Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 7:34 a.m.
Bonnie was on her way back to her room after a workout that was longer than she intended it to be. After using every machine in the gym, swimming in the pool, and taking a walk around the entire hotel, nothing could help her clear her mind. Reaching for key to her room, she stopped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking up, she saw Francine's face glowing with her signature smile.
"Good morning, beautiful. How's your morning going?", asked Francine
"So far, so good. I've been up for a while so I'm kind of tired." replied Bonnie
"Well that's too bad. Come to our room and talk to me." Bonnie was about to say no but then Francine said, "I won't take no for an answer."
Following Francine, Bonnie felt the guilt building up as they got closer to the door. When they finally got to the room, Bonnie didn't sit down anywhere. Instead she just went to the window and looked at the view. Looking down, she could see the millions of early birds who were off to wherever they were going. Being a city girl, Bonnie found comfort in the busy streets. The horns of the cabs and impatient drivers eased her mind and caused small smile to grow on her face.
"You know if you jump, Peter Pan won't be there to help you fly."
Noticing the voice immediately, Bonnie turned to see her little sister. Her usual energy is still sarcastic and clever but her appearance tells a different story. Her short sleeve shirt shows the bruises that J.C. gave her. And her eyes have small circles under them which could be from either crying, no sleep, or both. Seeing Taylor's look reminded Bonnie of the guilt she felt earlier.
"Hello! Are you going to keep staring or are you going to answer my question?", Taylor yelled
"I'm…sorry about that. My mind is…what did you ask me?", asked a confused Bonnie
"I asked you where did mom go?"
Bonnie was so wrapped up in her own thoughts that she didn't even realize that Francine had left the room. "I don't know. I guess when she let me in, she left back out."
Taylor shrugged, "She must of forgotten something. I guess age is starting to get to her."
"You do realize that she's only turning forty this year, right? Age isn't messing with her quite yet." Bonnie said with a light laugh.
Laughing herself, Taylor took a seat on the couch and began channel surfing. Taking a seat next to her, Bonnie and Taylor sat in silence as she continued to change the channel. Finally stopping on Disney Channel, Bonnie couldn't help but look at her baby sister, "Seriously, Taylor?"
"Yep" was all that she said as she began watching something about koala bears. They watched the show for about fifteen minutes. Bonnie was thinking of ways to bring up last night without offending Taylor. One thing everyone knew about Taylor is that she hated being treated as the victim of any situation. But she couldn't find a way to get around the fact that she was the one hurt last night. She decided to say whatever came to mind first.
"I'm sorry for what happen to you last night." Bonnie blurted out
"Sorry for what?" Taylor responded without looking Bonnie's way.
"I don't know… for bringing J.C. around you I guess."
Taylor turned the TV down and looked at her big sister, "It's not you fault. You didn't tell that asshole to try to rape me."
"I know but I should of known. Back in California, he use flirt with me nonstop. First, it was the constant nicknames like Beautiful, Gorgeous, and shit like that. Next came the dirty jokes. Then the invasion of property and little smacks on my ass."
"Smacks on the ass? What did Kelly say?" asked a shocked Taylor
"He told me he'll talk to him about it but I know he never did it. J.C.'s little stunts got worse. He even started doing it in front the other guys but never Matt. I just thought that I would be wasting my time telling Matt so I just dealt with it."
"Damn. So you never told anyone?"
"Yeah, Jake. And he lost his fucking mind. Him and J.C. got into a heated argument and he made it his mission to never let J.C. be alone with me again."
"Wow…Honestly, I should of seen it coming after he tried it at the house.", said Taylor
"He did what?! When?!" yelled Bonnie
"A couple of days ago… When you found us downstairs and he was laying on the floor? He put his tongue in my fucking mouth. So in return, I kicked him in his balls."
"Oh my god! I should of know what that creep was up to!"
"It's nothing, Bonnie. I'm just glad it's over."
"That son of a bitch!" Bonnie yelled out
"Besides, Mick beat his ass enough for everyone's mishaps."
Taylor noticed the change in Bonnie's face at the mention of her bodyguard so she decided to toy with her big sister, "Speaking of Mickey, he sure was ready to fight for you last night."
"He fought for you too, Taylor."
"Barely…I seen it as an appropriate excuse for him to beat the shit out J.C. It was so obvious that he couldn't stand the guy."
"No way. He really likes you, ya know? He told me you remind him of his little sister."
"Oh…it seems that you two talk a lot. Did y'all talk last night?"
"As a matter of fact we did. He checked on me after I settled in his room."
Bonnie seen Taylor looked at her with a smirked, "Not like that! He let me sleep in his room and he shared a room with Jake."
"Well that was nice. And how did you thank you him?" asked Taylor
Now the relationship between Bonnie and Taylor has always been tight despite Bonnie being eight years older. There were absolutely no secrets between them. But Bonnie was kind of stuck in two places: if she told Taylor what happen between her and Kane, the teasing and rude jokes would never, ever end. But if she didn't tell Taylor and she found out on her own, she would feel upset because of their tight relationship.
"Why are you so quiet?", Bonnie says nothing, "What did you do?", She says nothing, "Or who did you do", Bonnie raises an eyebrow but stays quiet. Taylor gasps, "YOU FUCKED MICKEY?!"
"Sssshhh…there's no need to yell, Taylor!"
"Well did you?"
"No…but it almost happen last night."
"Oooh…spill it, sister!" Taylor said while turning her entire body towards Bonnie. She currently had her undivided attention.
Bonnie sighed and shook her head. Might as well tell her. "Like I said, he came to check on me after everything happen and I started telling him how I've been so tired because of everything that Matt's been putting me through. The kids, the drugs, the women…it's a lot ya know? I was so angry with myself for saying yes to his proposal. And Kane was there for me and… I made a joke about him being the biggest asshole ever…and then I looked into those beautiful baby blue eyes and…then we started kissing and…"
"Whoa there… I know I encouraged you to tell this story but please tell me that you two did not have sex."
"No. Jake came looking for him right before we could do anything."
"Well thank goodness for that… cause you two definitely don't need those problems."
"There aren't going to be any problems because that was definitely a one time thing." Bonnie said in a matter fact tone.
"Oh sure it was."
"I'm serious. Me and Kane are two different people and it would never work out."
"Um…don't forget that your involved with Kelly."
Bonnie sighs, "Yeah…and there's that."
Taylor waves her hand in the slightly dazed face of Bonnie's, "Yeah you didn't hear me…YOUR INVOLVED WITH MATT KELLY! You know, Irish guy, major drug dealer, killer, coke head, anger problems, and very jealous."
"I heard you the first time, Taylor."
"I know you heard me but are you listening? If you go and do something with Mick, Kelly's going to go off his fucking knockers and try to kill the both of you!"
Before Bonnie could respond, the door opened and Francine came into in the room, "Well I see you two are talking so some things are back to normal."
"You can say that ma. But it seems that Bonnie has bright eyes for her bodyguard." said Taylor.
"What?! I do not! Franny, don't listen to nothing she says. All I said was-"
"No need to defend yourself. Taylor's under the impression that if people of the opposite sex talk for more than thirty seconds, there's something going on.", said Francine, cutting Bonnie off.
"Trust me it's not.", said a confident Bonnie.
"And even if it was, remember to just follow your heart and do not let anyone", Francine looks at Taylor, "including Taylor, tell you what to do."
"I'm not going to tell her what to do…I'm just going voice my opinion like the proud woman I was raised to be. How she handles it is all on her."
Bonnie just laughed off their conversation. She knew that there was nothing going on between her and Kane. For some odd reason, she still loved Matt and was going to stick him with no matter what. He was likely to come around sooner or later. That Kane thing was nothing. They were just caught up in the moment. There's no feelings between them. Right?