One Time Only

Chapter 20

At hearing that, Jerica almost drops the glass she's holding. Harry reaches out quickly, takes it from her and sets it on the table beside them. "What the hell mom? Did you have Alex break all the sound barriers to get here?" Harry asks as he stands up, setting Jerica on her feet as Anne and Louis' family walks toward them all.

Anne shrugs. "Maybe, good thing you can't get tickets for flying to fast." She grins as she pulls Harry in for a hug.

Jerica just stands there staring. When Harry turns she shakes her head. "How did I not realize who you were before now?" She says taking a step back. "My God you look just like your mom. Why did I not see this before?" Jerica says as she picks up a magazine and throws it at Harry, pissed again, because it has been sitting on her table for months. She's even seen Harry looking at it and he still didn't say a word about who his mom was to her.

"Jeri?" Harry sighs, reaching for her.

Jerica slaps his hand away. "No Harry. How many fucking times did you sit there, with me right next to you, and pick that up to look at? You've had plenty of opportunities to tell me who your mom was. Now that I think about it all those questions you'd ask, don't you think Mrs. Twist is a nice looking lady, wouldn't you like to meet Mrs. Twist someday, do you know who Mrs. Twist is? It all makes since, you were just making sure I wasn't using you to get to her. You never trusted me at all. You fucking lied to me last night." Jerica cries as she takes off her ring and throws at Harry, then disappears into her room.

"Wow, you really fucked this one up, didn't you?" Andi sighs as she follows her friend.

Anne shakes her head. "Son how many time have I told you not to judge every girl you meet with your past experiences. I know that's hard because of all the other girls you've previously met used you, but not all women are the same."

Harry throws his hands up. "And how was I to know this was any different? I've tried taking that advice in the past mom, got fucked over every time. What was I supposed to think when I walk in here and see that fucking magazine is sitting there for me to see? Was I supposed to just say, oh hey, that's my mom, isn't that a coincidence you have that lying there?" He yells.

"No you stupid fuck." Jerica yells, causing Harry to spin around and look at her. "If you'll remember correctly the first time you ever walked in here was to bring Timmy's things in here after his funeral, that's when I found you and Lou had been living across the hall for a month and neither of us had known. We didn't even know your tattoo shop was next to my studio at first, not for weeks.
Hell it was weeks before we started leaving our doors open so we could come and go from each others places whenever we wanted to. That's when I gave you and Lou a key to my place, you never trusted me with one to yours though did you? Were you afraid I was going to snoop around? Find out who your mom was? Sleep with you to get an in with the world renown art agent Mrs. Anne Twist?" She yells as she wipes away a few tears, trying not to give in to the nausea she's feeling.

"Yes." Harry yells back. "Why do you think I alway made sure we came here? Stayed the night here? All my personal pictures of my family is in my room, I didn't want you seeing them. I didn't want you knowing who my mom is." He says, throwing his hands in the air. "I'm so fucking tired of being used, we've been together for months, I knew this would happen..."

Jerica slaps Harry before he could finish that statement. "Don't say it." She snaps out. "I didn't know who your mom was until last night. Don't you dare accuse me of using you to get to her. In fact, I wouldn't hire her as my agent now if she's the only option I have left, I'll do this on my own. I have for a while now since the one I had before didn't do her job. Now if you don't mind this is my place, I'd like for you all to leave. Andi will bring Harry's things over when I have them packed." Jerica says as she turns and walks back into her room and straight to the bathroom so she can throw up again.

"You're such an ass." Andi snaps, looking at Harry. "And here I thought you were a good guy. Boy did you have us all fooled."

"Come on guys, I'll introduce you to Andi when she brings assholes things over." Louis says as he picks the twins up. He then looks up at Harry. "Screwed the pooch on this one didn't you?" Louis snaps as he walks by Harry.