DISCLAIMER: This fic was originally a troll, and it got a good reaction so here's more. I don't own characters yadda yadda yadda this didn't really happen blah blah blah and in case Karen, Jayne, or Chris have somehow found out about these fics I swear to god I'm not crazy and please don't give me a restraining order. Although if Karen and Jayne see this and realise their hidden love that'd be pretty cool too. :P

After their triumphant win at the Olympics, Jayne and Chris decided to go out for a celebratory meal. Karen and Nicky tagged along as well.

"It'll be like a double date!" Jayne said.

They found a little restaurant in a little street about 20 minutes from their hotel. There were a lot of tourists around, but their restaurant was surprisingly quiet.

The waitress took their orders, and left them all to chat for a while until their food arrived.

"So," Nicky began, "you two did pretty well with your skating." Everybody shared a giggle.

"Yeah, I was so focused on how well you skated that I barely caught the actual story behind it." Karen said.

"Well, we saw it as sort of a romantic song, so it needed a romantic dance." Chris said.

Jayne nodded and continued Chris's train of thought. "Yeah, it was a kind of Romeo and Juliet type of thing." She looked right into Karen's eyes when she uttered the last two words: "forbidden love." Karen had to fight off a blush. She quickly took a drink of water just in case somebody noticed.

Nicky laughed and said "everybody calls Romeo and Juliet the ultimate love story, but they both died in the end."

"Yeah well that was the last bit, where we both fell onto the ice and slipped, holding each others hands." Chris rebutted, hoping he didn't sound quite as condescending as he meant to. Sometimes it was hard to remember that he was meant to be Nicky's friend.

"It is pretty romantic, you know." Karen said, suddenly becoming very interested in the pattern on the tablecloth.

The boys started a discussion on sports, the girls on romantic books.

"So what's your ideal first date then, Kaz?" Jayne asked.

"Oh I don't know. Taking a nice picnic, walking to a remote place at dusk, then stargazing for a while and just getting to know each other for a while. Nothing too fussy." She alternated between looking Jayne in the eyes and fiddling with the tablecloth.

"Mine would be nearly the same actually, just with a restaurant instead of a picnic. I like at least a little fuss," Jayne grinned. Karen gave a warm smile back.

After a couple of minutes, both conversations reached a lull and Jayne looked Karen in the eye and gave the slightest nod in the direction of the bathroom. Subtlety was their forte, and the boys didn't notice anything unless a foghorn accompanied it. They both got up and announced their departure to the bathroom. Nicky made the most reused observation ever to Chris. "Every time. Women always go to the bathroom in pairs. What are they expecting?" Chris shook his head slightly, but played along.

Jayne and Karen found their way into the bathroom. Karen touched up her makeup while Jayne went to the toilet. She came out and washed her hands, then leaned against the counter and looked at Karen while she fixed her hair.

"Were you being serious earlier? When I got off the ice?"

Karen blushed furiously and after a short pause, gave a tiny nod. Jayne couldn't help but grin.

"I bet you were hoping I had forgot. It's okay though, yours is pretty good too." It was Jayne's turn to be awkward. Karen turned to look at her after that last part. They moved slightly closer to each other, their hands almost touching now. Their eyes locked, and just as Karen was about to take the last step, the door creaked and someone else came in.

They snapped out of it, and went to finish their meal, sneaking glances at each other. They walked back to the hotel boy-girl boy-girl. Karen couldn't stop thinking about how close her room was to Jayne's.