Falling Down(75)

"Fuck off, it'd be romantic."
Jesse holds up his pinky and I hook mine to his. He pulls me into him and he holds me, both arms wrapped tightly around me.
"This is scary, Jesse."
"No shit."
"All this from a weekend?"
"Nah, not just a weekend."
I pull back and step on my tip toes to press a kiss to his lips.
"Okay."
"Okay."
"Let's do this." I turn around and note Sera's got all my stuff packed.
"We're going to have to get the stuff from the Santa Monica house."
"Already in the works. I texted," Sera says. "Also let Max and Frank know."
"Damn, you're so good to me, sissy pants."
"Hell yeah I am. Don't forget it either."
Jesse pulls me back into his chest as Jace and Ben grab the suitcases.
"We'll meet you downstairs, Luce," Sera says.
I turn to Jesse. "Are you sure? This is a huge deal, Jesse. It may be weeks before I can come back here or until we find a house--"
He presses his index finger to my lips.
"I'm sure."
I blow out a breath against his finger.
"This is some scary shit."
He nods. "That's no lie." He gives me another soft kiss and I lick his lip ring.
"That's so sexy."
He chuckles. "Let's go fight our way out of here."
We head down the stairs and out the front door. We can't see the gate from here with the curved driveway but they're there.
"I can hear the vultures circling," Max says.
I nod as I get into the car with Jesse behind me, Ben on the other side of me. Sera, Frank, and Jace across from us. Yeah, we took the limo today and will likely have to take this or more than one car from now on with as many people as we're going to have with us.
Jesse grabs my hand, lacing his fingers with mine. I turn to him and he presses his lips to mine softly.
"We got this."
I blow out a breath and the car lurches forward.
"Lucy, is Jesse Kingston in there with you?"
"Are you and Jesse Kingston involved?"
"Is it true that you're giving up acting for music?"
"What. The. Fuck." Sera says.
I just rub my forehead.
"Are you going to be joining up with Falling Down?"
"Are you and Jesse Kingston an official couple?"
Jesse squeezes my hand gently. "I'll never tell them the answer to that last question but I'm going to say here and now that I hope we can get to that."
"Me too. Oh, God, Jesse. You can't want to get messed up in this."
I lean forward and put my head between my legs, taking deep breaths. He rubs my back.
"She alright?" Ben asks.
"Yeah," Sera says. "She's in danger of falling for Jesse f*cking Kingston, the press is up her ass, we're finally getting our band together, and last but certainly not least, she's going to have to call Mama Russo."
"Yikes," Jace says.
"Not helping, f*cker," I tell him and everyone chuckles. "What time is it?"
"Early," Frank says. "You can still probably catch Regina awake."
"Great, but much better than waking her up."
"I'm surprised she hasn't called you yet," Sera says as my phone rings.
"What the hell, Sera? How many times do we need to have this conversation? She's got radar for when you say that shit!"
"Sorry, but you were just about to call her anyway."
"I needed a few minutes to breathe and find my calm before I called her. Fuck."
"Wow," Ben says. "Potty mouth when she's stressed."
Frank laughs. "This is nothing. Wait."