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Revised: November 5, 2006 (Brit-picked).
Chapter 8—A Tale of Two Hickies
"What the hell is this?" Jessica asked, looking in the mirror at the huge red blotch on her neck.
"It looks like a hickey," her friend Charlotte said.
"Oooh, Jessica's got a hickey! Who's been biting you, or better yet, who have you been biting?" her friend Will asked in an excited voice.
"I haven't been biting anyone Will, nor has anyone been biting me," she said still looking in the mirror at the red mark.
Sirius sat there in complete silence, cursing himself for leaving his mark in such an obvious spot.
"What about that hottie with a body Fin?" Will asked, raising his eyebrows suggestively.
Sirius barked menacingly at Will, making him jump and move away from him.
"Please…he doesn't even know where I live," she said, waving her hand in dismissal before patting Sirius' back to calm him down.
"What? He doesn't know where you live…How long have you two been dating?" Charlotte asked, looking at Jessica weirdly.
"Uh…we've been seeing each other for…hmm…four months…I think…" she said not completely sure.
"And he still doesn't know where you live?" Will asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No…do you know how many crazy people are out there in the world…I watch Law & Order: Special Victims Unit…and besides I get this weird vibe from him sometimes…like…I don't know…like there's more to him than he's letting on…you know what I mean?" she asked her two friends.
"No," they both said shaking their heads.
"Well I do," she said in a challenging voice.
Charlotte and Will looked at each other, both deciding to drop the subject of Fin.
Jessica gave a long stretch which raised her shirt up, revealing the skin beneath her belly button.
"So who gave you that hickey…actually who gave you both of those hickies?" Will asked with a smirk when he noticed the red mark under Jessica's belly button.
"What are you talking about? I only see one mark," Jessica said moving back to the mirror to examine her neck again.
"It's not on your neck, sweetie. It's beneath your belly button," he said, laughing.
"Will stop laughing at me," Jessica pouted.
She raised her shirt up, revealing the red blotch on her stomach once again.
"What in the world?" she said, running her fingers over the mark lightly. "Maybe I'm getting a rash," she grimaced.
"Those are no rash marks Jessica, those are hickies," Charlotte said lightly. "And if Fin didn't give them to you, then who did?"
"I'm not seeing anyone other than Fin," she said. Jessica's mind wandered back to the dream she had the previous night- she could almost feel the mystery man in her dreams sucking his mark onto her body, she blushed slightly.
"Hmm, maybe the dog gave it too you," Will said, laughing hardly.
Sirius raised his head from his two paws slightly. 'If only he knew,' he thought with a small smile.
"Yeah, that's right my dog gave me two hickies. Get real, Will," Jessica said rolling her eyes at her friend's stupidity.
"Well I have to be going," Will said standing from the couch, "I have plans to meet a dashing older man for coffee."
"Ooohh, Will's got a boyfriend," Jessica taunted. "What's his name?"
"His name, if you must know, is Remus," he said with a smile.
"Ooohh Remuuussss," Jessica and Charlotte squealed, laughing.
"No, but seriously Will, is he gay?" Charlotte asked. "Because you remember what happened the last time," she said making Jessica snort at the memory of Will assuming a guy was gay.
The two had made plans to meet for dinner and then they were going to go to the theatre, but the guy had shown up with his girlfriend. Will had been devastated for days.
"Uh…I'm not exactly sure, we've met a couple of times, but I'm not getting the gay vibes from him." he said with a frown.
"He's probably not gay then…Sorry, sweetheart," Jessica said with a sympathetic smile.
"Well, regardless of his sexual preference, I have to go. Don't want to keep Remus waiting," he said with a smile, before walking out the door.
"I'm going to go too," Charlotte said giving Jessica hug, before following Will out the door.
Jessica locked the door, and then moved to the mirror again to look at her neck, before moving her hand down to her stomach.
"What is going on?" she asked flustered, her hands running over both marks.
Sirius sat staring at Jessica as she ran her hands over her body and he couldn't help but think how sensual she looked. He tried to shake the thought from his mind, but it held firm. He thought of his own hands moving slowly over her body, teasing her, making her gasp in shock. He was so lost in thought that he jumped as he heard the knock at the door.
Jessica walked over to the door, looking through the peep hole she saw a petite blond woman standing patiently outside.
"Can I help you?" she called through the door.
"Oh, I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm looking for a Jessica Huxtable, I'm Cassiopeia Burke. Aimee Milian sent me over with some files she needs you too look through," she said.
"Damn woman," Jessica hissed, before opening the door with a small smile.
"No problem, come on in," she said moving to allow the woman to enter, "Do you need any help?" she asked seeing the box full of files the girl was lugging.
"No, but thanks anyway," she said sitting the box on the living room table.
"Okay, did she tell you exactly what she wanted me to do with these files?" Jessica asked.
"Uh…well she said that there is a list of instructions in the box…Uh, I could help you if you'd like…" Cassiopeia said nervously looking around the apartment.
Sirius growled at Cassiopeia, making her jump slightly, her eyes widened, before moving swiftly to her pocket.
Jessica looked between Sirius and Cassiopeia. It was obvious that Sirius was uncomfortable around the young woman, so she thought it best to go through the files by herself.
"That's a nice offer, but it doesn't seem that my dog has taken a liking to you…so I'm going to decline the offer, but thanks anyway," she said shooting an annoyed glance at the dog.
"Oh, uh, okay," she said cursing the dog in her mind. Her master was not going to like this at all.
"Goodbye, Cassiopeia, maybe I'll see you at work," Jessica said nicely.
"Uh…sure, you can call me Cassi, but yeah, see you at work," she said walking out of the door.
Jessica locked the door after her, before turning to glare at the dog, once again.
"Thanks very much, dog," she said annoyed.
'You should be thanking me…I just saved you from a psychotic bitch,' he thought, annoyed by her glare.
"Well I better get started on this," she sighed dejectedly.
'And I'd better get Dumbledore to call an Order meeting,' Sirius sighed.
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