Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artist: Michael Gaydos
Publisher: Marvel MAX
Ideally I'd like to quote you the ten pages of conversation between Jessica and her last bad shag, Luke Cage, while they're standing outside Matt Murdock's office, arguing about that night-gone-wrong, then realising, having been excruciatingly explicit, that if Matt is Daredevil, he's heard every single word. And I would, except that the language they use makes 'shagging' sound tame, and although that makes for a refreshing change in a Marvel comic, and we're not averse to swearing here, you'll have to trust me that what they're talking about is a little too graphic to go comfortably on the site. It is, however, very, very funny.
Instead, there's this, from the beginning on her first date with Scott Lang, when she's kept him waiting at the table:
Waitress to Jessica: "Hi, I'm Julie. I'll be your waitress for the night."
"Hi Julie. I'll have a double vodka on the rocks and --"
"Um --"
"What?"
"How about you don't?"
"...I'm sorry?"
"I was hoping we could not drink tonight."
"Um..."
"If that's okay."
"Um..."
"I'll have a coke."
".... I'll -- uh -- I'll have a sprite -- I guess. But don't go too far."
"I'm sorry. I just -- Carol told me you have a tendency to drink and then be mad at yourself about it afterwards... And I thought this being our first date, and a blind date, and life being too short and all that maybe we could -- uh -- not drink, and have a nice, real, genuine conversation."
"...."
"You're mad."
"No, I'm stunned. This is stunned."
"If you want a drink, have a drink. I -- clearly overstepped my --"
"No, we can do it this way."
"Carol wasn't talking behind your back."
"Ooooh, yes she was."
First dates. Aren't they fun? Someone remind me.
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