A/N: AAGGGH! I know it's taking me so long to put up updates for stories. I'm so sorry guys, I'm doing the best I can. Once I get into the whole school habit I'm sure things will get better. But for now, please be patient with me :).
I don't mean to offend anyone with this story. I just thought this couple was kind of cute and I wanted to write it without things getting way out of left field. I combined the idea with the idea King Kubar gave me and I thought it would turn out pretty funny. By the way, this story is totally dedicated to you, since you're always the first one to comment on my stories/chapters. It makes me happy :). I love my other reviewers too but he's always the fastest so he wins :P.
So, yeah. This chapter is a little short/boring but I had to set the plot up. I hope you guys enjoy nonetheless!
Disclaimer: I own nothing except Lily.
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Lily sighed as she set her leaky paper bag onto the table in front of the Lemon, giving it a look of total disgust. Nobody else seemed to be around, except for Jonesy, who had most likely gotten fired from yet another job.
Jonesy looked up from his newspaper and lowered his eyebrows at the strange bag. "Whoa. What is that?"
Lily cautiously stuck her hand inside and pulled out a mushed sandwich, dangling it between the tip of her index finger and thumb. "It's...my lunch. I think."
Jonesy shrugged and lifted the newspaper back up. "Well, I'm not going to sit here and judge your food tastes. But usually, I like to eat my food fresh."
Lily pulled out an orange, which was beginning to brown, and tossed it carelessly to her side. "You honestly think I want to eat this crap?"
"If you're not going to eat it, why bother bringing it?"
Lily let out a small moan as she dumped the remaining contents of her bag onto the table. "I don't have any money until I get paid the first, and so my dad decided to take it upon himself to make me a 'homemade' lunch." Lily put air quotes around "homemade", curling her nose up slightly.
Jonesy flicked what appeared to have once been pudding away from himself. "Using all of your expired food? Man, he must still be mad about that whole ruining the date thing!"
Lily rolled her eyes and grabbed the pudding, which was beginning to roll away. "Oh please. He might have been mad but he wouldn't intentionally poison his own daughter! He probably didn't know all of this stuff went bad. He's not exactly great when it comes to food, you know."
"Yeah. Sure. Whatever." Jonesy buried his face once more into the newspaper.
Lily widened her eyes. "Wait, can this be? Jonesy is actually reading?"
"Shut up! I just got fired and I need to find a new job!"
Lily giggled. "What happened to your job at the World Imports store?"
Jonesy leaned back into his chair. "I got fired. How was I supposed to know that African wood was flammable?"
Lily curled her lip up a bit. "Jonesy, all wood is flammable. Where were you in first grade?"
"Ugh, whatever! Do you think they'll hire me at that new makeup store they just opened?"
Lily covered her mouth with her hand, concealing a snicker. "Yeah. Uh. Good luck with that."
Jonesy set his newspaper down and beamed. "Thanks!"
Lily took a deep breath and began digging her thumbs into the sandwich. "While you're there, do you think you can get me some stuff? Mine is all getting old."
Jonesy shot her a knowing look. "Nervous for your date next weekend?"
Lily bit her thumbnail. "Insanely so! He's so hot, and I'm so clumsy! I haven't had a boyfriend in over a year. I probably don't even remember how to kiss a guy!"
Jonesy put his hands up. "Well hey, don't ask me for help. I've never kissed a guy!"
Lily paused, rolling her eyes and smirking. "Oh reaaaallyyyyy...so I guess Jude was lying when he told me about your little lip lock a couple of years ago..."
Jonesy's eyes widened. "Who told you about that?!"
Lily began to giggle, with full blown laughter following suit. "Jude did. He told me about how he was nervous about Star and all, and you were helping him with his first kiss, and he read the signs you gave him and..."
Jonesy forced his hand onto the table. "Okay, okay, I know what happened. But he swore not to tell anyone!"
Lily shrugged. "Oops! Well, point is, you lied. You have so kissed a guy!"
"Fine! So I have!" Jonesy paused and ran his fingers through his hair. "He didn't happen to tell you anything else, did he?"
"He's told me lots of things. Like how you accidentally hit on Caitlin when she was wearing that wig for your history project last year, and how you got that man perm, and how a picture of you peeing in the mall fountain was accidentally shown in front of the entire mall on the screens, and..."
"I get it!" Jonesy cut Lily off.
A whirling sound was heard from behind the two teens. Jude, of course. As Jude approached the table, Jonesy gave him a shove, causing him to fall off of his skateboard and ram into the Lemon.
"Duuuuude! What was that for?"
"You told Lily all of my secrets?"
Jude sat himself down and propped his feet up on the table. "Relaaaax. I told everyone else's secrets too!"
"Why?!"
Jude shrugged. "I thought they were funny!"
"JUDE!"
Lily gave Jonesy a playful shove. "Oh, relax! He just told me. It's not like he told the whole school or anything!"
Jude pointed his finger at Lily. "Exaaactly. How did you even find out, anyways?"
Lily let out a small exhale and grinned. "I was just reminding Jonesy of the time you two kissed...nothing huge or anything!"
"Yeah, thanks for that, by the way!" Jonesy huffed.
Lily put on a fake pout. "Awww, what's wrong? You two make a cute couple! Nothing to be ashamed of!"
"What! No! I already have a girlfriend, anyways!"
Lily rolled her eyes and giggled. "Oh come on! Don't act all embarrassed! There are plenty of gay people around here. Nothing wrong with them, is there?"
Jonesy put his hands up. "Hey, don't get me wrong! Nothing wrong with gay people. I just..."
Lily smirked. "You couldn't handle having a boyfriend, could you? Let's face it: You have skills at getting chicks but when it comes to dudes you'd be totally lost!"
Jude let out a long, slow laugh. "Duuuuude. She so has a point!"
"No...it's just...that..." Jonesy blushed. "Well hey! Not like Jude could do it either!"
"Yeah right, dude! I bet I could last being gay longer than you could!"
"No you couldn't!"
Lily grinned mischievously. "Well...I have a way of finding out..."
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Wyatt slipped quietly into the Penalty Box, holding two cups of coffee in his hand with a relaxed grin on his face. Jen, who was near the entrance, turned herself around and smiled at Wyatt as he approached her.
"Hey there beautiful!" Wyatt mused as he kissed her on the cheek and handed her one of the coffees. "I brought you your favorite. Vanilla Bean Supreme with four packets of sugar and two packets of cream, stirred thirty four times."
Jen took a sip from the coffee and sighed in satisfaction. "It's perfect! You're the best, Wyatt."
Wyatt shrugged. "No problem."
Jen lifted up a box of shoes and stuck them into the shelf next to her. "So...do you know what today is?"
Wyatt cocked his head to the side. "Uh...Saturday?"
Jen chuckled. "Not just Saturday! It's our one week anniversary!"
Wyatt giggled and ran a finger through his hair. "What, is Caitlin setting something up for us? I mean, who actually celebrates a 'one week anniversary'?"
Jen frowned and lowered her head shyly. "I...like to..."
Wyatt's eyes widened. He had surely screwed up this time.
"Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that! That's great that we've been dating a whole week! Really, it is!"
Jen sulked and turned her back to Wyatt.
"Jen?"
Jen began laughing and turned herself to face Wyatt once more. "Relax! I was kidding!"
Wyatt heaved a sigh of relief. "Okay, good! For a second there I thought you were turning into Caitlin!"
Jen rolled her eyes and smiled. "Nah...but she is all excited about this anniversary thing. I think she has something planned for us to do tonight. I don't know."
"Oh...wonderful."
Jen pointed to Caitlin, who was sprinting towards the two teens from a distance. "Speaking of..."
Caitlin squealed as she ran up to the couple and embraced them both into a tight hug. "Oh my god! Can you believe it's already been a whole week, you guys? EEEEE!"
Wyatt attempted to push himself out of the hug, which was beginning to cut off his ability to breathe. "Hey Caitlin..."
"So, you guys need plans! Romantic plans! You need to clear any plans you have tonight and spend it with each other." Caitlin gasped. "How about a romantic night under the stars? Or by the fireplace. You guys could go ice skating! This has to be perfect!"
"Caitlin, relax!" Jen giggled. "It's only been a week! We were just going to go eat at that new hamburger joint and go catch a movie afterward. No reason to get all piped up or anything!"
Caitlin put her hand to her mouth. "Oh no! You can't do that! This isn't just any date! This is the crucial one! What goes down tonight can leave lasting impressions on you two for the duration of the entire relationship! It can help you set goals on where you see yourselves ending up and everything! You have to make it count!"
Wyatt put his hands up. "Okay, I think you're overreacting. Jen and I have known each other forever. I doubt one night can mess things up that badly!"
Caitlin pulled out a magazine, seemingly out of nowhere. "Teen Vibe has a subsection for 'friend turned boyfriend' too. The same rules apply. Apparently, the whole dating thing can set in some uncomfortable vibes between the new couple. You want to be sure to avoid them."
Wyatt pulled out his cell phone and checked the time. "Oh, look at that! I've got to get back to work." He gave Jen a quick peck on the lips and began to stroll towards the exit, Caitlin following closely behind.
Caitlin continued to squeal and clap behind Wyatt, making little comments to herself. Wyatt took a deep breath, stopped, and turned himself to Caitlin.
"Caitlin?"
"Yeah?"
"You don't think...Jen isn't expecting something...big or anything, is she?"
Caitlin shrugged. "I have no idea..."
"Well, am I supposed to get her a gift or dress up or something? I mean, I really care about her but we've known each other for a long time, I don't know what to do...why do girls make this so hard?"
Caitlin grasped Wyatt's shoulders. "Okay, first things first. Just remain calm. I'm sure whatever you end up doing won't ruin things that badly!"
Wyatt glanced down uncomfortably. "But I always seem to mess things up with girls. I just don't want the same things to happen with Jen and I."
Caitlin grinned. "It won't! Not on my watch anyways. I'll make sure you do everything correctly so you don't mess things up! After all, I helped you snag Ariel, didn't I?"
"Yes, but she ended up dumping me and pouring soda all over my head..."
Caitlin rolled her eyes. "That part wasn't my fault. Come on, let's go make you perfect boyfriend material!"
Wyatt gulped. Deep down, he had a feeling things weren't going to go too well.
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Jonesy's eyes widened as Lily explained her dare. He had never been challenged to do something like this before. Judging by the expression on Jude's face, Jonesy guessed that he was probably just as shocked.
"You want us to do what?"
Lily grinned. "You heard me: A gay off. No dating or interacting romantically with girls for an entire week. You'll have to get to know each other at a whole new romantic level, and ignore any negative feedback from your peers. You guys wouldn't last a day!"
Jonesy stood up defensively. "Okay, I told you, I'm all cool with gay people but that doesn't mean I'm gay!"
Jude remained silent.
Lily rolled her eyes and smiled. "Or you just don't want to admit that you couldn't handle it. Like I said, you're great when it comes to girls but when it comes to guys you'd be a total flop!"
Jude chuckled. "So does this mean I win? It looks like Jonesy gave up before he even started!"
Lily turned her head and cocked it downwards a bit, asking him the same question with her eyes. Jonesy took a deep breath and sat back down.
"Fine! I'm in."
Jude shrugged. "Bring it on!"
Lily smiled and clapped her hands. "All right! So, you guys will be a couple for an entire week. No romantic female interaction whatsoever. You'll have to cuddle, hold hands, kiss, just like any other couple. First person to crack loses. Oh, and I'll be watching you two, so don't try to pull any stunts behind my back!"
Nikki walked up from behind, with a very confused look on her face.
"Did I...miss something?"
Jonesy began scooting himself closer to Nikki. Lily glared at him. He scooted himself back and groaned.
"Jonesy and Jude are going to pretend to be a gay couple for a week to see who can handle dating a guy better." Lily explained in a calm voice.
"Nikki, please tell me you're not okay with this!" Jonesy pouted. "I mean, I can't have any romantic contact with girls for an entire week!"
Nikki let out a snort. "No, actually, I think this will be pretty entertaining. Totally worth giving my boyfriend up for a week."
Jonesy put his finger up. "Wait, by 'no romantic contact with girls', does that mean Nikki?"
Lily nodded her head. Jonesy groaned and slapped his forehead.
"Well, I've got to go back to work..." Jonesy stood up and began to shuffle away when Lily stopped him.
"You forgot your goodbye kiss! Couples never just leave each other like that!" Lily shouted, snickering. Jude scrunched his face up.
Jonesy chuckled nervously. "Uh, can we just warm up with a hug?"
Lily rolled her eyes. "Fine. Just this once though!"
Jude stood up and marched slowly over to Jonesy, hugging him awkwardly. Both of their faces turned a shade of deep red.
"Bye...dear...." Jonesy awkwardly spit out before dashing away as quickly as he could.
Nikki sighed. "I think it's time for us to get back to the Crappy Barn."
Lily lowered her eyes in confusion. "But didn't you just get here?"
Nikki shrugged. "Just because I wasn't here doesn't mean I wasn't at work."
Lily grumbled and the two set off for the Khaki Barn, leaving Jude all alone, with peace and quiet. That is, until Kristen came running up to the table, squealing.
"Jude! Hey! I've been meaning to, like, talk to you!"
Jude cocked his head quizzically. "O...kay..."
"See, people are like totally not paying attention to Zamboni Dude and Zamboni Girl anymore because we, like, never interact!"
"Uh...huh..."
"So, I like, know I like totally vetoed our date but now I think I like totally take it. It would be so good for our publicity and stuff! How about Saturday?"
Jude scratched his head, remembering the anti-chick rule that had been established. "I, uh, don't know if I can...see, I'm sort of..."
Kristen rolled her eyes. "You can't tell me no. I mean, since this whole contest we've kind of been like a couple, you know."
"We have?"
"DUH! So, as a couple, our first date will be Saturday night. Got it?"
"O...kay? Sure?"
Kristen beamed. "Great! I'll call you!" She skipped away quickly before Jude could say anymore.
Jude smacked his head, remembering the no-girl rule. If the gang found out, he would surely be in for it.
