(Next Day: Kelly's)
"Courtney -" AJ said with a nod "Good morning"
"Go away AJ" Courtney said snidely
"Just trying to be pleasant"
"Try somewhere else" Jason intercepted
"Oh now you wouldn't by any chance be jealous of me would you?" AJ smirked with the delight that the thought brought him
"To be jealous I'd have to care"
"You don't want Elizabeth anywhere near me. That's obvious, but why? 'you don't care', so why does it matter? Your jealous that I finally got the girl, the one you really wanted."
"I'm with Courtney." Jason stated
"Oh yeah, see, just because your with one person doesn't mean you don't want another" He pointed out. "It's noted that you said you are 'with' Courtney and not that you 'love' Courtney by the way" He added looking over towards Courtney
"UGH, GOD, Jason, let's go, we don't need this from him." Courtney said and stormed out of Kelly's. Jason looked at AJ with much disgust.
"You hurt her. I will not hesitate to kill you" Jason was finished now, he followed Courtney's trail and met her outside the front door.
"HURT WHO?" AJ yelled as Jason was walking away "ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ELIZABETH OR COURTNEY? DO YOU EVEN KNOW ANYMORE?" he laughed with content, everything was falling into place.
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( Q HOUSE)
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"It couldn't have gone smoother Liz." AJ commented as he relayed the scene to Elizabeth
"Heh, yeah" Elizabeth said, not really sounding convinced
"No, I'm telling you, the guy wants you"
She shook her head "Alright AJ."
"What's wrong with you today?" He asked
"Nothing - I just, I don't want to talk about Jason right now."
"Why?" He questioned
"Listen AJ, I really can't stay, I've got to get to work" Elizabeth grabbed her coat and exited the foyer.
"Women" AJ shrugged and went into the family room.
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Elizabeth went to work , same old same old, she thought to herself, she wasn't even supposed to be there, Penny had called in sick, the other waitress had covered for Liz so many times she couldn't really refuse to do the same for her. But she was definitely beginning to think that decision to have that extra drink, or two, last night wasn't one of her best.
"God. You and AJ?" Carly snorted, as she approached Elizabeth
Elizabeth sighed "Carly, I'm really not in the mood"
"That's too good" Carly continued ignoring Elizabeth
"How do you even know ?" Elizabeth asked
"Courtney" Carly replied "Are you really that stupid Elizabeth? No, actually, you know what? I think you two are perfect for eachother."
"I said, I don't want to talk about it"
"Ooh, Touchy today Elizabeth"
"No, I just really don't feel like talking about this, not with you, so, are you going to order something or are you just wasting my time?"
"Oh looks like you're in luck" Elizabeth continued before letting Carly respond "Courtney's here, order from her."
Her shift was over, finally over. She took off her apron and shoved it under the counted, grabbed her purse and headed towards the coat rack, bumping Courtney on the way out.
"What's her problem" Courtney asked as she walked towards Carly
"Who knows -" Carly said, she certainly wasn't going to take responsibility for Elizabeth's bad mood.
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When Elizabeth got back to her studio all she wanted to do was sleep, she had had the intention to do some painting, but she was exhausted. Her conversation with Carly had given her a headache and she wasn't inspired to paint anything anyway. She went into the bathroom to take something for her headache
"Who'd of thought" Elizabeth said to herself as she opened the bottle "A pain the ass could cause a pain in the head"
She had just got herself settled when there was a knock at the door. Maybe if she ignored it they would just go away. There was another knock. This time it was accompanied by a voice
"Elizabeth?"
It was Jason.
She got up off the couch, she didn't know why, but she really didn't feel like talking to him right now, she didn't really feel like talking to anyone. She opened the door, looked at Jason, and wordlessly returned to the couch leaving the door open.
"Are you ok?" Jason asked
"I'm fine Jason, I'm just tired. I'm sorry, What do you need"
"I wanted to talk to you -- about, about last night"
"That's what I was afraid of" she said under her breath
"What?" Jason questioned
"Nothing. I just don't know what you could really have to say, but go ahead."
"It's not right, Elizabeth, you're going to get hurt?" Jason reasoned
"What? Are you trying to tell me that AJ's dangerous?" Elizabeth said with a laugh
"In his own right, yeah he can be."
"Everything's always dangerous with you, Jason. In fact I don't think I've ever had a conversation with you where that word wasn't said."
"I'm trying to help you Elizabeth"
"Why? Why the hell would you want to help me Jason? Since when do you even care?
"Fine Elizabeth. Have it your way." he said getting frustrated.
"My way?!" Elizabeth raised her voice "You think this is what I want? You and me, unable to even have a civil conversation?"
"I'm not the one who's yelling, Elizabeth. I was just trying to tell you…."
"Tell me that you don't want me with AJ?" Elizabeth interrupted "That you think he's dangerous? That I'll get hurt, right? Well you know what Jason, AJ isn't the one who hurt me, that was you."
"Why are you getting so angry?" he asked
"Because Jason, I'm tied, I am so damn tired of this"
"Tired of what?"
"Of this. Of you. Of me. Of everything. You confuse me Jason"
"I confuse you?"
"Why are you here? Jason?"
Silence
"Ok, here, let me try to take a guess. You don't want me, but you don't want AJ to have me either, you care about me, about my well being, but you don't want anything to do with me, you want to come here, to clear your conscience, make yourself feel better having done your good deed, telling me what a bad, bad man AJ is, just so you can go home and sleep with Courtney and not have to worry about me? Well let me help you out Jason. You don't have to worry about me. It's a lie. It was all a lie."
"Courtney -" AJ said with a nod "Good morning"
"Go away AJ" Courtney said snidely
"Just trying to be pleasant"
"Try somewhere else" Jason intercepted
"Oh now you wouldn't by any chance be jealous of me would you?" AJ smirked with the delight that the thought brought him
"To be jealous I'd have to care"
"You don't want Elizabeth anywhere near me. That's obvious, but why? 'you don't care', so why does it matter? Your jealous that I finally got the girl, the one you really wanted."
"I'm with Courtney." Jason stated
"Oh yeah, see, just because your with one person doesn't mean you don't want another" He pointed out. "It's noted that you said you are 'with' Courtney and not that you 'love' Courtney by the way" He added looking over towards Courtney
"UGH, GOD, Jason, let's go, we don't need this from him." Courtney said and stormed out of Kelly's. Jason looked at AJ with much disgust.
"You hurt her. I will not hesitate to kill you" Jason was finished now, he followed Courtney's trail and met her outside the front door.
"HURT WHO?" AJ yelled as Jason was walking away "ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ELIZABETH OR COURTNEY? DO YOU EVEN KNOW ANYMORE?" he laughed with content, everything was falling into place.
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( Q HOUSE)
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"It couldn't have gone smoother Liz." AJ commented as he relayed the scene to Elizabeth
"Heh, yeah" Elizabeth said, not really sounding convinced
"No, I'm telling you, the guy wants you"
She shook her head "Alright AJ."
"What's wrong with you today?" He asked
"Nothing - I just, I don't want to talk about Jason right now."
"Why?" He questioned
"Listen AJ, I really can't stay, I've got to get to work" Elizabeth grabbed her coat and exited the foyer.
"Women" AJ shrugged and went into the family room.
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Elizabeth went to work , same old same old, she thought to herself, she wasn't even supposed to be there, Penny had called in sick, the other waitress had covered for Liz so many times she couldn't really refuse to do the same for her. But she was definitely beginning to think that decision to have that extra drink, or two, last night wasn't one of her best.
"God. You and AJ?" Carly snorted, as she approached Elizabeth
Elizabeth sighed "Carly, I'm really not in the mood"
"That's too good" Carly continued ignoring Elizabeth
"How do you even know ?" Elizabeth asked
"Courtney" Carly replied "Are you really that stupid Elizabeth? No, actually, you know what? I think you two are perfect for eachother."
"I said, I don't want to talk about it"
"Ooh, Touchy today Elizabeth"
"No, I just really don't feel like talking about this, not with you, so, are you going to order something or are you just wasting my time?"
"Oh looks like you're in luck" Elizabeth continued before letting Carly respond "Courtney's here, order from her."
Her shift was over, finally over. She took off her apron and shoved it under the counted, grabbed her purse and headed towards the coat rack, bumping Courtney on the way out.
"What's her problem" Courtney asked as she walked towards Carly
"Who knows -" Carly said, she certainly wasn't going to take responsibility for Elizabeth's bad mood.
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When Elizabeth got back to her studio all she wanted to do was sleep, she had had the intention to do some painting, but she was exhausted. Her conversation with Carly had given her a headache and she wasn't inspired to paint anything anyway. She went into the bathroom to take something for her headache
"Who'd of thought" Elizabeth said to herself as she opened the bottle "A pain the ass could cause a pain in the head"
She had just got herself settled when there was a knock at the door. Maybe if she ignored it they would just go away. There was another knock. This time it was accompanied by a voice
"Elizabeth?"
It was Jason.
She got up off the couch, she didn't know why, but she really didn't feel like talking to him right now, she didn't really feel like talking to anyone. She opened the door, looked at Jason, and wordlessly returned to the couch leaving the door open.
"Are you ok?" Jason asked
"I'm fine Jason, I'm just tired. I'm sorry, What do you need"
"I wanted to talk to you -- about, about last night"
"That's what I was afraid of" she said under her breath
"What?" Jason questioned
"Nothing. I just don't know what you could really have to say, but go ahead."
"It's not right, Elizabeth, you're going to get hurt?" Jason reasoned
"What? Are you trying to tell me that AJ's dangerous?" Elizabeth said with a laugh
"In his own right, yeah he can be."
"Everything's always dangerous with you, Jason. In fact I don't think I've ever had a conversation with you where that word wasn't said."
"I'm trying to help you Elizabeth"
"Why? Why the hell would you want to help me Jason? Since when do you even care?
"Fine Elizabeth. Have it your way." he said getting frustrated.
"My way?!" Elizabeth raised her voice "You think this is what I want? You and me, unable to even have a civil conversation?"
"I'm not the one who's yelling, Elizabeth. I was just trying to tell you…."
"Tell me that you don't want me with AJ?" Elizabeth interrupted "That you think he's dangerous? That I'll get hurt, right? Well you know what Jason, AJ isn't the one who hurt me, that was you."
"Why are you getting so angry?" he asked
"Because Jason, I'm tied, I am so damn tired of this"
"Tired of what?"
"Of this. Of you. Of me. Of everything. You confuse me Jason"
"I confuse you?"
"Why are you here? Jason?"
Silence
"Ok, here, let me try to take a guess. You don't want me, but you don't want AJ to have me either, you care about me, about my well being, but you don't want anything to do with me, you want to come here, to clear your conscience, make yourself feel better having done your good deed, telling me what a bad, bad man AJ is, just so you can go home and sleep with Courtney and not have to worry about me? Well let me help you out Jason. You don't have to worry about me. It's a lie. It was all a lie."
