"Untitled"

Disclaimer: I do not own any DLM characters or Der Waffle Haus, etc.

Chapter 1:

Mason had been sitting in his usual place at Der Waffle Haus for over 20 minutes. He was twitching profusely, looking tired and nervous and full of anticipation.

Rube, as usual, was fundamentally blunt, "You been drinking again?"

"What? Nah - no…no." Mason spilled out anxiously.

"Then what the fuck's wrong with you?" Rube asked him, sure that the handsome Englishmen had resumed his old habits.

Mason frowned, "Nuthin', nothing…" He looked around to the door at the front of the restaurant. "Just waitin' for Georgie. She's really late. Do any of you know why she's late? Did she say anything?"

Rube slapped a yellow post-it note down in front of the jittery Reaper, "George will be here when she's here, and it's none of your concern."

Mason picked a piece of fruit off of Daisy's plate; she frowned but said nothing. Finally the door opened and George rolled in. She smiled and winked at Mason before sliding in with Daisy and Roxy across from the guys.

"Hey, Peanut," Rube said, handing her two post-its of her own.

"Hi."

Kiffany appeared like magic beside her, "You want some coffee, sweetie?"

"Thank you, Kiffany, I would. And a blueberry muffin, please."

"Sure," Kiffany nodded, folding over her order pad and strolling off toward the kitchen.

"Well aren't we miss cheery today?" Daisy observed, fluttering her pretty blue eyes at George.

"Well actually," George began slowly, eyes focused on Rube. "I, we," She smiled at Mason, making Rube glare at him, "Mason and I have been, uh, secretly dating for three weeks, and-"

"What?" Rube looked shocked and angry.

"Yeah, Georgie's my girlfriend, and we just wanted you all to know," Mason finally piped in.

Rube turned, ignoring the comment, "George, Peanut, I thought we decided relationships weren't a good idea for you."

Daisy had a gleeful, mischievous grin on her perfect face; she thought this whole situation was great fun. Roxy just kept eating her waffles, completely unphased.

"Rube, I'm sorry but this isn't us asking permission; we're already going out. We just wanted to stop keeping it a secret. Got damn!"

"Well I'm saying no, you cannot go out with the fuck-up." Rube's calmness made him all the more infuriating to the pair.

"Well she is!" Mason stood abruptly and held his hand out to George, "C'mon George, screw this."

"Damn straight." She took his hand and the stormed out.

Rube yelled after them, "Georgia, I'm trying to keep you out of trouble!"

"Let 'em go, Rube, fuck - I think it's cute."

"Yeah, Rube, Georgia's smart; she won't stay with him for long." Daisy followed Roxy's unusually nice comment.

Rube put his hand to his head and began rubbing his aching temples. "You'd better hope not. I don't like disturbances, and this is a serious disturbance. We aren't supposed to dating the living, let alone other Reapers. I smell trouble." The three ate the rest of their breakfast in silence.