Dude and Dudette

Chapter 6

The four of them had decided to play a game to pass the time in the photo booth. "I spy with my little eye, something starting with the letter 'C'."

Caitlin clapped her hands together and jumped, "Ooh! I know! Me!"

"Right on, dudette!" Jude cheered.

"Yay! Ok, my turn. I spy with my little eye, something..." She looked around and suddenly smiled when her eyes landed on Jen, "purple." Caitlin concluded.

Jude snapped his fingers, "Nikki's hair!"

"Jude, Nikki's not even here." Jen chuckled lightly.

His shoulders slumped as he remembered the rules of the game, "Oh yeah."

"What about Jen's sweater?" Wyatt thought with one hand on his chin.

Caitlin shook her head, "Nope, guess again."

Jen bit her bottom lip and gazed at the ceiling, "I'm gonna go with the photo booth itself."

"Nuh-uh. This one's a toughie." Caitlin beamed, hardly able to contain her excitement.

Meanwhile, Jude had an intent look on his face. Glancing around the small space, he contemplated, what else was purple? And then it hit him, they were in front of him all along. Wide and attractive, drawing him in. "I got it!" He yelled as everyone looked at him.

Jen was starting to grow uncomfortable, Jude was staring right at her and she didn't know why. Was there something on her face? Did he catch her trying to smell his shirt? Was he on to her little crush? Feeling more and more vulnerable, she squirmed. She needed to get out. Right. Now.

"Jen's eyes are purple!" Jude finished proudly.

"Yeah! That was amazing, Jude!" squealed Caitlin.

He grinned and nodded, "Told ya, I'm awesome at this."

"Really? I always thought they were blue." Wyatt mused

Jen let out a breath she was holding in, "Actually, Wyatt's right, they are more blue than purple."

"Aw, but they do look purple, besides, saying that makes it more exotic." Caitlin pouted. She then sniffed the air and made a face, "Ew, what's that smell?"

They turned to hear Jude snigger and look innocent, "Safety."

"Aw man, that's nasty!" Wyatt exclaimed as he ran out of the booth.

"Jude! Gross!" The girls agreed and quickly followed suit.

Walking briskly so that the guys couldn't overhear them, Caitlin said, "So, I bet you had fun didn't you?"

Jen placed her hands on her cheeks, "No! It was so embarrassing. I felt like I was gonna die in there!"

Caitlin gave her a pointed look. "Oh come on, it wasn't that bad. I could see you about to throw yourself at him and go, 'Take me, Jude! Take me now!'" She acted out dramatically placing her arm across her forehead.

"Shh! They're gonna hear you!" hushed Jen, "It was a kind of fun actually." She admitted afterwards.

"See, I told you to trust me!" giggled Caitlin, "Hey! That looks like Nikki and Jonesy over there. Let's go say hi!" she pointed to the couple sitting at the food court.

The two that were spotted looked up hearing the commotion and recognized their four friends approaching them.

"Oh crap! The gang's coming, hide!" Jonesy yelled and dove under the table.

Meanwhile, Nikki rolled her eyes and waved back, "Sup, guys?"

"Oh, y'know, the usual hide-and-seek from Ron the rent-a-cop." answered Wyatt.

Jen kneeled down, "Jonesy, what are you doing underneath the table?"

His eyes darted back and forth, "Uh... I dropped... something." he mumbled.

"Dude, there's some gum in your hair." Jude pointed to the gum stuck to the bottom of the table.

"Aw man, gross!" Jonesy jumped out and felt the top of his head. Sure enough, it was sticky.

Nikki tsked and motioned for him to sit down, he pouted and took the chair beside her. Everyone watched as Nikki carefully tried to take out the gum and flinched when Jonesy let out a blood-curling scream.

Nikki inspected the patch of hair she pulled out and sighed, "That's what you get for being stupid."

Jen raised an eyebrow, "So, I take it you guys are ok now?

Jonesy smiled sheepishly while rubbing his head, "Better. We're going out."

Time seemed to stop as the four stared in shock with their mouths wide open. Nikki and Jonesy glanced at each other uncertainly when no one said anything and wondered if they did the right thing telling their friends. Bracing themselves for the biggest lecture of their life, they breathed out sighs of relief when Jude let out a loud 'whoop!' and Caitlin squealed.

The guys gave Jonesy high fives while the girls hugged Nikki.

"I'm so happy for you guys!" Caitlin hopped up and down.

Wyatt smiled, "Yea, congrats guys."

"About time!" Jude and Jen managed to yell at the same time, she blushed as Jude turned to her, "Alright, dudette! We're totally on the same wave length." He smiled and he held out his hand as Jen nodded mutely and returned a weak five.

The excitment having died down, Jude pushed his chair out and stood up, "Gotta jet, dudes and dudettes. Don't want to have Wayne harshing on my mellow again." A chorus of "Later, Jude." was heard as he took off on his skateboard. Not long after, they saw Jude flying over their heads and crashing into a wastebasket nearby.

Caitlin screamed, "Ohmygosh! Jude!"

"What happened, man?" Jonesy and the rest of the gang ran over.

Jen hovered over his body and gently patted his face, "Jude? Are you ok?"

Slowly opening his eyes, he weakly coughed out, "Dude... I can totally see your panties..." Blushing bright red, Jen quickly stood up and covered the front of her skirt, but not before giving Jude a swift kick. "Ow..."

"Jerk!"

"What colour are they?" Jonesy couldn't help asking.

Nikki slapped him on the back of his head, "Pervert! She's your step-sister!"

"Sorry! Force of habit!" he replied half-heartedly.

They barely heard the groan below them, "Baby... blue." Jude still managed to make out.

Jen looked mortified, suddenly Caitlin exclaimed, "Hey! Are those the ones you bought with me? I'm wearing the pink ones I got!" she pulled down her skirt a little to show the colour of the waistband.

"Yea, those ones" Jen confirmed, returning to her normal colour.

"I love them!" Caitlin gushed, "They're so cute. What colour are you wearing Nikki?"

Nikki scratched her head, "Huh? I don't remember, lemme check." she looked down her pants, "Black."

In the meantime, Wyatt and Jonesy were standing around speechless.

"This is what girls talk about?!" Wyatt yelled incredulously.

"This is awesome!" Jonesy cried.

Jude grunted from the floor, "Uh guys... a lil help?"

A/N: Eheheheh. Sorry for the wait. Thanks so much for sticking around. I'm gonna be honest now and tell you guys that I have absolutely no idea where this story is gonna go next. That's why it takes me so long to write it. So... next update? I don't know. It will most likely take a while.