sound of that voice. They turned and were shocked at who they saw. It was Arnie, looking smug as ever. Rudy growled in anger, "You son of a bitch! Why did you take that picture of me?" he demanded.

"I just wanted to throw a wedge between you and your chick... for shits and giggles really. But as a warning."

Warning?

Rudy had shrugged it off as he advanced towards the pool shark, "I dunno what the hell you're planning, but if you know what's good for you, you'd better not pull that shit again! I will not have you ruin me!"

Arnie smirked, "Oh, it just won't be me ruining you. There are others who wanna ruin you too."

"Huh?"

Suddenly, there were sounds of commotion, as from around the corner, the other adults (sans Sasha) were forced to the center by some masked figured. What in the world was going on?

"What's the meaning of this?" Albert asked.

"Oh, you'll find out soon enough. I think it's time you say hello to some old friends." Arnie chuckled.

With that, one of the figured removed their mask, and Donald recognized him, "H-Hammerhead Rex?!" He was shocked.

"Nice to see you again, punk..." Was Rex's response.

Another removed his mask, as Russell recognized him, "It's you! That tough guy who trapped me in a car with his pals."

"Name's Tiro." Said the man, as his said pals joined him by his side.

Another man removed his mask, and almost all the guys paled in horror (Rudy, in particular, felt the color drain from his body) when they realized who it was, "G-Gabe..." Was all Bill said.

The man chuckled, "Hello boys. It's been a while."

Another person stepped forward to remove his hood, "I'm a late addition to the team." He smirked.

"Muggles?" Albert asked, "You're out of jail."

"Surprised?"

"Very..."

Arnie snapped his fingers, as two more guys walked in, behind Rudy and Danielle to keep them from escaping, "What's going on? Who are these guys?" Danielle asked.

"Yeah! You boys seem to know them very well." Trina added.

"Trust me, we do." Bucky spoke up, "We knew them from our childhood."

"What I wanna know is why they're all here together." Harold wondered.

Arnie chuckled, "It's simple really. We're here for revenge. But before we get into that. Allow me to introduce our ring leader..."

With that, another man walked into the lobby. He honestly didn't need an introduction, nor did he need a mask, for the gang knew very well who he was, and they were terrified.

"Hello, Junkyard Gang." Reagan smirked with an evil smirk, "We meet again..."

At this moment, Albert could only say one thing...

"Damn..."

Uh oh...

Rudy and Danielle's drama gets out of hand, and in the process, no only that Alya thinks that they don't love her, but now they are confronted by their worst enemies. This has just not been a good day for everyone. Next chapter will focus on the kids, and how they're dealing with all of this. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll see you guys later. And as always, don't forget to review, please. Thank you!

PS: In case you're wondering, Hammerhead Rex is from the episode 'The Birds, The Bees, and Dumb Donald', Muggles is from the episode 'Mr. Big Timer', Tiro is from the animated sections of the movie (i gave him a name since he didn't have one, inspired by the name of his voice actor, Catero Colbert), and Gabe is the OC antagonist of my story 'Journal of the Nightmares'. Go check that out if you haven't already.