Author's
Note: Um. It's Jamie and Caitie's date, folks. This is it. More Jamie and
Caitie for all of you. This will probably be one of the only J/C chapters and
of course there'll be some V/T. Unlucky chapter 13.
Here it is, whoopee!
A chapter with J/C!
But of course there's V/T!
If not, it wouldn't be by me!
I do not own a thing,
Now on with the story!
Stupid, stupid, I know. But
can you blame me? ::hiccup:: I made cookies and drank too much milk too
fast. ::hiccup:: And now I'm hyper. Hence the scary music.
It was Wednesday, and the super squad minus Val (Tyler was painfully aware of that part) was at the station on call. Tyler paced. Jamie paced. Hank stared at the TV, totally oblivious.
Brooke ran in through the door of the EMS station. "Sorry I'm late, guys." She got no response. "Guys?" she tried again, staring at Jamie and Tyler.
"Oh, hi Brooke." said Hank. He turned his head to see what Brooke was staring at. "Chill guys, you're going to wear a hole in the carpet." Brooke said.
"Oh, hi Brooke." said Jamie distantly. Brooke noticed that he sounded preoccupied, but remembered Val saying something about Caitie and Jamie having a date, and chalked it up to nerves.
"What?" a startled Tyler asked, but choked up when he saw it was Brooke, who reminded him of Val. "How's Val doing?" Tyler managed to choke out.
"Better. I think she'd love it if you visited her. She was complaining bitterly about math homework last night." Brooke said with an exaggerated wink and grin at Hank, causing him, as well as Jamie and even Tyler, to a certain degree, to chuckle and stop pacing for the time being. "Now, it's time for paperwork!" Brooke said in a fake-excited singsong voice.
Brooke went into the office and emerged a few moments later with a large stack of paperwork.
"Here's some for you, and some for you, and some for you," Brooke said a little too cheerfully, handing a generous amount to Hank, a little less for Jamie, and somewhere in between for Tyler. Brooke went back into the office to organize, shuffle, and sort papers, file folders, pens and pencils, etc.
It's just pizza, it's just pizza, it's just pizza, thought
Jamie. It'll be fine.
It's just the flu, it's just the flu, it's just the flu, thought
Tyler. She'll be fine.
Patient name- Mrs. Janie Johnson, thought Hank. Treatment
administered…
Where's that stupid paper? I wonder how Val is doing. Where's that stupid paper again? Brooke thought in the office.
As you may have guessed, Hank was the only one actually totally concentrated on the paperwork.
Just then the alarm sounded, leaving Brooke to paperwork and the super squad (minus Val) to saving lives. The squad ended up saving lives, call after call, until their shift was over.
* * *
Tyler entered Val's room and sat down on the edge of her bed. He surveyed the room, the trash can full of dirty tissues, the tissues and orange juice on the bedside table… the ::scary music plays:: MATH HOMEWORK ::dun dun dun!::
"Hey Rudolph." Tyler said in response to Val's red nose. Val looked up from the book she was reading and groaned.
"Tyyy-lerrr!" She whined. Yes, Val the overachiever was capable of whining… but only when she was really really… upset, for lack of better word. Tyler winced, and instantly turned serious.
"Sorry. Seriously," he said, "You don't look so good. How are you feeling?"
"Gee thanks." Val said sarcastically. Yes, Val the overachiever was capable of being sarcastic… but only when she was really upset. "How do I feel? I feel as bad as I probably look. And I'm tired. And I'm bored. I've been reading in effort to stay awake so I'd get to see you. " Tyler was touched. Truly touched. He gave Val a sort of sideways hug to try and express his gratitude, and Val automatically leaned sort of sideways so her head was on his chest. "Sorry." she mumbled. "I'm just so tired."
"It's okay Val. You need your sleep. Just sleep." He said soothingly.
"Okay. I love you Tyler." Val said quietly as she drifted off to sleep.
"I love you too Val." Tyler replied equally quietly. He stroked her hair for a moment, then slowly eased her head onto the pillow and left the room.
* * *
"Hey Caitie," Jamie began nervously. "I had a great time tonight." Standing on Caitie's porch and stopping to reflect, Jamie knew that it was definitely a true statement. It had been great. They had just made small talk and enjoyed each others' company. It was hardly different, except part of the stress of trying to keep their feelings for one another was not there. If Jamie wanted to kiss Caitie, he could just do it. "So, uh, do you want to go on another date? Like, Sunday?" He had talked to Tyler earlier, the other day and they were going to go to one of those under 21 clubs on a double date. The only catch was that he had to convince Caitie. But he suspected that it wasn't going to be that hard. He suspected wrong.
"Um… What do you have in mind?"
"I was thinking we could go on a double date with Val and Tyler, maybe to one of those under 21 clubs?" Jamie said smoothly, thinking everything was going as planned.
"Are you kidding!?" Caitie shrieked. "Does Val know about this? I don't even like those places! I went once, it was a nightmare! And I'm sure Val would never go! Her parents would have a fit if they found out! No, no, and no!" Caitie said.
"Okay. Okay. We won't go. We'll go out for dinner again. Tyler and I will decide on a restaurant and surprise you girls." Jamie consented. Man, how would he explain this to Tyler? Oh, well.
"Okay, sounds like fun." Caitie said again, instantly sweet and sugary, but a little sour. Exactly Caitie.
Then Jamie realized that they were standing close. Oh, so close. So close that Jamie wanted to kiss her. So he did.
"I had a great time tonight. Call me tomorrow?" Caitie asked.
"Okay. Yeah I'll call. I had a great time too. Yeah. " Jamie gulped. "Love you," his voice came out as barely a whisper.
"Love you too." Caitie said as Jamie walked down the sidewalk, got on his motorcycle and sped out into the dark starry night.
***
Author's note: Spacing is weird. Word is weird.
I just got back from watching "Hero." Great Caitie/Jamie, with Caitie getting all jealous. Nice T/V too, especially at the end.
"At least some of us looked good," (Val- probably referring to Tyler)
"Yeah Val, you looked great. I looked like a grinning monkey" (Tyler)
And when Val was congratulating Hank on that call with that Donna person- was it just me, or did Tyler look really and I mean really jealous? REVIEW!!!
Note to Aricraze- Thanks for reviews #59 and 60!
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED AND WILL REVIEW
Note to Islandgurl- If you read this, go back to where Caitie says about having a good time tonight. I actually had in there originally, **"Jamie, I want you to know I find you very, very attractive," Caitie said in a fake country accent.** but then I changed it. LoL. REVIEW!!
