I'll be there for you... when you come back from the expedition

[huntersdaughter]

Who: Jo, Jet, Spike S., Max, Julia, and Gwaine.
Where: Jo's house in the city.
What: Gwaine returns after the expedition. Julia is upset. Clearly.
When: ... when Gwaine returns.
Notes: Friends Loss Continues.

[Apparently, when you're raised in a military-like compound and not exposed to pop-culture while you grow up -- you miss out on a lot of

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So... we should go somewhere else.

[huntersdaughter]

[Well, this got personal fast. Everyone has something to do... in Jo's room. Obviously. Not that this is how it went last time, but you know... it doesn't really matter. Everyone knows that everyone is in the house this time.]

Did anyone bring the alcohol with?

[gottaknockhard]

[Spike cringes, not even subtly. Tell him there's alcohol somewhere here.]

That would have been the smart thing to do. [He's the idiot who didn't think thugs through when he came over for movie night with the girls. He pulls out a cigarette a second later to substitute for it. He needs something to break the tension.]

[huntersdaughter]

[GHJIORHGSU!!!! Jo reaches over and steals the cigarette away from him.]

You're still smoking!!

*things through ... Phone tagging B|

[gottaknockhard]

[What the hell was that?!]

Well, yeah. I think I earned for suffering through 'Lawfully Pink'. [Or whatever that was.] So give it back.

[whatialways_do]

[anger at Spike! For something they should be actually angry for! Max can do this one. Have a lineface.]

Smoking is bad for you, never mind the fact that it's totally gross. My twin used to smoke all the time.

[grossed out face]

She always smelled like a garbage truck.

[gottaknockhard]

Nobody's perfect. [Remember when you guys were mad at Gwaine? Focus people.]

-- Fine, I'll go outside. [And he's up again. Always with the third degree, geez.]

[huntersdaughter]

No!!! [Jo reaches and grabs for him, pulling him to the ground, which also pulls herself to the ground. Awkwardly.]

You can't go out there!! They're out there! [All said while she's on the ground, stretched out on the floor, still holding onto his knees... she TOOK YOU DOWN, SPIKE!]

[whatialways_do]

[swings around from her position on the bed so that her elbows are resting on the front of the bed, and her feet are towards the pillows -- and is just looking down at them on the floor]

Yeah and they're ... still going at it.

[yes, she can hear Gwaine and Julia from down the hall. Super ears.]

[gottaknockhard]

[Jesus Christ, Jo. Way to overreact. Also he seems to be having a harder time than anticipated getting her off of him. Finally, he uses words instead.]

Okay, ow. [He looks over his shoulder at Max. Thanks for the help.] Come on. How long do we -- [seriously Jo, you can let him up now] --have to stay in here?

[huntersdaughter]

[Hey, she's just making sure he don't go anywhere.

She'll untuck her arms from beneath his legs and pushes herself back up to sitting. Exhaling, she's pretty sure that they're going to be in here a while. Dammit... she left the dogs out there. They'll probably awkwardly go to crunch on their food at some point.]

Probably a while. She was really upset.

[Of course, now that she's thinking about food... she's hungry.]

Dammit! I left my tater tots out there.

[whatialways_do]

[winces as she's ... still listening to the argument]

Definitely a while. Gwaine just mentioned Arthur.

[Poor Gwaine. He was such a good friend. She'll have to give a nice speech at his funeral. Then her attention goes back to Jo]

Want me to try and sneak out and get them?

[gottaknockhard]

[Sigh. This is great. It's not like it's their first fight.]

Wait, she gets to go? [Unfair. Spike had the 'going out for a cigarette' excuse, it would have been totally believable.]

[huntersdaughter]

No. No one's leaving. Even if Max can be faster than humanly possible. [Man! It'd be a good time for the castle to put her on a loss and make her into Max again. Then she'd be fast and efficient.]

We're just going to have to deal with it. We'll look for things to eat in here.

[She had all the Halloween candy still... somewhere. Maybe there's a bowl of it somewhere.]

[whatialways_do]

[sighs as she flops down on the bed again, resting her chin in her hands]

Whatever you say.

Laaaate! Sorry! I fail! B|

[black_dog_bite]

[Late to the party as usual, Jet slips into the room where everyone is taking refuge, a cold can of beer in his hand.]

That was awkward.

[Having made it all the way to the fridge without having noticed the feuding couple was a tad strange.]

oh hey

[gottaknockhard]

[Jet got to be outside! Favoritism. Also wtf only bringing one beer.]

Where's mine? [-- You know what, forget it. Now that Jet's in, Spike straightens his tie and leans in closer to the door to listen. ... So maybe he cares a little more than he lets on.] They aren't throwing punches yet, are they?