Jess and Lisa walked into the house
“My legs are killing me” Lisa moaned
“Oh get a grip your hardly did anything, you spent most of your time on that stupid aerobics ball thing!” Jess laughed
“Not everyone likes to run themselves into oblivion and that step master was just a death trap”
“Lisa you’re supposed to walk up the steps, not fall down them”
“I didn’t realise the minute I pressed the button I’d be kissing the fucking floor, some idiot must have had it on the faster speed”
“I still didn’t see the problem when I tried it” Jess laughed
“Yours went slower than mine” Lisa said lying on the sofa “Where is everyone?”
Jess looked at the clock “Mum’s working till 11 tonight, but everyone else should be home, Mama’s car is in the drive”
“Mason is with Jace” Lisa said checking her phone
Jess walked up the stairs and quietly knocked on Bette and Tina’s bedroom door. She opened it and seen Bette asleep. She quietly closed the door and made her way back down the stairs.
“Mama is asleep” Jess said “I’m going to get changed and watch les misarables”
“Urgh how boring” Lisa sighed “I’m going for a bath and then I need to organise seating plans”
“And what I’m doing is boring” Jess smiled
“If you were a loving sister you’d help me”
“Come through once you’ve had your bath and I’ll help you” Jess said
“Ok” Lisa smiled getting up and making her way upstairs

Jess walked into her side of the house she quickly got changed and then sat on her beanbag chair turning on the TV. She checked her phone realising she had a text from Carmen.
Do you want to come to mine when I finish work? Xx
No but I’m pretty sure I want you to come here after work, I need to help Lisa with her seating plan and then I was going to watch les misarables, Come stay her tonight xx
Baby I stayed there last night and besides you’re a bad influence when were at yours, I’m convinced your parents heard us last night. Xx
Jess smiled
No baby if they heard anything they heard you, I was quiet and besides they aren’t exactly bloody quiet, and I am totally not a bad influence that be you, your older you should know better! Xx
I’m being the bigger person and not speaking to you now Xx
Jess laughed and sat her phone down on the table.
“What you laughing at you weird person?” Mason asked
“Nothing just Carmen being silly, how are you buddy?” Jess asked
“I’m okay, thank you for my new game”
“Did you get it? Good times, I asked Jace to take you” Jess smiled
“Yeah he took me to McDonald’s too” Mason smiled
Jess smiled “Come sit with me, I need to tell you something”
“Uh oh” Mason said walking over and sitting beside Jess
“So I might be going on tour again next week”
“Wait what?” Mason said standing up again
“Listen to me Mason before you go off on one” Jess said
“You promised you were home for a while”
“Hunni I’ve been home for a while”
“yeah and where have you been, you moved in with someone who hurt you, then you moved away to some new place and you’ve just got back home and…” Mason snapped getting upset “You lied to me”
“No…no I didn’t lie to you, I’m telling you just now, it’s only for a little while”
“You’re the worst sister ever!” Mason snapped leaving Jess’s side of the house
Jess got up following him
“Mason…will you just listen to me for a second please?”
“GO TO HELL!” Mason snapped running up stairs and banging his room door closed
“Well that went swimmingly” Jess sighed sitting down
“What the hell was that all about?” Lisa asked coming down the stairs
“He’s not amused about the tour” Jess said getting up and walking up the stairs she tried to open Mason’s door but couldn’t get it open
“Mason let me in” Jess stated
“Get lost!”
“I want to talk to you” Jess said
“I don’t want to talk to you!”
Bette came out her bedroom door.
“What’s going on?”
“Mason isn’t happy about the tour”
Bette closed her eyes and then opened them. She rubbed her temples and then knocked on Mason’s door.
“Sweetie open the door please” Bette asked
“Not till she goes away” Mason snapped
“Mason stop being like this, Jess is trying to explain to you”
“She promised me she’d hang around this time”
“I’m not going away for long it’s only 3 weeks then I’ll be home” Jess stated
“Yeah till the next stupid time!” Mason snapped
“Listen me and Jess are going downstairs, when you’re ready to talk come and speak to us” Bette said
Jess looked at Bette and then followed her down the stairs.
“Sorry you got woke up” Jess apologised
“It’s okay I was sleeping too long anyway, just wasn’t feeling good when I got home” Bette explained
“Tea?” Jace asked
“Yes please” Bette smiled
“No thanks I’m good” Lisa said
“Jess?”
“No I’m okay thanks” Jess sat beside Bette and cuddled in
“Well at least it’s only Mason who’s not happy, I expected that” Bette said wrapping her arms around her daughter
“Yeah I didn’t silly me” Jess sighed “apparently I’m the worst sister ever!”
“That’s a lie he doesn’t mean that” Lisa laughed
“Still hurt though”
“Babe get a grip he’s just like you, he hates not getting what he wants”
“So do you!” Bette laughed
“You’re a great sister them two just don’t appreciate you” Jace smirked
“Excuse me?” Lisa asked
“Well you said I was a bad sister last week” Jess smirked
“Yes I was pissed at you, I didn’t genuinely mean it” Lisa laughed
“Well I love you even if your brother and sister don’t” Bette joked
“Thanks Mama” Jess smiled
Jess let her head rest on Bette’s legs as she cuddled in. “Now I have a sore head!” Jess said
Lisa automatically dimmed the lights. “Did you take your meds?”
“Yes” Jess stated
Jace handed Bette her tea and sat next to Lisa.
“Just the stress of everything today” Jace said “it’s been a lot to take even I’m feeling a bit blah with it all”
“I’m going to go attempt to talk to Mason” Lisa said getting up
Bette turned the TV on and switched it to the channel CSI was on.
An hour later Lisa came downstairs
“He’s having none of it” Lisa stated “She sleeping?”
“Yep” Bette smiled
“She is such a Mama’s girl it’s pathetic” Lisa laughed
“21 and she’s cuddled into her Mama” Jace smirked taking a picture “Facebook!”
Bette shook her head “She’s just feeling a little fragile”
“She’s a Mama’s girl and you know it!” Jace laughed
“I’m not denying it” Bette said “You both need to remember though when she gets stressed her health gets upset”
“I know were just playing” Lisa smiled
The house phone rang and Lisa quickly jumped to get it.
“Hello…no you didn’t scare me…Jess has fell asleep on Mama so I ran before it woke her, erm I’m not sure hold on I’ll ask?” Lisa took the phone away from her ear “Mum wants to know how you’re feeling?”
“Yeah I’m okay” Bette smiled “tell her I’ll phone her later”
“She said she’s fine and she’ll call you later…no Jess is fine Mason gave her a bit of a hard time…no honestly she’s fine…Mama’s here and she’s asleep anyway don’t worry, okay love you too…bye”
A few hours passed Mason still didn’t make an appearance. Jess was still sound asleep cuddled into Bette.
“Honey can you go check on Mason and make sure he’s not went to bed in his uniform” Bette said
“Yeah I’m going to get changed anyway” Lisa said looking at the clock “Mum should be home any minute”
“Carmen’s at the door she doesn’t want to knock incase she wakes her” Jace smirked getting up and letting her in.
“You don’t need to knock, I’ve told you this” Bette smiled
“I know it’s just a habit” Carmen smiled “How long has she been sleeping?”
“Since about 7.30” Jace said “Mason went off on one at her”
“Oh dear” Carmen said sitting down
“She had a sore head so she’s blocked it out by going to sleep” Bette explained
“He’s asleep in his pyjamas” Lisa said sitting beside Jace
“I rang her phone, so I was wondering why she wasn’t answering considering it’s never out her hand” Carmen told them
“How you feeling about all this?” Jace asked “truthfully?”
“I think she needs to do it, to realise she’s not who that bitch made her out to be, it’s a huge part of her and she needs her confidence back” Carmen told them
“She told Kelly she wouldn’t do it if you flipped” Jace smiled
“I don’t think she understands, I didn’t flip because she went on tour, I flipped because she dropped me to do it” Carmen stated
“She’s not that person anymore, she’s grew up a lot” Jace told them
“We know, we see it” Bette smiled “I’m very proud of her”
Tina came in she put her keys and bag down “She still asleep?” Tina asked confused
“Yeah” Bette said “But I really need to wake her, because I really need to pee”
Everyone laughed.
“Sweetheart you need to wake up” Bette said gently shaking Jess
“Yeah okay” Jess said cuddling in more
“No you don’t understand Jess, I need the toilet” Bette laughed
Jess sat up and Bette got up.
“Sorry” Jess apologised “Wow erm okay, hi I was just erm resting my eyes”
“For like 4 hours” Lisa laughed
“Seriously” Jess yawned
“You okay babe?” Carmen asked
“Yep I’m good” Jess said rubbing her eyes
“You sure?” Tina asked sitting at the other side of Jess
“Yeah I just erm…I’m good” Jess said getting up
“You hungry?” Jace asked
“Not in particular, Did Mason come out?”
“Nope he went to bed in his huff” Lisa stated
“Brilliant” Jess sighed “What do I do?”
“He’ll come around you know what he’s like” Tina explained “He’s just learned how to huff really well, who taught him that?”
“Oh ha ha” Jess stated “I only huff if I have good reason to huff”
Everyone laughed
“You’re just too funny babe” Carmen smiled
“I need air; I want to go a walk”
“Why do you always persist on going walks when it’s late” Tina asked
“Let’s go” Carmen said getting up
“Let’s go a walk down the beach!” Lisa said getting excited
“Yeah that’s a good idea” Jess smiled
“Ok let me go get changed” Lisa said jumping up and running up the stairs
Jess, Carmen, Jace and Lisa walked down the empty beach.
“I can’t believe Mason said I was the worst sister ever, I’m totally the better sister” Jess said
Carmen laughed at her girlfriend “Babe he’s 10”
“I know but still, his sister is like super talented and hot” Jess smirked
Lisa laughed she was walking in front of them with Jace.
“Ok firstly you look like me, were both hot and secondly your only a little talented”
“Erm no you look like me babe I’m older” Jess stated
“By a minute oh my god” Lisa said sarcastically
Carmen and Jess walked with their arms around each other.
“I’m still older so therefore you look like me” Jess said
“I’m older than you both so shut up” Jace stated
“Can we walk down by the water?” Lisa asked
“Yeah come on” Jace said pulling her in the direction of the water “Well leave these two to talk”
“So are you really okay with me going on tour?”
“Yeah babe it’s only 3 weeks, as long as you come home to me” Carmen smiled
“Yeah I think I just might do that” Jess joked
Carmen stopped “No seriously don’t be doing anything stupid, and please come home to me in one piece”
“Relax I will I promise” Jess smiled wrapping her arms around Carmen and kissing her softly
“You’re cute, lucky for you that goes in your favour” Carmen smiled taking Jess’s hand as they walked
“So nothing to do with the fact I’m a rockstar”
Carmen laughed “No absolutely not, I couldn’t care less if you worked in McDonalds”
“Yeah that is never going to happen” Jess laughed “But thank you for loving me for me”
“Always” Carmen smiled
“You staying at mine tonight?”
“Do you want me too?”
“You know I do” Jess smiled
“Then I will” Carmen smiled
“What shift you tomorrow?”
“I’m night shift so we can spend sometime together during the day if you want?”
“I’d like that” Jess admitted “I need to go get some new clothes and then I need to go and speak to Kelly but you can come too if you don’t mind”
“Course I don’t”
“JACE!!!” Lisa screamed
Carmen and Jess turned to see Jace and Lisa wrestling with each other in the water.
“Oh my god how immature are they” Carmen laughed
Lisa ran passed them Jace was chasing her.
“What the actual fuck?” Jess asked
“She splashed me, so I splashed her back and she tripped me up” Jace said
“Size of you compared to her and she tripped you up” Carmen laughed
“The water is fucking freezing” Jace said running his hands through his hair
Lisa was laughing “I love you!”
Jace smiled “Yes okay that’s believable right now”
“But I do” Lisa smiled
Jace wrapped his arms around her “I love you too”
“Ok picture time” Jess smiled taking out her phone
Jace and Lisa posed for the picture
“Ok your turn” Lisa smiled taking Jess’s phone
Carmen wrapped her arms around Jess and cuddled in.
“Aww too cute” Jace smiled
Lisa handed Jess back her phone.
“Ok let’s go home its getting cold” Lisa yawned