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Chapter 7

Natalia was seething. The fact that Mary and Joey were friends... that really ticked her off. She had hoped that telling Mary there was no way Joey actually was her friend, that no person in their right mind would even be her friend would have turned her away from Natalia's man, but apparently not so.

Someone had seen them outside together during free time. And something about Mary going over to Joey's place... as if Natalia was going to let the little git get away without doing the extra chores she had told Brit to assign her that night...

Clean my room, wash the kitchen, do this and do that. Brit had given her a list of chores, supposedly from her mother but Mary knew it was from Natalia. Natalia had warned her away from Joey, told her there was no way Joey could be friends with her that he was pretending and she was a charity case. Mary knew it was not true but she couldn't help but let the comments get her down.

After all, they could be true. Although Natalia had no idea about the depth of the relationship, Mary had a little bit of doubt. She knew it was crazy, but her boyfriend had been on tour for so long! Something could have changed. She knew it had for her. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. For her, it had.

But she was worried about Joey. Had it been the same for him? Everything that had happened, everything he said and did, made her think so. But what if...

There was a barking sound behind her, making her jump and drop the knife she'd been using to chop the onions. The tears that the onion had induced fell when the blade cut her finger. With a yelp, she stuck the smarting finger under cold water.

"Mason," she whined. The small fluff ball wagged his entire body and looked at her with pleading eyes. Oh... she'd forgotten to feed him! And after living off of disgusting fish sticks in Dominique's room since Christmas... she felt sorry for him.

After filling Mason's bowl with dog food, Mary went back to preparing the twins' dinner. Why they wanted onion salad was beyond her, but she bet it wasn't because they would eat it. Probably they just wanted her to cry. She'd have to make sure to wash up before going over to Joey's tonight.

Just a few streets away from the onion torture Natalia was perfecting her plan. It was quite simple go to Joey's and see what she could find out. She had a perfect dress on, just in case Mary wasn't there and then she could sneak in and get Joey.

Right now she was heading to the Platt's so she could see if Mary left and then she could follow her.

Just twenty minutes later Mary set off but she didn't go far just a few house round the corner she stopped and Natalia watched as a man got out of a car. Then she realized it was Joey.

Joey leaned in to kiss her.

"Wait… I'm being followed by someone I can just feel it," whispered Mary.

"Well we wouldn't want anyone to see that," grinned Joey.

Natalia gapped at the pair had Joey - her Joey - been about to kiss that, that maid.

She was seething about the scene so much that she didn't notice Joey and Mary drive off before it was too late.

"Great now I've lost them," she grumbled.

She headed to the Parker house hold just in case the pair turned up there and they did, not ten minutes after she did - pizza boxes in hand.

Mary was quiet, too quiet observed Joey. She was usually talking about something or ranting about Dominique.

"Something up?" asked Joey.

Mary shook her head and faked a yawn. "I'm just tired." She smiled.

Joey nodded, pressed a kiss to her forehead and pulled her against him.

Natalia had been sat outside Joey's house now for half an hour and all they had done was eat pizza. Nothing looked untoward they were just acting like friends. The almost kiss before had her suspicious and Joey pulling Mary to him. Nothing was going on and so Natalia drove off and minutes later Mary and Joey kissed.

She had missed what she had been looking for.

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Gabriella Somerfield and musicalgirl4474