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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So we can't ever kiss because I'll die? [ Okay. ] Well, that makes sense. [ He frowns again. ]

Wait. No. That doesn't make any sense. Why did I almost die?

[She feels like she needs to stand up. Distance. Yep. Distance would be good.

She stands up.]

Strawberries. [Wince of 'Hi. Remember how I know you're allergic to strawberries... THIS would be why.']

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[ He remains seated. ] Oh. [ Now he's reminded of his bachelor party. ]

Do you have any on you right now?

[Head shaking of no.]

No.

[She has this sudden feeling of anticipation...]

Good. [ He gets up and takes a step towards her. ] No problem then.

[ And unless someone decides to barge in on them and ruin the moment, he's just going to kiss her, okay? Friendship be damned. ]

[Nope. No interruptions here. All alone.

And in that moment of the kiss starting, Jo can feel everything in her hold onto that breath. Her hands move to wrap over his shoulders, pulling herself up against him and yep. They are awesome friends.

Awesome friends who kiss.

Wow. They can kiss really well when there isn't a sudden allergic reaction.

Though. Is that the door downstairs opening?

Nah. It can't be. It's too late for that.]

[ And this is the part of the story where Max wanders in because she forgot something. Possibly more tater tots.

Look, she figured that Jo was already asleep, and her plan was just to pop in and out and have that be it, but when she comes into the living room and sees ... well, what she sees, she can't help the squeak that escapes her mouth and the slight CRASH! as she falls back against the doorframe.

Subtle, Max. Real subtle.]

[ He had been enjoying the kiss until Max showed up. When he spots her, he doesn't bother moving away from Jo though. Chase just sort of tilts his head as he looks at Max and gives her a bit of a smile. ]

Hi.

We were just... [ Well, let's not bother to explain that. ]

[Jo lets her hand move to rest to his chest, her forehead dropping to rest there, too. This is hiding.]

Hi, Max.

[Talking into Chase isn't going to work. She steps away and moves toward Max.]

You can't tell anyone. I mean it. With everything that happened with Julia and Gwaine? I don't want her to think I'm trying to start anything. We're just friends. I swear. That was a one time thing.

[looks from Chase ... to Jo ... to Chase ... to Jo ... and back to Chase again one last time and she KNOWS you two. She highly doubts this is a one time thing. Just ... ]

You do remember the last time you kissed him you almost killed him, right?

[because sometimes she feels it's worth mentioning. but she'll ~~sort of~~ keep her mouth shut.]

I just came back for the tater tots.

And that's why we kissed! Just to prove that she's not gonna... you know, kill me again. [ He was a little disappointed to hear Jo say that it was a one time thing, but if she's gonna play it that way then well: ]

It was nothing.

We're just friends.

[She glances back to Chase, upset that he agreed with her one-time-thing, but she hides it well and turns back to Max.]

The tots are in the fridge. A whole container of them. You can have them all. All the tots, Max -- just don't tell anyone.

[sees those looks and SIGHS. This is gonna be ... awesome. She goes and fetches the tots from the fridge, and steals the ketchup for good measure]

Fine. I won't tell.

Thanks? [ Obviously, he's not really sure why that even matters. Oh, women. ]

[She'll exhale. Relieved, because with everything with Julia she really, really doesn't need her friend thinking that she's trying to hook-up with Chase while her friend is miserable.]

Thanks, Max.

[nods and takes off -- she's had enough of this awkward]

[ Watches Max go before fixing his gaze on Jo. ] So.

Just a one time thing, huh? [ There might just be a hint of a smile on his lips. ]

[She shrugs, moving back toward him.]

It's still... currently the one time, right? [Yeah, sorry Julia, but this is important and she's just going to sink right back into that kiss again.]

U-huh.

[ We'll just leave the rest to your PG-13 imagination. ]

[That's code for some serious making out on the couch. There's a chance it moved to the bedroom. Who knows what these 'friends' will do.

Play racquetball??]

[ Scratch that PG-13 nonsense. We're going straight for the NC-17 stuff. ]

[FINALLY. The closest thing to sex she's had in a while is the shower she took with her brother after Halloween...

Yep. This narration just got awkward.

QUICK! To the hot sexiness that is Chase and Jo making their way down the hall to the bedroom!]

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

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