This chapter is all over the place because there are many more things coming in the future. Also, I'm feeling like this title is no longer fitting to this story so I added to it :)

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"I won't hurt you," Mac said as he cut her hands free and pulled her up against him. Making sure they were both comfortable he pulled the blanket over their sweaty bodies and they both closed their eyes. Julie was too tired to protest and Mac had been up for four days.

They both fell asleep instantly, it had been a rough day and now they were wrapped up in each others arms.

When he woke up a few hours later Mac was astonished that his fingers were entwined in her hair. He had been playing with her hair in his sleep, winding it around his fingers and rubbing it against his face; his eyes went wide, almost bugged out of his head, quickly he jumped out of bed and pulled his pants on.

This was not acceptable.

"Where are you going," Julie asked as she rolled over still sleepy from the two hour nap they had just taken. It was full on dusk now, they had whiled the day away fighting and fucking.

"Outside," Mac snapped, "I need a smoke." He was put off by what he had done in his sleep. Not one to cuddle he had done that too with her, he had wrapped right around her like a vine Jesus fucking Christ. Previous to her he'd not really even spent a night with a girl, certainly didn't actually sleep next to them or cuddled up to them. He'd either leave their place after or kick them out of his.

Julie had slept at his house and he had slept at her dorm with her that one weekend. That was the weekend he'd gotten her pregnant. 'Fuck', he thought to himself as he lit the cigarette, catching feelings for anyone and especially her was not on his agenda.

Then he sighed to himself. There was a convenience store just down the street, he should go get her some orange juice and milk. Maybe she was hungry, 'fuck this shit', he thought to himself as he jumped over the railing of the balcony off her room and headed to the store.

This worrying about someone else besides himself was getting old.

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"So now we'll talk like normal people," Mac said out on the balcony of her room later that day, he had untied her, fell asleep, got up, went to the store, came back and fucked her again; and now they were at an impasse.

"Who are you kidding, there's nothing normal about us." She said as she sipped and an orange juice he had gone to get her, "I hate orange juice," She said making a face.

"Tough shit it's good for the baby, there's milk there for you too."

"I really hate milk, and you are not going to start telling me what to eat and drink." Julie huffed, "You can forget that."

Mac got up from the chair where he was sitting and casually walked over to her, making sure to get all up in her face and throw his bulk around to intimidate her, "I think I misheard you," He looked down at her as she sat in a lounge chair, "So I'll give you a chance to reconsider what you just said."

"Like I said," She took a long sip of the orange juice, "Not normal."

"I'm willing to compromise with you," Mac leaned against the railing of the balcony.

"Oh you are?" Julie snarked.

"Yeah smart ass, I am." He continued, "I realize I was thrown for a bit of a loop today and may have acted a bit..."

"Crazy?" She offered with a roll of her eyes.

"Concerned was the word I was thinking."

"Oh sure, I get that," She said with a hint of sarcasm.

"You should watch your mouth..." Mac warned, "I'm trying to compromise instead of tying you back to the bed for the next nine months."

"Seven," She said and he glared over at her, "I'm two months already, the baby is coming in August, I'll be done with school in May."

"Fine go back to school, but I'll be around..."

"Thanks for the warning.", it wasn't like he was giving her a choice. When he spoke again she really wanted to laugh.

"Are you hungry?" He asked.

"Oh God," She rolled her eyes again and reached for her ringing phone and frowned.

"Who is it?"

"Izzy," She swiped and answered the phone, "Hey Iz uh, yeah, yeah. Oh he did? No I was going to...OK, yeah. OK. Sure. Thank you."

She hung up the phone and looked over at him with a scowl on her face.

"What?" Mac snapped as he lit another cigarette, "What's your problem?"

"Seems that Walter called her and told her you and I were over here yelling and screaming all day long," Julie answered in a told you so tone.

"What an asshole." Mac inhaled his smoke deep and blew it over the railing. Baby steps were better than no steps, "Ain't nothing sacred around here anymore?"

"I told you Walter was gonna be pissed at you . Now Izzy wants us there for dinner in one hour,"

"Us?"

She nodded, "And don't even think of dipping on me. I'll kick you right in that dick you're so fond of."

"No you won't, that would just be punishing you too." He laughed at his own joke.

"You are such a jerk," She huffed.

"So you keep telling me, yet here you still are."

"This is my hotel room bitch," She finished her juice and laughed at his reaction to her calling him a bitch, "You barged in on me this morning remember."

"Who are you calling a bitch?"

"You," She laughed as his face contorted and his hand formed fists.

"Ah ah temper, " She pointed to her stomach, "Baby on board."

"Fuck you," He snarled and tossed his cigarette over the railing.

"Three times is enough for me today..."

"Don't flatter yourself," Mac said, "I'm out, see you when I see you." He put his hand on the railing to jump over and get away from her and her smart mouth. Let her go face Izzy alone he was out.

"Can you please go with me to Izzy's."

"What did you say, I didn't quite hear you?" Mac put his hand to his ear.

"Please will you come with me, she knows we were together."

"What's in it for me?" He turned back to her.

"Oh, I don't know, how about I carry your kid around for the next seven months, then push it out my..."

"Alright, alright, fine!" Mac growled and that was the end of that.

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"Haven't seen you in a long while, come in, come in," Izzy said to Mac as soon as she opened the door. Izzy was an older version of Julie, with long dark hair and a gypsy style of dressing, right down to her head scarf and huge hoop earrings. She wrapped her arms around Julie and pulled her close, "I've missed you baby."

She had raised Julie since she was twelve, watched her and Mac grow up and now something was definitely up, Walter had been hell fire mad that morning. Mac hadn't shown up for a mandatory meeting that afternoon and Devon had reported he saw him over at the hotel with Julie, so tit for tat was Walters response.

Let Izzy do his dirty work for him was Walter's plan, she'd give the two of them hell so bad they wouldn't know which way was up when they got home.

"I missed you too Iz, I'm sorry I didn't call."

"It's OK," She smiled at Julie, " And Macerio, where have you been hiding?"

"Ah you know M'am, been busy working,"

"Yes, sure," Izzy knew what his work was, everyone did. She didn't care because he was her good friend's son and he was always respectful of her. She worked for Walter herself once upon a time at the bar just like Julie did.

"So first I hear that my niece comes to town and doesn't even call me and goes to a hotel," Isabelle said as she poured lemonade into the two glasses in front of Mac and Julie, "Then I hear you were banging on her door at Seven am and the two of you were causing a ruckus all day long. "

"Walter needs to mind his own business," Mac replied and Izzy laughed as she served an elaborate chicken enchilada dinner to them.

"What's that on your wrist?" Izzy pulled Julie's hand to her and looked at the obvious rope burn that was there.

"Ah, nothing, I did it at school," Julie answered and Izzy dropped it but shot a look at Mac that made him of all people uncomfortable for the rest of the night.

After dinner and dessert Izzy walked them out to Mac's truck and waved as they pulled away. She had always liked Mac but she did make sure her opinion was out in the universe for them, her words not his.

"Well, I hope you're happy?" Mac growled.

"Oh please you haven't eaten that well in months I bet, and she loves you, God only knows why."

"Because she, unlike you, knows a good thing when she sees it." Mac replied and Julie laughed all the way back to the hotel.

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"Just go home will you?" Julie said outside her hotel room later that night, "I'm tired and..."

"No," Mac answered, "Fuck that, if I got your aunt on my ass now it damn better be worth my while." He pushed open her hotel room door and pulled her inside by the wrist with the rope burn on it.

"I'm not fucking you again," She said putting her keys on the dresser, "I'm fucking sore."

"Sorry to hear that," And then he was down on one knee and pulled her closer by groping her ass, "What if I promise to kiss and make it all better?"

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"Thanks for fucking me," Mac lit a cigarette and said to Walter the next day while they watched as Julie drove away to go back to school. Walter just laughed, it was fun to toy with Mac's life, he rarely slipped up like he did the day before, Walter never knew who he was fucking.

"No problem, Cholo," Walter snickered, "How did Izzy take the news that you're banging her niece."

"Threatened to cut my dick off if I hurt Jules," He answered.

"That's my Izzy," Walter laughed.