"You most certainly do," Meka laughed. "It's like the big blue eyes and the little pout," she teased.

"Yeah," she admitted. "I kinda did. Keko was being an ass." She leaned against her friend more heavily. "I have been trying for almost a year now to fight that feeling and I still get it every time he's around. I know he's not the best guy on the planet but..." she sighed. "I can't help it."

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"I can't help it if I'm adorable," Jenny laughed back, shaking her head. "I'm not even the cute one. Think how much Ella could get out of people if she really worked it!"

Straightening up just a little, she slung an arm loosely around Meka's shoulders and pulled the younger girl closer. "You just have to do what your heart wants. There's really no need to fight that, right? You like who you like. You can't help who you fall for, it's like.. written in the stars and stuff, honest."

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Meka laughed and shook her head. "Nah, you're both adorable. Try it out some time. Walk up to a stranger, pout, and ask for something ridiculous. I bet you'll get it. The rest of us though," she laughed. "We have to use blackmail to get shit," she joked.

"I just don't want to end up being that sad girl that throws herself entirely into it and ends up getting stomped all over," she said honestly. It felt nice to get it off her chest for once. "And he doesn't have the best of track records..." she trailed off.

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Jenny laughed, shaking her head. "My mom says that when we're forty, we'll be glad to look so young. She loves it though, she can still get us to order from the kids menu," the blonde explained, giggling a little. "Plus kids meal chicken nuggets are like, always shaped like dinosaurs and cool stuff!"

Listening carefully, the older girl looked thoughtful for a moment as she chewed at her lip. "Well," she began slowly. "You really just have to give him a chance, I guess. Keep him on a short rope! Don't let him jerk you around, keep him in line.. I thought I was pretty good at that part, but Charlie always got under my radar. I don't know, you can't really knock it till you try it, you know how it is!"

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"I love you Jenny," she laughed. "Damn, I didn't even know it was possible for someone to make me feel better about some of the shit I've been gettin' into lately," she admitted. "Dinosaur shaped things that the fuckin' best though. Everything tastes better when it's shaped like a prehistoric beast."

"Yeah," she sighed lightly. "It's probably gonna get messy," she snorted a little. "I think I'm just gonna have to dive into this though, aren't I? He's not the kinda boy that tip toes around things."

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"We've got this sandwich thing in our room that cuts the crusts off of your bread and leaves it in the shape of a dinosaur," Jenny explained excitedly through and exhale of smoke, grinning. "It's brilliant."

Taking a slow drag from her cigarette, the blonde eventually gave a sagely nod. "Unfortunately, I believe this is one of those situations wherein logic fails us," she replied, sighing a bit. "You'll just have to go for it and.. well, come what may, it's very brave to take a chance, right? That's what love is about."

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"Shit, that really is brilliant," she grinned. "I want a dinosaur shaped sandwich cutter," she laughed. "It would go with my Yoshi shaped backpack," she laughed.

Meka took a long drag as well, letting Jenny's words settle over her like a thick blanket. She closed her eyes. "It's scary to take a chance on a boy like Sim," she said quietly. "I don't see how it can happen any other way though, I can't get him out of my head," she admitted with a rueful laugh. "I tried but... see what good that did me," she shrugged.

"You'll be there if it ends badly though, yeah?" she grinned. "With gummy bears, coffee, and chocolate chip cookies?"

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"It's scary to take a chance on anyone," Jenny assured her gently, smiling weakly. "That's just how love it is. You need to either.. jump in or just don't try at all. Sometimes you get hurt, but sometimes you'll find someone who's perfect for you, despite what your.. pre-conceived notions of love may have been," she explained, holding her cigarette in the corner of her mouth and gently fiddling with the ring on her finger. She smiled at just the sight of it, once again wondering when or if her girlfriend would wander out to look for either of them.

"Gummy bears, coffee, chocolate chip cookies, dinosaur shaped sandwiches, and a good book," she promised.

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She wasn't sure why she was jumping to conclusions. She hadn't been this worried about Kekoa but to the same degree, she hadn't felt the same way about Kekoa as she did about Sim. Maybe that's why it was so much scarier. "Is it like that every time?" she asked. "Like... was it scary with Ser?" she asked earnestly.

Meka leaned over and kissed the blonde's cheek. "Thanks Jen," she said softly. "Dinosaur sandwiches fix everything," she grinned.

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"I think that it is every time," Jenny replied, thinking it over for a minute. "But then again, I wear my heart on my sleeve and go big or go home. When I fall for someone, I usually fall like.. super hard. Like, a ten story drop fall," she admitted, still fidgeting her ring about as Meka asked about Sera, making her blush a bit. "Well, it was.. I don't know, different with her? I was her tutor, and I mean I knew I liked girls but I had never gone out with a girl, and she was still hanging out with Hunter more often at first, and we were kind of awkward.. not to mention I totally thought Rath was super cute, until I got a load of his sister," she giggled. "It wasn't easy, and maybe it was a little scary putting myself out there, it always is.. but was it worth everything in the end? Absolutely."

Blushing a little harder when Meka kissed her cheek, the older girl laughed a little and scrunched her face up. "They could basically solve any problem known to man.. or caveman!"

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She nodded, listening carefully and drinking in every word her friend had to say. She had been there and if she said it was worth it... then Meka believed her. "Thanks Jen, I definitely needed someone to just... lay it out there for me," she grinned. "You just get it."

"Yes!" Meka agreed cheerfully. "It's just the way of things," she laughed.

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Jenny laughed a little, looking embarrassed. "I've just had enough drama in my life to know all of the ins and outs," the blonde half-joked. "Charlie taught me a lot about bad boys with hearts of gold.. they think they're so tough, you just have to work your way in there. Trust me! Once they call you babe, they're like putty.. you just gotta take that plunge first."

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"I don't know if anyone would say Sim has a heart of gold," she grinned. "He is terribly sweet sometimes though. But of course never in front of his friends," she leaned her head against the wall. Not that she was particularly a huge fan of PDA or anything like that.

Babe, she had heard that before, the very thought made her skin warm. "I mighta heard that nickname getting tossed around a time or two," she admitted shyly.

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"It always gets tossed around a time or two.. I'm telling you, it's all falling head over heels from there," Jenny replied, reaching over with her free hand and patting Meka's shoulder as the younger girl leaned her head on the wall.

"It's all puffed out macho chest in front of the boys, right?"

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She flushed and sighed deeply. "Well that's a good sign," she grinned.

"Oh god yes!" she laughed and smacked herself in the forehead. "It's like watching a bunch of apes," she laughed. "They have to one up each other all the time," she shook her head. "That's why you're lucky with a girl," she grinned. "Sera would never bang her fists against her chest to prove she was more manly than me," she snorted in laughter.

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