no offense to god, but every thing my mother prayed i wouldn’t be, i became. every place she prayed i wouldn’t go, i went. i walked so long i found mercy. i draped her thighs over my shoulders & drank.
jai slid into the seat across from reid in the cafè, he’d heard about his little night with ollivander’s girl and how much it’d affected the asshole. in turn he knew reid was angry with octavia because of her inability to keep her mouth shut once she’d found out, it pleased him to no end how they seemed to involve themselves with people who angered them. “i don’t believe we’ve been introduced yet, i’m jai, and you’re reid right? heard you’re not happy with tavia, that’s something we have in common.”
“ YES, it matters! ” she yelled, taking a step toward him. she needed to know exactly what - who she had to protect. had he always been so difficult or was this just a recent, unfortunate development? of course he’d found a way to dispute the setup. he hadn’t been daddy’s number one player for no reason. “ you - ” she started, ready to defend her brother before the blood drained out of her face at the mention of lyss. he had absolutely no right even knowing lyss existed - let alone that she was in a coma. she felt like she was switching between hot and cold more rapidly than she could keep up with. she was angry and terrified all at the same time. and to bring dana into this? she had no idea what she was getting herself into. one second tavia found herself on the opposite side of the bench and the next, her hands were against his throat as she pushed him against the ground, looking into his eyes. “ go home jai, ” she said, more emotion than she wanted slipping through her angry veneer. was breaking her heart the first time not enough? now he had to infiltrate every piece of her life and tear it apart, too? “ before you end up in jail again. ”
he watched her break her calm demeanour in favour of an angry on and it was sheer delight on his own feature at such a development. there were days where he questioned his own plan, would it really affect her? she turned from his loving, funny girl to an icy bitch in what felt like minutes only two years ago? who was to say she wasn’t still that person? but oh, he was right, tavia wasn’t hardened by the world, she just found new people to be soft for and he’d hit her right where it hurts. jai laughed hard as she leapt at him, harder still when her hands wrapped around his throat. prying them off he kept her hands in one of his, running his finger across her jaw before he flipped her onto her back on the grass with him hovering above her. “now now, i never was much for choking, you though...” he lowered his head until his lips grazed the shell of her ear, “i’m not going anywhere doll, i loved you but now you and your brother are going to hurt, i’m going to ruin everything you love, because i loved you and you ruined me.”
she had had her mouth open, ready to respond but as his words dawned on her, she decided against it. he was right; not only did it pay his rent, but on more than one occasion it had also payed her share of it. and when it came to the issue of rent, she was far better off not biting the hand that fed her. “alright, mum, i’ll sit,” she pouted, though she did as she was told, taking a seat on their somewhat tattered sofa. “you think i’d tell you if i did? just so i can have you tell me you sold them … fucking cocaine or something three weeks back? you’ll just have to get used to being kept in the dark, love.”
jai knew he had her on the rent thing, he was blessed somewhat to be able to treat his flatmates to a month rent free, but it was the least he could do with the less than desirable hours he kept. he laid back down, focusing on his breathing and relaxation which was surprisingly hard with kaia sitting there, she just radiated the exact opposite aura, it was much easier doing yoga by himself or with jas. “nothin’ wrong with buying coke from me, i sell good shit you know? but i don’t rat out my clients and i rarely can anyway because i can’t be fucked learning their names. regardless, i don’t really care just know you’re less of a bitch when you’ve had a dick in you.”
this could not be happening. as if her week wasn’t bad enough already, he had to show up. it was like he was deliberately trying to make things even worse - which she wouldn’t put past him. they had been the perfect match when it came to revenge schemes, so she could only imagine what he had up his sleeve when it came to getting her back. her arms crossed. “ you know what’s not what i meant. why are you here, jai? ” she asked, though she already knew the answer. what other reason would he have to be at oxford than to enact his stupid revenge? “ and how the fuck did you get out so fast? last i checked you were sentenced m u c h longer than two years. ”
”does it matter?” he responded immediately, he’d already set to work injecting himself in all of the relationships octavia and ollivander had, but if she wanted to know how he was free… “good behaviour, i do yoga and i cooked in the kitchens, the petty dealing i did went unnoticed. oh and reasonable doubt too, funny how easy it is to find one person who’s willing to stage a similar crime so that it looks like they sent the wrong man to prison.” jai sighed, now was as good a time as any to inject some fear into her, it was the least she deserved. “so tell me, how is your brother, and his little blonde princess? she was e a s y, though that was always his type. and your alyssa? out of her coma? and oh so forgetful… i wonder if she’ll recognise her sisters new love interest? dana is so lovely, i understand the interest in twin if she’s half as good in bed.”
“funny. last time i checked, mate, i wasn’t the one peddling drugs,” she replied, stepping away from the panel to take her coat off. god, was it hot in there. between the actual temperature of their flat and the fact that she was still very much intoxicated, it felt like she was in a sauna. “hey, it’s fine, i can sort it out, i’m not that drunk,” she insisted, a statement that was quickly disproven as she tried her hand at it again, making herself subject to a small electric shock in the process. “ouch, fuck, i swear to god it’s never normally this difficult to turn it off.”
“don’t knock what pays the rent babe,” jai hummed, unbothered by the comment, he’d been dealing for so long that it really didn’t faze him anymore. he lay down on the mat, ready to finish with shavasana before he heard kaia fumble again with the thermostat, standing with a sigh and removing her from the vicinity. “sit,” he instructed firmly, flicking the heating off and opening a few o the windows to let the cool air in. “you’re home late, usually you’re in bed and too drunk to notice me turning the heater up. get laid?”
it had been another one of those nights where kaia disappeared from the flat at around seven in the evening (probably to hang with hugo), only to return back home in the early hours of the morning - several shades sulkier when she left. normally she’d make an effort to sneak back in between three and four (just to make sure neither of her flatmates saw her), but for whatever reason, the thought of leaving hadn’t struck her until way past five. which would have been fine, had she not been the only person to ever have flatmates who insisted on getting out of bed at five to do yoga. “what on earth are you doing?” she sighed, raising a brow at the other before attempting to drunkenly turn the dial on the thermostat back to a liveable temperature. “and more importantly, why the fuck is it so hot in here? and please don’t tell me that not being able to breathe is somehow part of it.”
@fvckjai
jai moved about the living room into various different yoga poses, sweat pouring off of him as he did so. mickey slept like the dead and never noticed when the temperature rose in the early hours of the morning and usually kaia was out cold after a late night ‘studying’. to be fair if either of them had complained about it he probably would have stopped, and paid for a class because bikram did good things for him, but neither had yet so here he was. “trying to be zen ‘cause i live with you, it’s an impossible feat though,” he responded blandly, moving into downward dog. “it’s called bikram yoga, educate yourself. sit down and i’ll turn the heat off, you’ll fucking hurt yourself, you drunk dumbass.”
i hope this letter finds you well, though i’m sure it does. i know the reunion will be upon you by the time you receive this and i know you’ll have an incredible time.
i’ve been thinking about you even more than usual, i think it has something to do with it being so long since i got to see your face in person, since i held your hand and heard your sweet voice tell me about your day, i long for the day when they release me and i no longer have to part from your side.
how are octavia and ollivander? you’ll have to fill me in on ollivander’s children with the princess, are they well? your godchild, ophelia? you told me she is similar to you more so than them, i hope that is the same, to be so much like her parents would be a true affliction i would wish on no young girl.
they don’t allow me newspapers or access to the news in case it shows someone i used to know, specifically the greene’s, they don’t think your news can be harmful apparently, it’s a bit thick headed but there’s nothing i can do about it.
they tell me i’m eligible for parole in four years, i abide by all their rules and am the best worker they have on all jobs they set me on. my contact officer says if i continue the way i am going it might be three. i dream of the day i am released into your arms my sweet treasure. i no longer care about enacting revenge on octavia and ollivander, oh it would be so sweet, but they brought me to the best gift i could ever imagine. they brought me to you.
bambi had saw jai from across the street before she began to make her way over to him. when he greeted her harshly her smile dropped from her face. “i uh… i just… wanted to say hi.”
of course, he’d angrily snapped at poor bambi before he’d actually seen who it was, just his luck. he couldn’t deal with a setback of having to regain the kind girls trust so he reserved his anger for later and instead slipped into his charming facade. “sorry doll, bad day. awful of me to take it out on such a pretty face.”
WAS SHE HALLUCINATING? tavia had approached the male in silence, trying to figure out if this was actually happening. two years - it had only been two years but he’d been sentenced much longer. how was he out? and on her campus? “ how are you here? ” she asked, unable to keep the disbelief out of her voice.
a lazy grin spread across jai’s face as he leant back on his elbows, her reaction of shock and disbelief was worth all of the shit he’d put himself through getting set up in oxford. “well i caught a plane from jfk to heathrow, and then bought a car and drove to the flat i rent..."
“can i fucking help you?” jai hissed as he took a drag from his ‘cigarette’, it’d been five minutes on campus and some kid had already begged him to just give him one ounce of his best weed for a whole ten bucks, so he could definitively say he was in a really shitty mood.
aight it’s ya girl back with another character who is worst than the last. hmu for plots even tho i’ve already got stuff 4 him cause i have no fuccin self control. anyway, this is jai and he’s definitely convinced me i don’t love any of my charas
( avan jogia, he/him, 25 ) — have you seen jai jacobs, the law student around oxford yet? i hear they can be reckless and violent, but those who know them insist that they are protective and intelligent. rumour has it that he was released from prison early so he can enact revenge on his ex & her brother. is it true? only time will tell. (its trash back w more trash)
okay so i wrote this on mobile so forgive typos n stuff bc i rlly just wanted to be able to throw him in the mix b4 i went 2 bed! SO, jai is tavia’s ex who she set up n got him put in prison so u bet ur fuckin ass he is out for REVENGE.
to get a grasp on his level of douchebaggery and willingness to ruin the greene’s, he has: slept with bridget & taped it, he was fwb’s with eleanor & is tryin v hard to get dana under his spell so as to fuk shit up.
so!! born in new york to priya and scott jacobs, he has one baby sister, jasmine n he would fkn kill for her, like lay down his life, shoot up a bank typa shit. she’s rlly the only one he’s ever been or ever will be loyal to.
he’s tavia’s ex bf, the one she framed for bein a gigantic cheatin ass dick. n bc he went to jail ( he was in for 2 yrs and let out on good behaviour) he literally planned out his entire takedown of the greenes… except for the fact that his plan was basically ‘take them down…/make em pay’ n that’s the extent of it.
in ny he was bein groomed to be the boss n was ollie’s main rival in papa greene’s business bc u kno, just in case ollie didn’t… do what he was meant to.
he’s in oxford obvi bc revenge, but he’s at the uni bc he’s basically just a big-time dealer n knows he got the best shit n pretty much controls the whole drug scene @ the school. he’s basically this meme tbh
he rlly only just popped up at the school but he’s been in town for about 3 months so he can establish connections within the cartel he’s workin 4 n start workin out the right ppl to run with to insert himself into the lives of ollie n tavia
wanted plots r thus:
fwb/fuckbuddy
tutor
partner in literal crime
his baBY SIS
literally anything if u wana be involved with this actual shitbag??
basically come luv me n this shit intro i wrote in 5 mins, luv u all ok bye
