"You can have the rest. Consider it payment for your services." Jen moved out of his space and settled on the stool again once the crisis had been averted and drinks had been ordered, honor restored, et cetera, et cetera. Although, the latter was purely speculative on Roy's part. When push came to shove, Jade was confident she'd be able to get her point across with a construct or two. But thankfully it hadn't gotten to that point. She tipped her head and looked at him, smirking. "Hello, Roy," she repeated, hoping that would be answer enough to his inquiry about being downgraded.
"Yep, that's right!" She said, smiling now, genuinely. "You must have heard, right? June 3rd is when I walk. But I'm all done with classes until then. Thank God." Jen was actually pretty proud that she was graduating college - somebody pinch her! All that hard work and studying and perseverance was actually paying off. In just a few short weeks, she was going to have a degree, an actual a degree! Now, if she could only get a job... which was a whole other ordeal she didn't want to focus on.
"So, what's up?" She wanted to know. "Did you...get a babysitter for tonight's little soiree? And I promise I won’t mention the W-word, but everything okay?"