J,GOB - Wednesday Evening

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

After the KKG meeting and his pep talk from Neil, Chris had handwavily called Jo and asked her to meet him for coffee. She agreed and, after making another quick phone call to arrange something, they met in front of the dorms and walked into town.

Chris steered them to J,GOB, rather than the Perk, for a couple of reasons.


[Chris is here for Jo and one other person; Jo modded with permission. Open for all your late evening pastry needs.]

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[wannabehunter]

"So, how've you been?" Jo asked. "Y'know, since Monday."

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"I'm dealing," Chris replied. "How about you? I sort of lost track of you down there. You didn't get hurt or anything, right?"

[wannabehunter]

"Got a couple of fireballs thrown at me, but I'm fine," Jo said. "And as far as I can tell Mom doesn't have any idea what happened, even with that idiot Booth's radio broadcast."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

The Gomez Brothers came in from a previous successful engagement, and waved cheerfully at Chris. Ah, young romance!

Martin bowed to Chris, and said, "Mr. Halliwell? As arranged."

Then the band took their places, and on the beat, began:

Theyre pickin up the prisoners
and puttin' em in the pen
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Rebels been rebels since I dont know when
And all she wants to do is dance

[wannabehunter]

Jo stared.

A lot.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris grinned.

Like the total dork that he was.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Martin beamed, and Andreas decided to wail out the next bit like the Neville Brothers would. If they were mariachis.

Molotov cocktail- the local drink
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
They mix em up right in the kitchen sink
And all she wants to do is dance!
Crazy people walkin' round
With blood in their eyes
And all she wants to do is dance, dance

Pablo loves this song. There is no way you *can* play the horns too loud for this one.

[wannabehunter]

"Chris," Jo said. "There are insane people singing to us."

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"I know," Chris said, still grinning. "I asked them to."

[wannabehunter]

"You asked the insane people to sing to us?" Jo asked.

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh. I wanted a special way to ask you to go to the dance with me on Friday," Chris explained.

[wannabehunter]

"Well, it's definitely unique," Jo said.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Martin, Andreas, Pablo, Joe and Larry are probably glad they can't hear Jo's remarks over their music.

They said, dont come back here yankee!
But if I ever do-
Ill bring more money
cause all she wants to do is dance
And make romance
Never mind the hear comin off the street
She wants to party
She wants to get down
All she wants to do is-
All she wants to do is dance
All she wants to do is dance
And make romance
All she wants to do is dance!

And they finished up with a flourish of guitars, and bowed. "Mr. Halliwell, senorita, it's been a pleasure."

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris slipped them some money as they left and then turned to Jo, suddenly nervous.

"So... um... will you go to the dance with me?"

[wannabehunter]

"Yeah, I will," Jo grinned and gestured at the Gomez brothers. "So long as you don't expect those guys to come with."

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

"Definitely not," Chris promised, grinning back at her. "Now I believe I owe you coffee. And probably a muffin or something."

[wannabehunter]

"Glad to hear it, Jo said. "And coffee sounds good."

[neurotic-witch.livejournal.com]

Chris held the door open for her so they could enjoy the rest of their evening in a handwavy fashion because time zones suck.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

When Charlie walked into JGOB, he looked around for Alanna first of all. When he didn't see her, he paid for a drink and took a seat.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna came in a few minutes, the rose still tucked into a strand of hair. Seeing Charlie, she walked over to the table. "Hey."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Hey!" he said, looking up with a grin. There was a red rose on the table. He raised an eyebrow. "Got a secret admirer?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna glanced between the rose, Charlie, and the rose again. "...You? Hopefully? Theoretically?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

He picked up the red rose, leaned forward and offered it to Alanna. "Looks like you've got another admirer."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna's cheeks now matched her hair. "Or it's Jamie being a nut. I'm just going to pretend this rose is the one I got from Aly." She exchanged the two roses. "Thank you. You're the only admirer I really need."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

He grinned a doofy grin. "People can admire you as much as they want. I'm willing to fight 'em all off if I have to."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna? Was now a nice, nice red color. "Thanks."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie was going to ask about Aly giving her a flower, but figured the fully grown daughter from the future wasn't the best thing to bring up today. "Do you want me to grab us something to eat? I figured you wouldn't be keen on sitting out in the cold."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna put a hand to her heart. "How did you ever guess? Yes, I'd love to be warm and with baked goods, thank you."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

He grinned and, after checking with Alanna what she wanted, went up to the counter to see what they had. He returned with an assortment that, if not eaten now, would undoubtedly be devoured later back at the dorms. "What're you doing this weekend?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Well...hm." Alanna pretended to think. "Either absolutely nothing or working on blocking out all thoughts I don't want to think about." She said cheerfully.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Do you wanna work on blocking out all thoughts you don't want to think about while going for a hike?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"That sounds awesome." Alanna paused. "Nothing supernatural or freaky, right?"

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't planning on it. It's gonna be cold though."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"I'll do my cream puff interpretation then. It's going to get better soon, right?" Alanna asked hopefully.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it's all up the thermometer from here." He checked his wristwatch for the date. "It's almost Spring, so unless we get a late Winter, the cold weather should start backing off pretty soon. Then before you know it it'll be stinking hot."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"I know I'm in the minority, but that makes me go yay. Except when I realize that it also means that summer is closer." Alanna frowned.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." Charlie hated it when summer was mentioned. "That's months away." He reaced for her hand. "You're not getting rid of me that easy."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna latched on to Charlie's hand. "I'm stubborn."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Really? I never would've noticed if you hadn't pointed it out."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"I'm very good at hiding it." Alanna dead-panned.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"You are," he agreed. "Just like I'm good at hiding my love for baked goods. Bet you never guessed that one."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna's lips twitched. "Not in a hundred years."

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

"Well I am a skilled spymaster." He'd picked up that term from Aly.

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna laughed and leaned over to kiss Charlie.

[kawalsky.livejournal.com]

Charlie kissed her back, fingers gently stroking her hair. When he finally pulled back, he grinned lopsidedly and held something up from the plate. "Cookie?"