Jade worked throughout the whole day, spending lunch with Nessie. She finished work at the end of the day and met all of her deadlines for the articles she had written. Jade was free for one day. She traveled back to the Pierre, back into the penthouse to meet Daniel again.
Jade drew out her keys and unlocked her door. Her phone had started to ring and Jade flipped it open. "Hey." Jade answered into the phone.
"Are you ready?" Daniel asked.
Jade frowned and mentally thanked him for not asking her how her day went or bother himself by just giving her a simple 'hello.'
"Well hello to you too and yes, my day was great, thank you for asking. How was yours? Now, what are you talking about? What am I supposed to be ready for?" Jade asked.
She heard Daniel sigh and apologize to her for not asking her how her day went, but he did launch himself into detail about his day went.
"We're supposed to be attending a dinner party tonight, hosted by Jacque Gordon. Are you ready? I told you a few days ago." Daniel said. From the tone of his voice, Jade knew he was right, he probably did tell her about a dinner party, but she never listened. There was a knock on the door and Jade told Daniel to stay on the line. She opened the door and saw Daniel standing there, bracing himself against the doorway.
"Shows how much you listen…and care." Daniel said his face cold and accusing.
Jade closed her phone and crossed her arms, looking pointedly at him. "It's a little hard to believe how unbelievable this really is. I simply forgot that we were supposed to attend a dinner party and you immediately assumed that I don't care. People forget you know; it's only human to make mistakes and simply forget." Jade said seeing him walk past her.
"Well you can either sit here and preach all you want about being human or you get dressed and come downstairs to attend the party with me." Daniel said.
He disappeared into the bedroom and Jade fumed at his insensitivity. She flopped on to the sofa and crossed her arms, glaring at the table like a small child. She heard Daniel walk into the living area to see why she wasn't coming into the bedroom.
"What's wrong now?" Daniel asked, his patience running low.
Jade didn't answer him.
Daniel balled his hands into fists and took a deep breath. "Brits!" he exclaimed.
Jade's ears perked up and she turned towards him. "Excuse me?" Jade asked if she didn't hear him correctly. She didn't hear Daniel so she got up to push his buttons. She needed a good fight, anything to scream into his face and get him to scream back.
"What did you say?!" Jade asked walking into the room. She saw Daniel wearing his shirt and buttoning up. "I asked you a question." Jade said through her gritted teeth.
"I don't want to fight with you Jade. It's not against my nature to fight with a woman." Daniel said calmly, fixing his collar.
"It's not your nature or you're a coward to fight back? What is it Daniel? You can't handle a smart mouth? You're nothing but a coward, that's what you are. You said what you wanted out there and run back in here and act like nothing's happened when you know I'll be taking serious offense to it. If Brits is what you can't handle then I suggest you find some weak and stupid American that will give you what you want because I certainly can't. You're not a man Daniel. You're not a man! You can't fight me and that says something about you!" Jade yelled.
Daniel shot her a disgusted look. Jade wanted him to show some passion and say something else but he didn't.
"What's wrong with you?! Why are you ignoring me?" Jade asked seeing him button up his vest.
He still didn't answer, making Jade see red with anger.
"I hate you and I have no idea why I'm marrying you. Go buy yourself a cheap whore and forget about me. I'm not your type anyway. You want an American pacifist as your wife, how stupid of you to choose me." Jade said seeing him walk past her.
He crossed the living room and opened the door, shutting it behind him. Jade felt her tears travel up quickly. She let out a sob and fell to the ground, feeling frustrated at her life. The men in her life were dogs and failures. She wished she could have tried harder with Draco, to make him see something in her that he didn't see before. She basically threw in a path full of flowers for Ginny to walk on, towards him and hardly did anything to stop it. She wished she would have stood in Hogwarts. She knew she would have been happy with Harry at least. They shared a lot of things in common and he was like another best friend to her. If she hadn't have left him, she would have been happy, in England, probably with children.
She would have gotten over Draco as well, but why wasn't she over him now? She blamed Daniel for that. If he wasn't such a gentleman and actually showed some passion in their relationship, instead of romancing all the time, Jade would have been satisfied. She hated him to make herself seem like an idiot for trying to get a good fight out of him. If she wasn't too busy trying to do that, she would have been much happier with him, but she truly wasn't. Jade curled up into her bed and fell asleep, hoping in a way that Daniel would change, or another man to come save her. She needed someone to complete her, to satisfy her, but it seemed as if her future was going to be a lonely one.
Jade woke up, feeling cool fingers, running down her face, down to her neck. She opened her eyes to see the nothing in front of her. The room was pitch black, but she recognized his touch.
"Did you cool down?" Daniel whispered.
Jade sniffed and ran a hand on the side of his head. She leaned forward and kissed his lips, feeling him kiss her back. "I'm sorry." Jade whispered against his lips.
He grinned and nodded, slipping his hand into her shirt. "I know." He said. He kissed her again and Jade gasped sharply at how cold his fingers were. "Sorry." He mumbled.
"It's ok." Jade said, pushing him on to his back and turning on the lights. She saw him look at her thoughtfully and Jade rested her head on his chest, unbuttoning his shirt.
"I missed you tonight." He said sighing.
"I didn't." Jade said hearing him chuckle.
"What am I going to do with you?" Daniel asked peering down to Jade who shrugged, pushing his shirt off of him. She shifted on to his hips, letting him shrug his shirt off of him and pulling hers off. He smiled at her, kissing down her neck and fiddling with her bra hook on her back.
Daniel's Blackberry started to ring and he turned to it. Jade pulled him back and wrapped her legs around him to keep him from receiving the hateful device.
"This is our time Daniel." Jade said, kissing him forcefully.
"Please stop doing that to me! It might be something important! Do you seriously want me to leave my work just to spend a few seconds with you?" Daniel asked, lifting her off and grabbing his Blackberry. He looked into his messages and made a call, leaving the room.
Jade was furious. She strapped her bra back on and went to find a nightgown to slip into. She had no pajamas and no comfortable T-shirts except for annoying silky nightgowns. Jade buried herself into the covers and never bothered to wait for Daniel to come back.
