The Other Team

fishdicks

She yells 'maxine' as I walk out the room with Jane but I ignore her. Jane doesn't talk, she knows not to. At least right now. We walk back into the elevator, not saying anything until we get into the car. we shut the car doors and sit there in car silence that is usually filled with the quiet hum or the engine. "You okay?" Jane says softly, I turn to her. "I-i don't know" my voice is on the verge of tears. Jane grabs my hand and rubs it with her thumb and interlocks our fingers.

"Do you remember how you used to pronounce, 'fish sticks' as 'fishdicks' Jane chuckles as she remembers. I look at her "what?" I ask in confusion as I giggle. She just glows when she's smiling. "Yeah, like you were at my house. And my mom said lunch is ready, you would run down I was following and you would yell "yay! I love fishdicks!" she mimicked my little kid voice.

I stare at her in disbelief. "Really?" She nods. "Wait, how did you remember that?" I ask her. "My mom reminded me, when I got back from dropping you off". I look at her smiling, which makes me smile. "Wait, did you just say that to cheer me up?" I ask her in a mocking tone. "Nooooo, totally not. Why would you ever think that" Jane jokes sarcastically while dramatic putting her hand across her chest. I push her shoulder

"Thank you for that, I guess" I roll my eyes. "Oh, come on. You know you like me"

Jane teases. "Well, you do at least comfort me really well." Jane gives a squeeze to the hand she's still holding.

"Well, assuming you don't want to go to your trailer where you gonna stay?" Jane asked turning her head. "Well, I'm probably gonna stay at Clarissa" When I said that I cloud see her smile falter. "Who's Clarissa?" Jane said in a funny accent. "She's on the team" I tried not to give away too much. "Wait, was that who was flirting with you" Jane asked she sounded jealous but tried sounding like she was joking.

"Yeah she was, we even kissed" I said to Jane unfazed thinking she'll react normally. Her whole smile dropped, "oh" she sounded sad but trying to be supportive . I didn't pick up on this. "Well... uhm where does Clarissa live" Jane muttered solemnly. "She lives around where you picked me up this mourning" I say to her. "Of course the does" Jane mutters under her breath. "What was that?" I turn to her, "Nothing" she says and she drops my hand awkwardly and puts both hands on the steering wheel. She stops the car by Clarissa's house. Before I get out I ask "Jane" i ask waiting for her to turn to me. "did i do something to make you upset? i'm sorry if i did i didn't mea-" her whole body language changed when i was talking about Clarissa

 "no, no, uhm. Have a nice night, max." Jane interjects. Then she shifts the gear and leaves.