At this point,Jeff was making it up as I went along. He'd never found himself in a situation like this before. he spent the next few days staring at the number she'd scrawled down for him, considering it. Eventually he gave up and he called her, inviting her over that night. As a matter of fact, she was ringing his doorbell right now.

Jack got up before Jeff had a chance. He opened the doro with a wide grin. "Hiya!" The redhead said cheerfully, stepping inside and making her way into the living room where Jeff sat. "I'm so glad you called me! I was beginning to think maybe you'd forgotten-"

"Calm yourself, Darcy." Jeff sighed. He gestured to his masked friend, who was returning to the living room. "You remember Jack?"

Darcy beamed up at him. "How could I forget?"

Jack settled into a seat across the room. "It'd be pretty hard. I showed you a cooler full of organs. Well, just one type. Kidneys." He scratched his neck, yawning.

Darcy turned back to me. "So what are we doing?"

"Movie night." Jack gushed excitedly.

She smiled softly. "What movie?"

"I was thinking of a few." Jeff said, picking up the remote. "But you're the guest here, so I suppose it's up to you."

"What kind of movies do you like to watch?" She asked sweetly, sitting beside me on the couch.

To this Jeff made no reply. She pouted and turned her attention to the television. "What are we gonna watch? Friday the 13th?"

"Do you really think I'm that cliche?" I snorted.

Her face reddened in color. "Sorry. What movies do you like to watch?"

"Uh...movies? Singin' in the Rain is my favorite. I like older stuff a lot." Jeff mumbled while switching over to Netflix. "I tried to get into the 'scary' movies, but I never found any that could wow me."

"How does one 'wow' you?" She asked, inching closer.

"High budget productions and realistic circumstances." Jeff stated in reply.

"I meant, how does a person wow you?"

They don't. He thought darkly. "I can appreciate a lovely smile." The boy answered halfheartedly.

As if on cue, her light pink lips spread into a bright grin. "Trying to wow me?" Jeff asked sarcastically.

"If I was, would I have succeeded?"

Jeff studied her fave for a good while, before shrugging. "I guess so." Her beautiful smile vanished in an instant. "That's what I'm talking about." He continued.

"What do you-"

"That." I gestured to her face. "Your smile disappeared just like that. Whereas mine," I gestured towards my own. "Will be here forever."

She shuddered. "You did that to yourself, right?" She asked gently, reaching up to touch my scars.

"Yeah." He said, flipping through the endless bad movies.

"How?" She said, running her thumb over the length of it.

"Same way I did yours." Jeff replied, pulling his face away.

"Oh..." She mumbled. She drew her hand back and fumbled with the black scarf around her neck, tugging it up to cover her face.

"Well don't cover it up." Jeff chuckled. He reached over and pulled the scarf off of her neck entirely, casting it aside. "I take pride in my work, you know."

She nodded, but otherwise remained silent, instead moving closer to the boy beside her. Jeff rolled his eyes, but chose not to comment, instead turning on Better off Dead.

Darcy was rather uninterested in the movie-or rather, that's what Jeff rationalized. Within the first fifteen minutes, her head was resting on his shoulder and she was sleeping.

"I feel like someone should tell her to stop falling asleep around you." Jack commented.

"She's not exactly the wisest person." His friend agreed.

"Awful pretty, though." Jack added, getting up. "Don't you think?"

Jeff examined the girl for a minute, then shrugged. "I guess."

"You guess?" He laughed, throwing his blue mask to the side. "She's beautiful."

"I'm telling Foster you said that." Jeff shook his head, returning his attention to the show.

"Foster will not be upset with me for appreciating a young girl's looks."

"Thought you were gay." Jeff snorted.

"You're straight; Are you unable to notice a man who is particularly attractive?"

"I don't even notice women who are 'particularly attractive.'" he replied, making air quotes with his fingers.

"Then open your damn eyes, Jeff." Jack shrugged. "I'm going to Foster's place. Don't wait up."

"Have fun." Jeff smirked up at him. "Make good choices."

"I'm going to my boyfriend's place, not a fucking frat house."

"Make good choices." Jeff repeated.

Jack huffed, but left the room anyways.

Darcy mumbled something unintelligible and adjusted herself so that her whole body was leaning on Jeff's left side. Her head found it's way to his neck and her arm draped itself across his chest. The rest of her body curled into a little ball that pressed itself against his side. Jeff grunted in annoyance, shifting away. She clung to him still, mumbling something else.

Jeff groaned. "Get off." He shook her, but she stayed asleep. "Darcy!" Nothing. Jeff sighed heavily and tried to focus on the television. Joy.