Sparks

8. Livin' La Vida Loca

Hello, babes <3 Welcome back! I hope you enjoy this chapter. It was pretty fun to write.

There is a tiny bit of smut, but unfortunately, it's not Choni smut. Enjoy!

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Two Days Later: Saturday

Jason's POV

We haven't seen or heard from Nick since Cheryl saw him Monday morning before he went to work, and I met her and Josie at the hospital. I'm so glad she's away from that monster. I picked up the kids from Alice's last night so they could stay the night at my house for Blossom breakfast this morning. It was 9am when the kids and I started our stroll to Thornhill. It wasn't a long walk, maybe half a mile, but there was a hill and some trees separating the houses, so you could only really see the roof of one from the other.

Before we got up to the house, I knelt down in front of the twins. "Now, kids. Remember what I said last night? No one can know you've been staying with Grandma Alice and Papa FP, alright? It's our little secret." Both of them nodded and at the same time they both pretended they were locking their lips and throwing away the key.

Nana Rose must have seen us walking up to the house because she answered the door before I even knocked. "Jason, so nice to see you! And my favorite babes. Do come in." Nana said as she hugged me and the twins.

"Good morning, Nana. I actually need to talk to you today about your plans for tomorrow. Was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and the kids, maybe go see a movie. But we can hash out the details later." I said as I walked in the door.

Nana closed the door behind me, "Oh, that sounds wonderful, dearie!" She went to find the kids while I went to help my mom make the pancakes, and Father set the table.

We were all eating when Father started talking, "So, Jason. How was your blind date?" I almost choked on my food, completely forgetting about that.

"Right, uhm, it was good. She's nice and really pretty. I might see her again."

"Maybe you should bring her by for dinner one of these nights, then."

"Oh. Yeah. Yeah, we could do that. I'll have to talk to her about it, of course."

We all continued eating, having small conversations. My parents asked the kids about school and Nana Rose was asking about stuff going on around town. The kids finished their food first, "Can we go outside and play, now?!" Amber was the first to ask. "Of course, sweetie. I'll be out there in a few minutes." My mother told them.

Once they were gone, my father cleared his throat. "Son..." Uh oh. "I got a very interesting call last night from Nick. He said he hasn't seen Cheryl since Monday morning. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you? I know you had planned to visit her."

"No, Father. I didn't go to Chicago, just like you suggested. I tried calling her Wednesday to let her know I wasn't coming, but she never answered. Come to think of it, she hasn't answered any of my texts, either." I easily lied. "I do hope that she's okay."

"Maybe you can keep trying to get into contact with her. Nick said she called her boss on Thursday and quit, which is very odd. I mean, finally she got some sense to not work at a godforsaken art store." he scoffed.

"I'll see what I can do, dad." Thank God Cheryl explained her situation to her boss and trusts him to not say anything.

After that, we cleaned up the table. My father went outside with the children and my mother, while I sat and talked privately to Nana Rose.