A/N: I DO NOT own any part of the Law & Order franchise, or the rights to the song Whip It by Devo. Wow thank goodness I was supposed to be taking an extra week for spring break and I was going to fly over to Liverpool to visit my grandmother and had to cancel. Damn Mt. Eyjafjallajokull for stranding everyone. I'll be taking awhile before I update next because this guy at my school just died this morning and it has just been...Jesus Christ so hard.
Whip It
Jodi opened up the door and walked into their home, looking around before closing it behind her. After John had been at work for 28 hours, leaving her home alone horny and lonely, she took it upon herself to find something distracting.
The first thing she had done was work out, although with her swollen ankles and now-aching back due to her swollen breasts, that wasn't nearly as pleasant as it would normally be. After that she went out, deciding why not get another tattoo? And she had done just that. When John came home (whenever that was) he would be very surprised.
She threw her stuff down in the living room before making her way upstairs, wincing as her shirt brushed her newly inked skin.
She opened the door to find John nothing short of passed-out facedown on the bed.
Jodi smiled, closing the door behind her before walking up to him slowly. The good thing was that John slept like a rock. She supposed it was because he spent so much time running around but whenever he was asleep, if Mt. Eyjafjallajokull erupted right next to them he probably wouldn't have woken up.
She got down on her knees before untying one of his shoes, pulling it off so as not to disturb him then moved to the others.
John snorted, opening his eyes and looking up at her.
"Hi sweetie." she smiled, grabbing his glasses gently and pulling them off before setting them on the nightstand beside him. He muttered something before rolling over on his back.
Jodi leaned down, undoing his tie and setting it down on the bed beside her before unbuttoning his shirt.
She pulled it off slowly, trailing kisses down his chest. He moaned softly and she grabbed his clothes before pulling the covers up over him.
"Where you going?" he mumbled, eyes still closed.
"I'll still be here." Jodi breathed before kissing him sweetly and standing up, grabbing his clothes and carrying them out of the room.
As she walked down the stairs to find someone on house staff her phone rang. She sighed and threw them down on the floor before pulling out her phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey sweetie, it's me."
She smiled as her father's voice washed over her, calming everything else in the world that John couldn't. She still had yet to tell him the news about the triplets...or the encounter with Elizabeth.
"Hi daddy. How are you?" she asked, half-skipping down the stairs to the living room.
"You know I just want to hear about you. So how did your appointment go?" he asked.
"Well...we got a little surprise." she sat down on the couch, crossing her legs.
"Is everything alright?!" her father's voice immediately became worried.
"Yeah we just found out that there's a few more kids than expected. Like three."
"WHAT?!" her father exclaimed.
"We're expecting triplets." she gushed.
"My god. Just raising you and your brother was enough. Three kids at once?! Congratulations sweetheart. I know you'll do fine."
"Thanks daddy." she smiled, leading into an awkward silence. She really wanted to tell her father about Elizabeth, but at the same time she really just didn't want to talk about it period.
"You know I can tell when something's wrong baby girl." her father said softly, coaxing her but not pushing.
"Just...last night something happened." she said quietly.
"Go on..."
"Well, John and I went out to dinner and we ran into Elizabeth out with Trevor. I just..."
It was then that she lost all control and broke down, completely unable to stop the tears from coming. She hated when she got this way, not in control of her emotions, and so far the only two people to ever see her this way were John and her father.
"Daddy I want to forgive her. I really do I just...everytime I think about it I remember what it was like growing up without a mother. Knowing that she left me. Knowing what she did to you. I just...I can't do it." she sobbed, surprised if her father could even comprehend what she was saying on the other end of the line.
"Well honey, if you think you have a lot of forgiving to do just think about me. I know how much it hurt you, and I know how hard it always has been for you to forgive people. As much as I myself hate saying this...just let it take time. Maybe it'll happen shortly, maybe it'll never happen. All that should be important to you is that you can love your own children, and not make any of the mistakes that she did....or I did."
Jodi sniffled, wiping her nose. She didn't even hear Sadie pad into the room before jumping up on the couch next to her, sensing the momentous shift in her mother's mood. She climbed on Jodi's chest, resting her head on her collarbone.
Jodi stroked her head gently, wiping her eyes before getting back to her dad.
"I think I'll try to come out and see you again tomorrow." Jodi sighed, laying back her head and thinking. Maybe she should try and reopen the case to get her father out. She knew the toll it would take on him to not be able to see his grandchildren. Maybe she could call Trevor back up.
"If that's what you want sweetheart. Listen, I've gotta go. I love you."
"I love you too daddy." she closed her eyes before hanging up the phone. She petted Sadie again, ignoring the stabbing pains coming from her recently-healed wrist before standing up and heading to her dance studio. It was the one way she could get rd of everything in the world.
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John awoke to find his clothes off and a new set neatly folded on the bed beside him. He sat up, rubbing his eyes before looking over at the clock. It was eleven, which meant as long as nothing went wrong (unlikely) he wouldn't have to go to work again until seven the next morning.
His stomach growled and he got out of the bed, stretching for a moment before walking across the hall to the bathroom. As he opened the door he was immediately met with a could of steam and the sounds of water running as Jodi showered.
He pulled back the curtain just to let her know that she was there before going over to the toilet to take a whiz.
"Can I talk to you?" she asked, her voice rising over the sound of the water.
"Hmm?"
"I was just thinking...I was talking to my dad on the phone a couple of hours ago and I was wondering if maybe I should go back to trying to get him out."
John flushed the toilet before going to wash his hands and dropping his boxers to step into the shower with Jodi.
"So I'm assuming I heard you correctly." he said.
She nodded, her now-short hair matted against her neck because she could no longer put it up.
"What do you think?" she turned around, facing him.
"Well...I mean, this year more than any other we've really dealt with the guys who are rotting in prison innocently, and I don't think it's fair for anyone to lose those many years of their live that they'll never get back." he shrugged, shaking a strand of wet overgrown hair out of his eyes.
He looked down, blatantly staring at her breasts before noticing a tightly-wrapped layer of what appeared to be gauze and saran-wrap right at her ribcage.
"What's that?" he asked.
"Oh, I got a new tat." she shrugged, turning back around and rinsing herself off. As she did so she bent forward a bit, rubbing her bottom half up against John. He put his hands on her waist, deciding whether or not to push her up against the wall and do her or not.
"Of what?" he asked.
"Just some latin script. It's pretty cool."
"What does it say?"
"Even the devil wouldn't recognize you."
"Ah. You do realize how hard I'm trying not to attack you right now right?" he asked, running one of his hands over her wet breasts.
She tilted her head back on his shoulder, biting her lip. John slid a hand down, inching it in between her thighs. She sighed, breathing harshly. Just as his long fingers moved towards the promised land, he heard the incessant sounds of his phone ringing and sighed.
"Ignore or take?" he mumbled into her ear, leaving it up to her.
"You know that I want, but you've got a job to do." Jodi sighed turning around towards him against and slipping her arms around his neck.
"Guess it's a good thing you're not in my position or else someone would just be getting raped." John grinned, leaning in and kissing her. He took her face in his hands, wanting it to last forever.
"I love you." he rested his forehead on hers.
"I love you more." she replied before leaning back and turning off the water before stepping out and grabbing a towel. John watched her, sighing. This was the first time he had ever wished he was retired. His next vacation couldn't come soon enough.
