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Prompt: "Why are you avoiding me?"
"Because…because I think I'm falling in love with you, okay? That's why I'm avoiding you."
Jacoba sighed as she leaned over once again to get under the hood of her 1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback. There was actually nothing wrong with her car, but she had been in need of an excuse to not be pulled into whatever drama was currently brewing between Luna and Thorn. As much as she loved being the team's mediator, Jacoba wasn't going to touch this situation with a ten-foot pole.
The main issue was that Thorn was avoiding Luna like she had the plague. Jacoba had, luckily, been able to convince the hacker that hiding at her and Gunnar's place was NOT a viable option, but she wasn't completely sure that eh was actually staying at his own apartment either (Jacoba would probably put money on him staying at Doc's, since that would be about the last place that Luna would look). Thorn had even taken to avoiding working in the Hub for the time-being. It was like the young man had turned avoiding Luna into an Olympic sport, and he was currently getting the gold.
"Found you."
Jacoba turned her head quickly, a response for the mixed martial artist dying on her lips when she realized that Luna wasn't standing next to her. The Amazon smirked as she turned back to her car. It would seem that the hacker had finally been caught.
"Oh, uh, Luna! Nice to see you. Sorry, I can't stay because I just remembered that I promised Mars that – "
"Nice try, idiot. Mars and Smilee are helping Gunnar add more shelves to Jacoba's library. Now, what's going on with you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Jacoba heard Luna scoff. "Thorn, every time that I've tried to speak to you for the past couple of weeks you've done everything but full on run away from me. So, why are you avoiding me?"
"Because." Jacoba could practically hear the wheels turning in Thorn's head and subconsciously held her breath in anticipation of what the hacker would say next. She heard him sigh and knew that he had come to some sort of conclusion. "Because I think that I'm falling in love with you, okay? That's why I'm avoiding you."
Jacoba knew her eyes had gone wide and she was suppressing a huge grin. She had definitely seen that coming for a while now.
"Thorn, you are a major idiot."
"Yeah, I know."
"And I like you, too."
Jacoba was definitely grinning as she slammed the hood down on her Mustang down and walked over to the driver's door. She was so glad that she didn't have to make excuses now; they really had figured it out on their own.
