Jesse was trying really hard to count the number of consecutive hours on his fingers to answer Elise's question, but in that moment, he couldn't seem to figure out what came after four. 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 4. 4....... The number four kept repeating in Jesse's head while he tried to figure out how to move past it without his mind blanking, but Jesse didn't think that four was actually the answer. In the end, after a pause, Jesse just looked back up at Elise and shrugged. “I think I did okay.”
Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Twelve. Jesse wasn't that tired. ….What was her numbers question again?
He'd been kidding about the zombieism thing, but Elise turned it into a valid question. Jesse had thought about that before and wondered that too. It was an especially terrifying thing to think about when you were actually going to have to interact with real zombies. He looked back at her. “I don't know.” Jesse was quiet. “I'm probably not the best person to ask stuff like that.” Jesse was kind of the last person Elise should probably ask about vampire stuff. Unless she wanted to know how many days vampires could go without feeding, or how much sunlight is too much sunlight, or things like that. “I mean, you're pretty much the only other vampire I really know.” Jesse tried to smile about it. He shrugged.
Jesse had met other vampires. There were Elise's vampires, Fredericka and Whitby, and Jesse had seen some others come into the bar, but he didn't actually know them. With Fredericka, it was small talk, and with Whitby it was death threats. Either way...Jesse probably wasn't the best of Elise's vampires to ask.
“Even if it is possible, I didn't get bitten, though,” Jesse said. He looked at Elise, and nodded “I think your brains are safe.” Jesse winked. He really had just been kidding about the zombie thing. Though, now, that was a nightmare just waiting to happen.
Mint chocolate was good. Jesse had liked chocolate when he was alive. Well, the good kind. “...I've been staying at all of the wrong hotels.” Oh well. Too late now. Jesse thought he could still do the peppermint kind anyway as long as he sucked on it until it was nothing and didn't chew it, so maybe it was for the best. But then again, like Jesse had said before, why would he? That kind of peppermint wouldn't even turn his tongue a different color.
Outside the room, Jesse leaned a little against the doorframe while he looked at Elise and Lily. Talking about Abbie and Gabe brought things into focus for Jesse more. He was kind of surprised when Elise asked about Gabe, and Jesse's head tilted, but a moment later, he exhaled. “Bad,” Jesse said. He looked at her. “I mean, he called me, so...that kind of says something.” Jesse shrugged and swallowed. “He's never really...had to deal with heartbreak before. I mean, maybe when Toby died. But...this is different.”
His eyes squinted when Elise said that Shanna called Jake. He was still trying to process that she was in town. And that Elise had saw her. Hopefully from a distance. “Why would she...” But Jesse let Elise finish. When Elise said she wanted to meet Jake about a job, Jesse looked skeptical. “That's weird.” But he thought he had the situation figured out, before Elise got to the end and... “You talked to her?” Jesse's eyes widened. That was so different than just seeing her. That was an actual interaction.
At a coffee shop though. If Elise was working, maybe that wasn't too bad. If the only thing Elise said was 'How would you like your coffee?' and the only thing Shanna said was 'Chai latte.'
It didn't sound like that was all they said, though.