Jake walked into the office and saw Dylan; he tried to avoid her by hiding behind Penny's desk.

"What are you doing?" Asked Penny.

"Shh." Said Jake. "I'm hiding from Dylan.

"Ohh." Said Penny. "I'll be quiet then. Okay Jake!" Penny said, trying to be loud so that the whole office, including Dylan could hear. "You stay RIGHT there behind my desk while I go get a tampon!"

"You are SO evil," said Jake.

Penny shrugged.

"I thought we were going to have the friends-who-have-sex relationship?" Asked Jake. "Why are you being . . . you?"

"Jake, Jake, Jake. If I REALLY wanted the friends-who-have sex relationship. You wouldn't be a virgin."

Jake looked taken aback then realized that Dylan was coming over and dropped the subject with Penny, for now at least.

"Hey, Jake." Said Dylan coming over. Gavin saw what was going on and casually walked over.

"Hey, Gavin." Said Dylan. "Did you know that this week is national Italian week? I think that our office should celebrate. I mean, I'm Italian.

"Dylan." Said Gavin. "If we were going to celebrate national Italian week we would to the name of our show to the Pathedaproanos."

Dylan looked confused. "Our lives are different than other people's." Said Jake. Dylan nodded as Gavin walked over to get some coffee.

Suddenly Penny looked up at Jake and Dylan, just standing there, looking after Gavin. "He does have a cute butt, doesn't he, Jake?" She said.

Jake looked at Penny and Dylan looked at Jake. "Gotta go do that thing that is my job." Said Penny.

Jake didn't know what to say to Dylan. He wanted to say something funny, but didn't know what to say. "So. You're Italian?"

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Penny is getting some coffee and Jake walks up. "So." He says. "What was up with you this morning?"

"What? Just 'cause I don't want to have sex with YOU, you automatically assume that something is wrong with me?" She asks.

"No." Said Jake. "Yes."

"Listen, Jake. There is nothing WRONG with me. I'm just being plain, boring, normal old me."

"But you don't usually hit people with THAT many negative waves in the morning." Said Jake.

"No." Said Penny as she started to walk away. "You're special."

Just then Dylan walks up and sees Jake staring after Penny. "Cute butt, huh?"

Jake jumps, startled by Dylan, Dylan only laughs. "Sorry, Jake. I didn't mean to startle you."

"That's okay Dylan. I'm good. Hey, where's Gavin?"

"Oh, I'm doing his hair. He's sitting reading teen magazine while his scalp treatment soaks in."

Jake tries to hold back his laugh. "Gavin gets a scalp treatment?" Jake cough, laughs, asks.

"Yeah." Said Dylan. "Some people actually care about their hair."

"Whoa, what did I do to get YOU all upset?" Asks Jake.

"Nothing. It's just. Everyone around here is SO funny and sarcastic. I don't just wanna be the dumb blonde that laughs at all the other people's jokes." Said Dylan.

"Dylan." Replied Jake. "You're brunette."

"Dylan looked startled. "Huh? Oh, yeah. My mind is just out of it today. I had six bowls of Cocoa Puffs last night and couldn't get to sleep." With that she turns and walks away.

(This is my first for GMM. Tell me how you like it, and don't worry. An actual story line IS coming up.)