Love Hate Relationships Twenty
The following Saturday, Mary and Jenna were in Mary and Nicks' room talking, when Mary finally told her best friend about her date.
"You and 'Nick'?" she cried, and then lowered her voice, "A date!"
"So!"
"But you told me that you and Derek are back together!"
"We are! But it's not a 'date-date'.. it's a 'date', like friendly.. non-touching.. well.. like, not.. feeling-touching... it's just for fun!" Jenna shook her head so Mary continued, most likely trying to convince herself more than she was trying to convince Jenna, "He feels bad!"
"Bad?"
"For everything.. he just does!"
"Well what's Derek gonna say?" asked Jenna with a smirk.
"He said it was fine." Mary told her with a smile.
"You told him!" cried Jenna, a little too loudly once more, before smacking Mary with a teddy bear, which was tucked in the corner of the bed, "Hey.. what's this?"
"That? The bear? It's not mine!"
They exchanged a look, "Ohmigosh!" the cried simultaneously, "It's Nick's!!!"
"Let's go make fun of him.. I can't believe he sleeps with a teddy bear! He's like, in his twenties! Come on, let's go hide it.. and then he'll have to bring it up!" babbled Jenna with a sly smirk.
"Jenna!" cried Mary, loudly, grabbing the bear from her friend.
"Mary!"
"Jenna!"
"Mary!"
"You suck!"
The two giggled and hugged, "Well, Jenna, come help me find something to wear!!"
They giggled and ran for the designated 'closet' area where they all had to keep their clothing.
Out of the back of one of the row of closets that held the girl's clothes, Jenna pulled out a titanic-style beaded ankle length sheath, followed with a slinky black slip-type dress which was about knee length, with slitted sides, "When did you get it?"
"I didn't know I packed it!" whispered Mary, running her hands over the delicate beads.
"Nick is just gonna flip when he sees y.."
Mary cut her off, "Friends.. remember.. Don't want 'flipping' and such."
Jenna laughed, and, as if completely brushing off Mary's comment, went on saying, "But wait.. Nick has a girlfriend!"
"Jenna!" cried Mary, exasperated, "Friends!" she held the dress up to her body, "I didn't even remember this! It was a gift.. from some designer.. I don't remember, for when we won that World Music's Award, but I didn't wear it.. I don't remember w.."
She was cut off by Howie coming into the closet area, with an Oriental girl, "Oooh! But hey, ain't that a little too small for ya'?"
Mary winced, "It might fit 'you', Howie, might even tone down your love handles.."
"Good One." He smirked, sarcastically, "Moron."
"Oh just screw off."
His girlfriend Candace tried to smile, "We came to see if you two wanted to go off the 'Oz' with us.. we're goin' to all meet up at Planet Hollywood.. then we'll go over there and stuff."
Howie continued for her, "We're all bringing our dates.. as you know.. and Chasity's coming, Ellie, as she said, made herself busy. So.. Jenna?"
"Bring my boyfriend?"
"Yup!" smiled Candace.
"Tonight?" she looked over at Mary to make sure she didn't mind.
"Yup.." smiled Candace again.
"Why not.. sure.. so Planet Hollywood?"
"Yup.. Mary?" asked Howie, smiling.
"I've got.. I'm going out."
'With your 'boyfriend'?" asked Howie with a laugh.
"N..n.. no.." she stuttered, "Just a person.."
"Well.. don't 'not' come because of these dorks, all right?" Candace told her, smiling, "They aren't worth it." Howie glared at her.
"No.. I'm seriously busy.."
"All right." Howie picked up a shirt from his closet, and he left with Candace.
Jenna and Mary went back to digging through the clothing they had brought to find some clothes and jewelry.
"Hey, Emmy, where are you two goin' anyway?"
"I don't know.. I really don't! He just told me dinner."
"What! 'Just' dinner?"
"Well, Jenna.. it' not like it's a 'date-date' or anything!"
"Okay, okay.. well.. let's see.. if you come to something cas' then.. just take off the sheath."
"Jenna! It's a slip underneath!"
"It's a slip 'dress', 'besides' you're 'friend's'!
"Okay.. well.. fine, but could you go ask him where the heck we're going?"
"Yeah, yeah, fine... I'll go talk to the Nick-Meyster.." Jenna got up and head for the designated 'living room', where Nick was watching the Simpsons.
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