"Felicia, I know it's hard but bare with it. It gets better."
"Lala, you liar. You're smaller than I am."
"It's because Jason is patient and caring."
"I don't think I have anything to do with this though?" Jason interrupted with a slight embarrassed look.
While Lala was working with nanofabric, she decided to make a hazard suit for 'just in case' scenarios. However, she also made one for Felicia and now she was having trouble getting past her hips. Which left the weird dialogue Jason found himself walking into, alongside the sight of Felicia in her underwear.
"Cat print underwear, Huh. It looks nice on you." Jason complimented her.
"I don't think I can get married anymore." Felicia cried in embarrassment.
She was all for embarrassing others with her body when she is in control. Now that she wasn't, she felt shy about her body. More so, as Jason complimented her choice in undergarments.
"Don't worry, Jason will take responsibility and marry you." Lala nodded like a sage. "Great men are said to have more than two women."
"Scummy men have more than one woman, Lala. Usually without them knowing each other." Felicia hissed.
Lala's hints of suggestions to date Jason alongside her were becoming more and more regular. It truthfully grated on Felicia nerves and felt like screaming at the sky. She wondered how such a genius could be so dumb in how society and personal relationships works.
"Well, we know that each other exists, right? Also, it's not like I am asking you to live in the same house or to hold a three-way every night." Lala countered. "Sure he can't give you his entire heart, but let's be real, that only exists in fairy tales."
"..." Felicia stayed silent and just glared at her.
"Fine, fine. Why don't we just do a trial run for the time being. It's not like any of us will lose anything during it." Lala conceded under Felicia fiery glare. "Look, I was invited to the game show Deal or No Deal. Originally I was going to invite Jason, but on that day I am going to be with my Mother. So why don't you use it as a trial date?"
'Why do I get the feeling Lala planned this?' Jason thought as he decided wisely not to interfere.
Truth be told, Jason wasn't too keen on dating two girls at once. Unlike Lala, he was raised under the influence of marrying only one person. So besides teasing Felicia, he hasn't taken any steps of actually wooing her.
"...Fine." Felicia gave in. "If this doesn't work out, will you stop suggesting then?"
"Deal." Lala smiled happily. "Now, Jason helps from the back. I will handle the front."
In the end, Lala had to make a bigger suit for Felicia even if she technically didn't need one. Besides being in the lab when Lala needed her, Felicia actually had a room to herself for her work.
As for 'Kelly', well after the Battle of New York, she suddenly had something come up at 'home' and had to 'unfortunately' quit.
--
Taking his seat next to Felicia as they waited for their flight to take off. Jason leaned back slightly and closed his eyes. Despite the ability to fly and a small joy in doing so, he hated riding on airplanes.
He felt the uneasy taps from Felicia's fingers from either due the small awkwardness or this pseudo date Lala forced. Cracking his eye open a little to look at her, he sighed as the frown had no signs of changing.
"You might as well enjoy the time." Jason told her.
"This entire thing is so stupid. What's more, you didn't even attempt to object." Felicia angrily told him.
"Can I say I was distracted by the beauty of the situation?" Jason replied calmly.
"No." She retorted with a faint blush of embarrassment.
"I find that Lala learns best when I follow her ideas from time to time. If she learns something good or bad from it? That's debatable."
"You know some may call that whipped." Felicia answered.
"Would it be better if I was a yes man or controlled her in every aspect?"
"No, but it wouldn't be bad if you were a bit more forceful in some situations."
"Like this?" Jason asked as he turned her face towards him.
While his deep blue eyes met with her green one. It was as if the world fell away as she felt like she was the center of Jason's universe. Nothing else mattered as she felt a small blush form from the way he looked at her so intensely.
Turning her head, Jason barely heard her whisper, 'not what I meant.'
"We are joining the mile high club." a teen said from the seat behind them.
Moments later there was a loud slap with the same teen being the receiving participant.
--
"So how does this game show work?"
Felicia asked as they were seated. While she had a love for money and jewels so grand that she ran around as a thief for a while. She didn't pay much attention to game shows such as this one.
"Basically the contestant picks a case and hopes one million is inside. From there they are told to open a certain number of cases hoping with a low number inside. After the cases are chosen and opened, the banker will call and offer a price to buy the case the contestant has. Depending on what is left on the board, the offer will be low or high." Jason explained.
"Let's say that someone was lucky enough to open the cases mostly belonging to the left, the offer would be higher than if they had more of the right side crossed off."
"So the banker wants to buy what could be a million dollars for a lower amount."
"Yes, but as no one is sure what cases hold which, he could also be paying more than what it is worth."
"It is really a big mind game."
"Yep."
Not waiting long, they watched as the host walked out and greeted everyone. As the lights dimmed and music played twenty six models soon came out carrying a briefcase.
"Now tonight's game is special, instead of one, we will have two players. Let me introduce our contestants, Jason Dukes and Felicia Hardy."
Once he heard his name called, Jason instantly knew Lala did more planning than he thought. While grumbling mentally, he put on a smile and pulled Felicia along.
It wasn't long before the two left with a million extra in their pocket. Even without using his powers to cheat, both of them had a bit of luck and walked away with the highest payout.