RESCUE ME. PLEASE. {jamie!}

[JAMIE SHOEMAKER]

“Oh, trust me, there is the occasional scandal here and there... And if you're invovled in anything that upsets the status quo you get shunned or just funny looks for like the rest of your life, so."

“Well, I’d be screwed,” Jamie laughed. He adjusted his glasses as if to make a point. “Being normal isn’t fun anyway. You’re all blaaah and so are your friends. Well, not you but ya know, normal people.”

"Yeah, nothing like the city at all..."

“It all depends really. Big city people can sometimes have small town minds… but stick with me and we’ll avoid ugly situations,” Jamie said with a smile.

"What's so funny?”

“Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about that part in Lion King 1 ½… ya know,” he started saying. J’s blank look told him no, she didn’t. “Whaaat? You haven’t seen it? Okay… we’re watching it next!” he stated.

"They were quite obviously wasted, so they'll probably just pass out sooner or later."

“Well, you’re welcome to stay here. I’ve got an empty top bunk!” he said not really thinking about it. “I mean my roommate said he was sleeping over at his girlfriend’s. So yeah. We won’t have to worry about him being all drunk and stuff,” Jamie rambled. He took a sip of his coke and added. “I wouldn’t want you to go back too early and… yea.”

[JEMISSA CROCKET]

“Well, I’d be screwed,"

She laughed, absolutely sure floks back home wouldn't like Jamie. What did they know anyways? They just judged people by reputation and appearences and stuff like that. Though it was safe to say that she did sometimes, but it was normal human behavior these days.

“Being normal isn’t fun anyway. You’re all blaaah and so are your friends. Well, not you but ya know, normal people.”

"Oh trust me, I used to be normal people. I probably still am..." Oh yes, Jemima followed the silent code of the town growing up. In fact, she probably would have turned into one of those gossiping old ladies had senior prom not happened and she had stayed in Trenton.

“It all depends really. Big city people can sometimes have small town minds… but stick with me and we’ll avoid ugly situations,”

"I'm sure," she said with a smile. Though for some reason she had a feeling she would be the one keeping him out of sticky situations.

“Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about that part in Lion King 1 ½… ya know,”

What? She had never even heard of a 1 1/2, let alone seen it. Thank god somebody in this room didn't live under a rock and she'd be able to watch it.

Oh, she didn't think about where she was gonna sleep. "Oh no, going back early would not be fun..." She trailed off, thinking of what she would see and hear and...

"Do you mind if I stay here?" she asked, looking at him with wide and slightly guilty eyes.

[JAMIE SHOEMAKER]

“You’re not normal! Normal people don’t like me,” Jamie argued. It was true really. All the New Yorkers who weren’t interested in anything that didn’t involve money hated him. Not that he really cared. Those people were boring. He liked people who didn’t really care if they were rich or poor. As long as they had fun, then that day was a good day.

"Do you mind if I stay here?"

“Of course not, silly.” Jamie poked J’s side and stood up. “I’ve got an extra bed made up already with clean sheets and everything.” He patted the top bunk and then flopped back down on the beanbag. It wouldn’t be weird having a girl in his dorm room. She was his friend. His pretty FRIEND. Plus he couldn’t do anything stupid. Doing something like that hurt people. Hurting people was lame. “And you’ve already got your PJs on so you don’t have to go back and risk your sanity!” Jamie took another big handful of popcorn and put it in his mouth before he said something about her pajamas.

The Lion King was playing still and Jamie let himself get back into that. Simba was going into that dark scary place with the hyenas. The Elephant Graveyard. Nala was being pretty smart and telling them to get the hell out of there but Simba was like, “I laugh in the face of danger. Ha ha ha,” Jamie quoted.

[JEMISSA CROCKET]

“You’re not normal! Normal people don’t like me."

No way. People couldn't not like Jamie. It had to be impossible. He was so adorable, how could they not? "Then normal must mean crazy," she thought allowed, smiling. "'Cause people can't possibly not like you!"

She hadn't meant for it to sound as ...flirty as it did. Which it didn't really, it was just... oh well, she blushed anyways, unintentionally. Jemima hoped he didn't notice.

“Of course not, silly.”

Oh, thank goodness. "Thank you- hahaha," She giggled when he poked her side. It tickled a bit, and Jemima was extremely ticklish. Hopefully he didn't notice that, either.

“And you’ve already got your PJs on so you don’t have to go back and risk your sanity!”

Oh, she still had her PJs on, didn't she? Self-consciously she looked down at her shorts and shirt. Wow, she had totally forgotten. That was weird. Suddenly the pink to her cheeks darkened. She was in a guy's room in her pajamas. A guy she had just met. It kind of hit her then; she had been ignoring that fact before.

Yet it still didn't matter. She already felt like she'd known him for years. Maybe they knew each other in a past life...

Jemima jumped a little when the hyenas came out. For some reason, this part always scared her. She cuddled up against the beanbag, trying to make herself small. It was irrational, really, but still.

notes; sorry for the sucktacular post. :/

[JAMIE SHOEMAKER]

"Then normal must mean crazy. 'Cause people can't possibly not like you!"

“Aw, you’re too sweet!” he said blushing a little. Compliments usually didn’t embarrass him but for some reason with J it made him all funny feeling. Weird.

"Thank you- hahaha,"

Jamie suddenly smiled evilly. She was ticklish. He could totally do a surprise attack during the movie. She wasn’t really watching it though. Wait, her face was all red. All Jamie had done was say something about her being ready for bed! He poked her in the side again and snickered.

After she seemed to focus on the movie more and Jamie watched too. Ew, those hyenas were creepy. He always wondered if hyenas actually looked like that in real life. Maybe that’s why they never had them at the zoo. Jamie looked over at J and saw her curled up in a ball all scared like. She was so tiny! “You okay J? The hyenas are stupid. Really. They’ve got meatballs for brains,” he said attempting to make J feel better.

He didn’t like the way she looked when she was scared. Jamie was really tempted to get the remote and fast forward. Before he could though the hyenas were being chased away and that badass lion daddy Mufasa was giving Simba the stink eye.

“I totally wish my dad was Mufasa,” Jamie said offhand. Really, his dad wasn’t a bad ass. He’d made Jamie go to Barrie but Jamie only gave in because deep down he hated his old life. Jamie pushed back those thoughts and watched more of the movie.