Blood Money - The Sequel

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"I swear to god if I have to hear Mariah Carey one more time!" Ezra groans as he walks into the kitchen.
"Go away you grinch" I say, piping the icing onto the gingerbread house.
"It's actually kind of fun" Haz mutters as he sticks candies on the house, popping a few into his mouth.
"Two weeks off work has changed you" Ezra shakes his head.
"I'll be back at it tomorrow" Haz assures him as Ezra leaves the room.
As happy as I am that Haz will be better and ready to live his life normally again, it makes me sad because I've loved getting to spend time with him and having him all to myself. I don't want to give him back.
"Why's my girl frowning?" He asks, taking a bite of one of the gingerbread men.
"Don't want you to go back to work.. it's not safe." I mumble.
He sighs, running his hand through his hair.
"You know that's all done right? Barrett's men are taken care of. You're okay. I'm okay." He says.
"I don't want you to get hurt again." I say.
"I won't. Everything's back to normal now, promise." He says. "Now come on, we've gotta finish this house before I eat all the candy!"
I laugh, grabbing the piping bag and getting back to work.
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"Okay, I don't have any blue cards or any three cards, so I'm just going to put a green two" Tom says, setting the card down.
"Tom! That's not how you play Uno!" I groan.
"Well sorry I grew up playing with guns!" He laughs.
We hear the front door open and soon Haz walks into the living room, a big smile on his face.
"I'm cleared! No infection, no problems." He says and I squeal, jumping up and hugging him tightly.
"Congrats mate" Tom says.
"I'm so happy" I say, kissing him. "Now I swear to god if you do some dumb shit like this again-"
"Yes I know, you'll kill me." He laughs.
"We need to celebrate, let's go out." I say. "All of us."
"I mean.. I thought you and I could celebrate all night in the bedroom" he says with a cocky smirk.
"Ew! Hello?! Brother is sitting right here!" Tom yells and I laugh.
"We can go out and then we can celebrate.. just us." I say.
"My god, am I invisible?!" Tom groans.
"I have sex Tom! Get over it!" I say and he makes a disgusted face, covering his ears.
"Better stop or he might put a bullet through my head" Haz comments.
"Please, he barely got by these last two weeks without you. There's no way he'd kill you" I laugh.
We invite Ezra and Petra, along with Jacob, and I invited Daniel. I want him and Haz to get to know each other better, Haz would be a good role model for him. Someone he can relate to when it comes to being uncomfortable in this life.
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"Drinks all around!" Tom says.
"Water for me" I mumble to the waiter.
"Aria not drinking? That's new." Jacob comments.
"Well.. that's what happens when you're pregnant" I say.
"What?! You're pregnant?" Daniel asks with a smile on his face.
"Yup, eight weeks" I nod.
"I'm so happy for you! How exciting!" He exclaims. Man I love this kid.
"You know, if it's a girl, you have to name it Petra." Petra says and I laugh.
"Why's that?" I ask.
"Well, If you think about it I'm kinda the reason you two are together." She says.
We all exchange looks, wondering what the fuck she's talking about.
"Uhh.. no you're not." I laugh.
"Yes huh! I talked you out of dating that creepy Ben guy from your school!" She says. "Had I not, you would probably be with him right now."
I mentally scold Petra for bringing that up, and Haz leans back in his seat.
"So I knew Ben had a thing for you, didn't think you had a thing for him." Haz says.
"Here we go" Tom mutters.
"Nothings going, just making a comment" Haz shrugs.
"Well yeah I liked him, until he found out I was a stripper and rejected me." I say. "Now he means nothing to me."
"But you guys are friends?" He asks.
"Barely." I roll my eyes.
Tom changes the subject as we eat our dinner, enjoying each others company. Haz rests his hand gently over my knee, and his fingers play with the hem of my dress innocently.
"Can I get another please" Tom asks, holding up his beer.
"Please get drunk. Drunk Tom is the best Tom." Petra says.
"Petra when have you ever seen me drunk?" Tom asks.
Tom rarely ever gets properly drunk, partly because he's always working, but also because he has such a high tolerance that it takes a real good night of drinking to get him wasted. When he does though, it's a show.
"A week ago when you were running into the pool with all your clothes on, wearing Aria's favorite heels" Petra says.
"Which you still haven't replaced by the way" I say.
"Oh yeah.. that was a fun night." Tom smiles.
"Yes it was, and I will forever have a photo of you in heels" Ezra laughs.
Haz slides his hand further up my leg, and I look up at him, giving him a warning look. He doesn't seem to mind though, everyone's busy talking and he's messing with me. His blue eyes stare down at me, looking for a reaction.
"You're mine you know" he whispers in my ear as his hand reaches the top of my thigh.
"I know." I answer as he squeezes.
Maybe the whole Ben story is going to work out in my favor tonight. Jealous Haz is the best Haz.