"Hey Nick." Theresa waved as her and A.J entered the tattoo parlor.
"Hey Theresa." Nick waved back then nodded at A.J. "Hey bro."
"Sup?" A.J smiled as him and Nick did a "secret’ handshake. "So Nick what are you planning on getting?"
"A tribal band around my arm." Nick answered simply as he pointed to the small drawing of it on a wall of many different types of other drawings.
"That’s cool." A.J nodded in agreement.
"You planning on getting any Bone?" Nick questioned.
"Nah, not right now." A.J smirked draping an arm around Theresa’s neck.
"I was thinking of getting one." Theresa said out of the blue.
"Really?" Both Nick and A.J said in shock as they turned their attention to the short blond.
"Yeah. On my lower back." Theresa smiled looking back and forth between the two men.
"Baby, you do know that these things hurt…especially your first time." A.J informed.
"I’m serious. I can take the pain, TRUST ME." Theresa winked at him as scanned the wall of the many different types of tattoo designs.
"Ok then, what are you gonna get?" A.J asked.
"You know Donna’s gonna flip." Nick stated.
"Yeah, so." Theresa shrugged as her eyes fell on a certain design that she liked. It was a heart with a rose weaving around it and flames behind the whole thing. "I want that one." Theresa pointed out.
Observing it A.J turned to Theresa and sighed, "That’s a nice one baby. But are you really wanting to get one there?"
"Yeah." Theresa nodded as A.J rested his hand on her lower back.
"Ok, well Nick lets go." A.J said taking Theresa’s hand and leading her to the front desk to order her tattoo.
-Meanwhile-
"Finally where done shopping." Stephanie said exhausted as her and Lisa loaded the bags into the trunk of the car.
"Yeah, I didn’t really think we need that much food. And plus, its kind of hard to shop and shit with people coming up to you and asked you to sign whatever." Lisa sighed.
"Well Lisa babe, that’s the price of fame." Stephanie giggled shutting the trunk as Lisa put the cart away where it needed to go.
-Back at the tattoo parlor-
"Babe, are you sure?" A.J asked again as he and Theresa followed the assistant of the tattoist to the room where Theresa was going to get her tattoo.
"Yes A.J, please would you shut your mouth and hold my hand when I start to cry." Theresa laughed as the two entered the semi-small room where a tattoo covered tall skinny guy with light brown hair stood cleaning the tattoo gun and taking the needles out of a new package.
"Rex, your customers here." The short tattoo covered red head informed.
"Thanks Heather." Rex said turning around watching Heather leave the room shutting the door behind her self. "Ok, let me guess your here to get another one A.J?"
"Nah, my girl is." A.J informed.
"Ah…" Rex trailed off. "And what are you getting done young lady?"
"I want that." Theresa pointed to the same picture that was hanging in the waiting room.
"And where would you like it?" Rex questioned.
"Lower back." A.J answered for her.
"Yeah." Theresa nodded.
"Mmmk. Are you a virgin?"
"Excuse me! But I don’t think that’s none of your concern…"
"Honey, he was talking about getting a tattoo." A.J cut her off.
"Oh." Theresa blushed as A.J and Rex chuckled to themselves. "Well then yeah, this will be my first time."
"Ok then, I’ll ‘try’ to be gentle." Rex smiled as he started to pull out the cleaning supplies. "Alright, now all I need you to do is remover your pants and have a seat so your stomachs against the back of the chair.
"Um ok." Theresa shook with nervousness.
"Baby, you’re shaking." A.J noticed as he placed his hands on her elbows.
"I’m just a little nervous." Theresa smiled as she pulled her arms from his hands and began to undo her bell-bottom blue jeans. Discarding the jeans onto the other chair that was in the room, Theresa heard a little chuckle from behind her, turning around Theresa recognized that it was A.J. "What’s so funny?"
"Your underwear." A.J laughed. Looking down Theresa noticed that she had put of her ‘Powerpuff Girl’ undies with Bubbles on the front with ‘Tuesday’ written underneath her.
"Hey, I happen to like powerpuff ok." Theresa defended pulling up the front of her lavender ‘Gap’ T-shirt revealing her scars on her stomach which she forgot were showing.
‘Woah!’ A.J thought when he saw the pale lines all across her stomach. ‘Note to self, ask Theresa about them later.’
"Ok little lady, ready?" Rex asked as Theresa got situated on the chair, one leg on each side and her back to Rex.
"Yeah." Theresa said as she sucked air in through her teeth when she felt the coldness of the cleaning formula as Rex placed some of her back. "A.J, come hold my hand."
"Ok." A.J smiled as he pulled another chair over by her and took her small hand in his.
-Meanwhile-
"Kevin, what ya doing tonight?" Stephanie asked as she held the phone between her shoulder and ear as she finished some last minute dishes.
"Hmm…getting everything ready for tomorrow night." Kevin answered simply.
"Really?" Stephanie grinned her birthday present from Kevin on her mind.
"Yep. Why?"
"Oh well, I was just wondering if maybe you could come over if I told you how to get here, and maybe we could visit for a while. A LONE." Stephanie whispered seductively into the phone.
"Damn, that’s a hard invite to resist…." Kevin trailed off. "But baby, I can’t because I have a lot of reservations to make."
"Oh really. Darn, I guess I’ll have to find someone else." Stephanie joked.
"Hey, I don’t think so!" Kevin demanded with a light chuckle.
"Aww…I would never do that to you. You’re the only one for me." Stephanie smiled as she rinsed off the dishes and placed them in the drying rack.
"I know, I know."
"Did you know Theresa went to go get a tattoo today?" Stephanie suddenly said.
"Woah! A.J’s definitely rubbed off on her." Kevin scoffed laughing quietly.
"I know, tell me about it." Stephanie rolled her eyes. "Baby, can you hold on a second I have a beep?"
"Sure." Clicking over Stephanie spoke nicely.
"Hello?"
"Is Theresa home?" A voice asked.
"Justin?"
"Yep."
"Wow, hey. No, Theresa’s not here she’s with A.J getting a tattoo." Stephanie informed.
"Oh dear, are you serious?" Justin asked in shock.
"I’m not joking." Stephanie laughed. "Hey Justin, I’ll have Theresa call you when she gets in ok. But I’ve gotta go because Kevin’s on the other line."
"Ok, I’ll talk to ya later."
"Bye." Stephanie said before she clicked over and went back to Kevin. "Sorry if that took so long."
"Not at all babe." Kevin’s baritone voice said as he stifled a yawn.
"Are you tired?"
"A little, I’ve been working out about almost all day." Kevin said.
"Really? Well babe, I can let you go and you can get some zz’s ok?" Stephanie said sweetly.
"Hmm…ok baby. I love you."
"I love you too. Bye.
"Bye." Kevin yawned into the phone. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight." Stephanie said before clicking the off button on the cordless and placing it back in its cradle on the wall.
-At the same time-
"Oww…it hurts." Theresa cringed as she tried to pull on her jeans trying not to touch the finished product of her tattoo.
"Baby, its gonna hurt for a while." A.J notified.
"Yeah, it’ll be sore for about a week or two. Now, so its not infected your gonna have to put some of this medication on it everyday. Ok." Rex said handing Theresa a tube of tattoo care.
"Ok." Theresa nodded tying up the front of her shirt so it wouldn’t touch anywhere on her back.
"Ok, just go up front and Heather will tell ya how much it’ll be ok."
"Ok." A.J nodded for Theresa as he helped her out of the room and too the front desk where Nick was waiting with a bandage around his arm.
"She actually did it." Nick chuckled walking towards the two.
"Yeah she did." Theresa mocked covering up the scars on her stomach so no one could see them.
"Lemme see." Nick said as Theresa turned with her back to Nick so A.J could take off the bandage.
"Ouch." Theresa winced in pain as the tape came off her sore skin. Then she sighed in relief when she felt the cool air from the air conditioning hit her hot skin.
"Hey that’s cool." Nick chuckled while examining it. "Here’s mine." Nick said taking off the bandage too reveal a tribal band that went all the way around his upper arm.
"Nice." Theresa and A.J both nodded.
"Thanks. Aww A.J don’t you feel left out." Nick laughed jokingly.
"My baby, feeling left out. Aww!" Theresa giggled sticking out her bottom lip pretending to pout.
"Hey I don’t feel left out, I think I have enough right now." A.J stated strongly showing off his arms.
"I think we know that Bone." Nick smirked as the three headed out of the building.