I posted all of these on tumblr over the past few months, but totally forgot to upload them here! These are any fics I wrote that take place immediately before or after certain events in Total Drama Presents: the Ridonculous Race. Sooo...here they are. I'll post one every few days, so stay updated!
summary: jacques and josée celebrate their win from episode 4
warnings: none
originally written sept 27, 2015
Chambertin Grand Cru
"We did it, Josée! We finally got first!"
He casually picked her up and carried her into the elevator, giggling the whole way. Josée squeezed her rabbit's foot to her chest and leaned against him.
"It took long enough," she mumbled, pressing the button for the 11th floor with her foot. "Losing to those…those cadets last challenge was pathetic!"
"Don't worry about it," Jacques said as the elevator started towards their floor. "The past doesn't matter now, what matters is we won and we should celebrate!"
She raised an eyebrow at him. "And how do you plan on doing that? We don't have a lot of time to waste, you know!"
"Well, this was supposed to be a surprise," Jacques said, carrying her out of the elevator and heading to their room. "But I ordered something special to arrive in a couple of minutes!"
"Something special?" Josée asked. "Like what?"
"You'll see!" Jacques opened their door and strolled inside, taking a look at the nice room they got for the night. It had two single beds, as per Josée's request (not that he had any other plans), a small bathroom, television, and small closet. It was more than enough for the night.
Josée lowered herself out of his arms and stretched a bit. "Well, I'm going to take a shower, so I hope your surprise can wait!" She walked into the bathroom and shut the door.
Jacques smiled and shrugged, he was pretty sure it'd be fine, and changed into the very basic pajamas he had with him.
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After about ten minutes, there was a knock on the door, and Jacques turned off the TV and skipped over to open it up. The room service guy stood next to his cart, looking over an order sheet.
Jacques smiled. "Yes, thank you, those are for me!" He took the items and shut the door, 'forgetting' to leave a tip for the minimum wage employee.
He quickly set up the surprise the way he wanted Josée to see it and made sure everything was clean and perfect for when she got out of the shower. Which was, conveniently, exactly when he finished setting up.
She'd already put on pajamas, steam coming out of the door behind her. She was tying up her hair as she walked towards the beds, but she stopped in her tracks once she opened her eyes. "Jacques…is that what I think it is?"
He smirked and looked at his fingernails as he said, "If you think it's a bottle of Chambertin Grand Cru, then yes, you would be right."
She jumped up happily and hopped over to his bed, sitting next to him. "Jacques, you have such exquisite taste in wine. Give me some of that!"
Happily, Jacques poured her a glass, his heart swelling now that he knew he'd made the right decision. He poured himself a glass, too, and sipped it slowly.
"Mmm, this is delicious," Josée said, practically downing it. "Mama always skimped out on the expensive stuff, but I think it's worth the price."
"I agree," Jacques said, swirling his and pouring her another glass. "Just don't overdo it, okay? We should be asleep by midnight, I think."
"I know, I know," she mumbled, taking another gulp and already feeling the effects of the alcohol on her small body. She didn't drink often - too much training to do and lots of waking up early meant it wasn't very fun, but she honestly enjoyed the taste and knew a good opportunity when she saw it.
Jacques also wasn't a big drinker, since he was a big guy it took an…expensive amount of alcohol to actually get drunk. Which was nice when he wasn't interested, but back in high school it was pretty annoying.
Either way - as they were, sitting together and sipping French wine as they thought about the many victories to follow, Jacques was very happy with how the day had turned out.
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Jacques woke up - without an alarm, he noticed, 'cause he forgot to set one - and it was already 6 am, so they'd have to get up soon anyway. He closed his eyes again and considered going back to sleep for a half hour or so.
Though that was his first thought, it only took a few seconds for him to open his eyes and turn his head to look down at the sleeping figure cuddled up on his chest.
His heart started beating five times faster than normal as he considered the fact that he didn't remember how they got into this position. On the up side, she looked adorable and he was happy she felt comfortable enough with him to snuggle like this. On the down side, that was probably because she was drunk and she'd be very angry when she woke up.
Her breathing was still even, so Jacques concluded she must still be sleeping deeply. Though he planned on getting out of bed before she woke up, he figured…no harm in waiting a few minutes. He wasn't in any hurry.
