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This is just a fun little fanfic about the crazy relationship Jason and
Brenda have. If you guys like it I'll continue. I hope you do!! If you
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I LOVE TO HATE YOU Chapter 1
Brenda Barrett sat in her bedroom looking at herself in the mirror. In the reflection was a young, beautiful, newly married woman. But that was not what she saw. In reality she was dying of a terminal illness and was married to a man she did not love. The man she loved was happily married to someone else and she only had a few years of life ahead of her. The man she was married to, Jason Morgan, was someone she wouldn't even be friends with under normal circumstances. But with her illness impairing her judgment she needed someone to look out for her when she couldn't. He was a good man but she wasn't his favorite person either. But they put their differences aside for the greater cause. Some of the time. That morning Brenda had planned to go shopping. It was something so simple and everyday she had missed doing. With all the drama that had occurred recently she longed for a little simplicity, a routine without chaos or surprise. She longed for a life she could control, as much as her illness would permit. She got up and got dressed in dark blue jeans and a black sweater ready for a day of non stop shopping. As she was walking down the stairs she found Jason sound asleep on the couch. "Jason," she whispered. "Jason. Are you asleep?" He didn't move. "Are you alive?"she asked raising her voice a little. She saw his chest moving up and down. "I guess so,"she said whispering again. "Well I'm going shopping but I'll be careful and I'll try not to get in trouble. Bye ." With that she walked out the door. ************************************************************************* It was a beautiful morning. There was not a cloud in the sky and the leaves on the trees were changing showing signs of the autumn season. The day showed no evidence of the night before. The night before was a ugly and rainy one. Jason had rode his motorcycle to what seemed to be the end of the world and back. He rode till it hurt. He had gotten home just when the sun began to rise and threw himself on the couch in the living room and resided there till noon. He got up groggy from last night and looked around. He went to his room , showered and changed. The penthouse was oddly quiet. He looked at the clock on his night stand that read 12:35. Then he began to worry. "Brenda? Brenda?!" he called. He looked in her room and found her bed made and empty. "Dammit! Brenda?!"
************************************************************************ Brenda was enjoying the beautiful day. She had hit three shops and with her hands full of shopping bags, she was ready to hit the next. As she was walking to the next store one of her bags fell to the ground.
"Dammit!" she said bending down to pick it up
"I knew I'd find you shopping." She looked up to find Luis Alcazar. She immediately stood up.
"What do you want?"
"Where is your flunky of a husband? Not accompanying you today is he?
"What are you following me?"
"Not very safe for you to be wondering around alone"
"Unlike you, Jason trusts me to go out alone. He doesn't lock me up like an animal," she lied.
"And unlike me he doesn't love you"
"I don't have time for this," she said attempting to move past him but he got in her way.
"No, you don't have time. So why fight the inevitable"
"Get out of my way!" she said frustrated.
"You heard her," Jax said coming up from behind her. "I suggest you do as she says" Brenda just stood there quietly not knowing what to do or say.
"I'm leaving but remember Brenda you don't have much time to waste with a man that does not love you." With those word Alcazar turned and walked away.
"Are you okay?" Jax asked looking down at Brenda.
"I'm fine. I would have been fine. I can take care of myself, especially from Luis."
"I don't doubt you can take care of yourself but the man is dangerous Brenda. Speaking of which where is your husband? Shouldn't he be taking care of you?"
"Well where is your wife. Shouldn't she be taking care of you? You are recovering. Listen, I appreciate your concern but I'm gonna be fine. If you'll excuse me I was just on my way home"
"I'll take you there," he offered.
"No, thank you. I just want to be alone," she replied.
"Don't be so hard headed and let me take you. I have a car waiting for me right over there," he said pointing at a car parked about 20 feet away. "I'm not taking no for..."
"All right. If you insist," she interrupted.
They both got into the car and headed to the penthouse. When they got there Jax insisted on walking her to her door despite her objections. When they got to the door she stopped him.
"Okay. I'm home, I'm safe. You can go."
"You're hardly safe living with Jason Morgan"
Just then Jason swung open the door.
"Uh...," Brenda began.
"Where the hell were you? I was just going out to look for you!" Jason yelled.
"The question is where the hell were you when Luis Alcazar was harassing her" Jax responded.
"What? Where?" Jason asked Brenda.
" It doesn't matter. I'm fine and Jax brought me home just to make sure so..."
Jason grabbed Brenda by the arm and pushed her into the penthouse. "Great! Well, thank you, but I'll take it from here," he said and closed the door in Jax's face.
"You don't have to be so rude," Brenda said plopping herself on the couch.
He sat on the coffee table right across from here. "Brenda, you cannot leave here without telling me. You can go anywhere you want, but not without telling me and not without a bodyguard. What were you thinking? That's if you were thinking at all. You were lucky today but Alcazar could have..."
"Okay, okay, okay! I get it, dad! I'll never do it again, I promise."
"Right," he said sarcastically. "Where have I heard that before? Where did you go anyway?"
"Shopping."
"I should have known," he said getting up from the table. He walked over to his desk and sat down on the chair.
"Where did you see Alcazar? In a store?" he asked.
"No, on the street." she replied.
"What did he tell you?"
"Not much. He started with something about not wasting time and then Jax showed up. Look I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was leaving but I haven't had a minute to myself in four years. Well not a good minute. I mean, Luis used to lock me up by myself on the yacht. But that was torture."
"Lock you up? Did you annoy him too?"
She rolled her eyes. "No. He said I would have "episodes" or I was dillusional but I don't think I was. Well I guess I wouldn't think so huh? Then he'd fly in a doctor to sedate me or whatever. You've spent some time with me, do I act dillusional or irrational?"
"Irrational, yes. But you don't seem out of it."
She took a deep breath. "I guess it comes and goes."
"I guess," Jason said riffling through a stack of papers.
"What are you working on? Anything important?"
"Uhhh...," he responded.
"Good then you wouldn't mind going shopping with me!" she said standing up from the couch.
"Didn't you just come from shopping?"
"Yeah but I'm not done. Luis and Jax interrupted me. Come on. I'm bored and you're not doing anything. You told me I could do anything as long as I told you and I want to go shopping and I don't think its too much to ask. I'm sick of..." she said starting to raise her voice.
"Okay, okay, okay. Be quiet! I'll go if only for you to shut up."
"Great!"
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Brenda spent the whole afternoon shopping. Jason spent the whole afternoon watching her shop. She bought a whole new winter wardrobe full with sweaters, pants, skirts, boots, and jackets. When she was done they stopped at Kelly's for a late lunch. They sat at a table inside.
"That was the most fun I've had in a while."
"I'm glad you enjoyed the afternoon"
"What, you didn't enjoy shopping? You didn't like the shirts I bought you? I know instituting any color that is not black or gray in your wardrobe is gonna be difficult but blue is the new black, really."
"I'm not wearing any of that," he responded
"Why do you have to be so..."
"Hi" Courtney interrupted. "What can I get you?"
"Hi Courtney. Have you met Brenda?" Jason asked.
"I met you at the church right? The night of Jaxs' wedding?" Courtney asked Brenda.
"Uh, yeah. I think so. " Brenda said trying to remember. "You're married to AJ, right?"
"Yeah. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too. Jason honey," Brenda said mockingly, "are you ready to order?" He shot her a look.
"Just coffee thanks," he answered.
"Water and a tuna salad. Thank you" Brenda ordered.
"Okay, I'll be right back," Courtney said and left to the kitchen.
"So what's going on there? Your brothers wife looked a little nervous around you."
"You know she's Sonny's sister?" Jason said trying to change the subject.
"Really, didn't know that. Did you just purposely change the subject."
"You're beginning to sound like Carly."
"Hey, I honestly don't care. I'm just making an observation. Like who's the brunette looking at you so intensely behind the counter," she said lowering her voice.
"Elizabeth," he answered without even turning around to look.
"Sounds like you've been breaking some hearts. So what, are they fighting for you?"
"Give it a rest will you," he urged.
"Fine. Just trying to have a conversation."
"Well talk to the voices in your head."
"Yeah, well you know what they're saying to you right now?"
"Here are your drink orders," Courtney said placing a glass of water and a cup of coffee on the table. "I'll be back with your tuna salad"
"Thank you," Brenda said watching Courtney walk away.
"You know stealing your brothers wife is bad even for you."
Jason rolled his eyes and took a sip from his coffee. Brenda started digging in her coat pocket.
"What are you looking for?" Jason asked.
"My pills," she answered as she continued to look through her pockets.
"What do you take them for?"
"Actually I take them as a preventative measure."
"What do you think will happen if you don't take them?"
"Lets not find out." she said as she dug out the bottle from one of the pockets. She opened the bottle and swallowed two pills.
"Are you supposed to take two?"
"Why do you care?"
"Just trying to have a conversation," he said innocently.
"Why don't you go converse with your groupies over there. I wonder what they see in you. Sure you're... not... ugly. But you're so one dimensional," she said examining him.
"Well look who's talking. They had you in mind when they said 'Don't judge a book by its cover'."
"Are you trying to say my beauty is only skin deep?"
"What I'm trying to say is I don't see what Sonny, Jax, or Alcazar see in you."
"Don't forget to add yourself to that list hubby. We dated in high school."
"That wasn't me."
"That's right you're 'Jason Morgan now'. It still doesn't change who you used to be."
"An idiot with bad taste?"
"And it looks like it hasn't gotten any better. I don't know who's plainer Corny or Beth," she said trying to get a rise out of him.
"Its Courtney and Elizabeth. I realize you're too self absorbed to remember anyone's name but you're own but..."
"Oh shut up. I don't have time to remember anyone's stupid name," she said searching her jacket again.
"What are you looking for now?" he asked in his usual drone tone. She didn't respond and kept digging till she took out the same pill bottle. She opened and took one out.
"What are you doing? Are you taking another one?"
"My head is killing me."
"Tough it out. You just took two pills. You don't need another one."
"What are you my keeper?"
"Actually yes."
"Oh yeah, says who?"
"Says this ring," he said sticking out his left hand and pointing at the gold wedding band on his ring finger.
She went to go put the pill in her mouth but he moved her hand and knocked the pill out of it.
"You idiot! That was my last pill."
"I'll get you more and I'm gonna speak to a doctor about the dosages. Make sure you're not overdoing it. I know we don't exactly like each other but you shouldn't get to be high while I have to deal with you sober. Give me the bottle."
She threw the bottle on the table and he quickly put it in his coat pocket.
"I need those ASAP. That's as soon as possible. So if you can fit that in between Betty and Veronica over there that would be perfect.
Behind the counter was Courtney and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was serving someone on the counter coffee and Courtney was serving pie.
"You know I don't think they get along very well," Courtney said to Elizabeth referring to Brenda and Jason.
"You know I still can't believe he's married," Elizabeth responded.
"You still have feelings for him, huh?"
"I don't know. Maybe I do, but he's married now. If that doesn't tell me things are over what else will."
"Jason told me she's dying," Courtney said in a whisper.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah she inherited an incurable illness from her mother."
"That's so sad. Poor Jason."
"Poor Brenda. But I know Jason will do his best to make her last days comfortable and happy. Speaking of which let me take her order over."
"Here is your tuna salad. Enjoy," Courtney said placing the order before Brenda on the table.
"Actually Casey, can I have this to go?" Brenda said to Courtney. "I'm not very hungry right now," she directed to Jason.
"Her name is Courtney," Jason said quickly.
"Whatever."
"I thought you said you were starving."
"I was. I lost my appetite. I'll eat it later."
"But you haven't eaten today. You have to eat something."
"Its no big deal. I've gone longer without eating. Besides why should I eat if I'm not hungry."
"Besides the fact you said you were. What happened to 'If I don't eat something right now I'm gonna faint'," he said in mock tone.
"I changed my mind. Is that a crime? And I don't sound like that."
"I'll just go box this to go" Courtney said getting the plate out of the way before either of them used it as a weapon.
"Thank you Caitlin," Brenda said with a smile while Courtney walked away. "You are so embarrassing," Brenda said.
"Me? I'm embarrassing? You can't even remember a simple name."
"Oh will you get over that."
"I'm gonna go pay." he said getting up and walking to the counter.
"Hey," Elizabeth said. "Hey. How are you?" Jason responded "I'm fine. How are you? How's married life?" "Its...different. We're not used to each other yet." "Give it time. She seems like a nice person." "You don't know her do you?" Jason said with a laugh. "She's not a nice person?" "Well she's a little...difficult. But she has a good heart." "Well that's a start." "Yeah" Courtney came out of the kitchen with a Styrofoam box. "Here you go," she said giving Jason the box. "Thanks and I'm sorry about the whole name thing. She has a really bad memory." "Don't worry about it. Its no big deal." "Well this should cover it," Jason said placing money on the counter. "Bye"
He walked over to Brenda who was sitting down waiting impatiently.
"Finally. What the hell was going on over there? Was Veronica giving you the run around. Well I say forget her cause Betty looks real easy I mean...eager to go out with you," she finished with a smile.
"Lets go."
"Sure," she said getting up and following Jason to the door. "Bye Catherine" she called out to Courtney to which Courtney waved back. Jason cringed.
"Catherine?" Elizabeth said with a puzzled look on her face.
"Don't ask," Courtney responded. ************************************************************************
I LOVE TO HATE YOU Chapter 1
Brenda Barrett sat in her bedroom looking at herself in the mirror. In the reflection was a young, beautiful, newly married woman. But that was not what she saw. In reality she was dying of a terminal illness and was married to a man she did not love. The man she loved was happily married to someone else and she only had a few years of life ahead of her. The man she was married to, Jason Morgan, was someone she wouldn't even be friends with under normal circumstances. But with her illness impairing her judgment she needed someone to look out for her when she couldn't. He was a good man but she wasn't his favorite person either. But they put their differences aside for the greater cause. Some of the time. That morning Brenda had planned to go shopping. It was something so simple and everyday she had missed doing. With all the drama that had occurred recently she longed for a little simplicity, a routine without chaos or surprise. She longed for a life she could control, as much as her illness would permit. She got up and got dressed in dark blue jeans and a black sweater ready for a day of non stop shopping. As she was walking down the stairs she found Jason sound asleep on the couch. "Jason," she whispered. "Jason. Are you asleep?" He didn't move. "Are you alive?"she asked raising her voice a little. She saw his chest moving up and down. "I guess so,"she said whispering again. "Well I'm going shopping but I'll be careful and I'll try not to get in trouble. Bye ." With that she walked out the door. ************************************************************************* It was a beautiful morning. There was not a cloud in the sky and the leaves on the trees were changing showing signs of the autumn season. The day showed no evidence of the night before. The night before was a ugly and rainy one. Jason had rode his motorcycle to what seemed to be the end of the world and back. He rode till it hurt. He had gotten home just when the sun began to rise and threw himself on the couch in the living room and resided there till noon. He got up groggy from last night and looked around. He went to his room , showered and changed. The penthouse was oddly quiet. He looked at the clock on his night stand that read 12:35. Then he began to worry. "Brenda? Brenda?!" he called. He looked in her room and found her bed made and empty. "Dammit! Brenda?!"
************************************************************************ Brenda was enjoying the beautiful day. She had hit three shops and with her hands full of shopping bags, she was ready to hit the next. As she was walking to the next store one of her bags fell to the ground.
"Dammit!" she said bending down to pick it up
"I knew I'd find you shopping." She looked up to find Luis Alcazar. She immediately stood up.
"What do you want?"
"Where is your flunky of a husband? Not accompanying you today is he?
"What are you following me?"
"Not very safe for you to be wondering around alone"
"Unlike you, Jason trusts me to go out alone. He doesn't lock me up like an animal," she lied.
"And unlike me he doesn't love you"
"I don't have time for this," she said attempting to move past him but he got in her way.
"No, you don't have time. So why fight the inevitable"
"Get out of my way!" she said frustrated.
"You heard her," Jax said coming up from behind her. "I suggest you do as she says" Brenda just stood there quietly not knowing what to do or say.
"I'm leaving but remember Brenda you don't have much time to waste with a man that does not love you." With those word Alcazar turned and walked away.
"Are you okay?" Jax asked looking down at Brenda.
"I'm fine. I would have been fine. I can take care of myself, especially from Luis."
"I don't doubt you can take care of yourself but the man is dangerous Brenda. Speaking of which where is your husband? Shouldn't he be taking care of you?"
"Well where is your wife. Shouldn't she be taking care of you? You are recovering. Listen, I appreciate your concern but I'm gonna be fine. If you'll excuse me I was just on my way home"
"I'll take you there," he offered.
"No, thank you. I just want to be alone," she replied.
"Don't be so hard headed and let me take you. I have a car waiting for me right over there," he said pointing at a car parked about 20 feet away. "I'm not taking no for..."
"All right. If you insist," she interrupted.
They both got into the car and headed to the penthouse. When they got there Jax insisted on walking her to her door despite her objections. When they got to the door she stopped him.
"Okay. I'm home, I'm safe. You can go."
"You're hardly safe living with Jason Morgan"
Just then Jason swung open the door.
"Uh...," Brenda began.
"Where the hell were you? I was just going out to look for you!" Jason yelled.
"The question is where the hell were you when Luis Alcazar was harassing her" Jax responded.
"What? Where?" Jason asked Brenda.
" It doesn't matter. I'm fine and Jax brought me home just to make sure so..."
Jason grabbed Brenda by the arm and pushed her into the penthouse. "Great! Well, thank you, but I'll take it from here," he said and closed the door in Jax's face.
"You don't have to be so rude," Brenda said plopping herself on the couch.
He sat on the coffee table right across from here. "Brenda, you cannot leave here without telling me. You can go anywhere you want, but not without telling me and not without a bodyguard. What were you thinking? That's if you were thinking at all. You were lucky today but Alcazar could have..."
"Okay, okay, okay! I get it, dad! I'll never do it again, I promise."
"Right," he said sarcastically. "Where have I heard that before? Where did you go anyway?"
"Shopping."
"I should have known," he said getting up from the table. He walked over to his desk and sat down on the chair.
"Where did you see Alcazar? In a store?" he asked.
"No, on the street." she replied.
"What did he tell you?"
"Not much. He started with something about not wasting time and then Jax showed up. Look I'm sorry I didn't tell you I was leaving but I haven't had a minute to myself in four years. Well not a good minute. I mean, Luis used to lock me up by myself on the yacht. But that was torture."
"Lock you up? Did you annoy him too?"
She rolled her eyes. "No. He said I would have "episodes" or I was dillusional but I don't think I was. Well I guess I wouldn't think so huh? Then he'd fly in a doctor to sedate me or whatever. You've spent some time with me, do I act dillusional or irrational?"
"Irrational, yes. But you don't seem out of it."
She took a deep breath. "I guess it comes and goes."
"I guess," Jason said riffling through a stack of papers.
"What are you working on? Anything important?"
"Uhhh...," he responded.
"Good then you wouldn't mind going shopping with me!" she said standing up from the couch.
"Didn't you just come from shopping?"
"Yeah but I'm not done. Luis and Jax interrupted me. Come on. I'm bored and you're not doing anything. You told me I could do anything as long as I told you and I want to go shopping and I don't think its too much to ask. I'm sick of..." she said starting to raise her voice.
"Okay, okay, okay. Be quiet! I'll go if only for you to shut up."
"Great!"
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Brenda spent the whole afternoon shopping. Jason spent the whole afternoon watching her shop. She bought a whole new winter wardrobe full with sweaters, pants, skirts, boots, and jackets. When she was done they stopped at Kelly's for a late lunch. They sat at a table inside.
"That was the most fun I've had in a while."
"I'm glad you enjoyed the afternoon"
"What, you didn't enjoy shopping? You didn't like the shirts I bought you? I know instituting any color that is not black or gray in your wardrobe is gonna be difficult but blue is the new black, really."
"I'm not wearing any of that," he responded
"Why do you have to be so..."
"Hi" Courtney interrupted. "What can I get you?"
"Hi Courtney. Have you met Brenda?" Jason asked.
"I met you at the church right? The night of Jaxs' wedding?" Courtney asked Brenda.
"Uh, yeah. I think so. " Brenda said trying to remember. "You're married to AJ, right?"
"Yeah. Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too. Jason honey," Brenda said mockingly, "are you ready to order?" He shot her a look.
"Just coffee thanks," he answered.
"Water and a tuna salad. Thank you" Brenda ordered.
"Okay, I'll be right back," Courtney said and left to the kitchen.
"So what's going on there? Your brothers wife looked a little nervous around you."
"You know she's Sonny's sister?" Jason said trying to change the subject.
"Really, didn't know that. Did you just purposely change the subject."
"You're beginning to sound like Carly."
"Hey, I honestly don't care. I'm just making an observation. Like who's the brunette looking at you so intensely behind the counter," she said lowering her voice.
"Elizabeth," he answered without even turning around to look.
"Sounds like you've been breaking some hearts. So what, are they fighting for you?"
"Give it a rest will you," he urged.
"Fine. Just trying to have a conversation."
"Well talk to the voices in your head."
"Yeah, well you know what they're saying to you right now?"
"Here are your drink orders," Courtney said placing a glass of water and a cup of coffee on the table. "I'll be back with your tuna salad"
"Thank you," Brenda said watching Courtney walk away.
"You know stealing your brothers wife is bad even for you."
Jason rolled his eyes and took a sip from his coffee. Brenda started digging in her coat pocket.
"What are you looking for?" Jason asked.
"My pills," she answered as she continued to look through her pockets.
"What do you take them for?"
"Actually I take them as a preventative measure."
"What do you think will happen if you don't take them?"
"Lets not find out." she said as she dug out the bottle from one of the pockets. She opened the bottle and swallowed two pills.
"Are you supposed to take two?"
"Why do you care?"
"Just trying to have a conversation," he said innocently.
"Why don't you go converse with your groupies over there. I wonder what they see in you. Sure you're... not... ugly. But you're so one dimensional," she said examining him.
"Well look who's talking. They had you in mind when they said 'Don't judge a book by its cover'."
"Are you trying to say my beauty is only skin deep?"
"What I'm trying to say is I don't see what Sonny, Jax, or Alcazar see in you."
"Don't forget to add yourself to that list hubby. We dated in high school."
"That wasn't me."
"That's right you're 'Jason Morgan now'. It still doesn't change who you used to be."
"An idiot with bad taste?"
"And it looks like it hasn't gotten any better. I don't know who's plainer Corny or Beth," she said trying to get a rise out of him.
"Its Courtney and Elizabeth. I realize you're too self absorbed to remember anyone's name but you're own but..."
"Oh shut up. I don't have time to remember anyone's stupid name," she said searching her jacket again.
"What are you looking for now?" he asked in his usual drone tone. She didn't respond and kept digging till she took out the same pill bottle. She opened and took one out.
"What are you doing? Are you taking another one?"
"My head is killing me."
"Tough it out. You just took two pills. You don't need another one."
"What are you my keeper?"
"Actually yes."
"Oh yeah, says who?"
"Says this ring," he said sticking out his left hand and pointing at the gold wedding band on his ring finger.
She went to go put the pill in her mouth but he moved her hand and knocked the pill out of it.
"You idiot! That was my last pill."
"I'll get you more and I'm gonna speak to a doctor about the dosages. Make sure you're not overdoing it. I know we don't exactly like each other but you shouldn't get to be high while I have to deal with you sober. Give me the bottle."
She threw the bottle on the table and he quickly put it in his coat pocket.
"I need those ASAP. That's as soon as possible. So if you can fit that in between Betty and Veronica over there that would be perfect.
Behind the counter was Courtney and Elizabeth. Elizabeth was serving someone on the counter coffee and Courtney was serving pie.
"You know I don't think they get along very well," Courtney said to Elizabeth referring to Brenda and Jason.
"You know I still can't believe he's married," Elizabeth responded.
"You still have feelings for him, huh?"
"I don't know. Maybe I do, but he's married now. If that doesn't tell me things are over what else will."
"Jason told me she's dying," Courtney said in a whisper.
"Are you serious?"
"Yeah she inherited an incurable illness from her mother."
"That's so sad. Poor Jason."
"Poor Brenda. But I know Jason will do his best to make her last days comfortable and happy. Speaking of which let me take her order over."
"Here is your tuna salad. Enjoy," Courtney said placing the order before Brenda on the table.
"Actually Casey, can I have this to go?" Brenda said to Courtney. "I'm not very hungry right now," she directed to Jason.
"Her name is Courtney," Jason said quickly.
"Whatever."
"I thought you said you were starving."
"I was. I lost my appetite. I'll eat it later."
"But you haven't eaten today. You have to eat something."
"Its no big deal. I've gone longer without eating. Besides why should I eat if I'm not hungry."
"Besides the fact you said you were. What happened to 'If I don't eat something right now I'm gonna faint'," he said in mock tone.
"I changed my mind. Is that a crime? And I don't sound like that."
"I'll just go box this to go" Courtney said getting the plate out of the way before either of them used it as a weapon.
"Thank you Caitlin," Brenda said with a smile while Courtney walked away. "You are so embarrassing," Brenda said.
"Me? I'm embarrassing? You can't even remember a simple name."
"Oh will you get over that."
"I'm gonna go pay." he said getting up and walking to the counter.
"Hey," Elizabeth said. "Hey. How are you?" Jason responded "I'm fine. How are you? How's married life?" "Its...different. We're not used to each other yet." "Give it time. She seems like a nice person." "You don't know her do you?" Jason said with a laugh. "She's not a nice person?" "Well she's a little...difficult. But she has a good heart." "Well that's a start." "Yeah" Courtney came out of the kitchen with a Styrofoam box. "Here you go," she said giving Jason the box. "Thanks and I'm sorry about the whole name thing. She has a really bad memory." "Don't worry about it. Its no big deal." "Well this should cover it," Jason said placing money on the counter. "Bye"
He walked over to Brenda who was sitting down waiting impatiently.
"Finally. What the hell was going on over there? Was Veronica giving you the run around. Well I say forget her cause Betty looks real easy I mean...eager to go out with you," she finished with a smile.
"Lets go."
"Sure," she said getting up and following Jason to the door. "Bye Catherine" she called out to Courtney to which Courtney waved back. Jason cringed.
"Catherine?" Elizabeth said with a puzzled look on her face.
"Don't ask," Courtney responded. ************************************************************************