Jess looked at Carmen as Jace left the house
”Who you texting?” Jess asked
”Shay text to ask how I was so I was just replying” Carmen stated
”Why’s he texting you? Why you even texting him back?”
”I’m not rude” Carmen stated ”Babe please don’t go off on one”
”I’m not I just don’t like him texting you, he’s obsessed with you” Jess stated
”He’s not obsessed”
”He is a little” Jess sighed
”Jess people worldwide are obsessed with you and I need to deal with it, he asked me how I was I said fine that’s it, check my phone if your that worried” Carmen stated
”I’m not” Jess snapped getting up
”Or run away whatever suits you” Carmen muttered
”Carmen what the hell do you want me to say? I don’t like the guy, that’s not going to change ever” jess stated ”I don’t want to fight about him, I’m sick of hearing about him to be honest”
”I’m sorry” Carmen apologised ”Do you want me to ignore his messages”
”Do what you want I just don’t want to hear about him” Jess said ”I’m going for a shower before we go out”
Jess went through to her side of the house. She stopped running her hands through her hair opening her wardrobe. She picked out what she was wearing then went into her bathroom turning the shower on.
Bette and Tina walked down the stairs.
”Why are you crying?” Bette asked
”Shay text, Jess had a go, nothing major” Carmen stated ”I’m just tired of it all”
”That’s it family meeting I’ve had just about enough of all this!” Bette stated
”Where’s Jace?” Tina asked
”He left” Carmen stated
”Get him on the phone Tina and tell him I want him home pronto!” Bette stated ”This is all just ridiculous now”
20 minutes later everyone was in the living room other than Mason.
”Okay we usually keep our mouths shut and let you all get on with it but this is ridiculous now.” Bette stated ”Jess and Lisa you two have been spoiled and wrapped in cotton wool so when something bad happens to you it’s literally the end of the world, well I hate to burst your bubble but adult world doesn’t work like that” Bette stated
”I’m sorry what?” Lisa asked
”The way you just spoke to Jace was horrid and uncalled for… Jace bows down to you at every port and call we watch it, that poor man does everything for you and doesn’t think twice. He has a career one in which they have worked extremely hard for, but that does not mean he’ll be a distant father for one second.”
”Yes but…”
”No but’s Lisa shut up and listen to what we have to say” Tina stated
”Jace you’re going to be a Dad you need to step up to the mark and prove to Lisa you’re going to be there, I have no doubt in my mind that you will do that” Bette stated
”We will be here to help and support you both along the way and make sure your both fine” Tina stated
”Okay you two can leave” Bette looked at Jace and Lisa
”You two we don’t even know where to start” Tina stated
”Jess you really need to throw this thing with Shay away, you were not together and that should be the least of your worries right now” Tina stated
”Carmen you need to start being brutally honest with Jess and stop bottling everything up just to protect her feelings…it’s ridiculous, you two I just want to bang both your heads together” Bette stated ”You both idolise each other and love like that doesn’t come around often yet you both persist on hurting each other”
”And when you hurt each other everyone feels it and it effects everyone you care about this has been going on for 7 years now it’s complete madness” Tina stated
”It’s clear you can’t be apart from each other, but it’s getting to the point you can’t be with each other either without hurting each other, and I honestly don’t know what to do or say to help you guys…Jess you run every single time and close off why? Carmen you just ignore everything and hope it goes away I don’t understand you both” Bette said ”It’s 4 days to Christmas and all hell has broken loose here”
”Look what do you all want from me?” Jess snapped
”We want for you to talk about how you feel” Tina stated ”Because you don’t, you hide it, and ignore it, and then you explode Jess”
”I don’t like talking about how I feel I hate it” Jess snapped
”Why are you angry? We’re trying to talk to you and your ready to freak” Tina said
”Sweetheart we don’t like you hurting. We hate it and we don’t like seeing Carmen hurt either” Bette said
”I can’t apologise anymore for Shay, I’m done, I shouldn’t have kept it from you and I’m sorry but Jess I love you and I’m with you and only you”
”Look I know it’s all on me, I get that, if I didn’t make stupid choices and break up with you then you wouldn’t have been with him and I wouldn’t have got with Kirsty and all of it is on me, what more can I say it’s my fault” Jess snapped getting up ”I’m done listening to this now, I can’t keep rewinding and listening to it”
”Then why you snapping at Carmen?” Bette asked
”I just don’t get why she’s texting him”
”I didn’t text him, he text me I replied, I’m not ignorant Jess” Carmen sighed ”I told you wouldn’t text him again, what do you want me to do, you just make these shitty comments and then leave, You have worldwide fans and people who adore you and I don’t mind”
”It’s hardly the same fucking thing” Jess snapped
”Why? They still admire you and the amount of people who text you”
”I didn’t sleep with any of them Carmen!”
”I wasn’t fucking with you when it happened, if you hadn’t been so selfish and fucked up in the head then I wouldn’t have slept with him because I would not have been in such a state about you leaving me for the second time!”
”Language the pair of you!” Bette snapped
”So it’s my fault you slept with a guy, I thought you were gay so I didn’t expect that one my bad!” Jess snapped
”Jess I just wanted you”
”So you slept with a guy how the fuck does that one work?”
”You got with Kirsty?”
”She was female and incase you forgot I didn’t sleep with her”
”Jess, I was completely wasted through my 1st year of college I was drunk, Shay was there for me it just happened”
”He knew you were in love with me yet he slept with you, that makes him an ass” Jess stated
”I’ve always been in love with you that’s never changed” Carmen snapped ”Open your fucking eyes, I’ve walked through hell for you and would do it all again in a heartbeat…so this shay thing do what you need to in order to get it out your system because I can’t marry you when you’re so hung up on it”
Jess got up and left the house slamming the door.
”And off she runs again” Carmen stated
”Not this time” Tina said following her out the door
”Jess don’t make me run after you” Tina said catching up with Jess
Jess stopped and faced Tina ”Your all attacking me in there” Jess snapped
”Were not we are trying to help you Jess because we don’t want you both hurting anymore” Tina explained ”You have bigger issues to focus on”
”Like?”
”Carmen’s health, your sister being pregnant, your album”
”My Album is a joke!” Jess snapped ”It’s all songs about her”
”ALL YOUR ALBUMS ARE ABOUT HER!” Tina stated ”Wake up Jess, She’s the one who inspires you!”
”I hate my new album absolutely hate it, there’s so much hurt, anger and raw emotion in it, it’s like me 5 years ago when I left her the first time, and that slime ball is everywhere I am at the minute”
”Sweetie he’s signed to your record label that’s going to happen, what you need to remember is Carmen is marrying you, she loves you and wants everything with you, Shay means nothing to her”
”I know but when I hear his name I see red!”
“How do you think Carmen felt with Kirsty? She had to watch you and her, and she had to watch what she did to you… as for Shay that’s what he wants, he wants to see a reaction don’t give him it, when you didn’t give it in the hospital he was livid”
”It’s tearing me apart, I actually wish he was dead and that’s horrid to say”
”Go for a walk clear your head then come home and go to the cinema with you brother and sister, its Christmas time let’s enjoy it without any drama please”
“Come with me?” Jess asked
“Okay let’s go” Tina wrapped her arm around Jess
Later that night…
“What did Jess say to you?” Bette asked
“Not a lot, she just has no clue how to deal with emotional pain, she said she’d rather get punched about again than this” Tina said
Bette scrunched her face “There is no helping her, we can’t she needs to do it herself”
“I’m just glad they all went out, Mason would have lost out over nothing if they didn’t”
“I just don’t get Jess right now, she’s all over the place, it’s like she’s on a rollercoaster and doesn’t know how to get off it” Bette sighed
Tina handed Bette a glass of wine
“We can’t help her, she needs to do it on her own, I think we need to give Lisa little bit of attention at the minute”
“No absolutely I agree with you but I want to speak to Jess tonight when she gets home, I don’t like her feeling like this, it worries me and it doesn’t exactly help her own health, she’s not had a fit in two years and I’d like to keep it that way” Bette stated
“On a happier note let’s get some of the wrapping done whilst there all out” Tina smiled kissing Bette softly “Don’t worry too much well sort it, there’s nothing we can’t overcome together”
“Shall we wrap Mason’s in frozen paper just to annoy him?” Bette smiled
“Yeah but we need to make sure there’s enough left for Jess’s presents since we bought the paper for her” Tina smiled
“I bought extra” Bette smiled “We all know how much Mason loves it”
“You just want to irritate him”
“Baby I somehow don’t think he’ll be fussed in what paper they are in” Bette stated
“The problem we have is that we have hid the presents everywhere and I have no idea where” Tina rubbed her head
“I know Masons are all in the garage” Bette said “And I’m sure Jace and Lisa’s are up in the attic”
4hrs later…the kids all came back into the house.
Bette was falling asleep on the sofa resting her head on Tina.
“Busy night?” Jace asked
“Yeah was nice to spend some quiet time with my wife” Tina smiled
“Oh I bet” Jess said sarcastically making everyone laugh
“Not like that” Tina smirked
“So how was the film?” Bette asked rubbing her eyes and sitting up
“Was so funny and amazing I loved it” Mason smiled “And Jess bought me a new t-shirt”
“This close to Christmas Jess?” Tina asked
“He really liked it and I thought he could wear it on Christmas Eve at the chart revealing” Jess smiled
Jace helped Carmen over to the sofa as she was beginning to lose her balance.
“You sore?” Bette asked
“Yeah just a little” Carmen sighed “I need to take some pain killers, I forgot to take them earlier”
“I’ll get you them” Jess said leaving the room
“I’m off to bed I’m so tired” Lisa said
“Yeah me too” Jace smiled “Night guys”
“Night” Bette and Tina both said
Bette looked at the clock “wow…okay Mason shower then get organised for bed please”
“Can I leave the shower and go in the morning?”
“Yes okay” Bette smiled “Put a film on well be up soon”
Jess came back handing Carmen her pain killers and some water.
“Think I’m going to go to bed too, been a long day” Carmen said
“Let me help you, I’m going that way anyway, need to turn the computer off” Tina smiled getting up and helping Carmen
“I’ll be through soon, I just need to take my tablets” Jess smiled
Jess watched Tina help Carmen through.
“You okay trouble?” Bette asked
“Yeah I’m sorry about earlier I shouldn’t have snapped at you and Mum”
“Sweetie you shouldn’t have snapped at Carmen either, you two really need to sort this, you especially you need to sort your head out and your emotions, I know you love Carmen with everything that you have and you don’t want to lose her, but your being a little cruel sweetie”
“I know, I just can’t get Shay out my head and he’s still trying to get between us”
“Ignore him, he’s old news, show him that he can’t break you and Carmen”
“I’m trying it’s just irritating because I can’t compete with a man”
“You don’t need to compete you’ve already won, did you not hear what Carmen said, it’s always been you and always will be you” Bette smiled “Sweetie you need to learn to deal with your emotions, you can’t bottle them up, that’s what is causing all this pain and distress inside you, you not talking about how you feel.”
Bette wiped the tears away from Jess’s eyes “Stop getting so upset about everything we can’t cope when you’re like that”
Tina stood behind the sofa watching her wife and daughter
“I love Carmen more than anything and I hate the fact she was texting him but I don’t want to be the fiancée who tells her who she can and can’t speak to because I trust her”
“They don’t be that person, if shay want’s to text her let him, and make sure you invite the idiot to your wedding” Tina stated
“Yeah he can sit at the front with us” Bette smiled
“Look let’s be honest Jess his face would be well and truly punched if you gave Jace, Lee or Mark the chance” Tina stated
“Not my style we’ve had enough bad press recently.” Jess sighed
“Go wash your face and take your tablets then get some sleep” Bette kissed Jess on the top of her head “Stop being so hard on yourself and Carmen”
“Love you Mama” Jess said hugging Bette
“Love you too sweetie”
Jess Hugged Tina “Love you Mum”
“Love you too” Tina also kissed Jess on the head
“Night”
“Night sweetheart”