Afternoon at the house (Jade, Tag Jeremy & Sarah)

[Jade Edwards RCO]

Jade stood in the living room listening to the angry shouts of his father, yeah he was pretty pissed at Jade staying out the night, with someone his father didn't think was worth the time Jade spent with him, or was worthy of Jade, or some such rubbish, it was clear that his father was still not very happy with the incident involving Mike just a couple of days before.

"How dare you disobey me Jade?" his father yelled at him Jade flinched just a little bit at the tone his father used when he spoke to an employee who had messed up.

"I'd like to take a moment to remind you dad, that I was with someone I trust, and you had better not take the tone of you make my decisions for me, you do not want to see where that argument leads." Jade snapped at his father, the eldest child of the family was most definitely not going to put up with his fathers antics. "You want to be protective and over bearing do me a favour and do it with your daughter." Jade said to his old man with an air of contempt and anger.

"I asked you to come home." his father snarled.

"And you had me followed last night I bet, so you knew exactly where I was." Jade said to the man who stared at him. "If you don't think I know about your head of security following me around town, when I am in or out of school pop your as big an idiot as he is usless at his job." Jade snapped at him.

"I have you both followed." his father said though Jade couldn't tell if he was displeased by the fact that he had been caught, but from the murderous glare he got from his mother Jade got the impression she didn't know about this.

"Way to go with building trust dad." Jade said to him.

OOC: I thought Sarah might want to join Alex for lunch, I'm assuming that Jere is already their going by our last thread Les.

[Sarah Hayes]

Sarah and Sadie had snuck out. Once Sarah realized she was locked in a Mental hospital. it just freaked her out and Sarah did not get freaked out easily. Sarah and Sadie explored and found a rip in a fence and snuck out. She got home late, but nothing new. Sarah slept most of the day. She woke up and smiled when she realized it was the afternoon. Her mother must be proud.

Sarah showered to get the rave smell off and smiled. Instead of staying for lunch she decided to surprise that boyfriend of hers. She had not seen him in a few days. Partly her fault. Sarah could get distracted easily sometimes. Although she met his Best friend BJ, so why not.

Sarah quickly dressed and blow dried her hair. She was thinking of dying it purple or blue, but was not sure. Sarah shurgged and grabbed her things. Today she wore black leggings, black boots, a short blue jean skirt with rips at the end and a shirt that said "Queen of rock n roll." She liked her outfit. The color of her shirt was blue.

Sarah grabbed her keys and drove to Alex's house. She rang the bell and was let in. Sarah smiled and asked for Alex and was pointed to where the screaming was coming from. Sarah walked in and smiled, "Is this a bad time? I can always come back?" She asked kind of scared of the the idea of the father having Alex followed.

[Jade Edwards RCO]

Alex kissed her, "Oh no you have perfect timing, you may save my father from being gutted by anyone of three people in this house." Alex said he had known that Jade was being followed but now he knew that his twin was not alone, he knew how Jade felt and why he had such a right to be very angry with his father. "Jade skipped out of coming home last night, having checked into a hotel with Jeremy, his new boyfriend or old one depending on how you look at things." Alex said to her as he lead the way into the living room.

"Dad seems to have forgotten that Jade inherited his temper from mom, my twin has let rip for the first time in a while at our dad." Alex said Jade wasn't watching them or listening to the commentary though it wasn't apparent whether he was aware they were talking. "Dad is fine with letting me and SJ having lives, but he and mom are scared of letting Jade have a life." Alex said just as Jade signed something to his father that had him blushing crimson and spluttering angrily. "Sorry Jade didn't realize you were listening in." Alex said.

"Oh I knew enough to make sure I signed that last bit, just to make sure I didn't offend the ladies in the room, well the one that doesn't know sign language anyway." Jade said as his eyes flicked to his brother and Sarah. "Are we done here father?" he said coldly.

"Yes for now anyway." their father said leaving the room.

"You might want to apologise later." their mom said Jade snorted and watched her leave the room.

"Hey Sarah, I'm sorry you had to see that, Jeremy and I have known that was coming since we woke up this morning." Jade said he looked paler than he usually did, Alex had an idea something had happened earlier in the day before they left the hotel but hadn't asked what, but his pale complexion was a sign he was struggling.

"Are you okay?" Alex asked.

"I am now." Jade said as he walked over to Sarah and kissed her cheek. "Lunch is fend for yourself day, so how about we sort out lunch then find a room to lose ourselves in or something?" Jade asked them quickly shutting of the topic that he knew would come next if Alex was allowed to continue.

[Sarah Hayes]

Sarah kissed Alex back as she watched the interaction between father and son. She saw that Jade signed the last part, "Do i even want to know what he just said?" Sarah asked Alex quietly. THen her question was answered when Jade said the part about offending women. "Its cool. You would not offend me. I am sure I have seen or heard worse...maybe, but thanks. Not sure i wanted to find out anyway."

"Dude don't say sorry for fighting. As long as the fight was worth it...then again that might be a stupid thing to say." Sarah said shaking her head. "Either way fighting is nothing new to me. My dad and mom fight all the time...my mom and I fight all the time. So i know the feeling of having an overbearing parent." Sarah assured Jade.

Sarah kissed Jade on the cheek, "Oh does that mean we can have junk food for lunch?" Sarah laughed as she joked around. "Because I always wanted M&M's for lunch or or just something chocolate in general." Sarah said and continue laughing. She was hoping it would help defuse the attention from the fight and now what ever was going on between the brothers. Sarah learned a long time ago that the twins had some ESP thing going on and to just let it go. "So where shall we sit for Lunch?" Sarah asked as she linked arms with Alex.

[Jere Warner]

Jeremy listened to the two Irish men argue about the night before. He wished he could just shrink down in size and hide, last thing he wanted was to cause any major discourse in the household but yet it reared its ugly head.

At least James was calmed and cool about the whole thing and glad to see his son had enough sense to not be drinking and driving where as Michael needed to loosen up a little bit. There were times Jeremy wanted to speak up in defense of their actions but thought, never talk back to an angry Irish man!

He heard Alex answer the door and talk about "the new or old boyfriend" which slightly peeved Jere. Mike was the old boyfriend and Jere was the new and one and only now, at least in his opinion.
"Thanks Alex, I'm sitting right here."

Once the storm had passed and the dove had come back with the olive branch, Jeremy went over to Jade, rubbing his shoulders. "After all that, I know you are real." He kissed him gently on the cheek.

"A chocolate lunch? That sounds good to me." Jeremy agreed with Sarah. "I'd offer to take us out but I don't need to be deeper in the mud than I already am."

[Jade Edwards RCO]

Jade's eyes darkened as he looked at Jeremy, "Your not in trouble with my father, I am, my father is being a pain in my ass, and I told him so, well I didn't use those words but it was something to that effect anyway." Jade said to him. "Chocolate is fine, but I haven't eaten since last night when we had room service, so I need something more than that, anyone game for pizza." Jade asked them. "Al why don't you sort the food out and I'll take them up to the den, the further away we are from mom and dad right now, the less chance we have of having another argument on how hands." Jade said Alex nodded. "Just so you know this is our living room, we rarely spend any great amount of time with our parents in the other living room." Jade said he knew how impersonal that sounded and he guessed that Sarah already knew about this.

He lead the way to the den sharing smiles with the other two people with him, "SJ." Jade said as he stepped into the room, his sister looked up from where she was watching something. "You staying or going?" Jade asked.

"I'm going with mom and dad of course." she said.

"Not what I asked." Jade said to her she laughed. "Pizza is on offer." Jade said she grinned.

"Then I'm staying." SJ said as she walked over to Jeremy. "I know Sarah, so you must be the new boyfriend, I'm the lunkheads baby sister Sarah, but everyone calls me SJ." she said with a warm smile pleased to meet anyone new, brat maybe, polite was something you couldn't argue with. "The war over?" she asked.

"Yes though I'm guessing he will wait until after everyone has left before starting again, I can only avoid him for so long." Jade said to her.

Alex stepped into the room a few minutes later, "SJ find something we can all watch would you." Alex said to her she sighed before flicking through the channels. "Or stick a DVD in." he said she laughed. "Pizza menu, so we can all order what we want." Alex said.

'What took so long?' Jade signed quickly.

'Mom she wanted to make sure we knew he does what he does to protect us.' Alex signed back Jade shook his head. 'What happened?' he asked.

'I had an attack this morning, it wasn't Jeremy's thought.' Jade said to him Alex's eyes widened.

"You two stop being so bloody rude." SJ said.

[Sarah Hayes]

"You know SJ. I think you still have the best name in the entire world. Sarah is one hell of a name." Sarah said with a big smile as she followed Jade around to the den. Sarah looked at Jeremy, "i knew I liked you. You have good taste for lunch." She leaned against the wall and waited for Alex to return.

"I don't need a menu. As long as my pizza comes with extra cheese and pineapple consider me a happy girlfriend." Sarah winked at Alex when she said that. Then the signing begane and she looked back and forth between both brothers.

Sarah leaned over and spoke to Jeremy. "I fell like we are in one of those movies in need of a translator. You know. Like those forwign movies where the lips move faster then the words. Should we make up a translation for what they are saying...."She laughed as she said the last part. She was only joking. Trying to relieve the tension in case Jeremy was not use to this.

Sarah had dated Alex enough and been around Jade long enough to know this was normal. It did not bother her really. Sometimes she would admit she wondered what they were talking about. But she figured if they were signing then it must be a private matter and she did not want to pry, especially in front of everyone.


"Don't worry...you get use to it Jeremy. Sometimes Alex and Jade just need to talk." Sarah said with a shrug after SJ spoke up.

[Jere Warner]

"And its not one of those odd spellings like Tiffany only its Typhanni complete with a heart over the i, thats just annoying to me." Jeremy stated, agreeing with Sarah about the name. He grinned and arched an eyebrow slightly. "If I had my way, it'd be chocolate for every meal. I feel sorry for those who are allergic."

As Jade and Alex began to sign to each other, to which Jere had no idea what was being said, he looked at Sarah and said, "Pineapple on pizza? Thats evil!" He laughed as he watched the gracefulness of the brothers communication.

"Actually I find this interesting, its sort of like dance for the fingers, all I know is what I learned from Sesame Street and even then I can't swear in sign unless you count giving the finger to someone." He laughed. "Your right though," he said back to Sarah. "It is like a badly dubbed Japanese Monster movie, all thats missing is the dramatic point and yelling the name Godzilla."

He crossed his arms over his chest and waited for the boys to finish their conversation. "It doesn't bother me, I'd rather have the silent talk rather than the foreign vocal where you know who is being talked about but not why."

[Jade Edwards RCO]

"'I'm fine now, I wasn't earlier.'" Jade signed and said aloud then swore in annoyance as he remember he didn't need to sign that. "I don't do well in inclosed spaces, Jeremy managed to spark an attack by sneaking up on me in the bathroom this morning." Jade said to Sarah.

"We've been doing it for years, when we are around people who aren't family, we sometimes slip into sign language, or even around family, its easier to talk in private around people if we slip into sign. Its a dirty habit but one we have been unable to kick, SJ knows a little, and our parents learned it basically for me, though I don't really need to use it." Jade said which was true to some degree, Jade stared at Jeremy hoping he wouldn't contradict him with his twin present or his twins girlfriend, he really wasn't in the mood for a fight with his twin, which he was pretty sure would happen.

SJ gave him a look which said she didn't believe him.

"I'll have my usual Lex." Jade said to his twin who nodded, Jade walked over to Jeremy whispering in his ear. "Please not here, I am not up for a fight." Jade whispered in his ear.

[Jere Warner]

Jeremy felt like he was in the doghouse now. He sighed hearing Jade talk about the event of the morning. "It wasn't intentional I swear." He apologized to SJ and Alex. This probably lost all points he had earned with the siblings. He ran a hand through his hair.

"Its kosher with me, you guys need to have your guy time like that." It was that same connection that he had with Julia. He also liked the fact that SJ had picked up on it, she could always use what she knew as blackmail, but he wouldn't say that outloud. He cocked an eyebrow of disproval, after the attack in the morning Jade needed to use signing and a hearing aid as well.

He saw SJ's look and nodded silently. She knew Jade needed them as well.

"I don't want to fight Jade, I just don't want to see you hurt again." He wrapped his arms around Jade's waist. "Today it wasn't bad, but next time who knows? You could belt someone or worse. I care too much about you to see anything happen to you. I just want whats best for you and only you can make that decision."