Chapter Seven: You Think I'm Pretty?
Oh The sickness. Oh the sadness. I can't think.

Jade sat at his desk on Tuesday morning, flipping through the phone messages that Amy had for him. He couldn't really say that it was good to be back, but he had missed Hunter. It was nice being in Scotland and London where they only companion he had was Adam, and Adam seemed more than happy to have it that way.

His office door clicked open and Adam walked through, glancing in Jade's direction and then heading straight for his office. Jade had looked up, and stared at Adam's retreating back.
"Hey, Adam." Jade said slowly. When Adam didn't respond, Jade looked painfully confused.
Adam said nothing, just slipped into his office. Jade made a face of utter disbelief. It was nine in the morning. There were very few things that Jade could have done to put himself on Adam's shitlist this at this hour. Jade pushed his chair back and stood up, walking to Adam's office. He opened the door and saw that Adam was sitting there with the palms of his hands covering his eyes. When Adam looked up, Jade could see that his eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep.
Instead of telling Adam that the least he could do was say hello, he became concerned.
"Are you okay?" Jade asked, walking closer to Adam's desk. "Nothing personal, but you don't look so great. Did you not sleep well?"
Something flickered in Adam's eyes, but it was gone quickly. "When a door is closed, you knock before you come in."
"Sorry?" Jade said questioningly. He wasn't really sorry. "Do you want me to go get you coffee? Maybe you should take a nap."
Jade reached out to brush Adam's hair back but Adam pulled away, not letting Jade's fingers come in contact with his skin. Jade stepped back, turning away from Adam and walking back to the door. "Fine. But if you need me, you know where I am."
When Jade left, Adam sighed, placing his head on his desk. It wasn't going to be easy not to accept Jade's comfort when it was offered, or lean into his gentle touch. But it would be for the best. He'd get the hang of it again. He would just push and push until Jade gave up, and they would both be in safer places. It wasn't going to be too hard. It's not like he loved Jade or anything.
The day went by, but both Jade and Adam felt like they were walking on eggshells around each other. Jade would smile at Adam and Adam would ignore it. If Jade asked him a work related question, he would answer using the fewest possible words and the least amount of eye contact.
Jade was confused. He didn't know what he had done wrong to deserve this treatment. It didn't make sense at all. If Adam was mad at him for something and wanted to act like a little girl about it, then he would have to deal with it. Jade gave himself until Friday to put up with it. That gave Adam three days to get over whatever was wrong with him, and if he was still upset by then, then Jade would approach him about it.
Until then, it was going to be very quiet in their office.
Wednesday was equally rough, but Jade just stuck it out. He went to lunch with Hunter but didn't even mention Adam once. Hunter knew something strange was happening, but he didn't say anything. He knew that Jade would come to him in time, if he needed to vent about it.
Thursday was not going as well. Jade managed to get through half the day without acknowledging Adam, but by three o'clock, Jade had had enough. He stood up and marched to Adam's office. He knocked on the door and when Adam responded, he swung the door open and glared at Adam.
"I'm really sick of this bullshit, Adam. You're moping around this office like a teenage girl who wasn't asked to the prom. If you're mad at me, at least do me the favor of telling me why. Like I've said before, I don't read minds. If there's something you want me to fix or apologize for, I'll be more than happy to do it if you just tell me what it is." Jade said evenly.
Adam looked up, blinking several times before responding. "I'm not mad, but consider this your second warning: You really need to watch what you say and who you're saying it to. Don't forget who signs your paycheck."
Jade felt like someone had knocked the wind out of him. Adam hadn't spoken to him like that in a very long time. And it stung. He hadn't seen Adam smile since the Sunday they got back from their trip, and something told Jade that a dark cloud was settling over their office and he was powerless to stop the storm that was brewing.
The look that crossed Jade's face made Adam wince. It felt like something had an iron grip on his heart, and what he really wanted was to kiss Jade softly and apologize, but he sat in his chair and gave Jade a stern glare.
Jade nodded. "I won't forget, sir."
That last word was laced with a venom that felt like it could kill Adam. Jade slipped out of the office quietly, and when Jade was gone Adam felt like he had taken another piece of him with him.
The days bled into weeks and it was quite obvious to everyone that Jade was no longer the favorite. When something went wrong, Jade was pulled into Adam's office and read the riot act. Jade, for his part, took it all without so much as a complaint. He knew he was being punished for something, but he never knew what. Just when he thought he had the Adam puzzle figured out, it grew to a larger scale, and the pieces that he thought were perfectly in place, now looked like they were awkwardly shoved there just because they were similar to the pieces that should fit.
Jade had finished up a conference call with several of their out of state clients and had managed to close a brand new account that would easily be worth several millions. He was proud of himself, and stood up to give Adam the good news.
He tapped on Adam's door, swinging it open when he was told to enter.
"You'll never believe this. I just landed a new account with Lucas productions."
Adam's head snapped up. This was an account he'd been trying to get for at least the past three years, and Jade had finally managed to solidify it for him. He held in his smile, and resisted the urge to jump up and grab Jade, squeezing him until he could barely breathe.
"Okay."
"That's it? 'Okay'?" Jade questioned. "It's a multimillion dollar account and all you can say is 'okay'?"
"Great?"
Jade shook his head. "I'm trying really hard, here. I'm working my ass off for you, and at some point, it used to be worth it. I'm taking my lunch, now, and I'm taking Hunter with me. I'll be back in an hour, and I'll have the paperwork for the new account ready by the end of the day."
Jade walked out of the office, walked through his own, and out into the main office. He smiled at Amy, and then went into Ashley's office, greeting her warmly. He walked into Hunter's office, and when Hunter looked up, he spoke.
"We're going to lunch, and we're going right now." Jade demanded.
Hunter frowned and stood up. He saw what Adam was doing to Jade, and it made no sense to him, either. All he knew is that it was wearing Jade down, and making him unhappy.
The pair walked down the street and into the Thai place on the corner. They sat down at a table and ordered their food before Hunter even said a word.
"I heard you landed the Lucas account."
Jade scoffed, and then looked at Hunter curiously. "Where did you hear that?"
"Adam told me. Well, he sent me a very excited email."
"He was excited? Sure as hell didn't seem that way to me. God, he's such a fucking jerk."
Hunter cringed. "Yeah. He's being pretty tough on you these days."
"No. He's making my life a living hell. I once forgot to put two spaces after a period before starting a new sentence in a Thank You letter I was sending out for him, and he pulled me into his office and screamed at me for ten whole minutes about how I was an embarrassment. How I should have learned that in grade school, and how the hell did I manage to even make it through Grad School if I couldn't remember to do one simple thing. And that was one of the better times."
Hunter shook his head. "What did you do to him?"
"That's the thing! I don't know what I did to him. Obviously I pissed him off in a horrible way, but he won't tell me what I did." Jade said baffled.
"That's strange. That's really strange because he hasn't been mean to anyone else in the office."
Jade's eyes widened. "Unfair!"
Hunter laughed. "Oh please. He treated you like the golden boy for months. You were his pet, and I totally would have been jealous if it wasn't for the fact that you being around him puts him in a great mood. I get the residual effects of that, and it's awesome. But he had you on a pedestal. I think you still are there because look." He fished out his Blackberry, fussed with it for a minute, and then handed it to Jade.
Jade looked at it and then read it out loud, anger filling his voice. "Hey, you'll never believe it, Jade landed the Lucas account. When he told me, I was so excited that I almost kissed him. I feel like I could cry tears of joy. I just had to tell you because you and I had been working on that for so long and he finally did it. God, I'm so proud of him right now."
Jade was seething as he slid Hunter's Blackberry across the table. "Do you know what he said to me when I told him? 'Okay'. He just said 'okay'. Not congratulations, not a thank you, nothing. Do you know how hard I worked for that?"
"Yes, actually. He and I were working that hard for it, too. But you managed to land it. You know, when I talk to him, he never says anything bad about you. He never says you're incompetent, or a waste of human flesh, or that he's going to fire you. Quite the opposite, really. He only ever speaks highly of you."
"Well, he obviously doesn't think too highly of me, anymore. He's been cruel to me for the past three weeks. Since we got back."
"Was he mean to you on the trip?"
"No! He was really, really sweet. Now he's just a Monster of Doom."
The waitress came with their food, and they started eating. After several minutes of silence, Hunter had to ask what had been nagging at him since he discovered that Adam was being mean to Jade again.
"Does that mean you don't have the hots for him anymore?"
Jade looked up from his Kung Pao Tofu and glared. "If only life was that simple. Of course I still have the hots for him. Which makes it that much worse. I wish I didn't because it would make everything so much easier."
"How so?"
"When an employer treats you like shit, you quit. You give your letter of resignation and move on to someone who won't treat you that way. When it's someone you have a rapport with, someone you know relatively well and out of nowhere they start treating you like shit, you stick it out. Because you feel obligated not to abandon them based on principle. And I know you can agree with me completely."
Hunter nodded. "He did the same thing to me, and I couldn't bring myself to quit. Everyone else either transferred or left, but I didn't. And now I have a great office and don't have to see him as much, so it all works out."
"He told me about that, actually. He said if he was ever truly sorry about anything, it was for the way he treated you all that time. He said he never thanked you for standing by him when no one else did."
Hunter laughed. "No, he never did thank me. I know he's grateful, though. Did he actually say that to you?"
"Yep. Hard to believe, I know."
"He's a mystery." Hunter said.
"Indeed."
The following week, Jade was miserably typing away at a bunch of notes that Adam needed sent out yesterday, that Jade was apparently too slow to finish in an hour. Adam made a point of telling him this at least twelve times. His phone rang, and he was glad for the distraction.
"This is Jade." He said in a monotone.
"Hi, pookie." Came the smooth voice.
"Is this who I think it is?" Jade said with a smile.
"Well, who do you think it is?"
"James Dean."
"He's dead."
"So you can imagine my surprise."
Davey laughed. "Jade, I enjoy you so very much."
"I enjoy you, too, Davey, my dear. To what to I owe the pleasure of hearing your gorgeous voice this afternoon?"
"I have an event. And your services will be required."
"I'm all yours."
"There are a whole bunch of things I'm going to need, and this is something I'd really rather do in person, but there's no way I'm coming to your office. I don't want to run into old what's his face. He wouldn't happen to be out of town, would he?"
"Unfortunately, no. He's in his office."
"Then can you meet me at my studio in an hour or so? Will he unchain you from your desk for that long?"
"If it's work related, then I suppose I can get a day pass from this asylum."
"Great. My studio. One hour."
"I'll see you then."
"I'll be eagerly anticipating your arrival."
Jade hung up the phone and began typing away quickly. He wanted to get these finished so that Adam didn't have a single thing to complain about when he left. It took him no more than twenty minutes to finish his task, and when he did, he went straight to Adam's office.
"Yes?" Adam called from inside.
Jade opened the door and walked right up to Adam's desk, setting the three hundred some odd letters down in front of him. He didn't even look at Adam when he spoke.
"These are finished. I have a meeting with Davey at his studio in a little bit, so I have to leave. That is, of course, if that's all right with you."
"Fine by me." Adam grumbled. "Since when are you handling his events?"
"Probably since he decided that he didn't want you to do it anymore. You can't blame him for that, really."
"You have a real crappy attitude these days, and I can't say I like it very much."
"Is there anything you like very much?" Jade retorted. "If you need anything, or I've done something else wrong that you need to chastise me for, please, by all means, send me an email and I'll get right back to you with my groveling apology."
Adam looked up. "That is the crappy attitude I'm talking about. I've had enough of your snide remarks."
"Then write me up for it." Jade countered, meeting Adam's eyes that still, truth be told, made him weak in the knees. However, he had learned to suppress that reaction.
Adam waved him off. "Get out of my sight before I decide to."
Jade turned around and headed out, but not before getting the last word in. "My pleasure."
Jade ran into Hunter on his way out, and Hunter stopped him, grabbing him by the arm. "You all right?"
"No, I'm not all right. Every time I look at Adam, I kind of want to punch him. Then he opens his mouth, and then I want to punch him and strangle him within an inch of his life. Is that bad?"
Hunter laughed, giving Jade a pat on the shoulder. "Nope. Sounds about right."
Jade couldn't help the smile that spread across his face, and eventually, he, too, laughed. "Hunter. I love you. I do."
"I'm a loveable guy."
Both Hunter and Jade turned around when they heard Adam's voice from the doorway. "Jade, weren't you leaving?"
Jade looked at Hunter and rolled his eyes, leaving the office without another word. Hunter looked at Adam, who had an innocent look on his face.
"What?"
Hunter shook his head disapprovingly and went to the office kitchen. Knowing Adam could still hear him, he spoke. "You have no reason to treat him like that."
Adam was standing right next to Hunter, and when he looked up, Adam's eyes were weighed with an immeasurable sadness. He looked like he was aging right before Hunter's very eyes, and he knew that something was troubling Adam heavily. Hunter almost felt sorry for him. Almost.
"Everything I do has a reason."
Hunter picked up his glass, and turned to face Adam fully. He didn't say anything, but put his hand on Adam's arm, squeezing it gently. For the first time in nearly a month, Adam smiled. It was weary and thin, but it was a smile nonetheless. Hunter smiled softly and patted Adam's arm before retreating to his office.
Jade walked into Davey's studio at three on the nose to find Davey surrounded by beautiful, beautiful men. Jade's jaw nearly hit the floor as he looked around the room. Every single one of them was wearing nothing but a pair of black boxer-briefs. Jade looked at Davey who smiled and left his boys to run up to Jade and give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Amazing, aren't they?" Davey whispered into his ear.
"Yes." Was all Jade could manage to get out.
Davey slid his arm around Jade's waist and turned to face the ten Adonis' that were crowded together. "Thank you, Gentlemen. I'll see you all on Thursday at the Kodak for the final rehearsal."
The beautiful men all said their goodbyes, and when they left, Davey pulled Jade over to a table that was set up by the makeshift runway.
"Tell me, Jade. How have you been?" Davey asked, sitting down and waiting for Jade to follow.
"I'm doing well. How are you?"
"Fantastic."
"More importantly, are you doing any of those super hot men? Oh my God. Could they have been any more stunning?"
Davey grinned widely. "I plan on doing the tall, tan-ish one with the dark hair. He doesn't know it yet."
Jade smiled. "I approve. I definitely approve."
"Oh, Jade. How I've missed you."
"I've missed you, too. I haven't seen you in so long. You know, you can call me even when it isn't business related."
"I know. It's just...promise you won't hate me."
"I really don't think it's possible for me to hate you."
"I thought, I mean, I honestly thought that Adam didn't want to see me anymore because of you."
Jade felt his stomach twist in knots. "Me?"
"Yes, you. I saw the way he leered at you from across the room. I saw the way he treated you like you were made of glass. I was jealous from the beginning. When I first met you, and saw exactly how attractive you are, I knew why he talked about you the way he did. He was always so gentle and kind to you. He never treated me that way. He never treated anyone that way. I knew it was never your fault and I never blamed you for any of it for a second. All you had to do was look at him when he was talking about you. It was easy for me to tell. After he ended it, I just thought that you two would be together. Obviously, I was wrong about that last part, but I know I'm not wrong about anything else. He's just Adam, and when it comes to relationships, he's an imbecile. How is our dear man, by the way?"
"A raging tyrant, as usual." Jade said. He felt like his words were shaky, but he knew they weren't. "Being the biggest asshole ever created."
"Good. So he's acting normally. Fantastic. He's going to be at my event. But you're going to make sure he's there, not me."
Jade snorted. "You're probably on better terms with him than I am, but I'll make sure he shows up."
"You're an angel." Davey said, reaching across the table and covering Jade's hand with his own. "Now, for business."
Jade and Davey spent the rest of their visit talking logistics, and Jade promised to cater to Davey's every whim. By the time Jade was leaving, he had already secured every magazine's presence at the event, which made Davey shine with glee. The party was scheduled for one week from Wednesday, and Jade knew that he had plenty of time. When he got back to the office, he detailed the event to Adam, who begrudgingly agreed to attend.
The night of the party, Jade arrived on Davey's arm, which earned him a glare from Adam, by all rights. Jade didn't know what possessed him to be so cruel, but he made a show out of being Davey's date for the evening. Davey, of course, was all for the idea, reveling in the dirty looks that were being thrown their way.
While standing on the red carpet, Davey leaned in and whispered to Jade. "Can you feel Adam looking at us?"
Jade smiled, leaning closer to Davey. "It feels like a thousand daggers."
Davey threw his head back and laughed then looked over at Jade, who smiled serenely. Davey leaned forward and crashed his lips to Jade's kissing him sweetly. Jade laughed after they pulled apart, knowing the kiss was only for the cameras. And for Adam. When he looked up, he met Adam's eyes from across the room. Adam looked like he had just been gutted, and suddenly, Jade felt that their show wasn't so fun anymore.
He pulled away from Davey, who let him go easily, and made his way over to where Adam was standing.
"Adam, I - "
"It looks like you have everything under control." Adam said softly. There wasn't even a hint of malice in his words, which was a far cry from how he usually spoke to Jade. "I'm going to head out. I have a headache."
"Adam." Jade said, reaching out and grabbing Adam's arm. Adam pulled away from Jade, shaking himself from his grip.
"It's fine. I just need to go home. I'll see you tomorrow." Adam said, never once even making eye contact with Jade.
"Goodnight."
Jade felt disgustingly low. He knew that by kissing Davey, he had done something detrimental to his shaky and all too fragile partnership with Adam. He knew that there would be hell to pay, eventually.
Jade walked the party, making himself seen as much as possible. Occasionally he would find himself at Davey's side again, but now that Adam was gone, neither he nor Davey had the desire to make such a display of things.
When Jade woke up the next morning, he had half a mind to call in sick. He didn't want to face Adam. He didn't want to see the disappointment in his eyes. And if it wasn't disappointment he saw, it would be furious anger. He did manage to pull himself out of bed and get to work, but instead of getting there early, like he usually did, he slid right into his chair at nine on the dot.
Adam was already hard at work when Jade arrived, and he was glad for this. He managed to escape seeing him for almost two hours, until he came out of his office with a stack of what looked like newspapers. Jade briefly wondered if Adam was going to roll them up and smack him on the nose with them like a dog.
"I have something for you." Adam said shortly.
"Really?"
Adam slammed the stack of what Jade now saw were tabloids onto Jade's desk. Jade's eyes widened and he looked at Adam. He looked back down at the tabloids and began sifting through them. He counted four of them, all with the same picture on the cover: Jade with his lips firmly sealed to Davey's. Jade stared harder and then looked back up at Adam again, not knowing what to say.
"I picked them up for you on the way back from Starbucks this morning."
Jade sat speechlessly. He knew that whatever he said would be the wrong thing. He stayed quiet and decided that whatever Adam had to say, he deserved to have to suffer through. Not only did he kiss Adam's ex right in front of him, it was now in print.
"You don't have anything to say about that?" Adam prodded.
Jade shook his head. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have done that to you."
"You shouldn't have done that to me?" Adam cried, his anger pouring out. "This isn't about me, Jade. This is about you. What the hell were you thinking? Are you a fucking idiot? How could you do this? Now everyone in the whole fucking world knows that you're banging the playboy designer from Dolce and Gabbana. Congratulations, Jade. You've made a mockery of your entire career. I understand this is Hollywood. I understand that everyone here is petty and shallow and screwing everyone else, but you need to learn discretion. You can't flaunt every one of your conquests in front of every camera that flashes in your direction."
"But Davey and I aren't– "
"Do I fucking sound finished to you?" Adam yelled. "I've given you every tool you need to make a respectable PR agent out of yourself, and you've thrown them all back in my face. You're turning out to be nothing but a complete waste of my time and energy. You're fucking worthless to me."
Jade swallowed hard. Of all of the things that Adam had said, hearing that he was worthless was by far the most hurtful.
"And what's worse is that I had faith in you. I had faith that you would be something great. But looking at this," Adam continued, gesturing to the stack of magazines. "Is just further proof that you can never become anything but someone's assistant. Without me to hold your hand every step of the way, you have no idea what the hell you're doing. You're nothing."
"I'm so sorry."
"Apologies are just words." Adam said, his voice cracking subtly at the end.
Jade nodded. He was expecting Adam to tell him to pack up his stuff and get out of his sight, but he didn't. He just stood in front of Jade and shook his head.
"Go somewhere. Go to lunch. I need you out of here. Take an hour and a half. Hell, take two. When you come back, I'll have an assignment waiting for you on your desk. I don't even want to see you right now." Adam turned on his heel and went back into his office.
Jade stood up. His legs felt shaky and his heart was pounding rapidly in his chest. He left his office, and when he walked past Amy, she gave him a sympathetic smile. When he saw Ashley, she did the same. He went right into Hunter's office, and Hunter, who was on the phone, immediately ended his conversation, telling whoever he was talking to that something very important had just come up.
Hunter stood, walked over to Jade, and hugged him. Jade held onto Hunter tightly and Hunter rubbed his back soothingly.
"It's all right." Hunter said calmly. "It's going to be fine."
Jade pulled back and looked at Hunter. He shook his head. "I don't think so. Not this time."
"Do you want to go? I can leave right now. I don't need to be here."
Jade nodded, and Hunter walked them out of his office. He told Ashley that he would be back whenever he got back, and had Amy take all of his messages. He also said that if Adam asked for him, to tell him that he and Jade would be busy plotting his death.
Hunter took Jade down to the parking structure, and they got into Hunter's car, driving down the boulevard in search of really good food. Because really good food makes everything better. They ended up finding themselves at Domiano's Pizza on Hollywood and LaBrea. Hunter order them one medium vegan pizza and set it down in front of Jade.
Jade looked at the pizza and then looked at Hunter.
"I'm too nauseous to eat. I think if I do, I'm going to throw up everywhere. It's not going to be pretty."
Hunter frowned. If it was bad enough to cause Jade to lose his appetite, then it must have been very, very bad.
"What happened? All I heard was Adam's muffled yelling and you not yelling back." Hunter said, picking up a slice and beginning to eat.
"The Dolce and Gabbana thing last night? Yeah. There's a picture of me kissing Davey on the cover of about four tabloids. Adam was nice enough to show them to me."
"I saw that." Hunter said with a nod. "I didn't think anything of it, though. I mean, it's Davey. Who isn't screwing Davey?"
"I'm not!" Jade declared vehemently.
"I know you're not. Which is why I didn't ask you about it earlier. I saw them on the newsstand by Starbucks."
"Adam said that because of that, I'm making a mockery of my entire career."
Hunter frowned. "What? It's not that big of a deal. All press is good press as long as no one's leaking any personal information. So you kissed him. So what?"
"Then he said that I'm a waste of his time and energy. I'm worthless. I'm not going anywhere in life, and that I'm nothing."
Hunter's jaw dropped. "He said that to you?"
"Yep. Only with a lot more words and a lot more yelling. And it sounded so much meaner coming out of his mouth."
"It sounds mean enough coming out of yours. Wow. He must have been really pissed. But what I don't get is why. Why would he care so much? I've fucked up royally in my time, but he never once said anything so hurtful to me. He'd just sort of tell me I was being an idiot and move on."
"I think I'm going to quit." Jade said resignedly. "I don't have a choice. I can't work with him. I can't work around him. I can't be near him knowing he thinks that of me."
Hunter shook his head. "No, you can't quit. You just can't. If you work for a year for this company, if you stick it out for just that long, then you can get a job anywhere. You can take your experience to any other firm and be a partner there. Just hang on."
"Then I want to transfer. I'll move. I don't care."
"Don't do it. It'll blow over."
"You didn't see him, though." Jade said, looking up. "He was so angry with me. I tried to apologize right after it happened, and I tried to apologize today, but all he said was that apologies are just words."
"He saw that happen? What did he say then?"
"Just that he had to go home because he had a headache. He was lying, though. I saw the look on his face. It looked like someone had stabbed him in the throat. I'll never forget it."
Hunter sat quietly and smiled when Jade picked up a slice of pizza and started eating. His eyes widened as realization dawned on him.
"He's not mad at you for having that picture all over the tabloids. He's mad at you for sliding lips with Davey. Seeing the tabloid just gave him a reason to yell at you about it."
It made sense to Jade, but he still had to question it. "Why would he care so much? He didn't care about Davey, and quite obviously doesn't give a shit about me."
"I wouldn't say that. Despite what he says to you, he still thinks the sun shines out of your ass. Whether he's mad about you kissing his ex, or just the fact that someone else was kissing you, I really can't be sure. But that has to be it. That has to be. There's no other explanation for it."
Jade tossed the crust onto his plate and picked up another slice, beginning to devour that.
"You know why this bugs you so much? Because you love him."
Jade snorted. "I don't love him."
"I think you do, you're just not sure, yet."
"What idiot could possibly love that beast?" Jade said defensively.
"You could."
"Yeah. Right."
"I think you really should sit down and talk to him."
"If he ever gives me the chance." Jade said, dropping his second crust onto his plate.
"Just be all cute and pouty. He won't be able to resist. I promise."
Jade looked up, the wheels turning in his head. "You know what? I think I will."