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"What the hell is this!?" Nina screeched, "One second you're telling me you won't go near him, then we get back and he's basically man handling you through our door." Nina glared at an unresponsive Audrey, befuddled as to why she was getting no answer. "And I don't even want to think of what you've been doing in our house, let alone his" She added quietly.

Audrey scowled at her, oddly feeling like a child. "Where's Johnny?" She asked, desperate to get off-topic.

"Over at Mrs Gates" Mitchell answered cooly, "And weren't we surprised to find out from Mrs Gates, that you had company these past two months."

Audrey winced at Mitchell's gravel like voice, "I don't know what you guys want me to say" She retorted defensively, "It's not like I'm doing anything bad" She added. Nina's jaw practically dropped and Mitchell stepped forward with thunder in his eyes.

"Bad?" He roared, "You're certainly doing worse than bad Audrey. He's complete bad news, no he's worse than bad news, he's a plague."

Audrey squared her shoulders defensively, her eyes narrowing with irritation. "Well that plague happens to be my boyfriend Mitchell." She hissed. Nina gasped loudly, and Mitchell closed his eyes in exasperation.

"I can't believe you'd be so stupid" Nina whispered with disbelief. "Have you seen how he treats women around here?"

Have you seen how he treats me? "Deal with it" She snapped, she regarded the pair irritably. "I appreciate you two looking out for me, but I can't help who I'm attracted to nor can you." She looked over her shoulder and signalled Mac to leave, she watched his truck depart before she brushed past Nina and Mitchell to enter her room.

Nina followed after her quickly, leaving Mitchell to breathe heavily in the kitchen alone. "Audrey you can't be serious" She hissed, she gripped her arm tightly and spun her around. When she found no trace of lies, she sighed deeply. "Why Mac, of all people" She sighed.

"I keep asking myself the same thing" Audrey replied. She dug around in her drawers and pulled her cop outfit out, smiling briefly when she saw her shredded role-play outfit at the bottom of her drawers.

"You got it bad" Nina muttered, as Mitchell bombarded into the room, ready to give Audrey another earful.

Audrey sat at the edge of the hood of the nearest car, a cigarette pressed between two fingers while she drew from it. She sighed, lips parting as a thick fog of smoke escaped her throat. She repeated the process, going over the night before and purposely putting herself into a terrible mood. Mac had dropped her off twenty minutes ago, and yet she still couldn't find the courage to walk into the bowling alley.

Jim wasn't the only person waiting for her. Mitchell and Nina had so kindly invited themselves along, for reasons that would be made fairly obvious soon. Audrey stubbed out her cigarette and took a deep breath, it wouldn't be too long before Mac was coming back to pick her up.

She strolled into the bowling alley, her eyes settling on Jim's boyish blonde hair bobbing around in a booth. She could see Nina and Mitchell with him, all three of them were smiling brightly and Audrey was almost convinced that everything was alright. Until Mitchell spun around and his smile faltered, a brief scowl settling on his forehead. She sighed and marched right up to the group, mumbling her greetings to them.

The group was silent as Audrey pulled her bowling shoes on. Sensing the tension between Mitchell and Audrey, Jim clapped his hands and stood up. "Right, let's get into this" He exclaimed happily. "Audrey and I will verse Nina and Mitch He added.

Audrey sent him a grateful smile, in which he returned with a wink.

Jim was the first to go up, and Audrey sat opposite Nina silently. "Jim tells us that he's recently increased his local business and he's been thinking about getting more partners" Nina declared suddenly, she looked at Audrey triumphantly. "Isn't that wonderful Audrey?" She asked.

"I guess" Audrey answered absently.

"He's on a large income. That's quite attractive isn't it?" Nina gloated.

"You know I don't care about those sorts of things" Audrey replied, her jaw clenching irritably.

Nina heaved a sigh and lent forward, "Jim has been telling me that he really wants to settle down. He doesn't want to be single anymore" She added sneakily, she was eying Audrey secretly. "What do you think about that?" Nina asked her, "You were complaining last year that you wanted to settle down"

Audrey looked at Nina directly, "Do you really want to know what I think?" She asked irritably. When Nina nodded her head eagerly, Audrey's eyes narrowed. "I think you're trying to set me up with Jim, even though I have someone,"She snapped.

"I just want you to know that they're are better options out there. Jim's got a great paying job, he's mature, he's-"

"Boring" Audrey interrupted.

"And you think being with a psycho like Mac is fun?" Mitchell hissed, he lent forward and glared at her. "You have no idea what you're getting into" He snapped. Audrey returned his glare, crossing her arms over her chest.

"No, I don't know what I'm getting into. That's the joy in it" Audrey retorted heatedly.

"How can you be so stupid? How immature" Mitchell said loudly.

Audrey had lent forward to snap at Mitchell, but her attention was drawn to Jim who had abruptly started cheering. He spun around on his heel and looked back to the group, oblivious to their surprised faces. "Did you see that? I got a strike" He cheered.

Audrey shot Mitchell a dirty look and she clapped for Jim, she rose out of her seat and grabbed a bowling ball.

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Mac tiredly sat at his barstool, his head resting on his arm propped up on the bar counter. Walter was chatting to Devon, who this time was sitting beside Mac, since he had brought his sister and troops. Mac almost felt smug that Devon could no longer act like the asshole he was tonight. Mac looked over at Reggie, not surprised to find her jittery and wildly looking around.

When her eyes set on Mac, a flash of panic ran through her and she ducked her head down.

Mac almost felt sympathetic for her, almost. His attention snapped back to the buzzing cellphone in his pocket, something he had brought since meeting Audrey months ago. He answered the phone, unfazed to find Frank on the other end.

"Mac, Jims down at the bowling alley with Audrey" He announced. "Do you know about this?" He asked with concern.

Mac chuckled beneath his breath, amused at Frank's loyalty. "Yeah" He replied shortly.

Frank made a small noise of disbelief, "Well heads up Mac, he's got his hands all over your girl. He's got other guys questioning your relationship with her" Frank said quickly, "You still with her?"

"Yeah I am" Mac barked, "And you better tell those assholes that if they touch her, they've got me to deal with"

"I think you better tell them yourself, he's getting pretty close to her" Frank warned.

Mac scowled and scooted away from his father's piercing stare. "Whatcha mean?" He snapped.

"Well as we speak, Jim's whispering in her ear and she's laughing. Nina and Mitchell are there too, it's like they're on some double date or something" Frank's voice became hushed and he was silent for a moment. "They're getting ready to leave" He added quietly.

Mac felt his phone vibrate. "Alright Frank" Mac concluded, he hung up and read through his latest text, chuckling at Audrey.

Come pick me up Mac, thank god it's over.

He rose from his stool, not bothering to tell Walter or Devon that he was going. He bolted out of the bar, slamming his way through bystanders and making his way out to his truck.

Walter and Devon watched him go, before Walter turned to his youngest son and shoved a cut out newspaper article into his hand. When Devon glanced down, a smirk crossed his lips and he chortled. "I suppose we should surprise Mac huh?" Devon suggested, only to receive a fond smile from Walter.

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Audrey lent against the wall, breathing deeply while Jim shuffled his feet beside her. She could tell he wanted to say something, and she was growing impatient with waiting for him to pick up his courage. Just as she was about to coax it out of him, he turned to face her swiftly.

"I heard you and Nina talking" He stated quickly. "About my job-"

"Oh"

"You really don't care about money or status?" Jim questioned, a small look of admiration on his face. Audrey shook her head quickly, and he smiled. "Wow, most women I've met are normally out for money or status" He admitted.

Audrey shrugged, "Maybe you haven't met the right one yet" She answered quietly.

Jim lent forward eagerly, "Maybe" He barely whispered as he inched closer and closer to her, his mouth barely inches from hers.

She darted away quickly, frowning with disapproval at him. "What the hell Jim? I thought I was clear on this" She hissed, she looked around quickly to make sure Mac wasn't there yet. A look of confusion flashed across Jim's face and he frowned also.

"You and Nina were talking about me.." He trailed off.

"So?"

"So, I just thought maybe you had a change of heart" He mumbled self consciously, he tucked his chin into his chest and sighed.

"A lot has changed since we last met up," Audrey revealed. "I'm surprised you haven't heard yet, but Mac and I are together"

Jim shrugged, "I thought maybe that was a rumour" He muttered, and Audrey saw something flash in his eyes. She frowned slightly and he turned to her quickly and plastered a smile on his face. "Well I'm sorry for making a move on you" He said cheerfully.

Stunned by his sudden change of attitude, Audrey nodded dumbly. "Uh..yeah. Sorry for giving you the wrong impression" She answered. Jim smiled wider and clapped her on the shoulder, his eyes quickly darted to the pick up truck pulling into the parking lot and he made a nervous laugh.

"Well I better go." He laughed. He gave her a quick hug and made haste towards his own posher car across the parking lot.

Audrey breathed a sigh of relief, her body finally being engulfed with happiness as Mac stepped out of his truck and sauntered towards her. His eyes were set on her, blue orbs penetrating her and exposing every small detail she had to offer. She shivered under his gaze, and his hands were on her quick as a flash. He pushed himself into her, pressing her into the wall behind her and trapping her against him.

His warm lips claimed hers and she melted into him. She felt him smirk against her, smug from having this effect on her. His tongue darted across her bottom lip, before she gave him access and his own wet muscle slid along hers. Audrey's nails scraped along his bare forearms and it was his turn to shudder, his arousal clearly hot and bulging against the inside of her thigh.

He pulled back however, causing Audrey to make a small noise of protest. "Not here" He said raggedly. Audrey watched as his head turned, eyes directed towards Jim's car across the parking lot. Audrey stared up at him avidly before following his gaze, surprised to find Jim frozen mid unlocking his car and staring right at them. Mac waved at him, a patronising grin on his face. "I ain't letting him see an inch of ya" He said out of the corner of his mouth.

Audrey slapped his shoulder, "Tease" She muttered and brushed past him. She clambered into Mac's truck and gave Jim a small wave. Jim smiled uncertainly back at her before darting into his car and starting it to life. He quickly pulled out of his parking spot and veered off onto the main road. Mac was chuckling by the time he got back into his truck.

"Have a nice time?" Mac taunted, he gave her a brief smirk.

She scowled back at him, "No, it was horrible. Mitchell and Nina invited themselves, so obviously I had a terrible night" She admitted. Mac relaxed, realising that she had not been keeping a secret from him.

"How was Mitchell and Nina?" He asked, a snide tone in his voice.

Audrey rolled her eyes, "They were trying to set me up with Jim" She chortled. Mac's hands tightened on the steering wheel as he drove out of the parking lot. "They weren't happy when I told them I wasn't a cheater."

Mac looked over at her, observing the smirk stretching her lips. He outstretched one hand and rested it on her thigh, giving it a small squeeze before he changed gears. "Ain't a cheater huh?" He asked. He was surprised to realise that he wasn't joking as he asked her.

She shook her head quickly. "Nope," She popped the 'p', grabbing Mac's forearm and rubbing it softly.

"Don't go home tonight" He said quickly. He mentally slapped himself at how fast it had come out. He looked over at her, wondering what she was thinking as she glanced out the window. "Stay at your man's house," He clarified.

Audrey chewed on her lip indecisively, "I can only imagine how angry Mitch will get," She mumbled.

"Do I look like I give a fuck?" Mac hissed. He stared at Audrey and a small smile crept along her face, she nodded her head.

Next chapter will be more eventful I promise !