Heyy Guys! Abi here, this is my very first fanfic so please be nice! I love jane and the dragon to bits, and I wanted to shake things up between jane and Gunther and throw a whole new modern setting to it… and this is what it turned out to be! I Hope you guys like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own the Jane and the dragon or any of the characters.
Chapter one.
"you've got to be kidding me."
"What's the matter, Jane, too good for the kiddie table?"
Kids she could handle. Even this miserable group. It was him Jane Turnkey couldn't stand. She closed her eyes, scrunched them shut for all of ten seconds, praying to every patron saint she'd ever heard of that she wasn't in this situation. She opened her eyes.
Gunther Breech waved.
She decided to try again.
"St. Jude isn't a saint anymore, but hey, whatever floats your boat."
Jane, deciding neither the saints nor God would be very sympathetic to a person thinking in that kind of language spun on her heel with full intention of wringing the neck of whoever switched her table card. "This is a mistake!"
"I'm afraid it's not," the wedding coordinator, Lavinia, said three and a half minutes later. "Rake and Pepper expressly stated they wanted you and Gunther seated at table seven. I thought it a bit odd-"
"Odd? It's the kiddie table, Lavinia!" Jane cried in exasperation. The sixteen year old shrugged. "I'm the coordinator, Jane. Not you. If you have something to say, you can say it to my father." Jane paled at Lavinia's words. Lavinia's father owned almost every company in Kippernia. He was considered a king of the town almost. That's probably how she ended up with so many jobs at the age of sixteen. She liked keeping herself busy.
"Please, Jane, You're making a scene." She tutted.
Jane blew a curl that popped loose from her over complicated hairstyle out of her eye. "This isn't a remotely a scene. When Gunther pantsd me during a baseball game at a family reunion, that was a scene. When he told my mother I was pregnant with his love child at my very own 16th birthday party, that was a scene. When he taped five hundred blown up condoms to my front porch, that was a scene!"
"You forgot the time you told my date I gave you crabs in the middle of a crowded restaurant." Gunther's irritating voice had the nerve to sound amused.
Jane felt her blood pressure rise. She didn't bother to turn around. The jerk would probably be smiling. "It was syphilis. If you're going to mention it, get it right."
"Mr. Breech, Jane, you have to understand-"
"Why is he 'Mr. Breech' while I'm 'Jane'?"
"Because, I'm the man, Jane." He grunted when the point of her elbow met his ribs.
Lavinia simply rolled her eyes at their bickering.
"And there's the happy couple!" exclaimed a shrill voice from behind. That voice belonged to none other than Adeline Turnkey. "Don't they look just?" Lavinia giggled.
"Just what?" Jane turned to see her mother, followed by her uncles Theodore and Ivon.
"Just miserable, sweetie. Leave Miss Lavinia alone now. This is entirely our doing." Adeline, her blonde hair glistening and looking perfect despite the humid heat that had Jane's red curls in an uproar, shushed the mischievous coordinator away.
Ivon, looking unusual and out of place with a suit and tie and a bushy red 'mo' spoke up with a gruff voice.
"We're punishing the two of you. You want to act like children, you'll be treated like them. Quite frankly, we're tired of having our family events ruined by your constant bickering and pranks. Especially you, Gunther."
Jane couldn't help sliding him a superior look, uplifted eyebrow included without charge. "Torturing poor Jane when you know she hasn't had a date to protect her in years!" Adeline blurted. Gunther fluttered his ostrich-sized lashes. Jane considered spontaneous combustion."Mother!"
"The truth hurts, sweetie." Adeline patted her head like a child and stalked off.
"Now," Theodor piped up "The two of you go back to that table, eat your food, do your toasts and, for the love of Pete, try to control yourselves! This is Pepper and Rakes wedding. Let them have their day." He scolded, following Ivon to the refreshments.
"Don't you think using today to punish me takes away from their day? I mean, come on! I'm her bloody maid-of-honor for goodness sake!" She asked, crossing her arms over the chest Pepper's chosen bridesmaid dress almost forgot to cover. Gunther ignored her, staring each child down. That's when Lavinia strutted past with a smug smile on her face, showing her perfect, pearly whites. "Play nice."
So how was it!? Please R&R, they would be much appreciated. There will be more to come very soon, I promise… It might even be up in a few hours because of my impatience xD
