paradisalost | I'll be there for you... when you come back from the expedition

Who: Jo, Jet, Spike S., Max, Julia, and Gwaine.
Where: Jo's house in the city.
What: Gwaine returns after the expedition. Julia is upset. Clearly.
When: ... when Gwaine returns.
Notes: Friends Loss Continues.

[Apparently, when you're raised in a military-like compound and not exposed to pop-culture while you grow up -- you miss out on a lot of things. Max has recently realized that she doesn't exactly know all of the movies that Jo and Julia grew up loving. We'll skip over the part where Jo and Julia know all the words to Lawfully Pretty and skip right to where they're trying to explain to Max that hard work does pay off and that the core message is really about accepting you for yourself, and that the sequel deals with a side of animal rights. Which, they figure Max will appreciate.]

We can watch the next one, too. [You know, in case Gwaine isn't back yet. She glances to the boys, because she is not putting in Die With Difficulty again. This is supposed to be making Julia feel better.]

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[and Max's face is falling a bit because ... she's listening to the fight, not listening to what Jet and Spike are saying]

But ... he's her lobster!

Lobster?

[Jet looks almost lost in a mixture of thought and confusion. All the possibilities for the meaning of that...]

[Yeah... Jo doesn't get it either.]

Since when are they crustaceans?

[Spike gives Max a look, but ignoring that, she obviously has better ears than the rest of them.]

What'd they say?

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[Max will get back to the lobster thing later]

They're going to take a break.

A break.
Breaks are tricky.

[Jo frowned.]

This isn't how this holiday was supposed to go.

Hopefully it won't be too bad.

I hope not. I mean, I want my bedroom back at some point.

[Jet quietly takes a seat on the foot of the bed and pops open his beer can.]

As I was saying. They're still each other's lobsters. They'll figure it out eventually.

[Spike gives up trying to listen in on them, or he doesn't want to hear it anymore (too depressing), and takes a seat on the floor near the door.

Now he wants lobster.]

You really don't have any food in here?

[She shoots Jet a look.] Be careful with that.

And no, I don't keep food in my bedroom. I have dogs. I can't just leave food in every room.

[Way to make this even more depressing.]

Maybe they'll realize we're in here eventually and slip something under the door.

They can't stay fighting out there forever.

Yeah, this'll blow over.

[Jet is very careful with his beer, and after taking a sip or two, he offers the can to Spike, who appears to need it much more than Jet does.]

They usually do. This is Julia and Gwaine.

[this isn't their first fight. They all know that.]

[This is why you're a bro, Jet. Spike takes it, although he doesn't start drinking right away. He's moody because he's hungry sure, but he also can't see why those crazy kids can't make it work.]

I don't know. I hate to say it, but this might be more serious this time.

[That's what he's there for.]

You think so?

Just a hunch.

[He'll be drinking that beer now. He's no fan of drama over here.]

So, what exactly did he do to get Julia so riled up?

He left on that expedition. But didn't tell her.

Arthur went too.

[Typical dumb thing to do.]

In that case, I'm surprised she's not throwing things yet. [Glance to Max... do you hear them throwing things?]

Ohhh...

[Jet wears a look of "Seriously?!" before shaking his bald head.]

Could be any time now.

[[OOC: I just saw this episode, like, 2 days ago. Herp Derp!]]