By the time night came, Jet was cradling Tierney as she cried. Her trip had been uneventful, thankfully, and when she landed her text to Rhett had been short, but sweet. It was completed by a picture of her at the white BMW he had rented for her. The man did know how to treat a lady. Jet already missed him, but Tierney had been her friend for a long time and she needed to be there for her.
That night, it was nearly 3 before Jet was able to crash out. She was lying in bed with Tierney, running hands through the other woman's hair as she waited for her to pass out. Tierney was in bad shape, no thanks to Nate, who apparently had bailed the moment he heard about the baby loss. Her friend was convinced Nate would never return, but Jet had hope. After all, if there were men in the world like Rhett than she had to believe there was hope.
When Tierney was completely out, Jet rolled to her back and pulled her phone from the nightstand.
'When you can, update me.' Rhett had sent a simple message, but it was enough to make her smile. She wasn't sure about love yet, but she was damn sure Rhett had a hold on her.
'Tierney's pretty bad, so I'll be here at least a few days. Everything is fine otherwise.' She sent the words and then closed her phone and her eyes.
The next morning was spent consoling Tierney further and splurging on whatever food she wanted as well as taking her shopping. If there was one thing she knew, it was that Tierney needed to not be home and be distracted. Jet glanced at her phone only once, but it was to see a response text from Rhett.
'You're a good friend Jet. I'll have to pamper you when you come home, and trust me there will be pampering.' Another smiled graced her face as her mind slid back into what they were doing only hours before she left to come here. From there, the next few days were spent with Tierney, who seemed to finally be calming.
Nate had fortunately come around and called. As Jet suspected, he was just as freaked out by losing the baby, but he apparently needed to deal with things on his own. She wanted to scream at him, but if there was one thing she knew for sure it was that everyone had their own way of dealing with trauma. After her own trauma with Mitchell, she really couldn't fault anyone's response.
By the sixth day she was there, Tierney and Nate were talking again and she saw her friend coming out of the worst of it. Rhett had continued small texts to her checking in at least twice a day. It was nice to know someone was thinking about her. It was also nice to see that he understood boundaries. He messaged enough to make sure she was alright, but he didn't send her the dozens of messages a day that Mitchell had. Of course, Rhett had never been like that with her. He had always seemed to understand where to draw the line.
Overall, Jet felt better than ever about giving things with Rhett a real try. There had always been their intense physical connection, but now there was more. He had been right; talking for the entire weekend and getting to know each other had solidified how she felt.
Once Jet felt that Tierney was ready for her to head out, she texted Rhett again asking if he'd be willing to make arrangements for her to come home. He replied and said he would have details to her shortly. Jet sighed as she sat there, eating lunch with Tierney while Nate was at work.
"So, do you think this time you guys are going to make an actual go of things?" Tierney smiled at her.
"I think so, not that you should worry about that." The last thing she wanted to do was put any stress on her friend, so she intended to not talk about Rhett at all.
"Worry? Jet, we worry about each other all the time. You know I'm just happy you kicked Jane to the curb. Honestly, that girl was way too young for you. I mean she called you 'gorg.' Who says that?" Tierney laughed a little and it was the first time her friend seemed normal again since she had called her at Rhett's house.
"I'm glad you're feeling well enough to give me shit. Jane happened to be a very nice woman. I don't regret my time with her, but we are on different paths."
"Yea, you're on a path to real love with Rhett and Jane is heading to some hippie activity. I mean where is she right now drum circle? Or maybe she's going to Coachella isn't that coming up soon."
"Damn, I came all the way up here to make you feel better, and this is the thanks I get."
"You did make me feel better. I wish we lived closer together girl."
"I know. I miss you."
"I miss you too. I mean if I was in L.A. with you there is no way you would have ever let Rhett get away from you. You should have been dating him since that awards ceremony where you bumped uglies in the coatroom."
"Tierney, we did not bump uglies in a coatroom. We were in a nursing room." They both laughed at her words.
"Man, I missed your laugh. So, we have a bit; tell me what happened at this party."
"Do you really want me to get into all that? I'm here for you this week."
"Jet, give me something else to think about."
"Fine. The party was lovely. Rhett apologized and I apologized and we ended up talking for a long time afterwards."
"How long did it take you to fuck him again?"
"Tierney! What makes you think I fucked him again?"
"Oh, I don't know...his picture. I mean the guy is hot, and if I remember correctly you two cannot even be alone in a room together without physical contact of some kind."
"We've only had sex a handful of times, so I don't know what you're talking about."
"Jet, how long have we known each other?"
"Apparently too long, why?"
"Because I know that you are hypersexual and from what I have heard about Rhett he is attracted to you. Put those two things together, and boom fireworks."
"It was different this time. You know I spent two nights there and we didn't even have sex at all until the second morning. He wanted to make sure that we got to know each other better before we did it again."
"So, you slept in the same bed for two nights and nothing?"
