Coast to Coast

Marks & Scars

* Dave's POV 

Seeing Jemma in pain wasn't an easy thing for me.. Plus earlier when she went off on me.. This wasn't fun for me anymore. Now that Harry's here, he's going to get all over her. Good luck with that dude, she won't let anyone in if it kills her..

"Jemma, you hangin' in there?" I asked her. It's been about two hours since they started on us and Scarlet is about to her stomach, the third butterfly.

"I'm fine, just a little numb and uncomfortable. You? You okay?" She asked me. She was still laying on her back and trying to stare at my direction, she looked tired. "I'm doing fine, almost done." I answered her.

"Love, do you want another drink of water? Some food?" Harry asked her. I could his his latest tattoo Scarlet must've done earlier today wrapped up under his t-shirt.

"No, Harry. Again, thank you. So, how long have you known Dave?" She asked him. He was really pissing me off..

"Oh, well I've known Dave here for about 2 years know. When he first moved into Cali, trying to get his career started. I met him at a club where me and the boys were. Oh, are you a fan Jemma?" He asked with a seductive smile. She started blushing.

"Try not to flex right now Dave, okay? that could mess up the work." Max said to me. Guess my body was showing I wanted to hit Harry in the face. I just don't know why I care so much, clearly she doesn't want anything to do with me.

"Actually, yes, I am. I wasn't expecting to see you ever in my lift, especially not like this." She giggled at him. "Well, I'm sure glad I met you, and a lovely fan you are. Would you like tickets sometime? I could easily arrange it." He came closer to her. She kindly accepted his invitation and asked for two tickets so her and her friend could come down and see them with her. Damnit..

"Okay buddy, you're allllll done!" Max said to me whipping the last bit of extra ink off of my arm. I got up uneasy with Harry behind me, we took a good look at the final creation. It was really good work, I looked like a bad ass. Beat that Harry..

"Max, i-it's so sick dude, I love it! Thank you so much man." I said to him giving him a handshake. "No problem man it was a pleasure having you, anytime you want any more pieces just come by! Now, lets get you wrapped up and you can pay at the front okay?" Max said to me. I agreed at that and almost left the room, then I remembered Jemma. 

"What do you think? It's great right?" I asked her, sitting down next to her chair. She turned her head as far as she could to examine it. Her face almost looked disappointed, but I didn't get it to please her.. I don't think..

"It looks awesome! He did a really good job!" She said smiling at me. At this point, Scarlet was almost done with the butterflies, and had one more flower to do. "Hey, you're ALMOST done, champ, you're doing soo good sweetie." Scarlet said to her. She nodded at me, approving the tattoo.

"Well, I think I'm going to take off, nice to see you again Scarlet! And it was very nice to meet you Jemma, we'll be seeing each other again. I'll text you." Harry said to the girls, giving Jemma a wink as he left the room. "Bloke, can I talk to you for a sec outside?" He asked me. I nodded and we went outside to his car.

"Tell Jemma that I will give her the tickets sometime this week or weekend, will you please give them to her? I'll drop by your place and give them to you. But okay, so, are you not dating her? She's gorgeous! Please say no!" He said to me. I really didn't know what to say to him. Jemma wasn't mine to claim, either was he hers, but I really didn't know what to say.

"Uhm, dude I think she has a boyfriend back home. I'm not exactly sure, you might want to get to know her better before you try anything, I know you. She's a nice girl." I half honestly said to him. Almost all of it was true..

"Well, alright then, do you think that's how she got that nasty scar? But okay, we'll be in touch. Maybe lunch soon?" He asked me, I think he got that he was stepping on toes. I said, "Yeah, that'd be fine. See ya bro." I waved at him as he got into his car and drove away. I looked at my phone, it was around.. 1:30? I walked back into the room.. I didn't even see a scar on her.

"Alright Jemma, you're done! Wanna take a look? I heard Scarlet say behind the closed door. I knocked and opened it. Jemma was standing in front of the mirror and Scarlet was getting gaws ready.  "Oh my goodness! Scarlet! It's so beautiful! I love it sooo much thank you a bunch!!" She said gently hugging her. She was so happy, but so exhausted she had to sit back down. "You wanna see?" She asked me with a smile on her face.

I walked closer to her and sat on the stool Scarlet was sitting in before. It looked a little red, but it really was beautiful. That's when, I saw the scar going across her right rid cage. I stared at it and she noticed. She moved and cleared her throat. "It's amazing, Scarlet you did a bad ass job" I said to them. They both smiled at me.

After she got wrapped up and paid for out tattoos, we finally got back in the car. it was really quiet at first, then, she finally broke the silence. "Let's go get something to eat, I'm fucking starving."

* Jemma's POV 

Driving to McDonald's was awkward, I don't know why it even was in the first place. I snapped on him because he had no reason to call me Jem, only people I love, some I use to love, called me that. He needed to know that.

"Okay, can I have a #16 with a sprite annd, one second please. What do you want?" I asked him. "Uhm, get me a quarter pounder with cheese and pickles with hot sauce. Please and thanks." He told me with a smile. "Annd a quarter pounder with cheese and pickles with hot sauce, thank you." I looked back at him will pulling up to the window, "You know gross that sounds? It probably tastes horrible, Dave that is soo not good for you." I said to him.

"Alright mom, i'll keep that in mind." He said laughing. Once we got our food. I drove to a hill top so I could see what was left of the stars. "Have you ever looked at the stars this way?" I asked him, stuffing chicken nuggets in my mouth. I was full of energy but exhausted by the needle at the same time.

"Have I ever stargazed? Yes. But I bet you haven't like this. C'mon." He grabbed his food and got out of the car. Actually, he sat on the top of my car.. I laughed at him and tried turning on my windshield wipers on, but they wouldn't go because his ass was sitting on them. "Just get out of the car Jemma!" He yelled at me. I laughed, put in my Cold play cd in, and got out of the car.

"Wow, this is a lot different from the foot we were inside the car." I said smart assy to him. We both laughed. "But seriously, why did you go off on me earlier? What did I do? Is it so hard for you to let anyone in?" He asked me honestly. It wasn't in a mean tone, he was serious. I guess it was time to tell him..

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