Juliet
Chapter 2. Breakfast and Bars
Disclaimer in chapter one.
Two weeks later.
Juliet stealthily crept into Jesse's bedroom. She stood beside the bed and locked her eyes on the digital clock that read 4:59 am. The second the numbers changed to 5:00am. She jumped on the bed and began to jump up and down.
"God, Juls, do you realize what time it is?" Jesse complained as he woke up.
"Time for you to get up." Juliet answered and sat down on the bed next to him.
"I wanted to sleep in today."
"No, Jesse, you have to take me out for breakfast. Ashleigh is out of town doing something for his sister's family and he won't be back for four more days, and then two days after he gets back he have to go out of town again on business."
"You're lonely?"
"I'm lonely, haven't slept well, and need you to take care of me today so I feel better."
"Lay down and go to sleep. We'll got out and get you some breakfast in a couple of hours."
"Jesse, I wanna go out now! Please? I'm already dressed so all that is left is you putting on your clothes."
"Fine, well go now. Give me just a minute to get dressed."
Jesse got out of the bed and Juliet laid down with her head on his pillow while he dressed.
"Let's go, Juls." Jesse said once he was dressed.
"Ok, I wanna drive."
"No way, Juls. The last time I let you drive we got pulled over for speeding. That is not something I want to do again."
"Please, Jesse? I promise I won't speed. I won't even go one mile over the limit if you let me drive."
"Sorry, Juls, but I really don't want to get in trouble for getting another ticket. Adam was about ready to kill us last time."
"Fine, you drive, but can I at least choose the radio station?"
"That you can do."
Juliet smiled and then took his hand in hers and led him to the garage.
Awhile later they arrived at a café and took a booth in the back. Both ordered coffee and some fresh muffins to eat for breakfast. While they waited on the food they talked quietly about the events that had happened recently at home. When the food arrived they took it and started to eat.
Juliet stirred her coffee as she poured in the sugar.
"Juls, you think that is sweet enough?" Jesse asked as he took the sugar away from her.
"I'm in the need for a good sugar high." she answered with a shrug.
"You're going to become diabetic if you don't watch out."
"I'll be just fine. Now, how was that last date you went on?"
"Carly was alright, but she also seemed to have something wrong about her. Maybe I'm just paranoid."
"Whoa, Carly Rise? The girl we ran into at the mall? She's the sister of one of the creeps I dated before Ashleigh."
"That explains a lot then. We had fun, she nearly made me crazy with all that 'I just wanna talk about you' mess."
"She's done that to men for years, and I guess for some it works."
"Well, I'm most definitely going for a second date with her. I wish I could find a nice normal girl."
"There are no normal people. Ashleigh is trying out his hand at running a travel company."
"He does love to travel. I guess once you two get married he'll have you jet setting across the world, then I'll only get to see you on holidays and some weekends."
"I'll stay home with you sometimes. I don't' really like all that traveling stuff."
"And you want to marry a guy who is gonna run a travel company? You realize that is hilarious right?"
"I love him, Jess. His job I might not love, but him I do. The only thing I want that I don't have is his ring on my finger. The day that happens I will be completely happy."
"What about your acting career?"
"I'd give it all up to have him. I really am willing to give up all my other dreams just to have that one come true."
"I just don't want you to get hurt, Juls. You've already been put through hell, and if that happens again, so help me, I'll kill Ashleigh and whoever else is responsible."
"Jesse, I'm not that fragile. I can take care of myself now. You've taught me everything, and in that way you've done more to help me than you'll ever know. I'm not scared to go out and live my life, but I am scared to leave you. I need you so much, but to comfort me and hold me, no to defend me against the world. I love you more than anything else, Jess, but I need to at least try to live my own life where I'm not able to turn to you for every little thing."
"And I need to have you here where I can reach out and have you in my arms seeking shelter. I go crazy when you go out with Ashleigh and wait until you get home to fall asleep, no matter the hour. Those nights where you come home so late that I have literally passed out from exhaustion I feel horrible the next morning for not being there to see that you got in alright."
"I want to always be able to climb in your alp and bury my face in your neck as I cry, Jess. That has been one of the things I've treasured most about my life here, but I need to start letting Ashleigh do some of the care. All my life I wanted some one like you, and the day you and Shalimar stormed into that club I was waitressing at and brought me home with you I was so happy. One look at you and I knew all my pain and suffering could be shared with someone I trusted."
"Then you realize how hard it is for me to let you go."
"Yeah, I do, but you love me and you can let me go."
Jesse reached across the table and laced her fingers with his. Juliet smiled at him as they silently let each other know the depth and eternity of their love and bond through the gentle contact.
"How many more of these breakfasts do you think we'll share?" Jesse asked when he finally moved his hand from hers.
"As many as we want to. Our respective spouses can stay home while we eat. You and I aren't going to break up when I get married, Jess. We've got too much between us to let that happen."
"You know I'd marry you in a heartbeat if Ashleigh hadn't staked his claim already."
"I know, but I also know that you and I would kill each other."
"Yeah, we would. We discovered that during those two months we tried dating right after you moved in."
"I'd almost forgotten about dating back then. We did what, the whole dinner and a movie thing?"
"That and a bunch of kissing. I still kiss you a lot you know."
"I cherish each and every one of the kisses you give me. We've got what so many other people don't have, Jess."
'I know, and I promise you that I'll make sure we're always able to be like this."
"Except the kisses. Once I'm married that part will have to stop. Ashleigh isn't going to approve."
"Then right before you get ready to walk down the aisle I'll have to steal my final kiss."
"If you can get Adam out of the bride's room. The 'baby' getting married will have him nervous and he will try to stay right next to me."
"I'll make sure I get the kiss. Now, no more sappy stuff. We're here to have some fun."
"Ok then. We will have some fun. I want to first go to the mall and so some shopping and then to the amusement park."
"Shopping yes, amusement park no. I do have a little work to do this afternoon."
"Find, we will go home after we shop.'
"That's my good girl. Now what do you want to buy at the mall?"
"New clubbing clothes, and some Christmas presents?"
"No Christmas shopping yet, Juls. You always go out and buy a billion presents and then ry to hide them in my bed room and I spend months tripping over stuff."
"You don't love me, Jesse?" Juliet asked sing song.
"I do love you, but I also love being able to get up in the middle of the night when you call out from your night mares with out having to worry about killing myself."
"Try a lamp."
"Juliet, baby, we're not going Christmas shopping, but I will buy you some new clothes."
"Thank you, Jess. Lets go now."
"Alright, just let me pay the check."
"I'll pay."
"Don't think so. That would be a clear violation of rule ten. If you get woken up you pay for everything unless you run out of money."
"Rule eleven says that you have to consult me on all tips. Bad waitress, she get very little money."
"You win, Juls." Jesse pulled out his wallet and put a few bills on the table. "Let's go."
"Yes, lets go buy pretty clothes for miss Juliet." the girl answered as she ot up and followed Jesse out of the café.
"Pretty clothes?" Jesse laughed and pulled his car keys out of his pocket. "catch." he threw them to Juliet who caught them.
"I get to drive!"
"Yes, you get to drive, but rule twenty one. You have to make sure not to provoke any traffic enforcers while driving my car."
"I'll be good." Juliet agreed and then ran out to the red corvette.
She quickly got in and put the roof down.
"Don't take off too fast, and don't make it beg for you to change gears."
"I know how to drive a stick shift, Jesse."
"I know, but I also know how you drive."
"I won't do anything to your car, Jess. Now where is my CD?"
"I'll put it in for you." Jesse quickly picked up a CD case and put one of the discs in the player.
Juliet smiled as one of her favorite songs started to play. "How bout we both get some new clothes today. Your wardrobe is in need of some work.'
"I like my cloths, Juls. Why would I want to go buy more?"
"So yah can get a girl."
"I can get a girl dressing the way I do just fine."
"I'm hurt, Jess. Yah need to loosen up and have a little fun. I don't want yah to wind up being boring and single."
"Who do you want to fix me up with?"
"No one. I'm just thinking."
"Things tend to get a little dangerous when you think."
"Jesse, don't worry. I have no one to fix you up with."
"Who does Ashleigh know that you want to fix me up with?"
"Christ, Jess. Neither of us have anyone for you. I swear your acting like Emma told me Bren used to be."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"All you think about is sex."
"Juls, that is not why I was asking you about who you wanted to fix me up with. I'm just not into all these blind dates. I really just want to find a nice girl on y own, date her, and then one day get married and start a family."
"Sorry, I don't know, Jess. There are just sometimes that I think about that kind of future, and it doesn't looks so good. You and me with a continent between us, Shal and Bren trying to raise a family, and Adam and Emma both still working on saving the world."
"Except for us being apart that doesn't sound that bad."
"No, but once my sensibility takes over it changes. Shal and Bren divorced after constantly fighting, Adam and Emma trying in vain to help new mutants, Ash and me loosing our deep love, and you trying in vain to play peacemaker."
"That's not what's gonna happen. We are all gonna be happy."
"I hope we are."
Juliet pulled into a parking place, turned off the car, and put on the emergency brake before they got out.
As they walked into the mall Jesse wrapped an arm around the girls shoulders. "We may never have it perfect, but we will be happy."
"I hope you're right, Jess."
"Juls, we are a family, and nothing will change that."
Juliet smiled and leaned closer against Jesse. "I've finally got the perfect family. A father figure, two sisters, and two brothers. This is a good way to live."
"Glad you like your life."
"I'm glad I have it."
Juliet looked around the mall and smiled back at the people she caught smiling t her and Jesse.
"What store, Juls?"
"Racked up. I want some new clubbing clothes."
"Don't you have enough clubbing clothes? The last time I was in your closet I found at least fifteen-mini skirts and four of them were leather, then of course you've got at least one, maybe two halter tops fro every day of the month."
"But they are getting old, Jesse. I need some new cloths. You did ruin a pair of my jeans."
"I'll buy you and new pair of jeans."
"And whatever else I want."
"Don't think so missy."
"Lets just see."
Jesse laughed as they walked into the store.
As they walked in Juliet left Jesse and started to look through a rack of jeans to find her size. Jesse followed her, trying to pretend he wasn't already bored.
"What you think of these?" Juliet asked as she held up a pair of jeans.
"Go and try them on." Jesse sighed.
"Come, you haves to see if theys looks alright."
"I'm coming, I'm coming.
Jesse followed the girl to the fitting rooms and waited while she put eh jeans on.
"They look good?" Juliet asked as she stepped out so he could see her.
Jesse smiled as he looked over the girl. The jeans were stonewashed flares that hung low on the girls tiny body and fight tight until just above her knees.
"Perfect, take them off and go find a couple of shirts."
"Thanks, jess." Juliet called as she ran back into the fitting room to change into her own clothes.
An hour later they left the store with the jeans, three new halter tops, and a beach set of Juliet, and a couple of t-shirts and a pair of black jeans for Jesse.
"Can we go home now?' Jesse asked.
"Nope. Juliet answered as she slipped her hand in his. "I need jewelry now. I know, you could get your ears pierced!"
"That is not happening, Juls."
"A tattoo? I had one."
"Don't think so missy. You can get some jewelry, but other than my com link the only jewelry I will ever wear is a wedding band, and I'm not gonna get a tattoo either."
"Fine be that way." Juliet laughed. "But after we finish up at the jewelry store I wanna go get ice cream."
"Ok, after we get jewelry we'll go get you your ice cream.'
"Thank you, Jesse."
"But we go home after we eat the ice cream."
"Why do we have to go home?"
"So I can finish up some work. Since we have today and tomorrow off Bren and Shal will try to drag us off to a club tonight."
"I wont go with out Ashleigh."
"We'll see what we see."
"Jesse, will you teach me Italian?"
"You are actually going to sit still long enough to learn that?"
"Are you implying that I don't have a long enough attention span."
"Maybe, Juls, I love you, but you have never had much of an attention span."
"I'll show you."
"Fine, you and I will sit down and I will try to teach you Italian."
"We have the best times together."
"That we do Juls."
Later that night at a club.
"Jesse, Jesse, Jesse!" Juliet called as she ran to the table. "Five guys asked me for my number."
You're happy about this?" Jesse asked as the girl slid in next to him.
"It is a complement, Jesse. I haven't done the least bit of flirting."
"Your clothes do the flirting for you." Jesse laughed as he looked her over.
The thin legs were shown off by a black and white pleated plaid mini-skirt, and accented by a pair of black fishnets and red stilettos. Her flat stomach was reveled between the skirt and hem of her red halter top.
"Fine, but still, Jesse, it is a compliment."
"You want Ashleigh here to dance with so all of them know you're taken don't you?"
"Yes."
"Why don't we let them know you're taken. They don't need to know that I'm not your boyfriend."
"Are we gonna have a little fun dirty dancing?"
"If that's what yah want"
Juliet smiled and then slid out of the booth. "Come one Jesse."
Jesse got out of the both and led her to the dance floor. Juliet relaxed as they started to move with the music, her thin body close against Jesse's strong form. After a while some of the others on the dance floor stopped their own dancing to watch the young couple.
Juliet kept Jesse out on the dance floor for over an hour and then returned to the booth and ordered a third bottle of beer. By the time Jesse returned to the booth she'd ordered a sixth bottle.
Juliet picked up her drink and took a slight sip before she felt a wave fo nausea and se the bottle down.
"Desse, I sick." she said mimicking a baby.
"That's what happened when you drink too much. You need me to walk you to the bathroom?' Jesse asked an he gently brushed back a lock of the girls straight coppery hair.
"I think I'll be sick if I try to stand up. Can I lay with my head in your lap if I promise not to throw up?"
"Alright, but lay on your side just in case."
"K." Juliet carefully laid down and rested her head on his lap.
Jesse gently brushed her coppery hair back from her face and gently stroked her cheek with his fingers. "Juls, when are you going to learn not to drink so much?"
"Never. I like the feeling I get when I drink."
"But you don't like the part where you are about to get sick or the hangovers."
"It is hard for me to find anything else that gives me a good feeling. Only one other thing that really works for me, and that's sex."
"Poor baby, and your boyfriend is out of town too."
"I know.' Juliet remained quiet for a minute and then resumed her baby talk. "Desse tay wifs me nite n tate tare of me?"
"Do you really think you're gonna need me tonight?"
"Yes, Juls need Dess nite."
'Alright, I'll take care of you, but only if you stop this baby talk."
"I'll stop. Love you."
"Love you too. Now relax and I'll do whatever I have to tonight."
