[Joel,Jake,Libby] You Get One Call

[Dani Marie Cooper]

“ Seriously what is this?” Dani said before she opened the lid to Joel’s shake and took a sniff of it. “ Oh my god.. it smells like throw up that’s been sitting in a diaper all day… in the sun,” she said before closing the lid quickly and putting her hand over her mouth. “ How can you drink that?” she asked before looking over at him. “ Gotta keep myself in shape and healthy, ….swag” he said before shaking his hips lethargically. Dani lifted her eyebrows with an unimpressed expression before she took a bag of carrots out of the fridge. “ Your south African accent makes everything sound weird,” she said before sticking her tongue out at him playfully. “ Arriba, arriba senorita!” Joel screamed out in a high pitched faux-mexican accent, causing Dani to reach over and punch him in the collar bone. “ Well come on ‘swag’,” she said tiredly before biting into a carrot and making her way back to Jake and Libby in the living room. She tossed a carrot over to Libby once she caught her eye before sliding herself onto Jake’s leg and leaning against his chest. “ I swear to God no one can go on tour without us having to come back within the week due to some type of emergency,” she said before swallowing her carrot. “ Hey when is Parker getting into town anyways?” she asked as she looked over at Joel who was sitting down at the opposite end of the couch. “ She has a show tonight, I think she’s flying in the morning,” he said before resting his hand on the inside of Libby’s leg. Dani smiled as she looked down at Jake, placing a carrot between his lips before she leaned down and kissed the side of his head. She placed another carrot in her lips when she looked up at the tv, seeing a picture of Joel flash up in the top corner. Dani chewed slowly so it was quiet as she looked over at Joel, wondering what the story was going to be about.

Outfit

[Joel Carter Foster]

Joel rubbed his hand over his collar bone before picking his shake up off the counter and following Dani back into the living room. He smiled as she slid onto Jake’s lap and moved his way past them so he could sit beside Libby. He took a quick drink from his shake before setting it down on the coffee table and sitting back, placing his hand on the inside of her leg and began to trace his thumb over the top of her knee. Joel looked over at Dani as she questioned about Blake before giving her a quick response. “ It’s probably good that Claire is home and can talk to Shane face to face though after their tour versus not tour drama,” he said with a slight shake of his head. Plus, it was good for him to be home. He needed to be around Libby. They both deserved it. But he was snapped out of his own commentary inside his head when he saw his picture on the screen. “ Turn that up,” he said as he leaned forward. It wasn’t like he was talking to anyone in general, he just wanted the damn thing turned up. He hadn’t done anything to warrant them talking about him. This show had already covered the fact that he was considered “ too attractive” for his stretch of tours in the middle east and had to cancel them. They wouldn’t single him out for the benefit concert happening soon for Boston. So what the hell is this. Joel leaned forward with his eyebrows narrowed and his elbows on his knees. “ What has the young hit in music been keeping from his fans? The fact that he once had a brother… who committed suicide. Find out why … when we return,”. Joel kept his eyes locked on the television as it switched to a commercial for some Swiffer duster. But in the apartment, it was pure silence.He could sense that nobody was moving. In fact, they were probably look at him. Find out why? He didn’t even know why. Almost instantaneously Joel sat straight up, standing up and retrieving his phone from his back pocket as he dialed Logan’s number. “ Are you watching this? Do you see what is on fucking television? How the fuck did they find out,” he started saying in a voice that was calm and unlike one he usually used when he was angry. Joel brought his hand to the top of his hair, moving past everyone on the couch until he could pace in the hallway.

Outfit

[Liberty J Madison]

Libby flipped through the channels on the TV, not interested in anything that was on and left it on some celebrity news channel, tossing the remote on the couch beside her. Taking the afternoon to not study was nice because her brain was fried and she had not been expecting Joel to be home. It was a nice surprise. He'd been an ass the other night, sure. But it didn't stop her from pretty much tackling him when he walked through her door. Joel was in the kitchen with Dani, probably drinking vegetables and Jake was sitting on the couch. Funny, Libby still didn't think she would have been friends with Jake on her own unless they were in this situation but since they saw so much of each other it kind of made them be friends. Libby looked up, hearing Jake talking, "So you're almost done with school?" Libby nodded, pulling her hair off her shoulders, "Two more weeks," she added and Jake laughed, "Yeah that'll be a relief." "It'll be a relief when I can go wherever Joel is and not have to worry about homework," she shrugged. But that was it. All she wanted up until this point was to finish the semester so she could go see Joel. Of course, he was here now. So that had been a plus. Libby looked over when Dani and Joel came back, reaching out and caught the carrot in one hand before bring it to her lips, nibbling on it. It was weird, to be hanging out with Joel, as a couple, with other people. Not only were they together, they weren't hiding it. Libby listened as they made small talk, when Blake was coming back and about the benefit concert. It was nice what they all did, coming together for that stuff when they shouldn't have to, she thought, and rested her cheek on Joel's shoulder. Libby looked over at the TV, seeing Joel's face and heard him say to turn it up. Without looking away from the screen she grabbed the remote and turned up the volume, listening to the host speak about Joel's brother before it went to commercial. She sat up, still looking at the TV screen where the image had been, feeling Joel get up off the couch. Joel left the room, she assumed he was talking to Logan, and she glanced over at Dani, "You're calling Ryan," she said, more of an acknowledgment than a question. That was good. Ryan was good with handling Joel. Libby knew Ryan was his go to person, aside from Logan about his career stuff. Ryan was good for his life stuff. He would tell Madeline. Libby, could see Joel's shadow in the hallway, pacing. She reached for her phone on the end table and texted Bentley, asking if he was watching TV and to turn on the channel they had on. This was really bad. It was going to completely blow up in the media, regardless of what was said after the commercial break. The initial news alone was going to make headlines everywhere.

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

Jake sat forward on the couch, his hand protectively on Dani's back as she spoke with Ryan, looking over at Libby for a moment and offered the smallest of smiles. They both knew this wasn't going to end well. And like himself caring about Dani, he knew how Libby felt. She'd hid her feelings about Joel for a long time, had watched him in a relationship with someone else. Much like Jake and Dani having to hide their feelings, and sit back and watch while she dated Lance. He knew it sucked. Wanting to care for someone and be that person they needed. Wanting to be by their side because that was the best you could offer them to show the degree with which you cared. Jake understood. It was why even though they fought, he and Dani stood by each other in a way that was unwavering. They might fight, but they never spoke a bad word about the other, ever. He recognized that face too. That, I want to protect you but there isn't a damn thing I can do, face. Feeling like you would kill just to make things better for the person you loved. Okay, in Jake's case, he might have taken that phrase a bit far. Jake looked back at the TV as it came back from commercial, "Hey, Joel," he called, calling him back in as the host re-entered the topic about Joel's brother. " That's right you're hearing it here first folks. In the bombshell turn of events, for all of you girls wishing that Joel Foster had a brother.. turns out he does. Unfortunately, he's not available. It turns out in a diary recovered from the home from an unnoted source.. the brother of Joel and Madeline Foster killed himself... why? Turns out he was hiding the fact that he was gay from his family. He's not the only one in the family that hides things. Joel hid it from his fans as well. Apparently, this runs in the family," Jake gripped Dani's shoulder lightly, holding her close beside him. For a moment he let himself process what had just been said as the show moved onto the next segment. Judging by the look on Joel's face, other than the fact that it wasn't public knowledge, Jake wasn't so sure it was knowledge to Joel either.

[Joel Carter Foster]

Almost immediately after hanging up with Logan, Joel was quick to call Ryan. Sure, most people might think that Madeline would be next since she was his sister and all. But he didn’t want her to find out about this, not this way. Ryan. Ryan was his go to person. “ Hey bro… what the fuck is going on…” he said, gripping the top of his hair tightly as he paced the hallway. He narrowed his eyebrows as he listened to his brothers voice on the other end of the phone. He’d been trying to tell him? His dad didn’t think it was a good idea. “ Bro, what are you talking about?” he asked quizzically before he heard Jake calling him back into the room. “ Hey the show’s back on,” he said into the phone before making his way back into the living room. He stood at the end of the couch by Libby, watching intently at the tv screen as the spoke about his brother. So this was it? He gets to find out why the person he looked up to all of his childhood took his life… along with the rest of the country? The show switched to a different segment and all Joel could hear was his own breathing. He hadn’t even realized how tightly his hand was gripped against the phone. It felt like hours but it was probably just moments of silence before Joel licked his lips and cleared his throat. “ Is it true?” he questioned into the phone. Though every one else could probably figure out the answer because Joel pulled the phone away from his ear, clenching his free fist and began turning his neck from side to side. Every part of him wanted to hit something, break something. But this was Libby’s place. The vein on his neck was probably about to burst. Joel brought his free hand up to his face, running over his mouth before he brought his phone to his ear. “ Yeah yeah yeah, I’m fine. I’m with Libby, Jake and Dani. Mhm.. Yeah I gotta go, man. I’ll get ahold of you later. Go take care of Madeline, alright?” he said before shaking his head while listening to Ryan. “ Love you, bro” he said before hanging up. Joel tossed his phone to the side, opening and closing his hands quickly since he couldn’t break anything. “ Alright. Here’s what’s going to happen,” he said, rubbing his hands together slowly before taking in a deep breath. “ We are going to go out. I need a drink. Libby.. you can tell me when I’ve had enough. We are getting out of this apartment. I don’t.. I’m not David. I don’t hide things.. the way they say I do. So.. Libby I’m not hiding you,” he said before clearing his throat. Joel brought his hand up, rubbing the side of his jaw. He was too pissed off to even know what to do with himself. This eerie, calm Joel.. that was typical when it was anything about his career that he was trying to figure out. What it wasn’t typical of – was when it involved David. It was like a quiet before a storm. “ Guys, get up. I said we’re going out. We’re young. Don’t you want to go out,” he said, though there was no smile on his face and no indication that he intended on having fun. “ Let’s go,” he said, turning out of the living room and picking his keys up off of the island before opening the door and heading out into the hallway.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

“ Hey Ryan.. I don’t know if you’re watching the tv. But this is bad.. it’s really bad. They’re talking about David and saying they found out why… He’s on the phone with Logan, but you know you’re next… Okay… Okay, alright, love you,” she said before hanging up and taking in a deep breath. She felt Jake’s hand against her body and leaned back against it. She couldn’t help but nervously bite at the edge of her lip. The entire thing was going to blow up. All of it. Logan was going to pissed. Someone’s life was going to be ruined. She’d seen first hand how protective Logan was over his artists and their personal lives. He invested more of himself into protecting them than he did on their work – because he loved them. She hadn’t even noticed that the show was back on until Jake called for Joel, causing her to look up at the screen. When Joel came back in he was on the phone, probably with Ryan at this point. But it was dead silent as the reporter spoke, each of them clinging onto the words that he was saying .Dani felt her jaw drop slowly at what was coming out of his mouth. David killed himself because he was gay? Dani took in slow, deep breaths, trying to understand everything that was happening. Maybe it wasn’t true. But people finding out about David was bad enough. “ Is it true?” she heard Joel ask into the phone. Dani looked up, watching Joel like he was a deer that might spook easily. But when Joel was obviously upset it felt like she got hit in the chest, unable to catch her breath. Dani looked over her shoulder at Jake before reaching down and squeezing his hand tightly. Poor Libby.. she was probably wanting to do something so badly. What could you do? Not to mention the fact she was the only other person in the room that had actually known David. She opened her mouth to say something to Libby but Joel was insisting that they go out. He wasn’t crying.. or breaking anything. He wasn’t even yelling. But he was being pretty demanding. When he walked away, Dani brought her hands to her face, shaking her head slightly before she stood off of Jake’s lap and walked over to Libby, giving her a very quick hug, whispering into her ear quickly, “ Te amo,” she said, squeezing Libby before she followed Joel out into the hallway. Whatever the hell was going to happen tonight was not going to be good. It would probably be best to keep Ryan on speed dial.. or the hospital.

[Liberty J Madison]

Libby sat silent, watching Joel. So that was it. Libby couldn't ever recall a time when she had ever thought David was gay. Nor could she think of a time hindsight that would have given it away had anyone been paying attention. Then again, they'd all been kids. They all loved David, even herself and Bentley like an older brother of sorts. She couldn't tell what kind of emotion Joel was feeling right now. He was eerily calm, which was basically the single worst reaction from him. Libby wasn't sure what to say when he said they were going one. Not hiding their relationship. "Okay..." she replied softly. What else was she supposed to say. Libby stood up slowly, sliding her phone into her pocket and grabbed her bag, sliding her shoes on after Dani had hugged her. Libby had just looked at her. They were headed for trouble, that's what it was. Either way Libby got in the car, not saying much. Really, she didn't suppose any of them knew what to say right now. She glanced over at Joel, but he wasn't there. Wasn't in his own head. This was a nightmare. Joel had driven to a bar and got out of the car, the rest of them following suit. By some lucky chance maybe they would just have a few drinks and let things settle. She had a feeling though, as Joel took her hand and she followed him inside that there was on way in hell this was going to go well. The calm way with which he was reacting was freaking her out. Because she knew it was like being in the eye of a hurricane. As Blake had said, trouble, trouble trouble. As they went inside she figured maybe they could steer straight to the bar, stay a little bit and head back. But she kept her phone where it was easily accessible. They were probably going to need it. Libby turned around to glance back at Dani, looking at her helplessly. She was walking into the bar holding hands with a ticking time bomb.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani pushed her hair behind her ear as they reached the bar counter. She knew that Joel probably wasn’t planning on drinking whiskey – not when Libby was out with them. He honestly was trying to get better about that stuff. So it didn’t surprise her when he ordered a round of beers instead. That sounded safer. She stayed closed to Jake though, waiting for whatever Joel was about to detonate. Though, if it got out of control, what were her and Libby going to do? Jake had already tackled Joel to the ground once in the last month, he could do it again. “ So are you going back on tour right after the benefit show or are you sticking in town for a while?” she asked curiously, trying to get some type of conversation rolling. It was awkward, and quiet. They all knew that Joel was being strange, and they were all aware that it was somehow going to blow up. “ They told me that I was too attractive to play in the middle east because of the potential of ‘corrupting the morals of their women’, so my next set of shows is sort of canceled. I was actually thinking about doing a road trip with some guys. Jake you in or do you have some projects going on?” Joel asked as he leaned up against the counter. Dani turned her head towards her shoulder slightly as she heard some drunken men yelling remarks over in Joels’ direction. Not like Joel wasn’t used to it, mostly he just ignored it. He’d gotten really good at that. Plus no one was ever original in the insults they hurled his way anyways. “ Heard about your brother, Foster” one of them called out drunkenly. And judging by the way Joel was clenching his jaw and twirling his beer against the counter, it was going to take a hell of a lot more than conversation about tour to keep him distracted. “ Baby,” Dani said, gently nudging her elbow against Jake’s side before she gestured for him to go over to Joel. The last thing they needed was trouble. And if Jake got wound up, the place would be ash to the ground by the time he left.

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

Jake followed Dani and the others over to the bar, his hand resting protectively on her lower back. The bar was already packed with drunks and Jake wasn't really sure what exactly Joel had in mind. Jake didn't know about Joel's brother, but given Joel's reaction, he must not have known either. It really sucked that that had somehow leaked to the press and Jake really ached for his friend. It was hard enough keeping some portions of your life private but that? This was crossing a line. Jake took a drink of his beer, watching Joel as he explained about his tour having some cancelled dates, nodding, "Actually, yeah that sounds really good, I'd be in a for a guy trip for sure" Jake said, catching wind of what was being yelled at Joel was a little ways away from some drunk. Jake picked up his beer after looking at Dani. She was right, whatever she was thinking. This could get ugly really fast. Though Jake knew if it did it wouldn't be all on Joel. Jake liked fighting. Jake went and stood by Joel, slightly in front of him. Joel really didn't need to get into things with a random asshole tonight. "Hey Foster, turns out, you're a fag, and so was your brother. Runs in the family. That your boyfriend?" The drunk guy laughed with his buddies and Jake took a deep breath, feeling his temper rising. It was assholes like this guy who made it hell for people. Looking at Joel, Jake could see he was absolutely on edge and so Jake took a big swig of his beer, set it down on the bar and waited. This was Joel's call. But if Joel was gonna take a swing Jake was gonna be right there behind him.

[Joel Carter Foster]

Joel took a drink of his beer, looking over at Jake as he said a guys trip sounded like it would be a good plan. It would be a hell of a guys trip – if he could convince Ryan, Shane, Lance, Bentley, .. he guessed Connor, Chace. There were some good guys he could get going. Plus Shane seemed to like that Ethan guy. Maybe him and Dan would want to come along. Joel chewed on the edge of his lip as he ignored some of the ignorant things people were yelling at him. What did it matter what they thought anyways? He was in this for the fans. But then someone yelled something that sent a sensation of ice down his back. Joel kept his eyes on the bar counter, bringing his hands up to the side of his jaw before he scratched it. After clearing his throat, Joel took in a deep breath, scratching the corner of his lip as well before he set his beer down. In one fluid motion he moved his hand from the bottle, to the his hat which he flipped around backwards quickly. “ Excuse me,” he said, pulling his pants up at the side of his hips as he moved his way past Jake and through the small amount of people between him and this asshole. “ What did you say bro?” Joel asked, keeping his tone calm and level. “I said.. your brother was a FAG… and so are you,”. Joel brought his hand up, wiping it over his mouth before he gave a few nods. This was the type of person that had caused David to take his life. This was the ignorance that had taken his brother from him. This was some asshole who thought it was okay to poke at Joel’s life just because he was in the limelight. Despite the guy being taller than Joel, he grabbed him by the front of his shirt and reached back with all of his strength before planting a fist directly into his face. As the guy shifted to the side from the punch, Joel used every ounce of strength he had to throw him against the floor, pressing his knee against his chest as he kept punching him anywhere he could, knowing that this guy probably came with friends and he might not have much time to do so.

[Jacob Daniel Russo]

Yup. Jake could see it in Joel's eyes. He was ready to throw down. Jake finished off his beer, where it had gone so quickly, he did not know. He set the bottle down on the bar, catching Dani's eye and slid the empty bottle down to her. Not that he wanted it to come to that, but Dani was smart, she could break a bottle if she had to. Jake followed up behind Joel, his instincts kicking in. He could say all he wanted that he had nothing to do with his family's affairs, but when it came down to it, he was one of them. He still had that mindset that there were no rules, no punishment for bad behavior. And his love for fighting came from his family. It was weird, really, how good he felt completely demolishing someone. Joel shared a brief exchange with the guy before he grabbed the guy, hitting him and taking him down. Jake had two goals here; keep guys off Joel, and if someone touched Dani or Libby, kill the, basically. Already, a second guy was heading for Joel and Jake grabbed the guy, picking him off his feet slightly and threw him to the floor like a rag doll before turning around and seeing another one of the guy's friends trying to help him out. Before the guy could even aim his punch at Joel, Jake reached out, blocking his arm and delivered a straight hit of solid muscle to the guys face. It was interesting when people said they were seeing red, Jake wondered how many people actually 'saw' red. Jake did. It was like he was so angry all he could see was red and adrenaline. He hadn't realized how hard he'd hit that guy, because he wasn't getting back up when he'd fallen. Jake looked around, his vision tunneling, just seeing guys ready to get in the fight. Fine, come and get it fuckers. A few were all ready to take on Jake until he knocked out that guy and now a few were backing away. That was humorous.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani closed her eyes as she heard someone yell out ‘fag’ to Joel. She took in slow breaths before opening her eyes, watching Joel walk away from the bar counter and make his way over. She lift her eyebrow as she watched Jake. Yeah. He was already willing to get in a fight. “ Aye papi,” she said beneath her breath, taking the bottle from Jake before he made his way over. She narrowed her eyes, tapping her thumb against the side of the bottle as she watched Jake pretty much Hulking the shit out of the patrons of the bar. Joel was still on a one man mission on what looked like killing the guy that had instigated all of this. And as much as guys were starting to back away from Jake now, there was still one who looked like he was dumbass enough to try and start something. “ Oh HEEELLL no,” Dani said, reaching her hands up to start taking out her earrings. “ Girl,” she said, nudging Libby before she held out her earrings, putting her hair up in a ponytail as quickly as she could. Dani grabbed the bottle, busting it on the edge of the bar counter before she held onto the back of a barstool and pulled herself up onto the counter. “Ni siquiera pensar en tocar a mi hombre que feo pedazo de mierda. Ahora voy a tener que ir perra loca en su culo.” she rambled off as she jumped off of the bar and onto the dumbasses back. “ Matarlo!” she yelled over at Jake trying to get his attention, holding the busted bottle in one hand, as she tried to use her free one to dig her nails into the guys eyes while tightening her legs around his waist so she didn’t fall off of his back.

[Liberty J Madison]

"Oh shit," Libby said to herself, watching the scene unfold. Joel was completely unloading his anger on one guy who probably wasn't going to have a face after this. Jake was hulking on everyone that got in his vicinity and Dani had just fucking spider monkeyed off the bar with a broken bottle. Okay. Libby was just as pissed but someome here had to be logical enough to keep the other in line. Okay, she was already failing BUT she could at least call for help here... After she peeled Dani off that guy. "Dani!" she screamed at her, going after her trying to get a hold of her friend."Fucking crazy bitches!" Libby heard someone behind her, "stay the fuck out of it bitch," and before she could look at whoever was yelling at he, she felt an elbow to her face. He too was trying to get Dani off or get Libby off or whatever he thought was going on. Hey, Libby was trying to extract Dani from the situation, she wasn't attacking anyone. Except this guy now, who's elbow just got in her faces personal space, "Bloody fucking hell!" Libby said, her elbows with minds of their own digging roughly into the guy before he could touch Dani, "Piss off, asshole!" Libby glared at him, "Fucking hit me again you fucking tosser." Libby turned away from him, who had backed away slowly realizing he'd sort of hit a girl, and Libby grabbed Dani's arms, "Dani let go," she said. Dani might have been angry but Libby was stronger than her, peeling her friend from the guy's back, trying to get the beer bottle away from her with out cutting her own hand. As Libby dragged Dani back, Dani had somehow bitten someone, making it difficult to pull her out of the situation, "Bloody hell Dani, stopping biting him!" Libby somehow managed to get the rabid Chihuahua back to the bar, not letting her leave the spot again as the bouncers had stepped in and were trying to break the boys up. Libby pulled out her phone, knowing she should call Ryan. This was bad, bad, bad news.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani was vaguely aware of the fact that someone was trying to take the broken beer bottle out of her hand, and she was ready to go all Freddie Kreuger on them until she realized it was Libby, slowly letting her fingers uncurl from around the glass so that Libby wouldn’t accidentally hurt herself in the process. “ Perra!” she yelled out continuously at the guy she was gripping onto tightly, putting her lips together quickly to spit on him as Libby’s strength was basically picking her up off of him and pulling her away. “ I better not see your ass on the streets!” she said, pointing her arm out past Libby as she pointed at him, being pushed back towards the bar by the aggressive force that was Libby’s upper body strength. “ I’ll kill you and your mother,” she yelled out angrily again. Think twice before you step to Jake. He could kill you, and then you had the crazy ass girlfriend to deal with who would want to make sure the life of every person you ever encountered got fucked the hell up. And that was the only way she had ever really ‘rebelled’ against her Disney image. Her entire career was about being a good role model. But she forgot what her own name was out of anger when a situation involved Jake and his well being. She reached up, feeling the small amount of blood coming off a scratch on her cheek, and looked for Libby, knowing that she’d gotten an elbow to the face. That would be a shiner. But as she was confined to her little space, someone popped off another comment. “ What you want to start something, ese?” she yelled out, grabbing another bottle and breaking it against the counter before she pointed it at him. “ Fuck, Dani.” Joel said, grabbing the bottle out of her hand and throwing it on the ground before he pushed her back against Jake’s chest. He himself seemed to be pulling Libby by her hand, apparently she had gotten through to him a voice of reason. He may have been seeing red but seeing Libby’s face would’ve at least made him come somewhat to his senses. Dani looked up at Jake, surveying him quickly for any types of scrapes or bruises, brushing her thumb against the top of his eyebrow as she was being shuttled out of the club basically. When she stepped outside, she saw the police officers before giving a small sigh. One of them started talking to the group, causing Dani to put on a confused expresson. “ No hablo ingles? Me gusta la policia.. viva la policia,” she said before one stood in front of her with a completely unamused expression. “ Danielle Cooper…My daughter used to watch your show,” he said, causing Dani to give a small sigh under her breath, “ Ah fuck me,” she said, placing her hands on her hips as she looked down the line of them.

[Joel Carter Foster]

Apparently Joel was involved in a fight. Apparently Jake was filming some sort of action movie beside him. Apparently there was a rabid Chihuahua in the building. And apparently someone with a british accent had just taken a hit. Joel looked up instantly, narrowing his eyebrows as he surveyed the crowd, seeing that Libby had held onto her face for a slight moment. Someone fucking touched Libby? Joel stood up, giving the guy a swift kick in the side before he pushed his way through parts of the crowd. She was already working hard to get Dani away, who apparently bit down on someone as she was being carried away judging by the fact he could hear someone yelling that the ‘effing bitch was biting him’. Joel grabbed Libby’s shoulder before turning her around. “ Who hit you?” he asked with his jaw clenched, waiting until she took a moment to point him out. Joel moved past her before grabbing the guy by the back of his hair and slamming his head against the bar counter. “ Touch her again and I’ll slit your throat,” he said before shoving him back against the bar. Now that Libby had gotten a hit, Joel just wanted to get her out of there. “ Yo, Jake!” he called out to him. “ Your girls about to be on the news,” he tried to yell over the fighting before he grabbed Libby’s hand and started pulling her through the crowd, finally making his way up to Dani who was pointing a makeshift bottle knife at someone four times her size. “ Fuck, Dani,” he said, grabbing the bottle out of her hand, “ Easy, Jose,” he said, giving her a slight nudge so that she was with Jake. Joel tightened his grip around Libby’s hand as he pulled her out before he stepped out onto the sidewalk and sighed. “ You gotta be kidding me,” he said before taking in a deep breath, “ Officers,” he said, giving a slight nod of his head. Then there was Dani, ranting off in Spanish until the cop pointed out his daughter was a fan of her show. “ Yours as well Jake Russo,” the officer said. Joel opened his mouth to say something before the officer shook his head to gesture for him to shut up. “ Look we know who you kids are.. and the three of you,” he said, gesturing to Dani, Joel and Jake, “ Have caused ruckus. Multiple witnesses are talking to officers inside about how you three started this,”. Joel rolled his eyes, “ That asshole inside started it by yelling out slurs,” he said defensively. “ Look we have to arrest you.. We’ll take you downtown and talk it out. Miss Madison we’ll give you a ride to the station as well,” he said before a police officer started reading off the Miranda rights to the remaining three, requesting that they turn them around as they start to handcuff them.