Waaaaaay Overdue Five Things Response

[jetpack_monkey]

Found this in a post set to private in my journal from a Five Things prompt given to me by just_3_apples ages and ages ago.

Five double dates Mahandra and Aaron didn't go on. (Wonderfalls)

1. Mahandra looked across the table at the stubbly, short-haired man who seemed to know what she was thinking. "Uh..."

"Not that I know anything about robbing banks. It's just how I'd do it," Jaye's date said.

Aaron nodded, clearly fascinated with his sister's new boyfriend. "That's kind of brilliant. Uh, by the way, do you believe inanimate objects can talk?"

Jaye's eyes widened. "Jarod? Don't answer that. Aaron, there's something really interesting over at the bar that I need to yell at you about. Now."


2. "Darrin, do you remember when Mahandra and Aaron used to chase each other around the house?" Karen Tyler asked with a nostalgic smile.

"Like it was yesterday. Swear to God, you two were just always picking on each other, like..."

"Don't say it, Mr. Tyler. Please don't say it!"

"Hm? Oh. Sorry, forgot where I was going with that." Darrin picked up the menu. "What's good tonight? Hmmm..."

Aaron just facepalmed.


3. "This is weird," both Mahandras said at the same time.

"Agreed," both Aarons said.

Mahandra-from-home shivered. "Jaye, you told me your school was weird, but she's me..."

"Hold up now," Mahandra-from-Fandom said. "Get it the right way around. You're me."

"Ladies," both Aarons said. They looked at each other and Aaron-from-Fandom conceded the floor to his counterpart. "I think it's entirely possible you're both the other one."

Jaye bit her lip. "Actually, if you want to get technically, neither of you are each other. I mean, your lives diverged at some point and it gets really complicated. I could explain it, but Tino just told me that he ran out of tequila."

"Damn," both Mahandras said. "I was gonna need that."


4. Mahandra smiled in that way that you smiled at homeless people who grabbed your hand and told you that Jesus loved you. "Aaron. What the fuck are we doing?" she asked through her teeth.

"A favor to Jaye," Aaron answered, also through smiling teeth.

"Why?"

"Now I bet you two are just dying for some of my muffins," Mary Ann said. "Pat just loves them, don't you, Pat?"

"You bet, sweetheart," No-Longer-Fat Pat said, kissing his much-much-older girlfriend on the lips.

"Heh," Mahandra said. She searched for small talk. "Last time Jaye saw you, you two were just business partners."

"I know," Pat said, a dreamy look in his eye. "But love finds you in the strangest of places."

"It really does, sugar plum," Mary Ann said, gazing at Pat. "Now, who wants an Apple Bran muffin?"


5. Mahandra really thought her boyfriend had lost it this time. "We're going to dinner with stuffed animals."

"No," Aaron said. "We're having dinner and the stuffed animals are watching. I think."

"Are you and Jaye doing some kind of drugs together? Why aren't you sharing?"

Aaron frowned. "How can I explain this? Everything has a spirit, right?"

"You're an atheist."

"Yes, but if I wasn't, everything would have a spirit."

"You're crazy, you know that?"

"It's why you love me."

Mahandra sighed. "Go on."