CLUBLIGHTS
Disclaimer: M-X, not mine, but one day,,,
Hey! Thanks for the patience- you know life calls. Here is the next installment of the saga. Only a few more to go before I bring you the 2004 opener-are you ready?!
Jesse sat down on the couch, startling the woman from her reading. If he could say anything, his relationship with Jordan was eccentric at best. Over the past moths, they'd grown close, sharing conversations and jokes. She even helped him get back at Brennen, when he felt the need for a prank or two. Now, she watched him quietly, pulling her knees to her chin, while slender arms wrapped around curvy calves. Dark eyes pondered on him in question.
"What's up?" she asked, gently kicking his leg to get the talk started. "You look troubled."
"Always am."
"Well, you shouldn't be." The woman replied. "From what I hear, blondes don't have enough brains to be troubled."
"Funny, say that when Shal's around." Jesse smirked.
"She's the one who told me." He could see why Brennen liked her. At first he thought it was just the pull of two elementals being near each other, but now, as they spoke, it was right in front of him. He leaned back on the couch, crossing his hands in his lap while his head fell on the backrest, tumbling the long locks away from his face. "Jess, you're a shampoo commercial waiting to happen."
"Thanks," he said sarcastically. "J, can I ask you something?"
"Yes,,," she sang, while scooting closer to him.
"What do we do about Brennen and Lex?"
The woman pulled at a neatly coiled loc hanging freely from her low ponytail, dark eyes watched absently from under curly black lashes. "Nothing."
"What? Why? The are going to kill each other!"
"No they won't. They're acting out till they find a common ground. Just takes a little time."
"I don't think we have that." Blue eyes rolled as the man readjusted in his seat. The woman beside him rubbed fingers absently against the knee of her jeans, thinking of an explanation for him.
"Jesse, those two are so much alike, they can't stand it. Its why Bren got angry when he found out that she didn't want you guys to know about Club Amnesia. In that same situation, he would have done the same exact thing. He wouldn't tell us, so we could go in worrying about you two. Brennen seeing that he understood her actions so easily only made him madder. You know that."
"Yeah," the man replied staring up at the ceiling. "That does make sense."
"It's like this," He watched, as Jordan turned more so towards him, the light-colored black woman adjusted in her new position before continuing her words. "I bet Sparky was pretty reckless when he first joined the team, right?"
"Oh yeah!" Jesse nearly laughed remembering the rough waters he encountered with the newly brought on Mr. Mulray. It took months before they actually found common ground. Even so, when some one said a word, Brennen stepped up, ready to back his teammates and do what was needed. "We had some serious times back then."
"Well, Lexa is like that as well. When we first met, she carried so many scars -still does. But she's defensive because she's protective. We all know loss a little too well," Jordan could see in his eyes that he understood. "So, when we have something worth fighting for-"
"We hold on with everything." Jesse finished.
"I didn't say this," the woman lowered her voice. "But Lex knew that when she first came here. Of course, opening yourself to be vulnerable is a difficult thing, but she wasn't so angry to find out she was staying." Slender fingers yanked gently and a streak of the blonde hair. "You guys have been good for her. Made her feel human again."
"So she and Brennen understand each other a little too well."
"Afraid so. They both have battled back from a hard life, and they recognize things a little too easily in each other that they see in themselves. Of course, there will be friction when you see your mirror image coming at you in attack."
Jesse's hands rose only to slap back down on his knees. "So, what do we do? You saw what I did when they started going at it over us."
"Jess, 'we'" she gestured back and forth between them. "Were basically an excuse. You two are like brothers, and when Brennen saw how alike he and Lexa were, alarms went off. He knew how he used to treat his relationships and didn't want that happening to you. He didn't want you hurt."
"And Lex wanted you protected as well."
The woman smiled with such sultriness, that Jesse had to smile back. "She knows I have a thing for bad boys."
"Like every other woman." He smirked.
"Lexa was always the voice of reason with me. She was just looking out- and being nosy."
"SO," he started again. "What do we do about them?"
"Let it play out. If there's drama, our favorite feral will jump right in. You know she loves being nosy."
Jesse knew she was right, but there was still something the woman wasn't saying. He watched her for the moment, deciding whether to pick at it or not. Curiosity over took him. "That's not all of it, Jordan. That whole stripping thing affected you and Shalimar differently than Lexa. Tell me how this really affects us."
She sighed at that, not wanting to really go into the explanations. The only person she'd talked about it with was Brennen. "Jess, why don't you ask Lexa that before we speak on it? I think that would be better."
"No. You're here right now, so spill it." The molecular grabbed her hand before continuing. "Jordan, I know you wouldn't keep things from me, right?"
"Right." The woman watched him, readying to spill everything she knew. "Okay, let's go back to that night. And everything you didn't see happen."
Disclaimer: M-X, not mine, but one day,,,
Hey! Thanks for the patience- you know life calls. Here is the next installment of the saga. Only a few more to go before I bring you the 2004 opener-are you ready?!
Jesse sat down on the couch, startling the woman from her reading. If he could say anything, his relationship with Jordan was eccentric at best. Over the past moths, they'd grown close, sharing conversations and jokes. She even helped him get back at Brennen, when he felt the need for a prank or two. Now, she watched him quietly, pulling her knees to her chin, while slender arms wrapped around curvy calves. Dark eyes pondered on him in question.
"What's up?" she asked, gently kicking his leg to get the talk started. "You look troubled."
"Always am."
"Well, you shouldn't be." The woman replied. "From what I hear, blondes don't have enough brains to be troubled."
"Funny, say that when Shal's around." Jesse smirked.
"She's the one who told me." He could see why Brennen liked her. At first he thought it was just the pull of two elementals being near each other, but now, as they spoke, it was right in front of him. He leaned back on the couch, crossing his hands in his lap while his head fell on the backrest, tumbling the long locks away from his face. "Jess, you're a shampoo commercial waiting to happen."
"Thanks," he said sarcastically. "J, can I ask you something?"
"Yes,,," she sang, while scooting closer to him.
"What do we do about Brennen and Lex?"
The woman pulled at a neatly coiled loc hanging freely from her low ponytail, dark eyes watched absently from under curly black lashes. "Nothing."
"What? Why? The are going to kill each other!"
"No they won't. They're acting out till they find a common ground. Just takes a little time."
"I don't think we have that." Blue eyes rolled as the man readjusted in his seat. The woman beside him rubbed fingers absently against the knee of her jeans, thinking of an explanation for him.
"Jesse, those two are so much alike, they can't stand it. Its why Bren got angry when he found out that she didn't want you guys to know about Club Amnesia. In that same situation, he would have done the same exact thing. He wouldn't tell us, so we could go in worrying about you two. Brennen seeing that he understood her actions so easily only made him madder. You know that."
"Yeah," the man replied staring up at the ceiling. "That does make sense."
"It's like this," He watched, as Jordan turned more so towards him, the light-colored black woman adjusted in her new position before continuing her words. "I bet Sparky was pretty reckless when he first joined the team, right?"
"Oh yeah!" Jesse nearly laughed remembering the rough waters he encountered with the newly brought on Mr. Mulray. It took months before they actually found common ground. Even so, when some one said a word, Brennen stepped up, ready to back his teammates and do what was needed. "We had some serious times back then."
"Well, Lexa is like that as well. When we first met, she carried so many scars -still does. But she's defensive because she's protective. We all know loss a little too well," Jordan could see in his eyes that he understood. "So, when we have something worth fighting for-"
"We hold on with everything." Jesse finished.
"I didn't say this," the woman lowered her voice. "But Lex knew that when she first came here. Of course, opening yourself to be vulnerable is a difficult thing, but she wasn't so angry to find out she was staying." Slender fingers yanked gently and a streak of the blonde hair. "You guys have been good for her. Made her feel human again."
"So she and Brennen understand each other a little too well."
"Afraid so. They both have battled back from a hard life, and they recognize things a little too easily in each other that they see in themselves. Of course, there will be friction when you see your mirror image coming at you in attack."
Jesse's hands rose only to slap back down on his knees. "So, what do we do? You saw what I did when they started going at it over us."
"Jess, 'we'" she gestured back and forth between them. "Were basically an excuse. You two are like brothers, and when Brennen saw how alike he and Lexa were, alarms went off. He knew how he used to treat his relationships and didn't want that happening to you. He didn't want you hurt."
"And Lex wanted you protected as well."
The woman smiled with such sultriness, that Jesse had to smile back. "She knows I have a thing for bad boys."
"Like every other woman." He smirked.
"Lexa was always the voice of reason with me. She was just looking out- and being nosy."
"SO," he started again. "What do we do about them?"
"Let it play out. If there's drama, our favorite feral will jump right in. You know she loves being nosy."
Jesse knew she was right, but there was still something the woman wasn't saying. He watched her for the moment, deciding whether to pick at it or not. Curiosity over took him. "That's not all of it, Jordan. That whole stripping thing affected you and Shalimar differently than Lexa. Tell me how this really affects us."
She sighed at that, not wanting to really go into the explanations. The only person she'd talked about it with was Brennen. "Jess, why don't you ask Lexa that before we speak on it? I think that would be better."
"No. You're here right now, so spill it." The molecular grabbed her hand before continuing. "Jordan, I know you wouldn't keep things from me, right?"
"Right." The woman watched him, readying to spill everything she knew. "Okay, let's go back to that night. And everything you didn't see happen."