A new friend?(Jessi)

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Vincent sat down at a table with his hamburger and fries covered in ketchup. He smiled as he thought of all the times that the ranch had a barbecue. He then sighed softly as he knew that he would never eat his best friend's, Matt, ribs anymore. He shrugged it off as he saw Jessi coming. Vincent didn't want to look weak in front of his new friend.



"So, this looks good and it should help you get just sober enough for me to explain what we are going to be doing." He grabbed a salt shaker and put a little salt on his fries over the ketchup. "Oh, also if you have any questions about me please don't hesitate to ask." Vincent had already decided that he would wait for her to offer answers of her own.

[Jessi Burke]

So Vincent and Jessi managed to get from the strawberry fields to the mess hall, despite Jessi stumbling around. As they walked over, Jessi could feel herself a little bit sober with each step. When they got to the mess hall, she had a full blown headache. She groaned as she followed behind Vincent through the food line and took whatever he grabbed. The thought of food nearly repulsed her, but she needed to eat. When he made his way to a table, Jessi stopped by the fireplace to toss a handful a fries as an offering to Zelus before going to sit across from Vincent.

That's when her head decided to pound. Vincent was saying something to her, but she couldn't catch it since it just made her headache worse. She pushed her tray off to the side and folded her arms on the table before she buried her head in them, trying to block out the light and sound. "Just kill me already," she moaned as she squeezed her eyes tight.

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Vincent watched Jessi throw a handful of fries into the fire with a small bit of curiosity. He then smiled as she sat across from him, but quickly frowned as she buried her head into her folded arms. "I couldn't kill a beautiful woman like yourself. I'll get you a gatorade; it should help a little with the headache." Vincent jumped up and grabbed a bottle of gatorade near the top so it wouldn't be too cold. He brought it back to Jessi and sat down beside her, placing the bottle where she wouldn't knock it over. Vincent then started to rub her back in small comforting circles hoping that he was helping.



"If you can get a little bit of food down, then I promise to go get some you headache medication," He whispered softly to the woman, not wanting to increase her headache too much more. 

[Jessi Burke]

Jessi groaned into her arms when Vincent said he wouldn't kill her. She remembered why she like staying drunk, because the hangovers would never come. Well, she couldn't stay drunk if she wanted to learn how to make her own booze to get drunk off of. She winced a bit as the bottle of gatorade was placed in front of her, but took a deep breath as she raised her head from her arms.

"Thanks," she mumbled as she reached out to open the bottle and take a sip. It didn't burn like her booze, but it still tasted good. Very good. Her small sip turned into a huge gulp as she didn't realize how dehydrated she was. "Okay," she muttered again to his compromise as she looked down at her food. She scrunched up her face since it still looked nasty, but she grabbed a couple of her fries to slowly munch on.

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Vincent pulled his tray around then picked at his food. He continued gently rubbing her back in little circles. Vincent chuckled softly to himself as he watched her drink down a huge gulp of Gatorade. "Finish your fries and I'll get the medicine, then we can get started on the learning. Also, your very welcome Jessi." He shook his head softly as he remembered his first hangover, which his mother had made worse by yelling at him. He started to eat a little more not wanting her to stop eating.



"I know it probably doesn't taste great, but you do need to eat something, and I'm glad you are. I'll need to send a letter to my friends on the ranch after we finish our lesson." Vincent nodded to himself at the last bit.

[Jessi Burke]

Chewing seemed hard at the moment. The fries were just mushy in her mouth and that made her want to gag and puke. She managed to swallow her mouthful before talking a couple more gulps of her gatorade. She sighed as she looked over her shoulder at Vincent. "Remind me again why you won't kill me?" she groaned as she turned back to her food. "Death seems easier than trying to eat this crap." She closed her eyes for a moment as she enjoyed how Vincent was rubbing her back. It felt good.

She exhaled before she opened her eyes and reached out to grab another handful of fries. She took a deep breath and fought the rising urge in her stomach as she munched on them.

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Vincent continued the gentle circles on her back with a chuckle. "I'm not going to kill you, because you are my first friend here, and I think you are cute." A red tint colored his face as he finished speaking. "Also, I doubt death would be easier as I would then have to tell everyone why I killed you, and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't end well for me." He picked at his food as well having realized that it wasn't as good as he was used too. "I'll make us some burgers myself next time. I promise the taste will be better." He started to think about homemade cheeseburgers covered in barbecue sauce. His thoughts were starting to make him drool so he cut them off and went back to eating.

[Jessi Burke]

"Being cute isn't really a good excuse," Jessi mumbled towards her fries. "Animals don't kill their young because they're cute, but you're not my mother." She exhaled loudly at the thought as she crammed more fries into her mouth. She glanced over her shoulder at Vincent as she noticed his face was slightly red. "Don't tell me you're getting sick too," she said with a mouthful of fries. She raised an eyebrow at him before she looked back at her food. She swallowed before she spoke again. "Well... I don't think camp food is supposed to be that great. I guess it's Chiron and Mr. D's way of discouraging drinking. You can't soak alcohol up with inedible crap."

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"Alright then. I won't kill you because I really like you, and I think you are really interesting. I'm not sick...just slightly regretting my choice of words. That could be a valid point. You are absolutely right. You can't soak up alcohol with this crap." Vincent had stopped the circles on her back while he spoke, hoping that he hadn't overstepped a boundary by continuing to do so for so long. He smiled softly at her after taking a few bites as he noticed her looking at him. "So how do I get to enjoy more lunch dates like this?" Vincent asked while giving Jessi a wink.

[Jessi Burke]

Jessi grumbled when Vincent still refused to kill her. It would've been the more humane option, honestly, than trying to eat fries that tasted like cardboard. What she wouldn't give for a meal from a fast food restaurant right now. I guess that's why they decided to put the camp on an island of all places.

She raised her eyebrows as he asked about lunch dates. She pressed her lips together in thought before she shrugged. "I dunno," she admitted as she looked down at her food. How she got her boyfriends before this wasn't the normal way. She didn't do the dating thing. Well... there was kind of one date, but they always seemed to end up in her bed at the end. "I don't really do the date thing. So if you want more..." She shrugged again. "I guess I'm free until... forever."

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Vincent chuckled at her grumbling then smiled at her. "I'm sorry the food sucks so much. I promise the next one will be something I catch, whether it be some kind of game or fish." He wondered what she meant by not doing the date thing, and then remembered what she said out on the strawberry field. "Would it be cool with you if I made you not free for a while? I understand if you don't want to, but I would like to show you that not all guys are jerks." As he finished speaking he looked away, really hoping he hadn't just lost himself his first friend at camp.

[Jessi Burke]

Jessi looked back at her fries and reached out for some more before she paused. She turned her head to look at him as knitted her eyebrows together. "Did you... did you just ask me out?" she asked as she lowered her hand away from the fries and looked at them. She pressed her lips together as she mentally ran through his explanation. I would like to show you that not all guys are jerks. Well... that was very noble of him. He was an okay guy so far, except for the part where he wouldn't kill her despite her telling him several times to do it. But her headache was going away, which was good.

"Umm..." she said after a few moments after she let her thoughts gathered. She glanced over to him as a slight blush crept onto her cheeks. "I'm guess I'm okay with you making me not free for a while."

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Vincent nodded, not trusting his voice at that minute. After taking a second to gather his thoughts, his face heated up slightly as he answered, "Yeah, I did." He watched her while she was quiet, knowing she was thinking about what he said, maybe even considering it. At the same time, he was hoping she would accept it. Vincent ran his eyes over her and wondered if she knew just how beautiful she looked to him right then. He noticed the flush on her cheeks and smiled some, but her words made that smile turn into a face splitting grin. 

"So what do we say about us if anyone asks?" Vincent asked with a light flush to his face.

[Jessi Burke]

So what do we say about us if anyone asks? That caught Jessi off guard. She opened and closed her mouth for a moment as she tried to figure out what to say. What were they? They hadn't kissed or made it into one of their beds, so this was completely new territory. He'd seen her drunk and at her lowest. Hades, she wasn't sure if she was quite sober enough to agree to whatever they were doing.

"I... I don't know," she finally admitted as she reached up to rub her arm. She bit her lower lip before she proceeded with her next thought. "None of my relationships have ever gone like this... we usually don't hit the angry drunk stage until after we've been in bed a few nights and they leave me." She pressed her lips together before she finally shrugged. "I don't know what to call us."

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Vincent watched Jessi bite her lip and looked away to keep from kissing her. He looked into her eyes as he started to speak.  "I don't intend on leaving and we have already passed the angry drunk state. I'm willing to wait as long as you like for the night in bed. Maybe we can call us, a couple in the works?" He was pretty sure that he was going to need to get drunk after this conversation.  As he finished speaking he slowly moved in closer stopping his face about six inches from her face. "Can I kiss you, Jessi?" He asked barely above a whisper.