Momoko's Apartment, El Paso, Texas, Saturday

[weldedtomyspine]

Saturday morning cartoons started way too early. Milagro "wasn't into that kiddy stuff", but she was still up early enough to watch some shows from that time block. Which meant she was up before Jaime. Which meant that there was no way he could sneak out of the house without her noticing that something really weird had happened over night.

He knew because he'd tried.

Unfortunately, girl!him was shorter than boy!him. And had a different center of gravity. And that had been enough to cause him (her?) to misjudge how easy it would be to step over the pile Milagro's stuff had made on the floor when she tossed it there after school on Friday, and falling down was loud enough to hear even over the corny-joke-and-laughter that signaled the end of whatever episode Milagro was watching.

Once she'd finally stopped laughing, Jaime had managed to swear her to secrecy, but she'd managed to extract some pretty extravagant promises for it. It would be worth the price if she didn't mention this whole episode to anyone, though.

With Milagro's silence purchased, all that was left to do was to dash off a quick note to his (her?) mother that he (she?, ugh, this was confusing) was heading over to Momoko's for the weekend to deal with some weirdness that had arisen, possibly connected to Fandom.

Not too much later there was a knock on the door of Momoko's apartment, and the person doing the knocking wore baggy pants, a shirt that was clearly too large (neither of which managed to conceal that said person was female), and an expression that practically dared anyone to laugh. Or even smile in amusement.

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[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, if only." Jaime sighed. "Unfortunately, he," just a bit of emphasis on that pronoun, "has apparently disappeared for the weekend. At least I hope it's just the weekend."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Frown. Frown. Frown.

"...yeah no, you're gonna have to explain some more. Or I'm going to show up really soon so you can explain in person."

[weldedtomyspine]

The sound of a facepalm was pretty clear over the phone. "I shouldn't even have answered. You could have left a funny voicemail and I could have called you back on Monday and made up some story about why it took me all weekend to get back to you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

...two, three, four...

"Jaime?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Um... hi?"

Yeah.

Hi, Dinah. How's life?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You dork! You had me worried!"

Hi, Jaime. You goofus.

"You still have those bras I sent you, right?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"You're worried?" Jaime declared with an eyeroll. "What about me?"

She sighed. "And I didn't even look for them."

Though, if she had, the answer would have been 'No. Apparently Momoko burned them a few years ago'. Thanks, Momoko!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Silly girl," Dinah teased.

And silly, silly Momoko. Oy.

"You're not worried, you're just... agitated. You know this'll be over by Monday. And at least you won't have classes this weekend to miss. Khaji Da isn't freaking out, right? You're good."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Just because it's always been just a weekend before..." Jaime rubbed at her face tiredly. "I always stress about these things, you know..."

Then she shook her head. "But, yeah, it's mostly just... awkward. Unfamiliar." A rueful smile settled on her lips. "Girls have weird bodies, you know."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Noooo! Boys do! With minds of their own!" Dinah snickered. "What are you being weirded out by this time? Oh, hey, what does Momoko think of your weird body? Have you seen her?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Dinah," Jaime half-whined. "I have breasts! I am not supposed to have breasts!"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You are when you're a girl, goofy." Dinah was trying not to snicker. But seriously. "And I'm sure they're very pretty."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Oh, yeah, that's another thing I'm not supposed to be!" Jaime pointed out in a huff.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Well, then what do you do the other 363 days of the year when you're still pretty?" Heee.

[weldedtomyspine]

"You are not helping, Dinah Lance," Jaime accused, trying not to laugh.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry, was I supposed to tell you you'll get used to it? Or explain the joys of being a girl?" Dinah continued to tease him. "Or point out that the Island has a bitchy sense of humor, and you're lucky you don't get your period during this weekend, hmm?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Ugh, don't remind me that that's even possible." Because it sounded absolutely awful.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Silly, silly Jaime." Dinah shook her head, smile growing positively evil. Good thing Jaime couldn't see it and hang up yet. "Soooo. You kissed Momoko with that new set of lips yet?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Wha--?"

THAT HAD NOT EVEN OCCURRED TO HER, OKAY?

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I'll take that as a no. You should really try it!" Dinah's tone was oh-so-encouraging. "I never got to kiss anybody as a guy yet. Sadly. You should find out if it's different."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Why do you do this to me? What did I ever do to you?" Dinah, she wasn't going to be able to stop thinking about it!

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah's laugh was wicked and happy. "You wanna list, Reyes?" Muahahaha! "Jaime Jaime Jaime, BB, you make it so easy."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Mean! Mean, mean, mean!"

"And you're not even sorry about it."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Come crying to me when you turn into a guy, suddenly, in Glacia, have to stay a guy four days on the road, and have to talk your teammates into loaning you their clothes and not killing you. Then I'll have some pity for you, Reyes." Dinah snickered again. "Just be glad I'm not sending you catalogs from Dite's, hmm?"

[weldedtomyspine]

Oh, look at that, she was totally blushing. At least her complexion was still dark enough that it wasn't super-duper obvious?

"That's because you value my friendship and don't want to be disowned forever."