Threat
"Hey." Thea walked into the police station, finding Sean standing over at the front main desk.
"Hey, Thea." Sean nodded, "What's up?"
"Not much." Thea said, "I uh… I actually came here for a favour." She nodded.
"Sure. What do you need?" Sean nodded. He wouldn't admit it, but he was slightly scared of Thea. She had the same ability as her father to put fear in people. It wasn't a look or a way of speaking. It was just a presence. And he assumed with her being as beautiful as she was, it probably got her into trouble at times.
"I need you to find me an address for someone." Thea said as Sean looked at her.
"I… I can't really do that. That's giving out information-"
"Bla bla bla." Thea chuckled passively, "You're dating my sister. We're… we're family." Thea nodded, "Don't worry, I'm not off to murder anyone." She smiled as Sean looked at her.
"I'd get into massive trouble for doing that." Sean nodded.
"Well that's ok because my family tend to get into trouble a lot. So you'd fit right in." Thea nodded as Sean looked at her, "Ok, look… I know I shouldn't be asking you, I feel bad about it, but… I just need an address to go talk to someone, that's it."
"Talk to who?" Sean asked.
"Uh… his name is Jeremy Simons." Thea nodded. She done her social media searching last night, "He's an old friend." She lied as Sean looked at her.
"An old friend? You don't strike me as the type to have old friends? Or… any friends for that matter." Sean admitted.
"I have friends." Thea scoffed, "Just get me the address." She waved her hand.
"Fine." Sean shook his head.
"Oh and don't tell Jude I asked you to do this. She'll get all mad at me for… interfering with your career." Thea covered herself.
"She would." Sean said, turning the computer around as he typed Jeremy's name into the system, "How you been feeling? How's your side?"
"I'm getting there." Thea nodded, "Off and on with the pain." She said, "I'm just glad I got to take James to the tree." She smiled to herself.
"Yeah, he enjoyed it so much he slept the entire time, huh?" Sean smiled to her.
"He's a very sleepy guy." Thea explained, "Likes his naps like his mom." She smiled as Sean nodded.
"And his aunt." Sean pointed out as Thea smiled, "Ok, is this the guy?" He asked, showing her a picture as Thea looked over.
"Yeah, that's him." Thea smiled, "You got his address?"
"I'll write it down for you." Sean nodded, reaching over for a piece of paper and writing the address down, "So how do you know this guy?"
"Uh… an old job I used to have." Thea said vaguely, "He sent a get well card after hearing about me getting shot so I wanted to send a thank you card back." She said, thinking quickly on her feet as Sean nodded, buying it of course.
"Ok, well here you go." He passed her the piece of paper as Thea smiled, taking it from him.
"Thank you." Thea smiled, "I better let you get back to hard work."
"It's a pretty slow morning actually." Sean said.
"There's no such thing as slow mornings in my job." Thea chuckled.
"Yeah, I can understand that." Sean nodded, "You missing it?"
"I am, actually." Thea said, "Part of me can't wait to go back."
"I'm sure it won't be long." Sean said as Thea nodded.
"Yeah, hopefully. I'm getting cabin fever in the house." She chuckled as Sean smiled, "I better go. I'll see you later." She said as Sean nodded, watching her leave the police station as he quickly cleared his searches on the computer.
"Ok, are you ready?" Punk asked, standing at the bottom of he and his wives bed where she was sat in the middle with her legs out in front of her.
"Just do it already." AJ shook her head.
"I don't think you're ready." Punk teased.
"Phil, I am getting really impatient now. Either you do it, or I'll do it myself." AJ nodded as Punk scoffed.
"Ok, fine." Punk said, taking a hold of the side of one of her wax strips on her legs, "Ready?"
"Just do it!" AJ exclaimed as Punk ripped the wax strip off as AJ squealed, grabbing him by the t-shirt angrily as he fell over, "Why'd you do that?!"
"You told me to!" Punk yelled back.
"That hurts so bad." AJ fake cried, rubbing her stinging, but smooth leg, well… only a small part of it, she had a ton of strips to go all up and down her legs.
"I told you it would." Punk said, folding his arms.
"Oh, don't do the I told you so thing." AJ rolled her eyes, "Ok, do the next one." She said as Punk took a hold of another strip, "No, wait… I'm scared." She freaked out.
"What's going on in here?" Cassie shook her head, walking into her parents' bedroom, "Oh, cool. Can I pull one off?" She noticed the waxing strips on her mother's legs.
"Hey, this isn't an attraction. This is painful." AJ made clear.
"You're the dummy who told me you wouldn't feel a thing." Punk said.
"No I didn't." AJ said.
"You did. I distinctly remember you saying, I've had three babies, a little wax isn't gonna hurt me." Punk recited as AJ made a face at him.
"You remember that but you can't remember to buy a turkey on Christmas Day!" AJ bit back.
"Oh, when are you going to get over that?" Punk questioned as Cassie rolled her eyes.
"You two are ridiculous." She chuckled to herself, walking back out of the room, realising her parents were just being… well, her parents.
"Ok, just do the next one. I want these off me." AJ shook her head, "You do this leg, I'll do the other." She instructed.
"All at the same time?" Punk cringed.
"Yes, just go." AJ nodded, ripping off the strips as Punk done her other leg, watching as she kicked her legs up and down with the pain, continuing to say 'ow' every time a strip was ripped off.
"Ok, there." Punk nodded, "They're all off." He said, "Ok. All done." He smiled, kissing all around her face, "Don't make me do that again, I didn't enjoy that." He said, continuing to kiss around her face lovingly.
"Yeah, I wasn't enjoying myself either, don't worry." AJ said, sitting the strips over, "But look how nice my legs look now." She said, swaying her legs back and forth sweetly as Punk chuckled.
"Mom?" Jude called, walking into the house.
"Up here!" AJ called from the bedroom.
"Is it safe to come up?" Jude asked wearily, walking upstairs.
"Yes." Punk rolled his eyes, "What do you want?" He said jokingly as Jude walked into the bedroom.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Jude questioned.
"I was waxing my legs." AJ said.
"Oh, yeah? How'd it go?" Jude asked, picking up the box of wax strips.
"Too painful. I won't be doing it again. They tricked me." AJ said as Jude chuckled, "I couldn't even do my legs and I was about to start off with the bikini wax."
"Is that why you're here to help?" Jude tutted.
"What? No." Punk said innocently as AJ chuckled.
"I wouldn't do that on your own. If you want that done go to a professional." Jude advised.
"No." AJ chuckled, "I've been doing it on my own since I was young. Why pay someone else to do it?"
"I forgot you were poor." Jude nodded.
"Yeah." AJ said.
"You girls wouldn't survive the way we had to live when we were kids." Punk said as Jude tutted, "I take that back. Thea would survive. You and Cassie wouldn't." He said.
"Do I hear favouritism?" Jude tutted.
"It's not favouritism." Punk scoffed, "It's just the truth."
"Mom?" Jude turned to her mom who was waving her hands over her legs, trying to dry them.
"Oh, he's right." AJ nodded as Punk smiled, "You made me come to your apartment last week to get rid of a spider."
"It was a big spider!" Jude said dramatically as Punk rolled his eyes.
"It was tiny, Jude." AJ scoffed, "What's up anyway? What you doing here?" She asked.
"Thought I'd come for dinner." Jude said.
"Do you ever have dinner in your own apartment?" Punk asked.
"Do I look like I know how to cook anything?" Jude laughed.
"Maybe it's time you learn." Punk suggested.
"No." Jude chuckled, "That's why I come here. Duh." She shook her head as Punk rolled his eyes.
"I better go start making something then." Punk shook his head, walking away out of the bedroom as Jude shook her head.
"Let me see this." Jude said, sitting down on the bed, taking out a wax strip and putting it on her leg.
"You're gonna regret that." AJ shook her head.
Later that night, Thea had left the house, leaving Dominic with James, telling him she was going out to the store for something. She wasn't in any idea condition to be making threats, but when something was necessary, especially to protect her sister, she'd do it no matter what pain she was in.
She drove a little further into the city, eventually reaching the address she'd gotten from Sean earlier on, parking at the side of the side walk and looking on at the house.
She rolled her car window down, taking a cigarette out to have a quiet minute to herself, leaning her elbow on the side of the car door as she blew the smoke outside the window.
"You better be in." Thea whispered to herself, turning the car off and stepping outside.
She flicked her hood up over her head, finishing her cigarette as she walked towards the house, putting it out on the ground as she knocked on the door.
She waited for a few minutes until she finally heard someone coming to the door, opening it up wide as she looked on.
"Hi." Thea looked across at Jeremy.
"W-What are you doing here?" Jeremy questioned as Thea walked into the house, pushing past him, "W-What do you want?" Jeremy asked nervously, "Why are you here?" He asked innocently as Thea walked through to the kitchen, looking around the house to make sure it was empty.
"I came here to talk to you." Thea said as Jeremy followed her into the kitchen.
"I don't know you. Well… I know you're Jude's sister but… why are you here?" Jeremy shook his head as Thea looked across at him.
"I'm here to warn you." Thea nodded calmly.
"Warn me?" Jeremy questioned as Thea watched. He looked terrified for some reason. She wasn't sure if he was just a strange person or there was something going on. But she didn't like him one bit. She knew that much.
"Yeah. Warn you." Thea nodded, walking towards him slowly, "My sister is a good person to a default. She'd never question why you keep bumping into her." She said.
"I like Jude. Your… Your sister is a good person." Jeremy nodded, backing up as Thea walked towards him.
"She is." Thea nodded.
"I haven't done anything wrong." Jeremy said as Thea stared at him.
"I know guys like you. I knew guys like you." Thea said, "You're the innocent, good guys to everyone else… and then there's the girls who no one believes." She said as Jeremy looked at her, "I don't like the way you look at my sister. I don't like the way you're following her and stalking her." She said as Jeremy gulped, looking at her.
"I'm not… I-"
"If you touch her, if you go anywhere near her…" Thea whispered, standing extremely close to Jeremy, "I will end you." She promised, "And don't think I won't." She made clear as Jeremy gulped, "Stay the hell away from her. Do you understand me?" She said as Jeremy nodded quickly.
"I'm not trying to hurt her." Jeremy shook his head.
"Just stay away from her." Thea said, "Because if it's not ending you, it'll be my dad, or my uncle, or my husband… not that I couldn't handle you on my own." She said as Jeremy gulped, "Whatever sick, twisted thing you're doing… creeping on my sister, whether you're planning on something, making a move, I don't know… this is your warning." She nodded, "Don't" She shook her head as Jeremy gulped.
"I'm not. I won't." Jeremy shook his head as Thea nodded.
"Good. Because it won't end well for you." Thea said. She came here to warn him, and judging by his reaction, he was taking his warning seriously, "If you even so much as look at her again or… "accidentally" bump into her-"
"I'm not gonna… I won't…" Jeremy shook his head innocently as Thea looked at him, "I just like her, that's all-"
"Well she has a boyfriend and stalking people is never ok." She spat, "Don't go near my sister again, do you understand me?"
"Yes." Jeremy nodded as Thea looked across at him.
"Good." Thea nodded seriously, stepping back from him, "I'll see myself out." She said, glaring at him intensely as Jeremy watched her walk out of the kitchen and leave his house, taking a deep breath.
He listened as the door slammed shut, a smile appearing on his face as he began to chuckle to himself, his shoulders loosening as he transformed into a calm state immediately.