A/N: Again, I'm not that great of a writer so I'm sorry it's not that
great. Also, I'm not great at coming up with jokes, so the characters might
seem a little different. I'm working on it though.
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It's coming up to lunch time, same day (I know, it's slow).
This chapter is called "Stuck to Dylan".
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters.
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Dylan had a slow morning. Since Gavin was at home sick and Claire had taken the day off there wasn't much for her to do. She basically just sat around all morning, talking to Frank and thinking about Penny and Jake. She didn't understand why they bothered her so much. She had always liked Jake, and she never really had a problem with Penny (except for the occasional incident, like the mayonnaise in the coffee thing). Why was it that now, since they are a couple, they are all of a sudden on her nerves? She didn't really have anything else to do so she went to go talk to Jake.
Walking out into the main office she saw his door was closed. She decided not to bother him (in other words, she chickened out). However, she noticed Penny sitting at her desk, so she went to talk to her.
"Hi Penny" she says.
"Hi Dylan" Penny replies, sounding very uninterested.
"Whatcha doing?" asks Dylan.
"Working" replies Penny.
There is a long pause.
"Yeah, like you'd believe that" says Penny, turning around to face her.
Dylan smiles.
"So what have you done all morning?" asks Penny. "I noticed neither of the hosts are here. What's that all about?"
"Yeah, Gavin is sick. And Claire, well you know Claire. She took the day off. So my morning has been fairly uneventful" tells Dylan.
"I see. Well, I better actually do some work, or Jake will fire me" says Penny, turning back to face her computer.
"Yeah, like that will ever happen" says Dylan.
"You never know" says Penny, "so I really shoudn't take the chance".
Dylan knew Penny was just trying to get rid of her so she left to go find Frank.
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Penny watched Dylan walk away. That was so weird. Why would Dylan come talk to her? Dylan never really showed any interest in Penny before. If Dylan was bored she usually talked to Gavin. Gavin wasn't here today, so her next choice would usually be Jake. Oh, but of course. Dylan was going to go talk to Jake, but for some reason she turned back and talked to Penny instead. Was she scared? Penny didn't really know, and she wasn't about to go find out. Instead, she herself went to talk to Jake. She was bored of pretending to work.
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Dylan found Frank on the set. She had no idea what he was doing there and didn't feel like hearing an explanation so she just went and sat down next to him.
"What's up Dyl?" he asks.
"Nothing much, Frank. I'm bored. There's not much for me to do around here today" she replies.
"How come you don't go home then and take care of Gavin?" asks Frank.
"Well. it's just. Gavin and I. I don't know." she trails off, looking puzzled.
"Something wrong, Dylan?" asks a concerned Frank.
"I don't know. No. Maybe. No. Have you seen Penny and Jake together?" she asks him, completely changing the subject.
"Oh, yeah, they make a cute couple. I have to admit, though, I didn't see it coming" he tells her.
"Yeah, me either. It's just so weird, ya know? Penny and Jake. Jake and Penny. I just, I mean, I never expected this." says Dylan.
"Why is it such a big shock to you? Aren't you happy for them?" asks Frank.
"What? Oh, yeah, um, sure. Of course I'm happy for them" says Dylan. She is very unconvincing.
"Alright then. Are you sure about that?" says Frank. He seems worried about her.
"Yes. I gotta go Frank. I'll talk to you later" says Dylan, and she hurries off leaving Frank very confused.
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Jake was trying to work when Penny came in. He wasn't doing a very good job though. His thoughts were getting to him.
"Hey Jake" says Penny, entering Jake's office with a smile. She closes the door behind her.
"Hi Penny" says Jake, looking up swiftly then back down at his computer.
"It's almost lunch time" she reminds him. "Wanna go get something to eat?"
"Um, I don't know if I can. I have a lot of work to do" replies Jake.
"Oh, okay" says Penny disappointedly. "I guess I'll just catch up with you later then". She walks over to him and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye" she says as she leaves.
"Bye", says Jake, hardly paying attention.
Jake sighed when she was gone. What had he just done? Why did he blow her off? What was wrong with him? He finally had somebody who wanted to spend time with him and who liked him a lot, and he just turns them down? What was he thinking?
Of course, he knew the answer to that. He was thinking about Dylan. Once again, Dylan affected his mind. He obviously wasn't over her. 'Yes I am' he tells himself. 'I don't like Dylan, she's just my friend, nothing more. It's Penny who I want. She's the one for me'. What hurt the most about these unspoken words was that, even though he wanted it to be that way so bad, he knew it was not. He still cared for Dylan. How could he do this to Penny?
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Penny was bummed that Jake couldn't go to lunch, but she decided to go by herself. There was no point of sticking around the office if Jake couldn't talk to her, and she wasn't about to have another weird conversation with Dylan. She grabbed her coat and left.
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Dylan left her conversation with Frank because she could tell he was on to her, whatever it was that she was thinking. She walked out to the main office area and bumped into Jake, literally.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she says.
"That's okay" replies Jake. "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
"Um, I'm going to, to, uh, I really don't know" admits Dylan. "What about you?"
"You know what? I don't know where I'm going either" he says.
"Okay then" says Dylan, awkwardly. "Well, I think I'm gonna go for lunch".
"Alright then" says Jake. He looks lost.
"Um, well, would you like to come with me?" asks Dylan.
Stunned and clearly not thinking, Jake says he would like to go with Dylan. The two get their coats and leave together.
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Penny comes back from her lunch break to find Jake's office empty. When looking around for other coworkers, she only finds Frank.
"Do you know where Jake went?" asks Penny.
"Um, yeah, I think he went to lunch with Dylan" says Frank.
"With Dylan?" asks Penny, a tone of worry in her voice.
"Yes, with Dylan" replies Frank.
"Oh, okay" says Penny sadly.
She goes to wait for Jake in his office. She can't think of a way this could possibly be a mistake. He lied to her and went off with Dylan. Penny didn't know what was going on with him, but she knew one thing. She wasn't happy right now, and she didn't think her day was about to get brighter.
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A/N: New chapter soon!
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It's coming up to lunch time, same day (I know, it's slow).
This chapter is called "Stuck to Dylan".
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters.
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Dylan had a slow morning. Since Gavin was at home sick and Claire had taken the day off there wasn't much for her to do. She basically just sat around all morning, talking to Frank and thinking about Penny and Jake. She didn't understand why they bothered her so much. She had always liked Jake, and she never really had a problem with Penny (except for the occasional incident, like the mayonnaise in the coffee thing). Why was it that now, since they are a couple, they are all of a sudden on her nerves? She didn't really have anything else to do so she went to go talk to Jake.
Walking out into the main office she saw his door was closed. She decided not to bother him (in other words, she chickened out). However, she noticed Penny sitting at her desk, so she went to talk to her.
"Hi Penny" she says.
"Hi Dylan" Penny replies, sounding very uninterested.
"Whatcha doing?" asks Dylan.
"Working" replies Penny.
There is a long pause.
"Yeah, like you'd believe that" says Penny, turning around to face her.
Dylan smiles.
"So what have you done all morning?" asks Penny. "I noticed neither of the hosts are here. What's that all about?"
"Yeah, Gavin is sick. And Claire, well you know Claire. She took the day off. So my morning has been fairly uneventful" tells Dylan.
"I see. Well, I better actually do some work, or Jake will fire me" says Penny, turning back to face her computer.
"Yeah, like that will ever happen" says Dylan.
"You never know" says Penny, "so I really shoudn't take the chance".
Dylan knew Penny was just trying to get rid of her so she left to go find Frank.
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Penny watched Dylan walk away. That was so weird. Why would Dylan come talk to her? Dylan never really showed any interest in Penny before. If Dylan was bored she usually talked to Gavin. Gavin wasn't here today, so her next choice would usually be Jake. Oh, but of course. Dylan was going to go talk to Jake, but for some reason she turned back and talked to Penny instead. Was she scared? Penny didn't really know, and she wasn't about to go find out. Instead, she herself went to talk to Jake. She was bored of pretending to work.
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Dylan found Frank on the set. She had no idea what he was doing there and didn't feel like hearing an explanation so she just went and sat down next to him.
"What's up Dyl?" he asks.
"Nothing much, Frank. I'm bored. There's not much for me to do around here today" she replies.
"How come you don't go home then and take care of Gavin?" asks Frank.
"Well. it's just. Gavin and I. I don't know." she trails off, looking puzzled.
"Something wrong, Dylan?" asks a concerned Frank.
"I don't know. No. Maybe. No. Have you seen Penny and Jake together?" she asks him, completely changing the subject.
"Oh, yeah, they make a cute couple. I have to admit, though, I didn't see it coming" he tells her.
"Yeah, me either. It's just so weird, ya know? Penny and Jake. Jake and Penny. I just, I mean, I never expected this." says Dylan.
"Why is it such a big shock to you? Aren't you happy for them?" asks Frank.
"What? Oh, yeah, um, sure. Of course I'm happy for them" says Dylan. She is very unconvincing.
"Alright then. Are you sure about that?" says Frank. He seems worried about her.
"Yes. I gotta go Frank. I'll talk to you later" says Dylan, and she hurries off leaving Frank very confused.
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Jake was trying to work when Penny came in. He wasn't doing a very good job though. His thoughts were getting to him.
"Hey Jake" says Penny, entering Jake's office with a smile. She closes the door behind her.
"Hi Penny" says Jake, looking up swiftly then back down at his computer.
"It's almost lunch time" she reminds him. "Wanna go get something to eat?"
"Um, I don't know if I can. I have a lot of work to do" replies Jake.
"Oh, okay" says Penny disappointedly. "I guess I'll just catch up with you later then". She walks over to him and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye" she says as she leaves.
"Bye", says Jake, hardly paying attention.
Jake sighed when she was gone. What had he just done? Why did he blow her off? What was wrong with him? He finally had somebody who wanted to spend time with him and who liked him a lot, and he just turns them down? What was he thinking?
Of course, he knew the answer to that. He was thinking about Dylan. Once again, Dylan affected his mind. He obviously wasn't over her. 'Yes I am' he tells himself. 'I don't like Dylan, she's just my friend, nothing more. It's Penny who I want. She's the one for me'. What hurt the most about these unspoken words was that, even though he wanted it to be that way so bad, he knew it was not. He still cared for Dylan. How could he do this to Penny?
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Penny was bummed that Jake couldn't go to lunch, but she decided to go by herself. There was no point of sticking around the office if Jake couldn't talk to her, and she wasn't about to have another weird conversation with Dylan. She grabbed her coat and left.
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Dylan left her conversation with Frank because she could tell he was on to her, whatever it was that she was thinking. She walked out to the main office area and bumped into Jake, literally.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" she says.
"That's okay" replies Jake. "Where are you going in such a hurry?"
"Um, I'm going to, to, uh, I really don't know" admits Dylan. "What about you?"
"You know what? I don't know where I'm going either" he says.
"Okay then" says Dylan, awkwardly. "Well, I think I'm gonna go for lunch".
"Alright then" says Jake. He looks lost.
"Um, well, would you like to come with me?" asks Dylan.
Stunned and clearly not thinking, Jake says he would like to go with Dylan. The two get their coats and leave together.
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Penny comes back from her lunch break to find Jake's office empty. When looking around for other coworkers, she only finds Frank.
"Do you know where Jake went?" asks Penny.
"Um, yeah, I think he went to lunch with Dylan" says Frank.
"With Dylan?" asks Penny, a tone of worry in her voice.
"Yes, with Dylan" replies Frank.
"Oh, okay" says Penny sadly.
She goes to wait for Jake in his office. She can't think of a way this could possibly be a mistake. He lied to her and went off with Dylan. Penny didn't know what was going on with him, but she knew one thing. She wasn't happy right now, and she didn't think her day was about to get brighter.
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A/N: New chapter soon!