Up To Something

"She's completely over dramatic." Thea shook her head, standing in her living room whilst Dominic sat on the couch listening to everything she had to say.

"I mean… you shouldn't have went behind her back-"

"Oh, don't you start on me too." Thea waved her hand as Dominic smiled a little, "I am trying to protect her." She sighed with frustration, sitting down on the chair as Dominic looked at her.

"Who was the address for?" Dominic questioned as Thea looked across at him.

"Promise me you won't tell anyone." Thea said as Dominic nodded, "Ok, so recently this guy keeps bumping into Jude. He's in her college class and she says he's harmless but… when we were all the markets last week I saw him… it was like he was watching us all." Thea said, "And when he bumped into Jude when we were having coffee, he just… he was looking at her weird, but she's too naïve to notice that type of stuff-"

"Aren't you just paranoid?" Dominic asked.

"No, I am not paranoid." Thea said, "I know what I saw. He was looking at her like he was… look, I don't know how to describe it, it was just weird and I got weird vibes from him."

"Wait a minute." Dominic sat up a little, "So you got his address and you… you went and visited him?" He questioned as Thea nodded, "You're kidding, right?"

"What was I supposed to do? I had to warn him to stay away from Jude." Thea said, "He's a creep, Dominic."

"You don't even know him." Dominic said, "What… what the hell did you say to him?"

"To stay away from my sister or… or he wouldn't like what happens next-"

"What happens next?" Dominic asked.

"I tell my dad and my uncle." Thea shrugged.

"Ok, you're crazy." Dominic pointed, "You don't know this guy. There's a ton of weird people out there, doesn't mean they're harming anybody. And if… if Jude isn't concerned about it, why are you?"

"Because she's my sister, Dominic." Thea said, "And if she got hurt or if he… did something to her, I wouldn't forgive myself." She said.

"Nothing is going to happen to her." Dominic said, "You have enough to be worrying about right now. Your sister is a big girl. She can handle herself."

"No, she's… she's naïve and she's too gullible-"

"She's a lot stronger than you give her credit for." Dominic said.

"I know she's strong but I just… I don't trust that guy, the way he's always bumping into her and seeing him at the markets just standing staring over freaked me out." She said.

"So you decided the best approach was to go threaten him?" Dominic asked.

"Yes." Thea nodded.

"If she finds out what you really wanted the address for, she's gonna be even more pissed." Dominic said, "You shouldn't lie to her."

"I just don't want her to know because I don't want her to be worried." Thea said, "You're acting like I'm doing something evil here."

"It's not evil, babe. There's just different ways you could have gone about it." Dominic said as Thea shook her head.

"I went and said what I had to say. So hopefully he won't be annoying her anymore." Thea said.

"What do you think he's going to do to her, Thea?" Dominic shook his head.

"I… I don't know. Nothing. I just… I got a bad vibe from him. Just let me protect my little sister." Thea said with frustration.

"It's not my place to get involved. But you going to strange guys houses to threaten him is kinda when I need to get involved." Dominic said, "Jude's life is completely different to ours now. Ok? We've got a baby. And we've got a house to run. We gotta focus on that."

"Yeah well nothing is important enough for me to not protect my sister if I feel that she's in danger." Thea said.

"I know that. I'm not saying you shouldn't want to protect her. But can't you see why she's mad? From her perspective?" He asked as Thea folded her arms.

"No, I can't." Thea said stubbornly as Dominic nodded.

"Ok, well… try. And maybe go talk to her, at least before Christmas." Dominic said, "I think we all deserve a good one after the past few months. And you don't wanna spend the day not talking to your sister."

"Why do you need to be so responsible? Why can't you just… agree with me?" Thea groaned as Dominic chuckled a little.

"Well I wouldn't be a very good, honest husband then. Would I?" He said as Thea made a face at him.

"I think she's worried that I'm gonna scare Sean away, which I have taken total offense to." She said, "She really likes him." Thea nodded to herself.

"It's going well for them. She's probably worried that something good might fall apart. You do the same." Dominic said.

"I do?" Thea questioned.

"You kidding?" Dominic laughed, "A week before our wedding you were considering pulling the plug on it because you were worried it would mess things up for us." He said.

"That was just nerves." Thea scoffed as Dominic shook his head, "I just want her to be happy and I don't want her to get hurt."

"You should just go talk to her tomorrow. Fix it before Christmas day." Dominic nodded, "It's a silly fight, you'll make up."

"She was mean to me today." Thea sighed, playing with her hands, "Said that it's typical me. Doing what I want and not thinking about the people around me. Like when I was on drugs."

"She said that exactly?" Dominic asked.

"Yeah." Thea sighed, resting her head against her hand, "I mean… she's not wrong."

"She's wrong for saying that." Dominic said, "She won't mean it. She's just angry."

"I think she does mean it." Thea shook her head.

"No she doesn't. If anyone knows how badly you struggled, it's her. She was there for all of it-"

"Exactly. I was pulling her down with me." Thea nodded.

"No, stop it." Dominic said, "She's angry at you and she's taking low blows to try and hurt you. It's a fight. It's how they work." He said, "You guys just need to talk it out. Make up." He nodded as Thea sighed.

"She's so self-centred." Jude shook her head, standing in Sean's apartment in the living room whilst he sat listening to her, "She's been like that her whole life. Everything is always about her."

"I'm sure that's not… entirely true." Sean said.

"It is. It is entirely true." Jude said, "She had no right to come to you at your job like that, and to keep it from me too-"

"Maybe she just didn't think. I highly doubt she wanted to upset you by doing it." Sean said.

"That's her problem. She never thinks. It's always about what she wants. She never thinks about other people." Jude said bitterly.

"I'm sure that's not true, Jude." Sean said, "Look, my job is fine. I told you because I didn't feel comfortable keeping it from you. I can understand why Thea didn't want you to find out-"

"No, she just shouldn't have asked you in the first place." Jude said.

"You guys should talk it out." Sean nodded, "Come on, now isn't the time to be fighting." Sean said.

"I have nothing to say to her." Jude shook her head.

"She's not had the best time these past few months. Little things like this can be squashed." Sean said. He hated to have caused this fight between Jude and Thea. It was never his intention, but he just didn't feel right not telling Jude, "Can't you give her the benefit of the doubt?"

"I've been giving her the benefit of the doubt for too long." Jude shook her head, "I'm sick of it." She said as Sean sighed.

"Do you really wanna be fighting with her through Christmas?" Sean said.

"Of course I don't but I'm mad with her." Jude sighed, sitting down on the couch beside him, "I'm sorry she put you in that position-"

"Hey, don't worry about me." Sean said, "Yeah, I could have gotten into trouble but I didn't, and she just asked for a favour, and the fact she felt comfortable asking me, kinda made me feel like you and me are headed in the right direction. Your family are great and they're welcoming-"

"They're annoying and selfish." Jude disagreed.

"C'mon, Jude. You know that isn't true." Sean said as Jude sighed, feeling him wrap his arm around her, "Just talk to her once you've cooled down. You'll work it out." He nodded as Jude sighed, resting her head against him.

"Are you awake?" Thea asked, lying in bed through the night.

"No." Dominic muffled against his pillow as Thea scoffed.

"I can't sleep." Thea said childishly, folding her arms, lying on her back.

"Well please try." Dominic nodded as Thea groaned, fidgeting with her hands, patting the bed covers on either side of her, "Thea." Dominic lifted his head from his pillow.

"What?" Thea turned her head.

"I got work in the morning. Can you not play the drums on our bed?" He scoffed.

"Then let me play with something else." Thea said, wrapping her leg around him, kissing him as he kissed back, breaking apart when there was a knock at the door.

"Who the hell is that?" Dominic asked as Thea got out of bed slowly and carefully, holding her side as she walked over to the window, spotting her dad's car.

"My dad." Thea shook her head, "I'll get it." She nodded, leaving the bedroom, slowly making her way downstairs, unlocking the door and opening it up where her dad stood.

"Hey." Punk nodded.

"You know it's 3am, right?" Thea wondered.

"Yes, I know." Punk said, walking into the house and through to the living room, "Did I wake you?"

"No, actually… I can't sleep." Thea said, walking into the living room after him, "What's up? Why are you here?" She shook her head.

"What are you up to?" Punk asked as Thea looked across at him, "Who was the address for?"