Tina walked into Jess’s lounge. Jess was sitting on the sofa on her laptop.
“Hi” Tina smiled
“Hi” Jess smiled back
“So my little fire cracker…do you still want to sign?” Tina asked holding Jess the contract and pen
“Course I do not going to let you waste all that money am I” Jess sighed signing it “But you need to let me breath for a while this is a lot for me to take”
“I understand that”
“No Mum you don’t because you didn’t tell me either” Jess looked at her Mum
“It wasn’t my place sweetie” Tina said “I’m sorry I kept it from you but this is something I couldn’t tell you till your Mama was ready, that’s why I got so angry when she said what she did”
“Ok” Jess said
“Are you going to speak to her?”
“I will when I’m ready but at the minute I just want to shout at her” Jess admitted
“What are your plans for today?”
“Well I’m waiting on Carmen getting back from her meeting at the station”
“Oh is that today” Tina asked
“Yeah she was a nervous wreck about it” Jess explained
“To be honest Jess I don’t think she’s ready to go back to work”
“No she’s not I agree with you but she thinks she is and I need to support that” Jess sighed
Carmen walked through to their side of the house without Tina and Jess noticing.
“Look’s like my boss agrees with you both” Carmen snapped walking into the bedroom
“Where the hell did she come from…she does that all the time…it’s like a harry potter moment…POOF their she is!” Jess snapped getting up
“What did he say?” Tina asked
“That I’m not ready to be back on duty but I can sit behind a desk…well that won’t be happening” Carmen snapped sitting down
“Sweetie your not ready to go back you still get pains in your leg”
“Yeah but it’s going away, I’m in the gym twice a day” Carmen explained “It’s a new Sergeant we have apparently all this crap with Mason, Jess and Jace caused my old sergeant to get transferred”
“Good enough for him he should have got sacked” Jess stated “So what did he say?”
“We will review it in 12 weeks!” Carmen snapped
“Good job you bought the label then, that will keep you busy till then” Jess smirked
Carmen looked at her with a look that would kill.
“Too soon…my mistake” Jess said
“I’m bored, literally!” Carmen snapped
“Well the only way I am releasing thinking out loud is if you choreograph it, so you won’t be bored for long”
“Oh you have pain in your leg…but that’s okay ignore that and choreograph my video babe” Carmen mimicked causing Tina to laugh
“If you want me to release it…it’s up to you!” Jess smirked leaving the room “Going to see my brother goodbye”
“She drives me up the wall…no joke” Carmen looked at Tina
“Well she signed the contract” Tina smiled
“I knew she would, she’s not silly and Brian told her if she didn’t he would kill her” Carmen smiled “Has she talked to Bette yet?”
“What do you think?”
“Nope” Carmen admitted “Bette at the school?”
“Yeah she can’t take anymore time off the board are having a fit as it is” Tina sighed getting up “I’m going to the label to sort stuff are you coming?”
“Yeah not like I have anything else to do”