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Mac's head was pressed against her stomach, his torso fitting between her legs while his hands roamed over her bare body. Her eyes were closed, head pressed back into the pillow that was discarded on the floor from their previous actions the night before. She was humming in agreement, getting sweet enjoyment from Mac's rough hands skimming her limbs. He watched her face contort in pleasure when his fingers barely brushed against her breasts, only for her eyebrows to crush together abruptly.

Her eyes flew open, ears perking at the insistent ring of her cellphone. Mac reached for it, flinging the offensive object into her open waiting hand. She pressed it up against her ear, already knowing that Nina was on the other line. She was immediately bombarded with questions.

"Where have you been? I've been calling you all morning! You're not with Mac, are you?" Nina pressed.

"No I'm not!" Audrey laughed, partially from Mac trailing his tongue from the middle of her ribcage down to her naval.

"This isn't a laughing matter Audrey!" Nina snapped, sounding close to a parent tone. "I don't want you near him"

"And whys that?" Audrey asked in a disinterested tone. She watched Mac's head linger near panties before he smirked up at her. She gave him a disapproving look and he shrugged his shoulders at her, dipping his head back down to her hips and running his tongue over the hem of her small underwear.

"He's just a bad guy" Nina argued.

Mac's mouth was so close to her panties, she stared down at him with baited breath. "You're gonna need a bigger reason than that" Audrey sighed.

"Look I didn't really want to bring this up, but Mac and I had a thing ages ago" Nina confessed. Audrey felt herself stiffen, barely registering the questionable answer she gave back to Nina. "Well we were teenagers and I was pulled in by the bad boy image."

"Did you...y'know?" Audrey said quietly. Mac was frowning up at her, wondering why she had tensed so suddenly. She twisted her hips away from him, getting up into a seated position.

"What? Sleep with him?" Nina asked, Audrey grunted and she heard a shuffle of movement. "Yeah, you didn't dare not sleep with Mac back in the day. I'm sure he's still like that now" Nina said in a more hushed tone. Audrey felt a strange feeling bubble in her stomach.

"And is that the reason you don't want me around him?" Audrey asked.

"No...well yes, its just that when I moved back here with Mitchell, he kept bringing up our past. Mitchell got angry and well you know the rest." Nina muttered, "He's vindictive Audrey, and so violent. I've never seen such anger inflicted on another being, it was honestly scary"

Audrey wanted to be sympathetic towards Nina, but the feeling in her stomach wouldn't let her. Instead, a sickly sense of jealously surged through her and she knew now that she was scowling. Mac crawled towards her but she shifted away, her hand now firmly gripping her cellphone.

"Is that why he hates Mitchell, because he's still keen on you" Audrey hissed.

"No! As soon as Mac had his way with me, he went off and slept with the other half of the town!" Nina reassured, but it did little to help Audrey's jealously. "He hates Mitchell, because when we came back to Cainneville, Mitchell got a lot of female attention and naturally Mac was threatened" She added. Audrey restrained a snide comment and Nina cleared her throat, "I suppose I better go, just watch yourself okay? Call you tomorrow" Nina muttered before the call ended.

Audrey threw her cellphone aside, staring straight ahead until Mac came into her vision.

"Who was that?" He asked, his hands grasped her legs tightly.

Audrey moved away, "Nina" She grunted and she watched Mac's eyebrows raise. "So when were you gonna tell me?" She asked him. Mac frowned at her in confusion, he studied her face closely and he sat back, giving her a questioning look. "About you and her?" She snapped.

Mac suddenly smirked at her, entirely bemused by her reaction.

"So you did sleep with her" Audrey huffed.

Mac shrugged, "Back in the day" He said nonchalantly, he lent forward and grazed his lips over her exposed neck. "She was pretty good" Audrey scoffed, and she clenched her fists at the side.

"How good?"

"Why? You jealous babe?" She could feel him smirking even wider against her neck. She pulled away from him and frowned.

"I'm not jealous!" She defended, "It's not like this-" She gestured between the pair of them. "-Is serious".

She saw Mac's face darken, but he shrugged and stood up. "You're right" He claimed. He grabbed his clothes off the sofa and pulled them on. "I'm going to work" He muttered before he left her to brood alone in the living room.

#

Maybe she was just being childish, vindictive and jealous. Or maybe she was just entirely pissed off with Mac. Whatever the reason, it drove her to call up a 'friend' and agree to meet him down at Luna Mesa for lunch. She had sped all the way down to the local tavern, parking close to the exit just incase and swinging herself through the doors. She strolled straight to the back booth, sliding into the seat and staring straight at him.

"Hi Jim" She said sympathetically.

Jim's face was a recovering mess. Half of his face was still severely bruised, his nose slightly twisted at the bridge and one eye more swollen than the other. He gave her a crooked smile, giving Audrey a visual of one of his teeth missing. She flinched slightly, and he recoiled self consciously.

"You're a mess" She said brazenly.

Jim snickered, "No thanks to Mac" He muttered accusingly.

Audrey gave him a hard look, "Jim you came into the store and lied about me giving you a blow job" She argued.

" I know, I know. I'm Sorry!" He apologised under his breath.

Audrey shook her head quickly, "I'm sorry Mac did that to you" She added, gesturing to his face sadly. Jim shrugged, seemingly unfazed by it.

"I guess I deserved it" He laughed nervously, "I said some pretty nasty things to you"

"True, you were a bit of a jack ass" Audrey snickered, "But it doesn't mean Mac can pummel you"

Jim sighed, he glanced at Audrey hesitantly. "So are you and Mac..." He trailed off, staring at her expectantly to fill the empty silence. She shook her head and his face lightened. "So I can guarantee I'm not going to be beat up again" He confirmed cheerfully.

Audrey snorted, "No, Macs not going to beat you up" She reassured.

"Good, 'cause he's coming in" Jim muttered.

Audrey's mouth curled at the side, she didn't look behind her, instead kept her gaze on Jim. "So we're okay now?" She asked, smiling wide when Jim nodded in agreement. "So you won't be telling anymore lies?"

Jim grinned, "Nope, as long as I don't get beat up again" He laughed loudly.

His laugh triggered attention, and soon, Audrey could hear Mac's thumping footsteps near them. She watched Jim squirm in his seat, his eyes were casted downwards with anxiety and Audrey could feel Mac's eyes burning into her back.

"Well ain't this a surprise" Mac's gruff voice announced snakily. He came into Audrey's peripheral vision, and she knew that he was tense. She looked up at him, and the murderous look in his eyes made Audrey doubt herself briefly. "You wanna tell me what this is all 'bout?" Mac sneered.

Jim opened his mouth, but Audrey silenced him with her hand. "I don't really think its any of your business Mac" Audrey said calmly.

Mac's jaw clenched tightly and he lent down, "Well I fucking think it is" He snapped.

"Well I don't" She retorted childishly.

Mac lent down closer, "You think you can come in here with him. In my bar? I don't fucking think so" He said darkly.

Jim shifted uneasily in his seat, "Guys, I-I think I'm just gonna go." He excused himself, he started to leave the booth.

"I think thats best" Mac growled, his eyes never leaving Audrey's.

Audrey's hand snaked out and she gripped Jim's wrist tightly, she pulled him back into the booth and smiled widely at him. "No stay Jim, we're having lunch. Mac, I think you should go" Audrey said through gritted teeth.

Mac glared down at her, and then switched his stare to Jim. When he was met with nothing but silence, he slammed his fists down on the table and a primal growl rumbled through his throat. He backed away angrily, sending Audrey one last glare that meant it wasn't over. He disappeared back to the bar, smacking fellow patrons out of the way and downing a shot of whiskey at lightening speed.

There was a tense silence between Jim and Audrey, before he cracked one of his lame jokes and it lightened the mood. They ordered lunch, surprisingly able to ignore the shrewd and angry glares from across the tavern. They joked, laughed and Audrey seemed to be having a better time than she expected. Although Jim wasn't someone Audrey was physically attracted to, she was shocked to find that she enjoyed his company.

They kept their meeting light and fun, and Audrey even agreed to meet Jim to go bowling the next week.

He lead her outside, right past Mac who ignored them entirely. Audrey couldn't help but smirk when Jim walked her to her vehicle and gave her an awkward hand shake. She pulled him in for a friendly hug and apologised again for Mac's beating.

"See you next week" He exclaimed. He gave her another hug before rushing over to his car.

Audrey watched him leave in his car, finally feeling less guilt from the pain inflicted on him. She turned back to her vehicle and wrenched open the door, unfazed when the door slammed shut and she was pushed back into the car.

"What the fuck?" Mac snarled.

Audrey stared up at him innocently, "What Mac?" She asked lightly.

Mac glared at her, "Don't act like you don't know. Why the fuck are you having lunch with him?" He snapped.

A ghost of a smile made its way across Audrey's face, "We're just friends Mac" She purred.

"Friends don't hug twice" Mac sneered, he was incredibly angry and tense. "You gonna fuck him?" He asked.

"Why? You jealous babe?" She asked childishly. Mac's face darkened at the reference, she pushed him away from her and re-opened her vehicle. She hopped into her car, and left Mac standing angrily in the middle of the parking lot.