Harley "TJ" Bothwell (harley_bothwell) wrote in btvsal, @ 2011-01-16 16:15:00 |
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Entry tags: | harley bothwell, jodi hanson, place: la |
Talking to Your Crush
Who: Jodi, introducing Harley "TJ" Bothwell
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Saturday, January 15th
The one thing that TJ loved about Saturday's? Her weekly ritual at The Sugar Shack, which consisted of her with a pad, a pencil and a big ass fucking drink. The brunette made her way inside, dressed in a black babydoll dress that had red polka dots on it with matching red pumps and lipstick, her hair styled wildly. With a grin and a small bag slung over her shoulder, she ordered a drink from Mouse. Hrmh, someone was in a good mood today, eh?
Meanwhile, for once? Jodi Hanson was on CLOUD NINE. She'd finally not only confirmed the existence of everything she'd spent years of her young life researching, but now? She was even making plans to be, well... something of an intern to the Watcher's Council. Sure, she knew more than likely it would mostly entail getting their coffee, taking notes for Ms. Delallo, stuff like that... but everyone had to get their foot in the door SOMEHOW, right? So yeah. She was THRILLED. Today, the slim young teen pranced into the place wearing a short blue and black plaid schoolgirl skirt, black leather boots, and a black buttondown workshirt over a snug black long-sleeve t-shirt, a huge smile on her face, eyes sparkling behind her glasses as she got to the counter, looking sweetly to Mouse as she pointed to the picture of the tall frappucino on the menu.
"Jesus, do you think you can handle all that, kid?" TJ said with an amused chuckle as she collected her drink and took a huge sip.
"Well DUH, why would I order it if I d-" Jodi almost choked on her first sip though, as she turned around and saw WHO was talking to her. Oh. Em. Gee. Ok, so, was this prety much Jodi's most retardedly huge crush at school? Yeah... but come on. Almost every boy (and girl who liked girls) had a crush on TJ. She was hot, kinda mysterious, and... yeah. Anyway. "H-Hi, TJ... how're you?"
With her straw between her lips (since she'd ordered an Iced Coffee), TJ couldn't help it but give the girl a Cheshire grin. And yes, she DID have a bit of an oral fixation, thank you very much. Moving on... "I'm good, Jodi." Yes, she knew Jodi's name. Stop the presses. "What about you?"
"Well? I just got a part-time job, AND I managed to get through yesterday without getting shoved into anyone's locker. All in all? I'm great!" Oh, jeez. "I didn't know you hung out here...."
"Fucking impressive, kid," TJ replied, subtly nodding to one of the tables before leading the younger girl over to sit, idly stirring her straw in her drink as she did so. "I didn't think child labor was legal..." She winked, showing that she was joking. "And yeah. Most Saturday's I come here. It's a cool place and I LOVE the outfits the baristas have to wear..." She nodded pointedly at Mouse then, to prove her point.
"God, I know, right?" Jodi muttered as she watched Mouse walk by, before catching herself saying that and blushing furiously. "Oh gawd. Can... can we strike that from the record?"
TJ clicked her tongue and smirked. "Sorry. Can't do it." Luckily, she found that admission adorable. Then again, she also brought out the more... animal side in people sometimes, too, depending on who she was with.
"....so, did you lose a bet or something?" Jodi asked with a snicker, trying to figure out why the girl was talking to HER. Hell, TJ barely acknowledged Jodi's EXISTENCE in school, and frankly was far too 'cool' to really hang with or even talk to someone like Jodi, who was pretty much picked on, laughed at, and bullied.
TJ let out a husky chuckle, shaking her head as she set her things on the table between them. "No. I don't work like that. Promise. Hell, I'm about as far as conformist as you can get."
"You're all quiet and cool and loner-like in school." Jodi pointed out, not that, you know, she'd been paying attention or anything. "I usually see you with all the kids who smoke and drink."
"And fuck," TJ added. She also tended not to censor herself, unless around people of authority, or her parents... most of the time. She waved a hand airily. "But that's not all that I am, just like you're not JUST the girl who gets stuffed into her locker on a daily basis."
Yeah... when TJ mentioned 'fucking'? Jodi kind of went non-verbal. And her eyes went wiiiide as, face it, her brain went to tons of wonderful places there. If her crush had never been apparent before? Guess what, kids, it was NOW.
TJ's eyebrows shot up and she brought her straw between her lips to try to hide her amused smirk. She couldn't help it. Sadly. "You still breathin' there, kid?"
"B-B-Barely?" Jodi squeaked out, rather honestly. "Sorry. Mind kinda... wandered like an ADD kid in Wal-Mart there."
TJ laughed with that same huskiness as before. "I'm sure we could talk about something tamer, if you want. Like... puppies and rainbows... ?"
"Right. Because now my mind isn't gonna working like 'puppies, rainbows, naked TJ, rainbows, puppies, naked TJ effing someone...' yeah. Doubtful." Well now... seemed once you got her out of school (or got to KNOW her), Jodi was actually a cheeky little thing!
TJ laughed again, chewing her straw slightly. Again, oral fixation. She couldn't help it. "Now I'm worried that if I go into detail that your brain my explode or something," she joked.
Jodi actually sighed there. The adorable little goof. "Yeah. It... it really might." And yes, her cheeks were blushing a PAINFUL shade of red.
TJ gave Jodi that Cheshire grin again before crossing one leg over the other and bobbing it on her thigh. Energetic little thing, wasn't she? "So, we'll change the subject. ...What'd you like to do with yourself?"
Oh no. ANOTHER blush there. INNOCENT THOUGHTS, JODI! "Um... I... I study, and read. A lot. On my own, not for school. And sometimes I hang with Kirsten Locke. At least until she gets too hyper, wears herself out, and falls asleep."
"Yeah, that girl has a lot of energy..." TJ replied with a delicious little sigh. Oh. The evil BITCH. She couldn't help herself. That blush was just TOO cute. "What d'ya like to read, then?"
"Wait.. you... and... and her...???" Jodi squeaked, as an obvious look of envy and maybe a bit of hurt appeared on her face.
"Oh, it was ages ago." TJ flitted her hand as if it was nothing, which, to her, it really was. "Apparently she's with that Macha chick now, which is about as chalk and cheese as you can get, really."
"Figures." Jodi said with a little, defeated sigh. "Not like I'd ever have a chance there anyway. Kir's never even NOTICED me like that." And she knew DAMN well TJ wouldn't...
TJ rolled her eyes. "Look, the sugar and caffeine has clearly gone to that woman's brain, okay? She's a great chick, loyal as a dog, but FUCK if she isn't thick sometimes, so don't think about it, huh? I like her, but she's a MONUMENTAL idiot."
"Hey! She's my fr..." Jodi paused then, smirking, "Ok, actually... love her to death but... I guess she IS kind of an idiot..."
"See? Now don't you feel just a little bit better admitting that?" TJ asked with a cheeky grin.
"I feel better just knowing that you're TALKING to me." The tiny girl admitted, a blush taking over again as she straightened her glasses.
Awwwr. Wasn't that about the cutest thing ever? "I do get that effect sometimes..." She murmured, leaning foward with her elbows on the table, very aware of the fact that she was giving Jodi a good view of her cleavage as she did so.
"I... I... err.... um... we... I mean... I... you..... is it me or did it REALLY get hot in here?" Jodi mumbled as she quickly pulled at her collar a little, and wiped a tiny bit of sweat from her brow.
"I think it's just you," TJ replied, actually going as far as to give Jodi a once-over to gauge her reaction. Evil, EVIL woman. "Sorry. I can... NOT do that. It's kinda second-nature, sometimes."
"I... d-d-d-don't m-m-m-mind...." The poor little thing stammered, just ENTHRALLED here. Damn... think she was going to go home after this and hyperventilate? You betcha.
TJ eyed her again before leaning back in her seat. "Let's go back to the puppies, rainbows and nakedness... you looked less likely to pass out with that."
"I just... you... I..." Yeah... the normally hyper-intelligent Jodi? Was being reduced to a stammering, stuttering MESS here. "You and... I mean... me... I.... GAH!"
TJ let out that same husky chuckle as before and brought her drink to her lips, sucking on her straw briefly. "Breath, kid. Calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean..."
"calmblueocean.Calmblueocean. NakedTJ. Calmblueocean..." Oh god... someone please calm this kid down???
TJ smirked, but since her only other avenue to get Jodi to shut up would likely make the poor girl's head explode... she wasn't quite sure what to do now. "Seriously," she took Jodi's hand and looked into her eyes, "You have to breath, okay? You're kinda freakin' me out here."
"Sorry..." Jodi whimpered, looking completely embarrassed. No reason to be anything but honest now, right? "I've just... I've had a ridiculously big crush on you since the first day of school."
"Well if that isn't the sweetest admission I've heard all year..." TJ replied, smiling softly to show that she wasn't being a teasing bitch this time.
"It's... just true." Jodi said, pretty much unable to make eye-contact. "Other than my schoolwork and my... research... my thoughts are pretty much composed of three things. You, Kirsten, and not being shoved into a locker."
"I wouldn't have guessed that you swung that way ... well, up until the point where you started hyperventilating." TJ replied with a husky chuckle.
"Yeah... I..." Ok, more admissions, hm? "I didn't really... swing ANY way until I saw you. Me and Kir have been friends for a while now, but I never really crushed on anyone, boy or girl, till that first day of school when I saw YOU."
TJ licked her lips and again, tried to hide her burgeoning smile. Again, it didn't quite work. "You know, despite what a stuttering nerd you are... and hey, that's an observation, don't take offense or ever try to change who you are... you really know how to flatter a girl."
BLUSH TIME. Seriously. Jodi just, kept looking away, feeling like her heart might honest thump right outta her little chest. "I feel so stupid right now... I'm just.. a silly little girl. You're older, prettier, more experienced... and here I am stuttering and babbling and making a fool of myself..."
"You're not stupid and I don't EVER wanna hear you say stuff like that," TJ said, putting on her best stern voice, which really WAS too hot for words. "Alright?"
"How would you know if I say it?" She asked, honestly figuring that after this, TJ would likely never again acknowledge her existence.
"I have my spies..." TJ replied with a grin and a husky giggle. "And my own ways and means to make sure that you never do..."
"You know, I'll probably remember this day my whole life?" She asked, a sweet, dreamy quality to her gaze. "The day that you actually talked to me."
Now it was TJ's turn to break eye-contact. When people wanted to be around her they were usually... less poetic about it. "Tell you what..." She reached into her small bag and pulled out a pad and a pencil, quickly writing down her name and number on one of her doodle-pages and ripping it out, handing it to the other girl. "If you ever wanna hang out sometime, give me a call."
"Wait... you wanna hang out with me?" Jodi asked, more in disbelief about THIS than she was at finding out the supernatural existed. "Really?"
"Well yeah. I wouldn't give you my number otherwise," TJ pointed out.
Jodi actually swooned there, and bit her bottom lip. "Um... I know I'm probably wrong here, because the statistical probability of this being the case is staggeringly against me..." Oh, what a nerd... "but by any chance is this leading to you wanting to take me out? Like, on a date?"
"Let's just... hang out and see how we go first, okay? You're sweet, so I'm gonna be honest. I don't really date. Never really been ON a date before. I don't know what that says about ME, but... yeah. Now it's my turn to babble, huh?" She chuckled. "So... let's just see how we go, yeah?"
"I would go on...." she gulped, trying to be bold here, "whatever it is you DO go on..." Yeah, she knew what she was saying. She was just too shy to say the words.
"That's bold," TJ pointed out, clicking her tongue thoughtfully. "Let's try the friend-thing first. Stealing someone's innocence isn't something that I..." She sighed. "First times are important."
Jodi gave a little smile, looking SLIGHTLY forced, as she'd gotten the wrong idea. Clearly, TJ was having a moment of real humanity, of trying to do the RIGHT thing. Jodi, however, was taking it as her not being pretty enough for TJ to want. "No problem. Um.. forget calling... wanna do something, like... tonight? If not... maybe tomorrow?"
It really DID look like TJ had a heart, huh? She'd often wished that someone had told HER how important that first time was. She just hoped that Jodi would understand. "You know, I'm free tonight. What've you got in mind?"
"...anything that involves me being like... even in the same ROOM as you?" Oh god. She really had it bad, hrm?
TJ chuckled. "Well, I'm sure that there's a terrible superhero movie... or a horror movie that we could see," she suggested with a thoughtful pout. Yeah. That was a good idea. Trap the girl in a dark room for a few hours...
Jodi literally bounced up and down in her seat a few times, before letting out a triumphant giggle. "Let's go then! I don't even CARE what's playing."
Okay, that was cute. TJ smirked. "Alright. There's a place not far from where I live. I think you'll love it. It's completely corny. Still looks like it's stuck in the 40's, but it's cheap and they play RELATIVELY new movies." Yeah... like Jodi really cared at this point, huh?