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Just For Tonight Oct 26, 2022 21:30:45 GMT

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Post by JACOB MARTIN BELACQUA on Oct 26, 2022 21:30:45 GMT

It felt like a lifetime had passed since Jacob had graduated at the end of his seventh year but the reality was that no matter how much things had changed, it had only been just over a year since that day. Most of his friends had decided to move on and either travel or jump straight into their chosen career and Jacob would be lying if he said that he hadn’t thought about it but in the end he had decided to attend the university his brother had started for a few years so he could hone his skills and get some experience under his belt before starting to work at the Ministry. Jacob knew that option wasn’t for everyone but the truth was that he was enjoying it. It had taken him a while to figure out what he wanted to do with his life but the truth was that now he was more certain than ever that he had made the right choice by training to become an Auror. All of his siblings worked in different professions so he knew that he could have followed in the footsteps of any one of them but in the end he had realised that he had wanted to do things his own way. He was the youngest out of his siblings and most of them had already graduated from Hogwarts before he’d even started there but he’d still had Ana and he’d had the chance to be there to help his nieces and nephews when they got to the school so he knew that he definitely wasn’t going to argue with that.

Right now with everything that was going on with the Enlightened Jacob knew that his loved ones were safe at Hogwarts and in the surrounding villages but he was still glad that he was on hand to help keep an eye on them all in case they needed it. His brother Will had resurrected the Order of the Phoenix and those contacts were helping in any way they could while the Ministry and Guardians tried to do the same. No one knew who was responsible for the attacks other than that they called themselves the Enlightened and that made them that much more dangerous. They hadn’t shown any remorse whatsoever when they’d killed innocent people and revealed magic to the world and there was a part of Jacob that longed to be out there with the Aurors trying to track down those responsible but he knew that he needed to finish his training first. Thankfully the university classes were more practical than those in the lower school had been and he spent more time out in the field shadowing other Aurors and learning everything that he could from them but he still spent some time at the school so right now he couldn’t help but feel like he had the best of both worlds.

That day Jacob’s sparring session with the Auror he had been working with had been cut short by an emergency and Jacob found himself at a loose end for the rest of the day. He knew that there were a few things that he could do in order to keep himself occupied but there was one that stood out more than any other and he was soon pushing open the door to the studio that Nessie owned. She was one of his oldest friends considering that her mum and his brother were best friends so they had pretty much grown up together. It had been a little while since they had last seen each other, though, so he couldn’t resist the chance to surprise her and take a look around while he was at it. Once he was inside it didn’t take him long to spot Nessie and he felt a smile touch his lips. She had her back to him so she hadn’t seen him yet and he took a couple of steps closer before speaking up. “Hi, is the owner around? I’d like to make a complaint,” he said, doing his best to keep his voice serious as he spoke while he waited to see her reaction.

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Just For Tonight Nov 2, 2022 22:37:26 GMT

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Post by NESSIE RILEY FORRESTER on Nov 2, 2022 22:37:26 GMT

Chasing dreams till we reach them.

It's what we were meant to do.

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Every day Nessie got to wake up and live her dream. A dream she’d had since she was a mere child wanting to be just like her daddy. Art had always been a constant presence in her life, a calming one, a diary that only she could read accurately. Most people confessed their deepest secrets in words and tucked away that journal in a dark hiding spot to prevent the words they confessed to a souless stranger Nessie painted her secrets and displayed them for the world. She was different, and she was aware of it, but she loved art. It was who she was, it was the first thing she told about herself beyond her name. “I’m Nessie and I’m an artist.” She sounded like an addict at a meeting for her problem but she didn’t want help, she was happily addicted to her craft and these days it paid the bills. That was the wild part about living her dream, that she made a living from it, that she made this a career. People liked her art and wanted to have it displayed in their homes, or they wanted her to draw portraits of them or designs on their wall. Murals were her favorite and she was working on a proposal to present to the Ministry for murals in apparition safe areas that she could design that showed them as safe areas for travellers, but had magic built in to keep it off limits to muggles from stumbling by it. She rarely used magic in her work, she prided herself on that, but she’d bend that rule for safety of others if they let her paint murals in those areas. Of course she was also working on the actual design itself, which was far more tricky as it had to stand out for what it was but also appear classy and not as if it was graffiti.

She was nervous at the prospect of approaching the Ministry at all, wondering if they’d find the idea stupid which was why she’d not told anyone about the idea even her parents as she busied herself around the shop tidying up constantly while she worked on designs for the kids paint night she was planning near the end of the month that was Halloween themed and included various characters dressed as other characters making way more designs than she’d need but having a blast with it nonetheless sending the sketches to her sister with a mix of a quote from each character’s movie and got feedback from her on the designs in addition to sending them to Summer for her thoughts, always making sure to include her girls’ favorites as she knew without a doubt she’d be there to support her unless something came up. That was the beauty of her friendships, she knew she could count on their support.

There’d been a steady stream of people in and out the shop so far that day and now that the lull had died down she had her back to the door shoving a candy bar in her mouth that substituted as lunch that day and making more copies of the fliers she’d designed by hand, and had used magic for duplication as she was nervous going into the muggle world for printing anything that looked magical for her safety and having designed the whole flier herself made her want to keep it looking handmade so magical copies were better than a scanned and printed file. Hearing a familiar voice wanting to make a complaint she didn’t have to hide a smile as her back was turned and swallowed the rest of the chocolate in her mouth before answering, ”If this is about that request for a nude session then sorry the owner cannot also be nude while she does the painting.” She said as serious and unconcerned as she could make it before giving herself away and turning around with an amused smile, “Hey you. Long time no see.” She smiled going from behind the counter to greet Jacob with a hug. “What brings you to my little shop?” She asked once she broke the hug.

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Just For Tonight Oct 22, 2023 0:18:46 GMT

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Post by JACOB MARTIN BELACQUA on Oct 22, 2023 0:18:46 GMT

Jacob knew that he could have graduated and gone straight into a career at the Ministry and he honestly had thought about it but he had realised that staying on at Hogwarts for a few more years was a better idea for him in the long run. All of his siblings had graduated but he had various nieces and nephews who went to the school and even though his classes were much more practical and field based than they had been during his first seven years, it meant that he still got to keep an eye on them when he had the chance. Two of his brothers taught at Hogwarts which meant that they could be there for them as well but Jacob was closer in age to them so it made things easier. He knew that his nieces and nephews loved their dads but Will was the Headmaster and Bo was Head of Ravenclaw so he could understand them not wanting to spend all of their time with them while they were there. If he was honest he felt like he had a lot to live up to given the jobs that his brothers and other members of his family had found themselves in but Jacob knew that was pressure that he was putting on himself rather than anyone doing it for him. His parents and siblings had always made it clear that he could do whatever he wanted to and they would be happy for him but Jacob knew that he wanted to do just as well as his siblings in his chosen career and that was why he was working so hard to make it work. He had always been good at Duelling and he had grown up hearing his parents telling stories about some of the missions they had gone on as Aurors. It had taken him a long time to figure out that he wanted to follow in their footsteps but the training he had been going through at the university had made him realise that he was making the right decision. He wanted to learn as much as he could before throwing himself in at the deep end and the three years of training would give him the chance to advance his career that much quicker so he knew that it was the right thing for him.

Right now with everything that was going on with the Enlightened there was a part of him that wished they were able to do more training in the field than they were right now but he knew that would come with time. Just seeing the way the group had managed to so quickly throw the world into chaos was enough to make his blood boil, he knew that it was only a matter of time before they were taken down but until then everyone was on edge. It made Jacob that much more grateful that he was able to stay close to his family and be there to look out for them but there were others who meant a lot to him that he hadn’t seen for a while and one of those people was Nessie. They had been friends for years, in fact he was pretty sure that it was inevitable given that her mum and his brother were best friends, but she had left Hogwarts at the end of their seventh year and since then he hadn’t been able to see as much of her as he would have liked. That was why he had ended up stopping by that day and he felt a smile form on his face as soon as he spotted her.

Jacob still couldn’t resist teasing Nessie by saying that he wanted to make a complaint and as she responded before turning around to look at him, he let out a chuckle. “I’m sure she could if she wanted to, it’s definitely one way to draw in new customers and she’d look so good while doing it,” he grinned. “Hey,” he said before hugging her back tightly. It really had been too long since they had last seen each other and to say that he had missed Nessie would be an understatement. As she asked what brought him to the shop, he shrugged. “My training session finished early and I missed you so I figured I’d stop by. It has been far too long,” he explained as his eyes met hers. He knew that they were both busy but he hated that he hadn’t seen her for a while and he knew that he wanted to make sure that didn’t happen again. “Any chance I can steal you away for a bit and buy you a late lunch?” he asked, knowing that chances were Nessie hadn’t stopped long enough to take a proper break yet.

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Just For Tonight Nov 19, 2023 16:29:51 GMT

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Post by NESSIE RILEY FORRESTER on Nov 19, 2023 16:29:51 GMT

The newly formed Hogwarts University had been a great idea and she’d been over the moon for her mum at the promotion to Headmistress, but the university hadn’t held anything for Ness and she’d still had to leave Hogwarts at the end of her seventh year. She hadn’t been sad about leaving, she had her future planned out, or so she thought, until Xavier and her broke up, but through it all, she still had the shop. She still had her art. Her art got her through every up and down in life and relationships so she’d been using it to her heart's content these days as she navigated this post-Xavier world. There was also the whole Enlightened thing making her relieved that she was the type who didn’t use magic in her work but also regretful she didn’t take duelling or pay much attention to those types of defensive spells to protect herself if she was ambushed or attacked or found herself witnessing an attack. Her biggest fear these days had been to lose a family member to this skirmish. She’d been reluctant to take the young kiddos out in the muggle world when she stole them for the day to give her mum and dad a break choosing places within Hogsmeade or Diagon Alley, or just back to the small flat above the studio she called home and though they enjoyed it plenty they were used to sissy taking them to parks and other fun play places that made her even cooler of an older sister but their safety had to come first and she knew her mum would worry more than she already did if she did take them deep into the muggle world with their uncontrolled magical outbursts.

She should have went to her Uncle Will to ask for some extra lessons but she knew that him and her mum were so much busier now so she didn’t want to bother him, and she wondered who else she could ask when the answer literally appeared in the shop in the form of Jacob. Hearing his voice made her smile as her back was turned she found it easier that way to make her little quip about painting him naked while also naked to his complaint opening. There was no hiding the smile when she turned to face him and shook her head at him, “Pretty sure that’d break some sort of decency law. You trying to have an excuse to arrest me? If you want me naked and in handcuffs you should really try to buy me dinner first.” She teased in return before going around the counter and hugging him, noting the tight return and hoping everything was okay with him. Since he was still at the school and working through his university classes she didn’t get often to see him between her schedule here and trying to come by the house slightly more often to reassure her mum she was alive in person rather than text message and to see her little siblings who she often got video calls from begging her to come over. Not to mention she was working on the orders from the shop and the painting event to keep her mind busy through the nights when she should have been curled up with Xavier in bed. “It has been too long. Glad you could stop by.” She agreed with a smile as he asked to steal her away and buy her a late lunch. “Um, sure. I don’t think I have anyone scheduled to come in for a consultation. Let me check though.” She said, going back behind the counter and pulling up the schedule on the small tablet she used as her booking system and finding no one on the books for today and as it’d been slow she knew she could get away with closing the shop early for the day. “Yeah. I just have to get closed up and changed then you can steal me for lunch.” She told him moving to start the cleaning-up process, putting away her brushes in a meticulous fashion before taking a wand to sweep away the dust or dirt on the floor in one of the few ways she put magic into the place before locking up the tablet and small little till she used for purchases designed with a charm to blend into the counter as if she didn’t have one there, a safety feature her mum had absolutely insisted on and placed the charm on herself. “Just have to run upstairs and change be right back.” She told Jacob after she finished jogging upstairs to the small studio she called home and darting into the bathroom to wash her hands and make sure there wasn’t any paint on her face or in her hair before changing her clothes quickly and heading back down to Jacob. “You know I think I have less and less clothes that I don’t have paint on than I thought. You got lucky you came today otherwise I may have even less options.” She chuckled grabbing her purse, “Alrighty I’m ready. Where you taking me for lunch?” She asked as they left the shop and she locked it up behind her with the key that had a slightly different color than its typical counterpart. No, the moment the lock clicked the protective charms kept it safe, another little bit of charm work from her mum that she was grateful for given it happened even if she locked it manually, and left her feeling safe in the studio above the shop as the wards and charms covered that as well.

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Just For Tonight Nov 23, 2023 23:27:37 GMT

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Post by JACOB MARTIN BELACQUA on Nov 23, 2023 23:27:37 GMT

It was strange to think that not too long ago they were living their lives in peace away from the muggle world or among them in some cases but now everything was falling apart. Jacob knew that the Ministry and the Guardians were doing their best to track down the Enlightened but so far they hadn’t made any headway and that worried him. He wanted nothing more than to keep his family and the people he cared about safe and Nessie definitely fell into that category. They had known each other for a long time, her mum and his older brother were best friends and when they got to Hogwarts they were in the same house and year. It had been easy to see each other back then but now that Nessie had left Hogwarts it was a lot more difficult. She still had family at the school so she had an excuse to head back there now and then but Jacob’s training had a habit of keeping him busy so he hadn’t seen her when she did stop by. Free days were rare right now it seemed but he finally had one and he knew that he wanted to make the most of it while it lasted. It had been an easy decision to head into Hogsmeade and he didn’t hesitate in making his way to the studio so he could check in on Nessie. It had been far too long since they had last seen each other as far as he was concerned and he knew that he didn’t want to let it go that long without seeing her again. Some of Jacob’s friends had moved away after graduation and he didn’t hear from them that much these days. It wasn’t as bad keeping in touch now they had phones to rely on but it wasn’t the same and Jacob had realised that it was about time that he started keeping the people who meant a lot to him as close as he could. He knew that he could have moved on at the end of his seventh year and started his career at the Ministry but Jacob had wanted to make the most of the university that his brother had started and get a head start on his training. When he graduated again at the end of the following year he could go into a higher position at the Ministry than he would have done otherwise and that was never going to be a bad thing as far as Jacob was concerned. His training was hard work and it was intense to say the least but he still enjoyed it and he knew that he had made the right decision. He still knew that he wanted to make the most of this free time while it lasted, though, and he hoped that Ness would be able to help him do that.

As she spoke, Jacob couldn’t help but laugh. “And what if I did say I wanted to buy you dinner and see where it goes?” he asked as he looked over at her. They had been pretty good at making sure that the lines between them hadn’t gotten blurred in the past but Nessie had had a boyfriend back then and Jacob had had a girlfriend as well. Now they were both single and he would be lying if he said there wasn’t a part of him that had always wondered what could happen between them if they gave it a try and he was curious as to whether Nessie felt the same. No matter what happened he knew that they would stay friends anyway, they had been a part of each other’s lives for too long to let anything change that. “If you don’t want to then I understand,” he added, not wanting her to feel pressured in any way. He knew that she had only been teasing when she’d said it but his answer was a serious one although if she wanted to keep that line drawn and just stay as friends then he knew that he would respect that, he just also knew that he would regret it if he didn’t ask. “I’m glad too, I’ll try and stop by more often,” Jacob nodded. He really had missed Ness more than he had realised until he saw her again so he knew that he was going to have to try and work on that. “Alright,” he said as she said she needed to check whether she had anyone booked in. “I know it’s short notice so we can always do it another time,” he offered, knowing that just because he had a free day on his hands now that didn’t mean that the same was true of Nessie. It seemed she was free after all though and he felt a smile touch his lips as she said she would get changed and be right back. “No rush, take your time,” he assured her, knowing that he wasn’t in a hurry at all. As she reappeared, he couldn’t help but laugh. “Don’t worry, you look great. I bet if you went out in clothes with paint on them then everyone would just think it was a fashion statement anyway. You could start a new trend,” he chuckled. It had happened before and he knew that he wouldn’t be surprised if it happened again. As she asked where he was taking her for lunch, his expression turned thoughtful for a moment before answering. “I guess that depends on how hungry you are. There’s always our favourite hangout or there’s a new restaurant that opened up recently that we could try. What are you in the mood for?” he asked, knowing that he would be happy with anything as long as they got to spend some time together.

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Just For Tonight Nov 26, 2023 6:18:21 GMT

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Post by NESSIE RILEY FORRESTER on Nov 26, 2023 6:18:21 GMT

After thinking she had the rest of her life with Xavier and their future was going to be so bright and then having that future crash around her had been rough. She’d wondered, looking back on her relationships of the past, if she should give up on relationships and just go wild and try the casual dating scene where she was the one who loved and left in the morning light but that wasn’t in her, so she stayed true to herself and just threw herself into her art further. Not having her dad’s permission to marry her had been a strain on Xavier, and despite the fact that she’d told him time and time again she didn’t care if he liked him, that she loved him enough to make up for it, in the end, it hadn’t been enough and they’d went their separate ways. It didn’t mean that Josh told her I told you so when she showed up at her parents crying, he’d taken Ness in his arms and told her it’d be okay while her mum made her tea and took her turn holding her and comforting her, but she’d felt broken. She’d thought she found what she saw in her parents in Xavier and all Josh had seen was the things he didn’t do rather than the things he did. So she’d put that feeling into her artwork. Every last one of them. It’d been therapeutic and the moment she’d displayed the piece it’d gotten tons of comments and praise, and she’d been told several times that that was the piece that convinced them to either request on of their own or stop in and buy something else she’d done to display. She’d been proud of it, hadn’t even tried to fix the run in the pain where her tears had mixed and dried on the canvas, and hadn’t even been able to sell it in the end.

Her work had never felt more important to her and it left little to be desired in the romance department as Jacob came calling on her and making jokes about her being naked and painting him naked and then replying in kind to her at least needing dinner before she let him get her naked and in handcuffs, she laughed when he asked what she’d say if he did buy her dinner and see where it went and smiled at him, “I’d say it’s going to cost you something expensive. And the naked comes before the handcuffs so I don’t have to worry about my clothes getting ruined.” She ruined enough of them with her work having always hated the smock that so many liked to sarcastically remind her existed when she showed up with paint on her clothes. Art wasn’t supposed to be neat it was supposed to be messy and real and she had always felt it diluted if she kept it so contained from her person by a smock. Then again she had a different relationship with art than most did, it was her lifeline. Looking at Jacob she wasn’t sure if he was furthering the joke or if he offer of dinner and seeing where it went was serious, they’d never really been single at the same time and in the same space to do the dating thing, despite the fact that they’d been friends for a good chunk of their lives given they were in the same house and year while at school and her mum and his brother had been friends and their families co-mingled enough he turned up now and then at family events.

In either way he meant the dinner and handcuffs, she wanted to see more of his face, and spend less time holing away in the studio drowning out the world in the haze of paint and music that played in the gallery as he offered to take her to lunch and after making sure no one was scheduled to come by and deciding to make the decision to close up early, this day of the week had never been busy and she was debating turning it into some sort of event to drum up activity in the lull, today that lull was filled with lunch and the knowledge that even more of her clothes were getting paint on them than she had first thought. While she didn’t have to wear a smock she also didn’t have to wear unstained things to work in, and maybe she’d make a separation in the wardrobe for that purpose as as reemerged down to Jacob with the comment of her clothes on her lips. “Paint splatter is indeed in. Just usually it’s not as authentic as mine.” She laughed before asking where they were headed and he gave her options. She was starving she hadn’t eaten that morning before coming down to the studio and had kept herself too busy with her work to stop for a snack and tried to think of what she’d eaten for dinner the night before and vaguely remembered a can of something that was mildly warm before crawling into bed. “I am honestly starving so anything sounds good to me. I’d be down for trying the new place though. Always down for new things with you.” She said, making a decision but knowing if he was more wanting the usual hangout she’d easily go with that as well. Other than when she got out with a sibling, had lunch with a parent, or had dinner at their house, she hadn’t gotten out much lately and all her social interactions recently had been from her family so she was overdue time with someone she wasn’t related to.

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Just For Tonight Nov 26, 2023 18:34:10 GMT

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Post by JACOB MARTIN BELACQUA on Nov 26, 2023 18:34:10 GMT

Jacob had known that his training was going to be intense the moment he signed up for the university’s Auror Training program. There was a part of him that had always known he wanted to become an Auror, both his parents had worked in that field for decades and he had grown up hearing stories about some of the things they got up to while they were working. Jacob was so proud of them and even though he knew that they would be happy for him no matter what he decided to do, he knew that he wanted to follow in their footsteps. Each of his siblings had gone on to do something different with their lives and they were all doing something great but this was what Jacob was good at and he knew that he didn’t want to throw that away. He always felt like he had such high expectations to live up to even though the people he loved only wanted him to be happy but it just made him even that much more determined to put the hard work in. One thing Jacob knew he didn’t want to do, though, was to let his training or work consume him. His parents had wanted a large family and Jacob knew that he wanted kids as well. He knew that he was only young and he had plenty of time to think about that but when it happened he knew that he wanted to be there for his kids the same way that his parents had been there for him and the same way that he had seen his siblings be there for their kids. He wanted more out of life than just work and he knew that he wanted to make sure that he had a balance.

For now he just wanted to spend some time with someone who meant the world to him and Nessie definitely fell into that category. It had been far too long since they had last seen each other and he knew that he wasn’t going to let them go that long without seeing each other again. He knew that he should have been there for her more after her relationship ended but she’d had her family to lean on and he hadn’t wanted to intrude. Now Nessie was the one who had started joking about something more happening between them and he wasn’t sure whether she was still joking as she spoke again but he’d meant it when he’d suggested buying her dinner and seeing where things between them might go. He knew that he didn’t want to take advantage of Ness, he wasn’t even sure if she was over her ex, but seeing her laughing and joking was enough to warm his heart. “That could be arranged,” he said, a smile touching his lips as Nessie said that it was going to cost him something expensive. “Listen, Ness, I’m not sure if you’re joking or not but I would like to take you out on a date if you’re interested,” he said, knowing that he needed to put it out there so he could find out whether or not she really did feel the same. “If you’re not interested in me in that way or if you’re not ready, it’s okay,” he added, not wanting her to feel pressured in any way. “I just want you to be happy.” That was all he had ever wanted for her and if she didn’t like him in that way then he knew that he would still support her no matter what.

Waiting for Nessie to get changed, it didn’t take long for her to emerge and when she did Jacob couldn’t stop a smile from forming on his face. “It’s not the same if it’s not authentic, you’d put them all to shame,” he assured her. She always looked amazing as far as he was concerned and now was no exception. He knew how easy it normally was for Nessie to throw herself into her work and forget to take care of herself and even though he wasn’t sure whether that was what had happened this time, Jacob couldn’t deny that he liked the idea of being able to make sure that she looked after herself for a change. He couldn’t ignore the way his heart leapt as Nessie said that she was always down for new things with him and Jacob nodded. “In that case let’s try the new place. I know you’re going to love it,” he said as he started leading the way. It didn’t take them long to reach the place he had mentioned and he opened the door for Nessie so she could head inside first. “Hi. Table for two please,” he said, offering the waitress a smile as she grabbed a couple of menus and led them in the direction of a free table. Pulling a chair out for Nessie, Jacob waited until she had taken a seat before sitting down himself and opening one of the menus. “Pick whatever you like, there’s so much that sounds good.”

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Just For Tonight Jan 15, 2024 13:25:13 GMT

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Post by NESSIE RILEY FORRESTER on Jan 15, 2024 13:25:13 GMT

Spending time with anyone put her collection of art and music hadn’t been something that happened as much recently, and it wasn’t due to no one really asking she’d just not been up for it. She was using her art to contain her emotions, to mope in the breakup she’d swore wasn’t supposed to happen. He was supposed to be her happily ever after, that’s what she’d always told him and he’d agreed, but the weight of disapproval from her dad had meant too much to him in the end and he couldn’t go on loving her and wanting to marry her knowing that her dad didn’t want to same for her. She’d wanted to blame her dad, to put all the blame on his shoulders but she couldn’t. She had just cried and let her art sweep up her pain and put it into pieces she could sell for a profit. She supposed if it was going to happen she was glad it was before there was a ring on her finger and her last name had changed to his and then had to give it back and learn how to live without him again. It was already hard enough but she reminded herself it could have been worse. Even as she lay in bed at night and wondered if he was sharing his with someone else, she told herself that it wasn’t her business and maybe she should put herself in someone’s bed or invite someone into her. Get herself back out there no matter how painful it felt to do it at first.

It was a good sign when she could joke with Jacob about painting him naked and didn’t send a shot of pain through her to do it, to continue to joke about being naked and even handcuffs being around, and she found the smile genuine in a way she wasn’t sure had been as such for a while. “I’m not ready to jump into another relationship yet. But I think I am ready to go out on a date. If that’s okay with you.” She told him slowly, not sure if he was only interested in the date if it meant the relationship automatically came with it. She was still too raw to call another person her boyfriend, and it wouldn’t be fair to Jacob to lead him on that she was ready for that when she wasn’t sure she was quite yet but she was ready to get back out there and go on a few dates, maybe change things up and find herself in bed with someone again, something she’d only had with Xavier before. Perhaps she needed to lose some of that soft innocence and try the reckless side of things, of hookups and flings without the title of boyfriend tied to it. She wasn’t sure how well she’d be able to bring herself to do something like that but starting with a date with Jacob sounded like a good starting place. Hell, if he was into the handcuffs and naked parts and it wasn’t just a running joke she was wondering what else he might be into to get her on the wild and reckless side while remaining safe with someone she knew would never actually hurt her or put her in danger.

She’d been friends with Jacob for so long he was a comforting presence in her life and changing to go out to lunch with him ignited the hunger she hadn’t felt much for recently as she dug through her clothes for something that wasn’t decorated with paint or some sort of art medium and made her way back downstairs to the shop and smiling back at Jacob as he smiled at her. “No one does authentic paint splatter quite like the art gallery owner that’s true.” She chuckled knowing that owning her gallery was one of her greatest accomplishments and the fact that she’d done so well even though times were trying was a testament that she could make this work and adapt to the world where digital photos were popular and adjust her client base as a result. Adding in digital to her world of color, making events for a fun night with kids and their parents to draw in the parent base and make her little shop a household name. It might mean she had less time for things like the lunch was on now with Jacob but the shop wasn’t a 24/7 thing so lunches could always turn into dinners and early breakfasts it was all about balance, something she needed to remind herself now and then. “New place it is.” She told him happily, letting him lead the way easily, letting the small talk cover the distance to the restaurant until they were inside and he was pulling out her chair and she smiled at him sheepishly as she sat down and he took his own seat and opened her menu as he did his, “There is a lot that sounds good.” She agreed as she scanned over the options, “What’re you getting?” She asked, using it as a guide to field her own options to a price point, and just to help her narrow the options, she was so hungry literally everything she read looked good even thing she knew she wouldn’t actually like once it was set in front of her.

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Just For Tonight Feb 16, 2024 19:51:23 GMT

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Post by JACOB MARTIN BELACQUA on Feb 16, 2024 19:51:23 GMT

It had been too long since Jacob had last seen Nessie and that was why he had decided to swing by the gallery that day. He hadn’t expected the flirting that had come with it considering they had been friends for a long time and nothing had happened between them but then again they hadn’t been single at the same time before. Jacob knew that things might still be a little raw for Nessie and if she didn’t want it to be anything more than a friends thing then he knew that he would completely understand but there was still a part of him that knew he would have always regretted it if he hadn’t at least asked. It wasn’t a deal breaker, Jacob wanted to see how it might go between them if they did go out on a date but if Nessie wasn’t interested in him in that way then he knew that he would still buy her lunch anyway. They had been friends for such a long time and he knew that nothing was going to change that. They had both been busy lately so they hadn’t been able to spend as much time together as they used to but they had the chance to change that now and Jacob really was glad. As Nessie said she wasn’t ready to jump into another relationship yet but was ready to go on a date, Jacob felt a smile touch his lips. “That’s more than okay with me,” he assured her gently. “You’re one of my oldest friends so I don’t want to jump into a relationship and have it backfire, I’d rather we go on a date and see what happens. I don’t want to lose you,” he added. She meant far too much to him for that so he really wasn’t expecting them to launch straight into a relationship but if Nessie wanted to go on a couple of dates and see what would happen or try the friends with benefits thing then Jacob knew that he was all for it. “I do have the handcuffs with me if you want to try them out later though,” he chuckled. It had been a while since his last relationship had ended and he’d let the training program consume him for a while so he knew that it was about time that he broke that cycle. He knew it might be dangerous to try something like that with Nessie but they weren’t kids anymore and they knew each other so well that if he was honest he couldn’t think of anyone he would feel more comfortable with.

“I bet,” Jacob chuckled as Nessie said that no one did authentic paint splatter like an art gallery owner. It really didn’t matter to him what she wore but he knew she had chosen carefully and she really did look great as far as he was concerned. He hadn’t wanted to pry into what had happened between her and Xavier so he wasn’t too sure what had gone on between them but he knew that it couldn’t have been easy for Nessie afterwards and he honestly hoped that this would be a good way to ease herself into dating again. She meant the world to him and all Jacob wanted was for her to be happy so he hoped that this might be a step in the right direction. He hadn’t been to the restaurant they were going to before but if he was honest he was glad that he was getting to share it with Nessie. He had heard a lot of good things about the place so he knew it was going to be great. The conversation flowed easily between them as they made their way to the restaurant and Jacob found himself smiling back at Nessie as she sat down. “I’ve heard nothing but good things about the food,” he nodded as he looked over the menu, trying to decide what he was going to go for. “I think I’ll try the steak, how about you?” he asked, knowing there were so many good choices to pick from.

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Just For Tonight Mar 19, 2024 11:55:41 GMT

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Post by NESSIE RILEY FORRESTER on Mar 19, 2024 11:55:41 GMT

Ness hadn’t realized that Jacob had ever had that sort of interest in her that had gone beyond their friendship as close as it had always been. She hadn’t thought of him in that light, not when each of them had been in relationships at one point or another and so she’d never had the chance to think of him as anything more than the friend that he was. So she was honest when she said she didn’t want to jump back into a relationship, she wasn’t ready, Xavier had left parts of her still broken and she was unsure how to repair them, not when at the end of the day she hadn’t wanted to end her relationship, had wanted him to be her happily ever after. She couldn’t blame her dad, despite everything in her in those earliest days of pain and agony wanting to spew hateful comments and place the blame on him, but one day perhaps she’d tell him thank you. She was grateful he’d at least had the presence to act upset they’d broken up, and he’d held her as she’d cried once he came home from the shop to find her in under a pile of bodies from her mum and the youngest siblings all trying to soothe her aching tear-stained face. Savannah and Samuel had come along to the shop the next day briefly to check on her, something Ness knew was Savannah’s idea and Samuel had come along to support his twin as her protectful escort and to offer Ness herself one of his tight hugs that were rarer as he had grown into the man he was becoming. She’d thrown herself in the art ever since, taking brief glimpses away from it, but not enough for dating. “Date or no date, sorry to break it to you, but you’re stuck with me Belacqua.” She teased softly, offering him a soft genuine smile in his direction before laughter glimmered in her eyes as it spilled from her lips at his mentioning of the handcuffs, “If you’re lucky I’ll let you handcuff me.” She winked knowing it wasn’t a promise or a denial. Perhaps it was what Ness needed, to get out of her head for a bit and lose herself in the bliss of a man, and what man than someone she was so comfortable around, especially with the vulnerability of handcuffs being involved.

The vulnerability of anything physical or emotional would be a step in the direction of finishing to ease the scars in her heart where she’d painted and sketched her heart back together as flawlessly as she could for a broken piece it’d been after the breakup, and as a result of her paintings and the commission pieces she did to keep the gallery going several of her clothes had the evidence of her profession on it, splattered with paint in a way that wasn’t the artful way some clothing were attempting to imitate but hers was genuine, and rummaging her clothes for something without the paint stains had been harder to find, that coupled with the signs of her weight loss after the breakup had stolen her appetite everything was oversized feeling now as she returned to the shop where Jacob waited for her. They turned towards the restaurant they’d never been to before as their choice, which Ness was glad of, something different for this new different attempt they were trying. Moving beyond friendship into something more either purely physical or something that turns into more, she didn’t know but a new place to start the journey opened the door to all possibilities. “Well, I was eyeing something else but then you said steak and now I want steak and a heaping with butter and sour cream jacket potato.” She chuckled scanning the menu to find the steaks on it and her mouth watering at the thought of a juicy steak. “How’s training going? Not ruined that pretty face yet I see.” She asked as the sever came over for a drink order and Ness ordered a water. She’d been tempted for a stronger beverage but if this ended and Jacob wanted to take her back to her place and try out those handcuffs she wanted to be completely aware of every move he made.

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Just For Tonight Apr 30, 2024 23:48:37 GMT

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Post by JACOB MARTIN BELACQUA on Apr 30, 2024 23:48:37 GMT

Jacob knew there were plenty of people out there who believed the notion that guys and girls couldn’t be just friends but there were always going to be exceptions to that rule. For most of their lives he and Nessie had been one of those exceptions but Jacob would be lying if he said there wasn’t a part of him that had sometimes wondered if there could be something more than that between them. He and Nessie were rarely single at the same time and they’d always been good at keeping the line between friendship and something more pretty solidly drawn but the way Nessie had started joking about being handcuffed by him had made Jacob wonder whether perhaps there could be something more there between them. He knew that her breakup with Xavier had been messy and the truth was that Jacob regretted that he hadn’t been there to support her through it more. His training had kept him busy but he knew that from now on he was going to make sure that he was there for Nessie in whatever capacity she wanted him to be there. He honestly believed that he would have regretted it for the rest of his life if he hadn’t asked Nessie out but if she hadn’t wanted to go out with him or if they went out and realised that they were only meant to be friends then Jacob knew that would be fine. He wasn’t interested in trying to force something that wasn’t there, either something would happen or it wouldn’t but either way Jacob knew that he wasn’t going anywhere. They had been friends for far too long for him to want to throw that away and he knew that Nessie wouldn’t want that either. So many people had moved on after graduation and lost touch but the two of them had stayed in touch and Jacob was glad that they had. As Nessie said he was stuck with her regardless, Jacob couldn’t help but laugh. “That’s good because I wouldn’t want it any other way,” he grinned. “For what it’s worth, you’re stuck with me too.” It was good to know that regardless of what happened he would still have Nessie in his life, that was something that Jacob had been worried about but it turned out that he shouldn’t have worried after all. She meant far too much to him and he knew that he never wanted to lose that so he really hoped it wouldn’t happen. As Nessie said she would let him handcuff her if he was lucky, an amused smile formed on Jacob’s face. “You’re the one that brought them up in the first place, I never knew you had a thing for handcuffs,” he teased. They had never been like this around each other before but the truth was that Jacob liked it and if it did get that far and it was something that they both wanted then he knew that he would need to just go with the flow rather than getting lost in his own head like he normally did.

He was more than happy to wait as Nessie got changed and to be honest he wasn’t surprised that most of her clothes had paint on them. He had seen the way that she lost herself in her art over the years and when that happened it was easy to get a little carried away and for things to get a little messy. It really didn’t matter to him what she chose to wear as long as Nessie was comfortable but he could understand her not wanting to go for something that was covered in paint this time around considering that they were going to a restaurant. It was somewhere that they hadn’t been to before but Jacob had heard good things about it and he had been thinking about trying it out for a while. He had thought that he might be able to drag his brother along with him at some point as an excuse to get Will away from his work for a while but Jacob had seen the way that his brother had his hands full now that the Enlightened had revealed magic to the world so he had taken to stopping by his brother’s office with food so they could hang out and make sure that he had something to eat during the day when he wasn’t spending time with Ryan, Alyssa or Christian instead. Jacob knew that his brother was used to juggling work and family by now but he knew that he didn’t want to drag his brother away from anything important so it was an easy compromise. Being able to try the place out with Nessie felt right anyway and it wasn’t long before they were there and looking over the menu as they both tried to decide what they were going to have. For Jacob the choice was actually pretty easy and a smile touched his lips as Nessie said that she was now thinking of having the same with a few additions. “You know, that actually sounds really good,” he admitted. “Is that what you want to have?” he asked as a waiter made his way over to take their drinks order first while they took a little more time to decide what they were going to have to eat. Ordering himself a water as well, it wasn’t long before they were alone once more. Flipping over the page, Jacob’s eyes fell to the dessert menu and he quickly looked over it. “I won’t lie, the desserts look great as well,” he said before forcing himself to turn the page and make a final decision about what he was going to have, placing his order for his main course when the waiter returned with their drinks after letting Nessie place her order first. He wasn’t sure how their time together was going to end but the water would help him keep a clear head and if they did decide to go back to Nessie’s place and wanted dessert as well then there wasn’t anything to stop them getting it to go.

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