I do not own Gorillaz and such because if I did….I'd so be living the good life XP! Oh well can't have everything…and I made it back to 'T' rated because I'm just too whomped right now so forgive me if I'd gotten your hopes up too soon….there will be a love scene between them just not right this minute…in fact…If I'm looking at the screenplay just right, they're at a hotel at we speak…

Murdoc: Sure you do love…sure you do….

Jake: Uh…what about our story Jynx, you know the one about me?

JTG: I'll get to you soon Jake I promise, you'll sort of have a happy ending with Rose…hopefully.

Jake: I didn't like the sound of that 'hopefully'…Rose isn't gonna break up with me is she?

Murdoc: Hey, ain't you that American Dragon Bloke?

Jake: Yeah, you heard of me?

Murdoc: Yeah, you're the one who's into that girl right, you know, the one who's supposed to slay you and stuff?

Jake: Yeah but…she's changed since then…

JTG: Uh guys…yeah what does this have to do with the story…last I checked this was a Gorillaz story not a Jake Long story so skedaddle Dragon Boy I got a chapter to write!

Jake: Alright I'll go man, but you owe me!

Chapter 9, a phone call

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Noodle moaned at the sudden noise. It was the phone…ringing in that annoying sound again….Darn! She was just in the middle of a dream of her and 2D having…it off so to speak…it was more of a memory trip actually.

The memory of how they had gotten themselves into this mess in the first place. She had wanted a baby so badly that she hadn't been thinking clearly once she gotten the pregnancy test. It hit her right there.

"I'm not ready to have a baby", she moaned that morning at the stalls, feeling the wave of panic come to her like a heavy blow. She didn't even tell 2D about it like she had planned. Instead she told Cassie…the one who gotten herself killed trying to save her. The one who had been shot by none other than that murderous witch Paula!

That monster had to go and ruin everything! Thanks to her, the whole truth came spilling out. 2D was furious at her, Murdoc couldn't look at them anymore, and Russel…it was just too much to bear. The police kept bugging her, questioning what had happened the night of Cassie's murder. The whole interview she kept screaming at them, "I don't KNOW anything just leave me alone!!!"

Russel had to go in and take her away from that place. He didn't like them bothering her with so many questions, questions she didn't even know the answer to.

No she didn't know why Paula was after her…maybe it was jealously…spite…the fact that she was 2D's girl while she wasn't. Who knows…all they knew was that someone had lost their life because of it.

Cassie would've been 18 by March had she still been alive…she was always bragging about being a Pisces, as her sign and how she was lucky to have been born a fish.

She never got to say goodbye to her at the funeral. She never got to tell her how much she meant to her…how much she missed her…all of it buzzed through her mind.

Ring….ring….ring….

Noodle snapped out of her daydream. She'd forgotten the phone was still ringing. "He-Hello", she answered sleepily, sounding a little grumpy. 2D stirred beside her in the covers mumbling, "Who the hell is calling in this bloody hour?"

"Noodle..." the voice was deep. "It's me…Jay"

"Jay?" Noodle sat up now. "You were the one who was Cassie's Roommate right?" there was a bitter taste in her mouth from mentioning that name, but she kept her voice steady as she waited for a reply.

"Yes…I've been trying to get a hold of you for some time but you left before I even got a chance".

"I'm in California with 2D".

"I know", was the reply, "Russel told me".

"Russel?" Noodle frowned. "Why would he tell you?"

"Because…" Jay stopped and then added, "Cassie was my friend too, remember?"

It hit Noodle hard. It didn't occur to her that Cassie had two best friends, but roommates must count too in this case.

"Look", Jay's voice was stern, "I need to speak with you right away, meet me at the diner tomorrow morning…there's something I have to tell you about Cassie's murderer…"

"How?" Noodle asked. "We're halfway around the world".

"I took an advanced flight", Jay said cagily, then went on. "It's urgent that you see me Noodle, bring 2D along too, he needs to hear this as well, for your safety".

"What are you talking about -?"

Click…the phone hung up on her before the question could be fully asked. What could be so dangerous about Paula, she wondered. It's not like she's a serial killer….or is she?

- - -

Jay looked at the hotel they were staying at. Her watch read midnight.

They'd been here for two nights already with no luck. When Russel had told her about the note, of them going to see her relative, apparently they were in no rush to see him since they were still sleeping in a hotel…"Must be Jet Lag I guess", she chuckled, remembering the long hours of being cramped up in a flight.

"What are they complaining about?" murmured a voice beside her. "They didn't spend the whole flight being cramped up in a suitcase in the back room!"

"I told you I had a spare passport", Jay snapped, getting impatient with the complaining the stranger was making, "You didn't have to go and sneak in their luggage".

"I didn't have much of a choice in the matter", mumbled the stranger in the shadows, leaning against the telephone stand. "It was either this or the police questioning me once we boarded the flight, I couldn't take that risk".

"Well…it'll be dawn in a few hours…" sighed Jay, brushing a golden lock from her face. "I'll make reservations at the Denny's place, in the meantime stay hidden, don't come out till I tell you".

The blank gray eyes in the shadows blinked at her. "I might be their last hope Jay, but let's get one thing straight…I'm nobody's pet, and I'm certainly nobody's teacher!"

And with that, the shadow turned and walked away, kicking a rock in her bare feet as she stomped away. What Jay had planned…had something to do with that stranger in the shadows, and whatever it was…could help 2D and Noodle protect their unborn child from the unsuspecting danger that awaited them.

Mah….I've could've done better with this chapter…chapter 10 will have it all come together now if I get there….if you could only guess who Jay was just talking to...well the next chapter might have them come back with a wedding, or a forgiving party, depends on how I go with this...I WILL get to the birth part though in the middle, and there WILL be a more intimate moment between Noodle and 2D or help me God I'll just kick myself!!!