Jaz swiped a bead of sweat from the nape of her neck as she stepped into the crisp night air to the sound of crickets and tiny frogs. Looking down at the dimly lit sidewalk she spied one of those tiny frogs and stooped down to get a better look. The other cast members milled about moving toward their respective cars and making light conversation. Cathy stood a pace back from Jaz and made a face, hoping the creature wouldn't come near her suddenly. Jaz scooped up the little wet thing and turned excitedly to show it to whomever would look.
"Ewww, keep that thing over there!" Cathy said tensely.
"It's just a baby," Jaz laughed and opened a space in her hands just large enough to peek at her prize.
Jim pushed open the glass door behind Cathy and stepped into the scene, amused by the contrasting reactions. Jaz held her cupped hands out towards him in an effort to show him her frog without him stealing it or the frog getting loose. Cathy leaned backward to create more space between her and the squirming animal. Jim looked at Jaz's hands and opened his mouth as if he would eat her prize. Apalled, Jaz withdrew her hands and in her distraction created a space large enough for the frog to squirm through her hands and hop directly into Cathy's purse.
Cathy screeched and held her bag as far from her as was physically possible while Jaz and Jim burst into laughter.
"I'm so sorry! Here let me get him," Jaz apologized as soon as she could collect herself.
"Ewww!Get it out Get it out!!" Cathy said in a high pitched voice as she squirmed farther away from the bag.
Jaz scooped up the frog again and set him free as Cathy shivered and tried to collect herself.
"Hope you wash your hands..." Jim said smirking.
Jaz ignored him and moved into the parking lot across from her car, tossing some haphazard goodbye's to her castmates. She reached her car and tossed her various papers and pens into the passanger seat. From her peripheral she could see Cathy and Jim talking by his car and decided to pull out her phone to bide her a moment more with him. As she began to dial Zac's number to ask about an APO meeting that night, she suddenly noticed Jim awkwardly (if such a thing were possible) moving toward her. Her breathing quickened. She finished her voicemail by the time he reached the trunk of her car leaving only something like 4 feet between them. When she hung up she threw a shockingly well-composed "hey" to the tall, brown-eyed guy who'd approached her.
"So I'd like to continue our conversation about my ink sometime," Jaz nodded as she remembered asking him earlier about a simple cross tattoo on his ankle which she'd admired.
"Sure, yeah" She said, not catching his drift.
"So,...you wanna go out sometime?" He asked in a way that could only be labeled awkward, if Jaz could ever imagine him being so.
"Oh,...Yeah, sure, we could hang out between classes or something..." She answered, trying to make it not a date in her head, but knowing that she'd want to date him regardless, and recalling how close he lived to her university and the convinience of that fact.
"Ok, cool, so can I get your number?" He asked pulling out his cell phone.
"Sure," Realization seeping into each number she recalled to him.
"Cool, so I'll talk to you later," He said smiling slightly.
"Alright cool," She said smiling back.
He turned and walked slightly quicker back to his car and she ducked into Hermia as the dizziness and reactionary emotions settled into her throat.
Did that really just happen?
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