Jedtavius BS

More Daydreaming

Jedediah woke up late, not that his crew couldn't handle the railroad on their own. Another fresh wave of embarrassment washed over him as he remembered the previous night.
"Oh god" he yelped, hiding his face with his hat, despite his solitude.
He felt like an idiot. That's for sure. They had come to a draw. Jedediah wasn't going to go see Octavius, and Octavius wasn't going to go see him.
Neither could bare the thought of such confrontation.
Jedediah's mind began to wander.
'Did he enjoy it? Is that why he was watching?'
Jedediah batted the thought away, it was NOT the time to be fantasizing about that muscular, tall....
"Oh hush! " he shouted aloud to his own thoughts.

From outside his tent, a coworker yelled back
"But I di'nt say anythin' hoss! "
"Oh not you! " he rolled his eyes. He knew he had to clear his head, and his consciousness, too.
'I'll at least go check on him. See how he's doing... From afar anyway... ' he thought to himself.
He planned to basically spy on the soldier, to see how he was doing. Was it possible that Jedediah was making mountains out of molehills? What if it hadn't even been Octavius who had been watching him?
That was wishful thinking. They saw eachother.
He walked to the Roman exhibit, but to his surprise, the soldier was absent. He decided to look elsewhere before he got ran out by the squirrely Roman army. He wandered the halls, searching.. Searching for what? Someone to talk to? Octavius? What would he say? He spent way too long walking around the museum's lobby, listening intently to the bustle of the museum, thinking of apologies he could spout and gestures he could display, when he crashed into Larry's shoe.
"Aw shee-it. Sorry Hoss."
Larry picked him up and placed him in the desk.
"Hey man, how have you been?"
"Well... I've been alright"
Said Jedediah sheepishly
"Oh come on now. I know something's wrong, what's up? "
"Shit Larry, y'ever done something embarrassing?"
"Uh, yeah? "
"Well there ya go."
"Does it have to do with that little Roman guy you like so much?"
"Wh-how did you-"
"No Offense, Jed, but you're awful at hiding it." He glanced down.
"Oh hush up! You don't know!"
"Well it's not like I don't hear things."
Jedediah fruitlessly drew his pistol, knowing it would have no effect. "What do you know??"
"I mean, I know you got caught with your-"
"HUSHHHH shut UP!" he hissed.
"Look, I just wanna know if you've seen him ok?"
"Well I think I saw him upstairs talking to teddy. "
"Thank you. "
Jed hopped down from the desk and began the lengthy trek from the lobby to the upstairs.
He was walking into the next row of exhibits when, against all odds, he ran head on into octavius, neither of them had been watching.
They both stood in silence, neither daring to make eye contact. They were becoming increasingly familiar with each other's shoes, when Jedediah cut into the silence.
"I've been meaning to bring this to ya."
He said quietly, placing Octavius' helmet into his hands.
"Oh, why thank you, I've been... Missing it."
"D you want to come to my place sometime?" Jed blurted out, suddenly.
"What? "
"I want to see you sometime!" He said nervously.
But before Octavius could respond, Jedediah ran off.
And while Octavius wouldn't know it, Jedediah cursed himself out about it.