eeck, its gonna get a bit crazy from here on out.. be warned...

Chapter Seven

Natalie made her way downstairs just in time to see Steele showing Marty to a room, to say she was shocked and pissed would have been an understatement.. "Uh steele what are you doing" she said with increasing anger as she came over to him and marty..

"You should get some sleep" he said to marty who just nodded at him and then walked towards one of the vacant rooms as natalie looked on in shock..

"you are not seriously letting that woman stay here, are you" she said in shock as Steele sighed as he looked at her..

"its after midnight natalie" he began..

"i dont give a shit if its three am, you can not let her stay here" she snapped at him angrily.."You dont even know who the hell she is!"

"she was apparently a guest of johns" he snapped back at her..

"Unbelievable, so now what is this place, a refugee center" she snapped angrily as she went to walk past him but he stopped her..

"we both know this has nothing to do with her and everything to do with John and whatever the hell happened between the two of you" Steele snapped at her..

"No this is about a strange woman staying here" natalie yelled.."we dont even know what her intentions are!"

"damn it natalie its the middle of the night, I think the only intention she has is going to sleep" Steele snapped back at her.."why dont you start telling me what the real problem is"

"You know what, fine" she quickly put her hands up in the air.."you do whatever the hell you want but when shit goes downhill then dont come back to me about it" she stormed away from him as he stood there..

"is everything ok" one of the other women Gigi said as she came over, she looked half asleep as she walked up to steele..

"Yeah, just great" Steele said angrily and then walked away himself as Gigi stood there..

Natalie stormed off to her room and slammed the door, she didnt even care who she woke up, she was pissed. She couldnt believe that Steele was just letting this woman stay in the house, who the fuck was she?

"Nat?" Marcie said as she wiped her eyes and looked up at natalie..

"Just go back to sleep Marce" Natalie huffed as she sat on her own bed..

"whats wrong?" Marcie said as she began to sit up..

"Im sorry I woke you" Natalie said low as she held her head in her hands..

"is this about John" Marcie began as Natalie looked at her..

"why does everyone think this is about him, it isnt" she snapped at her friend..

"Ok, then what is it about" Marcie said as she sat up more..

"I just cant believe that Steele is comfortable with letting that woman stay here" Natalie said angrily..

Marcie looked at the clock and then back at her friend.."well it is the middle of the night Nat" she said honestly..

Natalie rolled her eyes.."apparently that is all it takes, god this place is falling apart" natalie fell back on her bed..

"Nat were friends, ok... why dont you just tell me what is really going on" Marcie said as she looked at Natalie..

"nothing damn it" natalie snapped and then rolled onto her side.."Just go to sleep" she huffed as Marcie sighed, yep something was definitely going on..

John woke up with a massive headache and a queezy stomach as he began to blink his eyes open in the room. The sun was now pouring through the windows and he groaned as he laid there, atleast he didnt have any nightmares last night, alcohol was always good for that..

"feeling like shit?" Mikey's voice made him look out by a chair as John blinked a bit more, the sun felt like glass in his eyes.."good, im glad" Mikey got up now and it was pretty damn obvious he was pissed.."you have any idea how fucking worried I was!" he yelled at his brother..

"Jesus Mikey, lower your voice" John covered his face, Mikeys voice was thunderous and only egging on the massive hangover he had..

"Lower my voice?" Mikey snapped.."are you out of your fucking mind, driving drunk, you could of killed someone or yourself!" he continued his onslaught..

"God mikey...shit..." John groaned some more..

"oh im not stopping, trust me I have plenty more to say" Mikey snapped..

"yeah well maybe you could give me a sec" Steele said as he came into the room and Mikey looked at him..

"what the fuck is this, an interogation?" John groaned..

"something like that" Steele said as he looked at Mikey.."Give me a sec, you should eat something"

"fine but this is far from done, far from it" Mikey snapped at John and then stormed out..

"geez that kid sometimes" John shook his head..

"Oh you think that Mikey gave it to you hard" Steele gritted his teeth as John pulled the blanket from his head and looked at his friend.."you have no idea" steele shook his head as John sighed..

Natalie had barely slept at all last night and after her morning jog, she had decided to continue her work out as she punched and kicked at the large bag of sand that was attached to a tree. She was beyond pissed and the sound of laughing coming from the kitchen made her head turn cause one of those laughs were unfamiliar and female, she felt her rage build up again as she stormed to the house, it was that woman getting all cozy and Natalie wasnt about to have any part of it..

John sat up now and held his head.."listen Steele I have one hell of a headache" he began..

"oh really, why is that? Oh cause you took it upon yourself to get shit faced and then risk your life as well as anothers, is that why!" Steele snapped loudly..

"Your mad" John groaned..

"Im fucking furious John, what the hell were you thinking! This is absolutely unacceptable" Steele yelled..

"Fuck!" John sat up more now.."So I fucking got drunk, its not the end of the god damn world Steele" he snapped..

"You know when I met you years ago I always knew that you could be reckless, hell I envied it but this, John you have crossed the line!" Steele yelled..

Natalie stormed into the kitchen to see that woman laughing and eating with her friends, hers! "Oh isnt this quaint" Natalie snapped bitterly as everyone looked at her..

"Natalie I made some pancakes" Marcie said quickly as natalie looked at her..

"Im not hungry" Natalie snapped as she glared at Marty who just smiled at her.."Having fun? Enjoying breakfast?" Natalie said as she rubbed her fists..

"Nat" Cris said with concern as he stood now and walked in front of Natalie..

"what? Im just asking our guest a question" natalie smiled big as she pushed cris aside.."Marty , is it?"

"Listen I know your not very happy with" Marty said as she stood now and Natalie neared her..

"are you going to pretend to know what im thinking now" Natalie snapped bitterly at her..

"Nat, stop it" Cris said again..

"why, im just trying to find out how our guest is" natalie said quickly and then she looked back at Marty..

"Your upset, I get that" Marty continued and natalie smiled big..

"Oh sweetheart you have no idea" natalie glared at her.."so what exactlly is it that you do for a living, I mean pardon me for thinking that you dont really quite look like a bar chick to me" Natalie stepped closer to her..

"Nat dont do this, its not worth it" Gigi said as she came up to Natalie..

"why is everyone so worried, its not like im gonna beat the shit out of her" natalie smiled.."actually maybe I will"

"No you wont" Steele barked as he came into the kitchen and natalie looked at him.."in my office, now" he snapped at her..

"what? I didnt do anything" Natalie snapped angrily as he just stared at her, his eyes aflame as she rolled her eyes.."whatever" she huffed as she walked past everyone and followed Steele to his office, but not before she caught a glimpse of john coming down the stairs, she glared at him as she disappeared into Steele's office..

John not only saw but felt the dagger like glare she gave him and he shook his head, why was everyone so pissed, its not like he was the only one to ever get drunk.. He made his way into the kitchen as everyone stopped and looked at him, talk about awkward and then he saw her, the woman from the night before and he sighed heavily..

"John, feeling better" Marty said as she walked up to him and everyone began to leave the kitchen but not before Cris gave him a 'if looks could kill' kind of look..

"yeah" John said as he ran a hand through his hair, he had brought her home? He didnt even remember that, what else had he not remembered, suddenly he didnt want to know.."coffee" he said as he walked over to the coffee pot..Suddenly he didnt know what to say to this woman..

"it was quite the night" she said softly as he looked at her and poured himself a cup of coffee..

"yeah im kind of sensing that" he said awkwardly as he sipped the hot liquid..

"Your friends are um,...nice" she said nervously..He just continued sipping the coffee..

"what?" Natalie snapped as they got into Steele's office and he slammed the door shut, it made her jump slightly, she wasnt use to seeing Steele mad, he never got mad.."Listen I didnt" she began as he spun and looked at her..

"we have enough shit on our plates right now Nat, I dont need you flying off the hinges just because your jealous of the woman" he snapped..

"what? Jealous are you out of your mind" she laughed bitterly..Steele just looked at her.."Im not jealous of the bitch, I dont trust her"

"she is just some chick ok" Steele snapped..

"yeah as far as you know" Natalie said sarcastically..

"listen this isnt my first rodeo Nat, now stop acting like some school age kid and grow the hell up" he snapped at her..She was completely taken back by his tone..

"what? I need to grow up, must I remind you that I wasnt the one who got shit faced last night and brought some stranger here" she snapped at him..

"i already had it out with John and its done now, end of story" he said angrily..

"oh so thats it, just a slap on the wrist" Natalie rolled her eyes..

"what the hell do you expect me to do huh, do you want me to make him and Michael leave, is that it" he snapped at her and she blinked in shock, as much as she was pissed at John, well, she didnt want him to leave, did she?.."Like I said end of story" he spun from her.."and stay the hell away from her nat!"

John stared awkwardly at marty, he sort of remembered her, actually a lot of last night was a blur, he had drank so much.."so um you ate?" he said quickly as he tried to make some small talk with this chick..

"i did, are you hungry, do you want me to make you a plate" she smiled big.."It was very good" He went to answer but natalie came walking past the room, she stopped for a second to roll her eyes at him as she stormed back outside..

"Hey um, give me a sec" he said as he put his coffee cup down and walked out of the room and began heading outside..

Natalie made her way back over to the sand bag as she began punching it hard, she was so very pissed, it wasnt until she heard his voice that she knew he was standing there.."your really beating the shit out of that thing, huh" he tried to make light conversation, he didnt know why but it bothered him that she was glaring at him, what had he done?

"thats what I do" she snapped as she continued to hit it and refuse to face him..

"im thinking about patching up my trunk today" he said awkwardly as she stopped now and grabbed the sandbag as she glared at him..

"good for you" she snapped..

"Listen Nat" he began but before he could finish Marty was at the door..

"Hey John, I made you a plate, you should eat it before it gets cold" marty called out to him as he looked at her and natalie rolled her eyes..

"yeah, im gonna be there in a second" he called out to Marty, natalie began beating up the sandbag again and he went to say something but she cut him off..

"Your food is gonna get cold" she snapped bitterly at him as she continued to punch and kick at the bag..

"John?" Marty said again as he stood there..

He sighed as he ran a hand through his hair.."alright well see ya later" he said to Nat as he began walking back to the house..

"You have to try the pancakes, they are divine" marty smiled as he neared her..

"Im sure they are great" he said as he walked inside and natalie punched the bag over and over again..

John felt sick as he picked at his food, he wasnt even hungry. Marty watched him with a smile as he picked at it.."so I was wondering if maybe we could go for a drive today or something" he broke the silence as he nearly choked on his food..

"what?" he coughed some as he looked at her..

"a drive, ya know, it is a nice day out" she smiled..

"Listen um, Marty" he said uncomfortably.."I got a lot of things to do today"

"I know, its just" she began quietly as he looked at her..

"Listen I got really drunk last night and im sure your a great person" he began as he swallowed hard..

Marty smiled.."but your just not looking to hang out with me" she smiled.."I get it" she looked down quickly..

John sighed.."Listen marty, last night was fun" he began even though he barely had a recollection of last night..

"its fine you dont need to explain to me John, im a big girl, I can handle it" she said quickly as she smiled..

"i just feel bad about" he began..

"John its fine, your a great guy" she touched his hand.."maybe another time" she finished as she stood.."well its getting late, I should probably be getting out of here"

"Listen marty, let me atleast drive you home" he said awkwardly..

"its fine, really I can just call a cab" she smiled softly..

"You really dont have to do that" John began, now he really felt like shit...

"I dont mind John, plus I think ive caused enough problems here as it is" she began as she looked up to see Steele coming in, he stopped and looked at the two of them.."thank you for your hospitality Steele" she smiled at him as she began to walk out of the room..

"Your leaving?" Steele said as she stopped at the doorway..

"i offered to drive her home" John said quickly as Steele looked at him and then at her..

"i can get a cab, its no big deal" Marty began..

"dont be silly, I will bring you home, just let me get my keys" Steele said quickly.."I wont take no for an answer" he said before she could react..

"thanks Steele" John said quickly as his friend looked at him..

"Yep, come on Marty" Steele said as they left the kitchen and John sighed as he pushed his plate of food away, god how he had fucked everything up..He put his head in his hands..

"feeling better?" Mikey said as he walked in and john looked up...

"I fucked up last night, huh" John said as he looked at his brother..

"thats a bit of an understatement" Mikey said quickly as he sat across from his brother.."I was worried to death about you"

"Im sorry mikey" he said low.."it was stupid"

"damn right it was, what were you thinking" Mikey snapped..

"I dont know Mikey, I just dont know" John said honestly..

Natalie wiped the sweat off of her forehead as she held onto the bag, her eyes glanced to see Steele coming outside with marty.."Listen hold down the fort ok, I will be right back" he said to natalie as he walked over to his truck..

Natalie was half tempted to ask him what the hell he was doing, but apparently he was bringing that bitch home, atleast John wasnt, she thought to herself and then scolded herself for even caring, cause she didnt care, John could do whatever he wanted!

John made his way outside after his talk with his brother, it would seem that everyone was pissed at him because of his actions and frankly he was a bit pissed at himself. Natalie was no longer outside as he headed out and he walked over to his car, he made his way to the trunk and he sighed inwardly at the huge shot gun blast to the trunk. He shook his head at the sight.. Images of Natalie ran through his head and he cringed when he remembered what he had said to her on the drive home, he really had fucked up big time..

"want some help" Mikey said as he walked over to him..

"you want to help me fix my car" he said a bit in shock to his brother, it was a shocker that Mikey was much better helping people then fixing a car..

"why not, cant be too hard, right" Mikey smiled softly now, he may still be pissed at John but this was his brother and it would take a hell of a lot more than that to make him stop talking to him..

"alright" John said as he ran a hand through his hair..

"well lets see what kind of parts Steele has laying around here" Mikey said as he went on a hunt for parts and John went with him..

Meanwhile...

"You know I really do appreciate you driving me home" Marty smiled at steele as he drove..

"yeah well im sorry you had to be around for all the chaosis" he said honestly as he looked at her..

"Yeah well im sorry too" she smiled softly..

"oh yeah, whats that for" Steele said as he looked at her and she smiled widder..

"for this" she grinned as her eyes flashed red and before he could react she was grabbing the wheel as she yanked it to the right hard as he tried to fight for control but the last thing he saw was the front of a semi barreling into them as a loud crash was heard followed by the horn blaring as Steele laid against it in a bloody mess..