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"You were okay..until the crying..." Candace shrugged. "You wanted it, who am I to deny you? But...we're just friends, okay? It...it doesn't mean I'm giving us another try." She looked down at her empty coffee cup, her frown returning. "Can I ask you something about it though?" Her voice had lowered, worry lacing her quiet tone.

"All I'm looking for is an answer, no further explanation needed. And I want honesty." Candace gave Jerry a stern look as if she didn't trust him. No wussing out on this, Jerry. "Who did you have sex with that day? Me, or Sasha?" It had been nagging her all this time. It pissed her off. It hurt. It really hurt. She did believe it was probably karma, that she had deserved it after what she did to him, after all the times she had imagined H in Jerry's place. It just...it stung. She needed to know.

That was all she needed to know. She fell quiet after that, fidgeting with her cup with trembling hands. Petty jealousy stabbed at her chest like a hot knife, jealousy for a woman who had given him up anyway. But she didn't cry, she didn't even tear up. It just...hurt. She clutched the cup so tightly in her hands the Styrofoam crumpled with a noisy crunch. s**t.

"Don't apologize. I deserved that..but Jerry." Candace wasn't smiling or even frowning when she looked at Jerry again, reaching out to gently grasp his chin with her fingers and turn his head so the man was looking at her. "If we ever have sex again, it's going to be me you're thinking about, okay?" She said in a low purr, a tiny smile quirking up at the corner of her mouth. "Nothing makes a girl feel more unwanted than knowing the man she's giving herself to is thinking of another woman." Candace crooned, pouting her lips and giving Jerry her best sad puppy eyes. Look what you've done, Jerry. You hurt her feelings.

Her reaction was immediate. Candace brightened up, her smile returned and she let Jerry move from her hold on him. It was cute how she could still make him blush. "Very good." She leaned in to press a kiss to his scarred cheek, something she shied away from when they had been together. "You were about to say something else though. Is something the matter?"

She really wished he would stop stammering. It was cute at first and every now and then it was endearing but sometimes she really just wanted him to be more confident. "Ah, okay..want me to walk you back to your room then? Make sure you get back okay?"

"I'd like to make sure you get back safely and don't pass out somewhere in the middle of the courtyard." Candace told him gently, nodding and letting Jerry leave to get more coffee. She got up as well, tossing her destroyed cup in a nearby trash can and gathering up her book.

If we ever have sex again? You would do that with him? Again? After last time?

Candace shrugged. I said if, not when. It's a matter of pride now.

Ah, you are my favorite hypocrite. Atropos chuckled.

"Love you too, pet." Candace muttered to her weapon, grinning. She glanced toward the coffee station to check on Jerry.

Oh good! He was stuttering less. Candace smiled and seemed to appear genuinely interested as they walked. "Is that why you look like you got caught in an explosion?"

"Always a good sign." Candace nodded. At Jerry's question she didn't even miss a beat before she answered. "Yes. And I'm not sure I like it much."