This whole exchange between them, their nicknames and the way they reacted to said nicknames? Rae needed it. She'd have lost her mind long, long ago without having Eli around. She'd realized it not too long ago. Yeah, she'd be alive, but she wouldn't be nearly as "okay" as she was right then without her friend. When Elliot mentioned getting her tongue pierced, Rae shuddered a little bit. "No way," she made a face. "I can't even joke about that. There are horror stories about tongue piercings and in all seriousness? I freaking hate needles," she cringed and looked at him. "No piercings for me, I don't think."
She giggled – she giggled? – when he held the Pop Rocks to his chest and then made a face at him. "You're doing absolutely nothing to dispel that Mr. Greedypants nickname, my friend," she said, making an exaggerated face, which eventually just dissolved into a grin. He suggested that he share and she shrugged a shoulder. "You could, and I'd suggest that you did if I hadn't found the last bag of Starbursts and claimed them for myself," she mused, pulling the yellow bag slightly out of her purse. "So, I'm all set."
She pursed her lips when Eli started being difficult. Truth be told, it was one of her favorite things about him, the fact that he could be playful in any given situation. Crossing her arms, she rolled her eyes and shook her head. "That's gratitude for you. 'Oh, this is awesome Rae but you're missing the twenty-four-karat-gold, bedazzled guitar that I'm supposed to perform this solo on. Sorry, no can do,'" she teased, deepening her voice a bit to mock Eli's.
He called the vest perfect, and she shrugged nonchalantly. "It was a jacket to start with," she admitted sheepishly. "I cut the sleeves off and frayed them this morning. I'm glad you like it," she added. "Everyone deserves to have a good time on Halloween, anyway."
Watching in amusement as he put it on, she let her sheepish smile grow into a grin, then grow in to a full blown beaming smile. When he tossed his head and the wig changed position she laughed aloud, bringing her hand to her mouth to quiet her peals of laughter. "Perfect. Sexy even. Bret Michaels is completely jealous of you. Completely."