No Need To Be Dramatic Here

[Jason Campbell]

For once, Jason did not forget. He remembered how he told Reid Chase he would meet her later tonight at the Silverlight. Again, not exactly his kind of place, but he was fine with whatever so long as he had A) Reid and B) alcohol. This place provided both so even if he was no regular of the club, he would go. He was hoping she would not wait for him inside though. Or, if she did, not in the middle of the crowd. He couldn’t believe the place to be near empty. Even though Kalispell was far from New York, it did have a nightlife.

That still left Jason plenty of time to head back home and work a little. He also checked on the guy who had a car accident. He was doing fine apparently. A miracle. Since he was talking to the nurse through a phone, he allowed himself to smile at that. He even took the time to eat something that could properly be considered dinner. If she had hoped for the doctor to shave however, she’d be disappointed. The stubble was still there. At least he took the time to comb his hair a little bit, enough to consider he needed to cut them soon before they started to curl. He never liked the curls.

He arrived at the Silverlight. He couldn’t remember what kind of car she drove and there were anyway too many for him to be certain to recognize it. He meant to wait outside but a light rain started to fall down and he preferred to head inside and wait for her there. If his hair had grown enough to start having a natural light wave to it, rain would only make it worse. Plus it was too dramatic to wait for her under the rain. That was not that kind of meeting after all.

[Reid Chase]

Reid was the type to just roll up a joint without really much of a plan, which meant she was never on time for any sort of event. Even if it did let her meet up with a friend. When she finally parked her car a ways away from the club they were going to hang out at, Reid had to pull her jacket collar over her head as it had started to rain.

Entering the club, glad for it's overall dryness, Reid looked around for Jason and finally spotted him near the bar. She took off her jacket, revealing her plain white T-shirt and waved at her friend before plopping onto the stool nearest to him.

Ordering a whiskey double, she gestured for Jason to come sit down next to her. "I forgot this place was too loud." She said with a chuckle. "But the drinks here are a lot nicer than the swill elsewhere."

[Jason Campbell]

Jason tended to be late a lot. For once, he was relatively on time and Reid could have enjoyed it and even tease him about it had she not been the kind to be even more late than he was. He thought nothing of it however. She was the one working today and he knew well enough what it was like when it took longer than it should. Reid didn't need to go home and do anything special to her hair or attire but if she chose to do it, that too he could understand. Either way, he was patient enough to wait inside for her to show up.

He spotted her as she approached and he straightened up to greet her. “Got caught by the rain I see,” he told her, noticing the drops on her jacket and hair. A quick glance down at her white shirt told him it was a good thing she had a jacket on. He sat on a stool near her, ordering a beer while she took some whiskey. He looked back at the crowd behind them, that loud crowd as she admitted it.

“I don’t come here often to know as much but I’m ready to test what they have to offer,” he said as he turned his gaze back at her. This atmosphere might not scream Jason as much as it called out Reid’s name. He was fine with the quieter joints Kalispell had to offer. “And your new partner? All ready for action?” he asked her, thinking back to what they discussed at the precinct when he came there.

[Reid Chase]

"I did." Reid chuckled, pushing her hair from the back to the side before she settled into her stool. She looked down at her shirt and thanked God it wasn't too see through. Although the good bra she was wearing underneath indicated that she was just very slightly disappointed.

Reid turned to face Jason and looked him up and down. He did look rather out of place and uncomfortable. "Yeah, you look like Matt's regular customer." She grinned before squeezing his shoulder affectionately.

"She isn't." She laughed. "The kid's barely legal. Poops and pees everywhere and shakes while she does it." Reid thanked the bartender when her drink arrived. "She won't be ready for at least six months." She took a sip from her drink and turned to look at Jason again.

"Perform any miracles while I was away?" She teased.

[Jason Campbell]

Jason did his best not to look whether the rain managed to do its devilish little game on Reid’s white shirt or not and made it see through. There seemed to be something wrong about checking out someone you’d consider a friend, even one you once slept with. He was not entirely sure whether or not Reid would mind if he let his gaze wander there but he still preferred to look elsewhere and let the eyes go down only on accident and for a few seconds. “Glad it’s you and not me though. Don’t want to end up looking like Justin Timberlake when he was still in that boys band.” Yes, men too could be conscious of the way they looked. Even one like Jason.

He laughed with her as she agreed with him this didn’t exactly look like the kind of place he’d go on his own. “Hey, I’m here for a drink and company. I got both, I’m not arguing,” he said, making sure to raise the beer he ordered to show it to her. Matt’s was the best place when he just wanted a drink and perhaps something to eat too with people around yet no one to talk to. Perfect place for that. Or get drunk and try to play pool. But that was a whole other matter.

He laughed, not even trying to restrain it as she talked. “Good thing I know we’re talking of a dog or I’d wonder about our police here,” he said with tease in his voice and eyes. He nodded though, trying to be a little more serious as she explained the dog would be ready in about six months. He smiled again when it was her turn to tease him. “I’m trying to keep at one miracle a day. Otherwise people might start building shrines in my honor.”

[Reid Chase]

Reid's hair had plastered itself to the back of her neck because of the rain so she had to reapply her hair tie, causing her not to realise Jason was trying not to stare. She only turned to him when he mentioned boy bands. She laughed and shrugged. "I don't know, I had a huge crush on Justin Timberlake back then."

She tilted her head and cooed at Jason's response. "Aww, Campbell. That is so sweet." She patted him on the back before laughing at his comment about the dog. "Dude come on. That's just so wrong on so many levels." She shook her head in amusement.

"Oh we wouldn't want that." She smirked before taking a long sip from her glass. "Other than that, how've you been? I heard there was a fire. What happened?"

[Jason Campbell]

He laughed at her comment. “Even though he looked like a sheep with the curls?” Jason passed a hand in his hair. He should cut them. Something he didn’t need to talk about to with Reid though. It was not really important anyway. And he already knew that he’d forget about it and wait forever to cut them so he preferred not to think about it now.

Especially when he had a beer in his hands and Reid at his side. Those two were far more deserving of his attention. Reid more than the beer that was neglected a bit by Jason as he focused his attention on her. He’ll remember it when he’ll be thirsty again.

He shrugged, laughing with her though. “Hey, at least it made you laugh. I can’t say my sense of humour gets that all the time, I must be improving.” Improving to worse type of jokes but it had the effect you expected out of jest so he would not complain. Besides, he heard Reid say so many things worse than that, he knew she could take it without taking any offense it in.

He was a little puzzled when she mentioned a fire. “You mean, while you were gone or recently?” Because he was not entirely sure there had been a fire, at least none he had been called to lately. Of course, there was little reason to call him specifically if there was a fire. He was not pulling them out and didn’t work at the hospital’s emergency department.

[Reid Chase]

"The curls were his selling point, man." Reid leaned back and looked at Jason like he had murdered her dog. How dare he insult her teen idol from way back when? But it didn't last long, she was laughing already as he ran his fingers through his hair. "But you could do with a cut, Jase." She reached forward and ruffled his hair.

She looked at Jason from over her beer and smirked. "Improving suggests it got better." She chuckled. She was sure he knew everything she said was always in jest, especially when it was in an insulting manner. It was the worst way to be a friend but Reid couldn't do sincere unless a gun was pointed to her head.

Jason's response had her a little curious. "Didn't someone from the school die from one? Or maybe I got my signals mixed. I just got back, you can blame my ignorance on that."

[Jason Campbell]

So apparently, what made Justin so popular was that sheep-like look of his. He laughed at that. He didn’t know for Justin but he knew he could use a cut. She seemed to agree with that. “Yes, maybe I should stop slacking,” he said. He gave her a small smile. This didn’t really matter though.

He knew Reid enough to know this was just her sense of humor speaking. She could be borderline insulting more than once but when you knew her, you also knew she teased like that because she liked you. “Considering you laughed, I’m calling it improvement.” He was not to take offense in it even if he gave her a stare for a moment like she hurt him. Just like the offense she pretended to take over the comment on her teen idol, this was not real and only lasted a moment.

All desire to jest left him and he became serious again when she brought up the incident at the school. It was true, she was not here when it happened. It might give her a shock. Or not. He was not entirely sure if she ever had any relation with him. “Yes. Guy. Remember him? The trainer. There was a fire then and... yeah,” Jason looked down. He might not know if she knew of him well but he did and it was still rather painful to know a good friend was gone. Especially that way. He couldn’t have done anything about it. Sadly, his power was not good enough to bring back the dead. “They’ve rebuilt everything pretty quickly. And enhanced security even more. It’s a lot of things that happened in quite a short time, they’re doing all they can to prevent anything else to hit the school.”

Reid was the one who brought it up so he thought he had the right to ask her. “Where have you been all this time? Travelled around, or you stayed close?”