Chapter Title: Is it all Worth it?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Good Morning Miami, I merely use it for my own personal enjoyment, so don't sue me!
Rating: PG
Summary: A fight between Dylan and Gavin changes everything. Jake/Penny, Jake/Dylan Angst.
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Sitting in his office Jake could hear the usual banter of the Good Morning Miami employees, but one thing he heard really got his attention; it was Dylan. From the moment he has walked in that morning something seemed wrong with her, he couldn't put his finger on it, but he'd bet that it had something to do with Gavin. It usually did. Besides that, Gavin had been really quiet, and that rarely ever happened, but as Jake listened closer his thoughts were confirmed. Dylan and Gavin were fighting.
"How can you sign with her Gavin? Look at what she's made you do? She's an awful person with no morals!" Dylan said angrily.
"You wouldn't understand, I need this right now" Gavin replied "you heard her, my career is crap! I'm the host of a low rated morning talk show and so far my most newsworthy performance has been on Fear Factor, which please remember, she got me on to! I'm sorry, I do love you Dylan, but I need this right now."
"Well then maybe you don't need me," she said "Maybe it's just not right. The fact that you would even consider signing with her disgusts me. I can already see your morals starting to drift away."
Gavin was becoming very angry, "and you haven't drifted?" he yelled "Your not the same person you were when we started dating, you're always distracted, and so damn defensive about everything!"
"I am focused on my work Gavin, but I'm also trying to focus on our relationship. Something which maybe you could try doing once in a while. And defensive? What the hell am I defensive about?" she spewed.
"Everything, you, work, Jake" he responded. "Especially Jake. Every time I make fun of him, or even mention his name you freak out, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were sleeping with him or something."
"I am not sleeping with Jake!"
"Well you might as well be, your completely in love with him! Everyone can see it Dylan. You've been in love with him since the day he came here, you should just admit it, then you two can go off and be together" he yelled. This caught Jake's attention very fast. Dylan was in love with him? So, all that time he had been sneaking glances at her, thinking about her and wanting to tell her how he felt, she had been doing the same?
"How dare you bring Jake in to this?" Dylan fumed "he's seeing Penny, so even if I was in love with him, which I'm not, we couldn't run of and be together. Why would you say something like that? Especially when he and Penny are so happy together? Don't you see what your doing here Gavin, it's not just one relationship you're destroying, it's two!"
"Well I don't know how Penny does it, it's totally obvious to anyone that he's in love with you too. That book I gave you at Christmas was from him! He's the one who wrote the inscription and he's the one who came up with the present. I believe it even said 'I love you' in it! If he's not in love with you, he sure has a screwed up way of showing it." Gavin yelled.
"Fine Gavin," Dylan said calmly "If that's the way you feel, it's over." Then she ran crying in to Jake's office and collapsed on to the couch.
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"Dylan, are you ok?" Jake asked
"What do you think? Gavin and I just broke up! How would you be?" She replied tearily.
"Me? If I just broke up with Gavin? I don't know, relieved, happy, perhaps even ecstatic." realizing that it was probably too soon to be making fun of her now ex-love he stopped the sarcasm. "Upset, I'd be upset. You've been together a long time, breaking up is a big deal."
"Exactly." Dylan responded as she stopped crying. "God Jake, I don't know how you do it, it's like every time we talk you know exactly how I'm feeling. And you always know exactly what to say. If only I'd met you before Gavin, maybe I could have skipped these years of my life and just found the right person right away." Jake felt his heart tweak, this was it, if he wanted to he could tell her right now. He knew that she would come to him. But now the question was, did he want to? What if Dylan wasn't really everything that he had imagined her being? What about Penny? Things were so perfect with her, he really didn't want to screw things up. They had taken so long to get to where they were. That's when he decided, no. He would be there to help Dylan get over this breakup, but he couldn't be with her. He had to see where this relationship with Penny was going. Penny could be the one for him, and he wasn't about to risk everything he had on Dylan. He had done that once and had ended up waiting around for too long, he wasn't going to do that again. Just then Penny entered the office.
"Hey Jake! Ready to go?" she asked? Then she looked down and saw Dylan "ohh, sorry, I didn't realize."
"No! Penny, it's ok. Don't worry about it, don't let me stop you."
"Listen, Dylan, I'm really sorry, if there's anything I can do, just let me know."
"Thanks Penny, but I think I'll be ok" Dylan replied
"Soooo," Jake said "we're gonna take off, will you be ok?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine, go, have a good night." Dylan responded. With that Jake put intertwined his hand with Penny's and they walked out of the office.
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Dylan couldn't believe how stupid she felt. She had pretty much just told Jake how she felt about him, almost positive that he felt the same way, and he had ended up, yet again, leaving with Penny. How could she have let this happen? There had been sparks between them, all year there had been something, she knew it. Maybe he just had yet to realize it. Dylan realized that she just needed to tell him. If he wanted to be with her he would be, but maybe he was just as scared as she was, or maybe he just didn't want to be with her at all. Everything was so confusing, she needed a day or two to think about it.
Unfortunately, work came early the next morning and Dylan knew she would have to face Jake, what she didn't expect was that the conversation they would have that morning would be the one that would change their friendship forever.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Good Morning Miami, I merely use it for my own personal enjoyment, so don't sue me!
Rating: PG
Summary: A fight between Dylan and Gavin changes everything. Jake/Penny, Jake/Dylan Angst.
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Sitting in his office Jake could hear the usual banter of the Good Morning Miami employees, but one thing he heard really got his attention; it was Dylan. From the moment he has walked in that morning something seemed wrong with her, he couldn't put his finger on it, but he'd bet that it had something to do with Gavin. It usually did. Besides that, Gavin had been really quiet, and that rarely ever happened, but as Jake listened closer his thoughts were confirmed. Dylan and Gavin were fighting.
"How can you sign with her Gavin? Look at what she's made you do? She's an awful person with no morals!" Dylan said angrily.
"You wouldn't understand, I need this right now" Gavin replied "you heard her, my career is crap! I'm the host of a low rated morning talk show and so far my most newsworthy performance has been on Fear Factor, which please remember, she got me on to! I'm sorry, I do love you Dylan, but I need this right now."
"Well then maybe you don't need me," she said "Maybe it's just not right. The fact that you would even consider signing with her disgusts me. I can already see your morals starting to drift away."
Gavin was becoming very angry, "and you haven't drifted?" he yelled "Your not the same person you were when we started dating, you're always distracted, and so damn defensive about everything!"
"I am focused on my work Gavin, but I'm also trying to focus on our relationship. Something which maybe you could try doing once in a while. And defensive? What the hell am I defensive about?" she spewed.
"Everything, you, work, Jake" he responded. "Especially Jake. Every time I make fun of him, or even mention his name you freak out, if I didn't know any better I'd say you were sleeping with him or something."
"I am not sleeping with Jake!"
"Well you might as well be, your completely in love with him! Everyone can see it Dylan. You've been in love with him since the day he came here, you should just admit it, then you two can go off and be together" he yelled. This caught Jake's attention very fast. Dylan was in love with him? So, all that time he had been sneaking glances at her, thinking about her and wanting to tell her how he felt, she had been doing the same?
"How dare you bring Jake in to this?" Dylan fumed "he's seeing Penny, so even if I was in love with him, which I'm not, we couldn't run of and be together. Why would you say something like that? Especially when he and Penny are so happy together? Don't you see what your doing here Gavin, it's not just one relationship you're destroying, it's two!"
"Well I don't know how Penny does it, it's totally obvious to anyone that he's in love with you too. That book I gave you at Christmas was from him! He's the one who wrote the inscription and he's the one who came up with the present. I believe it even said 'I love you' in it! If he's not in love with you, he sure has a screwed up way of showing it." Gavin yelled.
"Fine Gavin," Dylan said calmly "If that's the way you feel, it's over." Then she ran crying in to Jake's office and collapsed on to the couch.
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"Dylan, are you ok?" Jake asked
"What do you think? Gavin and I just broke up! How would you be?" She replied tearily.
"Me? If I just broke up with Gavin? I don't know, relieved, happy, perhaps even ecstatic." realizing that it was probably too soon to be making fun of her now ex-love he stopped the sarcasm. "Upset, I'd be upset. You've been together a long time, breaking up is a big deal."
"Exactly." Dylan responded as she stopped crying. "God Jake, I don't know how you do it, it's like every time we talk you know exactly how I'm feeling. And you always know exactly what to say. If only I'd met you before Gavin, maybe I could have skipped these years of my life and just found the right person right away." Jake felt his heart tweak, this was it, if he wanted to he could tell her right now. He knew that she would come to him. But now the question was, did he want to? What if Dylan wasn't really everything that he had imagined her being? What about Penny? Things were so perfect with her, he really didn't want to screw things up. They had taken so long to get to where they were. That's when he decided, no. He would be there to help Dylan get over this breakup, but he couldn't be with her. He had to see where this relationship with Penny was going. Penny could be the one for him, and he wasn't about to risk everything he had on Dylan. He had done that once and had ended up waiting around for too long, he wasn't going to do that again. Just then Penny entered the office.
"Hey Jake! Ready to go?" she asked? Then she looked down and saw Dylan "ohh, sorry, I didn't realize."
"No! Penny, it's ok. Don't worry about it, don't let me stop you."
"Listen, Dylan, I'm really sorry, if there's anything I can do, just let me know."
"Thanks Penny, but I think I'll be ok" Dylan replied
"Soooo," Jake said "we're gonna take off, will you be ok?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine, go, have a good night." Dylan responded. With that Jake put intertwined his hand with Penny's and they walked out of the office.
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Dylan couldn't believe how stupid she felt. She had pretty much just told Jake how she felt about him, almost positive that he felt the same way, and he had ended up, yet again, leaving with Penny. How could she have let this happen? There had been sparks between them, all year there had been something, she knew it. Maybe he just had yet to realize it. Dylan realized that she just needed to tell him. If he wanted to be with her he would be, but maybe he was just as scared as she was, or maybe he just didn't want to be with her at all. Everything was so confusing, she needed a day or two to think about it.
Unfortunately, work came early the next morning and Dylan knew she would have to face Jake, what she didn't expect was that the conversation they would have that morning would be the one that would change their friendship forever.