A Good Evening for a Date? (Jade, Tag Jere)

[Jade Edwards RCO]

Jade smiled at him, "Well yes I was going that way with my thoughts, I imagine the girls would have more fun with it personally but there we go." Jade said to him with a chuckle, the humour nor the uses of such a thing in a car was not lost on him.

"Pizza wise I prefer not too have anchobies, anything else is fair game, I usely have something with plenty of meat on it." Jade said to him. "And I don't do fizzy most of the time, so water is good for me." Jade said to him, he looked out the window at the sky and thought for a moment before retrieving his coat from the back seat. "Changed my mind, I'm taking my coat in just in case." Jade said to him. "I was born in Dublin, and regardless of how hot it can get here, I know what its like to get caught out, while out and about." Jade said to him with a grin on his face. "Though my accent should probably give that away, some people struggle to understand me here, it only really gets bad if I'm angry or upset, then I can become completely ununderstandable." Jade said as he clicked the door open on his side.

He liked Jeremy, and it was pretty easy for him to talk to the boy, it had been a while since it had been so easy for him to talk to someone, and it didn't scare him to have the boy know who he was.

[Jere Warner]

Humor was not lost on Jade! Things were going to be hunky dory from here on out!

"Sounds good to me, I'm no fan of fish on pizza either!" The idea churned his stomach slightly. He did like pleanty of meat though, which had other implications, Jere could have a dirty mind when he wanted to. He waited for Jade to grab his jacket. "I thought I heard a bit of an accent in your voice, I think its as sexy as hell." He wasn't afraid to admit it. "I just might be tempted to make you angry sometime just to hear it come rolling out." Jere took a moment to enjoy the grin on Jade's face, damn it made him more adorable!

The temptation had presented itself for him to kiss Jade right there in the parking lot, and as hard as it was to resist, Jere knew to wait till later. "If you are ready, we should head on inside." He walked over to him and gently took his hand. "I normally don't go for PDA but since its Valentine's Day I make the exception." There was that fine line which Jere hoped he hadn't crossed with Jade.

[Jade Edwards RCO]

"My brother and I are the only ones to retain our accents, my parents and sister have LA accents." Jade said to him.

Jade looked down at their interlocked hands and smiled, he hadn't initiated contact with the closeted boy, for a reason, he knew this area well enough to know that the boy was taking a huge risk by just taking the hand of a very out and proud Jock, most of the team chose not to pick a fight with him... this was not to say that he didn't have his share of problems because he did, but he didn't hide his sexuality.

Their was a serious temptation to kiss the boy right there in the parking lot, he knew that it probably wasn't the best idea in the world, but he had been entertaining the idea since they had got in the car a little while ago... the public shows of affection weren't something lost on him, but they were something that he knew could get the other boy into a lot of trouble.

He guessed that he now knew how the boy felt about him, which was a relieve, "You had better be sure about taking my hand, because your holding an openly gay man's hand, and if your seen by people in school, you may not like what happens next." Jade said to him. "Their is a difference between choosing to out yourself, and having someone do it for you." Jade added.

[Jere Warner]

"Thats a bad sign, especially with your sister, more then likely she'll start doing that awful eighties valley girl talk!" He did a small impression of what he meant. "Like umm ok so like we were like heading to the mall when ohmigod! Trent was there!" He shook his head. "I was so happy Julia never caught on with that, otherwise I wouldn't have a sister today."

Jeremy felt his heart sink when Jade looked at their hands interlocked. He had crossed the line, still something deep down inside said to hold on and not let go of him. Jeremy wasn't a big fighter when it came down to it, sure he had the build and can get defensive but that was only when it came down to it.

He hadn't thought about Jade and being on the sports teams, especially wrestling. One wrong slip of the lip and things could spiral out of control, still Jade had a lot of confidence in himself.

Listening to Jade's words Jeremy nodded. "You know, I got what I want, I don't care who sees us right now." He stepped closer to Jade. "And I don't care who sees this." Jeremy closed his eyes and gently kisses Jade.

[Jade Edwards RCO]

Jade smiled into the kiss which lasted less time than he wished and way to much time for him to have any sense of time, for that matter, when they broke apart for air he smiled at the boy genuinely having enjoyed the kiss, his emotions showing for all to see.

"Well as first kisses go, that wasn't bad." Jade said to him with a grin. "I didn't make a move specifically because I didn't want to force you into coming out in the middle of town, but well now I have no issues with doing this." Jade said and kissed him again, he thought about what the school headlines might be the next week and how bad it could be for the boy he was kissing but since the boy didn't seem to mind he had no issues with enjoying a kiss with him.

When they broke apart a second time he said, "Um not bad at all, well lets go eat before my stomach leaves in protest." Jade said with a grin. "I haven't eaten since lunch and if the horses aren't careful I might have to eat one." Jade added.

"I'm kind of surprised we didn't end up in a ditch though, I have to tell you that nine times out of ten I end up somewhere I don't want to be, when I used a sat nav, I swear my car used to be metalic blue, now its silver." Jade said with a grin. "You order, I need to use the little boys room, I'll entrust you not to poison me." Jade added as they entered the pizza place.

[Jere Warner]

Jeremy let out a small breath of air, this was easier than he had thought originally. He knew he had done something right, he smiled looking into the beautiful emerald eyes of Jade's. It hadn't even crossed Jeremy's mind that Jade's name could also be meant to describe his eyes.

He hadn't expected the second kiss but it was more than welcomed in fact, he felt his toes curl. Something his grandmother told him when he was very young, 'You know you found the right one when your toes curl.' He had thought it was just a bunch of baloney she liked to dish out but it seemed to be the truth.

There was that adorable cheeky grin Jade had. "Sounds like a good idea to me, I know my stomach clock is about to go off." Jeremy replied opening the door to the restaurant for Jade.

"Sounds like your GPS is trying to give you a death warrant or something." He joked as they entered. "You go on, I'll be right here waiting for you to return." Which was the truth. Jeremy scooted into a booth he started to think of what he'd tell Julia.

Last thing he wanted was to have a jealous sister.

*tag or wrap, I leave to you*

[Jade Edwards RCO]

Jade came back a little later to see the boy still sitting patiently at the table, so when he slid into the seat beside Jeremy he smiled.

"Sorry about that, I probably should have gone to the toilet before I left the house, but nerves were something of an issue before you arrived." Jade said as he slid his hand into Jeremy's again. "God I am hungry, I decided to wait to eat until we headed out." Jade explained.

"Either that or I'm just usless at following its directions, I'm inclined to believe either one of these." Jade said to him. "If this was Dublin I'd know where I was going, I don't know what it is about LA, I just get lost to easily in this place." Jade said to him. "It might have something to do with the fact that until six months ago I was home schooled with my brother and sister." Jade said to him with a grin on his face.

It took a while for the food to come and when it did Jade was pleased to see it, the conversation was pretty good, they did get glares from the families in the restaurant, which Jade was used to but didn't mind, he was with the right company which was all that mattered, his phone buzzed in his pocket to let him know he had a text message.

"Text message." Jade said as he fished his phone out of his pocket. "Alex, we have been spotted by my dad, nothing serious, just wondering who you are, that will be an interesting conversation later." Jade said to him with a grin. "It won't cause me any trouble anyway." Jade said to him.

When they got back to the house, Jade kissed him a last time, "I had a great night, you have my number, so if you need anything, or just want to talk you can call me, or text me, what ever, I'll see you in school tomorrow either way." Jade said as he opened the car door to get out. "Drive safely, or be good at driving badly." Jade said to him before leaving the car he watched it pull away before heading into the house to what he assumed would be a barrage of questions from Alex and his father but he didn't mind that, he had had a good night out.