Fiction de la Fan

Spill: Chapter 2

Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:47:51 GMT

Spill
Chapter: 2/?
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Rating: PG (to go up in later chapters)
Pairing: Rose/Joel
Synopsis: It is a Friday night and Rose realizes that she really needs to get out more.
Author's Notes: Related is not mine so you don't have to rub it in. It hurts enough knowing that Kyle Howard will never be with me. This takes place between the 4th and 5th episodes.

Joel began counting the ceiling tiles all over again. For the fourth time. The most he had gotten was sixty-eight before his eyes sight grew fuzzy and he was no longer able to distinguish one grey tile from the next. He sighed. ‘five – six - seven-‘

This is what he got for asking a girl to a party. Him slouched on the floor in the hallway, waiting thirty minutes for her to get ready. ’ten - eleven – twelve – ‘

Head lolled back, he didn’t notice the door open quietly.

“Joel?”

His head snapped back to view a nervous looking Rose. His mouth moved but no sound came out. Joel didn’t think he had ever seen pants that low or tight on Rose. His eyes did a slow sweep of her jean clad legs and the sizable strip of bare flesh that was visible over the waistband and he felt his chest constrict. He was now certain he had never seen her in jeans like that. He would definitely remember.

He then made a mental note to go out and quickly buy her several more pairs. And burn all of the other non-tight pants she already owned. She was wearing a black zip up long sleeved shirt. It was unzipped enough for him to see a low cut shirt of some sort underneath. Joel swallowed hard.

“What?” a look of apprehension filled her face and she ran a nervous hand over her thigh, “I look terrible don’t I! Marjee had made me buy them a little while ago and I-”

“No! No!” Joel stood up quickly “You look…” he searched for the right word. “Great. Beautiful. Amazing…”

Rose smiled and looked away. “Thanks.”

A silent beat followed and Joel had to fight to keep his jaw off the floor.

She nibbled her lip for a moment under his intense gaze but he couldn’t drag his eyes away. She looked…different. She had done something to her hair. He wasn’t an expert on women’s hairstyle but this wasn’t as sleek as usual. And her makeup was darker, making her eyes look sexy as all hell.

“So, are we gonna go?” She nervously broke through his agog stare.

After a mental head shake he managed to stutter out. “Uh, yeah. Let’s go.”

She gave him a once over. “Are we stopping off at your room for you to change?”

He paused and looked down at his jeans and shirt. “This is clean,” he said defensively.

She just smiled and nodded.

“Why?” His eyes narrowed and he stole another glance at his attire. “What is wrong with what I am wearing?”

“Nothing. You look fine.”

He glanced down and ran his hand over the front of his shirt. “What is wrong with what I am wearing!”

“Nothing!” She grinned widely up at him and started down the hallway, but not before giving him one more visual inspection.

He sighed and stared up at the ceiling for a moment before calling out. “Wrong way.”

She stopped and turned around, confusion on her face.

He heaved a sigh and scowled at her. “My dorm is the other way.”

She smiled brightly and stared off towards his room without a word.

He rolled his eyes and took solace in the tight denim-clad view in front of him.

- - - -

“So where are we going?”

From behind her Joel helpfully called out, “my room?”

Rose rolled her eyes. “Funny.” She looked over her shoulder, “after your room, smartass.”

Joel did one of those impossibly wide grins of his. “I dunno. My roommate was talking about some party down town that is supposed to be good. We could check out that.”

They reached Joel’s room and Rose opened the door and made her way in. It was the same as her own. Except for the very distinct feeling of ‘boy’ in it. She did notice that Joel’s side of the room was much cleaner than his roommates.

“Your bed is made. I’m impressed.” She teased.

He grinned as he unbuttoned his shirt, leaving him in a blue t-shirt. “My momma taught me well.”

She just shook her head and smiled slightly.

He tossed the shirt into one of the blue dorm baskets and pulled open a draw, which she assumed held his clothes.

He turned and gave her a look.

Rose looked right back. “What?”

His eyebrows rose. “Aren’t you gonna turn around?”

She grinned. “Why? You shy?”

She had meant it as a joke but before she could retract her comment or turn, he had thrown her a sly smile and his fingers had found the edge of his shirt.

She stood stunned. And hoping her mouth wasn’t open.

Joel apparently, under his sweaters and button down shirts, had muscle. And pecs. And an impossibly perfect stomach. She blinked. He wasn’t bulky, for sure, but…wow. She felt her face heat up. She should really turn around now. He wadded up his shirt and threw it at the basket. Oh my god, was that a tattoo on his shoulder? And did she mention the pecs?

He turned and she got a view of those lithe muscles on his side. She knew from years of Science classes that she was seeing the sides of the Latissimus Dorsi and Serratus Anterior: Back and Ab muscles. But she really didn’t care about the official names at the moment; just that as he reached into his drawer, they tightened and flexed with a torturous ease and fluidity under his bare skin.

He withdrew something dark green and something white from the drawer but she really wasn’t paying attention to what they were. ‘Shirts?’ She’d venture a dim guess. She was more focusing on the way his jeans fell nicely on his tapered hips. And those little dips that ran down either side of his abdomen and disappeared beneath his pants. God he had a nice stomach. Was it possible to have more than an eight pack? She drug her eyes up just as he pulled the shirt over his head. All the muscles in his torso lengthened for a moment as he raised his arms. Rose felt her heart hammer in her chest.

The shirt really didn’t do much to stop her imagination. It was tight and white. She could still see those pecs.

Good God, this was Joel! Dorky, goofy, best friend Joel. She wore her embarrassing pajamas around him. And her acne cream! This was bad! But that did stop her from staring at him, still visualizing that tattoo. It looked tribal and it circled his nicely formed arm.

“Rose?”

Her eyes snapped instantly up. “What?’ She winced and really hoped that her voice only sounded that guilty and loud inside her head.

He gave her an odd look. “I asked what you thought of my hair.”

“Your hair?” She stared dumbly.

He ignored or didn’t notice how she was acting. ‘Yeah, my hair.” He then placed his fingers on his chin and did what she suspected was his interpretation of a sexy model pout and threw his head back and forth dramatically, offering profiles of either side of his face before tossing his head back.

She couldn’t help but smile and give an eye roll at that. “It looks great.”

He pursed his lips and nodded definitively as he slipped into a zip up green sweater. Good-bye distracting muscles. “Awesome. Now let’s get going!”

She offered up a smile. “Yes, let’s go.”

As they began to make their way to the hallway Joel stopped her.

“Hey Rose, wait.”

She turned and frowned. “What?”

“I think you’ve…” he scowled slightly and made his way towards her and squinted. “Yeah, you’ve got drool,” he reached out and took a swipe with his thumb under her lip, “Right there.”

She would have acknowledged the quake in her knees when he had done that were she not mortified that he had caught her staring. She pulled back and made a face. “Shut up.”

He looked mock-stunned. “Wait, No! I don’t think I got it all!”

She stuck her tongue out and made her way to the hallway.

She shot him a dark look, hoping that is masked the flush on her cheeks. “You are such a jerk.”

“A jerk who look fabulous half nekked apparently.” He grinned.

“Shut up!” Her voice sounding a far too shrill for her own good.

jIcon

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:17:21 GMT

Yeah. Got iPod on the brain for some reason. Hence my jPod theme. "j" for Joel. Yeah. Lame. ANYWAY. I'll post the screencaps later. I am too tired to do it right now.

The text on the ones under the LJcut are:

1) jSmug
2) jStunned
3) jKiss
4) jCute
5) jSnark
6) Wishing I was anywhere but here
7) This moment was brought to you by: A Really Horrible Pun
8) Sorry
9) Feels like loser
10) Not Joel
11) Barely Masked Panic
12) Run away!
13) Oh...SNAP!
14) Muffin + Joel OTP M+J = OTP

Though you should be able to read them all.

Driving Miss Crazy: An Extensive Joel/Rose recap

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:31:22 GMT

A complete run down of all the Joel/Rose/Alex bits of "Driving Miss Crazy" There are quite a few screen caps, and two animated gifs (one being made up of 45 frames) in this. So it takes time for it all to load. My suggestion is that you let it completely load up before you start to read it. Please let me know if anything in this doesn't work. This was all done by me, sassyroadpylon, including screencaps and transcripting, over the period of about 20 hours, stretched over two very late nights.

This is for angrylemur. Because she loves Joel too.

Previously, on Related:
When we left our loveable man, Joel had royally screwed things by basically calling Rose a slut. Yay. ANGST!

Starts with Rose and Alex, people watching. They are making up secret back-stories to all the people they see. Finally, one person overhears them and they take off running. Very mature guys. They run in to Ginnie on the street. Alex says he'll see her later and kisses her good bye.

As he leave Rose starts to babble to Ginnie about where they are going to go for lunch. However, Ginnie is not paying any attention. She is more fixed upon the fact that Alex kissed her goodbye in front of her, the big sister. Rose wonders why that is important. Ginnie says it is because she is scary! And when guys work up the courage to kiss a girl in front of the big sister that mean that he is "Declaring himself." Rose doesn't seem to think so but Ginnie cuts her off.

Ginnie: Rose, you have a boyfriend.
Rose: Really?
Ginnie: Really!
Rose doesn't look nearly as thrilled as Ginnie.
Ginnie: What’s the matter?
Rose: I think I'm gonna throw up.
Ginnie: Oooh, but in a good way!

Que theme song! "I hate you, I love you, you know to muuuch about me. I have to, just kill you, but then who'll tell me how to liiiive. Don't tell me how to liiive, just tell me I'm alriiiight. Just shut up. Why do ask you anyway?" aaaand fade to black.

Well now, Rose, she is still mad at Joel. And so he comes to apologize at her Dorm room.

He says that he is really sorry, that he had no right and basically gives the best apology ever. She is all "You should be sorry". And he is all "I am" and she is "You SHOULD be!" and he says, "I am" Yeah. Cute.

He then says, "Here I got you a present" and he embarrassedly hands her a gift-bag.

Rose takes it and pulls out a stuffed sheep that has a card on its neck that she reads out loud:

Rose: “I feel sheepish, forgive me please."
Joel: Yeah, see I was gonna send you a note but then, I figured that nothing says I'm sorry like a really horrible pun.
Rose: It's pretty horrible.
Joel: Really? I thought it was kind of cute.

This is made more adorable by the fact that he actually wrote the note himself. Not some cheesy card he bought.

Joel asks again if she forgives him, and she says she does. He is happy.

Joel then asks if he can take her out a "Let's never talk about this ever again" Lunch. She happily agrees.

On the way out, he quickly starts to mock Alex.

Joel: So uh, tell me about this guy.
Rose: This guy has a name.
Joel: Right. Is it just Alex or is it short for Alexander? Do people call him Al? How 'bout Sasha?

Rose gives Joel a dirty, yet amused, look. I love you Joel.

Anyway. They are at lunch.

Rose is talking about how Alex and her were waiting for tickets for a concert, but they had the wrong day, so they had to sit around and people thought they were homeless and just gave Alex money. Joel can't help but make a dig at Alex about that.

Joel: Well if he doesn't make it as an actor, he can be an Escort.
Rose: You don't have to be mean.
Joel: I'm not being mean! I'm just saying he's got career options.

Rose is not amused.

She reminds him that they (Her and Joel) "just made up". He has the decency to look chagrined and says "I'm sorry." It wasn't until just now that I realized that she said "Made up" and that she was referring to her and Joel. And not "Made Out" referring to Her and Alex. Ha ha. yes. Anyway...

Rose: What's the problem?
Joel: I don't know. I just don't like the guy!

She tells him that he doesn't know Alex well enough to "not like him." He clarifies and says he just doesn't like him for her.

She asks if he thinks that if maybe he is being a little over protective. He sagely admits "Maybe"

But then grins and says "It's kind of endearing don't ya think?"

She cocks an eyebrow in a mocking fashion, says "Hmm," smiles a weird grin but doesn't say no.

Just then, (of course) Alex comes in. He kisses Rose hello and after a pause, "Hey, Joel."

Joel hilariously responds with "Heeey....Sasha." Then hides behind his coffee mug, leaving Alex to stare in slight confusion.

After a beat, Alex says he is just gonna get some coffee and then he'll be right back. The following is one of the cutest exchanges ever taped. It shall be now be fully quoted and capped.

Alex then comes over, sees the muffin that has since been put down by Joel. "This looks good." and takes a bite. A silent moment follows before Joel, unable to help himself, says, "Dude, You just ate yourself." And grins at him.

Alex looks between Joel and Rose in confusion and Rose offers an apologetic smile.

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Later:
We come in to Joel mid explanation. Apparently, he went to Drama camp for one summer. "I had just hit puberty, I was in tights, girls were in tights...it was a disaster." (I would also like to point out, that I had no idea how disgusting that line was, until I had to type it out. If it didn't hit you, think this: What could possibly be the reaction of a newly pubertized boy when he sees a girl in tights. Once you have reached that icky image, think about how his own tights, wouldn't help him ...uh...hide it at all. Yeah. There is an image. Thanks Joel.)

ANYWAY, Rose is looking between Joel and Alex, and it is evident that she is trying really hard to include both of her boys in on the conversation.

But Alex doesn't really care. He changes the subject, telling Rose that they got their lines from their Theater Professor. They got a play called "The Lovers" and Rose is enthusiastic and promptly falls into gazing-lovingly-at-Alex mode.

But she catches sight of Joel.

He is looking more than a tad put out. Rose is thinking that it is because she isn't paying attention to him. And we know that it is because he would rather not see the girl he is in love with, with her boyfriend. Ah...I believe that is called irony. Thanks Mr. Fussel.

So Rose steers the conversation back 'round to Joel. "You want to hear something wonderful Joel did for me once?" Alex looks confused, yet again, but slowly agrees with a, "...okay." Joel apparently finds this amusing and perks right up.

Joel: Yeah me too, what'd I do?

Rose continues happily. "Well it was last year, it was the first time I had ever gotten really drunk..."

Alex chooses this time to interrupt with a sarcastic, "Oh, nice work Joel!" And a barely-disguised-as-a-friendly-nudge on his leg.

Which Joel quickly replies an annoyed-but-still-smiling "No. I'm pretty sure she's going somewhere else with this."

Rose ignores this and continues on, "So I got really sick, and you know what Joel did? He stayed with me all night in the bathroom and held my hair back," looking rather pleased.

Alex replies to Rose with false sincerity, "Oh that’s nice." Before turning to Joel and snarking, "Guess most guys would have just used a rubber band."

For a moment Joel gets a look on his face like, he can't believe that Rose would remember something like that, and that it meant so much to her.

But then he scowls and turns to Alex saying (as if he is a complete ~~AssHat~~ moron) "Yeah well, she was pretty scared."

Oh yeah, Shut up Alex. Alex sits back, chastened. Obnoxious grin gone.

Rose still doesn't seem to notice all this tension though, so she plows on as she asks Joel if he remembers the time that he and 'Mark' made 140 proof grain alcohol in the Science lab and then did shots before the BioChem-Midterm. Joel is only too happy to keep on reliving the good times and he says Of course he remembers, he got, "like a three," on the test.

This seems to set Alex off so he excuses himself, saying that they seem to have a lot of stories to tell "...about throwing up." So he leaves, telling Rose he'll pick up their lines. Rose says that she will give him a call later and she will come over so they can read them together.

Alex leaves and after a beat Joel asks, "You think we drank too much?" Rose smiles and replies. "I don't know."

Joel mockingly asks, "Is this like, a wake up call?"

They both smile and share a nice Alex-free moment. Even if it is brought about by the prospect that they could be alcoholics.

-----

Later Rose is making her way to Alex's room. She knocks and when he answers, he keeps the door suspiciously closed. This immediately sets off Rose's alarms. She tells him that she just came by to look at the scene. Alex informs her that he is kind of busy at the moment. Rose's voice borders on shrill as she says "Oh Ok. whatcha doing?" She even attempts to look over his shoulder. Alex sighs and stalls before pulling the door open revealing a blond on his bed and what appears to be a book before her. "Just hanging out with Lauren." Is his blasé reply.

Rose's voice rises again and she says "Oh. Hey, Lauren."

And Lauren replies "Hi, Rose." Her voice caries a hint of I-would-rather-be-naked-and-astride-Alex-right-now. Yeah. It was sexual.

This, of course freaks Rose out, so she calmly(ie NOT) asks Alex, "Can I talk to you outside for a second?(!)"

Alex nods and closes the door behind him. Alex is all calm, and asks what’s up.

Rose: You said we were going to work on the scene.
Alex: You said you were going to call.
Rose: Yeah well...Joel and I kinda got caught up.
Alex: Yeah well, Lauren and I are kinda hanging out.
Rose: Yeah you mentioned that. What's going on?
Alex: I got a feeling Joel's got a thing for you and I don't want to get in the middle.
Rose: What are you talking about, Joel and I are just friends. That's it.
Alex: ...Ok...

(Clearly not believing her he does that annoying semi-eye roll and turns to go back inside. Up until here I could almost feel bad for the guy. He (rightly) thinks that his girlfriends best friend, Joel, has the hots on his girlfriend and he was blown off by her so she could hang out with said friend. He is hurt. I get that. But then this happens....)

Alex: ...I'm gonna go.
Rose reaches out and grabs his hand, her voice sounding teary.
Rose: Wait, why are you blowing me off? You're acting like this isn't important to you!
Alex: What this?! There's no this!
Rose: What do you mean?
Alex: Rose, stop acting like my girlfriend. We haven't even done anything yet!
Rose is taken aback and pauses.
Rose: You mean we haven't had sex.
Alex doesn't say anything, he just looks away.
Rose: I feel like an idiot because I'd actually thought we had done a lot!

And Rose walks off. Briskly.

---

Later Rose is walking in to Ginnie's apartment, for a card game. She apologizes for being late, her, "life's falling apart."

Marjee replies "Awesome! Let's talk about Rose." because she was just being grilled by her sisters about the fact that she is now sleeping with Jason, her boss' boyfriend. ("Ok I don't even understand you guys. When I wasn't sleeping with Jason everybody thought that I was going to. And now that I am sleeping with him it's like, everybody's so surprised." The last bit she says with a hilarious Adam Sandler inflection.)

Ginnie: Aw honey. Why is you life falling apart?
Rose: I had a huge fight with Alex.
Ginnie: Oooh, why what happened?
Rose: Well you know how Joel went off on me last week about Alex?
Marjee: (calmly) Yeah. We hate him.
Rose: Yeah well, he apologized and he gave me a stuffed sheep.
Anne: (melts) Awww. We love him!
Rose: Yeah, except now Alex thinks Joel has a thing for me and he doesn't want to have anything to do with me.
Anne: He said that?
Rose: No. He said 'Stop acting like my girlfriend Rose. We haven't even done anything yet!'
Chorus of: What?! Oh my god. That’s terrible!
Rose: I know! It doesn't make any sense. He didn't pressure me to do anything and now that I didn't he's holding it against me. I don't get it! I mean, I thought he was a nice guy.
Ginnie: And he kissed her, in front of me.
Anne: He kissed you in front of a sister?
Marjee: This guys got a pair.
Anne: You're right, this doesn't make any sense. It sounds like...he's just jealous and he is trying to protect himself.
Rose: There is nothing to be jealous of. Joel is my friend. And I don't understand why Alex could think there's something between us.
Anne makes a 'Duh' face and an awkward silent beat falls between all the older sisters as they stare knowingly at each other.
Ginnie: Well...I do.
Rose: ...What?
Ginnie: Well...I mean, you and Joel, you're best friends.
Rose: But we're just friends, it's completely platonic!
Marjee: Oh my god Rose! Come on, were you born yesterday? A guy and a girl. Platonic thing. No. Not so much.
Anne: Unless he's gay.
Rose looks miserable as the idea starts to sound not so crazy.
Rose: He's not.

--

Later. In Joel's room. Which looks just like Rose's room. With less pink. But neither have a kitten poster! He is doing homework and Rose walks in. She is bringing back his Bio-Chem book, he left it at her room. He is thankful, because apparently he is still trying to recover from that "Three" from last year.

She smiles at his joke but her nervousness and the real reason for her being there finally breaks free.

Joel is left with a happy/confused/amazed/terrified face. Yay Joel!

---

Rose is making her way to her room, only to see ~~Mr. AssHat~~ Alex waiting at her door. She asks him what he is doing there. Sounding none too pleased.

He says that he is sorry but he had to see her. That she hasn't been returning any of his phone calls.

Rose scoffs, "yeah, well..." And brushes by him into her room.

Alex ~~annoyingly~~ follows her.

Alex: Look rose, I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now but I wanted to come by and tell you how sorry I am about the other night. Having Lauren in my room was just messed up and the whole Joel thing...the truth is, I just got jealous. And I overreacted.

Rose seems surprised by this. "Really?"

He continues with, "I'm really sorry about what I said. I-"

But Rose cuts him off. "No, I think I understand."

He does that annoying hand-face-grab thing and he apologizes again, before kissing her.

They are continuing to kiss when she pulls away, an odd look on her face.

Alex asks if something is wrong. She stutters a "No, I'm just having a weird day."

She then gives him one of the least reassuring smiles ever filmed, in the history of TV.

And thus ends this episode of Joel and Rose. Three cheers for Joel everybody! If you wish to use something to this, please let me know. No hotlinking to pictures please.

Chocolate - EDITED

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:07:07 GMT

Title: Chocolate
Author: sassyroadpylon
Rating: PG13
Pairing: Rose/Joel
Synopsis: A Related 'One Shot'
Happy Halloween everybody!
Author's Notes: Related is not mine so you don't have to rub it in. Neither TWIX, OH HENRY or SNICKERS, KIT KAT or MARS To all those who do not know, those are chocolate bars. I would think things like that were obvious but I wrote a fic where the characters ate Smarties and it completely confused all American readers. Smarties in Canada are like M&M's. Not little chalky things. We call those Rockets. ANYWAY. Read on...

-

Joel sat down heavily on the stairs, slowly savoring the mini Twix bar he had pulled out of the bottom of the candy bowl.

He and Rose had the first shift of sitting down in the store on Halloween night. Apparently, the Sorrelli's had kept the store open extra late, in a purely to-hand-out-candy fashion, every Halloween since the sisters were little. Rose had asked if he wanted to come and keep her company and he had of course said yes. This trip had taken significantly less time then the last one though. He had managed to skip the step with the ferry. But even if it had taken twice as long, he still would have come. He grinned to himself. Rose asks; therefore, he abides.

He popped the last chunk of the candy bar in his mouth just as he heard a small shriek of dismay.

Joel turned back to see Rose staring in shock at him from a couple steps up.

His eyes darted back and forth. “Uh, everybody else was eating them,” He mumbled sheepishly through the chocolate.

She shook her head and quickly moved to stand on the step above him.

“What kind?”

Joel stared blankly at her for a moment. “Kind?”

She looked panicky now. “Yes! What kind of chocolate bar was that?”

He glanced around again. Maybe this was some sort of practical joke. He had already had Ann jump out from behind a couch and a doorway today, trying to scare him. “Um…Twix?”

A look of complete misery crossed her face and she slid down the wall, until she was slumped, legs out stretched in front of her. “Nooooooo,” she moaned quite pitifully.

He stretched out his own legs so he was opposite of her. “Um...sorry? I guess?”

Rose sighed and ignored his apology. “Was it at the bottom of the bowl?”

He nodded.

She sighed again. “Damn. I had hidden it too.”

He smiled slightly. “You hid a chocolate bar…in the bowl full of chocolate bars?”

She frowned at him. “The whole ‘in plain sight’ rule. I figured it was fool proof.”

He shrugged and stated with mock seriousness. “Well yes, of course, I guess it would hide it from people specifically looking for that bar. But not so much from the people who would be going into this bowl anyway.” He paused. “Because that is where all the rest of the candy was.”

She stuck her tongue out at him.

He did the same; proudly showing off the bits of half melted and chewed chocolate.

She made a face. “Ew. That was gross and it was done in mocking!”

He grinned. “So why were you hiding the chocolate bar?”

“Twix are everybody’s favorite and every year, when we buy them, they get picked clean by my lovely sister and they never share. So this year, I actually manage to get a hold of one…” She looked sad all over again, “and you ate it.”

He pulled together a solemn look. “Sorry.”

She glared at him. “No you’re not.”

A wide smile broke out over his face. “No, I’m really not. In fact, that may have been the best Mini chocolate bar I have ever eaten. You totally missed out.”

She grabbed an Oh Henry bar and threw it at him.

Joel laughed and easily deflected the chocolate assault. “So why don’t you just, I don’t know, eat a Kit Kat and a Mars bar at the same time. That is kind of like the same thing.”

She glared. “If you believe that, then you totally did not deserve that chocolate bar.”

He grinned again. “Maybe I was unworthy. But is still tasted really good.”

She tossed another chocolate bar his way, a Snickers, and this time is thwacked him in the chest. He moaned theatrically and held his 'wound'. “Oooh, death by chocolate. What a sweet way to go.”

She bit her lip, trying to repress a smile. "Shut up." Rose drew her legs up, resting her chin on her arms crossed over her knees. She shot another glance at his way, catching sight of him continuing to theatrically hold his chest and make pained faces. A giggle slipped out before Rose could stop it and she covered her mouth. She rolled her eyes, a smile still lit upon her lips. "You are such a jerk."

Joel smiled widely. "Yeah, but you still like me. After all, without me, who else would spend a perfectly good night sitting in a Brooklyn Deli handing out candy with you?"

She rolled her eyes again. "Well, without you I would certainly have more Twix bars that is for sure." She smiled lightly before shaking her head and looking out into the street, watching the odd pint-sized Witchs and Vampires walk by.

Joel took this chance to stare appreciatively at her form. Something he often found himself doing when Rose was around. She was wearing a black sweater that looked a several sizes too big. Perhaps a sweater of her Dad’s? He didn’t even want to think about the fact that it could be an ex-boyfriend. Either way, she looked impossibly cute in the billowing shirt, fingertips barely poking out from the sleeves.

She was continuing to people-watch, a small smile still dancing upon her features when it came to him. It was either the most brilliant idea ever...or the most asinine. It was really a toss up between the two.

He cleared his throat nervously. “So, you really like Twix?”

She looked at him strangely. Probably because his voice had come out somewhat shrill.

“Yeeaah?”

He nodded slowly. He glanced nervously around before taking a calming breath. “Come here then.” He said it with much more conviction then he actually felt.

Her eyes narrowed in confusion as she tried to figure him out.

He beckoned her with his hand. “Come on.”

She smiled cautiously and slowly moved forward until she was sitting just shy of the middle of the step.

Joel took a breath and paused. He then slowly sat up, kneeling on the step below her.

She started to draw away. “What are you doing?”

He bit his lip, staring straight into her dark eyes. “Do you trust me?”

Her eyes narrowed. “Maybe?”

He gave her a look.

Rose sighed nervously before responding begrudgingly. “Yes.”

He made a face. “Well don’t sound too thrilled about it.”

She scowled. “You stole my chocolate bar! What do you want me to sa-”
He moved as fast as he could, cutting her off. He pressed his lips to hers, a hand slipping around the back of her neck, holding her close. For a moment, she was tense. He waited for her foot to come out to kick him down the stairs.

But then something amazing happened, she softened and leaned into the kiss.

How many times had he fantasized about this moment? Dozens? Hundreds? Either way, none of his fantasies had come close to this. Her lips were smooth and warm and instantly his heart beat faster then it ever had before. His hand reached out to her waist and pulled her closer, sliding her across the smooth step towards him.
Her fingers reached out and rested lightly on his hips. Slowly her lips parted and he eagerly let his tongue slide over her lips and into her mouth. She tasted ridiculously good. Better than anything he could have possibly imagined. He fervently deepened the kiss, tightening his hold on her and breathing her in. Her fingers traveled across his hips with torturous ease before one hand slid around to hold his waist and the other came up to splay across his chest.

Finally, they drew apart, breathing heavily. He ran a thumb slowly over her lip before letting his hand drop.

Her cheeks were flushed and her lips glistened as she stared in shock at him. “W-what was that?”

He grinned embarrassedly and felt apprehension begin to creep in. “I didn’t think I was that bad. But I was trying for a kiss?”

She gave her head a slight shake. “I got that part but. . .why?”

He grew nervous and shrugged. “I had eaten the chocolate bar. I figured the best I could do was give you a slightly...chocolaty...kiss.”

She stared wide-eyed at him for what seemed like an eternity.

He started to wince and opened his mouth to apologize but she cut him off.

“You know," she shifted closer to him, "I really didn’t get that good of a. . .uh. . .taste of that chocolate you were talking about. I still feel gypped.”

A wide smile broke out over his face before he responded sagely. “Maybe I should try that again then?” He moved smoothly between her knees.

She smiled softly and breathed, “yeah, maybe.”

He drew her close and this time she met him half-way; winding her arms around his neck. He could feel the faint curve of a smile of her lips against his.

Yep, definitely better than any fantasy.

Smile

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 03:50:23 GMT

Title: Smile
Author: sassyroadpylon
Rating: PG
Pairing: Rose/Joel
Synopsis: A Related Fanfic.
short 'One Shot' of Joel and Rose at a coffee shop.
Author's Notes: Related is not mine. You don't have to rub it in.

She smiles and temporarily, he forgets how to breathe.

Breathing is something that comes naturally, a bodily function that happens with out cognitive prompting.

Nevertheless, when she flashes him that smile. The one where her eyes twinkle and turn up at the corners. The one that she gives him when he makes a joke. A smile that he imagines is especially for him; he forgets how to breathe.

He is staring, just one-step away from slack jawed, when she calls him on it; breaking him from his reverie.

The smile turns nervous.

“Joel…what are you staring at?” She suddenly looks slightly panicked. “I don’t have anything stuck to me do I? Salad between my teeth?”

After a mental shake, I offer her an easy grin and an exaggerated once-over. “Nope, you are embarrassing-legumes free.”

She looks relieved before shifting to confused. “Why were you just staring at me then?”

“Uh…” His eyebrows rise and his mind draws a blank for a moment. “I wasn’t” He finishes lamely.

Her eyebrow cocks in that eternally cute fashion that is number one hundred and two on his list of ‘Things that Rose does that makes me want to kiss till the end of time’.

“You weren’t?”

He shakes his head. “Nope. There is some...uh...hot blond chick behind you. I’m staring at her.”

The eyebrow raises even more and she turns in her seat.

A silent beat follows before she turns back to look at him.

More silence.

He can see that smile lurking upon her lips.

He winces. “Yes I am aware, in fact, that there is a man behind you. But there was a hot blond.”

She bites her lip, eyes starting to sparkle.

“With breasts.” He adds helpfully.

She laughs and smiles that smile again.

Joel forgets how to breathe.

First post.

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:55:00 GMT

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