A/N: Yes, it's another Rodney/SO songfic to add to the challenge. I had to do something. Dwparsnip's catching up, and we can't have that, can we?

Word count: 471

Rodney and Significant Other Challenge

Is She Really Going Out With Him?

Jennifer covered a yawn as she made her way through the food line taking items at random without worrying about carbs, sugar, portion sizes or the food pyramid. She was hungry, tired and needed a shower. But mostly she just wanted to spend time with Rodney.

She looked around and saw him coming into the Mess Hall tapping at his tablet and heading for the food line by instinct alone. He works too hard. And we need a vacation. Someplace far from everything…but with a fiber optic hook-up.

Choosing a table away from the others and behind a potted plant so they could be somewhat alone, she waved to get his attention and waited breathlessly for the man she loved to join her. When he came close, a male voice intruded into her enjoyment of just being able to see Rodney after almost three days of barely saying hello or good-bye in passing due to their schedules.

"Is she really going out with him?"

A second voice answered the first. "Yeah. Don't know why though. She can have any guy on the base and she chose the king of the geeks? What was she thinking?"

The worst thing wasn't that the men were talking about her. She didn't care about that. But Rodney had come to a stunned stop in the middle of the room when he heard what the men were saying. If she had any doubts, the flush of embarrassment on his cheeks and his crestfallen expression told the story.

Head hung down, he turned to go, stopping only when Jennifer called out, "Rodney! Wait!"

She caught up to him, keeping him from leaving with a hand clutching his sleeve. Casting a glance over her shoulder to make sure the gossipers were watching, she slid her hands up his chest, took hold of the open edges of his jacket near the collar and jerked him against her, bringing his head down for a long, hot kiss.

His right hand slackened and the food tray it was holding fell to the floor with a crash making a huge mess. When it appeared the same thing would happen to his computer, a hand snatched it from the air before it could hit the floor. Now that he was unencumbered, his arms wrapped around Jennifer and held her tight, kissing her back with everything he had.

Eventually, they parted, she took him by the hand and led him to the table where two brawny Marines stared openmouthed at the couple.

"To answer your question, yes, I really am going out with him. And now, I'm going to go stay in with him." Jennifer pulled Rodney after her out the Mess Hall exit and didn't stop until they'd reached her room where she spent all night showing him how much she loved him.

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A/N: "Is She Really Going Out with Him?" is the first single released by Joe Jackson in September 1978. He also wrote the lyrics and music.