Disclaimer: I don't own Ten Inch Hero, but wish I did.
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Lia walked into the Grill pushing her hair back with her sunglasses. Priestly raised an eyebrow, "Two day walk of shame there huh?" He gestured to her slightly crumpled clothes the same tie dye shirt and shorts with an old flannel shirt that clearly wasn't hers thrown over the top. She flushed while Piper and Jen made 'ohhhing' noises. Ignoring them she took her bag out the back grabbing an apron on her way back in. Coming back out she found all her co-workers waiting expectantly, the only exceptions being Trucker and Zo who weren't at the Grill. The regular customers were clearly waiting too, trying to act as thought they weren't listening.
"So he must have been good then?" Piper grinned from across the counter, Jen and Priestly had filled her in earlier during the shift, and even though her shift was over she wanted to hang around for the expected story.
Lia groaned and rolled her eyes, "It's not like that, Riley and I go way back. We're good friends." She sighed, 'is there any way I can explain this without the phrase friends with benefits' she thought.
"Good friends?" Priestly asked waggling his eyebrows, he smiled a little bit playfully. He was leaning on the counter across from Piper with Jen standing next to him.
Jen elbowed him as Lia flushed a little more. "How long have you know each other?" She asked kindly.
Lia ignored Priestly and turned to Jen, "Since I was 15 and he was 16. We met at Warped Tour."
Both Piper and Priestly's eyes lit up. "Wait he's not 'what happens on Warped Tour, stays on Warped Tour' is he?" Piper exclaimed.
"I seriously thought you were joking about the warped tour thing…" Priestly exclaimed at the same time as Piper.
The youngest member of the staff shifted, "Well okay yes he is that guy... but that was years ago…" She shrugged.
"So you didn't sleep together the last two nights then?" Priestly asked raising an eyebrow.
Lia rubbed her temple, "Well yes we did… Do you guys discuss everything?" She looked at her three co-workers a little incredulously, they each shrugged and smiled.
"Pretty much." Priestly said shrugging. Jen and Piper nodded in agreement. "So come on, fill us in then."
Lia sighed, "Okay Riley and I are best friends who have always been long distance to each other, who if we both happen to be single when we see each other will on occasion be a little bit more than friends…" She half shrugged as she tied her hair up.
"So you're friends with benefits?" Piper questioned, she now had her sketchbook open and was doodling pictures of the other staff members. Priestly moved around to sit beside Piper.
Lia made an slightly disgusted face at the term, "I guess, for lack of a better term, that's exactly what we are. Though sex has never been a big deal for us, like yeah it's a thing and you know it happened the first day we met but we've always just gotten along better in a friend capacity… Like… how can I explain this…" She rubbed her temple leaning on the counter.
Jen patted Lia's arm, "Just explain it as easily as you can."
Lia looked up the pair sitting across from her giving small smiles of encouragement. She sighed again, "Okay like the first time we met was at Warped Tour, and we met over an incident between one of my friends and one of his involving a hotdog…" She paused at the odd looks from her co-workers and the regulars who had given up on pretending not to listen. "That's a story for another time. But after that we were all chilling and then our friends ditched us to go listen to a band neither of us liked. So we chatted and one thing led to another, he's brother had a truck there…" Priestly's mouth formed a small 'o' shape, in understanding of the strange pick up line from days earlier, causing Lia to flush slightly. "And well you know… I thought we'd never talk again but we ran into each other the next day and well after that we just stayed in touch, best friends ever since really. And when we actually get to see each other we don't you'know all the time, mostly we just hang out, watch movies and play videogames even if we're both single."
"And you guys never wanted to try dating?" Mr. Julias jumped in.
Lia laughed a little, "Oh we did try once, it ended in the two of us breaking up over a very heated debate about whether Pluto is in fact a planet, during the one weekend we got to spend with each other while we were a couple. Since then we decided just being friends suited us better."
The computer dinged at the same time the phone rang, Jen moved to the computer while Lia answered the phone, both scribbling down the orders. Hanging up the phone Lia smiled, "So now that we have work to do can we stop digging into my sex life!"
Priestly had gotten up to move to his station at the Grill, as he passed Lia he patted her arm, "Oh no we'll still be digging into your sex life, now we're multi-tasking!"
Jen and Piper chuckled while Lia swatted Priestly's arm playfully.
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A/N wow I am sooo sorry it's been so long. And that this is somewhat a fillery chapter. Hope I can be forgiven, that people are still reading, and that people want to review. Luv to anyone that has read this far!
