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So here we are now
A sip of wine, a sip of water
Someday maybe
Maybe someday we'll be smarter
And I'm sorry that I'm such a mess
I drank all my money could get and
I took everything you let me have
And then I never loved you back
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Paige put her head down on her desk. She had a killer hangover, and all she wanted to do was go home and sleep. However, sleeping didn't get the rent paid, so she'd dragged her ass to work that morning. She'd even been on time. Sort of. Well, as close to "on time" as Paige ever was these days.
"Are you busy?"
Paige looked up, expecting to see her boss come to yell at her again. Instead, she came face-to-face with Glen, leaning down to be at her eye level. Forgetting her hangover, she jumped up and around the desk, and ran right into his waiting arms.
"God, I missed you like crazy." he said, picking her up.
"I missed you, too." she said. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"
"I didn't know, until this morning. See, I was going to go to Egypt, but my flight got cancelled. There was a flight to San Fransisco boarding at the same time, so I figured, what the hell, and I got on it." he explained.
Paige smiled. His spontinaity was one of the things she'd always loved about him, although he did tend to over-do it at times. Such as now.
"Hey, why don't you blow off work and come out with me for a while?" he suggested.
"I can't." Paige said regretfully.
"Why not?" he asked, disappointed.
"Because I'd like to keep this job, that's why not." she replied. "I've already been fired from six others in the two months you've been gone."
"Damn, girl." he responded. "I leave for a little while, and you go and fall apart on me."
"Yeah, well..." Paige's voice trailed off, as she couldn't think of a single witty comeback.
"Tonight then." Glen pressed. "Come out with me tonight. We'll go to the club, have some fun."
Paige nodded. "Tonight would be great."
-x-
Eight hours later, Paige and Glen were pushing their way through the crowd at their favourite club. Finally, they made it to the bar.
"All right, Adventure Boy, tell me of your latest wanderings." Paige requested.
Glen giggled at her odd tone of voice. "You know something, you're hilarious when you're completely smashed."
Paige gave him a Look. "I'm hilarious all the time, buddy, and you'd know that if you were around more. Besides, I'm not even close to being plastered yet."
Glen laughed even harder. "Whatever you say, babe."
Paige hit him in the arm. "Are you going to answer the question or not?"
"All right, all right." Glen said, his laughter tapering off to chuckles. He filled her in on everything he'd done on his trip to Australia. "It was so cool, Paige." he finished. "I wish you'd been there."
"So do I." she murmured, wondering why she'd declined the invitation in the first place. The truth was, Paige wasn't the traveling type. Her idea of a good time was closer to home. Usually as close as the bottom of a bottle, in the nearest bar or nightclub. "So, how long are you staying this time?" she asked.
"A couple days." he replied.
Paige's face fell. "That's all?"
He nodded, taking a sip of beer. "I told you was planning on heading to Egypt next, right? Well, when my flight got cancelled I bought another ticket once I got to San Fransisco. I leave on Friday."
"Friday." Paige repeated. That was six days from now.
"Hey, don't look so disappointed." he said.
Paige smiled teasingly, and took a sip of her drink. "I'm not disappointed. Just wondering how I'm going to put up with you until then."
He glared at her, then burst out laughing. By now, they were both pretty wasted.
"I can think of a few ways you can deal." he said, running his hand up her leg.
"I bet you can." she replied.
Glen laughed again. They both sat there for a while, cracking up over the stupidest inside jokes. After a while they calmed themselves. Glen took his hand off her leg, and Paige reapplied her lipstick, and then they each ordered another drink.
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A/N: So, how was that for my first Paige-centric chapter in quite a while? Don't worry, Paige fans, we'll see more of her soon.
~from the song "If You Don't, Don't" by Jimmy Eat World~
So here we are now
A sip of wine, a sip of water
Someday maybe
Maybe someday we'll be smarter
And I'm sorry that I'm such a mess
I drank all my money could get and
I took everything you let me have
And then I never loved you back
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Paige put her head down on her desk. She had a killer hangover, and all she wanted to do was go home and sleep. However, sleeping didn't get the rent paid, so she'd dragged her ass to work that morning. She'd even been on time. Sort of. Well, as close to "on time" as Paige ever was these days.
"Are you busy?"
Paige looked up, expecting to see her boss come to yell at her again. Instead, she came face-to-face with Glen, leaning down to be at her eye level. Forgetting her hangover, she jumped up and around the desk, and ran right into his waiting arms.
"God, I missed you like crazy." he said, picking her up.
"I missed you, too." she said. "Why didn't you tell me you were coming back?"
"I didn't know, until this morning. See, I was going to go to Egypt, but my flight got cancelled. There was a flight to San Fransisco boarding at the same time, so I figured, what the hell, and I got on it." he explained.
Paige smiled. His spontinaity was one of the things she'd always loved about him, although he did tend to over-do it at times. Such as now.
"Hey, why don't you blow off work and come out with me for a while?" he suggested.
"I can't." Paige said regretfully.
"Why not?" he asked, disappointed.
"Because I'd like to keep this job, that's why not." she replied. "I've already been fired from six others in the two months you've been gone."
"Damn, girl." he responded. "I leave for a little while, and you go and fall apart on me."
"Yeah, well..." Paige's voice trailed off, as she couldn't think of a single witty comeback.
"Tonight then." Glen pressed. "Come out with me tonight. We'll go to the club, have some fun."
Paige nodded. "Tonight would be great."
-x-
Eight hours later, Paige and Glen were pushing their way through the crowd at their favourite club. Finally, they made it to the bar.
"All right, Adventure Boy, tell me of your latest wanderings." Paige requested.
Glen giggled at her odd tone of voice. "You know something, you're hilarious when you're completely smashed."
Paige gave him a Look. "I'm hilarious all the time, buddy, and you'd know that if you were around more. Besides, I'm not even close to being plastered yet."
Glen laughed even harder. "Whatever you say, babe."
Paige hit him in the arm. "Are you going to answer the question or not?"
"All right, all right." Glen said, his laughter tapering off to chuckles. He filled her in on everything he'd done on his trip to Australia. "It was so cool, Paige." he finished. "I wish you'd been there."
"So do I." she murmured, wondering why she'd declined the invitation in the first place. The truth was, Paige wasn't the traveling type. Her idea of a good time was closer to home. Usually as close as the bottom of a bottle, in the nearest bar or nightclub. "So, how long are you staying this time?" she asked.
"A couple days." he replied.
Paige's face fell. "That's all?"
He nodded, taking a sip of beer. "I told you was planning on heading to Egypt next, right? Well, when my flight got cancelled I bought another ticket once I got to San Fransisco. I leave on Friday."
"Friday." Paige repeated. That was six days from now.
"Hey, don't look so disappointed." he said.
Paige smiled teasingly, and took a sip of her drink. "I'm not disappointed. Just wondering how I'm going to put up with you until then."
He glared at her, then burst out laughing. By now, they were both pretty wasted.
"I can think of a few ways you can deal." he said, running his hand up her leg.
"I bet you can." she replied.
Glen laughed again. They both sat there for a while, cracking up over the stupidest inside jokes. After a while they calmed themselves. Glen took his hand off her leg, and Paige reapplied her lipstick, and then they each ordered another drink.
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A/N: So, how was that for my first Paige-centric chapter in quite a while? Don't worry, Paige fans, we'll see more of her soon.
~from the song "If You Don't, Don't" by Jimmy Eat World~