CHAPTER 27-CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE SOBER
Staying at Smurf's didn't seem like a bad decision to Jessica and she hadn't been complaining. She ended up there often despite the fact that she went back home after a day or two. Things seemed like they were normal for the most part, things looked like they did in the past. Everyone had been getting along, coming by the house more often and Smurf was back in charge of things.
Jessica couldn't complain, things were normal and that was something she needed…Except for the fact that she wasn't. Even though Baz had been trying to keep her out of trouble, he was slipping because the blonde was hard to grasp. Her sobriety was gone and she was back in her old ways which were not good for anyone. She had an attitude with everyone, she refused to go back to work and was relying on medication to keep her numb. Her excuses changed constantly, ranging from her arm hurting, a headache or not being able to sleep. When addiction took a hold of Jessica, she would change into a completely different person as most addicts did. Jessica Cody was a former shell of herself once more.
Even though things were normal so to speak, the Cody household was going back into its old ways. Deran was still spending a lot of his time at the bar but was still hanging out at the house. It was much to Smurf's delight that her youngest was around because he was just like Jessica, always running away whenever a problem arose.
He had come around more not only because things had settled down but because Craig was now living at home. After Nicky had to call the fire department because Craig's apartment on fire, he had no where else to live. Neither Baz or Pope offered, Deran lived above his work and Jessica only had a one bedroom apartment. He had no choice but to move back in with Smurf but he wasn't complaining.
Pope was still taking Lena with him to church after she told everyone how they hung around a nice lady from there. He was still keeping Amy in the dark with his family even though they met her before the big heist. No one knew he was seeing her until Lena told Baz about it. He was still acting in his usual demeanor which meant keeping secrets and struggling with whatever problems he was having.
Baz was still the same as well but more on top of Jessica than usual. That was the thing about him however, he always wanted and needed control of a situation. If things didn't fall into his lap, he would find a way to make them no matter what. Despite him trying to have control on her actions, Jessica knew how to push him away and hide things.
It was to Jessica's displeasure, but she was as sly as a cat when she wanted to be. It was a family trait that the Cody's could get away with anything as long as they kept it under wraps. The only problem is Smurf as she could always find out about everything that went on under her roof.
In true fashion, Craig was ready to throw a party since the Javi incident is over and done with. Smurf had actually insisted that they celebrate and Craig wasn't one to pass up throwing one of his famous parties. It always involved numerous people either they knew or not, good supply of drugs and unlimited alcohol. The parties at Smurf's home were notorious and since she was the one who wanted to celebrate, it was going to be one that would be talked about for weeks.
The long-haired Cody agreed the second she put money on the counter for him, Craig was never one to pass up money or a party. Deran was supposed to stop by once he got enough bartenders to cover for him, Pope was somewhere hiding because he clearly wasn't a party person. The eldest had turned down Craig's invitation since he didn't have nothing to do as Lena was over at a friend's house. He tucked himself away in a bedroom and made sure that no one was going to disturb him. Smurf didn't want Craig to tell Baz anything about it because she didn't want him ruining the fun.
Baz had gone to Jessica's apartment in order to see if she needed anything. He hadn't gone there for a couple of days because she ended up locking the door so he couldn't get in. He felt like he had been the only one keeping his eyes on her as his brothers seemed to look the other as always. The problem he was having was that Jessica didn't want to be watched so she knew how to get around him.
He knocked a couple of times knowing that she wasn't going to answer but it was worth a shot. The Cody sister had constantly kept her door locked even when she was home so that none of them would just walk in. Jessica valued privacy to the fullest so she wasn't going to let anyone intrude. Baz had to make up his mind if she just wasn't answering or if she was home. The lights weren't on which was an indication she wasn't there but looks could be deceiving.
Taking it upon himself to drive over to Smurf's, Baz questioned if she was hanging out over there or if any of them had seen her. The whole idea of keeping the party under wraps was about to fall through because after he saw all the cars up and down the street, Baz knew exactly what was going on.
Once he figured out a place to park, he made his way into Smurf's home and looked at everyone who passed. He knew that Jessica was there and it wasn't going to be a good night at all. All the drugs that were passed around would eventually make its way to her. She had already supplied herself with various pills and right as Baz figured out what one was, she'd discover another one.
Jessica Cody was lounging by the pool with her feet in the water. She wanted to jump in, surround herself with the water splashing around her as everyone was gathered in it. Her bright pink cast could get drenched in water so she had to settle for dipping her toes in and watching everyone enjoy themselves. She ruffled her wavy hair, something she did often out of habit then slowly turned her attention towards the patio door.
Baz saw her sitting there and made his way in her direction. For the moment he was relieved that he found her so easy because he assumed, she was going to be hiding somewhere in the house. From what he could tell, Smurf or Craig were no where in the picture. The second she spotted Baz; Jessica knew her fun was over plus she was not prepared to see him.
"Where's Craig? Have you been drinking?" Baz questioned once he reached her. He was waiting for her to look up at him so he would have the answer if she didn't tell him.
"No…But I accidently took some ecstasy though" Jessica responded lifting her head with a faint smile creeping on her lips. Her pupils again were bloodshot but at least he knew from what.
"You accidentally did? No one accidently takes ecstasy…" He trailed off before whipping around in a circle. He was looking for Craig because he was responsible for the party in the first place. He was probably off with a girl who wasn't Nicky so Baz wasn't in the mood to hunt him down.
Jessica stared at him for a moment then turned her attention back to her feet in the water. She was having fun actually, not having a care in the word was something that she needed for a while. Her main reason for doing drugs in the first place was to cope with her surroundings and this was a time that she felt like she needed it.
Baz closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. He was trying to figure out what his next move was. He put his attention back on her before bending down at her side. Resting his forearms on his knees, Baz leaned forward in order to see her again. "Did you take anything else? Anything at all?"
"No…" Jessica answered but they both knew that she was lying. She was afraid to look at him but knew that his blue eyes were locked on her as if she were a target. "I took some pills that I found out in the garage…Like a line and a half of coke and I had like five shots"
Baz blinked hard after hearing her respond. "That's enough to overdose Jessica, what are you doing?" He was starting to get furious after hearing all of that.
"I'm trying to have fun and you're really starting to kill it so can you not ask me anything else?" She asked delicately before turning to him. "I have an idea, why don't we go wake up Pope and…" Jessica stopped talking when she noticed Baz's face, he was clearly not amused. "You're not cute when you pout"
Everyone in the Cody household was use to drug abuse but for Baz to see Jessica like this again was really pushing it. It wasn't hard to remember how bad one could get dealing with substance abuse as there had always been a root to the issue. Even though she never shared it out loud, Jessica had issues just like all the others in the family and it always took a toll on her. He wasn't going to let things get worse because they were already on their way.
"Come on, let's get you a jacket and I'll drive you home" He placed a hand on her shoulder, he noticed her shiver.
"Oh don't start this again please. I just want to have fun for once without you hovering over me. Look, I'm fine, I really am" Jessica reached over and placed her right hand on his that was resting on her shoulder. "Besides, I got dressed up so let me have my moment" Her eyes trailed down to her outfit then back at him. She was dressed in a simple black tee with overall shorts on top.
Baz shook his head no, knowing that he couldn't leave her at Smurf's in order for her to get into whatever she could find. Maybe he was being too protective over her but he just wanted to look out for her. He did that when they were kids, he did it when they grew older and he was doing it for the rest of his life. The big brother role stepped in but it was more than that, Baz wanted to be with her in the end.
"I'm not leaving you here because I know what will happen. I get it, the whole thing with Javi screwed you up but I'm just trying to help you"
"Just stop Baz, I don't want to hear it" Ripping her hand from his, she pulled her legs out of the water and got up. Jessica started storming away without a glance back over her shoulder. She moved her way through the crowd of people wanting to get far away from him.
"Jess!" Baz called out to her before standing back up. He huffed loudly, moved his way past people in order to catch up to her and stepped around them to stop in front of her. "Will you stop for two seconds and listen to me"
She stopped dead in her tracks when she saw Baz stand near the patio door. A few partygoers looked their direction before going back to what they were doing in the first place. "I'm not a child anymore, you can't just stop me whenever I want to do something. You've done this to me all my life, all of you have. I'm not your little sister anymore" Jessica took a deep breath and locked her jaw.
"Someone has to look out for you and I'm the only one doing it" He told her knowing that this conversation wasn't going to be pretty. "You're not a bad person Jessica, you're just trying to numb yourself of your problems"
"I'm sorry but who said I was a bad person? We all are Baz, every single one of us. Craig snorts line upon line and doesn't catch hell for it but I do? Julia couldn't even stay sober for her kid, Pope is always off his meds doing God knows what, Deran will never, ever quit running to Smurf when she needs him. And you? You can't just settle with one woman so you cheat on everyone you're with. Don't come at me when everyone else here has problems because I sure as hell am not the only one so get out of my way"
Baz narrowed his eyes at her, leaned towards the doorway blocking anyone from coming through. He was trying to prove to Jessica that all of this was happening because of her being held hostage by Javi. She wouldn't have gone to this degree because she had told everyone how she was glad to be sober yet again. Someone needed to look over her and Baz felt like he was the one.
"I'm not saying that Jess, all I mean you are better than this and you know it. This isn't you, you don't like the person you turn into and neither do I. You're fucking your life up like this"
"You liked me last time I screwed up, didn't you? You had no problem dragging me into the bedroom while you and Cath were on a break. You know why? Because I'm such a fuckup and that's exactly what you like. You weren't in love with Cath because she was perfect, Lucy's been your side chick for years and me? You want someone who is as fucked up as you are and that's the truth"
"When did this turn around on me?" Baz questioned back knowing that she was trying to take the blame off herself. "This isn't about me; this is about you going off the deep end again. What's going to happen this time? You're going to run away like you always do and show back up years later, you're going overdose for the hundredth time and no one is going to be there to take care of you"
"You weren't so what's the difference now?" Jessica fired back knowing that her statement was the truth as well. There had been a couple times that one of her brothers helped her out but she was on her own after that. There was a time that Baz had helped her when she was overdosing and that's what the conversation reminded her of. She believed that he was trying to get back on her high horse in order to prove he was right. "Now get out of my way and leave me alone"
"I already said that I'm not leaving you by yourself so can get high on something else. Either I'm taking you home, your coming home with me or I stay here with you" It was now Baz's turn to put his foot down. As he was already blocking the patio door, he placed his hand out and rested it on the doorway.
"God, why do you have to be so dramatic!" Jessica yelled which made people yet again stop and stare. This time however she had enough and wasn't going to be dictated around. Her number one problem was him trying to tell her what to do, she had been fed up with it for the last few days but didn't care to argue. Instead Jessica kept blowing him off without any reason. Stepping closer to him, Jessica stopped directly in front of him, her eyes fixated on him. She was done playing around, done fighting and more importantly, done with him.
"Do you really think I'm going to move just because you want me to?"
"Why are you acting like this? I've done nothing to you" She countered, her stormy eyes trailing from his face over to his arm. "You know what, I'm not going to stand here and look like an idiot"
"I think you've done a good enough job already"
Clamping her mouth shut, Jessica pushed herself forward and shoved his arm out of the way with all the strength she could. It was hard due to the fact that her right arm had a cast on it so she couldn't bend it at all. Baz was caught off guard and didn't have time to react so his arm flew off the doorway with ease. The blonde shoved her shoulder into his as she rushed past him and Baz nearly knocked into the person behind him.
Jessica shook her head hard already planning her escape. She wanted away from Baz fast and the only option she had was locking herself in a room where he couldn't get in. Maneuvering through the crowd of people, she took a glance at J and Nicky who were sitting in the living room.
J noticed her demeanor and looked behind her in order to see what was going on. Nicky took a glance as well before setting her eyes on the white drug in front of her. He was curious as to what was going on as he was trying to keep Nicky out of trouble. The moment he saw Baz behind her, J knew it had something to do with her spiraling out of control. He stood up slowly due to his leg then turned his attention to Baz.
"Hey…what's going on?" He questioned once Baz passed him.
"It's nothing involving you so don't worry about it" He told him taking a glance over his shoulder.
J peered after Jessica again realizing then something was going on between the two of them. Everyone in the house knew that they were not getting along it was only a matter of time for something to happen. He was honestly concerned because he remembered how it was for his Mom, the way she had outbursts when she didn't have enough drugs in her system. J noticed the way she was acting lately and it made him remember the past.
"Baz…Let her cool out for a while, her being angry isn't going to solve anything" J said remembering all the times he let Julia breathe for a while.
"I said this doesn't involve you so stay out of it" Baz responded still making his way through the party guests, ignoring J and trying to keep his eyes on Jessica.
J blinked in her surprise, just wanting to help the situation. He had no idea what the issue Baz had with him because he had done nothing wrong. Nicky pulled at J's hand to sit him back down but he swatted it away. Even though he wasn't close to either of his family members didn't mean he wasn't curious and concerned at what was going on. By the time he went to speak again, Baz was gone from his sight.
Jessica made her way to her room in order to grab the things she brought. She tried slamming the door behind her but Baz was right there in order to prevent her from doing so. She walked towards the right side of the bed where the window was with him standing across from her. It was clear that Jessica was strung out due to her behavior as she hadn't acted that erratic until that night. It was the mixture of drugs flowing through her veins and on top of it the alcohol.
"You know what? I regret ever hooking up with you. I was just a sixteen-year-old girl who didn't know better. I wouldn't have been in the predicament I was in and I sure as hell wouldn't be in it now" Jessica spoke out of the blue while ripping her jacket off the bed. She looked him dead in the face, Baz wasn't expecting that at all.
"You really think that? You honestly think that you and I would have never got together?"
"Yeah because you know nothing that happened back then. You know I got kicked out of my own house, had nowhere to go, was forced to stay with a friend because my own family didn't take care of me. You still don't know, do you?" She questioned knowing the answer already because she had been the only one.
"Know what? Now what are you talking about?" Baz asked her, not even having a clue of what she was mentioning. He knew all about Jessica's past just like everyone else in the family. He didn't think it still bothered her compared to back in the day but he couldn't understand where she was coming from. Even though Baz didn't admit it, he did feel guilty for what happened to Julia and Jessica.
For a moment, she bit her lip in order to stop herself from saying anything. Jessica had a deep, dark secret that she was keeping buried and no one knew the truth. "You wouldn't care so it's nothing now. Just stay out of my way, okay?"
Even though Jessica could feel her emotions rising to the surface, she was trying her best to tuck them away. Baz could see tears filling the brim of her eyes which now made him question exactly what she was talking about. All of a sudden her emotions shifted, just like before but this time it seemed more serious.
"What's going on Jessica?" Baz asked her, feeling like the two of them had just been asking questions back and forth to each other.
She held the jean jacket tight in her left hand, scrunched in a ball and not removing her eyes from him. The second Jessica blinked, a few tears slipped out and she quickly wiped them away with the outside of her cast. Her mascara ran lightly and Baz could tell more than one thing had been bothering her.
Moving away from the bed, Jessica moved past Baz as quick as she could. There were a few secrets ready to spill from her lips and it wasn't the time to be sharing them. It was a private conversation that Jessica wasn't willing to have, especially not at a party full of people. Slipping past him and into the hallway, she felt that she could breathe again and looked for a way to escape. People flooded Smurf's and she was hoping that she could blend in with the crown. In all honesty she didn't want to leave but it was Baz making her feel like she had to go.
Looking over her shoulder while trying to get past a couple making out against the way, she saw him standing in the doorway, Jessica couldn't believe that he was still following her. Jessica was trapped because she knew that she wasn't in the best state of mind to drive and she wouldn't walk home as her apartment was blocks away. On top of it, Baz would have trailed behind her and she wasn't getting in his car with him. As she made her way down the hall, Jessica suddenly felt sick and had to get to the bathroom fast. Glancing around the house, she rushed faster towards the living room, through the pile of people that gathered there and to the closest bathroom she could get to. She had her hand covering her mouth just in case and didn't think she'd make it in time.
Running inside, Jessica slammed the door shut and flipped the lock so that no one could get inside. Rushing towards the toilet, she threw her head towards the bowl and felt everything she drank and ate rise in her throat. It was bringing her to flashbacks that she didn't want to have but was forced to relive due to her actions. After what felt like forever, Jessica leaned back against the bathtub trying to catch her breath.
Baz didn't follow her knowing that it would have been pointless. Jessica was pushing him away as much as she could, with Baz not knowing what to do. The only thing he thought of was help from one of their siblings. Craig did enough damage already, Deran wasn't present and he wasn't sure if Pope was at the party or not. Backing away from the hallway, Baz turned around past party goers and took strides to Pope's old room. He would often hide in there if a party was going on and was Baz's only hope.
Going straight to Pope's door, he turned the knob to see if it were locked or not. The handle hardly moved which meant someone was inside and Baz knew it would be Pope. Pounding his fist on the door, he shouted over all the talking, "Open up Pope, I need your help with something!"
A few seconds had passed and Baz waited to see if he was going to answer. The lock flipped, the door opened and Pope stood there in with his arms to his sides. "What do you want?"
"I need you to help me with Jess. She's been taking different drugs and acting up like last time. She won't listen to me"
Silence had filled the air as they looked at one another. The music blared, people were talking all over yet the two brothers didn't have much to say to each other.
"Look, you know I've always looked out for everyone. I don't want her to do something stupid. Just help me convince her to have one of us take her home, it's all I ask"
Pope thought over Baz's pleading and agreed to help him. He had already gotten on Jessica's case when they were going to Mexico and nothing helped then. No addict was going to listen to someone preventing them from using drugs. Baz at least would have help trying to get her home, maybe she would listen to Pope more than him. He didn't saw a word as he stepped out of the bedroom, Baz closed the door and followed behind him.
"She locked herself in the bathroom. I don't know if she came out or not" Baz commented loudly.
"You know she's supposed to be your sister, right?" Pope answered back.
He hadn't answered him knowing that he was trying to bring up the same thing that happened with Julia. Pope had always been the one making comparisons out of all of the Cody brothers. In reality Jessica was the only person who could save herself despite Baz trying to do it. For the next couple of seconds, they hadn't said a word to each other until they reached the bathroom.
"I already tried opening it but she locked it" He told him as Pope glanced at him then to the bathroom door. He took a deep breath and went to reach the doorknob until it whipped open.
Jessica stood still, staring at them as she didn't expect Baz let alone Pope to be there. She thought he had left her alone and she was going to make a break for it. She pushed between them, shoved people out of the way and bolted for the front door. The brothers noticed a pill bottle open on the counter with pills scattered near the sink. It was now apparent that she had taken more drugs while she was in there and Baz added that to the list of other things she had taken. They quickly turned away and followed her, Baz moving around everyone in order to get to the front door before she did.
"It's bad enough you had to drag my brother into this but now you want to block the door so I can't leave?" Jessica asked the second she reached the door. Baz stood in front of it as he ignored randoms trying to get in. Pope stood behind her in order to watch what was going to unfold.
"I told you I'd take you home, you aren't capable of driving so you can quit trying to bail" He told her as Jessica rolled her eyes and turned towards Pope.
"And what are you going to do? Throw me over your shoulder and lock me in the bathroom like you used to do to Julia? If either one of you touch me it will be the last thing you do"
"Baz asked me to help you so here I am" Pope uttered in his monotone voice. His dark eyes were focused on her despite her warning. It didn't phase either brother and neither one of them moved. "And if I have to lock your ass in the bathroom I will"
Jessica scoffed out a laugh at his remark before shaking her head heavily. She tossed her jacket onto the ground and threw her hands up as if she were surrendering to police. "Fine but I have a question for both of you…The night that Javi showed up where were you then? None of you cared to show up and what happened huh? I got kidnapped, my goddamn arm broken and a black and blue face. Where you any of you then?"
Pope and Baz exchanged looks before Baz spoke, "We were doing everything we could to get you back here"
"No, you weren't, I wouldn't have been missing for a whole day if that were the case. If you would have just showed up for Smurf, I wouldn't have gotten the short end of the stick like always. You guys act like you have my back when really none of you give two shits about me. None of you ever think about me, none of you have ever cared to. I'm so over this family"
Pope had crossed his arms relating to what she was saying. He often felt that way about any of them because he felt like he was on his own in the family. Pope was different in his own way, but everyone had always called him crazy for it. Despite the Cody family being close, they were also far apart as each member was different. They all had their own goals, their own lives and their own wants.
"You know that isn't true Jessica, we were doing everything we could to talk Smurf into giving Javi the money" Baz told her the second she went to walk away from them.
"That's bullshit Baz, you guys did the church job. Where is all that money? Huh? Do I have to give you my cut in order to pay her back because every single one of you had money. Why in the hell were you not giving up your money to get me back? God forbid any of you give up your job money"
"You sound exactly like Smurf now" Pope commented remembering how she always yelled at them in the same tone and in the same words.
Jessica's eyes widen at his remark, feeling her blood boil. "Don't you ever, ever say that I'm like our mother because I'm nothing like her. If I ever am, shoot me in the head and put me out of my misery"
She didn't have anything else to say to either one of them and wanted to make a break for the back door. In her head, she was trying to plot the whole escape to make it outside. That way she wasn't trapped inside and had a better chance of getting way.
It was apparent that Jessica was acting out because she voiced her opinion before but not in her tone she was using. She was angry at them; she was hurt and certainly knew that her emotions were going to spill the second she got high. Even though Baz already dealt with her it was Pope's turn to see how she was acting and how much of a struggle it was going to be. Both brothers weren't going to deal with her mood swings and were going to do anything to put an end to it.
What bothered them for the most part was how many times they've been through this in the past. It wasn't just Jessica that they had to deal with, it was Julia as well. Craig was his own set of problems and the Cody sisters had it way worse than he did. It didn't help that both loved the women either and that they would do anything to protect them.
The three of them stood in silence for a moment because it seemed that no one knew what to say to each other. It was almost if Jessica wanted them to say something, to stop her from doing something stupid because she was on the verge of doing it. Her blue eyes flickered between them until she needed to move forward. She walked past Pope thinking they were going to follow her. Spinning around, she faced the brothers and spoke,
"You know what, why don't you go fuck your side chick some more and you?" Jessica whipped around to see Pope in order to ignore Baz's angry expression. "Why don't you go back to Amy's and see if she'll fuck you, but we all know she won't because she will see you for who you really are"
Continuing on her way, Jessica didn't look over her shoulder because she didn't want to see either of their faces. It wasn't the first time that she called Baz out for sleeping with someone else other than her, especially while dating her but for Pope it was different. He had been looking out for her since she had gotten back and Jessica appreciated all the help she could get. Things were different now, she went back into her old way, her drug habit kicking back into full force.
It was now Baz's turn to give Pope a look to show him that he had already been dealing with her attitude. Her sentence was a surprise because he didn't know how told Jessica that he was with Lucy the night everything happened. Either Lucy had said something in Mexico or one of the boys told her. It would explain part of her resentment to him but her Pope it was a completely different situation. Hearing her words didn't make him flinch like she expected, he just got furious. He wasn't going to let someone talk about him to his face about Amy to begin with because no one knew how their relationship was. This also brought out old feelings that he had towards Julia. It made him angry that his twin sister would hurt herself the way she did and Pope could see Jessica destroying herself as well.
Shifting his eyes to the floor in silence, Pope was going to take action. Ripping himself away from the scene, Baz watched before pushing past some people in order to catch up to him. "Pope, what are you doing? Pope! What are you going to do?" He yelled to him not knowing what he was about to do.
Pope had his dark eyes locked on Jessica as she was walking to the kitchen in order to slip out of the back doors. He caught up to her before she could even grab the door handle, placed a hand on her shoulder in order for her to face him and picked the blonde up. He threw Jessica over his shoulder, turned around and darted for the living room.
"What the hell? Pope let me down! Put me down!" Jessica screamed at the top of her lungs, hit her fist on his back as well as her cast. Pain radiated up her arm despite the cast protecting it so she stopped and started wiggling to get free. Pope turned his head before she kicked him in the face, made his grip tighter and held her legs down with his free arm.
Baz nearly crashed into him after hearing all the commotion and moved off to the side as Pope looked like he was on a war path. People at the party stopped what they were doing and began watch all the drama in front of them. He didn't understand what Pope was doing so he quickly followed behind him, watching Jessica fight him in order to get free. Everyone cleared out of the as he walked towards J's bedroom, formerly Deran's and kicked the door open. J had been lying on his bed and nearly jumped out of his skin when his three family members appeared.
"What's going on? Is she okay?" J asked, trying to jump up from the bed the best he could with his injured leg. He wasn't sure if Baz answered him as Jessica was still fighting like her life depended on it. Pope went to the bathroom, put his head down and threw her onto the ground, not caring if she hurt herself or not.
The second Jessica hit the hard floor, she hit her lower back on the cabinet which stopped her for a moment. Her eldest brother stormed out of the bathroom and back into the hallway. "Watch her!" He shouted which left Baz and J to exchange looks.
Baz took his responsibility to watch her, still unsure of what Pope was trying to do. Jessica looked up him with a twisted expression, a face he had never seen her make. "I hate you…get out of my way!" She screamed before jumping up and ready to take a swing at him. Baz ducked quickly, missing her neon pink cast almost collide with his face.
Pope now stormed into Craig's room, not caring that he was in the middle of having sex with some random girl that he picked up at the party. He had the same reaction as J, as well as the girl who covered herself and yelled the second he came in.
"What the hell man? The door was shut!" Craig shouted as the girl put her dress on and ran out of the room. "Seriously, what is your problem?" He asked grabbing his shorts and putting them on before getting out of the bed.
He saw Baz holding Jessica back, trying to keep her in the bathroom even though she was protesting. "Throw her in the God damn bathroom and shut the door!" Pope slammed the door shut and looked around Craig's room. Spotting his surfboard in the corner, he raced over for it and pressed it underneath the door handle to prevent it from being opened.
The second she heard his words; she stopped fighting Baz and ran to the opposite door. Pope picked the bathroom with two doors because then this way he could stand watch with Baz in tow. While she was distracted, Baz told J to grab him a chair as he closed the door. J moved as quick as he could and grabbed the chair to his desk. Handing it to him, Baz pushed it underneath the door. He leaned against it, keeping his head on the door before taking a deep breath.
"Don't do this to me! Why are you doing this?" She called out, pounding her fists on the other door.
Baz turned his head when he saw Pope enter the room. His expression was blank as he walked over to him. "When we were kids, I promised you I'd beat up anyone who hurts you and you hurt yourself the most so I'm doing what I have to" He reminded her as he listened to her footsteps go to their side.
"Let me out of here and I'll sober up! Please don't lock me in here!" Jessica sobbed, tucking on the handle hoping that it would budge.
J stood in silence, wide eyed at what was going on. He was used to seeing Julia high from drugs but he never saw anyone ever to this to his Mother. The way Baz and Pope were handling the situation wasn't right in his eyes but he didn't know how bad Jessica was compared to his mom. He looked between his uncles as they looked at him before Pope left the room once again.
Baz covered his eyes then rubbed them knowing it was going to be a long night. He was trying to silence out Jessica's pleading and moved away from the door. "Call me if anything happens, just keep your eye on the door. I'll be back" He told J as he disappeared as well.
As Jessica slid down the bathroom door, she placed her head on it as she wiped her tears away. She didn't want to feel like a caged animal and that is was exactly what she felt like. All she was trying to do was live her life and not letting someone control it like they did in the past. Her eyes scanned the room in order to figure out her situation.
Even though Pope and Baz thought they had the upper hand on the problem, Jessica was glad that she was in the bathroom she was in. When she was younger, she spent a lot of time hanging out with Deran in his room as Craig was always show up through the bathroom from his room. Their rooms were connected by the bathroom as she used to sneak out constantly. As she got older and lived back at home as an addict, she had an escape plan she used to do so no one could catch her.
Standing up from the ground, Jessica hopped into the shower and clawed at the large window trying to see if there was a way to break it. She couldn't use anything to break it and she knew that both Pope and Baz were at J's door. Staring at the door to Craig's room, she was determined to get out and would do anything possible. Hoping back out, Jessica braced herself for what she was about to do. Lining up with the opposite door, Jessica ran as fast as she could and launched herself into the door.
It busted open and Jessica tumbled onto the ground, tripping over the surfboard in the process. Craig had been sitting on his bed and jumped up to help her when saw her, not aware of what was going on. "You've got to get me out of here, open those doors" She said out of breath, pointing over to the patio. He didn't like what they were doing and he did exactly as she asked. Jessica didn't say another word to him. She glanced around the back yard before taking off into the night without looking back.
After heard the loud thud that scared J yet again, he limped outside of his room to see Baz talking to Pope in the hallway. "She's doing something in there, I heard a crash"
The music was still blaring so the other two wouldn't have heard it from out there. They looked at one another before going into J's bedroom and to the bathroom door. Baz pulled the chair away from underneath the handle and Pope opened the door. All three walked in the bathroom and saw the busted door so they headed for Craig's room.
"Where is she at?" Baz asked him as Craig played it cool. He noticed the doors open to the back and he walked forward to look around. Jessica wasn't out there, and Baz whipped around to see him.
"I don't know, I just came back in here. What were you guys doing?" He asked hoping that he didn't have guilt written all over his face. They all had their attention on the doors as silence filled the air once again.