bullets and bouquets

34

"Cara mia, come meet Emma, Jenna's date," Sadie says to her girlfriend when she finally wakes up.

"Oh, hey!" Bella smiles, yawning, "My name's Bella."

"Nice to meet you, I'm Emma," the blonde smiles. Bella sits down next to the redhead on the couch in the living room. She places her hand on the brunette's thigh. Jenna and Emma sit next to each other, not cuddling though, just sitting.

"So, how are you liking Spain?" Bella asks.

"It's so beautiful here. I love it! And this place is so nice," Emma comments.

"Yeah, no kidding. I'm just barely getting used to it," the brunette adds.

"Getting used to it?"

Jenna and Sadie look nervous about Bella's answer. It would make the evening a little awkward if Emma finds out that Jenna was planning on kidnapping her.

"Yeah, Sadie and I only started dating a couple of months ago. She makes a lot more than I do," Bella comments. She's being truthful, just leaving out the kidnapping part.

"Oh, and what do you do?" Emma asks. Sadie becomes nervous again.

"I'm an architect," the girl answers. She's calm with her responses and not nervous at all. She was studying to become an architect before she met Sadie. She knows the field enough to be able to confidently talk about it if push comes to shove.

"Wow," the blonde comments.

"Jenna, can you come with me really quick? I have some business to attend to," Sadie asks. Jenna nods, "We'll be right back."

"Okay," Emma answers, confused. Bella smiles as she watches Sadie walk away, "Can I ask how you feel about your girlfriend being the head of the mafia?"

"She told you?"

"Yeah, Jenna told me she runs a cartel too," the blonde explains.

"Well, at first I wasn't a big fan, but I love Sadie. And sometimes you just come to terms with your partner's job cause otherwise, you won't have one," Bella says.

"She can't just get a different job?" Emma asks. It seems like she really likes Jenna, but isn't a big fan of the cartel idea. She sounds just like herself a few months prior, Bella asking herself the same question.

"Sadie and Jenna and their allies are all too far in. Leaving their businesses can result in death," the brunette explains, "You like Jenna?"

Emma nods, "I do... I just, I don't want to be around drugs and that stuff."

"Jenna doesn't deal with the drugs here. And they are all private about their business," Bella explains, "With Sadie, I don't ever worry about business because she keeps me safe and out of it."

"You aren't worried about gang violence and stuff like that?"

"I mean, yeah to an extent, but look around. Jenna has so many people here working for her. They would all die before letting you get hurt," she answers.

"They would?"

"Oh, absolutely!" Bella exclaims, "I won't lie, sometimes it gets scary. At the Estate, where we live, there's been a couple of break-ins, but Sadie has always made me top priority."

Emma sighs, pondering all the information.

"Don't worry about anything right now, just enjoy yourself. By the end of your trip, you'll know whether or not you can handle this," Bella advises.

"Thanks," the blonde answers, "when will they come back?"

"Who knows?" the brunette laughs, "we can do whatever we want here though."

"I've barely seen the whole mansion," Emma comments.

"Me too, wanna get some drinks and have something to eat?"

"Sure! I'm not a great cook though," she says. Bella laughs.

"You don't have to cook, they'll do it for you. We just have to tell them what we want," the brunette explains. The blonde nods like she knew that.

"Oh."

***

"So, how is it going?" Sadie asks Jenna in a meeting room, away from the other two girls.

"It's going well, she's a little wary of the cartel situation, but I think Bella is helping her with it," Jenna says, "Did you tell her to say that?"

"No, no I'm just as surprised as you," the redhead admits.

"Well, maybe they'll become friends," she shrugs.

"Yeah," Sadie agrees, "Did you give her a guest room?"

"Her stuff's in a guest room, but maybe she'll want to stay in my room," Jenna blushes, "who knows?"

"That's the spirit," Sadie smiles, "Come on, let's go."

The two head back out to the living room to find the girls missing. Sawyer points towards the patio. Sadie and Jenna walk out to find the two eating and talking.

"Oh, sorry I was hungry and I didn't know how long you guys would be," Bella apologizes. Sadie sits down at the table next to Bella and Jenna next to Emma.

"Don't apologize, Darling, it's okay," Sadie kisses her on the cheek. Emma smiles.

"Yeah, I'm sure Emilia made enough for us too," Jenna adds. She turns to Sawyer who nods and leaves to go to the kitchen.

"Bella was just telling me about Italy and the Estate," Emma turns to Jenna. She seems more nervous now. She likes Jenna and is trying to warm up to her despite her occupation.

"Yeah, it's beautiful out where they live. I was just there visiting not that long ago," the black-haired woman comments.

"Maybe you and Jenna can come visit sometime if you come back to Spain," Sadie suggests. Emma nods.

"Yeah, that would be so fun!" she smiles. Jenna smiles. Sawyer brings out two more plates and the leaders begin to eat as well. Sawyer also puts on some background music to fill the silence. As they finish eating, Baby, I'm Yours by Isabel La Rosa plays over the speakers, "I love this song!"

Jenna looks over to the blonde, "Wanna dance?"

The blonde blushes, "Y-yeah."

She stands up and holds her hand out. Emma grabs it and is pulled off the deck into the grass. Sadie does the same for Bella who smirks at her.

Jenna puts her hands on Emma's waist and the blonde can't look her in the eyes, she's so nervous.

"Hey," Jenna gets her attention, "that's better. I like seeing your face. You're beautiful, Emma."

"Thank you, Jenna. You're beautiful too," she smiles. Sadie and Bella are lost in their own world, the brunette's head on Sadie's shoulder. The pre-chorus builds up in the song. Emma looks back at them, noticing they aren't paying attention, "Jenna...?"

"Yeah?"

Emma kisses the shorter girl as the chorus rings out with "Baby, I'm yours. Baby, I'm yours."

Jenna was not expecting it but leans up into it. Her thumbs rub over Emma's hipbones as they kiss. When Emma pulls away, her face is so red and her smile is across her face.

"I, uh... wow," Jenna mutters, unable to speak. Emma giggles.

"I like you, Jenna," she says. The gang leader smiles.

"I like you too."