The Ultimate Betrayal
You doin okay, man?" Leon asked Dominic a few hours later. He had gone out on the balcony to find Dominic sitting and just staring at the clouds as the sun was rising.
"Shouldn't I be askin your ass that? What were you thinking" A stone faced Dominic asked, not bothering to look at his friend and his bruised face that was turning a nice shade of purple.
"I'll be aight, Dawg." Leon laughed. He looked at Dominic and could see that he had that deep 'I'm in thought' thing going on.
"Yeah, I'm sure you will." Dominic nodded, though it was an absent minded nod and reply.
"What's up, man? Talk to me. This is yo boy." Leon held out his arms and hoped Dominic would give in.
"I just miss Jess and just was thinking over some things." Dominic sighed, hating to admit how much he missed the boy who had been like his kid brother forever.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Leon's voice was soft as the mention of Jesse. The two sat in silence for what seemed forever.
"I just …I know why he did it. I know how to make it all logically see how it happened but then if I woudla never involved…" Dominic trailed off, his voice deep and his throat tight.
"Hey, Dom, don't do that to yourself." Leon objected, knowing Dominic was blaming himself relentlessly.
"I look at J and I know it's not her fault and all but when I look at her I can't help but see Jesse and his last expression. He was so confused, poor kid." Dominic turned away, his tears in his eyes not able to leave because of his macho ness. "We just got back together and …" He stopped, his thoughts not even clear to himself anymore.
"You havin doubts bein with her?" Leon asked, trying to help his long time friend out.
"I was.. just a bit. I know it's not her fault. I don't know what my problem is." Dominic sighed, annoyed sounding and only because of his own self.
"You're human, man. That's all. You just never took time for yourself. You might wanna rethink getting back wit her." Leon said, his voice light, trying to not give Dominic the wrong idea. HE wanted them back together just as much as the other crew, for their own sanity but he wanted to make sure Dominic did what he needed or wanted to do.
"Don't go there." Dominic shook his head. He stretched, not having been able to sleep at all and looked at his friend. "I would stay low key today, Le. He's not over what you and Tempest did." Dominic said before walking in, leaving Leon to ponder his words.
"Dom, man, wanna go grab a bite to eat?" Roman asked, looking for food as he talked.
"I don't know. I still want to kick your ass for that whipped comment." Dominic admitted, folding his arms and leaning on the couch he was standing by.
"I don't know what you're talking bout." Roman played dumb, grinning.
"My ass." Dominic scoffed.
'Can we discuss it over breakfast? A bro needs to eat and if I don't eat soon, I can't do any hard labor." Roman rubbed his stomach.
"You're still not in my good graces but we can go eat." Dominic pointed at him in a warning way as he headed for the door. Roman went behind him, making faces and mocking him. Dominic turned around. "You do want to live to see the wedding day, right?" he asked, grabbing his jacket.
"Damn, Dom." Roman laughed, opening the door.
"Wait up. I'm starving." Leon called, jogging to the door as well. He had seen Tempest leave her room and he knew the last thing he needed was to be caught in even the same room with her.
"Freaking can't answer a damn phone, what the hell?" Tempest muttered, somewhat hung over as she answered someone's cell phone. She picked it up in anger as it continually rang to the point she had to say a few choice words to the persistent person. "What the Hell do you want?" She asked, not waiting to get to her point.
"This is Dre, I just wanted…" Dre stuttered, surprised Jordan wasn't on the other end.
"I'm a give you one mo chance to live. Don't call Jordan, don't' come around, cause if you do, I intend to give you the worst ass beatin I have ever given anyone and believe me, little girl, it won't be very pretty." Tempest growled, her head throbbing as she spoke slowly to let the caller digest the words. She sat down after getting a Pepsi and then got an idea to go see who she could wake up. She looked in Jordan's room to find Dominic gone and Jordan looking like a peaceful angel. Then she walked in, slammed the door as loud and as hard as she could. Jordan shot up, looking stunned and as though she didn't have a clue as to what happened.
"Hey Temp. Damn, my head." Jordan winced when Tempest pulled open the long drapes to the room, making the sun flow directly into Jordan's eyes.
"Join the crowd. Forget anything out there last night?" Tempest folded her arms, sitting on the bed. Jordan yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"I don't think so, why?" She asked, looking at Tempest confused like.
"Oh I don't know. This, maybe?" Tempest held out the phone and Jordan, then threw it on the bed.
"I thought we got things straight last night." Jordan looked at the phone, then her registration of why Tempest was so mad became clear and written all over her face. "Temp, I didn't know she would call. I' m sorry." Jordan said after a minute of silence and a death stare from Tempest.
"You betta hope that is tha truth. I'm with Tiff, Jordan. We're not gonna play your mommy. You should know more than all people that we don't take shit and you were lucky Tiff and I didn't kick your ass last night. We had serious urges." Tempest sighed, tired of dealing with it al at the moment.
"I know and I'm not gonna fuck up anymore." Jordan laid back in exasperation. "I know I was stupid. I just …you know, I get irritated because you all tell me to not act like a baby and yet you guys don't include me in all ht stuff that goes down. I know more than you think." Jordan said honestly.
"And we're gonna give you a chance. But with that comes a lot of stuff you might regret and you might flip out on us and if you do, well, we'll have to put a stop to that too." Tempest sighed, not feeling in the mood to be so threatening today.
"I have no problems with it." Jordan said, her eyes locked with Tempest's. "I just want things to be back the way they used to be. Before I got on your shit list." Jordan smiled softly, playing with the blanket that she had been focused on.
"Ok, well, what you want me to say? You're officially off my shit list?" Tempest cracked an impish grin, making Jordan burst into laughter.
"That works, yeah." Jordan nodded, making Tempest repeat herself and as a result getting a giggle out of her friend. "Can I have a hug?" She asked, batting her eyes in a mocking way.
"Ugh. You really gotta get outta that girly girl mode, chica." Tempest laughed, hugging her as she said it. "Go get your clothes from Tiff so I can do your hair, unless you don't want me to." Tempest said, taking two Tylenol as she got up to get some of her things.
"Are you gonna braid it?" Jordan asked, heading out the door.
"For me to know and you to find out." Tempest teased. "Darlin." She added sarcastically as she went to the main area to find all sorts of empty bottles, food plates and trash laying around in an after party morning as only it was with their crew.
"Time to wake up." Jordan knocked, then bounced into her brother and tiffany's room chipperly.
"No, it's not. Go to bed." Brian pulled the covers over his head and then looked at his sister to glare at her. She laughed and flipped on the lights, despite his irritated demander.
"No hangover? I'm shocked." Tiffany said, not looking at Jordan, her eyes still closed.
"Nope, just a slight headache." Jordan grinned, sitting on the floor, Indian style and patiently waiting.
"Guess I'll be getting up, Brian." Tiffany said, sighing as she felt Jordan's big blue eyes staring at her as she attempted to go back to sleep to no avail.
"Ummmhmm." Brian said, his sleep already back on its way to being in the state before being disturbed in the first place.
"Ass." Tiffany muttered under her breath, then got up. "Come on. Who else is up?" She asked Jordan as they left the master room.
"Dom's gone, Temp's up." Jordan started but Tiffany interrupted her.
"Have you seen Ice?" She asked, wondering if he was going to listen to her.
"No, I haven't." Jordan said, hearing her cell phone ring again. She raced to her room and looked at the number, seeing it was the same number. She put it back on the bed and sat down to put on her makeup.
"Good choice, I'm impressed." Tempest said, Tiffany walking in. "Hey, I thought you were sleeping in." Tempest laughed, knowing good and damn well she had sent Jordan in there.
"Yeah, riiiight." Tiffany laughed, tossing some clothes to Jordan. "With chipper girl here?" Tiffany laughed. "I'm taking breakfast orders so if you guys are hungry, better tell me now." She said, grabbing her windbreaker as she walked to the door. They gave her their order and went back to doin what they had planned.
"Getting breakfast?" A scruffy looking Vince asked.
"Yeah, wanna ride?" Tiffany asked, checking in Ice's room and happy to see he was still asleep and not bothering Tempest.
"Yeah, thanks." Vine said, throwing on a shirt as he followed her to the elevator,
"Got much a hangover?" Tiffany asked, trying to find her sunglasses in the car.
"Nope. I don't get hangovers." Vine smirked. Then he turned serious. "You think Ice is gonna let al this shit with Leon and Temp go"" He asked, after they were waiting in the drive through.
"Doubt it. You really are worried for Leon, huh?" Tiffany asked, puling up to the window and paid for the huge amount of food she had ordered, knowing they all would be ready to eat when she got back.
"Something like that." Vince said, putting a straw in the much needed cup of caffeine Tiffany had handed him. A few minutes later, Tiffany had managed to wake up Brian, Diego, and the rest of the sleepers and had sat down for breakfast. Then her cell phone, across the room went off, making her get up.
"You can't catch a break, can ya?" Tempest grinned, getting a pillow tossed at her as she walked by. Dominic, Roman, and Leon came in, then sat down.
"Can I get some food?" Roman asked, smelling the pancakes.
"Hell no, cuz, you went to eat. Did you not just eat?" Brian asked, his grin huge.
"I told you, I can eat, man." Roman shrugged, putting his hand on Tiffany's stryophone holder that contained the pancakes. She walked back over and popped him on the back of the head, telling him no as if scolding a cat or child.
"Where's J?' Dominic asked, looking around and wondering hwy she wasn't already out when the girls had said she was already up and awake.
"She'll be here shortly. It's a girl thing." Tiffany promised, still fighting Roman off of her food. "Boy, I'm a put a cap in your ass if you try to touch it once more. Just once more." She warned, making the crew laugh.
"Yo, we're leavin and if you're gonna make your stage debut you need to come on." Roman knocked loudly on Jordan's door as the group got up to get headed to where the big plans were going to take place.
"Oh, funny, Roman." Jordan came out, dressed in a skin tight, see through mesh shirt with a baby blue bra and low ultra rise jeans that showed off every curve of her body. Dominic's look was priceless, Tiffany noted. It was between wanting to run off with her and protesting her wearing it out in public.
"Have a jacket." Roman said, putting a jacket around her shoulders, making her look at him in uncertainty.
"That bad?" She asked, playing with her blonde corn rowed hair.
"That's it. Roman Pearce, outside, its' on you passed my warning list." Tiffany jumped up, scowling. He looked at her as though she had been possessed.
"I was just being a big brother and all…" he said, pretending to be nervous. He walked to Tiffany and put his arm around her and hugged her. "You know you love me." He pretended to be snuggling to her.
"Talk to the wrist cause the hand is pissed." She bantered back, making everyone in the room roll with laughter.
"You are temperamental, shit." Roman adjusted his collar, acting like his ego was hurt. Ice walked in and the room got silent, knowing he was not going to be happy at any costs.
"Time to get goin, huh, Tiff?" Brian asked, taking his shirtless self clad in only his jeans toward his room. Tiffany was noticing the cold exchange Tempest and Ice were having and she pulled Tempest to come with her.
"Good, I don't want to be by some over controlling ass of a man anyways." Tempest popped off.
"I told you to watch yourself." Ice threatened, his eyes narrowed.
"Oh I'm watching and I am watching as ass actin the hell up." Tempest spat back, the entire group holding one of the two back now.
A/n:" I didn't want to leave it here but due to unforeseen circumstances I have to. I hope as is well.
