JGOB- Thursday evening

[fates_jaye]

Jaye hadn't actually been back to JGOB since graduating, and for a while she stood awkwardly at the counter trying to order a muffin while making awkward conversation with clerk.

"So... how ya been?"

Silence.

"How's the hooker girlfriend?"

Glare.

"I'll be over here," Jaye finally said, and went to sit at a table to wait.


[I'm so bored. Open!]

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[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned hadn't been out and around the island yet so he took today to do that. And he was immediately drawn to JGOB because of the baked goods.

He wandered in, not paying much attention to the other girl in there.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye was still waiting for her food and thinking the clerk deliberately "forgot" about her when she saw him come in, and she was left with the very eloquent, "Um."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned spared a look over at the girl when he heard her say something and then looked away just as quickly. No need to have her tell him that giant alien unicorns with ray guns had invaded a few months ago.

He took his time at the counter, looking over the selection.

[fates_jaye]

Maybe he didn't see her.

Okay, no, he totally saw her, why was he avoiding her? The dork.

Frowning, she stood and went to stand next to him. "Okay, so I realize I might have forgotten to give Mom and Dad my new address, but I don't suppose you could just tell them I was forced to enter the witness protection program?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

And now she was talking to him and talking nonsense at that. It wasn't that Ned wasn't used to it, he almost was, but still. And she was standing close.

He stepped to the side.

"What?" Ned managed.

[fates_jaye]

"Oh, I get it," Jaye said. "Look, sorry I didn't give you my address either, but they could find me then and what are you doing here anyway?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"I'm getting a muffin," he said, pointing towards the muffins. "Address?"

[fates_jaye]

"Yes, it's the number on the place where a person lives," she said helpfully.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Yes, but why would I have yours?" Ned asked carefully.

[fates_jaye]

"Possible blackmail purposes?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Why would I blackmail you?" Ned asked, finally picking a muffin and taking it from the clerk.

[fates_jaye]

"...Did you get gremlin-bit?" Jaye wondered.

And then turned to the clerk and said, "And will you hurry already?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"No!" Ned said quickly. "I haven't seen one of those things. Nothing's bit me. Have you been gremlin bitten?"

[fates_jaye]

"Not recently!" she said. "So... okay, you're making my head hurt."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"That's not my fault," Ned said hurriedly. "You're the one accusing me of blackmail when the most illegal thing I've done in my life is keep an alarm clock that didn't belong to me."

[fates_jaye]

Jaye frowned, trying to remember what was from the broadcast last night. "Wait, did you like, steal that guy's clock?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"It's my clock!" Ned said, feeling almost possessive of it. "It's been mine for years!"

[fates_jaye]

"Dude," Jaye said, still really confused. "Since when have you had a clock? Don't say 'for years'."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"It's been my clock for years," Ned said. "Why can't I say for years?"

[fates_jaye]

"Because you haven't had a clock for years," Jaye insisted. "I'm telling Mom you steal."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned's eyes went wide and he paled. "...what?"

[fates_jaye]

"You heard me."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Are you insane?" Ned snapped quickly.

[fates_jaye]

"Well, you only accuse me of it all the time..."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Then,I must be right," he said. "Because you are."

[fates_jaye]

"Okay, now you're sounding like Aaron. That's better," she decided.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Aaron is not my name," he said, staring at her.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye stared at him.

"Okay, someone should have told Fandom your face was immune from doubling," she said.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned stared back.

"You're making absolutely no sense," Ned said. "And I'm beginning to wonder if you ever make sense."

[fates_jaye]

"Not usually. What's your name, Not-Aaron?"

His name would now forever be Not-Aaron, but still.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"My name is Ned," he said, wondering what she'd do if he threw the muffin at her. "I'm not Aaron and we do not share the same mother."

[fates_jaye]

"Yeah, my brother looks exactly like you," Jaye said, studying him critically. "Scruffier. You'd think I'd be used to the doppleganger thing by now."

And then a horrible thought occurred to her.

"Oh my god tell me this doesn't mean I have to date you."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned was back to staring.

A lot.

"What?"

[fates_jaye]

"No! Don't dwell on it! Do not repeat it! Oh my god, I just squicked myself so bad..."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"You're the one who said it!" Ned said, flailing so badly that the muffin ended up flying out of his hand and headed for her head.

[fates_jaye]

Which meant Jaye ended up getting hit in the head with a muffin.

She stared at it as it hit the floor, and asked, "Why does everyone throw pastries at me?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"I didn't throw it," Ned said, staring at the muffin. "It slipped."

[fates_jaye]

"Uh huh, sure. Well, if that's how you react to people saying they won't date you..."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"You're the one who brought it up," Ned said, twitching some more. "I don't want to date you."

[fates_jaye]

"Good," she said, shuddering a little. "Okay, the clerk's never giving me my food, which is good because now I feel like I need to get clean."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"You started it," Ned said very maturely. "Talking about dating me and witness relocation and standing near me!"

[fates_jaye]

"You threw a muffin at me!"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"It flew out of my hand!"

[fates_jaye]

Jaye picked up the muffin, tossing it back at him. "Like that?"

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

The muffin hit him, bouncing off his chest and falling to the floor. "Did you seriously just throw a muffin at me?"

[fates_jaye]

"It slipped."

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

Ned knelt down, picked up the muffin and tossed it at Jaye.

[fates_jaye]

This time, Jaye caught it. "That's it. It's mine now!" she said, holding it up as she made her way towards the door. Not that she would be eating the muffin, but it was the principle of the thing.

[death-and-pies.livejournal.com]

"Insane!" Ned called after before turning back to the muffins and trying to pick a new one.