Well, here we are again with a new update by me. This is actually the first fic I am writing while I am on vacation, because it's pretty much the easiest. So, after I finish this one, I will move to working on "Stuck in a Moment". And then, DIP. The Hippie Burger fic I had been doing is currently on hiatus, until further notice, so sorry for anyone who liked that fic. Hopefully, it'll be back soon. Okay, reviewers.
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Ordinary: Ch. 2
YFWE
This was it. The moment of truth. For the second time in a week, he was going to try it.
Jake was going to tell Rose that he was a dragon.
And it, of course, wouldn't be easy.
But was it ever?
The time and place was set. Jake would meet Rose at Mambo's, a small pizzeria not far from the school. Their meeting would be after school.
It almost seemed too easy.
But he knew that it wouldn't be.
This was because Rose was Huntsgirl. And she was supposed to be his enemy.
She would kill him.
Maybe.
It was possible.
But then again...
Jake sat in his final class of the day, in deep thought, imagining what could happen.
She wouldn't kill him.
She loved him.
Or did she?
It was all a question in the sense of their relationship. Did she like him? Or love him?
That was probably what it'd come down to.
But she wouldn't kill him.
She wouldn't kill someone she knew.
But what if...
What if she did?
What if her orders got in the way?
What if it didn't matter to her?
What if...
(End)
The spot was handpicked by Jake, of course. For he was the first one there. He chose a table at the restaurant toward the back. No one ever sat back there, although Jake felt it was the most romantic spot there. Go figure.
But this was no time for romance.
This was the time for truth.
The plan was simple. She would sit down. They would order. They'd eat. The check would come. And then...
Then...
...there it would be.
Jake's chance. The chance to tell her everything.
Just as she had told her, although unintentionally.
The door opened.
Here she came.
Get ready, Jake.
It's about to begin...
(End)
"Jake, hi", Rose greeted him when she reached their back table, "Why are we sitting all the way back here? There were tables in the front."
"Oh, uh...", Jake tried to bring forth his normal attitude, "Oh... ya see, the Mackdaddy Jake figured that you would want the... the... most romantic spot here!" It had worked. Sort of.
Rose shrugged her shoulders. "Whatever. Fine with me." She sat down across from him. "I've never been here before. Is it nice?"
Jake smiled. "Only the best for you, Rose."
She smiled.
He smiled back.
This was going great.
So far...
(End)
The food was great, that much could be said for it. The two talked the whole time, Rose bringing up most of the conversations. Jake tried to go along with it, trying to hide his emotions. Dreading the moment when...
"Your check", their waiter laid a slip of paper on their table, turned, and walked away.
Rose began digging in her purse to find her billfold. But Jake stopped her, putting his hand in hers. "I'll pay for it."
"Wow. Five dollars. Big spender." Rose sarcastically noted.
Jake winced sheepishly, "You're welcome..." He set the money on the check. "Rose..."
Go on, make your move.
"Rose, I..."
What're you waiting for?
"Yes, Jake?"
Come on, you're stalling! Do it already!
"I wanted to tell you..."
Tell her what?
"Something."
That's the best you can do? Tell her what.
"Yes? What is it?"
"I'm... I'm..."
Yes... yes, you're getting there...
"I'm a..."
One more word, one more...
Then the unthinkable happened.
RRIIINNGG! Rose's cell phone went off.
"Oh, come on! Sorry, Jake. This'll just take a sec." She got up and headed toward the bathrooms to answer her call.
Jake sighed. He'd come so close...
You talked too slow. You gotta hurry it up!
"I know, I know...", Jake said to himself.
Rose came back in a few moments later. "Jake, I'm so, so sorry! I gotta leave. Some family thing just came up, and..."
"... say no more, say no more. It's cool", replied Jake. It had to be something with the Huntsclan, no less.
"Yeah... you were about to tell me something, though. Could I call you later?", she asked.
"No prob", he sighed.
"Thanks! See ya later!" Rose thanked him, and soon enough she was out the door.
Jake was still for a moment, and promptly slammed his head on the table. The glasses and plates shook as he did so.
Everyone stared his way. Smirking in embarrassment, he slowly got up and headed to the bathroom.
Once inside, he went over to the sink and splashed a whole bunch of hot water on his face. He had actually intended for it to be cold, but apparently this section of town didn't get cold water easily.
He looked up in the mirror, his face dripping of water, "Jake!", he said to his reflection, "This is getting old. What do you think?"
Of course, he wouldn't be able to reply back, but even if he could, he wouldn't because just then a messenger fairy appeared before his eyes.
"Message from Lao Shei. Sign here", he said.
As he signed, Jake said, "Y'know, couldn't ya have waited until I was outside? There is a such thing as privacy, you know."
"Sorry. This letter was urgent. I was supposed to give it to you at all costs" He gave him an envelope and flew away.
"Whatever...", Jake opened it up. Grandpa's face appeared as a hologram above it.
"Jake! A safe house that had been housing centaurs is in danger! We need to protect it before the Huntsclan arrives."
"That must've been why Rose left...", Jake wondered aloud, "Okay, Gramps. Be right there."
He, too, left the restaurant, hoping to make this as quick as he planned on trying to tell Rose once again that he was a dragon.
Once and for all.
He wouldn't show himself there in the fight; even if Rose stopped fighting, the Huntsmaster wouldn't. So he'd wait.
But waiting sucks.
END CHAPTER
Doesn't that last line just about sum up my updates? "Waiting sucks". Sometimes it takes me forever to update a fic, doesn't it? Anyway... next new update will be soon, in "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of." I may also add a new thing soon, called "Songs about Jake- A Collection of Songfics." It'll be a collection of ADJL songfics, and the first one will be "In Loving Memory" by Alter Bridge. So until then, see you all later/soon! Please read and review!
YFWE
who laughed quite hard when he saw Michael Moore on the front page of the Traverse City, Michigan newspaper on Sunday, July 3.