Tattoos on the Heart.

Zacky felt like it was taking an eternity for the damn brownies to bake. Then he had to wait for them to at least cool a bit before he could even touch them. Or did he? He never usually went by those rules. His phone went off and he picked it up, chuckling to himself as he read over Louisa's text. ill still do it just because. Even if I am a lot cuter. he sent her with a shake of his head. He jumped as the timer for the brownies went off, raising a brow as he opened the door to the oven and checked on them. "I can smell the weed, Matt," he said as his eyes got wide. "Do you think we put to much?" He pulled out the brownies and sat them on top of the stove, poking them with a toothpick a few times to make sure it came out clean and that they were done. "Well they're definitely done," he said as he looked at the clean toothpick. "I guess now we just wait for them to cool a bit. Which is going to be the hardest thing ever. Edibles highs are so great," he said with a groan. "I wonder if we can trick the girls into eating one of our brownies?" Zacky thought that would be the funnies thing in the entire world. They could put some regular brownies and then the weed brownies on a plate or something and then have the girls try and pick one out. The girls wouldn't know which is which but they would. They would at least have the chance of getting a regular brownie. "Okay, they're cool enough I think," he said as he got a knife, beginning to cut it. He took out a slice, leaving against the counter and taking a bite of his brownie. "This is so good," he groaned.

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Jenna laughed. "BecUse you just tell so many great stories! Besides, I just want to see what it's like over there, I bet the parties are fun. Plus If I can drag Matt along I can totally pretend to be a little college girl at the parties and show him off," she said as she wiggled her brow. "Besides, I can't wait to see the look on your family's face when you introduce Zacky to them. Now that I just absolutely have to be there in person to see." Jenna giggled as she got up, walking over and filling up Pirate's food and water dish. She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket so she pulled it out and rad her text from Matt, biting her lower lip. She sat her phone down to finish what she was doing, another text coming through. She raised a brow as she picked her phone back up to read it, seeing it was another one from Matt. She let out a soft gasp as she read something about brownies, nodding even though he couldn't see him. "Zacky and Matt are making brownies! Ugh, I want brownies!" She whined, pouting. What kind of question is that?! Of course I want brownies!Q she sent to Matt, glaring at her phone. He better bring her some brownies quick or else she was gonna be super mad. Jenna needed her chocolate fix and probably her Matt fix too since he was coming along with it. She could always use a Matt fix.

"Oh my God, if you take Matt to a party all the little college girls will lose their minds," Louisa laughed. The girls down in Alabama might not be as into the tattoos as they were in California, but she was sure they would swoon over Matt's dimples. "Uh, I hate to tell you this, but the first time I introduce Zacky to my family, it's just going to be the two of us," Louisa told Jenna. "I think it's gonna be overwhelming enough for him as it is without you and Matt tagging along. But I'm sure you'll be around for something interesting, you know how Derek and Chris are," she added, mentioning her two older brothers. She was sure they would give Zacky a hard time, maybe even more so than their father. Glancing down at her phone when it vibrated, Louisa grinned as she read the message from Zacky. Hey now, we don't need you getting into anymore fights, mister. I don't want your pretty little face all bruised :( Sending the message to Zacky, Louisa looked up at Jenna with an over-dramatic gasp. "How dare they make brownies without us!" she shouted. "You'd better tell Matt to bring us some."

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While they waited for the brownies to bake, Matt sat at the table, fiddling around on his phone. The kitchen was starting to smell really good, and he was ready for the brownies to be ready. When the timer went off, he let Zacky get up and get the brownies out of the oven, getting up himself and getting some vanilla ice cream out of his freezer. In his opinion, the best way to eat brownies, special or not, was with vanilla ice cream. "I think we'll be fine," Matt said when Zacky asked if they'd put too much weed in. "Worst outcome, we trip a little. It'll be okay. Nothing that hasn't happened before." He cut himself a brownie and put it in a bowl, adding two scoops on top and going back to the table. "I think if we're going to give the girls a pot brownie we should probably tell them there's pot in it," Matt said, laughing. "Because I don't think they'd be too pleased with us if we didn't tell them." Matt stuffed a bite of brownie into his mouth as he looked down at his phone. Well I'll bring you one, then! They've got a special ingredient in them, though ;)

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Zacky furrowed his brows. Of course Matt was right. The only bad thing about putting a bit to much pot in the brownies was that they might trip off of it. Zacky pouted when Matt said that they probably should tell the girls what was in the brownies if they gave them some. "You're right," he said with a heavy sigh as he grabbed himself a bowl and cut a piece of brownie. "It still would have been fun to see what would have happened though." He chuckled to himself as he put his brownie in his bowl along with his ice cream before he sat down. His phone went off a few minutes later, telling him that he had s text from Louisa. Alright, alright. I'll calm down. He just better know I won't hesitate to kick some serious butt and take names later if he keeps it up. By the way, Matt and I made some special brownies. Would my princess like some? be replied before taking another bite of his brownie and ice cream. He figured that he might as well ask her if she wanted some and tell her what they were. Even if he did was to act like they were regular brownies. Everyone always had to ruin his fun. "I just asked Louisa if she wanted some brownies. I'm not sure if she'll want any though."

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Jenna poured. "Ugh, you ruin all of my fun!" She whined playfully as Louisa told her that she couldn't be there for when she introduced Zacky to her parents. "That's going to be the highlight of the trip most likely. Your dad and your brothers are going to have the poor guy pissing himself within the first five minutes." Jenna giggled and shook her head at the thought. She felt so bad for Zacky but she knew that he was going to wow Louisa's family and win them over with no problem at all. "Those little college girls better stay off my man," she said with a snort. "they can drool over his dimples all they want to, they can't have them. They're mine and mine only." Jenna has realized that she has gotten extremely... she didn't want to say possessive because that really wasn't the right word for it. She just was really attached and she didn't want another girl looking, thinking about, or touching Matt. Only she could. She jumped a bit as her phone went off, opening her text from Matt. She raised a brow as she read about how the brownies had some sort of special ingredient in them. "Well I'd hold your horses if I were you. Apparently these brownies that they made have some sort of special ingredient in them," she said as she scratched the back of her head. "well whatever it is though I still want them." A special ingredient, huh? Well whatever it is I'll still take some. Can't pass out on some special brownies(; Jenna had a feeling that they had some weed in them and she really didn't mind. She couldn't remember the last time she had ate an edible.

"No, I'm sure the highlight of your trip will be getting to show your gorgeous new boyfriend off to all of the little college girls," Louisa teased. "And I promise you Jenna, after the things we've heard you and Matt doing, he's not even going to think about letting one of those little college girls touch him. Or, the highlight of your trip might be watching me attempt to do a keg stand after three years." She laughed, reaching for her phone when it vibrated. I know you won't, darlin' ;) special, hmm? I think those had better wait until I get off work, but I could never turn down a brownie. "Some sort of special ingredient?" Louisa repeated Jenna, snorting. "Jen, you know they put weed in those brownies. I'm not gonna have one until after work, though. I don't need to be tattooing anyone while I'm high. Because knowing those boys, they probably put way too much of that special ingredient in there."

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"I guess it would've been kind of fun to watch Louisa kick your ass when she figured out that you drugged her," Matt said, laughing. He stuffed another bite of food into his mouth as he reached for his phone, reading over the text message from Jenna. "Well Jenna wants a brownie," Matt told Zacky. "I don't know if she wants me to bring it to her now, though. I'll probably go see what she's up to either way." Well do you want me to bring it to you now, baby girl? Or after you get off from work? When he was finished with his brownie, Matt got up to cut himself another, this time deciding to skip the ice cream and the bowl and just eat the brownie as he stood against the counter. "And now we just sit back and wait for the special ingredient to kick in," he said with a grin. "How mad do you think Jenna and Louisa would be if we showed up to the tattoo parlor high?" he asked Zacky.

Zacky let out an overdramatic gasp, putting a hand over his heart. "Louisa, kick my ass? Never," he said with a shake of his head, smirking. "Okay, that's a lie. If I pissed her off she might thoroughly enjoy giving my booty a good ass kicking." Zacky laughed as he shook his head, finishing off his ice cream and brownie. His phone went off on the counter and he picked it up, reading his text from Louisa. You want one? You don't even know what kind of special ingredient it is, princess, so why would they have to wait until after work? They could be some special cocoa powder from the islands that I special ordered for all you know! he sent with a scoff, shaking his head. "Lou wants one too. All I told her was that they had a special ingredient in them and she said that she would probably have to wait until after work to eat one. How does she even know what kind of special ingredient is in them?" he told Matt with a shake of his head. He reached over and cut himself another piece of brownie, leaning against the counter as he bit into the slice. He had to admit, they were pretty tasty brownies. "I think they would both be pretty irritated that we showed up high. Especially if they had a few customers and the place was booming, but then again I bet it would be hilarious if a couple of high rockstars came walking up in there." Zacky smirked over at Matt before he began laughing, trying to finish his brownie. He wanted to go see Louisa and deliver her her brownies. Plus he just generally wanted to see her.

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Jenna's face turned a bright shade of pink at the mention of the things they've heard her and Matt doing. Maybe she should seriously consider trying to tone it down a bit. She couldn't help it though, he just made her feel so damn good. "You do have a very good point there," she agreed with a smirk. "I'll be showing off my new guy to all those little bitches." She laughed with a shake of her head. "I absolutely cannot wait to see you do a kegstand. Like you just don't have a clue. Seeing these pictures of you at all these frat parties through college and hearing the stories have peaked my interest a ton." Jenna just wanted to see the extreme wild side of her best friend. Plus she just wanted to go and feel like she was living the college life for a few days again. That shouldn't be so bad. She even had a boyfriend to fool around with to make it even better. She looked down at her phone as it went off, raising a brow as she read the text from Matt. Did she want him to bring her a brownie now? Jenna looked up a the clock, tilting her head to the side. The shop wouldn't really be open for that much longer, just a few more hours or so. I definitely want one now. Louisa prefers handling all of the walk-ins anyways.(; she replied, smirking to herself. "Well since you love handling walk-ins so much, I'm having him bring me one. Just one one hurt until after work. I hope. Hopefully they didn't overkill it like you think they did though."

"Well you might see me fall on my fucking face, because it's been about three years since I've done one, and I've been slacking on my arm workouts," Louisa said, laughing. She hoped she wouldn't fall when she tried to do a kegstand, because that would be really embarrassing. "I'll definitely get good and fucking drunk though, the frat parties there are wild," she added. She grabbed up her phone when it vibrated, snickering as she read the message from Zacky. Darlin', what kind of girl do you think I am? I went to college, I know special ingredient means ;) but since I'm sure you two weirdos are looking for an excuse to come up here, bring me one and I'll eat it when I get off from work. "Just don't get high and start making out on the couch or anything," Louisa teased, hearing Jenna say Matt was going to bring her a brownie. "Can't have you chasing off all of the clients. Zacky's gonna bring me one too, I'm just not gonna eat it until we close the shop." Louisa went over and sat down on the couch, pulling up a game on her phone to play to pass the time. She looked up when she heard the door open, seeing a client walking into the shop. And outside in the parking lot, she could see Matt's car pulling in. "Damn," Louisa said as she got to her feet. "Tell Zacky I'm with a client, okay?"

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"Because everyone in the English-speaking world knows what you mean when you say you put a special ingredient in brownies?" Matt said, laughing. "She's not stupid Zack, I'm sure she knows it's weed." Finishing off his brownie, Matt rinsed off his bowl and put it in the sink, putting the lid on the vanilla ice cream and putting it back into the freezer. He grabbed a plastic bag from the cabinet on his island, cutting Jenna a brownie and putting it inside. "Alright, let's get fucking gone, Zack," Matt said. "Got some brownies to deliver." He waited for Zacky to cut a brownie for Louisa and then put some tin foil over the tray, pushing it away from the edge of the counter so Bella wouldn't be able to get to them. He wasn't going through that shit again. I'm on my way, baby girl. He sent the message to Jenna as he walked out to his car, climbing in and turning on the heat. "Fuck, it's so cold, I hate this shit," Matt grumbled as he started off towards the tattoo parlor. He could definitely feel the high from the brownies starting to hit him, and he knew it would be more than obvious to Jenna and Louisa that he and Zacky were high. He just hoped they wouldn't be too pissed or anything.

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Zacky rolled his eyes at Matt and laughed. Okay, so maybe it wasn't that hard to figure out what the special ingredient was. He thought that it could just be anything. He felt his phone vibrate once more and he fished it out of his pocket, reading his text from Louisa. He laughed as he read it. We were, actually. I'm always looking for an excuse to see your pretty face. ;) Zacky sent with a smirk before shoving his phone back in his pocket. "Okay, grab those brownies and lets go!" He said, definitely beginning to feel the effects of the brownies. Zacky followed Matt out to the car, climbing in and raising a brow as Matt whined about the cold. It really wasn't that cold. To him, at least it wasn't. "Stop whining, you big baby," he said as he laughed. Zacky felt like Matt was going a billion miles an hour on the way to the tattoo parlor and he had to hold on to the door handle and the arm rest for dear life. He was so glad when they got there, he quickly got out and sighed in relief as he shook his head. "That was just nuts. I remember why I don't ride while I'm high." He went inside, standing in the doorway for a moment as he looked around. "Where's my princess?" He asked, furrowing his brow. "She's around back with a client," Jenna said with a laugh from her spot in a recliner. Zacky's eyes widened at this, gasping softly. She was with a client? What client? It better not be a madden brother or else he'll fuck them up. They wouldn't be back already would they? They were just here earlier. He was definitely over thinking this.

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Jenna laughed at this. "Oh god, hopefully you don't fall. What if you break your neck or something? That would be terrible!" Jenna said with wide eyes, laughing some more. She was really excited for this. She just got excited for any sort of party. "College parties are always fun. The way you talk and the stories you've told I'm expecting great things from this one," she said with a smirk. She looked over as a client came in, stopping Pirate from jumping out of her lap to go greet them. She raised a brow and nodded when Louisa said that she'd be with the client when Zacky and Matt got here, giggling and nodding. "Sure thing, boss," she said as she saluted her. Jenna's phone went off a couple of times in her lap so she picked it up, checking her text messages. She grinned and bit down on her bottom lip as she read them, going to respond but seeing that Matt was already in the parking lot so there really wasn't any point. Pirate recognized who it was right away and started going bat shit crazy so she let him go, sighing and shaking her head. She raised a brow as Zacky came in the door and just kind of stood in the doorway, asking where Louisa was. She laughed and told him before she stood up, yawning and stretching. "Where's my babe with my brownies?" She asked, smiling when Matt finally made his way through the door. She pushed Zacky out of the way, wrapping her arms around Matt. "There he is. I missed you."

Louisa led the girl back to her tattoo room, listening with a smile as she showed Louisa the picture on her phone that she wanted. It looked pretty simple, just a hummingbird that the girl wanted on her ankle. Shouldn't take more than forty five minutes max, since she wanted it in color. Louisa enjoyed the work that she did, and once she started chatting with the girl she was working on, the time went by quickly and in no time flat, Louisa was wrapping up her tattoo. "Katy over there will get you squared away with your payment," Louisa said, pointing the girl towards the counter. She squirted a bit of Germ-X into her hands and rubbed them together, looking around and grinning when she saw Zacky sitting on the couch. "Look at this little cutie sitting on my couch," Louisa said, going over and sitting next to Zacky. She leaned over to kiss him on the cheek. "So...how high are you right now?" she asked him softly, giggling. She had a feeling that he and Matt had probably had several brownies apiece before coming over here, and they both looked stoned as hell.

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"Zack, shut the fuck up before I punch you," Matt said. He drove off towards the tattoo parlor, noticing how Zacky was holding onto the door handle and the arm rest. Honestly, he was too much sometimes. When they got to the tattoo parlor, Matt grabbed the brownies as he climbed out of his car, locking the doors and following Zacky inside the building. "What the fuck are you doing?" Matt asked when Zacky just stopped in the doorway. It was cold and he wanted to go inside. Luckily Jenna came to his rescue, shoving Zacky out of the way to wrap her arms around Matt. "Yeah, here I am," Matt laughed, leaning down to kiss her on the lips. He nudged her back so that could step all the way inside, letting the door close behind him. He held out the plate of brownies to Jenna. "And here are the brownies. But you have to share with Louisa, okay?" If the girls liked their brownies, Matt would definitely have to see about getting some more bud so they could make some more edibles. Maybe next time they could make pot cookies.

Zacky grumbled and whined as Matt pushed him over onto the couch. "That wasn't very nice!" He cried, burying his face in a pillow. He really wanted another brownie. But he knew that he didn't need another and of course the ones that they brought were for Louisa and Jenna. It felt like a millisecond before Louisa, his princess, was coming back upfront. Zacky gave her a stupid smile, chuckling. His eyes widened when she asked how high he was, scratching the back of his neck. How was he supposed to answer that? Could he even answer that? He didn't even have a clue. "I'm probably about as high as a cloud right now," he said with a nod before leaning over and landing a wet one right on her cheek. "I missed yooooou. I thought I'd never see you again," Zacky huffed as he wrapped his arms around her, burying his face in her chest. They were a great pair of pillows to take a nap on right about now. A nap be so desperately needed. His eyes felt like they couldn't stay open any longer, all he could see was what the tiny slits were allowing a him to. He needed to calm his roll if he wanted to last until Louisa got off work and he could be high with her. Plus he wanted to see her high, he didn't think he'd even experienced that yet. It should be very interesting.

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Aubree giggled, biting her lip as she took the plate from Matt. "Thanks, babe," she told him with a smirk, leaning up and kissing his cheek. She pulled back the foil just enough to get a brownie out before putting it back, setting the brownies up where Pirate couldn't get them. Jenna sniffed the brownie, her eyes widening at how strong it smelled of weed. She didn't even want to know how much was in here. She licked over her lips before she took a bite, sighing softly and groaning at how good it was. "I have to say, it's really hard to actually perfect an edible and make it taste good. But somehow you two managed to do it. Probably won't be able to do it next time," she said with a smirk, finishing off her brownie. She sat in Matt's lap once he sat down, cuddling up to him. "You're so nice and warm," she breathed. She smirked as she ran her cold hands up his shirt, searching for a source of heat to get them warm. It wasn't hard, Matt was like a walking furnace. A few minutes under his shirt will have them warm in no time. "You complain about being cold yet you're on fire. How is that possible," she whined with a shake of her head. Jenna leaned up and began pressing sloppy kisses against his jaw. "Is Matthew feeling pretty good right now?"

"Such a cliche answer," Louisa teased, making a face when Zacky pressed a sloppy kiss to her cheek. "Really now? You thought you'd never see me again? I see that high Zacky is an over dramatic Zacky." She laughed as he buried his face into her chest, wrapping her arm around his shoulder and slipping her hand into his hair. She ran her fingers through his hair, reaching for the remote to change the channel on the TV in the parlor lobby. Louisa grinned when she found a University of Alabama game on one of the sports channels. "I'm gonna go ahead and apologize in advance if I yell in your ear, darlin', " she said to Zacky. She was known to get a little...animated when it came to her alma mater. And Zacky seemed to be falling asleep on her, so she didn't want to scare him awake or anything. "Dammit no, what the hell are you doing?" Louisa shouted at the television, watching as her team fumbled. She had faith in them, though. Even if they were losing at the beginning of the game, most of the time they could bring things back by the third or fourth quarter. "Don't be getting handsy in this tattoo parlor, now," Louisa warned teasingly, noticing Jenna and Matt out of the corner of her eye. "Cuddle all you want but keep your hands to yourself." Louisa looked back down at Zacky, running her fingers the wrong way through his hair so that it stood up. "You still awake there, darlin'?" she asked.

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Matt laughed at the look on Jenna's face when she sniffed at the brownie. He knew that he and Zacky had put quite a bit of bud in the brownies. "Hey, you'd be surprised, we're pretty good at what we do," Matt told her. "We always make them delicious." He waited for Jenna to finish her brownie before he sat down on the couch, wrapping his arms around Jenna's waist when she sat down in his lap. He shivered a little when Jenna slipped her hands underneath his shirt, because they were a little cold, but eventually they started to warm up. "Matthew is feeling amazing right now," he murmured. The high was really kicking in now, and Matt felt like he was floating. He wished he could see Jenna get to this level, but as far as he knew she'd never had any edibles or even smoked before, and he would hate for her first experience to end in a trip. Those could be fucking terrifying sometimes. "How's Jenna feeling?" Matt asked, rubbing her knee. He doubted it had fully kicked in yet, but he thought she might be at least starting to feel something. He couldn't wait to see what Jenna was like when she was high. "You know, even Bella has had some of my edibles," Matt commented randomly. "A year or so ago we accidentally left some brownies where she could getting them and she ate one. She was high and she kept running into the walls, and she would just sit in front of the window and stare out at the ocean. Once we realized that she was going to be okay, it was hilarious as fuck."

Zacky just kind of chuckled a bit and gave Louisa a silly smile as he sat there, furrowing his brows when she began yelling at the TV. Why did she have to be so damn loud? He didn't think he even got that loud when he watched baseball and that was saying something. Then again he was high and for him it was like all of his senses got heightened by a million. "Must you watch that now? Can't you prerecord it for later so you're not yelling in my ear?" He whined against her chest. It wasn't long after he complained that he let out a soft snore though, obviously her yells not bothering him anymore, especially when she began running her fingers through his hair. He snorted and jolted awake a bit when she talked to him, asking him if he was okay. "I'm fine, I'm fine," he said as he sat up, wiping some drool off the corner of his mouth. He couldn't wait until Louisa closed up and he could have herbal to himself for the rest of the night. Zacky looked over at her and gave her a smirk, resting his head on her shoulder. "I can't wait until you've had some brownies and we go to bed and we can have some fun together," he said against her beck, his hand creeping it's way up her thigh. Zacky couldn't remember the last time he'd actually had sex while he was high. He did however remember how much of an amazing feeling it was even if it did take him forever and a day to come. He smirked as he nipped at her neck, doing everything he could not to get a boner at this point. He just couldn't help himself when it came to Louisa.

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Jenna giggled, shaking her head at Matt. "I'm glad you're feeling amazing, baby," she told him, kissing his lips. She bit down on her bottom lip softly when he asked her how she's was feeling. "I just ate one, Matt," she said with a small laugh. "I mean I'm starting to feel pretty relaxed but other then that I'm fine." The more she talked though the more she could definitely begin to feel the effects of it start to kick in. She probably needed to eat some more for sure but she wasn't going to until the shop was closed, so one was enough for now. Just a little relaxed buzz and nothing major. Jenna's eyes widened as she listened to the story about Bella eating some brownies's, busting out laughing like a complete idiot. "That's hilarious," she said as she kept giggle snorting. "Man, I wish I could have seen that. I can't believe you left them in reach of her. Oh man, poor baby, she probably was freaking out," she laughed as she shook her head. She wondered how Pirate would be if she gave him just a little bit of a brownie. Bella ended up being okay, maybe Pirate would be too? "How do you think Pirate would be if I have him some brownie?" If Matt was totally against her doing it then she definitely wouldn't. But if he didn't care or thought it would be funny then of course she would do if. Jenna herself thought it would be the most hilarious thing in the world. Jenna heard the bell ring to the front door, signaling that there was a new client. She hurried and grabbed Pirate, looking up to see who the new client was. Jenna immediately let go of Pirate once she saw who it was, at a loss for words. "I wanted to come and get a tattoo done by my cousin," Shawn said, Jenna tensing up as she just stared at him. "You should have made an appointment. I'm all booked up."

Louisa snickered when Zacky sort of jolted awake because she thought it was pretty damn cute how he'd fallen asleep on her. "Is that all you think about, darlin'?" she teased, feeling his hand creeping up her thigh. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what was on his mind right now. When she felt him nipping at her neck, Louisa reached over and swatted him on the chest. "Now Zacky, didn't I just tell Matt and Jenna to keep their hands to themselves?" she whispered to him. "You'd better start acting like a gentleman or we won't be having any fun later. Which would be a shame, because I could use a little fun before I go home." She looked up when the front door opened, not really wanting to have to get up to deal with a client if it was a walk-in. She was comfortable cuddled up to Zacky on the couch. But Jenna seemed to know the man who walked in the door, and at first, Louisa thought that he might be her next appointment. But judging by the way Jenna seemed to have tensed up, it didn't seem that way. Of course, Matt was on his feet instantly, stepping up next to Jenna protectively. He and Zacky were both high, but Louisa had no doubt that Matt would still throw a punch for Jenna just like Zacky had for her when they ran into Jay.

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"Well you'll feel amazing once you've had another one," Matt told her, grinning. He didn't want to give her any more than that because he would hate for her to trip. It wasn't a pleasant experience for the person tripping, and Matt wasn't fond of taking care of people who were tripping, especially when he was high himself. "It was an accident!" Matt exclaimed. "This was when she was still sort of young and I hadn't had her trained not to jump up and snatch shit off the counter yet." When Jenna asked if Pirate would be okay having a brownie, Matt thought for a second before he shook his head. "I don't think so, baby girl," he said. "He's a lot smaller than Bella. And I never would've given one to her on purpose because, well, they're chocolate. And they've got bud in them. I would hate for something to happen to Pirate, I know how much you love him." Matt sort of groaned when Jenna got up to grab Pirate, groaning again when he heard the front door open. He was just of enjoying just sitting around with Jenna. He looked up when he heard the guy refer to Jenna as his cousin, his eyes narrowing when he noticed how tense Jenna was. Matt got to his feet, going over to her and slipping his arm protectively around her waist. "Is this guy bothering you, baby girl?" he asked her. "Do I need to make him leave?"

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Zacky's eyes widened and he scoffed, shaking his head. "That is so not what I think about all the time," he told her with a shake of his head. "I think about other things," he said, furrowing his brow as he tried his hardest to think of something. Right now his mind was just consumed with her gorgeous body. "Did you tell Matt and Jenna to keep their hands to themselves? Was I awake, cause I don't even remember," he said with a small laugh, biting his lower lip. He smirked when she mentioned that she wanted to have some phone before she went home, definitely up for that. Zacky wished that he had his car so that he could take her home with him. Though he wasn't sure if she even wanted to be in the same care as him right now while he was high and driving. Zacky wasn't even sure if he even wanted to drive or not, he was probably going to have to hang out at Matt's until his high wore off. That was only if he didn't end up taking Jenna home with him. Zacky furrowed his brow when he heard a bit of commotion, looking over and seeing Matt looking like he was about to kick someone's ass. "What did I miss now?" he mumbled, scratching the back of his neck. He was doing an awful job at paying attention to his surroundings, that was for sure. "Do you need help taking care of our little pest problem here, cause I'll totally be glad to get up and help you, just let me know," Zacky told Matt with a nod, even though he made no attempt at getting up. He stayed seated right next to Louisa where he wanted to be.

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Jenna crossed her arms over her chest and cleared her throat, accidentally jumping a bit when she felt Matt's arm wrap around her. She smiled apologetically at him. There was more about the slimy piece of scum standing before her that she had yet to tell Matt about and she wasn't sure if she would ever be ready to tell that story or not. "I'll never be willing to give you a tattoo and I won't allow anyone in this shop to give you one either. I suggest you turn around and walk right back out that door," she told him calmly, wanting to slap that smirk right off of his face. She rolled her eyes and shook her head at Zacky, sighing heavily. She just wanted Shawn to leave. He was definitely killing her high and she wasn't very happy about it. Jenna furrowed her brow as she heard Pirate begin to grow viciously at her feet, the first time she had ever heard him grow like that. It wasn't a puppy growl that was for sure. "Well, either you can show yourself out or Pirate can show you out," Jenna said, taking a step forward, Pirate following, snapping at Shawn. Shawn rolled his eyes and sighed, throwing his hands up. "Fine, but I'll be back. We're going to talk whether you want to or not," he told her, turning out and walking back out the door. Jenna sighed in relief, rubbing her forehead. She bent down and patted Pirate on his side, telling him that he was a good boy. "See, I knew bringing Pirate here would come in handy," she said with a small laugh, biting her lip.

"Oh yeah, like what?" Louisa teased. Zacky's silence was more than enough of an answer for her. Either that or he was too high to think of anything. She giggled as he continued to speak since he probably had been asleep when she told Matt and Jenna to keep their hands to themselves. Louisa turned her attention back to the confrontation going on near the front door, wondering why Shawn even had the audacity to show up here like he thought Jenna would want to see him. Luckily it didn't seem to take much more to convince him to leave and Louisa laughed as Jenna praised Pirate. "He's making himself useful, I guess," she said. Now that Shawn was gone, Louisa started to relax again, running her fingers through Zacky's hair as she turned her attention back to the television. "So are you two gonna sit here all afternoon?" Louisa asked, pulling her legs up onto the couch to get a little more comfortable. She doubted they would since there were still several hours until they closed the tattoo parlor. "So did you want me to come over to your house tonight or were you gonna come over to my apartment?" Louisa asked Zacky. It had been a couple of days since she and Zacky had spent the night together and since she was flying back to Alabama in a few days, she wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. "I think I wanna come to your house," she whispered to him, leaning her head against his. "We'll have more privacy there."

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Matt rolled his eyes at Zacky. When the guitarist was high, he was a useless little lump. Matt honestly thought he was going to have to hit this guy, but luckily he seemed to figure out that nobody wanted him here. Matt glared at him as he left, watching as he climbed into his car and drove out of the parking lot to make sure he actually left. "Who was that guy, Jen?" Matt asked. He was sure Jenna didn't really want to talk about it here and if she didn't, he would wait until they got home. But he wanted to know. He knew this guy had to be someone from her past and knowing what he knew about that and her family, Matt just wanted to be able to help her. And he wanted to know how badly he needed to beat this guy up the next time he saw him. "Alright Zack, what do you say we give these pretty ladies a break from our stupid asses for a little while?" Matt suggested, looking over at the guitarist. He went over to Jenna, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I'll leave you another brownie to eat, okay, baby girl?" he said. "And I'll come and pick you up from your apartment when you get off from work and maybe we can smoke a little." Matt leaned down to give Jenna a kiss, lingering for a few seconds. "Text me when you get off and I'll come get you," he said. "But for now I'm going to get this fat lump home and then take a nap."

@ bonzer

Zacky was so glad that he didn't have to end up helping. It wasn't like he wouldn't have gotten up and helped or anything, it was just that the last thing he wanted to be doing right now was moving. He sighed contently as he felt Louisa run her fingers through his hair, a lazy smile on his face. He would spend all afternoon here just hanging out if she would let him but obviously they couldn't do that. That would probably be bad for business. Zacky rose a brow as he looked up at her, wondering what she was implying when she said she wanted to stay at his house tonight. That sounded real dirty and it almost made him want to giggle. "I would love for you to come stay with me tonight, princess," he told her as he wiggled his brow. "We'll have all the privacy in the world where we can be as loud as we want." Zacky groaned when Matt said they should probably get going, clinging to Louisa and shaking his head in protest. "I'm not going!" He whined. But then his stomach growled and it was an entirely different ball game. He huffed, pressing his lips to Louisa's and kissing her deeply. "I'm sorry my princess but I must part with you now, the monster in my tummy is demanding food," he told her as he stood up. "I'll take some brownies home with me for us to eat later so you can get high after work. Tootles," he told her with a small little wave, flicking Jenna on the forehead on the way by. He walked out of the tattoo parlor and to matts car, climbing in and waiting somewhat patiently for the vocalist. "Calling me a fat lump, who does he think he is," he grumbled to himself with a shake of his head, crossing his arms over his chest.

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Jenna bit down on her bottom lip as she looked up at Matt, sighing softly. "That was my cousin," she said softly. "I'll tell you all about him later." She giggled and nodded at what Louisa said, scratching Pirate behind the ears. "He is," she agreed. Getting Pirate was one of the best decisions she'd ever made. She really loved the furball and she was glad that she had an amazing boyfriend where she could bring him with her when she stayed the night. Especially since Bella got along with him so well. Jenna frowned as Matt said he and Zacky should probably get going, wrapping her arms around him tightly. "But I don't want you to go," she said in protest. She smirked when he said that he was going to leave her a brownie, figuring that would make up for it for now. "Thanks, babe. We can definitely smoke a little later," she told him, deepening the kiss when she felt his lips on hers. She sighed contently into it, reaching up and tangling her fingers in his short hair. Eventually she pulled away though, knowing she had to let him go. "I'll text you," she told him softly, biting her lower lip. Jenna rolled her eyes and flicked Zacky off when he flicked her on her forehead on the way by, shaking her head at the man. He was nuts. She watched Matt and Zacky leave before sitting down on the couch, groaning loudly. "I think I'm falling in love and I hate it!" She whined, pulling a couch pillow over her face. She knew she was falling hard for Matt, there was no denying it. Maybe it was the brownie going to her head or something already. It was just making her say silly things.

Louisa smirked when Zacky agreed to let her spend the night at his house since his line of thinking was likely right alongside hers when it came to reasoning. This would probably be the last night they would be able to spend together before she and Jenna left for Alabama and she wanted to get as much use out of it as possible. Louisa laughed when Zacky clung to her, refusing to leave. "It's alright, I understand," she said, kissing him again. She nodded when he said he would take some brownies home for them to eat later, snickering when he flicked Jenna on the forehead as he and Matt left the tattoo parlor. "Why do you hate that you're falling in love?" Louisa asked, laughing at her friend. "Matt's a nice guy, you guys obviously got well together...so what if you've only been together for a month and a half? My parents only dated for three months before they got married and they've been together for more than thirty years. Doesn't matter how long you've been together, if you love the guy, you love him. Embrace it, Jenna."

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Matt smirked when Jenna said that she wanted to smoke later. He would have to get a little more bud, but he had the money so it wouldn't be a problem. "I'll see you later, baby girl," Matt said, giving Jenna one more kiss before he followed Zacky outside. He started his car and immediately turned on the heat before leaving the parking lot. "I'm going to run by Justin's house and get some more bud really quick, okay?" he told Zacky, mentioning the guy he bought his weed from. "You can sit in the car if you want." Matt left the car running while he ran inside, buying enough weed for one or two blunts to smoke with Jenna and still have a little bit left over. "Fuck, I'm starting to get the munchies," Matt said, following Zacky into his house and locking the door. He could hear Bella whining and he went to let her out into the backyard before going back into the kitchen.