Jace, Mark, and Lee all sat on the sofa of MTV exposed with the presenter Cory sitting across from them.
“Well guys first of thank you for being here with us this evening”
“Thanks for having us” Jace smiled
“So guys what’s going on? What the plans for the band?”
“Basically all the rumours are true but it won’t change anything for us, Jess is strong and will climb back to the top we all believe that, We will be getting a new tour manager when we decide it’s time to go back on tour but for now our plans are spending time with the family getting or album released and just creating some amazing music” Jace explained
“How do you all feel about what happened?”
“Well we weren’t exactly doing cartwheels” mark answered “She’s one of our closest friends you hurt one of us you hurt us all”
“Yeah were a package deal, it’s just fortunate Kirsty is female or we would all possibly being doing time in a state prison” Lee added
“Bottom line is this if the first and last time any of us will comment on it, Jess wants to forget about it and get on with her life without it being in the public eye so from now on our answers will be no comment” Jace finished
“We hear you just got engaged Jace how do you feel about Jess becoming your sister in law” Cory smirked
“Nothing really changes she’ll still boss me about” Jace joked “No I’m lucky to be part of such an incredible family, it’s a privilege to have them.”

“Sweetie are you sure you want to sleep here tonight, I don’t mind sharing the bed?” Tina said
“Me neither I mean I’m happy sleeping on the edge as you and your Mum sleep like starfish” Bette smirked
“Your one to talk, you talk in your sleep and swing your arms like a baseball player” Jess stated
Tina laughed and Bette’s expression
“Look I need to do this, I need to stop living in fear and this is the first step” Jess sighed
Mason walked into the living room, he looked at Jess’s face and then looked at the floor.
“Come sit beside me buddy” Jess smiled
“What if I hurt you?” Mason asked
“Totally worth the pain” Jess patted “Well watch the lion king”
“Oh yeah, Mama bought me the lion king 2 today so we can watch both” Mason said running back up the stairs
“Are you okay if we go food shopping? Lisa is upstairs anyway and well lock the door?” Bette asked
“Yeah I’ll be fine, plus I have a new phone, contact 24-7” Jess smirked
“Yep I have your new number already saved” Tina smirked
“You work fast” Jess said “I don’t even know it”
“It’s on the side of the box” Bette laughed
“Oh okay” Jess said
Mason ran back into the living room with the dvd’s in hand.
“Ok put it in buddy” Jess smiled
Mason did as he was asked and then sat beside Jess, Jess managed to lift her arm to let Mason cuddle in.
“Ok we will be as quick as we can” Tina smiled lifting her car keys leaning down and kissing Jess and Mason both on the cheek.
“Mason help your sister if she needs anything” Bette said
Jess laughed
“What’s funny?” Bette asked
“He’s 3 foot 0 he needs a stepladder to reach anything” Jess stated
“Well Lisa is up the stairs if you need anything” Tina smiled
A few days later…
“Community service and a fucking fine are you kidding me?” Bette snapped throwing her keys down
“Baby you need to calm down” Tina said
“Calm down, Tina she…”
“Look we know what she did Mama, we are all well aware, however your scaring the shit out my sister right now incase you didn’t notice” Lisa snapped sitting beside Jess who was shaking
“You’re not scaring me, I’m fine I don’t even know why I’m shaking” Jess stated
“It’s because it was her first offence” Carmen added “Jess she isn’t allowed within 100 yards of you or she breaches her probation”
“It’s a fucking joke that’s what it is!” Bette said going up the stairs
Tina sighed “Well that went well”
Carmen put her hand on Tina’s shoulder “She has every right to be angry”
“Does anyone want a drink? Can I get anyone anything?” Jace asked standing up
“No I need to get back to the station” Carmen said “are you going to be okay?” Carmen asked locking eyes with Jess
“I’ll be good” Jess smiled weakly “Thanks for going to the hearing and thanks for dragging my mama from the court room before she got charged”
Carmen laughed “I had a funny feeling someone would have an outburst”
“I had all my money on Lisa” Jace joked
“Suppose I better go check your Mama is okay” Tina said
“Good luck with that” Carmen smiled “See you all later”
Lisa let Carmen out and then went back to her sister. “How you feeling?”
“Sick to my tummy” Jess admitted
“Me too” Lisa smiled “But we need to throw it away now and move forward and I’ll do whatever it takes to help you”
“Thank you” Jess said resting her head on Lisa’s shoulder