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yesim "jess" suvari

[polomikami]

"Wasn't planning on getting beat up, but the rest of it... yeah," he raised a brow, not seeing anything wrong with his plan. It wasn't like she didn't get anything out of it, though he knew better than to push that button lest he get nothing at all. "Didn't think there was much romance involved in a quickie, my bad," he laughed, more entertained by her being weird than concerned. It wasn't exactly out of the ordinary for them to bicker, though her reaction to him joking about her not loving him was more adorable than anything. The second part, the bit about demon spawn though, that was definitely weird. Like, alarm bells weird.

Polo's reflexes worked faster than his brain, catching the door before she could latch it. "What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, wedging his shoulder in the gap so the door couldn't close any further, though he didn't force it open either. There were some semblance of manners in this greaser, and Jess was the lucky one to experience most of them. "Fuck me Jess, why you always workin' in riddles?" He let his forehead thump on the door, not used to having to play so gentle about things. If he'd been having this conversation with Marlo they'd probably have ripped the door clean off the hinges by now and be trying to flush each others' heads down the toilet. "You're gonna have to dumb it down for me 'cause it sounds like you're sayin' you want me to put a baby in you and I sure as fuck know you don't mean that."

[jesssuvari]

"RIght. That would imply that you would ever lose a fight. And you wouldn't want anyone thinking those muscles are just for show, would you?" Jess wagged her brows and poked at his chest, teasing him in a way she only did when she was purposely trying to provoke him. Usually the reaction she was looking for was for him to fall into her trap and prove her wrong with the best sex either of them had. But this time she wasn't looking to rile him up as much as she was trying to distract him from her weird behavior by getting his mind on anything else. "At least tell me i'm pretty or that you like me before you start ripping my clothes off." She complained, biting her bottom lip to just barely hold in her laugh knowing how big his ego could get if she let him charm his way out of every situation. Of course she was a sucker for his dumb face, and his dumb smile, and that his dumb biceps were the size of her head so it worked more often than she liked to admit

Sadly, for their peace, her distraction didn't last as long as she had hoped. She knew that he wouldn't do something violent like break down the door but she definitely didn't anticipate him wedging himself in the gap of the door either, taking half a step back so she didn't accidentally hurt him. "I don't know, Polo. There's a lot of hypotheticals going on in my head right now. And i'm scared, okay? I'm just...scared." She finally admitted out loud which was hard enough on its own without elaborating on why. She let her own forehead bump against the other side of the door and released a deep sigh as she prepared herself mentally to let her walls down for him. It wasn't serving either of them for her to keep him out of the loop. He was the first person she thought to go to with her problems, knowing that even if he didn't offer a solution she wanted it at least felt good to vent to him. He was, funnily enough, the one who was able to keep her the most level headed when her thoughts were plaguing her. And more than anything he was a man of loyalty, so she knew he would stick by her side through anything she threw at him. The issue wasn't that she thought he couldn't handle big responsibilities but that this was one of the ones she didn't know if she could manage. But that was exactly why she knew she needed to voice these thoughts to him, because they always worked better as a team. "Nah. I got the angry traumatic daddy issues not the kinky kind. Sorry to disappoint " She rolled her eyes but affectionately placed a kiss on his jaw before stepping back from the door completely, giving him the okay to enter the room and gesturing to the pregnancy test on the counter. "I've been chickening out of taking a test all day. So when you came in I freaked out because I didn't want you to find out until I had an answer. Cause this kind of thing changes everything. And I really like where we're at right now."

[polomikami]

Essentially being on call to Ace meant that Polo's lifestyle wasn't that of the traditional 9 to 5 so he often found himself struggling to line his free time up with Jess'. He was heading out on a job later that evening so he thought he'd try and catch an early dinner with her, butter her up before he inevitably crawled into bed at some ungodly hour and interrupted her beauty sleep. If you asked him, she didn't need it anyway.

"Fuckin' hello to you too," he balked at her abrupt greeting and essentially having the door slammed in his face. It was unusual for her to be so skittish, so he couldn't be blamed for immediately getting suspicious. "You doin' somethin' diabolical in there? Tell me girls don't poop all you like, but I know you're lyin'..." He pushed on the door a little, teasing because they both knew he could knock the whole thing down if he really wanted to. He couldn't see much through the gap, but he could see that she'd opened a box of something on the counter. Hair dye, maybe. A flu test. A box of tampons. Nothing he would consider worthy of being a weirdo about. "I just wanted to have a shower with my girl before I go to work but whatever. You don't love me, I'll survive."

[jesssuvari]

It wasn't like Jess didn't believe she could share her worries with Polo. Or that he couldn't handle the seriousness of the predicament they were possibly in. After all the challenges they had gone through together, even before they entered a relationship, it felt like there wasn't much they couldn't face together anymore. Yes, they still bickered over everything but at the end of the day they were each others safety net, never letting the other fall without someone to fall back on. But their lives outside of their little bubble didn't have much crossover and while she didn't mind that they were able to keep their independence, that they didn't try to make some big changes to each others lives in order to be together, it meant they really had to make an effort to be present for each other. She didn't want anything to strain the good thing they had going. Not if it wasn't even a confirmed issue.

"So basically, you stopped by for a quickie to hold you over before you show back up here all beat up and I put you in time out?" Jess snorted, rolling her eyes and swatting his hand away from the door. "Damn. You're not even gonna pretend to romance me a little?" She soon pouted at him putting her love for him up for debate. After how long it took for her to admit it out loud refused for it to be questioned, even in jest. "How could you question my love? Like i'm not actively considering birthing your demon spawn right now?" She blurted out in her own defense, eyes widening when she realized how badly she had put her foot in her mouth. Her immediate response was to quickly hole herself up inside the restroom and try to gaslight him into thinking she said something else entirely. But no matter how fast she thought she could close and lock the door before he could make his way in, she was aware he was a lot faster and stronger. He could also be far more stubborn than her when he wanted to be so she was certain he wasn't going to let her comment go without a explanation.

[jesssuvari]

This could not be happening. This was not part of her plan. Those were the only thoughts running through her head as she sat all alone on the toilet seat in her bathroom, staring down at a pregnancy test she was hesitating to take. The whole notion started out as a joke. Some of the girls from her law class had a girls night and took them all together as moral support for one of their peers. But when the tests got mixed up and one had actually resulted in a positive it had left them all second guessing. Jess hadn't even considered the possibility but there were enough signs that left too many doubts in her mind to ignore. Sure she was late on her cycle sometimes but that wasn't uncommon for her with all the stress that she carried. But it wasn't impossible either considering how often her and Polo got careless when it came to protection. She had always judged those who left themselves get so carried away that they lost all sense of responsibility but she supposed she got it now, it was one of the many ways love made them stupid. To be honest she wasn't sure it was something she wanted or would ever want, having kids, but for now she was more focused on just getting the result and taking it from there. Just as she mustered up the courage to finally do it she heard Polo's familiar footsteps approaching the room. "Hey! I didn't hear you come in." She bolted to the door since she had left it wide open, thinking no one else would be around, hoping he hadn't caught a glimpse at the box and test that were in plain view on the counter. She left it cracked open just enough to greet him but she was having a hard time covering up the nervousness in her voice or the guilty look on her face, like she was in a hostage situation or had just been caught doing something bad. "It's occupied. You're gonna have to wait your turn."

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