And Then There Was You
A/N: This fic starts three months after the Tropical Temptation storyline. It'll most likely be Mason but I'll try to include some Shelle and Phloe. I also know that Jason's last name is suppose to be Masters on the show but I think Welles is so much cuter for him. I'm not exactly sure why. I don't think there's anything else that you actually need to know. I don't own, so please don't so. Enjoy the fic. All feedback is welcome!
Chapter One
"Dear Mimi,
There's this guy in my History class that I've liked for a really long time. I know he likes me too, but we're both afraid to make the first move. What should I do?
Signed Hopelessly In Love"
Mimi Lockhart stared at her computer screen. Was she seriously expected to answer this question? She had never had a boyfriend in her 17 years of living and yet people expected her to give them love advice.
"People in this school must really be screwed," she mumbled to herself earning a couple of odd stares.
"What's with you?" came the voice of someone who had become all too familiar to Mimi. It was the voice of Jason Welles. He too had been assigned to the advice column. But both for different reasons. Mimi's was because she and Jan had posted nude pictures of Chloe on a website. The two had almost gone to jail but fortunately they were jus assigned janitor duties and other wanted jobs around the school. Jason's was that he had been caught drinking and aside from being sent to a rehab centre for the entire year, he too was forced to work around the school.
Apart from being partners on the school newspaper, the two had learned to get along ever since the Ecology trip to Puerto Rico last summer. After Philip's near death experience, the gang had learned that life was too short to hold grudges so they all made an effort to get along. Everyone but Jan that was. Ever since the trip she had become distant and would only talk to Shawn. And the trip was over three months ago. Mimi for one didn't care whether or not Jan spoke to her. It was because of Jan she had gotten this stupid job on the Salem High Newspaper anyway.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure how to answer this person's question."
"Well, tell me. Maybe I can help."
"No offense Jase, but the last person I need to ask advice to help someone else is someone who followed Jan Spears around like a puppy."
"English please," he replied, signs of confusion clearly written on his face.
Mimi rolled her eyes at his statement. "I just don't think you're an appropriate person to ask for love advice."
"And you are? I hate to break it to ya babe, but you've never even had a boyfriend so what makes you think you can give advice."
"First of all, I don't think I'm qualified for this job but I don't exactly have a choice. Secondly, my readers seem to think I give excellent advice because my column is the most popular in the paper. And thirdly, do you really have to rub it in that I don't have a boyfriend."
"Well oh cranky one, it's our column, not yours but if you think you are so great I think you give the damn advice yourself!" and with that he picked up his backpack and stormed out the room.
"I will!!!" Mimi screamed back just as he closed the door and then realized that she had had an audience.
"WHAT?!?!" she yelled as she glared at everyone in the room.
Jason Welles was the most frustrating human being she had ever met. Yet she had had a crush on him for over two years. "Why me?" she asked herself. Then she stared back at the screen and the unanswered letter. She knew how the girl felt and if she knew how to deal with the situation maybe her love life wouldn't be as bad. She sat there at her desk and thought about her response for another 10 minutes before the perfect answer popped into her head.
"Dear Hopeless,
From one girl to another, I think that you should totally go for it. I mean, most girls would die to know whether or not their crushes knew they were alive. And it's the 21st century. Women are allowed to ask guys out. If he says no, well there are plenty of other guys out there who I'm sure would die to go out with you. Be an independent woman!
Love Meems."
There, that wasn't so hard. And she had given excellent advice without Jason helping her. Maybe she was more qualified for the job than she had thought. Now if she could just take her own advice and make the first move her life would be so much easier.