Love triangles.... the worst thing I've ever loved. CLOSED

(bows why thank you XD)

Tangerine burst out laughing. She put her arm on Jared's shoulder and leaned a bit to steady herself so she wouldn't fall. She couldn't stop laughing for at least 3 minutes. "That, was amazing!" She thought about the joke and started laughing again leaning over a bit.

Jared smiled slightly. "Thanks?" He said slowly.

"I mean I love jokes and puns so I really enjoyed that." She said with a smile. They turned around one more corner and there was the smoothie place. "Okay, here we are!"

Jared nodded. "Oh, alright. Pick something out for me? I'll pay for them both." He said, looking at her.

Tangerine looked over at him surprised "Wait what? You don't have to pay!"

He looked at her. "My parents make more money in a month than they can usually spend in a year. So yes, i will pay." He blinked. "I mean, i don't know your family's, er, income, but…just let me pay!" He finished, slightly flustered.

Tangerine nodded slightly. "Okay." She opened the door and held it open for Jared.

Jared went inside, and grabbed the door for her.

"Thanks." She went up to the counter and looked over the smoothie menu. She took multiple deep breaths before she opened her mouth to order, but she closed it right after. After a few more breaths she tried again. "… H-hi… can I h-have a… um… medium grapefruit… twist and a medium uh… berry blast?"

The girl working the counter smiled. "Coming right up." She replied, inputting the order, and naming the price.
Jared pulled out his wallet and paid.

Tangerine let out a small sigh and smiled softly. "Thank you, Jared. I if you want you can go sit down and wait or you can stand here, I don't care which one you do."

(I probably won't be on for the rest of the day. And for the rest of the week, I'll only be active around the time I post this. Sorry)

Jared nodded. "I'll wait here." He said with a small smile.
(Alright that's fine! Btw, I'll be gone like… Wednesday thru Friday)

Tangerine turned back to face to counter, watching the employees make their smoothies as she waited for them. After a few minutes, the smoothies were ready. The person at the counter handed Tangerine their drinks. "Here you go, hope you enjoy!" Tangerine just smiled a little and nodded. Turning around, she handed the purple smoothie to Jared, keeping the coral colored one.

Jared took the smoothie. "Thank you." He said to the employee. He took a sip, thoughtful. "Hey, its actually pretty good." He said to Tangerine. "Thanks."

"Of course it's good! My brother owns this place and he always loved making drinks. The drinks were always really good too." Tangerine took a sip. "Yummm." She smiled and looked at Jared. "So let's go to the library, yeah?"

Jared smiled. "Oh, that's neat." He replied. "And yeah, why not."

"Okay." Tangerine smiled and started heading out to the library, holding the door open for Jared as always.

(Okay, I kinda feel bad bc Tangerine and Jared have been hanging out a lot more than Crystal and Jared or all three of them)

(i know…could Crystal maybe be at the library and they all hang out?)

Jared followed her out. "Lead the way." He said with a tiny smile.

(I was thinking the same thing. What do you think @_Write_Where_I_Wanna_Be ?)

She still had a smile on her face as she lead the way to the library.

Jared walked beside her quietly, eyes flickering around the road.

(It's totally okay!)
After a few minutes of silent walking, they made it to the library. As always, Tangerine held the door open for Jared.

(its fine!)

Jared looked at her. "I can get the door, you know." He said. "You don't have to get it for me."

Tangerine smiled very shyly. "I… I know…" She cringed at herself for always doing that. Once they got inside, she lead him to the area with a whole bunch of tables.

Jared followed her. He spotted Crystal, and waved. "Hey, Crystal!" He exclaimed, then was shushed very sternly by a librarian.