Of course I was angry that Lucy even had the audacity to bring up the fact that she wanted to sleep with Jasper. The only reason I let her was because I wanted to see if she actually would. And to no real surprise, she did. I can't say I'm all that mad at Jasper seeing as which he didn't have much of a choice in the matter, but it's been two days since then and I still can't look at either Jasper or Lucy the same. Lucy has always known that he was off-limits to her, but she still went against me. I would think that after all the times she heard Jasper and myself together that she would take a hint, but obviously she didn't. Although, I would have to deal with Lucy once she was in my meeting room, along with Nettie and Jasper. I was having a meeting, so naturally they had to be there. Only seconds after I put some of my papers away, Jasper, Nettie, and Lucy were standing in front of me.
"Nice to see you could all make it", I commented sarcastically. I sent a crooked smile Jasper's way, but snarled at Lucy and pretty much ignored Nettie.
"I'm holding this meeting today to explain something to you all", I started, looking between the three of them, "It's about boundries, and rules"
"Boundries?" "Rules?" Lucy and Nettie qusetioned. Jasper remained silent.
"Yes. I'm tired of you two taking advantage of the power you have in this army", my attention was directed towards Nettie and Lucy, but my eyes flickered to Jasper as I said 'advantage'.
"Yeah, well, maybe Jasper doesn't even want to have sex with you!" Lucy suddenly yelled all too loudly, emphasizing the 'you'. Jasper's eyes widened and he moved back slightly.
"Lucy, sister or not, you do not speak to me like that!" I directed.
"No, Maria. I'll talk to you however I want. You are not the boss of me"
"For the moment, I am. And I have been for ten years"
"What is this even about?" Nettie interupted. I had forgotten that she didn't know about Jasper and Lucy.
"Lucy seems to think that she can just sleep with my officers", Nettie turned her head slowly to look at Jasper. His head was bowed, but I noticed him look at her for half a second.
"I can, and I will. Not that I already haven't", she turned her head slightly and smiled seductively at Jasper.
"Not any more. If I find out that you two are having any sort of un-professional relationship again, you will both regret it", my eyes landed on Jasper and he looked up at me just before I walked out the door.
Later that night, I heard a lot of arguing and snapping from where the newborns had just recently claimed as their 'room'. As I walked in, I saw a pile of dead newborns burning, while some living newborns threw more in.
"What is going on in here?" I questioned. They all stopped to stare at me.
"Do I have to ask you again? What is going on in here!"
"Two of the newborns got into a fight and then more fights broke out", a small, obviously frightened girl spoke up. I looked at her for a second, then shook my head.
"Where's Jasper?" no one answered, so I started to get very impatient.
"Answer me!"
"He left an hour ago to talk to the tall brunette", someone new answered this time. I immediately thought of Nettie and growled, storming off and leaving the newborns to themselves. When I found Jasper and Nettie, they seemed to be just talking, but Nettie's seductive smile was hard to pass by.
"What are you doing?" I asked, venom forming in my mouth.
"We were just talking-", Nettie started to answer. I ignored her and kept my eyes set on Jasper.
"Why were you not with the newborns?" I asked, interupting Nettie's explination.
"Nettie told me she had some new stradegies she wanted to talk to me about", he answered. I turned my attention back to Nettie.
"I never told you any ideas for new stradegies", I accused.
"I know. I guess I must have lied", she answered innocently, smiling seductively again. I still couldn't believe that my own sisters were trying to mess around with my most favorited and most important officer!
"Nettie, I believe we just had a talk about this"
"About what?" I narrowed my eyes at her and grabbed her arm, yanking her up and onto her feet.
"Come with me", I dragged her out of the room, leaving Jasper by himself.
Jasper
I figured Nettie really had wanted to talk to me about stradegies, but when I went back with her, she was saying something about new places her and I could go. I practically blocked her out because all I could really think about was how mad Maria would be if she found out that I wasn't watching the newborns. I wasn't sure how long we were there for, but soon enough, Maria came into the room. She was accusing Nettie of lying about stradegies, and it turns out she was. Once they were outside the room, it wasn't long before I heard a tearing and a high-pitched scream.
"Go watch the newborns", Maria said angrily when she walked back into the room. Walking out, I saw Nettie on the floor, trying to reattach her arm. I bent down to help, but Maria yelled-
"Don't help her!" so I stood back up and walked back to the newborns.