"Maybe, but I think that's it's very important to laugh, or at least smile, even though the situation doesn't warrant it." she said as Nine stopped walking and turned to her.
"Then I guess that is an aspect in which we are different." he replied with a smile that left Jennifer wondering.
"We're here." he said as they stopped right in front of the makeup aisle.
"Ahh yes, we are here, the aisle that makes you feel so uncomfortable." said Jenny as she teased him with a giggle.
"Please don't say it like that, you make it sound like I'm scared to be here." said Nine.
"Well aren't you?" she asked while laughing as he shook his head.
"No, I'm not." he replied as she walked ahead of him to where the lipsticks had been set.
"Yeah right, I'll pretend like I believe you." said Jennifer in a taunting manner as Nine could not help but smile and shake his head.
"So what kind of lipstick does your sister want?" she asked him as she looked through the several varieties reminding herself that she too needed some lipstick as well.
"She said that she wants coral pink lipstick." he replied as she looked at him.
"Are you sure that's what she wants?" she asked as he nodded.
"Don't you think that you should call her to make sure that's really what she wants?" asked Jenny as Nine shook his head.
"No, there's no need to, I have good memory, that's what she says she wants." said Nine as Jennifer laughed.
"Well if you say so here... or do you feel embarrassed holding it as well?" she teased as she tossed him the coral pink lipstick which he caught.
"No I don't!" he replied quietly feeling embarrassed. Jennifer had been teasing him ever since he told her how he really felt and it felt really weird for him because the only person who dared to tease him was Charlie, but that was different since he was his brother. Having someone who wasn't family teasing him was really well, he did not know how tor react.
Usually when Charlie teased him he would ignore it or refute back with something equally bad, but he couldn't do that now.
"Alright, I'm just checking." she replied chuckling as she turned her attention back to the lipsticks.
"Are you looking for something?" he asked.
"Yes, I just remembered that I'm out of lipstick as well, I will just pick one." she replied as Nine nodded when he felt his phone vibrate in his pocket.
Nine removed his phone from his pocket as he saw that he had a message from none other than Charlie that read:
"Hehe, I already have a date for the party next week and I'm sure that you don't."
Nine on the other hand scoffed as he had expected this sort of behaviour from Charlie.
"Don't sound so smug, Lulu already told me that she set you up with one of her friends yet again." he replied instantly.
"So what if she did? At least I have someone to go with and I'm sure you don't, you'll end up going alone." responded Charlie.
"No I won't." replied Nine.
"Yeah right, I doubt that, let's face the truth Nine, you can't trick anyone into going with you, you don't even know how to say the right words wow a woman to come with you, as if you have any women in your life other than Lulu, aunt and Natasha." replied Charlie as Nine felt really furious reading his words.
He really wanted to prove Charlie wrong in this moment.
"I will show you that I'm not like you and I won't be coming to the party alone." replied Nine as he switched off his phone and put it in his pocket with an annoyed sigh.
"Have you found a lipstick you like?" asked Nine as Jennifer turned to him and smiled.
"Yes I have, you didn't have to wait for me to pick one, you could have just left." she said.
"No that would be rude, you accompanied me here, so I should accompany you back." he responded as Jennifer smiled.
"That's really sweet of you." she replied.
"Besides, I don't want to have to pay for this single item alone." he added as Jennifer laughed and hit him casually on the shoulder.
"You are not serious, so I'm sort of like your cover now?" she asked while laughing totally not offended at all.
"Well you did offer to accompany me so you have to accompany me till the end." he said as Jennifer laughed even harder causing him to let out a little chuckle as well.
"You know what, I never knew that you could be so funny, well I guess that I know now." she said as she smiled at him and he smiled back causing an idea to suddenly pop in his head.
"Hey, can I ask you something?" asked Nine as Jennifer looked at him.
"Sure, is it something serious?" she asked.
"Well it is sort of serious but not really." said Nine.
"Alright, ask away." she replied with a smile.
"Well there's this party next week Saturday, it's a joint anniversary renovation event for the company." said Nine.
"That sounds like a really big deal." she said.
"Well it is, Lulu has been planning it for months and the time has finally come for the event to happen, so everything is ready and the invitations are out." said Nine.
"That's nice." replied Jennifer.
"Yes, so we are allowed to bring guests and... I... I guess that what I'm trying to say is that would you like to go with me to the party?" he asked instantly feeling the regret of letting Charlie push him to the edge so much that he would ask Jennifer such a thing.
Yes they were friends, but they were not that close at all, how could he invite her as if it was a date.
"Go together like your date?" she asked as Nine instantly shook his head.
"No, no, not like my date, not at all... I mean... I mean would you like to accompany me?" he asked instantly changing the tone of his invitation, he did not want her to think that he was asking her out or anything, they were just friends, and most of all he was afraid that she would say no.
Nine was already feeling very uncomfortable asking her to go with him and seeing her unsmiling face while she was dead silent, he was starting to get scared that he had made her feel angry or annoyed, he knew that he shouldn't have gone as far as asking her, he really wanted to turn the situation around.
"I mean it's totally fine if you say no, I understand, I don't mean to make you uncomfortable I—" said Nine as while he was panicking internally Jennifer suddenly cut him off.
"Yes." she said.
"Yes what?" he asked confused.
"Yes, I would like to 'accompany' you to the party." she said.
"Really?!" asked Nine in shock as his eyes went wide, he could no longer hide his emotions.
"Yes really, why do you sound like I just agreed to the impossible?" she asked with a chuckle.
"I don't know... I just thought that you would say no since it was sudden and on such short notice." said Nine.
"No, I wouldn't do that, you're my friend and I can't count how many times I've invited you to some event on short notice and you always manage to make it on time, so I would love to go with you." she said as she smiled brightly and Nine felt his heart skip a beat.
"Thank you... I will pick you up at six then." he said with as she nodded.
"But what's the theme of the party?" asked Jennifer.
"Oh it's a coral reef or something like that, so the dress code is basically any colour found there." he replied.
"I see..." said Jennifer.
"So what colour would you be wearing?" she asked.
"Black." he replied as she looked surprised.
"Really?" she asked as he nodded.
"But didn't you say that the theme is a coral reef? I don't think that there's any black coral." she said.
"Oh there is, but it's rare." he replied.
"But you wear black all the time don't you want to wear another colour for a change?" she asked as he shook his head.
"I don't like bright colours." he replied as she giggled.
"I see, well then, we should pay for these lipsticks now shouldn't we?" she asked as Nine nodded, remembering where they were.
"Are you paying or should I?" she asked.
"I'll pay, it's the least I can do to thank you for agreeing to accompany me more than once." he said as he smiled.
"Don't mention it, it's nice hanging out with you." she replied as she walked ahead and Nine felt himself smile from hearing her say that.
Thank you to Maureen_Miller for the power stones haha!!
"Hello, hello." said Michael brightly as he walked into Dom's office with a cheery smile on his face.
"Hello Michael." replied Dom as he sighed and looked up at Michael who sat down on the couch.
"What happened to you? Why are you beaming so much?" asked Dom as he dropped his pen on the desk.
"Nothing much, I just got my suit for the party next Saturday." declared Michael happily.
"And I am sure that my suit is better than Charlie's by a long shot." he said with a chuckle.
"*Ugh*, I am so tired of hearing about the party over and over again." said Dom as he groaned.
"What's the matter? Do you have a headache or something?" asked Michael in concern.
"No, I don't have a headache but I'm surely getting there, I am just stressed, don't mind me." he said with a sigh as he rubbed his eyes.
"Alright then, anyway, you sound really annoyed, care to tell me why that is?" asked Michael.
"I just need a break, I've been hearing about this party nonstop for the past week, first from Lulu, then from Charlie and now from you. Don't mind me though, I am happy that you got a suit." said Dom as he smiled and closed his laptop, he was complaining that he needed a break so he certainly needed to create that break for himself.
"I can see that sounds annoying. Anyway I don't mind. Yes, it's one of the fanciest suits I have ever owned and I can't wait to wear it." said Michael happily.
"You seem really excited for this party, even more excited than Charlie." said Dom as he yawned and got up to join Michael on the couch, his back was killing him.
"Of course I am, I mean just when do we have a big event such as this one to look forward to? Besides, it feels like the days have just been awfully repetitive and I know that you agree with me." said Michael as Dom sat down beside him.
"I do agree, but life gets often repetitive sometimes, it keeps on going and so do we." said Dom.
"True, but finally we have an event that's going to disrupt our casual Saturday evening." said Michael with a smile.
"With how enthusiast you are about this party you better not have bought some crazy expensive suit that you will only wear once." said Dom as he shook his head, he knew Michael and he was rarely excited about things, but when he was, he had a tendency to go overboard.
"Of course not... it wasn't that expensive..." said Michael with a sheepish chuckle as Dom felt his predictions were absolutely right.
"How expensive was it?" he asked as Michael try to avoid the question.
"Michael!" Dom called out sternly as Michael had no choice but to answer.
"Alright fine..." he said as he sighed.
"It wasn't that expensive... I just spent a few thousand bucks on it." said Michael sheepishly as Dom had an unreadable expression of shock plastered on his face.
"Are you serious Michael? You spent a couple thousand dollars on a suit you won't even wear more than once?!" asked Dom in disbelief.
"That's not true Dom, it wasn't as expensive as some other suits, besides, considering the large amount I spent on it, I won't just wear it once. That's going to be the suit I wear to my wedding no matter when that will be." said Michael as Dom scoffed.
"Yeah right, your wedding indeed, you don't even have a girlfriend, much more less to talk about getting married. Just admit it, you wasted money on a suit you will wear only once. What happened to you? That's something Charlie would do not you." said Dom with a shake of his head.
"Hey, don't be like that. I will get married... someday..." said Michael as he frowned.
"Yeah right... you're already thirty one and still no girlfriend, no woman you like, my advice to you is take this seriously and actually get married, you're not getting any younger." said Dom as he rubbed his eyes.
"I'm just going to ignore your rude tone because you're obviously stressed, anyway, you of all people who for the longest time regretted getting married so early know better than to scold me now. You were the example, none of us wanted to follow in your unfortunate footsteps." said Michael.
"Ouch, that was a low blow Michael, a really low blow." replied Dom as Michael chuckled.
"Well you deserve it for being so cranky today. Anyway, don't jinx me, I will get married when the right time comes and back to the suit. I obviously was thinking very well thank you very much, I save money all the time and the only reason you save money is to end up spending it." said Michael as Dom chuckled.
"Whatever, I won't expect a bachelor to understand the woes of saving money." said Dom as he yawned.
"Yeah, yeah whatever, anyway, is Natasha going to the party as well?" asked Michael.
"Yes she is, and we're brining Joy along. Grandfather wants her to get used to being seen out in public." said Dom.
"Well that's nice, so it's really going to be a family event, and it couldn't have come at a better time, at least you and Natasha are no longer as cold to each other as you were before, you know the press is going to be there and all eyes will be on everyone, especially the only married couple of the family." said Michael.
"Yes I agree, having a scandal is the last thing on my mind and we really don't need bad publicity right now." said Dom.
"You know, there are people who say that there's no such thing as bad publicity." said Michael.
"Well they say that because they are idiots. Having a bad reputation due to bad publicity will set your head straight. You know how forward the media is, if they sense any cold tension between me and Natasha next you know the headlines will be rumours of an affair on both sides or some other nonsense." said Dom as he sighed.
"Yes that is true... so do you really think that you and Natasha are in a place to go out in public together and be civil?" asked Michael.
"I am actually proud to say that I think we can. You know the other day she surprised me, she texted me for the first time in forever and asked me to meet her at the mall." said Dom.
"She did?" asked Michael in surprise.
"Yes she did, she wanted me and her to pick out a dress for Joy together and I can say calmly that there wasn't any bad tension, we just both wanted to do something nice for our daughter and nothing else matter then." he said with a smile.
"Well that's good for the both of you. I really just want you both to be happy, and Joy makes you happy." said Michael smiling,
"Thanks Michael, that's why I am certain that as long as we keep Joy in the middle of us both, she will have all our attention and we will focus on what is most important." said Dom as he smiled.
"That's true, and I'm sure that by the time you guys finally get the divorce you'll be almost as close as friends." said Michael.
"I can only hope that, but what I really want is for that divorce to happen so finally Natasha can be free to be happy and live her life the way she deserves." said Dom.
"And what about you? Don't you want to be happy?" asked Michael.
"I am already happy, I have the most beautiful daughter in the world, she is all my happiness." said Dom as he smiled.
"I know Dom, but I don't mean to be insensitive, but when you guys finally divorce, which is going to happen soon... won't you try to start your life over again? I mean get remarried have more kids you know?" asked Michael.
"I don't want to do any of that Michael, I'm frankly done with love, and I know that just because it didn't work out the first time doesn't mean that it won't work out the second time." said Dom.
"But I know that it would hurt Joy to see my start over and I'm really not ready to do that. I am already happy as long as I've found a way to repay Natasha for all the horrible years she spent with me and the horrible way I treated her." said Dom.
"I'm perfectly happy if Joy is my only child in this world. I just want to dedicate myself to being the best father I could ever be." said Dom as he smiled.
"I just want you to be happy Dom, nothing else, and I'm really sad that things did not work out well between you and Natasha, you guys used to be so... good together..." said Michael.
"I would be lying if I said that I didn't think that as well, but such is life." said Dom with a sad smile as Michael smiled sadly.
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