I did just that. I grabbed the key from her and made our way to the master’s. It’s not that big. It has a fifty-inch flat screen placed above the automatic fire place, a desk to write paper works on beside the door out, and a queen-sized bed. It also has the best view of the lake and the biggest closet and bathroom. I inhaled and let myself collapse on the bed. I still can’t wash away the thought of what happened today. Jenna laughed at me when I said I wanted to cut my hair, and that motherfucking Ryan Gosling twin. I don’t like him. And I don’t like what I saw in Jenna’s eyes when they were talking.

*Jenna’s POV*

“Come on.” The four of us made our way to Quinn’s old room.

“My room!” My three-year-old daughter shouted with glee as she run and jumped to her bed. It’s a good thing we still kept Quinn’s old crib.

“Wow, Quinnie. You’ve got a really nice room.” Tez said as she sat down with Quinn on her bed.

“Quinn, stop eating chocolate. We’ll go to Nana’s soon for lunch. Did you get your backpack?” I said before turning my attention back to changing Caleb.

She stopped peeling her Snickers and then looked at me. “Okay, momma.” She replied.
“Okay, choco monster, let’s see what else you got in your backpack.” Tez said carefully putting out all the things inside Q’s backpack. “Is this a cellphone? What are you 20? Aren’t you like 2?”

“Momma said that I can only use it for emergency.” She reasoned out.

“She only knows how to dial my number and Vic’s and 911” I said, trying to reach out the powder inside the bag as I held both of Caleb’s legs to keep him from falling.

I have my attention on my one-month-old child but I can still hear what they’re talking about. I stared at him. He is so much like Vic. I powdered him up and fixed his diaper. I lifted him up and placed him back on the crib.

“Oh. That’s great, I guess.” Tez said. “Hey, Jen, how’s Tim?”

The question immediately made my face hot. I don’t know why, I’m over Tim. And I have Vic. He’s the most amazing man in the planet. I think it’s because of the fact that Tim and I hadn’t ended things properly.

“He’s okay, I guess. He’s now managing his dad’s business. He’s…matured a lot too.” I said plainly.

“And dressed better. Oh was he serious about SoundWave?” Tez asked.

“I don’t know! You two were the ones talking!” I think I might’ve raised my tone a little bit.

“Okay, grumpy.” Tez said chuckling. “He’s still charming though. That smile, god. Is this the first time that you saw him since your failed engag—“

I grabbed one of Caleb’s pillows and hit my sister on the face with it.
“Ow! What was that—“

And then I hit her again. And that led to an unnecessary pillow fight. She chased me as I ran around the room. The fight ended up with me on top of her and continuously hitting her on the face. I threw the pillow at the corner of the room and started tickling her.

“Stop! Jenna Rachael Mcdougall, if you don’t stop this instant!” She yelled. “Is this what you want to show your kids? Violence? Let me go!” She said in between laughs and breaths
.
“Ha! You sound like mom! I always win pillow fights because you’re such a wimp.” I said ruffling her hair, “If you want me to stop, stop the Tim talk. You got it? Vic, doesn’t know.”

“Deal!” She said gasping for air. I got off her and she sat down on the carpet fixing her hair. “What the heck is that about? You didn’t tell your husband?”

“No.” I said widening up my eyes. “He knows that he’s my ex but that’s just it.”

“Jenna!” She said smacking my arm.

“What? It’s awkward. Do you usually talk about your exes with Nick?” I said.

“Yes! You’re supposed to tell him everything.” She replied.

“Do you talk to Nick about everything?” I asked.

“Yes. EVVVERYTHING.” She said, “And Tim isn’t just some petty high school ex. We’re talking about the guy that you almost marr—“

“Oh kay! Stop talking about that!” I threw my hands in the air. “Me and vic and you and Nick, are different.”

And she laughed, “That sounds like a tongue twister.”

I stuck out a tongue at her and got back to putting Caleb’s things inside his bag. I glanced at Quinn who’s so busy playing with her phone.

She’s full of energy since she’s slept the whole trip. She then turned to jumping on the bed and then turned to my sister. “You can sleep in here, Aunt Tez, if you want. We can have a sleepover, and play all night long!” She hopped to Teresa, and thankfully my sister got her
.
“Careful, tadpole. You break that box spring, you’re sleeping on the floor.” She said. “That sounds great. But Nana and Grandpa Jack, they’re gonna need me at the house. But we can totally have a sleepover there. You, me, and your Aunt Hanna Banana.”

Quinn batted her eyelashes and hugged Teresa. “Really?”

“Yeah, we could also take your brother with us. I’m sure Nana will be happy to take care of her new grandson. And also, to give some people alone time.” Teresa replied.

What the fuck. I grabbed the pillow from the corner and smacked Teresa once again on the arm.

“Ow! Why do you keep on hitting me?”

“Why do you keep on talking about things you shouldn’t talk about?” I said imitating her tone.
“You are not supposed to tell my daughter that! She doesn’t know anything about that!” I exclaimed.

“Okay, geez! Sorry! I barely said anything, though.” She said chuckling.

“I’m gonna help Vic, set up. You stay here and take care of my kids.” I said laughing. I gave Caleb and Quinn a kiss and smacked Teresa with a pillow once more before running to our room.

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I caught sight of Vic lying on the bed and staring straight in the ceiling so I jumped on the bed with him and rested my head on his widely spread arms. I crawled my way closer to him until I can peck his neck.

“You not still mad at me, are you?” I said pouting my lips at him

He took a deep breath and got up, “I think I’m gonna go shower.” He went to where he left our bags and then asked, “Where did you put my toiletries?”

He’s still mad. I don’t see what the big deal is. I already fucking apologized. He’s just being childish about this. Anyway, I’m not in the mood to really follow him around all day like a sorry puppy dog so I ran a hand through my hair and replied, “Right pocket. Babe, are we gonna do this?”

He got his toiletries and walked to the bathroom completely ignoring me.

“Vic.” I said once more. Final straw, if he still ignores me then I’m gonna fucking leave it.

“I don’t know, Jenna, you tell me.” He said disappearing inside the bathroom.

I sighed. What a fucking child. I don’t need another child in this house. I changed into shorts and dragged the suitcases to the closet to unpack. I heard the shower open and him hum Bathwater. Honestly, I don’t really like it when he hums Bathwater in his shower. He does it all the time.

I started to hang the clothes and pile them neatly into the cabinets. I was halfway done when I heard a knock on the door.

I got up and closed the bathroom door on my way to the door. Vic always showers with the bathroom door open.

“Hey, Jen.” It’s Alysha. “We’re gonna go sight-seeing with your sister.”

“Yeah? Cool. But aren’t you guys jetlagged?” I asked.

“We’re good. Do you guys wanna come?” Alysha is such a great friend. I’m honestly surprise Mike hasn’t proposed yet. But I feel like it’s going to be anytime soon.

“Um, I’m still unpacking and Victor is showering so you guys go ahead without us.” I replied.

“Oh okay. And uh, we’re taking Quinn.” She said.

“Yeah, she’s jumping up and down and so excited to be here.” I said chuckling. “But please tell Mike not to pump her up full of sugar. That little nugget can be so persuasive, but no matter what she does, you have to promise me not to give in. She already ate chocolate on the plane.”

“Okay, you can count on me girl!” She said hugging me.

“Okay, have fun, you guys.” I said finally closing the door.

I went back to the closet to finish what I had started. After about ten more minutes, Vic got out of the shower.

He got out with a towel covering only the lower part of his body. I glanced at him. His hair and body is still dripping wet. I watched him as he ran a hand through his wet hair and then so inappropriately rubbed his body with both his hands. It almost looked hot. The fact the he is messing up everything that I had piled neatly in search of what clothes to wear, is making it not hot.

“Who was that?” He asked. I walked over to him before he could ruin the clothes completely.

“It was Alysha. I already arranged an outfit for you. It’s sitting on the bed. And um Vic, there is this thing called the blower. It is used to dry our hairs. We have at least two blowers in there if I’m not mistaken. You are making the floor wet and slippery,” I said.

Then he walked to the bedroom. “If you have problems with my hair then maybe you shouldn’t laugh when I tell you I should cut it.” He was maybe more than a meter away but I still heard him well.

“Jesus! Cut it, then! It’s just hair, for fuck’s sake, Victor. Grow up. You already have two kids. I don’t need another child in this house!” I yelled. This is really pointless. I can’t believe he’d do this.

I finished unpacking. By the time I was done, all my anger have subsided. I didn’t mean to yell.
He’s just making such a big deal out of this. And the way that he said it! That’s what really got to me. I don’t know if this just about the hair or it’s about what happened earlier at the store.
Okay, I need to get to the bottom of this. I need to know where he is at or else we’re gonna end up ruining this whole Australia trip. The reason we came is here is to just forget about the stress. We can’t do that if he’s gonna act this way around me. As much as possible, I don’t want a fight between us to last overnight. I want things fixed before we go to bed. Victor, on the other hand, will want to take time as much as he wants.

I tiptoed to the bedroom and saw him sitting on the bed with his phone. He’s still shirtless and about to put on his shoes.

I got to the bed and crawled to where he’s sitting. I snaked my arms around my favorite part of my husband’s body, his shoulders. I buried my face in his neck and whispered, “Sorry. Talk to me please.”

He locked his phone and licked his lips before speaking. “I’m sorry too. I know I was immature.”
I then positioned myself in his lap and he wrapped his arms around my waist.

“Okay, I need you to be honest with me. Can you do that?” I asked. And I really want to be honest with him too. I wanna tell him everything. I just don’t know how. Because no matter what I say, I know he’s gonna be mad.

“Of course.”

“Is this really about the hair? Or is this about Tim?” I asked putting my hands around his neck.
He took a deep breath and then spoke, “Okay, I’m a little upset about the hair. But I’m furious about the Tim guy. Who is he, Jenna?”

“I already told you about him. He’s the first guy that I’ve ever been with.” I said.

“Been with? Like how deep was your relationship? I know that you know him since high school and stuff and the song The Other Side was inspired by him.” He tucked a piece of my hair behind my ear.

“Why does it matter? I’m with you now. And our family is great. It doesn’t matter what happened in the past.” I explained.

“But I wanna know.” He insisted.

“Okay, some of the songs on record The Other Side are about him.” I said. I feel like telling him about the songs will be a good start. I also feel like it will give him some sort of clue to where my relationship to him with him was.

“Really? Like what songs?” He asked.

“Uh, geez, Come Home, I guess. Hell and Back, that’s….he sort of inspired that song.Complexes, Say Please and uh…You Don’t Owe Me Anything.” I said.

“And The Other Side.” He said staring blankly. “Wow, that’s already half of the record.” And then he looked down.

“Hey.” I lifted his chin up and guided his lips to mine. Our kiss was so tender and so pure I almost melted into it. And then I pulled back. “Don’t get intimidated by that. All the love songs that I will write in the future, they will be about you and our perfect family.”

He smiled before finally opening his eyes. “Okay. Nice save.”

Maybe now is not the right time to tell him about what really happened with Tim and I. I always need him to go on stage with a clear head. He tends to be very emotional and get carried away so easily on stage whenever something’s happened.

“You know,” He said rubbing my thighs. “It just occurred to me…that…we are…completely and oh so amazingly alone in this house. I wonder what fun things to do.” He wiggled his eyebrows and tapped my thighs.

“Oh yeah? What do you have in mind?” I said smiling smugly at him.
He flipped us over so he’s on top. “I could probably show you more than I could tell you.”

That made me laugh. I was so focused on his still wet body being on top of me and all of its gloriousness that I didn’t realize we were crawling way up and I hit my head on the headboard.

“Ow.” I said. He put a hand behind my head gently rubbing the part that hit the bed. We both laughed as I entwine our fingers together. “I missed you.” He pulled me in closer and then kissed me fully on the lips. This kiss was different to the one we had earlier. This one’s hungry and so full of lust and desire and passion. I placed my hands behind his neck encouraging him as he explored my mouth with his tongue. He positioned himself in between my legs and then I realized something.

I pulled back and slightly pushing him away from me. “Wait, Caleb.” I said gasping for air.
“Don’t worry. He’s asleep and won’t wake up for another forty-five minutes. I already fixed the monitor.” He said pointing out to the device sitting at the bedside table.

I dropped my jaw and said, “What? You know it almost seems like this is planned.”
And he gave me a smirk and then shrugged. He laughed as he tossed his shoes to the floor and untied my shorts before going back to kissing me.

Then his kisses traveled south. It went from my mouth to the side of my face and then my neck. I emitted a light moan as I feel the heat of his breath against my skin. I glanced at the decorative mirror on the corner of the room. I caught sight of our reflection. I saw Vic working his way to removing my shirt. Then from my tummy, he continued his journey south. He kneeled down in between my legs in kissed the tattoo on my left leg. He removed my shorts completely and then went back to kissing my chest. He was seconds away to unclamping my bra when the most unexpected thing happened. I thought, no not again. My phone rang.

He pulled back but I caught his neck and pulled it down on me until our lips were once again united. My other hand tugged on the button of his jeans and the other caressed his abs. I’m not usually one to act out aggressively, but I guess this is what staying in the hospital for almost two weeks did to me. Once I know his attention was on me again, I went to kissing his jaw. I heard him say, “God, I love you so much.”

“Shh don’t say it just kiss me.” I replied. And then he continued his unfinished business on my bra. He’s just so determined to get me naked already. We’re not usually this fast. But it has just been so long and I fully understand his frustration.

I glanced at our reflection once again in the mirror. I saw Vic lifting me up to remove my bra completely. I moaned and shivered when he touched my bare chest. Just when his kisses where about to travel further south, my phone rang again.

He sighed collapsing on top of me.

“What?” I said.

“Your phone.”

“Just ignore it.”

“I can’t. It’s distracting. That’s the second time, Jen. Answer it.” He said sitting up.

I exhaled and reach for my phone. Who the fuck could this be?

“Who is it?” Vic asked.

“I don’t know it’s just a number.” I replied. “Hello?”

“Hello, Jen!” A familiar voice answered. And then just like that my heart beat went two times faster. I know this voice, oh so well.

“Tim?” I said. I looked at Vic, whose faced dropped to the floor. He looks so annoyed.

“What the fuck does he want?” Vic whispered. I tried to cover my phone.

“Hi!”

“Hi, what’s up? How…did you get my number?” I asked.

“I just called to say hi. And that doesn’t really matter.” He replied. I wanted to yell at him. I wanted to be mad. I wanted to tell him that he interrupted something important.
But all that came out was, “Well, hi.”

“Listen, I was serious about SoundWave tonight. You know, you, me, and Teresa. I missed you guys. I already cancelled all my appointments tonight and got the tickets.” He said.

“Umm…I don’t know.”

“Come on. Just friends.” He said imitating the tone from The Other Side.

I chuckled, “You’re such a dork. I have to be there anyways. My husband,” I said emphasizing on the word husband. “and his band are going to play.”

“I know, that’s cool. How about you?” He asked.

“Is he gonna hang up any time soon?” Vic asked trying to listen to what we were talking about.

“Well, considering that I nearly died a month ago, I don’t think they’re gonna let us play.” I said chuckling.

“Oh man that sucks. I really wanna see you perform live again.” He replied.

“Wait, again?” I don’t think Tim has seen me perform ever. He’s always mad at me for doing this and always saying that this has changed me.

“Yeah, dude. Do you really think I hated you doing what you love? I went to every single one of your shows here in Sydney, but I stayed hidden of course.” He said laughing. “Man you were great last SoundWave 2015. One of your best shows ever. When you jumped to rescue that fan being tackled by the security, man I wanted to yell and shout to everyone that that’s my girl. Well used to be my girl. I hated the fact that you were always away. I was angry, Jenna. But I love it when you’re on stage and everything is just magic because you really loved what you’re doing. I always was and will always be proud of you. Anyway, SoundWave. Please say yes.” He said.

My jaw dropped. I couldn’t speak. I’m mind fucked. I was wrong about him. But fuck, that’s not important now. It’s gone. And Vic is the most amazing husband and father in the world so, I really shouldn’t be reacting this way.

I glanced at Vic once more, who has a smug look on his face. He looked like he’s planning on some evil scheme or something.

Without further ado, he removed my underwear and tossed it to the ground.

“What are you doing?” I whispered.

“Relax.” He said smirking at me.

“Hello? Jenna? Still there?” I heard the voice on the phone.

“Yeah.” I watched as Vic positioned himself in between my thighs once more. He kissed my inner thigh which sent chills to my spine. This is so wrong, so inappropriate. But I just can’t hang up on Tim right now. And I also don’t want Vic to stop. I breathed heavily as I watched him lick me. “My baby tastes sweet.”

“Oh fuck.” I whispered. Then slowly, he dipped a finger inside me.

“Jenna? Are you okay?” Tim asked.

“Yeah…amazing.” I said arching my back.

“So? Please, I won’t cause any trouble I promise. Just a friendly hang with you and Tez.” He said.

I put my head back as Vic curled his finger lightly causing friction to my sensitive spot.
“Oh…” I panted.

“Are you sure you’re okay? You sound like you’re having a panic attack.” Tim asked.

“I feel…mmm…great.” Fuck fuck fuck. I can feel Vic’s smug smile against my skin. He dipped two fingers as his tongue played with my clit. Holy fuck. It has been so long. I gripped the sheets underneath me as Vic continued faster and faster. I’m so near.

“Tim can…oh god. Can you…” My body couldn’t take it anymore. I put my phone on hold before I screamed out and came right there.

“Oh my god!” I sat up nearly throwing my phone across the room as every nerve and every bit of my body screamed because of pleasure.

I panted and lie down on the flat on the bed.
Vic laughed. “I hope he heard that.”

I held out my phone on his face. “Ha! On hold!” I said.

“Oh man.” He said dressing up.

“I don’t know if I’m gonna be mad about this. Help me.” I said.

“Trust me, baby girl. Based on your reaction, you shouldn’t be. Thank you for coming.” He kissed the top of my head and smacked him lightly on the chest.

“Where are you going?” I asked.

“Out. I’m gunna explore.” He stopped on his way to the door. “Remember, you’re my girl Mrs. Fuentes.”

I smiled at him and he disappeared out. Oh boy, this is getting harder and harder.

I went back to talking with Tim on the phone. I said yes so that I could get rid of him. I don’t really wanna spend time with this guy. I’m gonna leave him to Teresa and hope that I could finally put all these behind. I love Vic. Vic is the one that I love.

Notes

Long chapter lol. I hate writing smut. But I've been listening to Arctic Monkeys and their songs are so sexy so I apologize lol

The Fuentes kids