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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 21:12:16 GMT 2
The Lamborghini roared to a stop outside the Tran home. The phone call had been unexpected, she hadn’t expected to hear from him, and was actually unsure if she should go to him, but he said he had a question that her female advice was needed. Licking her lips she let out a soft breath as she pulled herself free of the car.
Walking up to the door it opened in front of her and she easily stepped inside making her way inside, “Mr Tran is in the Kitchen” With furrowed brow she all but sighed, apparently this really was a business meeting.
“Whats this about Johnny” She questioned walking into the kitchen, dark eyes wondering over to the person she had fallen for and shouldn’t.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 21:28:48 GMT 2
Johnny looked at her and motioned her to sit down, "Thank you for coming. I've come by a particular piece of information and I'm not sure what I want to do with it. It's information particular to one of may assets and may affect him quiet a bit."
He glanced her over as she sat on the opposite side of him her hair loose as she looked him over, it was a look he hadn't seen from her before but he paid it no mind. This was real business this time.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 21:31:49 GMT 2
Natassia rose a brow as she ran a hand through her hair, dark eyes looking at him before taking a seat. “Oh” She questioned looking at him, dark eyes sparkling as she rested her head on her hand. She was intrigued now, trying to think of who the person could be. Licking her lips she rose a brow.
“Come on im intrigued now”
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 21:59:44 GMT 2
Johnny nodded and laid his cell phone on the table as he pressed the play button. On the small screen was Faye and Jack. She was sitting on the hood of her car and the two were pressed together, it looked like talking of lovers even as they kissed like the world depended on it. Except for the fact Jack was Natassia's and Faye was still seeing Jeremy.
Johnny looked at Natassia, some part of him felt bad for Jeremy. The kid had terrible luck with finding women that would stay with him and now it seemed like time had repeated itself and the kid had been cheated on by a woman he loved. But at the same time, this would only freeze his asset over, and the things the kid would do after this would be well worth going to his apartment every night to make sure he hadn't drank himself to death.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 22:11:17 GMT 2
Natassia eyed the phone in front of her gaze turning to the screen, dark eyes watching as it played out before her, there was no sound, which meant Johnny hadn’t been close enough to pick it up, but the video was enough, she felt anger surging Jack had been her way of getting to Toretto for Johnny and now….Shaking her head she flipped the phone shut “Your lawyer I take it” Running a hand through her hair she licked her lips, she had to think fast, if Faye got to Jeremy first…no that wasn’t going to happen, she’d play the game she’d fix this.
Flipping the phone open once more she quickly slid her phones over the buttons sending the video to her own phone, her gaze lifted to Johnny, “We have to deal with this, quickly” She stated with a sigh, damn stupid fucking whore, she was going to end up ruining everyone and she liked Jeremy, not that he had ever met her of cause, but still he did good work, kid deserved a break.
“Give me his address ill go over show him this, trust me its going to come better from me then you, after the stunt you played the other week”
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 22:26:59 GMT 2
Johnny nodded, "Yes it's his girlfriend the lawyer. I agree I just figured your opinion was a better plan then me walking into the office and shoving it down his throat."
He stood and grabbed a sticky note and a pen off the counter as he grabbed a key ring and pulled a brass key off the ring. He knew once this was over Jeremy wouldn't be in a state to remember to lock his own doors. Johnny doubted the kid would be doing much else other then crumbling to nothing like he had after the first one.
"Here's his address and the key to his apartment. Lock him in when you leave, he won't do it himself. And take it easy on him, this has already happened once to him six years ago. As much as I need him for my business, lawyer was helping him pick himself back up, this," he said motioning to the phone, "is going to break him. I trust that you'll be able to help piece things back together since both of our businesses run rather well because of him."
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 22:35:55 GMT 2
Natassia looked over athim with an unimpressed look across her face, “You damn right my ways gonna be better” She shook her head watching him write down the address, she knew where it was, but had never actually been over there, licking her lips she grabbed the key and draw her lower lip between her teeth, sighing she ran a hand through her hair and gave Johnny a tight smile.
“Ill fix it,, hell ill lock myself in the god damn apartment all night If I have to” Shaking her head she looked over towards Johnny, dark eyes twinkling, this guy really did seem to be down on his luck with woman, smiling she smiled, “Its good that you care about him, he’s gonna need you”
Licking her lips she reached forward and placed a kiss to his cheek, her fingers lingered on his skin before she pulled away from him, heading towards Jeremy’s apartment. Knocking on the door a tall, handsome guy opened the door, smiling brightly she looked him up and down “You must be Jeremy”
She easily slid past his form “Natassia we have a mutual acquaintance in common, you should sit I have something to show you”
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 22:45:32 GMT 2
Jeremy looked the woman over as she bushed past him and into his recently cleaned apartment, he and Faye were supposed to be having dinner later that night. He blinked as he closed his door and followed her where she had walked into his kitchen, one of his hands running through his finally short cut hair.
"Natassia... Manuel's daughter?" He asked cautiously, Manuel was one of his clients in Miami, the guy was like a real pirate, but Jeremy respected that about the guy, "What is it I need to see? I'm having company in a couple of hours, so how important is this?"
Jeremy's brow was furrowed in concern, he didn't know what to expect as he sat down at the kitchen table, where he and Faye had spent breakfast on before the both of them went to work.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 22:50:12 GMT 2
Natassia nodded her head, “One of the same” She stated turning so she could fully see him, he was handsome, with those dark jagged eyes, she hadn’t quite expected him to be so good looking, oh she hated this bit. “I wish though my being here was as pleasurable as Business” She stated softly, dark eyes softening as she watched. “No you wont this is important” Heaving in a breath she moved to sit opposite him, her fingers pulling free her phone and quickly retrieved the video.
“I have something you should see, it isn’t pretty” Licking her lips she pushed the phone towards him and pressed play. With every passing emotion on the screen she knew she didn’t have to see what was happening, it was written all over his face. She finally pulled it away from him, “Im sorry”
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 23:05:42 GMT 2
Jeremy glanced at the phone she had placed in front of him and felt his heart shatter into a million tiny pieces. There were no flickers in the film, nothing to prove this was a fake. Faye his goddess who meant the world over to him was sitting on the hood of her car with her ex Jack, they were kissing, and he was touching her, they were there and the time stamp at the bottom, said this had happened as he was at home getting ready for her. His throat was closed and he was having a hard time breathing properly.
He could feel the gaping hole that Faye had almost sealed shut explode and consume him whole. Jeremy's chest shook slightly as he was unable to think enough to be upset or angry. He had tried everything to keep her smiling, keep her happy. Their beach, her dream date, the sex, had everything been a lie to her? She had told him she was happy with him, sure he could tell she didn't love him yet, but there had been time for that and he could be patient.
"Why?" he forced the words from his mouth, they were rough and filled of pain.
He couldn't stop the feeling even as he numbly stood up and clenched his hands around the counter top fighting with himself, he couldn't go back to that... he shouldn't go back to that life. Who was he kidding, there wasn't anything in the world that would fix that hole anyone. Jeremy opened the cabinet door and grabbed his old friend around the neck as his other hand unscrewed the black metal cap.
He paused the bottle to his lips before he sealed his decision and drank. The whiskey hurt going down, it seared like liquid fire into his stomach but it would make the hurt go away. It had to.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 23:12:33 GMT 2
Natassia closed her eyes, she could no longer deal with the look on his face, it was heartbreaking, she had never seen such heart break before, how one single person was capable of causing so much pain was beyond her, finally her eyes opened and she watched him, the anger, the pain, it was all there, but so was the shock, the confusion, all the stages were present in his eyes. Johnny had been right he was gonna crash and hard.
“I don’t know” She whispered, as she watched im standing, fighting against the anger, the pain, she didn’t know, but it was horrendous to watch, she wanted to leave, to leave him to whatever he was going to do, but she couldn’t, she had promised Johnny she’d make sure he was okay.
She allowed him the first drink, it would numb whatever he wanted numbing, but by then she was already standing, her hand closing around the bottle and pulling it away from him, quickly tipping it down the sink. “You don’t let that slut ruin everything you’ve become” She stated, dark eyes blaring with pain, guilt, and her own blaring anger.
Swallowing she stepped away from him ever so slightly, stuck on what to do, how could she possibly make it all okay, stepping hesitantly towards him, her hand closed around his shoulder before she wrapped her arms around him.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2011 23:39:38 GMT 2
"I wasn't anything but an alcoholic before her, and I don't think that's going to change now," Jeremy said hollowly as he watched her pour the rest of the JD down the drain, he was a little annoyed that she was draining the bottle but he had three more he could drink when she left.
Everything hurt and he was starting to get a headache as he was now assaulted with two of the worst relationships he had. His grip on the counter was the only thing that was keeping him standing as blond blended with brunette.
As her arms wrapped around him he instantly closed his eyes and tucked his face into her hair as he hugged her back with one arm, the other shaking with the force he was gripping the counter. He had seen the unsure look she had sent him, he didn't blame her, she probably wanted to get out and leave him to his own devices.
"I'll be fine..." Jeremy said softly without any conviction in his voice, "It wouldn't be the first time someone cheated on me. At least she wasn't having sex with him, I..." he really didn't know what his reaction would have been if he had seen that again.
He wanted to drink, he wanted to throw things, Jeremy wanted to have a raging fit, but all he did was stand there letting her hug him, while inwardly he was screaming like a crazed animal. His body gave a heavy shudder as the image of Alison's face filled of pleasure flashed in his mind's eye, quickly followed by Faye kissing Jack like she had kissed him when they finally realized they needed one another.
Jeremy pushed Natassia away from him as the urge to throw something got too strong. He didn't want to hurt the messenger, he wouldn't because the only one he wanted to throttle right now was Jack. It was his fault this had happened, he was the one that had left Faye, and now he was the one who had taken her back after Jeremy had tried to fix everything and show her that she only deserved the best. Tears almost blinded him as he grabbed the now empty bottle and hurled it against the wall, where it shattered, sending bits of whiskey tinted glass skittering over the floor.
Jeremy couldn't even think anymore as he walked barefoot through the broken glass and towards his room. He had kept one pack of cigarettes in his dresser just in case, it was supposed to be a reminder but what the hell. He wasn't going to have anymore of his best friend getting poured down the drain.
He slipped one between his lips and lit up, inhaling the deadly smoke as he looked at his tangled sheets. He and Faye had plenty of action all over his apartment, there wasn't going to be a single place he could look and not remember pressing her against it and feel her skin under his hands.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 11:17:11 GMT 2
She swallowed as his head burrowed into her neck, inhaling her scent, biting the inside ofher lip she furrowed her brow at his words, and her grip tightened around him, “Your not that now though” She muttered softly, “Don’t let what she did change the good she created” Her fingers smoothed up and down the muscles of his back as she tried to soothe him, but who was she kidding, she didn’t know him, didn’t know what made him tick, didn’t know how to help him.
Her jaw clenched and a sigh fell from her lips at his words, men were stubborn, and annoying, letting their egos run wild, who was he kidding he wasn’t fine, wouldn’t be fine, not for a long time, no one could possibly be fine after what they had just witnessed.
He pushed her away and she went willingly, allowing her body to rest against the counter watching him, the glass shattered against the wall and she watched him, dark eyes sinning with sadness and concern, she had never once seen this amount of grief and it took away her breath.
She let him leave the room before sighing, woman were the worse creatures in the world, and she should know she was one, with a sigh she got to work, leaving Jeremy to his devices for the mean while. It took her a moment to find the dustpan and brush, but once she did she moved towards the glass and began sweeping it up, the disposed of it in the bin.
Her next task was harder, finding the booze, he didn’t seem to bothered about her pouring down the first one, which meant there were more, and being an alcoholic meant he was good at hiding them. Three bottles later she placed the empty ones down on the draining board, took a deep breath and turned towards the bedroom door.
Natassia lent her body against the door and looked down at him, she had no idea what to say, or more importantly what to do, no words were going to change what had happened, what he had seen. Sighing she moved towards him, dropping herself down to her knees, fingers resting against his knees, dark eyes locked on his face. “Shes not worth this” She whispered lifting her hand, brushing over her cheek. “You may think she is, but that video proved she wasn’t”
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 15:48:52 GMT 2
Jeremy looked down at her, his fingers were shaking and he had lost track of why. It could have been the sudden intake of alcohol, the nicotine now running through his body after 4 years, the shock that time was happening all over again, or the fact he was pissed. He sighed and looked away from her, she was trying to help he knew that, but he had shut down.
This is why he dealt with the bad shit in his life, he shut down and stopped thinking. Jeremy was good at being on auto pilot, he had moved through the better part of 6 years without really experiencing it. Faye had fixed that, she had helped him heal and then she had torn him apart. Natassia was right, Faye wasn't worth this feeling, no one was. But he was a sucker for pain and punishment, he just didn't know whether or not this was what he deserved.
With one shaking hand he grabbed her gently and pulled her to her feet, "You should go home Natassia. I have to deal with this on my own. I know Johnny probably told you to fix me, but there isn't anyone in the world that can fix this or make this any better. Though I appreciate you trying," he said with a hollow smile.
He just wanted her to leave him alone, he didn't need anyone but himself. He could take care of himself just like he used to.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 15:59:27 GMT 2
Natassia rocked to her feet as he tugged her upwards, his words made her frown, deal with it, yea right, he wasn’t gonna deal with it, he was gonna wallow in the pain, attempt to drown it out with the alcohol and then when he couldn’t find none head out to get some, then realize he was out and go looking for Faye or Jack, either one wasn’t a good idea.
Licking her lips she looked down at the broken man in front of her and shook her head, “Deal with it” Scoffing she shook her head and shoved her hands into the back pocket of her jeans, dark eyes sparkling as she looked at him, “Johnny cares and he’s worried about you” She muttered, brushing a hand through her hair.
Drawing her lower lip between her teeth she nodded her head once and turned to leave him to his own devices, swallowing she pulled open the door to his apartment, before closing it and locking it, then turned and headed towards the kitchen, and sat down on one of the chairs, her dark eyes locked on the bedroom, he’d think she’d left and hopefully not see her when he came storming onto the room.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 16:24:36 GMT 2
Jeremy listened to her leave and he sank to the ground burring his face in his hands, his body still trembling as he swore, his head shooting up as he smashed his head into the wall behind him. How could he have been so stupid? How could he have gotten attached to Faye, like he had been to Alison, he had been bitten once and he walked right back into the same kind of situation and had gotten bitten again.
Sighing around the death stick he pulled it away and grabbed the trash can dropping the ash in, "I'm an idiot. I should know better by now, I'm not supposed to have anyone else. Yet I keep doing this to myself..." he mumbled to the empty air of the apartment.
Taking a breath he finished off the death stick and forced himself off the ground. He needed to wash it all away, if he kept himself from remembering then it couldn't hurt anymore. Jeremy knew that he could very well kill himself by drinking, but he could deal with that. It was like driving home when he was buzzed, he knew the risk and was always double checking to make sure he wasn't going to hurt anyone else.
Jeremy walked into the kitchen and saw the three empty bottles sitting on the kitchen counter. He was going to kill that woman, apparently she didn't realize that you shouldn't stand between him and his best friend. He turned and saw her still sitting there at his table.
"Why would you do that?" His voice was tight and threaded with fury, he was now pissed and ranting and raving was going to be the next step he took.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 17:14:52 GMT 2
The sounds of grief broke her heart, it crushed it in to and she could feel her own tears prickling the corners of her eyes, so this was what it was like, the pain they felt when she was done with them and spat them back out, sure she didn’t have anything to do with this, other then showing him the video, but she was no harmless girl she played the game to the max, and now she was witnessing first hand the after math.
Swallowing she brushed a hand through her hair, there was movement in the other room, and then he was coming into the kitchen, his dark eyes wondering over to the bottles before finding her. With a sigh she turned dark, saddened eyes towards him, “Because at the end of the day, no matter how much you drink, how hard you try and drown yourself there is going to be that one sober moment of clarity and its going to kill you” She whispered, she didn’t stand, didn’t need to, her voice was soft, yet it carried over to him.
Drawing her lower lip between her teeth she turned away her gaze, “And im not about to let you throw away your life for some two bit whore who isn’t worth it”
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 17:33:48 GMT 2
"I don't have a life," Jeremy said starting to search through cabinets, he had to find something, anything, "I've never really had one, and when I did have one I fucked it up. Death at this point would be a small mercy," he snarled slamming the cabinet with more force then he needed to.
He clenched his hands around the edge of the counter and tried to think, he knew there was more then JD in the apartment. The question was where he had stashed it all those years ago when he decided anything stronger then whiskey didn't agree with him. Jeremy used to have bad habits that he forced himself to break.
Hanging his head he remember that the last bottle of anything with alcohol contents was shoved in the back corner of his tv stand, with the purpose of it sitting there until it went bad. He turned and looked at Natassia, she needed to leave, he needed her to get out so he could attempt to kill himself with alcohol and leave someone else to pick up the pieces that were left. Jeremy could deal with that, and if that didn't work he'd find something else, there had to be something else.
"Go home. And I mean walk out of my door and don't walk back in. I appreciate you showing me, and I appreciate your concern but I can handle this on my own. And if Faye remembers we have a date while she's busy with... him... then you can't be here. It's not like you left me anything to drink my problems away," Jeremy said his voice hollow and cold with a quick snap at the end to let her know that he really just wanted to be left alone.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 17:44:46 GMT 2
Natassia heaved in a breath as she calmly sat at the table watching him looking around searching for anything he could drown his pain in, she knew there was more in the house, there had to be, an alcoholic always stashed them some where, but she didn’t have time to search for them all, “No woman is worth death, trust me” She whispered softly, gaze watching him, with each passing moment he was getting angrier and angrier and at that moment she wanted to find Faye herself and deal with her, not only had she ruined her operations, but had ruined the man in front of her.
Licking her lips she sighed and slowly pushed herself up but instead of walking towards the door she moved towards him, fingers wrapping around his arm forcing him to look at her, “She isn’t worth it, nor is the words or the anger your going to have if she shows up, and if she doesn’t going after him isn’t worth it either” She smoothed a hand over his cheek softly, lifted and dropped akiss to the skin she had just touched before pulling away.
“Remember no amount of alcohol will change this pain right here” She muttered pressing her hand against his heart. With a breath she turned and unlocked the door before closing it behind her, making her way slowly to her car.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2011 18:47:39 GMT 2
Jeremy took a deep breath as she left and screamed in fury as he swept all three bottles to the floor. She was right, he knew she was right. There wasn't enough alcohol in the world that would take away the pain he was feeling. There was no real way to deal with this pain, he couldn't stop it anymore then he could stop a train as this point.
He walked into his living room and grabbed the bottle of Everclear that was sitting in hiding. The stuff had giving him a hangover that lasted two day, the question was if he really wanted to deal with that.
Jeremy looked at the clock, she was supposed to be here in a half hour. Taking a deep breath he grabbed the bottle setting it on the kitchen table as he grabbed the pack of cigarettes and lit one. All he had to do now was wait.
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