Black mascara tears
Late the following morning, the birds sang outside and the sun stood high onto the clear blue sky. Jack woke up abruptly by some noise coming from the kitchen.
He squinted his eyes and shielded his eyes from the bright sun through the large windows. He groaned as he stood up and yawned before he saw Breanna standing behind the kitchen counter.
By the sight of her, she probably felt just as badly as she looked. She had dark circles under her eyes, her long curly auburn hair was put up into a mess onto her head and she wore the most comfortable clothes that she owned.
As he walked closer to her, he could see her crack an egg into a blender full with other different things before putting on the lid and mixed the whole mess together.
''Are you really going to drink that.'' He asked and grimaces by the beige sludge. Breanna looked into the blender with the same grimace at him.
''I've to.'' She replied him.
''The cherry cocktails went down a little bit too easy last night.'' She added as she poured the entire jar of black pepper into the sludge. It has to do something at least.
''I noticed.'' Jack mumbled.
''You know those jackasses only had one thought in mind last night. If I hadn't dragged you out of there they would have taken advantage of both you and Fiona.'' He added.
''Maybe we wanted them to.'' She replied as the poured the sludge from the blender into a high glass. She sighed deeply before forcing it down her throat all at ones. When she was done, she grimaced and shuddered.
''I don't believe that.'' Jack said and walked over to the fridge and poured himself a glass of juice. Breanna put the glass and blender into the sink before turning around to face him.
''Thank you.'' She said and smiled slightly. Jack smiled back at her.
''Can we talk now?'' He asked.
''We don't have anything to talk about.'' Breanna sighed.
''Besides, I need to go get ready for work.'' She added and walked past him.
''I can give you a ride.'' He called after her.
''No!'' She spat back at him as she started to walk up the stairs.
Paris left the bathroom and walked back inside into the master bedroom.
''Hey! What did I tell you about phones?'' He said, scaring Chel, making her jump slightly.
''I just wanted to see how Teddy was.'' She whispered and gave him an innocent smile while pressing her cell-phone close to her chest. Paris sat down and smiled.
''For the fifth time today?'' He frowned his eyebrows.
''I'm sorry.'' She said and put her phone into the nightstand drawer before turning back to him.
''You have my undivided attention.'' She added and batted her eyes and flipped her hair behind her head. And this seemed to be an answer Paris was satisfied with, because the pair shared an intimate kiss.
''You know… there is a hot-tube out there.'' He whispered when they pulled apart and smirked slightly. Chel smiled and bit her lip
''How fortunate that I brought a bikini then.'' She purred and kissed him softly.
Zandra sat onto the floor in her suite, with her back against the bed and a container of her favorite ice-cream into her lap. She sobbed as she looked at the big TV screen in front of her. She let out a deep sob, before shuffling in a big spoon of ice-cream into her mouth.
There was a knock on the door and before she managed to make herself presentable, the door opened and Oliver stepped inside.
''Hey.'' Zandra said and paused onto the remote, before taking another scoop of ice-cream. Oliver sighed and shook his head as he closed the door behind him.
''That's not in your diet.'' He chuckled slightly as he walked over to her. Zandra looked down onto the half-full container of ice-cream before taking another spoon.
''I'm going for a jog later.'' She said with her mouth full. Oliver smiled and stopped in front of her.
''I promised your brother that I was going to look after you.'' He said. Zandra looked up at him and frowned her eyebrows slightly.
''I don't need looking after. I'm not a child.'' She said in annoyance before pulling her legs closer to her chest and took another spoon.
''Well, I'm your body guard. It's my job to look after you, whether you like it or not.'' He said and sat down besides her, snatching the ice-cream away from her, taking a spoon himself.
Zandra looked at him, slightly taken back. He took her ice-cream! And ate it! Oliver turned around and looked at her.
''Are we going to watch this or not?'' He asked and pointed towards the TV. Zandra kept on staring on him for awhile, before eventually pressing the 'Play' button onto the remote.
Then, she snatched the ice-cream back and made sure that he couldn't get his hands on it again. But when she made sure he wasn't watching, she smiled.
After almost two hours into the town market and about ten different baby stores later, Musa and Amazonia called it quits. Riven and Tulio had patiently been waiting for both of their wives. And for Tulio it was worth every minute when he saw Amazonia's radiant smile and her growing stomach.
''So how much did you buy this time.'' Riven smirked as he was the bags in Musa's hand.
''It's not that much.'' Musa said and placed her free hand onto her hip. Riven rolled his eyes and Tulio laughed.
''Whatever, come on let's eat. I'm starving.'' Riven said as he grabbed Musa's hand in his and the four of them started to walk down the crowded road.
''Where do you want to go?'' Tulio asked.
''I don't know, maybe…'' Riven said but were interrupted.
''Baby!'' A voice said and Aqua stepped out from a corner, once again on legs. Amazonia's face froze into a horrified expression as she started to back away.
''Aqua! Hey, hey, hey why don't you come and talk to me for a second? How are you doing?'' Tulio said as he and Riven quickly hurried over to her and blocked so that she couldn't get to Amazonia.
''Come on, let's get you out of here.'' Musa said and wrapped her arm around Amazonia's shoulder as she led her back up the road towards the palace. She could hear Tulio and Aqua's voices behind her as she walked as fast as she could from them.
She could feel her entire body shaking and her breath where heavier than usual. It had been months since she had last seen Aqua, and she had almost hoped that she never would again. But what just happened remained her that she might never get rid of her.
Paris were first into the hot-tube. He sighed and sunk deeper down into the hot water and every muscle in his body where able to relax.
''Do you know how much I love this cottage.'' He heard Chel's angelic voice coming from the house as she dressed in a pink bikini walked towards him.
''Can't we stay here for another week, month… year.'' She added when she stepped into the hot bubbling water.
''I thought you were in a hurry to get back home to Teddy again?'' He grinned back at her.
''Well then you will have to think of a way to get my mind on something else.'' She smirked and bit her lip as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
Paris chuckled and placed one hand onto the back of her head and looked at her, exploring every single millimeter of her face. Perfection. How she could be his, he would never understand.
Amazonia and Musa managed to get back to the palace safe and sound, but there was still no word from Riven or Tulio. They both sat together into the kitchen having lunch, however the last thing on Amazonia's mind right now was food.
In that moment Fiona walked inside in her pajamas with her long green hair in every single direction, squinting her tired eyes by the bright sunlight entering from the big windows.
''Well, you had fun last night.'' Musa said and she couldn't help herself to smirk at the sight, but at the same time she sympathized with her.
Fiona moaned and splashed her arms all over the kitchen island and placed her face against the marble surface.
''I wanna die.'' She moaned in a muffled voice.
''I'm so hangover.'' She added and stood straight again before taking a seat next to Musa and rested her elbows onto the counter. Musa smiled and patted her back.
It didn't take long before Fiona picked up the tension and looked from Musa over to Amazonia.
''What's going on here?'' She said and frowned her eyebrows. Musa sighed.
''We ran into Aqua in town.'' She replied her and looked over at Amazonia who sat and starred down onto her plate. Fiona's chin dropped.
''What? On land?'' She asked. Musa nodded.
''Amazonia, eat something. You need to eat.'' She said and looked at her sister-in-law. Amazonia looked up from her plate, but shook her head.
''I'm not hungry.'' She said in a low voice. Fiona looked at Amazonia for a second and she had to admit that she felt sorry for her.
She remembered when she and Musa had been turned into mermaids and went to see Aqua. And from what she had said and knowing what Aqua had done to Amazonia in the past, how could she not sympathize with her?
''Do you want me to go down to the bakery and buy that cake that you like?'' Fiona asked and smiled slightly. Amazonia looked over at her former rival and frowned her eyebrows slightly. And Fiona was slightly surprised about her offer herself.
''If you're worried about me poisoning you, I can take the first bit if you want.'' Fiona said, she and Musa laughed. Amazonia smiled slightly and nodded her head.
''Thank you.'' She replied her.
For the second time today, Oliver where on his way back home from his daily jogs. Not only did it help him stay in that shape that his position needed him to be in, but it also was a time where he could be alone and think about all those things that he usually didn't get the time for.
The past few days, his entire life had been surrounding keeping Zandra from going back to the mansion and do something that she might regret. He knew how much Paris meant to her, but lately it was starting to get just too much. On so many levels.
Suddenly, he could hear a female shriek and he stopped. There it was again and he set off into the direction.
Fiona managed to get herself to look as presentable as possible, but sunglasses and the hood of her sweatshirt sure made it a lot easier.
She walked down the crowded road leading down to the bakery. Then it hit her. She was actually on her way to buy a piece of cake for Amazonia. To Tulio's pregnant wife, and a few months ago, her mortal enemy.
And strangely enough, she was okay with that. It even made her feel more… healed. Maybe she was slowly, but surely starting to get over Tulio.
She eventually got to the bakery and walked inside. There was a short line, but she soon managed to get to the counter, getting a surprise about what she saw. And Breanna seemed to be just as surprised as she was.
''You?'' She chuckled slightly. Fiona laughed and removed her sunglasses and her hood.
''Do you feel about the same that I do?'' She asked.
''I did. But I've my secrets.'' She replied with a smile. Fiona nodded and looked inside her purse and took out a pen then wrote something onto a napkin.
''Here, call me sometime.'' She said and folded the napkin before giving it to Breanna.
''Then we can get together and complain some more about our failed love-life.'' She added. Breanna nodded with a smile and put the napkin into her apron pocket.
''Alright, what can I get you?'' Breanna asked. Fiona thought for a second to try to remember what she got down there for in the first place. Then she remembered Amazonia.
''You know that cake that Amazonia likes?'' She asked. Breanna frowned her eyebrows but nodded her head. Fiona could see what she was thinking.
''Yeah, one to go please.'' Breanna nodded and put one slice of chocolate and mint cake and fresh strawberries into a plastic container, before carefully into a paper bag.
''She's having a bad day. And knowing why, I felt sorry for her so.'' Fiona mumbled.
Oliver didn't have to run very far before finding what he was looking for. Not very far away he could see two guys and a girl going through the belonging of another young girl laying onto the ground.
''Hey!'' Oliver yelled and started to run towards them. Scared, the robbers fled. For a second Oliver thought about following them, but he was both unarmed and outnumbered.
Instead he stopped and kneeled down by the girl laying onto the ground, she was unconscious and looked to be in bad shape. What was he going to do? He couldn't just leave her here.
He scooped her up and started to walk back home to the ranch.
The cake that Fiona had went down to the bakery to get, laid onto a plate in front of Amazonia half-eaten. She looked down onto it and could feel her stomach turn just by the sight off it.
Musa looked at her worriedly. Normally that was something that Amazonia would more or less inhale, now she looked like it was a bowl of worms.
''Aren't you going to finish it?'' She asked and smiled slightly. Amazonia shook her head without looking at her.
In that moment, Tulio and Riven walked inside. Both Musa and Amazonia turned to look at them, both with anticipation.
''What happened?'' Musa asked. Tulio sighed and sat down onto the stool next to Amazonia, and Riven down next to Musa.
''We got her back down to the beach and she changed back.'' Tulio said took of his jacket and laid it onto the counter.
''But she went completely crazy. That woman can claw.'' Riven hissed and pulled up his sleeve revealing scratch marks. Musa's face went scarlet red in anger. Amazonia looked at the marks onto Riven's arm and she couldn't 't help but feel guilty.
''We told all of the guards that if she turned up here they would escort her back right away.'' Tulio added before turning back to Amazonia.
''How are you doing? You just froze.'' He asked concerned and dragged his fingers through her hair.
''I'm never going to be free of her am I?'' Amazonia whispered by the edge of tears. Tulio sighed and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, kissing her temple. He would make sure that she would.
After finishing her shift for the day, Breanna came home and threw herself onto one of the couches and closed her eyes for a second. But a second turned into an hour and when she woke up she thought about dinner. But after the night before, just the thought about food still made her stomach turn.
So instead she walked outside and sat down onto the steps by the front-door, clasping a cup of tea as she closed her eyes and sighed. She could hear the ocean waves from the back and she opened her eyes again.
A male figure came towards her and soon she could recognize him as Jack, only he looked older. He didn't seem to notice that she was there.
He walked past her and soon she could see a young girl by the age of seven or eight, with long auburn hair and green eyes running from behind the corner of the house and towards him. Soon another young girl with long blonde curls and green eyes, maybe five or six years old, came after her.
The both girls ran over to Jack and he picked them up at the same time. Another person came around the corner of the house and she could see herself, she also aged, supporting a young boy by the age of three, with auburn hair and green eyes at her hip.
The older version of herself walked over to her family, sharing a kiss with Jack.
Breanna closed her eyes and shook her head, then they were gone.
After Paris going away onto his and Chel's honey-moon, he had left Jack in charge in his absence. It had been a long day and it had finally come to an end. All of the other had already gone to bed and Jack looked forward to do the same thing.
He stepped inside his bedroom and threw himself onto the bed without even bothering to take his clothes off.
When he was about to drift off to sleep, there was a knock onto the door. He jolted up in bed and swore quietly and got out of bed and opened the door.
''Kimberly?'' He asked and frowned his eyebrows, surprised that she was there ever since their meeting in town.
Then when the shock had settled, he could she what she looked like. Her jacket tightly wrapped around her, her leggings were shredded and tears had smudged her mascara all over her cheeks.
This might be weird, but why do I find the hangover parts the most fun to write? Haha! But poor Fiona and Breanna.
And meeting Aqua again, how will this effect Amazonia. Will Tulio really be able to keep his psycho mother-in-law away from his wife and unborn child?
Speaking of Amazonia, Fiona seems to open up more and making an effort to help her out.
Who's the woman that Oliver found?
And Kimberly showing up at Jack's door-step, what does she want and what has happened to her?
Next time, Amazonia tells Tulio something that will surprise him, Breanna sees something that maybe she shouldn't.