"You're such a joy to be around."-
"Well, you're a pain in the arse."
Jordyn had no idea that befriending the lovely idiot who broke her locker would turn her life upside down. But here she was, amidst bionics, secrets and life-threatening dangers...
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"Can you stop being so jittery?"
It didn't take a genius to figure out Chase's annoyance over Jordyn's bubbly demeanor. They were taking the elevator down to the lab alongside Bree when she started gushing about what she was about to see.
She couldn't hold back her excitement, jumping in place as she blabbered, "Ahh. I'm just so excited to see the lab again. It feels like there's more to it every time I'm there. All the technology and inventions and-"
"We get it. We already got it the first time you came down here." Bree sighed. As much as it pained her to tone Joe down, she didn't have the energy to deal with it. Not after their horrendous shift at Tech Town.
Joe frowned, ceasing all movement as she addressed the girl. "Actually, you mean the second time I was here. Because the first time I was too focused on saving your asses." She held up a finger. "Also, we're talking about a quantum processing supercomputer! How could someone not be excited about it?!"
Chase laughed and imitated her reaction with a terrible high-pitched voice, "OMG! A quantum processing computer? No way! This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Hashtag best day ever."
Joe scowled at him, crossing her arms in offense. "That's not how I sound," she mumbled and turned to Bree for confirmation, who gave her a thumbs up. "Don't act as if I were the biggest nerd here, nerd," she argued, jabbing a finger into Chase's chest.
Bree supported Joe's claim, "Yeah, I remember the first time we saw the new lab. You nerded out because of some weird device." Halting, she narrowed her eyes at the two and hummed. "Your reactions are actually quite the same."
"I did not," Chase said, swatting away Joe's hand. But he couldn't help himself, correcting his sister, "And just to make things clear, you mean the nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer."
"I mean, that you're just as much of a nerd as her, if not a bigger one," Bree retorted. Just then, the elevator arrived and the doors opened. The brunette was the first to walk out of the elevator, leaving the duo behind.
Joe threw Chase one last triumphant smirk, ready to move out. Yet he beat her to it. He briefly stopped next to her, whispering, "She called you a nerd as well." Her jaw clenched, eyes squinting after the smug boy who went about his way.
While moving, he put his new phone in his pocket, wanting to surprise the others. Joe only rolled her eyes. "Hey guys, check it out. We just got our first paychecks from Tech Town," Chase flaunted once he caught sight of Adam and Leo in the lab. Joe and Bree came in behind him and eyed what the two had set up.
Leo moved toward Chase, "Nice. What are you going to spend it on? A video game? New kicks? A birthday gift for a sibling who wants a video game and new kicks?" He emphasized his point by elbowing him in the right moments.
