Sigh, sorry about the very late update. My computer that I was typing this story on broke so I haven't been able to update any of my stories. So, here's chapter six of When a Jarrett Loves an Angle. As usual I own nothing but Jessica Jarrett all other characters are owned by their rightful owners.
"Jess, are you and dad fighting?" it was two days later, and I was sitting in a small dinner in Orlando eating lunch with Kody and Kyra, when Kody's question caught me off guard; I thought Kurt and I had been hiding it from the two Angle children rather well.
I looked down at the dark haired boy and gave him a little smile. "No sweetheart, we're not fighting."
"Did you have a fight?" Kyra asked from the other side of the table.
I sighed and wiped my hand on my napkin. "It wasn't really a fight, it was more of a disagreement." It was then that my cell phone decided to start ringing. Another sigh slipped past my lips when I read the ID 'Karen". "The kids are still alive," I said the moment I hit the little green talk button.
"Well, that's nice to know." My sister in law said with an air of attitude coating her words. "I need you to tell Kurt that Jeff and I are coming down to pick up the kids a week early."
I instantly frowned "Why are you doing that?"
Karen scoffed "Why do I need to answer to you? Are you their mother? Are you related to them in anyway?"
"Ok Karen, I don't think your attitude is necessary here. It was just a simple question." I said trying not to raise my voice.
"Oh just tell Kurt will you." Then the line went dead.
I sat my cell down on the table and looked at the two kids. "Your mother and Jeff are coming down to pick you up."
"What? We still have a week with dad." Kyra said as Kody crossed his arms against his chest.
I nodded and got to my feet. "I know, we need to go tell your dad. Now." I threw a few bills down on the table as Kody and Kyra scrambled to their feet.
As angry as I was with Kurt Angle at that moment, I still knew how important it was that his daughter and son got to see him as much as they could, and with his work schedule it wasn't that often which made their visits ten times more important.
"No absolutely not Karen! I don't care what Double J says!" I ran a hand over Kody and Kyra's head as they lay in the hotel room that Kyra and I had been sleeping in. I knew they hated hearing their parents fight, and I knew it had only gotten worse with the divorce and with Karen marrying my big brother.
"When is it going to stop?" Kody asked in a quiet voice as if he feared his father hearing him.
I placed a kiss to his forehead in hopes of calming him a little. "Don't worry Kody. They're fighting because they both love you and Kyra so very much."
"I wish they didn't love us that much." Kody nodded in agreement with his older sisters statement.
I had to close my eyes to stop the tears from falling. Didn't Karen, Kurt, and Jeff know what they were doing to these two children? I stood up and walked into the Kurt and Kody's room. I closed the door as Kurt turned to look at me.
"No Karen! You are not coming to pick them up early!" Kurt yelled
I held a hand out for his cell. He handed it to me and I quickly put it on speaker. "Karen, is Jeff there with you?" I asked
"Yeah I'm here." Jeff answered
"Good, I need you three to stop arguing and shut up." I said simply putting my hands on my hips. "I know you guys love Kody and Kyra. I love those two kids too. They hate hearing you guys argue with each other about them. And quite frankly, I'm sick and tired of it myself. If you three cant come up with a way to separate Kody and Kyra's time then maybe you need to go to a judge and have him decide because I don't think the kids can handle this anymore."
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Great, now Karen was yelling at me. "You are not their mother! You are not related to them at all! You are their babysitter…no, you are their NANNY! You're like the help! You have no right to tell any of us how to raise our children! I mean, you don't even have any of your own! Not that I think anyone would want you."
"KAREN!" Jeff yelled. It was shocking. Not that Jeff had yelled at his wife, but because of how much anger seemed to be in his voice.
"SHUT UP! You don't know a thing about Jess!" my eyes widened as I turned to look at Kurt. "Maybe she doesn't have kids because she stuck taking care of the ones you two neglect! Maybe she doesn't have kids because she's waiting for the right time and the right person! At least if she had kids and was knocked up again then she wouldn't be trying to pretend that the two kids she has now don't even exist!"
I swear my jaw was on the floor. Had Kurt Angle just stuck up for me? Even after our fight?
"I think we need to all calm down, and talk more tomorrow." My brother whispered before his end with dead.
I handed Kurt back his phone and started chewing on my bottom lip; a nervous habit I had picked up when I was younger. "Um, thank you Kurt."
He shrugged and ran a hand over his head "Don't worry about it Jess. I'm sorry about the things I said."
I nodded "So am I,"
"Friends?" Kurt held his hand out toward me
I couldn't help but laugh "Do friends shake hands still?"
He laughed and said "Well I can hug ya if you want I just wasn't sure how you'd feel about that."
I smiled at him and said "I think that would confuse your kids."
"My kids?" Kurt stepped around me and walked into the other room.
I went to follow him before something inside me forced me to stop. He needed time to talk to his kids alone. I walked over and sat down on the couch; not being able to bring myself to sit down on the bed that he had slept in.
As the three Angle's were talking in my room I found myself thinking about the past couple days, and as my head ran through Kurt's rant about me to Karen I couldn't help but feel something I couldn't identify; something that I had never felt before. Maybe it was just the feeling of Kurt being a friend, or maybe I had a crush, or maybe I already loved him at that moment. I wasn't really sure, but I did know I had some type of feeling for him that I knew could cost me my relationship with my brother and my three nieces if I didn't watch myself very carefully.
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