June 13: The Bi!Jane AU Pt. 14

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Daria’s instinct is to tell Jane immediately about Brittany’s assumption. It’s so wrong that it’s funny and they can snark about it together. But there is no immediately because Jane has a date with Tom after school, and then no opportunity arises to mention it the next day. By lunch it doesn’t even seem all that funny anymore.

Jane hasn’t ditched her that badly. They still spend most of their day together–thank God for the gray stone, ivy, and scent of moldering old money that is Fielding Prep–and they still hang out often after school. But it’s not the same. Her weekends are pretty dull. Even pizza time gets interrupted on occasion–one wonders where he filled his greasy junk food quota before meeting Jane, because Daria has never seen him just wander in before, and here he is, at least once a week. She still finds him annoying. Half his stories wouldn’t even make sense outside of the context of his own wealth, which Jane seems to find interesting or even cool. He probably wines and dines her and maybe she even likes it.

The thought of Jane at Chez Pierre–

Years of living with Quinn have taught her how to tune a person out, though, and the skill comes in handy when Tom hangs around.