Part6

The next few days went by quickly. You had finished a couple of designs for work and were doing research on local companies to get into business with for your wedding planning business you wanted to start no later than the end of the year. You were lost in your work when you were disrupted by a text from Gen.

"Hey. Was curious if you ladies would like to come over for dinner this evening? :) "

"We would love to. Rose has gotten bored with me."

"See you ladies at 6 then :) "

You smiled, happy to have made friends so quickly and that also had families for you both to enjoy. You were curious if Jensen and the family would be there too. You felt it would be odd for them to invite just you guys, but who knows. Maybe they wanted to get to know you two a little better?

The day passed by quickly and at around 5 you decided to get you and Rose cleaned and ready to head out. You arrived at the Padaleckis in no time and even though you had seen their house in that magazine, it didn't nearly do the house justice. You were floored it was so beautiful.

"Someday..." you wishfully thought to yourself.

You noticed there wasn't another car in the driveway and thought maybe it was just you ladies that were invited.

"Welcome!" Jared greeted you guys from the door.

He gave each of you a hug as you entered through the door.

"Rose!" You heard the boys yell in unison.

They all scattered away before you knew it. Jared guided you through the home to their kitchen where you found Gen to be finishing prepping a salad.

"You're here." She smiled as she finished and set the bowl on the table before coming to give you a hug.

People certainly are friendlier in Texas you thought. You had only met them once and already they were heavy on the hugs, but you liked it a lot.

"Anything I can help with?" You asked.

"Nope, just waiting for the lasagna to finish in a few minutes and we're set. Glass of wine?"

"Sure, sounds great."

She poured each of you a glass before taking a seat at the table where you joined her.

"So...how was your day?" She asked as she took a sip of her wine.

"It was...busy. I just finished another design today and got busy on doing research on local catering and what not for the wedding planning stuff...There's A LOT of options out here."

She let out a light laugh. "That's for sure. Everyone LOVES BIG weddings out here, so just keep that in mind. SOME go for the smaller more intimate weddings, but most like the BIG parties."

The food was done in no time and everyone loved every last bite of it. Rose and the boys and Jared went to watch a movie in the living room while you and Gen went out on the porch for another glass of wine.

"So...there's something I've been wanting to talk to you about and I don't want you to take it the wrong way..." Gen started.

You had a feeling/worried about it having to do with you and Jensen and your friendship. That maybe they saw you as a homewrecker and wanted to threaten you or something, but then why not just call or come over to your place to do so?

"Ok...shoot..." you felt your hands getting sweaty at the anticipation of the conversation.

"I don't know how close you and Jensen are or how much he's divulged about his relationship with Daneel, but I feel I should let you know, that it's not going very well... in fact, the following day after your BBQ, Jensen came to stay with us while he looked for a place close by to move into..."

You swallowed the lump in your throat and coughed at it not going down. "I didn't...I didn't… "

"No! No...You were not the cause of that...Daneel might feel otherwise, but we know they've been having issues before then. Just after the BBQ she got a little dramatic in the accusations that you and Jensen were fooling around."

"But we've never even kissed!"

"I know that, we know that. But when they've been having issues and then he suddenly has a beautiful new FEMALE friend...it's not hard for her to jump to conclusions."

"I can see that, I would have done the same thing had that happened with me and Eric."

"Exactly...well, Jensen couldn't take it anymore and decided to finally move out. They've been sleeping in separate rooms for months. So he's now renting a condo 'til he finds something more suitable..."

"I had no idea...I mean things seemed awkward between them, but I never would have guessed it was that bad."

"How did you know things seemed awkward?"

"Having had to go to social functions while Eric and I were separating, I saw some of the same motions we went through."

She nodded understanding. "I'm only telling you all this because I know Daneel is trying to blame you, just wanting someone else to blame, but I wanted to let you know that none of the rest of us see it that way."

"Well thank you, I appreciate that...having gone through a separation myself, I wouldn't wish it on anyone else."

"I also...I also wanted to ask you...if Jensen comes to you about this, to please try to be there for him...he hasn't talked it about much with me and Jared and I feel it's because he's either embarrassed or feels like we'd pick sides. We love them both and know that sometimes things just don't work out, but we know he needs someone to talk to and someone who can relate and help him through this."

"I'll do my best, but seeing as how he hasn't talked to me about any of it all yet, I'm not sure he would at all...but if he does, I'll be there. I know having the right support system makes all the difference."

"Thank you..." she placed her hand over yours and gave it a light squeeze with a smile.

The rest of your conversation was light and about what to do for Rose's birthday coming up.

You said your goodbyes and headed home to see a car parked on the side of the street in front of your house and a man sitting on your front step. Upon pulling up, you noticed it was Jensen.

Rose was asleep in the back seat, so you decided to make sure he was ok before getting her out. After your split with Eric, be had gotten drunk a few times and you made sure to keep Rose away from that and you weren't going to stop now.

"Hey...Jensen?"

When he turned his face up you noticed a cut on his lip, some blood on his shirt, and some somewhat dry blood on his hand.

"Oh my god! What happened? Are you ok?"

You knelt down taking a closer look at him.

"I'm fine...you should see the other guy..."

Your stomach dropped...you had a feeling you knew who the other guy was.

"Jensen...was Eric here?"

"Yeah and he was drunk. I told him to go sleep it off before trying to see you and he sucker punched me right in the mouth...don't worry, even though I got a few good hits in, he's still in one piece and should be back at his hotel sleeping it off."

You knew you'd have to call and check on him. He was still Rose's dad after all.

"Come on, let's get you inside and I'll put Rose up to bed. Don't need her seeing all this blood and getting freaked out."

"I'm sorry y/n..."

"Jensen, we'll talk after I put her to bed, ok?"

"Ok..."