Jessica Maat/3.0/Relationships

==Romantic==
1. Minerva Maat (Fiancée)
Minerva Maat and Jess met through Jon Castle. Jess initially got her number by her being on Jon's emergency contacts list, and she knew that he had been talking with her in regards to the investigation into Oliver Crawford. On May 18th, 2022 Jon admitted to Jess that he had gotten off the phone with Minerva and she had asked him when he was going to ask Jess out, because if he didn't, she would. Shortly later Minerva did ask Jess out (with Jess not actually realizing it was her asking her out at first). This led to Jess start seriously questioning her sexuality, as she wasn't entirely opposed to the date despite insisting she was straight for her entire life.
Jess and Minerva's friendship has only grown since then, and they are often found together spending time together off duty. They have found that they have a lot of similarities to each other and have quickly become a support network for each other. Jess now considers Minerva to be one of her closest friends and she genuinely appreciates Minerva's support.
On July 16th, 2022 after a long heart to heart with Minerva on the beach the night prior, Jess finally admitted to Minerva that she had started to develop feelings for her, and how she knew that Minerva had a lot of complications that would take some time for her to figure out her feelings as she was dealing with a similar situation as Jess was with Jon. Minerva confirmed she wasn't outright saying no, but she was just largely confused with her feelings due to the messy back and forth she has had with Johanna Meyer. They are still spending a large amount of time together as friends despite the understanding of Jess's feelings now being out in the open, and Minerva has told Jess that she appreciates Jess's honesty.
On July 24th, 2022 after spending almost all their time together off duty, Minerva asked Jess out on another date. The date, done on July 30th, 2022 was largely a success and it resulted in Jess and Minerva kissing for the first time. They then spent the majority of the rest of the day and next day with each other, talking more openly about different topics that may not have been discussed with others and starting to explore physical interactions with each other more frequently. They have agreed to not put any kind of label on their relationship yet and just want to see how things go without rushing anything.
After another successful date on August 6th, 2022 Jess and Minerva spent the night at Jess's house in Grapeseed. The next day they had a longer conversation in regards to why Minerva is terrified to label anything with their relationship, largely due to her past relationships and how they both ended in ruin one way or the other. Jess reiterated to Minerva that she was "worth the risk" of their hearts being broken. Later that night, Jess admitted that the best part was waking up beside Minerva, and Minerva said indicated she'd be willing to do that whenever Jess desired. Jess then offered keys to the house, which Minerva accepted. While they still aren't officially putting a label to their relationship, everyone around them have started to refer to Jess and Minerva as each other's "girlfriend" despite them both declining the label.
On August 12, 2022 Jess admitted to Minerva that she was falling in love with her after sensing that Minerva was feeling it as well but not wanting to say it. Later, on August 13, 2022 while spending time with two of Minerva's moms, Anita May and Mackenzie Hayes, Anita offered Jess and Minerva keys to her house in Mirror Park so they could have "hanky panky" without disturbance from Jess' roommate, Harvey Holden, and his guests. After some resistance, Jess and Minerva accepted the keys. Minerva then pulled both Anita and Hayes aside and admitted about what Jess had told her about starting to fall in love with her, and how she had resisted saying it back and was now terrified of how she felt. Jess later asked Minerva why she looked so nervous while talking to her mothers, and Minerva began to go into a full panic mode and was unable to properly say anything for some time until Jess brought Minerva to the spot in the woods where they had their first date, at which point Minerva said she was also starting to fall in love with Jess.
The feelings escalated to full confidence in both of them saying they loved each other after Jess said it without realizing while Minerva was concussed roughly a week later, and Minerva brought Jess back to the resort off of Great Ocean Highway where she told Jess that she loved her, too. Since then they have continued to reaffirm their love for each other through both actions and words. While they are still not adopting any kind of official label for themselves, they no longer try to stop people who label their relationship for them and just reaffirm to those who ask that they don't care about labels so long as they are happy together.
On December 23rd, 2022 Minerva was on duty at work when she was shot in the head during an active situation in Little Seoul. Minerva was left bleeding on the ground for an extended period of time which resulted in her having a stroke due to her blood condition for lack of oxygen in the blood. This stroke left Minerva with inability to feel anything on her left side, no memories of the past three years, an inability to speak, and unable to understand language that was not Portuguese. Minerva was quickly explained that Jess was Minerva's "girlfriend" and Jess had to clarify that they had not been labeling the relationship. After a lot of difficulties Minerva eventually regained her memories; this also led to a very rocky patch for Minerva and Jess after Jess was then shot in the head for the second time within a month and Jess began to behave erratically and not communicating properly with Minerva.
Jess and Minerva slowly began to repair their relationship over the course of January and February, up until their lives were upended once again when Randy Wrangler shot Minerva's K9, Storm, as well as herself while they were actively on duty. Minerva ended up spending nearly a month staying at home and not talking with anyone, including Jess, for the majority of that month while she cared for Storm to help nurse him back to health. Jess struggled alone for a while but used the time to meet more people and make more friends while doing her best to care for Minerva where she could. Once Minerva began to go back to work on March 24, 2023, Jess and Minerva's relationship continued to return back to a normal and steady place. Their relationship is back in a steady and happy place with both of them supporting each other completely and communicating with each other much easier than they were.
Throughout the next few months, Jess and Minerva continued to grow stronger and stronger with their communication and expressing their happiness together in their relationship. On the week of the anniversary of her fiancee's death, Minerva began to think more critically about her fears of labels and marriage (coupled with seeing a lot of their peers getting engaged) and began to ask friends and family (namely Viv, Anita, and Hayes) whether she was a pussy. Eventually all three of them convinced her to talk to Jess, at which point Jess and Minerva had the conversation on June 9, 2023 where Minerva and Jess talked honestly about marriage for the first time in a while and Minerva admitted her "no" was now and "I don't know" in regards to her want to get married. This conversation later spurred another conversation on June 18, 2023 where Minerva admitted she realized she had been unconsciously calling Jess her girlfriend for a while, but that she was now willing to properly label the relationship and asked Jess if she wanted to, and Jess reaffirmed that if that is what she wanted to do then yes. Jess also reaffirmed to Minerva that she knows that the thought of marriage is still very much an uncertain but to just let her know if (or when) that changes and that if that did change her answer would always be "yes". Regardless, both stated how incredibly happy they were together and their relationship was stronger than ever.
In August, Jess and Minerva both ended up being concussed after incidents that occurred while working on duty. During the midst of their concussed adventures, Minerva asked Jess out on a date as it had been a while and she was trying to apologize for destroying all of Jess's sand castles. She promised that she would plan the date. Unbeknownst to Jess, in late August 2023 Minerva reached out to Franklin Lee in order to order an engagement ring from Plus One after having finally made the decision to listen to her own advice she had been giving her family and just say what she really feels because you never know when it will be too late to say it again. Unfortunately for her, it then led to a multi-month wait as Plus One struggled with getting the engagement ring completed. In early November, Minerva finally obtained the ring and began to plan the long awaited date, which she had delayed waiting for the engagement ring to come in.
On December 1, 2023 despite both Minerva and Jess suffering through a lot of major circumstances (such as Minerva having charges pressed against her on the docket for Accessory to Drug Trafficking) the date finally occurred. At that point, Minerva surprised Jess by proposing to her, which as Jess stated before, she accepted. She presented Jess with a ring pop that was custom made (Minerva and Jess were the ones who originally gave the idea to Kiki Pendragon to sell ring pops at her shop, and they had once made a joke when they came into stock for the first time that they had proposed with those ring pops) and a proper engagement ring inscribed with their initials and a joking "Just don't eat this one".
==Close Friends==
1. Charlotte Spade (Best Friend)
Jessica and Charlotte started to become friends through unlikely means - by the case of Jess being a corrections officer at Bolingbroke and Charlotte being a criminal inside those walls. Jess and Charlotte instantly hit it off; in many ways, Charlotte reminded her a lot of her best friend Everleigh Castle due to her large amount of optimism and fun energy. Charlotte and Jess grew closer and eventually Charlotte got an expungement, which she largely attributed thanks to people like Jess who supported her and believed in her.
Jess and Charlotte continued to remain friends and Charlotte ended up joining EMS based off Jess's recommendation, though she also joined DOC despite Jess saying she didn't think it would be good for her especially since Jess was at the time planning to leave for PD. They had a small falling out after Jess was told that Charlotte was weapons trafficking within the prison; these claims were never able to be proven by PD and Jess eventually believed Charlotte after having a lengthy conversation with her at the Del Perro Pier that what was being accused of her wasn't true.
Jess and Charlotte began to grow closer and closer, especially after Jess was kidnapped by Valko Yordonov and she ended up relying heavily on Charlotte who was one of the few people who knew about Jess's struggles with PTSD and disassociation as she was there when Jess had her first major disassociation episode in the rain. Quickly Jess and Charlotte ended up being there for each other every step of the way, and Jess quickly began to consider Charlotte as one of her best friends who she could rely on for anything and who she genuinely trusted.
2. Eryn Carter (Best Friend)
Jessica and Eryn started to become friends prior to Jess joining the Bolingbroke Department of Corrections. Jess met Eryn through Jon Castle initially but quickly became friends with Eryn. Eryn and Jess have a relationship in which they're each often supporting each other in lifting them up through their insecurities and also have a really strong working relationship. Eryn trusts Jess with secrets and information she does not want to tell anyone else, including over Jon. They are also both on each other's emergency contact lists.
On May 30th, 2022 Alexander Blake proposed to Eryn and Eryn asked Jess to be her Maid of Honor at her wedding.
Since Eryn's move out of Bolingbroke, Jess and Eryn have spent more and more time together off duty, which has come with its own challenges. On July 9th 2022 Jess found out that Eryn was going behind her back to talk to Jon in a negative fashion based off the times that Jess had vented about her issues regarding their relationship. This greatly upset Jess as she knows at the end of the day Jon is her best friend and she hates the idea of people talking shit about him because of her own issues.
Eryn and Jess began to talk again after Eryn sincerely apologized for her interference in her friendship with Jon.
Eryn and Jess have continued to remain really close friends, with the occasional rough patch. Jess considers Eryn to be her best friend and knows that she can count on Eryn to be there for her through anything.
==Former Friends/Romantic Relationships==
1. Jon Castle (Former Crush)
Jessica considers Jon to be her best friend. After starting to get to know him at Everleigh's wedding, Jessica had an instant connection with him that she couldn't quite put into words. Their friendship only deepened after Jessica's father passed away and she had the misfortune of finally understanding the feelings he felt when he lost his own father. Jessica feels closer to Jon than anyone else and feels like she can tell him everything... except for the fact that she has feelings for him. After being burned from what Zach had done, Jessica is too afraid to tell Jon that she has feelings for him and potentially lose him as a friend. She has no idea of whether Jon has feelings for her too and deep down fears that he will be just like Zach and not see any romantic interest in her and instead be repulsed if she were to express those feelings. Jessica is also concerned that if Jon does not share those romantic feelings, that she could also lose Everleigh as a friend if she loses Jon as a friend, and she doesn't want to lose the two people she feels closest to.
Since joining the Department of Corrections together, Jess has been trying to express her feelings more, which has been noticed by guards and inmates alike (who keep trying to get them together). Jon is still adamant that he is not looking for a relationship and brushes off people mentioning that Jess clearly likes him, and so she's been hesitant still to bring up her feelings even though she is starting to suspect that he does feel the same way by how passionately he wants to make sure that she is safe when dangerous situations are arising in the prison.
On May 4th, 2022 , Jon and Jess purchased Beachside Avenue 15 together, officially taking Jon off the streets and moving in together.
On May 19th, 2022 Jess told Jon that she could not keep waiting for Jon to decide whether he had feelings for her or not or if he wanted a relationship or if he didn't. Jon admitted that he is not in the right mindset for a relationship and that he feels that he would do more harm to Jess than good, and he doesn't want to do that. Jess told Jon that if he ever feels that he is ready for a relationship that he knows where to find her, but for the time being she might date around and have fun to unwind. 
On May 25th, 2022 Jon finally admitted to Jess that he had feelings for her, too, after they went to the cemetery together to visit his mom's grave but that he still wasn't ready to be in a relationship.
On June 30th, 2022 Jess gave Jon a letter expressing how she felt that she could not keep holding out waiting for him to make up his mind and that she was tired of feeling like he cared for other people more than her. This led to a massive argument between the two.
On July 9th, 2022 at Odessa and Maddison's wedding that they were both invited to as plus ones, Jess overheard a comment from Yasmin Jones that upset her as it was an implication that Jon had moved on with someone else. This led to another major discussion to them in which Jon reiterated to her once again that she needs to move on because he can't see himself getting in a relationship. Jess realized she is still struggling to let go of her feelings for him and it's negatively impacting everyone around her, causing friction between herself and Eryn Carter as well.
On July 22th, 2022 after over a week of constant arguing after alcohol was brought into the house despite Jess trying to stay clean, Jess and Jon's friendship was severed after Jess told Jon that she feels he is "no better than the freaking prison" because he "take[s] but never give[s] back anything in return". Jess and Jon have not seen each other since then though both have received trickle updates on bits of each other's lives based off what others have said. Jess is fully in the belief that she will not try to rekindle the friendship unless Jon shows that he is willing to actually put effort in himself into the friendship, as especially with distance and timing she has realized that she was always the one putting effort into their friendship while Jon did not do so in return.
2. Everleigh Castle (Deceased)
Jess met Everleigh through both of them working at Alderney State Correctional Facility together. They quickly became best friends and eventually it led to Everleigh inviting Jess to be a bridesmaid at her wedding, which led to her to properly meet her brother, Jon Castle. They haven't been as talkative since the move to Los Santos, to the point where Jess has started to find new people, namely Minerva Maat and Eryn Carter to take on the mantle of dealing with a lot of Jess's emotional fallouts.
On July 27, 2023 Jess was at work when she received a call from Eryn Carter notifying her that Everleigh had been killed by Dee Asmo (at the time, only known as "Fate" / "The Monopoly Killer"). Jess was heartbroken and blamed herself for not doing more to keep in contact with her best friend, who from what she last knew was traveling the world living life to the fullest. Jess ultimately was the one who told Jon Castle about her death.
3. Cameron Randall (Former Friend)
Jess met Cameron "Candle" Randall through her time with the DOC. They spent many times in the late nights alone, working side by side. They started to grow close with that deep connection of working together, and as Jess rose through the ranks in the department she was quick to keep being supportive of Candle and encouraging him that he was an excellent member of the department.
When Jess told Candle that she had applied for PD, Jess and Candle had a very deep heart to heart where Candle admitted not only did he feel like he would die in the prison, but also that he felt like he should. This conversation eventually led to Candle telling Jess his history with his brother's death and how he had murdered his brother's friends in revenge and was never caught. Jess tried to convince Candle that he had made up for his past misdeeds but Candle refused to accept it, and could not believe that Jess was still being supportive of him when he initially anticipated to be fired by telling her the truth.
Their friendship grew even closer after that, especially with Jess continuing to show Candle that her opinion of him had not changed because of what she heard. When she eventually left the prison to join PD, she made Candle promise that he would do his best to get out and not die in the prison and that at the minimum she wanted to make sure that she was on his emergency contacts list, to which he confirmed that she was at the very top.
On July 17th, 2022 Jon Castle called Jess and asked to meet up; when they did, Jon told her how Candle had been attacked by Jeremy Phillips and that he was in the ICU in a coma. Upon arriving at Vice Roy Medical to visit him, Jess found the truth of how bad it was in that Candle was on life support and only had a 10% chance of living. Jess was heartbroken, especially when Jon also gave Jess a letter which showed how deep his care for Jess truly was and how much her support meant to him.
On July 23rd, 2022 Candle woke up in the ICU but was unable to feel anything in his legs or speak. Jess began to understand that the recovery, despite Candle being alive, may be extremely difficult and long for Candle and is struggling with fear that she will start to feel the same level of hopelessness she felt near the end of her father's cancer treatment.
On July 30th, 2022 Candle woke up and began to send out twats looking for his brother, Tyler. Jess immediately recognized something as wrong as she knew based off the history she had been told, Tyler was dead. Jess then started a frantic manhunt once she realized he wasn't at Viceroy, eventually he was found at Dean World Pier. When he woke it was clear that his memory was still gone and Jess began to struggle with the idea that she might have to tell Candle the truth of what happened.
On August 7th, 2022 Jess went to visit Candle at Balto's house and he convinced her to tell him what had happened in his past. This seemed to trouble Candle, but Jess wasn't able to stick around to try and talk more about it as she had to go out to find Eryn Carter, who seemed to be kidnapped and being threatened to be killed. The next day, Jess and Candle got into a major argument over text as Candle was angrily telling Jess that she had been giving him too many allowances for forgiveness for what he had done in his past. This, coupled with otherwise losing grip because of receiving negative contact with her mother, led to Jess relapsing and drinking alcohol.
Candle eventually apologized to Jess a few days later, and then a few weeks later Candle regained his memories and felt even worse for how he had treated Jess that night. Jess never admitted to Candle that she had relapsed that night. Candle and Jess had another argument on August 26, 2022 due to Candle's insistence that he was to blame for the prison falling into mayhem, including blaming himself for not being around due to his injury in which led to his near death and extended ICU stay. This also led to Jess calling Candle and expressing her frustrations, but also her hurt because the previous days she had to say goodbye thinking he was going to die again. This coupled with many other stressors from the past week led to Jess breaking down and finally accepting that her father was truly dead and she had no way to protect the people she cared about the most from death. Jess and Candle have not talked since then even though Jess feels guilty about her reaction.
Jess and Candle eventually began to speak to each other again, though it was filled with constant arguments and fights whenever they spoke. Eventually the anger boiled over to a point where the only time they talked they were arguing with each other. This all came to a head on December 3rd, 2022 when Candle shot towards Odiment Sparrow outside of the prison and Jess was called by Han Velsing to the scene. Jess learned on that scene a lot of information in regards to Candle trying to "scare" Odiment into giving up lineage papers that would prove that she was the next in line to the throne of her home country. Candle was arrested and charged for his crimes and Jess ultimately told Candle that they could no longer be friends after that as the person that she knew before was no longer there.
Shortly after that, Jess began to receive unknown phone calls from Candle with him threatening both herself and Minerva Maat and Eryn Carter. Ruger Daniels was assigned to help with the case, however shortly after he took on the case Charlotte Spade spoke with Candle alone and ultimately caused the investigation to get halted in its tracks. Then, on December 3, 2022 Candle reportedly attempted to kill Odiment Sparrow while they were both on duty (her as a doctor, him as EMS). He was arrested for terrorism and sent to prison on a hold. Jess has made zero attempts to make contact with him and recognizes he will most likely die inside of the prison.
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