Meanwhile at the house…
Jess was in her studio headphones on and on her second can of red bull
“If Bette and Tina knew how much of that stuff you were drinking they would flip” Jace said
Jess took the headphones of and placed them on the desk, she turned putting her feet up on the desk “It helps me concentrate”
“Yeah yeah I like it as well as the next person but you drink it like water” Jace smirked “how’s the writing going?”
“Shit”
“Well at least we have the video shoot for thinking out loud in a few weeks” Jace smiled “Stop being so hard on yourself”
“Kelly will throttle me if I don’t have a new song for her by tomorrow”
“Well we’ve wrote plenty of music”
“Unfortunately that’s not enough, and we can’t release thinking out loud without a follow up” Jess sighed “And apparently I’ve lost my spark, Kelly say’s my performances are not up to scratch”
“You’ve had a lot going on” Jace snapped “She’s just being a bitch”
Jess’s mobile rang interrupting the conversation she looked at the caller ID.
“Hey Mum…Yeah things are good, how’s the hotel? How’s the erm cold?…I’m glad you like it, Typical of Mama we send you holiday to relax and she’s dragging you round Art Gallery’s” Jess smirked “Yeah okay Love you too bye”
“They good?” Jace asked
“Yeah they love the hotel and said it’s really cold but really nice at the same time…whatever that means” Jess smiled “They’re going to an art gallery”
“Oh how exciting, how crazy your Mama gets about these places amaze me I use to hate her field trips” Jace smiled “Oh that sounds like their back”
“Suppose we better go through” Jess got up going into the lounge
Lisa and Carmen walked into the house
“How’d it go?”
“Yeah good don’t need to go back for 4 weeks, she said I can drive and speak to my captain about going back to work” Carmen smiled
“No she said no more than 20 minutes driving and your captain will decide when you return” Lisa corrected
“I’m not an idiot I do know when you’re leaving stuff out” Jess smirked
“Yeah okay, so I’m going to speak to my captain” Carmen smiled “Where’s my key’s”
“Not today you’re not, just chill out you have all week to speak to him, can you just relax some more”
“I’ve been relaxing for 4 month Jess, your busy, everyone’s busy I also want to be busy” Carmen stated
“I’m hardly busy I’m here” Jess said
“Yeah for how long, you’re due in the studio tonight” Carmen stated
“Not if you don’t want me to be” Jess replied “What is up with you today, you seem to be pms-ing”
“I’m not, I’m just bloody bored out my head” Carmen snapped
“Well paint a picture, write a song I don’t know” Jess stated “Just stop having a go at me”
Jess left the room going into the studio
“In her defence Kelly is being a bitch” Jace stated “What would you like to do?”
“Anything I’m just bored Jace, it’s driving me insane”
“What if we do something, we can go look at range rovers or something”
“Yes I like that idea, can we take the Maserati? I’ll even let you drive it, it’s so they can do an estimate?”
“Deal” Jace got excited “let me get changed”
“Oh brilliant leave me with grumpy pants” Lisa joked
“She’s your sister” Jace smiled stealing a kiss from his wife
“Do you not need to be in the studio?” Carmen asked
“Nope just Jess tonight” Jace smiled
The house phone rang, Lisa picked it up.
“Hello Kennard Porter residence Lisa speaking”
Jace laughed at his wife
“Lisa it’s Jodie, we’ve managed to get Mason’s wallet back and both children involved have been suspended, and their parents have reimbursed the money that was in the wallet”
“That’s great news, as far as I’m aware Jess cancelled his bank card this morning so we don’t need to worry about that, they’ll send a replacement and well also be keeping hold of his wallet till we put the money in his bank” Lisa said “How’s he been today?”
“Very quiet not a peep from him, he’s caught up with all the work he missed yesterday”
“Glad to hear it, Jess will lighten up on him a little now” Lisa smiled “Speak soon Jodie”
“Bye Lisa”
Lisa put the phone back on the cradle and went to speak to Jess.
“Okay I’ll be two seconds” Jace smiled going up the stairs
Carmen walked slowly towards Jess’s studio
“I’m going out with Jace, I have my phone” Carmen said leaning against the door
“Ok” Jess said defeated
“Babe why you annoyed at me?” Carmen asked
“I’m not I just don’t want you to run before you can walk, and I feel that’s what your trying to do, your snapping at me for working” Jess stated
“No I’m not snapping, I’m just bored and sick of being stuck in the house”
“Shall I give you both a minute” Lisa asked
“No it’s okay I’m going now, I love you stop being a grumpy bear please” Carmen smiled at Jess “Grumpy doesn’t suit you”
Jess got up and kissed Carmen “I’m not a bear and I love you too”
“Jace if you let her drive today I’ll kill you!” Jess shouted
Carmen laughed shaking her head “I’m not 5!”
“Yeah but he won’t undermine me” Jess smirked “Have fun!”
Carmen shook her head leaving
“You’re such a control freak!”
“No I’m a concerned fiancée, she’s nowhere near ready to drive, she’s still up through the night in pain, and she’s still stumbling on her feet”
“Yeah ok chill out I get it” Lisa laughed “The school just phoned they have Mason’s wallet and all the cash back”
“Well that’s good” Jess said “I’d have replaced the money and bought him a new wallet but it was the principle behind it”
“Right I better get to the studio you going to be okay?” Jess asked her sister
“Yep I’m going to go for a bath, catch up on covert affairs and demolish a full tub of Ben and Jerry’s cookie doh” Lisa smiled