SUMMARY: Nya learns something new about her boyfriend every day. This is probably one of the weirdest talents she's learned about him. This is based on Season 3 Episode 1 of The Next Step

"Hey, I've been waiting forever!" Jay wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a tight hug, "We keep missing each other."

I laugh, fiddling with the hem of his shirt, "Yeah, the scheduling's crazy, I know."

"I do have to get to a training session with Lloyd, but hey, wanna come over to my Aunt Beatrice's after?"

Not that I have anything planned, but it would be fun, getting to know Beatrice better, and hopefully learning more about Jay too, "Uh...sure, why not?"

"Sweet!" Pressing a kiss onto my lips, he sprinted off, arms flailing around in the air wildly. I raised an eyebrow and chuckled to myself, "Dork."

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I'm perched uncomfortably on a green velvet chair of the dining table of Aunt Beatrice's house, whilst Jay is slumped across the sofa, reading a magazine. I have no idea why Jay bought me here. I've never been to Aunt Beatrice's before, and I don't know if she knows I'm here

Beatrice could be described with two words, 'Koo,' and 'Kee.' Not in a bad way, of course. Like her sister Edna, she is quite...eccentric, and you could probably guess that if you observed her house decorations; very...wack and mismatched.

"Jay! I'm home!" I jump up and whip around to see a tiny middle-aged woman dressed in a knitted purple cardigan, loose grey trackies, and a beige sweater, her hair in wild curls. Her grin seemed to expand when she sees me, "Oh, you must be Nya! Jay is always yapping on about you! Oh, you're so cute, come here!" Without warning, she pulls me into a big hug, and all I could smell was...grass, tea biscuits, and fabric conditioner. Nice.

Jay seats himself next to where I sat, and Beatrice plops herself down just opposite, as Jay rubs his hands together, "All right, let's see that bad boy!"

"Uh...could someone fill me in?" I ask, laughing nervously. Beatrice laughs, "Jay, you didn't tell her? Never mind, I might as well do it! Freddy proposed! And would you look at the ring, it is beautiful!"

The ring itself was actually very elegant, a simple blue gem on a silver band. I'm guessing the love for blue runs in the family, "Who's the lucky guy, and when will we get to meet him?" Jay asks.

"When will you get to meet him? When will I get to meet him?" The duo bursts out laughing, and I glance between them, "Wait, you haven't even met him yet?"

She and Jay burst out laughing, "Of course I have, dearie!"

She unfolded a large piece of paper, "The seating plan, for the wedding. Your ma and I have worked on this for two solid weeks, and I think we're ready to finally present it to you." I raise an eyebrow, "Present? Why do you need to present it?"

"You see, Jay has a special gift. He has this uncanny ability to know who should be seated beside whom."

Jay is gifted at...seating arrangements? That's a thing? Really?

Whipping out a pen, Jay pointed at the sheet, "Uncle Morris, he cannot be at the right of Aunt Betty. He has to be on the left or he'll make fun of her glass eye."

"Ah! Of course!"

This plan must be a mess in Jay's head.

"We'll put Wilma next to Ingrid because Wilma has been studying Italian and Ingrid speaks fluent Italian, boom!"

At my family weddings, we just do it the old-fashioned way: you sit beside each other and you make small talk.

I clear my throat, "Um, wait, how long is this gonna take?"

Aunt Beatrice blinks at me, "Oh, are you in a rush, honey?" Jay nods in agreement, "Yeah, this is gonna take a while. Do you know what would be great? Sandwiches!" Beatrice cheered,

"For you, anything!"

This is going to be a long day.

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"Wait...I have a solution: Ricky moves to table one, next to Manny."

"Aha! We have done it! Now onto the groom's side!"

The sound of cheering jolts me awake. I'm still at Aunt Beatrice's, on the sofa, a plate with a half-eaten sandwich resting on my abdomen. The last thing I remember before I fell asleep was that Elliot is sitting next to the sea captain. It was brilliant.

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