A/N Quick update, I couldn't think of a better title, a bit waffley...

Jake's POV

I walked over to my room in the other building, while eating the apple. It was a good apple and it was very sweet. I finished it and threw it into the bushes. When I got to my room it was over powering with the smell of rosewater. Lucille had changed the scent after my complaints.

I walked out the door and found myself walking over to Zedidaiah's workshop, whirring noises were coming from inside the barn and as I walked in I saw him with one of those metal masks banging at red hot piece of metal. It was amazingly humid inside and already I felt trickles of sweat come down my back. I sat on one of the chair things that Archie had made and waited until he was finished. After he had dunked the metal into the water and steam had risen he lifted his mask and regarded me. His face wrinkled and sweaty from the heat, he smiled at me and took two cold drinks from the refrigerator in the corner of the barn. He tossed me a soda and I cracked it open appreciatively.

"I went to school today." I said, trying to fill up the empty silence.

"Did you like it?" He asked, I had a feeling he said this not because he wanted to know my answer but it was the thing that people said when they heard a statement about school.

"It was ok."

"Only ok?"

"I met some of E.D's friends." I thought a bit and continued "And some of her non friends."

"That's nice," he took a swig from his can and looked at me. I knew he knew why I was here. He was smart enough, it was kind of a game how long I could go without admitting it.

"So." I started, "When did you change from woodwork to metal?" Zedidiah smiled into his drink and answered.

"I started of doing metalwork as a child it was my first love and the first thing I was good with my hands. I went to classes and I learnt how to make something from a thing. It was hard and I wasn't very good so I quit and I moved onto woodwork because it was easier." He said.

"You quite the thing you liked because you sucked?" This was turning out to be the most negative pep talk I had ever had. That was saying something.

"No. I took a break and went onto something I did better. I did woodwork because I didn't understand the basics of metal work. I came back and..."
"You were magically good at metal work?" I asked, interrupting.

"No," Zedidiah said frowning at me for interrupting. "I still sucked as you said. But I practiced and now I am pretty good." I smiled.

"Now," Zedidiah continued. "Was there anything you needed to tell me?"
I shook my head. I wanted to talk to him about E.D. and what had just had happened but now probably wasn't the time. He was her grandfather, he would probably run after me with a white hot poker if I told him what had just happened between me and his granddaughter.

General POV.

When Jake left the workshop Zedidiah smirked slightly and drained the rest of his can. He wondered when the boy would get the guts to finally ask E.D. It was painfully obvious that the both of them had feelings for each other. He flipped down the welding mask and switched on his blow torch.

A/N I always thought that Zedidiah was a bit more perceptive than the rest of the family. The next chapter will be about two weeks later in the story line... The next update will be soon-ish. Hope you liked this one!