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Cuz I feel like it. I like romance. I mean-did I just say that?! Gross!
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Stone Wall of Fire
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Written in the Rose Petals
Two hours later, Picard dropped Jenna off at her house. She practically felt like skipping inside. She shut the door behind her and closed her eyes, savoring the moment.
Felix looked up from the dining room table. "Did you have fun?"
Jenna pulled a spoon out of the drawer and started eating out of his carton of chocolate ice cream. "It was okay. Isaac was nice enough."
"Who's Isaac?" Felix asked through a mouth full of ice cream.
Jenna shrugged. "Some guy that Mia wanted to set me up with."
"Did he touch you?" Felix glared as though Isaac was sitting in front of him.
Jenna rolled her eyes. "No, of course not. We just danced."
"Danced?" Felix repeated as he gaped at her.
"Look, it's not like I'm not old enough to date," Jenna muttered.
Felix's eyes narrowed. "He asked you on a date?"
"I said no, okay?" Jenna glowered. "Come on, it's like you don't trust me to refuse these guys."
"You know how I feel about you dating," Felix said.
"Of course I do!" Jenna shouted. "Of course I do, but have you ever wondered how I feel about it? It was hard to refuse Garet so many times when he's such a sweet guy at heart. But Isaac is different. He's more than sweet. If he asks again, I can't promise that I'll say no."
"You had better if you care at all for his well-being," Felix threatened.
"I'm going to bed," Jenna told her brother through clenched teeth. "Good night."
"So, did you enjoy yourself?" Mia asked Jenna as Felix drove then to school.
Felix shot Jenna "the look" and she rolled her eyes. "Isaac was okay, but then he asked me out. I mean, if I don't go out with Garet, whom I've know all of my life, why should I date a guy I just met?"
Garet leaned over to whisper in Mia's ear, "Should I be glad or offended?"
"When it comes to Jenna, it usually pays to be indifferent," Mia shrugged and watched as Jenna turned up the radio. She realized that her friend's eyes were brimming with tears, but Jenna was trying her best not to cry. If only there was something that she could do to help Jenna...
"We have to get you on a date with Jenna,' Mia told Isaac.
"How?" Isaac asked, lifting an eyebrow. It was odd enough that his best friend's girlfriend was coming over to talk with him, but this? "She already said no. I'm not going to force her to go out with me."
"She likes you already," Mia explained. "Jenna is just really shy."
"Shy?!" Isaac demanded. "If that was shy, Picard lives in a cardboard shack."
"Which I don't," Picard interrupted.
Mia jumped. "Picard, I asked you to wait in the car for me!"
Picard shrugged. "I gave you a ride; you can't refuse my advice, can you?"
"Fine," Mia sighed. "What do you think we should do?"
"Age old wisdom," Picard said, lifting a finger. "If at first you don't succeed, try try again."
"So you want me to badger her to death?" Isaac queried.
Picard shook his head. "You got her attention once, at the dance. You need to get her again, but the third time is a charm."
"So what?" Isaac asked. "I doubt that she'll be coming to anymore dances."
"Roses!" Mia exclaimed.
Isaac stared at her. "Isn't that a bit cliché?"
"Not cliché," Mia corrected. "Endearing."
"Red roses, then," Isaac sighed. "Do we have a last idea?"
"We'll work on that," Mia promised. "Roses are a good start, though."
"You should find a creative way to give them to her," Picard suggested.
"Creative," Isaac nodded. "I think I can do that."
"What on earth?" Jenna breathed as Felix stopped the car in front of their house.
"Why is the lawn red?" Felix questioned.
Jenna knelt down and picked up a rose petal. "Felix, these are covering the whole front yard!"
Felix shook his head. "I'm going to go find the rakes."
"Wait," Jenna whispered. She raced up to her room and threw open the window. Some of the rose petals were darker and she could make out something written if she read it upside-down. "When can I see you again? Isaac."
Jenna flopped down on her bed, exhaling deeply. No one had ever done something like that for her before. She highly doubted that anyone had ever done anything like that for someone else in the history of the world. Isaac.
"Hey, Jenna, are you going to come down and help me?" Felix called. Felix! If Felix found out what Isaac had written in the rose petals, Isaac would be ripped into a billion pieces!
"I'll take care of it!" Jenna rushed down the stairs and ripped the rake out of Felix's hands. She rushed with it around the yard and stopped to take a breath, only then did she realize Felix was looking at her oddly. "I just had a lot of energy, ya know?"
"Maybe you should spend more of that energy on French," Felix said. "You've got a D in it at the moment."
"You know what, why don't you lend me your keys and I'll go talk with my teacher right now before the energy wares off?" Jenna asked sweetly. She laughed when Felix held the keys protectively. She dropped the rake and walked inside, leaving Felix to deal with the rest of the petals.
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One person reviewing is better than no people reviewing!
Garet: Unless that person is flaming you.
No, that's always fun, too! ^_^
Garet: One?
One and only one.
Garet: Wow.
Tell me about it.
Garet: Then why are you still writing?
Cuz I feel like it. I like romance. I mean-did I just say that?! Gross!
Garet: Tell me about it.
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Stone Wall of Fire
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Written in the Rose Petals
Two hours later, Picard dropped Jenna off at her house. She practically felt like skipping inside. She shut the door behind her and closed her eyes, savoring the moment.
Felix looked up from the dining room table. "Did you have fun?"
Jenna pulled a spoon out of the drawer and started eating out of his carton of chocolate ice cream. "It was okay. Isaac was nice enough."
"Who's Isaac?" Felix asked through a mouth full of ice cream.
Jenna shrugged. "Some guy that Mia wanted to set me up with."
"Did he touch you?" Felix glared as though Isaac was sitting in front of him.
Jenna rolled her eyes. "No, of course not. We just danced."
"Danced?" Felix repeated as he gaped at her.
"Look, it's not like I'm not old enough to date," Jenna muttered.
Felix's eyes narrowed. "He asked you on a date?"
"I said no, okay?" Jenna glowered. "Come on, it's like you don't trust me to refuse these guys."
"You know how I feel about you dating," Felix said.
"Of course I do!" Jenna shouted. "Of course I do, but have you ever wondered how I feel about it? It was hard to refuse Garet so many times when he's such a sweet guy at heart. But Isaac is different. He's more than sweet. If he asks again, I can't promise that I'll say no."
"You had better if you care at all for his well-being," Felix threatened.
"I'm going to bed," Jenna told her brother through clenched teeth. "Good night."
"So, did you enjoy yourself?" Mia asked Jenna as Felix drove then to school.
Felix shot Jenna "the look" and she rolled her eyes. "Isaac was okay, but then he asked me out. I mean, if I don't go out with Garet, whom I've know all of my life, why should I date a guy I just met?"
Garet leaned over to whisper in Mia's ear, "Should I be glad or offended?"
"When it comes to Jenna, it usually pays to be indifferent," Mia shrugged and watched as Jenna turned up the radio. She realized that her friend's eyes were brimming with tears, but Jenna was trying her best not to cry. If only there was something that she could do to help Jenna...
"We have to get you on a date with Jenna,' Mia told Isaac.
"How?" Isaac asked, lifting an eyebrow. It was odd enough that his best friend's girlfriend was coming over to talk with him, but this? "She already said no. I'm not going to force her to go out with me."
"She likes you already," Mia explained. "Jenna is just really shy."
"Shy?!" Isaac demanded. "If that was shy, Picard lives in a cardboard shack."
"Which I don't," Picard interrupted.
Mia jumped. "Picard, I asked you to wait in the car for me!"
Picard shrugged. "I gave you a ride; you can't refuse my advice, can you?"
"Fine," Mia sighed. "What do you think we should do?"
"Age old wisdom," Picard said, lifting a finger. "If at first you don't succeed, try try again."
"So you want me to badger her to death?" Isaac queried.
Picard shook his head. "You got her attention once, at the dance. You need to get her again, but the third time is a charm."
"So what?" Isaac asked. "I doubt that she'll be coming to anymore dances."
"Roses!" Mia exclaimed.
Isaac stared at her. "Isn't that a bit cliché?"
"Not cliché," Mia corrected. "Endearing."
"Red roses, then," Isaac sighed. "Do we have a last idea?"
"We'll work on that," Mia promised. "Roses are a good start, though."
"You should find a creative way to give them to her," Picard suggested.
"Creative," Isaac nodded. "I think I can do that."
"What on earth?" Jenna breathed as Felix stopped the car in front of their house.
"Why is the lawn red?" Felix questioned.
Jenna knelt down and picked up a rose petal. "Felix, these are covering the whole front yard!"
Felix shook his head. "I'm going to go find the rakes."
"Wait," Jenna whispered. She raced up to her room and threw open the window. Some of the rose petals were darker and she could make out something written if she read it upside-down. "When can I see you again? Isaac."
Jenna flopped down on her bed, exhaling deeply. No one had ever done something like that for her before. She highly doubted that anyone had ever done anything like that for someone else in the history of the world. Isaac.
"Hey, Jenna, are you going to come down and help me?" Felix called. Felix! If Felix found out what Isaac had written in the rose petals, Isaac would be ripped into a billion pieces!
"I'll take care of it!" Jenna rushed down the stairs and ripped the rake out of Felix's hands. She rushed with it around the yard and stopped to take a breath, only then did she realize Felix was looking at her oddly. "I just had a lot of energy, ya know?"
"Maybe you should spend more of that energy on French," Felix said. "You've got a D in it at the moment."
"You know what, why don't you lend me your keys and I'll go talk with my teacher right now before the energy wares off?" Jenna asked sweetly. She laughed when Felix held the keys protectively. She dropped the rake and walked inside, leaving Felix to deal with the rest of the petals.
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One person reviewing is better than no people reviewing!
Garet: Unless that person is flaming you.
No, that's always fun, too! ^_^