Title: My House, My Rules
Summary: Bree's had enough drama to last a lifetime. However, her perfect little world is about to crack at the seams. It seems that even escaping to Vyliea to get away from Ruxburg and painful parts of her past isn't far enough when Holly only has her as an option. Jay and Hadara are supposed to stay over at her technologically advanced house for a week, and Bree's not happy. Not when Jay once stomped on her heart and found a different girl, Hadara. This week just isn't Bree's week of choice.
Main Characters: Jay, Bree, Hadara, Holly
My House, My Rules
Bree blew out a deep breath and ran one hand through her dark colored hair, amber eyes following the pacing black haired woman in the screen in front of her. "Holly, I live on the border of Vyliea and Vandala, not in Ruxburg. What do you want me to do about it? Drive all the way down to Ruxburg to pick Jay up from the airport, pick up Hadara, and take them back to Vyliea with me?"
Holly stopped pacing and looked at her as she sat down in front of the laptop as if surprised she hadn't come up with that solution. "That'll work…" she mused, clearly thinking it over.
Bree blanched, "wait, hold on one second!" The brunette spoke indignantly, "Holly you can not expect me to be happy with having Jay and his fiance over at my house for who knows how long! What about Cynthia? She's in Vandala, that's closer than Vyliea!"
"Cindy's on tour again remember? And I don't expect you to be thrilled about it, but what option do I have Bree?" Holly said helplessly, "I'm not supposed to be back to the real world in a sense for a week, and after that, I have business to take care of in Yukota. My place isn't an option."
Bree threw her hands into the air, "I'll buy them a house then!" She exclaimed with a rather angry tone, "for StarClan sake I'll go down there and buy them a freaking house instead of them staying over at mine!"
"Bree, now that's overreacting," Holly reasoned, "and you and my brother used to be inseparable, can't you help him out this once?"
"I help him all the time," Bree snapped back, annoyance in her tone, "and what happened to us was that I practically spilled my heart out to him and he didn't even blink. Instead, he went off, effectively pushed me out of his life, and found another girl."
"Bree please," Holly pleaded with the brunette, "you're my only option! Cynthia's house is so expensive she'd cry if they broke something while she was gone, Leon's with his team in Rija, and I'm not supposed to be taking care of this!"
Bree's annoyed expression crumpled at the desperation on her childhood friend's face and she gave a drawn-out sigh, "okay, I'll take care of it." She then pointed a warning finger at her, "but only for you. Jay could rent an apartment for all I care."
Holly's face broke out in a bright thankful smile, "you're a miracle worker," she smiled at the brilliant inventor, "thank you so much, Bree-"
"Oh come on Holly," A male voice cut Holly off and Holly gained a sheepish expression as she looked at someone out of the camera frame. "We're supposed to be getting away from everyone else on the honeymoon remember?" Finli came into view on the camera as he rolled his eyes at the green-eyed woman sitting in front of the laptop.
"I know," Holly sighed, "but my brother's coming home early from the boot camp and I couldn't leave him out in the cold."
"Don't worry Holly," Bree spoke up, hiding the pang of sadness she mildly felt at the sight of them so happy and together. She used to have that with Jay, maybe not to the same extent but close. "I'll handle it, and I promise to not kill your brother."
Finli smiled thankfully at Bree, "thanks Bree, Holly will talk to you later," he looked over at Holly, "hopefully at the end of the week."
Holly smiled sheepishly at Finli, green eyes twinkling softly.
Bree nodded, "have fun you two, embrace the lack of responsibilities," she said with a slightly cheeky smile before she lifted one hand and casually swiped to the left in the air. Effectively ending the call. She then gave a drawn-out groan and resisted the urge to childishly sulk around her house.
"Bree, are you alright?" Her trusted AI companion Lion asked in a concerned manner and the robotic cat bounded over to her, his synthetic Toyger fur brushing soothingly against her ankles. "I'm detecting elevated Stress levels from you."
Bree sighed and picked up the AI before depositing him on her shoulder, the cat sitting calmly on her shoulder as she scooped up her keys from the white circle table where she had been working on the translator device she had promised her dog Blissie weeks ago. "Just wait," she sighed, "my stress levels are going to shoot through the roof. Lion, you in the mood for a road trip?"
Mike ~ Bree's House Security System AI
Lion ~ Bree's Perfect AI. Lion is an AI stored in a tiny micro chip that Bree can put inside a variety of things with his own personal favorites, a robotic cat that looks just like the real thing (Toyger Breed), a hoverboard, or the standard L.I.O.N car
Blissie ~ Bree's normal chocolate lab
Tigress ~ Bree's Pet Monitor AI
Blue Jay ~ Bree's Smart House System
Scene # 2
Bree crossed her arms over her chest as a way to fight off the chilly wind as she stood at the airport waiting semi impatiently for Jay and Hadara to come to her. She had fetched Hadara and gathered things for Jay before arriving at the airport, getting rid of the unnecessary trip back to Holly's place. The less time she had to be here in Ruxburg where she could be publicly noticed as the scientist who achieved holographic technology and ways to cure blindness and paralysis the better. Vylyan citizens had gotten used to having the world renowned scientist live in their city state, other regions not so much. Plus she wanted to go home and for time to speed up so that the days could blur together and she could forget about the whole thing.
Scene # 3
Bree responded with a grunt and stepped into the moderately modern looking house where she had lived since she had left Ruxburg heartbroken and miserable. She dropped her keys into a hand carved wooden bowl near the door and continued into the house while Hadara watched Bree's keys shimmer then vanish, leaving the bowl empty.
"Where'd your keys go?" Hadara asked curiously, having never seen so much tech inside a house before."
"A safe place," Bree shrugged, "I have multiple sets because I never leave them in the same spot in the house. I have multiple of those bowls as well and Mike makes sure each of the bowls have their proper set of keys."
Hadara opened her mouth to ask another question but Bree spoke before she could ask it.
"If you have questions just ask Jay, seeing how I told him about all of my older tech," she said in a half sarcastic tone before disappearing around the corner and gave a soft sigh. This is a nightmare. She kept walking toward the entrance to the basement, her limp more prominent than ever from her heightened stress levels.