Posted 6/23/09
A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for the reviews/alerts/favoriting. I know I have 8 (if I counted right, haha) people reading this. Yay! Lol. But I love reviews so please review! It helps me know you're still reading. :) Even a short review makes me happy.
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Also, as Roxasrocksmysocks suggested I'm taking quotations off of thoughts and just italicizing. Thanks again for the suggestion!
Kaylie's personality comes out a little more in this chapter. lol
And away we go!
Since Jen lived the closest, Jude picked her up first. He arrived "promptly" at 6:15.
"You're late." Jen said, swinging the door open and glaring at him. Jude chuckled.
"And you're hot." Jude replied, observing her in her light blue dress. Jen blushed and gave a nervous laugh.
"Thanks."
Jonesy starting laughing behind Jen.
"Awww, you two look like you're going on the date…together." He said. "That's so precious! Smile!"
Jonesy took a picture.
"Go shove your head in the toilet, Jonesy!" Jen barked.
"Ew! No way! Diego was the last to use it!"
"Judge not lest you be judged, bro." Diego said, walking past them into the kitchen.
Jen looked at Jude critically.
"You're not wearing that, are you?" She asked, raising her eyebrow.
"What's wrong with it? I wear this, like, everyday."
"That's what's wrong with it!" Jen exclaimed.
"It's no big deal. It's just dinner and a movie." Jude said.
"Yeah, it's not like he needs to wear a suit or something." Said Jonesy.
"You're going on a date! You need to look somewhat presentable! Don't you want to impress Kaylie?"
"Well…"
"Come on! Let's go to your house. I'll pick something out for you to wear." Jen said. She grabbed Jude and pulled him out the door.
"But I thought we were already running late…"
"It'll only take a few minutes." Jen said as they walked out the door. "You live just down the street."
Jonesy watched as the front door closed behind them.
"Finally! She's nagging someone else for once!" He said, scratching his butt.
Fifteen minutes later found Jude and Jen in his car heading towards Kaylie's house. Jude was wearing a dorky sweater that Jen picked out. It was something his grandmother knitted him, which was why it was even in his closet in the first plate. He only wore it whenever Nana Lizowski came over.
"See, you look nice." Jen said proudly. She frowned as she looked at his head. "But why are you still wearing that hat?"
"Don't touch the hat!" Jude said defensively. He put his hands over his head causing the car to swerve. Jen screamed.
"Whoooooooaaaaa!" Jude said, placing his hands back on the wheel.
"Ha!" Jen said triumphantly, snatching the hat off of his head.
"Give it back!" Jude whined, trying to reach for it.
"Nah ah ah!" Jen said, shoving the hat into her purse. She looked at Jude's hair and gave a look of displeasure.
"Your hair is complete mess!" Jen exclaimed. "Here, let me fix it."
Jen began to finger-comb his hair into place.
"That tickles." Jude said with a chuckle. Jen rolled her eyes.
"This isn't working." She said. "Hang on. I think I have a comb."
Jen fished a comb from out of her purse then turned back towards Jude and tried combing his hair. However, the comb snagged on his hair yanking his head down sharply; a few teeth snapped off the comb in the process.
"Ow! Geez bra!" Jude exclaimed, rubbing his neck. "I'm trying to drive here!
"Sorry." Jen laughed sheepishly. She looked down at her comb and gasped. "You broke my comb!"
"You broke my neck!"
"You owe me a new comb!"
"You owe me a new neck!"
"Well if your hair wasn't so tangled!"
"I didn't ask you to detangle it!"
"You didn't ask me to untangle it." Jen corrected.
"Yeah, I know. I just said that."
Jen rolled her eyes.
"Never mind," she said with a sigh.
"Now give me back my hat ."
Jen peered at Jude's messy hair and gave another sigh.
"Fine." Jen muttered. She took the hat out of her purse and flopped it apathetically on top of his head. It sat there lopsided. "There's no point going without it. You're hair is too messy to fix. The hat looks better than that tangled mess."
"Thank you!" Jude said, grinning in triumph and fixing his hat. He looked over at the grumpy Jen and frowned.
"Awww, cheer up, bra." He said patting her on the head. Jen's face softened.
"Sorry. I guess I'm just nervous and want everything to go smoothly." She said. "I hate blind dates, you know."
Jude snickered.
"Really? I thought you loved them." He teased. Jen stuck her tongue out at him.
They finally arrived at Kaylie's house. Jen stayed in the car while Jude went up to the front door. He knocked and a tall, buff man soon answered. He eyed Jude critically.
"You Jude?" He asked in a deep, gruff voice.
"Y-yes sir." Jude stammered.
"How old are you?"
"Six-sixteen, sir."
The man smiled and held out his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Jude!" He said cheerfully. "I'm Kaylie's father, Mr. Anderson; but please, call me Jeff."
Jude smiled nervously and shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you too, dude…I mean, Mr. Anderson. I mean…Jeff."
"Hi Jude!" A cheerful voice said behind Mr. Anderson. Jude looked behind the tall man to see Kaylie.
"Hey bra, how's it going?"
"Alright. Let's go!" She said hastily.
"Have a nice date, Princess." Jeff said stooping down to give his daughter a kiss on the cheek.
"Dad!" she sneered in embarrassment. She grabbed Jude by the arm. "Come on! Let's go!"
"What about your brother?" Jude asked. Kaylie's eyes widened and Jeff looked confused.
"Um…oh yeah." Kaylie laughed nervously. "I guess you want to meet him."
She turned to yell at a 10 year-old boy playing Wii in the next room.
"Hey weasel-face! Come meet Jude!" She yelled.
"No thanks, crap head!" He yelled back at her, not even looking up from his game.
"Tommy!" Jeff scolded. "Watch your language."
"She started it!"
Uh oh…if that's Jen's date she is NOT going to be happy. Jude thought. He shivered as he imagined the wrath of an angry Jen.
"Is that who Je—" Jude started off. Kaylie grabbed Jude's arm again.
"Let's go!"
She pulled him out the door and slammed it behind her.
She is not how I remembered her. Jude thought. He looked back at the house in confusion.
"Isn't Tommy coming with us?" He asked.
"What, why would he?" She asked irritably.
"Well, I thought…"
"Hi!" Jen said, suddenly appearing before them. "I'm Jen! You must be Kaylie."
Kaylie looked at Jen critically and then over at Jude.
"Heh. Nice outfits." she said with a snort. Jen looked at Kaylie's halter-top and jeans with a frown. Maybe she and Jude were a little dressed up.
"Um, is your brother coming?" Jen asked nervously, brushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear. Kaylie raised her eyebrow and Jude gulped.
This is not good. He thought. Isn't her brother coming with us? Jen will KILL me if she doesn't have a date.
Jude's face lit up in realization and he grinned.
Wait a minute! This means I'm dating two chicks at once! He thought happily. Alright! And I didn't even plan it! In your face Jonesy!
Kaylie's face soon relaxed.
"Oh! No, we need to pick him up." Kaylie explained to Jen. "He's over at a friend's house. He needed help with his homework."
"Oh…kay." said Jen.
Jude, though a little disappointed, couldn't help but sigh with relief.
"Your parents don't mind that you're going off with Jude without him?" Jen asked Kaylie.
Kaylie sighed impatiently.
"No, my brother assured them he would be with us for most of the evening." Kaylie said. "Now let's get going!"
Kaylie walked up to Jude's car and looked at it.
"Um…is that your car?" she asked in a disgusted voice. Jen, already irritated by the girl's snobbery, clenched her teeth as Jude frowned.
"At least he HAS a car!" Jen said. "Doesn't your brother have one? Why do we need to pick him up? Couldn't he just come home in time?"
Kaylie looked nervous for a second but shook it off and cleared her throat.
"He, like, crashed it, okay?"
Great. Jen thought. I'm going out with a loser who can't drive, can't get a girl-friend, and is flunking school. I'm going to horsewhip Jude.
Jen sighed.
"Let's go." She said. She made her way to the back seat but Kaylie pushed her way in front of her.
"Um, don't you want to sit in the front with Jude?" Jen asked. "He is your date."
"Oh, uh…no. James and I get car-sick so we always sit in the back." Kaylie said.
"Wouldn't sitting in the front be better?" Jen asked.
"Um…no, it's better for us in the back. It's, like, a weird condition, okay? Geez." Kaylie said.
"Um…right." Jen said, exchanging a weird look with Jude.
There's something weird about this, thought Jen.
I'm hungry, thought Jude.
As they traveled to their destination Jen thought about what a perfect little snot Kaylie was. She didn't understand what Jude saw in her at all.
With the exception of Starr Jude does NOT know how to pick out a girl. Jen thought. Maybe I should find one for him.
They pulled up to the house that Kaylie told Jude to stop at.
"I'll go get James." Kaylie said, hopping out of the car. She walked up to the house and knocked on the door; a tall boy soon came out. Kaylie greeted him with a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek; the boy greeted her in the same way.
Jen and Jude exchanged a weird look.
"Close family." Jude said, shrugging.
Jen turned back to look out the window.
Along with being a stupid, dateless loser who can't drive I bet this guy's a complete ugly dork too. She thought, folding her arms
Just then, Kaylie pulled away and Jen could see the boy more clearly. Jen's jaw dropped as she observed how incredibly hot he was. He had dark hair, a chiseled physique, and was wearing worn-out jeans with a slightly unbuttoned shirt. "You Sexy Thing" began to play in Jen's mind as she watched in utter amazement as the guy walked towards them.
"Thanks Jude!!!" Jen exclaimed, hugging him.
"You're drooling on me, bra." Jude said. He looked out the window. "Hey!!! Look what he's wearing! I coulda worn my regular clothes too."
"Oh believe me! That outfit works!" Jen said. She returned to drooling out the window. Kaylie and James arrived at the car and Jen stumbled out.
"H-hi! I'm J-Jen." She said, sticking her hand out to James.
James gave her a disinterested look.
"That's nice." He replied in a bored tone and climbed into the back seat with Kaylie.
Jen frowned and climbed into the passenger's seat. Jude gave her a nervous, sympathetic look. If things didn't start improving, he knew he would have a lot to hear from Jen about their rude behavior later on. Jude bit his lip, not understanding what was going on. Kaylie seemed like a sweet girl at first.
Jude pulled the car away from the curb and they set off. Jen and Jude tried to converse with their dates only to be ignored. Jen looked back to see them sitting close together, laughing and whispering. Jude, who saw the scene from the rear view mirror, shrugged at Jen and merely continued driving. Jude might have thought they were simply a close family but Jen thought they were being rude. For all they knew the siblings were probably laughing at them. This was turning out to be a bigger disaster than she had expected. She wasn't just going to horsewhip Jude, but the rest of her friends as well for forcing her on this date.
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Next Chapter: First half of the date.
Sneak Peak:
"Now let's get this stupid date over with and never go out with these losers again."
Yet again, that's all you get. :P