Like always, Mikki belongs to KikiJuanita, and you need to be asking her permission to be using Mikki if you so do wish to use her. If you do so wish to use Onyx, please do ask me first. Enjoy.
Having woken up far too early after spending the night out longer than she should have, she rolled out of bed, and went around the corner to get breakfast for herself and for Seb as he deserved an apology for her behavior as he wasn't setting out to hurt her, but rather to help her out when it came to what she should do when it came to Clint.
She had went with Clint not wanting to be a third wheel with Mikki and Seb. And instead of Clint dropping her off at her place, they stayed out, driving to where they could better see the stars lighting the midnight sky up for their enjoyment as they pointed out the few constellations they knew. They called it a night in the early hours of the morning, spending quite sometime parked in front of her place, locked together.
When she had finally made it inside, she paid no attention to her surroundings instead going straight to her room, knowing it was by far too late to be waking Seb up for a pathetic little I'm sorry I acted so crazy chat, she would go to sleep and have a better conversation about the things he shouldn't be doing when it came to her life come morning.
Getting his favorite breakfast, would be the right start to that much needed conversation. Not knowing if Mikki happened to be around, she got something that she thought the girlfriend of her best friend might like, before making the short stroll back to her home. She placed the food on the kitchen table, seeing a small bag by the door, she smiled, picking the lone and forgotten bag up and walked into her best friend's room with a smirk on her face.
"Could you I don't know, knock?" Seb asked, pulling the blanket up around his still sleeping girlfriend. "We've been over this, Onyx, privacy is key," he pointed out, checking on his sleeping girlfriend.
"What would the fun of that be?" She asked with a smirk, going over to his dresser, moving things around to free up a drawer. It wasn't as it he had anything to hide, often washing his clothes with hers over the years of being friends. And she knew where he kept everything as she used a few of them as well, Seb not caring. As it is better to remain safe.
"A lot of fun, considering you could have walked in on something that you shouldn't be seeing," he hissed, keeping his voice low, not wanting to wake his girlfriend up.
"I don't know what you're so embarrassed about, it's not like I haven't done it before," she said rolling her eyes. "And dude the walls are super thin so I can hear," she laughed. "So seeing you two go at it wouldn't be much different."
"Don't remind me," he dryly said. Not even wanting to think about the times Onyx kept him awake before her relationship with Hunter, the two years she was single and brought back different guys over the many weekends. He did help them leave if they were still around in the morning, he enjoyed scaring them off more than he should have.
"For the sake of our friendship, I'll knock from now on," she told him. "When did you get so uptight?" She asked, turning to look at him.
"So help me, Onyx," he groaned. "Can we do this elsewhere and not where my girlfriend is sleeping?" He asked, trying to maneuver his way from the bed.
"No need, said girlfriend has been awake and heard the whole exchange," Mikki said, blinking her eyes open to get the sleep from them. "And babe, you have a lock on your door for a reason," she told him. "Use it next time," she stated. "But you should really knock, as it's not right," Mikki told Onyx, looking over at her. "And what are you doing?" She asked.
"Giving Sebastian a push, like he pushed me," she smirked. "Now you don't need to bring a bag every time you spend the night here," she smiled sweetly, showing Mikki the empty drawer for her, she wasn't about to ruffle through Mikki's personal belongs. "No thanks needed," she said, walking to the door. "I bought breakfast," she announced walking out the door making sure to shut it behind her.
"What are you up too, Onyx?" Seb asked, exiting his room while slipping a shirt on as he walked into the living room. "What was with that stunt? Is that your pay back for what I did to you?" He asked, sitting down at the table with her.
"Where's Mikki?" Onyx asked, handing him the food she bought for him. "And it's not pay back," she sighed, playing with her cup of coffee. "I'm sorry I acted like a brat about the whole thing. But you do know what you did was wrong, right?" She asked, watching the smirk come out. It wasn't often she admitted defeat like she is doing now. She couldn't be mad at him when things turned out right with her and Clint at least in the right direction.
"She's giving us a few moments," he informed her, unwrapping his food. "I know it was wrong and I should have talked to you first and I am sorry about putting you in a situation like that," he told her.
"I appreciate that," she smiled. "And thank you for the push, though I didn't really need it," she warned.
"I take it things are good with you and them?" He asked, referring to Hunter and Clint.
"I think things are good with Hunter, I haven't really talked to him to know how he feels after the stunt you pulled," she informed him with a shrug. "And things with Clint are really good," she smiled. "We don't have a label for what we are, as I'm not ready for that, but what we have is nice," she smiled blushing lightly.
"See? I did the right thing," Seb boosted. "This does mean you've forgiven me right?" He asked with a pout. The worst thing about it all had been having his best friend mad at him as that hadn't been his intentions at all. He doesn't set out to intentionally hurt her or to make her mad at him. Fighting with his best is never ideal.
"That may be so, but dude, this isn't high school and you can't be worrying about me and fixing my problems unless I ask you to do that," Onyx stressed for him. "You have that amazing girlfriend in there to be worrying about and showing her how much you care for her. You don't have time to be pushing me when you need to be pushing yourself with Mikki," she told him. "I forgive you, I forgave you last night," she smiled keeping the rest of the information to herself as he really didn't need to be knowing about when she forgave him and what she had been doing.
"Is that why you gave Mikki one of my drawers?" He asked. Onyx nodded. "You know I've been wanting to do that for a few weeks now?" He questioned with a laugh. Everytime he tried to say something or ask Mikki about it, he chickened out. It wasn't about moving too fast with her but rather he didn't know if they were ready for something like that. But ultimately they were and it was about making that jump and having his best friend do it for him may have been a cop out on his part; he wasn't going to take it back.
"I figured as much," Onyx laughed. "Seb, you don't need to worry about me, because if I need your help with anything I am going to come to you and ask for said help. But you need to focus on your life and if at any point you think I need a push, talk to me about it and not come up with some half brained scam to push me further into something."
"I promise I won't push you into anything without talking to you about it first," he told her, that is something that he can do, as it is her life and he shouldn't be the one meddling in it even if it is for her own good, he needs to be letting her figure it all out with very little commentary from him. "And I will worry less about you and worry more about my relationship with Mikki," he promised.
"I know how hard it is for you to say that, but thank you," Onyx told him. "I would hate for something to happen between you and Mikki and be the blame for it," she said. In all of his relationships, the only one she had ever pulled for is the one he is currently in, as she brings out the best of him and doesn't nag him like the rest of them have. It helps that she isn't insecure of her relationship with him when it comes to who he happens to be friends with.
"You wouldn't be at blame, Onyx," Mikki said entering the room. "You can't be at blame for something if it isn't your fault. As that would land solely on Seb's shoulders," she explained, squeezing her boyfriend's shoulders as she went past him. "And babe you don't need to be worrying about our relationship because we are fine and if you want the drawer back you can have it back, as that isn't something Onyx should have done," Mikki said, looking pointedly at Onyx.
"Yes it is," Seb said, sticking up for his friend's actions. "I've wanted to do that for the past few weeks and I didn't have the nerve to do it. The drawer is yours, if you want it, the same with the new toothbrush in the bathroom," Seb said, taking his girlfriend's hand.
"I want it," she smiled, leaning over to kiss her boyfriend. "Even if you needed that help from your friend," she laughed.
"She did do it the way it should have been," Seb laughed. "I must say that I do feel sorry for what I am getting Clint into," he smirked, looking over at his friend. "Is it too late to save him?" He teased.
"I don't think he'll be sorry about it at all," Onyx smirked back at her friend. "I think he'll rather enjoy it," she laughed. She did have a feeling that he knew exactly what he was getting into when it came to her. It wasn't as if she had been shying away from who she is around him. If she couldn't be herself around him, what was the point in trying to be with him? She wasn't about to change herself to make anyone like her. "You scare him off, and I'll just be home more," she pointed.
"And with Onyx home more often think about the amazing things we could be doing, but we can't because like your friend said, you're a bit uptight with her around," Mikki smirked, slipping into her boyfriend's lap.
"I'll be going now," Onyx said. "And if you don't want to smell like a guy, do feel free to use any of my stuff in the bathroom that you don't have with you. I really don't mind," Onyx offered, cleaning her mess up.
"You really do like my girlfriend," Seb teased. For him it still felt weird for her to be okay with his girlfriend and not declaring war with her for some stupid reason or another. Her fighting with his girlfriends had become such a norm that her getting along with Mikki, scared him just a bit, because they have been friends for so long, that if there happened to be something that he didn't want her to know, she could easily ask Onyx, and he knows without a doubt that Onyx will tell her, getting all the payback she wanted on him.
"I would be stupid to dislike the one woman besides your mom, to keep you in line," she stated. "I might actually like her more than you," Onyx smirked, going to her room, to figure out what she wanted to be doing with her day off.
"Now I can see why my brother is ready to move on from the bar business," Onyx joked, entering the building she had been given the address to. "Karaoke in a jazz club?" She asked, walking to the area Clint happened to be at, fixing up the stage.
"We didn't see a place like it around this area," he shrugged. "Figured it wouldn't hurt," he smiled, looking over at her. "And no it's not karaoke," he told her. "The plan is to find a live jazz band." They had done their research and found that there wasn't a jazz club around this area. The ones closest to them happened to be on the opposite side of the city.
"No such luck huh?" She teased.
"No, not really," he sighed, the select few bands that they have auditioned didn't fit what they were looking for. "There isn't much to it right now," he said looking around the empty building, artificial light being used as the windows happened to be boarded up.
"I don't mind," she waved it off. "It's just nice to see what you do for your job," she smiled. They talked about what he did, getting a degree in business. He kept this project close to home. He didn't give away to many details about the club. She didn't mind as this is his baby, and she didn't need to know any detail about what he was doing. It didn't concern her as they are friends.
"I do have a question for you," he slowly told her, walking to where she stood. He knew her reaction wasn't going to be a good one, given the way she acted towards her brother the night she filled in at the bar.
"Yeah and what's that?" She asked, slipping her hands up his chest and around his neck locking her hands in place.
"The night you sang at your brother's bar, I asked Nick why you didn't sing," he confessed, cutting her off from saying anything, holding his pointer finger over her lips. "He wouldn't tell me why and really I didn't want him to tell me because it should be you," he explained. "So will you tell me why you're not going after a career in the music industry?" He questioned, resting his hands on her waist.
"Why does it matter?" She asked, breaking her hold on him.
"Because you're amazing and I would like for you to sing here on opening night," he told her with a sigh.
"Just because I'm amazing doesn't mean it's what I love doing. And I can't," she told him shaking her head. "I owe so much to Jeff that it was easy for him to guilt trip me into doing it for him," she stated, moving to the door ready to walk out.
"Tell me why and I'll leave it be, Onyx. Explain it so I understand, as you sang in high school, what happened to that passion?" Clint inquired, making her stop at the door.
"Because after being pushed toward a passion I didn't want to pursue I quit singing, I stopped playing the guitar and there is nothing that will make me pick it up longer than once every few years," she told him."You were in VA, but yet you didn't chase after that dream. I'm very pleased with the career that I have taken. Getting up anywhere to singing isn't going to change that."
"I guess that's true, the passion we have in high school fades for some people," he sighed. It faded for him so he can see why Onyx feels that way as well.
"I've had so many people in my life tell me that I need to make a go at singing, but VA and the new directions were for fun. Broadway isn't for me like your sister and Seb's brother. Sure performing for sold out shows would be amazing yet it's not what I want to do and it would be nice for you to respect that," she pleaded with him.
"I do respect that, Onyx. I won't make you do anything that you don't want to do. I won't push you into a career that you don't need because I can see how important and how much you enjoy what you do. I'm sorry for making you think otherwise," he apologized, closing the distance between them.
"I forgive you," she smiled softly, lightly pecking his lips. "If you get a band and need someone to sing opening night, I'll do it," she caved. It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to be doing.
"You will?" He checked, having a hard time keeping the smile from his face.
"Under one condition," she stated, seeing his smile falter. He raised an eyebrow at her, waiting to see what this condition of hers happened to be. "You need to be up there with me for half the set," she smirked. "And don't even tell me it's not possible, because I know it is. My brother has a bar, and I know all your buddies are going to be here for opening night," she smirked.
"I'm going to get busy on finding that house band," he laughed. It couldn't be that bad to sing with her and it could be fun. "And seeing as I have zero choice in this, I'm in," he smiled, his lips sealing the deal.
It wasn't until her phone made noise indicating a text message came through that they put a halt to their make-out session. She smiled apologetic at him, taking a look at her phone. The Luxury? 2?
I'll be there. She quickly replied, seeing that she had no time to waste in getting half way across town. "I'm really sorry, but I've got this meeting I need to be at," she told him, kissing his cheek. "Dinner?" She asked.
"Yeah," he nodded, letting her go. "Let me know when you're on your way," he told her.
"Will do," she promised, squinting when she walked through the door into the bright afternoon sun light.
"Sorry," Onyx quickly apologized, joining her lunch date at the picnic table he occupied, turns out traffic and red stop lights weren't on her side. "How'd ya know?" She laughed seeing the sandwich and fries waiting for her.
"No need to apologize," he laughed. "Onyx, I know you and this is very much you," he stated, standing up to hug and kiss her cheek lightly.
"It's scary to know how well you know me," she laughed taking her seat at the picnic table ready to dig into her food.
"We were friends before and after we dated those two months, I can remember things," he pointed out with a smile. "Just like I know this isn't a friendly little lunch date between friends. So what is it you're fishing for?" He questioned with a smirk.
"Scary," she laughed, taking a sip of the locally crafted beer. "It's about Jeff," she told him. "You remember my brother, don't you?"
"How can I forget?" He inquired. "But I don't get what I have to do with your brother. He owns a bar I work as a radio DJ," he commented. "Is he getting married?"
"No," she told him, shaking her head. "He's thinking about selling the bar and going into work as a radio DJ and I figured you'd help me out. See if that is something that he wants to be doing," she explained, picking a fry up.
"I can't give a definite answer to you now, Onyx," he said. "I've got to talk to a few people at the station and see what can be done," he informed her.
"Thank you," she said, leaning over to hug him. "Give me your phone," she demanded. "I'm giving you Jeff's number so I don't have to play middle woman," she explained to a very hesitant Rory.
"And here I figured you'd want to go through my phone for personal information," he teased.
"Are you telling me that you've found the one?" She inquired, typing Jeff's information into his phone.
"I have," he blushed. "Have you? Things with Hunter still going strong?"
"As friends," she sighed. "Has it been that long since we've last talked?" She asked rhetorically as she already knew the last time they talked had been months ago. She gave him the cliff note version of her breakup with Hunter. "There is someone else. I want to be careful and not screw it up."
"Don't you know, that if you screw it up and they're still there when you go back that you didn't really screw anything up and they're willing to move past it because they love you?" He questioned with a cheeky smile.
"No," she simply told him. "I've never thought about it that way," she frowned. "I don't want to take that chance, Ror," she said.
"You really like him?" He prompted with a smile.
"I'm starting to feel a lot for him, and I feel guilty after the short period of the disaster with Hunter."
"Hey now," Rory chastised her. "There is never a right time to move on from an ex no matter the damage they've caused. You are the only one to know when you're ready to fully jump into a relationship and don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
"When you put it that way," she laughed. "I will keep that in mind and thanks for that advice," she smiled. "I think Seb has been trying to telling me the same thing," she laughed.
"You're a stubborn one," he laughed. "And you're welcome, Onyx. For all of it."
They continued to talk over lunch, Onyx getting a bit more information out of him about his girlfriend before they parted ways.
She frowned sitting in her car before she moved from her parking spot when Clint wouldn't answer his phone. Want to hang before dinner? She texted him. She tossed her phone into the passenger seat, making the drive home as she would just walk to Clint's place as it is nice out.
Rain check? Hanging with the guys. She frowned reading his reply. She didn't get it, because they had made plans for dinner and he seemed to be on board with it all and never once had he canceled on her.
Sure. She sent back, getting out of her car. She would ask him later about it.
"Sorry," she said, entering the apartment to see Mikki and Seb snuggled on the couch together watching a movie. "You honestly won't even know I'm here," she said, going to move past them.
"What happened?" Seb questioned, getting his friend to stop. "I thought you were spending the day and having dinner with Clint?" He couldn't piece together any fallout that they could have had over the morning hours going deep into the afternoon, nearing into evening territory. He didn't want to think that she caused any problems with Clint, with how things seemed to be going for her. He couldn't help but think like that, knowing his friend as good as he did.
"For whatever reason he decided to cancel and hang with his friends," she shrugged, what did it matter to her for? She couldn't even label what she had with him at this time. She figured at some point he would get fed up with her. "I had to meet with Rory to ask him a favor for Jeff. And when I told Clint I needed to go he was totally cool with it so that isn't the reason," she warned, before he could accuse of her doing anything to warrant Clint canceling on her. As much as his canceling on her hurt and she should just leave it be, she wasn't going to do that, because she really want to make an effort and clear the air between them and figure out what was going on. And it could very well be nothing and he made plans with his friends, she wouldn't blame him or be mad at him over it.
"I'm sure you'll get the answers to why when you talk to Clint next," Mikki said, cutting her boyfriend off before he could say anything stupid to piss his friend off. "Why don't I call a friend up and we can have a friendly little game night? she suggested.
"I'm down for that," Onyx agreed, slipping off to her room, shutting the door and turning some music on, to give the couple a few more minutes of some privacy as her intentions weren't to intrude on their little day together.
"Are you coming to play?" Seb questioned, sticking his head into her room, turning her stereo off; opting for the radio over the music on her phone, while she read.
"Yep," she said, tossing the book she had been reading on her bed after marking her spot. "What game are we playing?" She asked, following her friend to the living room.
"We are waiting on you before we decide," Seb informed her.
"You must be Mikki's friend," Onyx said, approaching one guy in the room she didn't know, he had darker skin with jet black hair.
"Mike," he laughed, holding his hand out for Onyx. "And you're Seb's best friend and roomie, Onyx," he stated with a smirk, having got the rundown from Mikki a few weeks ago.
"In the flesh," she laughed, shaking his hand. "I don't know about you, but I think we need to team up to take out the best friends," she suggested, casting a glance in Mikki and Seb's direction.
"I'm down with that," Mike easily agreed. "You two okay with that?" He asked, getting nods from both Seb and Mikki. "Cool," he grinned, taking his seat once more. "What games are we choosing from?" He asked.
"Heads up or That's what she said," Seb commented, holding both games up.
"What happened to normal games like Pictionary or a good ol' game of monopoly?" Onyx asked, sitting on the edge of a chair.
"You despise Pictionary and tossed the game in the trash when you were 15 calling the game stupid, and none of us have brought the game out in your presence since," Seb told her.
"In my defense it is a stupid game," she grumbled.
"And the last time we played Monopoly we played while into the later hours of morning and called it because you don't quit and I don't either," shrugged Seb.
"So playing games that end sooner rather than later happen to be for the best," Mikki stated. "As we do have work tomorrow morning."
"Okay, then let's go with heads up. Phone or cards?" Onyx asked. She really didn't want to head to her room to get her phone, instead slipping Seb's phone from the coffee table, unlocking his phone with ease. "Really? I thought you were changing that?" She asked with a laugh.
"And have you changed yours?" Seb asked with a smirk knowing there was a good chance that she hadn't done so yet.
"Have you been in my phone recently?" She asked, finding the Heads Up game on his phone. She saw no use of changing her password for her phone as it wouldn't take long for Seb to know what she changed it to as there isn't anything on her phone to hide from him or anyone in general as long as they stayed out of her messages. "Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who goes first?" She asked, looking at Seb.
"I'll battle Mike; winner decides what team goes first," Mikki announced.
"Best out of five," said Mike, getting ready to face off against his friend.
"Deal," Mikki agreed. "And no cheating," she warned, making a fist to play the game.
After an interesting and drawn out battle of the game, Mikki was declared the winner, opting to go last. Onyx and Mike were okay with that as they flew through the TV shows they were given in the time limit, doing better then Mikki and Seb.
They had played the game for a few hours, stopping to order food. They all put in for it. With the break in game play Onyx headed to her room to check her phone to see if she had any missed messages or phone calls. She had none. She shrugged, heading back out to the living room, giving very little thought to what had got into Clint, because her night turned out to be a pretty good one.
"I am sorry about this morning and barging in there and forcing the drawer upon you in any fashion, but I needed to prove to Seb that he needs to respect boundaries because it's not fun when friends overstep," Onyx explained to Mikki while the guys were sharing a laugh.
"I get it," Mikki nodded. "I do think you could have went about it differently, because Seb needed to be taught a lesson," she agreed. "And I highly recommend that you don't do anything like that again. I get Seb is your best friend, but he is my boyfriend and just like you don't like people messing with your relationship, I don't either," she stated.
"I know," Onyx nodded lightly. "Truly, I'm sorry, and nothing of the sorts will happen again, unless I'm asked," she promised.
"Apology accepted," Mikki smiled. "You could have taught him a lesson by telling me how he got that small scar on his hip. I ask, and he ends up looking like a ripe tomato," Mikki laughed.
"As fun as that story would be in sharing, I can't tell you," Onyx sighed. "That needs to be on him." It wasn't that simple. And she wouldn't do that to her friend. "Less serious stories might be on the table," Onyx laughed.
"I respect that," Mikki smiled.
"How'd you two become friends?" Mike inquired, when Mikki and Onyx joined them in the living room. Onyx and Seb shared a look with each other, recalling the day they had became friends.
"I do believe she was using me to get at her brother," Seb laughed, raising an eyebrow at Onyx. "I found out, and I was mad at her for like a week, and it was miserable and I had to make up with her," he smiled, he couldn't fathom an life without Onyx as his best friend.
"You have to know that Seb and Jeff have known each other since they were kids, always going to school together, and competing for the better grades in class," Onyx explained, she was sure they fought over girls as well, the one aspect she didn't pay much attention too. "And when I was 13, I spent the day at the mall with Jeff and a group of his friends, and he was ordered to keep an eye on me. An hour into being bored to death of doing things that Jeff wants to do, in walks Seb by himself and he starts in on Jeff..."
"Did you forget that I was minding my own business and Jeff was the one to start crap with me?" Seb questioned.
"Either way, Seb made this comment about Jeff and I didn't like it because no one can say shit about my brother and get away with it," Onyx said. "I flew off at him for saying it. Jeff was laughing behind me and by the time the last word flew through my mouth, Seb was laughing," she shrugged.
"I made a comment back, and she laughed," Seb smiled.
"And knowing how pissed my brother would be at me, I decided that I wanted to spend a few hours with Seb. At first I was using him, but before an hour was up, I saw that Seb was this amazing person and it wasn't about wanting to be his friend, I had this need to be his friend and we have been ever since," she smiled at her friend. "The best of friends."
"That we have," Seb smiled.
"When did you come clean to Seb about using him?" Mikki asked, not really liking that fact, as she couldn't see why Onyx would even think about pulling a stunt like that on Seb. He is such a good guy that she couldn't see why anyone would want to hurt him.
"Like a year and half into your friendship. I couldn't take this guilt over how we became friends, and I knew that I couldn't keep that from him. And I was scared that he wouldn't want to be friends any longer, that's why I didn't tell him sooner, but I had to tell him and let him make that choice for himself," she explained.
"It gave us a clean slate. And it wasn't about getting one over on Jeff, but just being friends and being ourselves with each other," Seb added on. "How'd you two meet and become friends?" He asked, referring to Mike and Mikki.
"Next door neighbors," Mikki told them.
"And that's saying something because they own a ranch, so next door neighbors was like a mile apart," Mike laughed.
"But we made it work, it helped that in the summer he would spend a lot of time at the ranch helping me with what chores I had so we could hang out in town with our group of friends or have this lazy day this pot hole of a lake on the ranch," Mikki laughed. "Make sure to remind me when we go visit my family," she said, looking at her boyfriend. Onyx could tell that something about that didn't sit quite right with her best friend and she would be having a talk with him about it.
"Fun times," Mike commented with a laugh. "I'm sure you guys had quite a few of those moments as well," he suggested, looking between Seb and Onyx.
"By far more than we should have had," Onyx laughed. "But we've had our fall outs too, because we're not perfect and we disagreed on a lot of things," she frowned, remembering those times more than she wished she would.
"Not fun," Seb sighed. "Did you guys experience that?"
"We did," Mike answered with a nod. "More so when relationships were involved. That's why this is nice, as your friendship with Onyx is the same as the friendship I have with Mikki where I see her more as a sister than anything else," he commented.
"The annoying little sister I never asked for," Seb laughed.
"Screw you, dude," Onyx retorted all while wearing a smile on her face.
"Someone tell me they've been keeping score," Mikki commented, gaining the attention of the other three, ready to get back to playing the game.
The group of four shared looks as they burst out laughing. Leave it to them to forget about keeping score on the rounds of games they've been playing.