/OPEN/
“Shouldn’t be. But the job might take a couple days, especially with a rookie on it. We’ll need a motel,” Gemma said, opening the driver side door and gliding smoothly into the seat in a single fluid motion.
“Did you just call me rookie!?!” Donny asks sounding offended.Donny gets into the passenger seat.
“I’m hoping this is the first time you’ve done this, so yeah,” Gemma said with a half-laugh. Starting the engine.
Donny gives her a look. “You need to start explaining yourself.”
“What do you mean?” She says, faux-offended and giving an innocent look.
“Explain what’s about to go down.” Donny says with some anger behind it.
Gemma sighed. “You wouldn’t if I told you. Just be prepared for a fight… And don’t reach for whatever weapons you’re carrying, use what I give you. Only certain stuff works.”
Donny groans very loudly and obnoxiously. “THIS IS WHY I WORK ALONE!” He shouts.
“You’d think I was insane if I told you, you’d get out of the car right now. But I need a partner for this one, alright?”
Donny groans once again.More child-like now.He crosses his arms and lays back in his seat. “Better be good.”
Gemma grins. “Oh, it will be. You a sadist, by any chance? Wait… I’m afraid that came out weird.”
Donny gives her a look. “No.I’m not.”
“Hmmm… Bit of a masochist? I mean… How much are you willing to put your life in danger?”
“Stop the car.” Donny demands.
“You’re not going to die, Donny. I wouldn’t put you on a job like that your first time.”
Donny stares at her with such confusion and anger. “Then why are you talking like this?!?”
“It’s a scary job, you’ve got to be ready for anything!” She sighs. “Look, what we’re doing today is raiding a vampire nest. Happy? It’s small and dying out, and there’s only a few left in it.”
“..Oh…” Donny says softly staring at her. “I’ve done that before..in Mexico.” Donny relaxes now.
Gemma stares at him in surprise, looking away from the road long enough to be worrisome. “You have? With who?”
“A partner of mine..it was last summer and it was the craziest thing I have ever gone through..and have seen..its just-I mean we went full Buffy on those guys.Pure insanity.”
Gemma laughed. “‘Full Buffy’? Haven’t heard that one before… This’ll probably be a bit easier, though. Just.. Be careful.”
Donny nods. “Okay.” Donny was feeling a lot more confident about this now.
There was silence for a few minutes, and Gemma turned up the radio to hear I Think I’m Paranoid on the radio.
Donny rolls his eyes. “Really?”
Gemma looks at him. “It’s a good song!” She turns it up even louder and starts singing along loudly.
Donny sighs heavily. He closes his eyes,leans back and tries to rest before work.
Gemma notices and turns the music up even louder, dancing along now as well.
Donny slowly opens his eyes and gives her a death stare. “…Hey..”
Gemma stopped dancing and looked at him, almost yelling to try to be heard over the music. “What? I can’t hear you!” She laughed.
“IM TRYING TO TAKE A NAP!” Donny yells back at her.
Gemma frowned and turned off the music. “I’m just trying to have a little fun, jeez.”
Donny sighs softly. He realized he was being a cranky man. “..Put it back on…sorry.”
Gemma sighs. "It's fine. We're almost there anyway."
