#jacob 002

"You have a face worse than if you ate a cockroach." Holding back the gag the vision brought her, Maya simply glared at her older sister. "Because I don't want to be here and am only here because you submitted that damn profile behind my back and blackmailed me into coming." Reaching out, she gently pinched her sister's waist, just as the girl pushed her towards the next table where her date was being held. "Go be nice for once, smiles don't kill you."

Maya was a firm believer in protecting herself. As much as people believed it was from simply being hurt, the blonde really protected herself from the judgement she was sure she would receive when people got close enough to find out the kind of person she really was, a judgement she knew she would not be able to handle. Sighing, she made her way over to the table, sliding into the seat opposite her date, fully ready to show just how little they'd want to get to know her, only for it to be a familiar face. "Well, you've already seen me crying whilst standing on my garden table, so it's not like this can be any worse, right?"

WHERE: Yard Sale & Cruise-In.

WHEN: August 13, 2022.

With the community center closed to appointments for the day, and his own father curiously wanting to check out the cars in town, Josh found himself with a free Saturday -- an absolute treat that he knew to take advantage of. Having found himself at one of the nearby sales, looking through a stack of old cookbooks, some that had been passed down from generation to generation, by the looks of them. Deciding that he could change things up in the kitchen a little bit, he began to pull out a few that appealed to him, glancing up when he saw a familiar figure cut across his line of vision. “Jake,” he greeted with a smile, stacking the books neatly in his arm. “Find any treasures out here today?”