Drabble, Taking a Chance, Lester, 12

[fredbassett]

Title : Taking a Chance
Author : fredbassett
Fandom : Primeval
Rating : 12
Characters : Lester, OC
Disclaimer : Not mine, no money made, don’t sue.
Spoilers : None
Summary : Written for Primeval 100, Challenge 218, Jess Parker

Lester stared at the C.V. in amazement. “Nineteen? Really, Geoffrey, I’m running a top secret government operation, not a bloody kindergarten!”

The other man laughed. “James, your little band of dinosaur-hunters is about as top secret as my ex-wife’s affair. And with Burton involved you’ll be lucky not to end up on the front page of every newspaper in the land. The man’s a bloody media-whore. Interview her, I guarantee you won’t regret it.”

Lester sighed. He had nothing to lose by just seeing the girl.

He’d long since learnt that personal recommendations counted for a lot, in any business.

Comments

[nietie.livejournal.com]

I still have mixed feelings about Jess. She's not as competent as I'd thought she would be. But she grew on me. And she'll grow on Lester *g*

[fredbassett]

She's certainly not as competent as her hype.

I imagine she'll grow on me eventually.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad Lester gave her a chance. :-)

[fredbassett]

*g* I think they do spark well together.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Very plausible! Jess's redeeming feature for me has been her relationship with Lester.

[fredbassett]

Agreed. *nods*

[kerry-louise.livejournal.com]

I still wonder what the notion was behind hiring a teenager... and this is as good an explanation as any :)

[fredbassett]

A teenager certainly isn't a natural choice!

[fififolle]

Yay Geoffrey *g*
Lester isn't so stupid to ignore an opportunity :D
Great drabble. Felt like I could have read that story all day!

[fredbassett]

Thanks :) *hugs*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Nice explanation for how Jess ended up at the ARC.

[fredbassett]

Thank you!

[thelibraniniquity]

I like that take on events.

[fredbassett]

*g* Thanks :)

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Give her a chance, James! :)

[fredbassett]

Looks like he did!

[rain-sleet-snow.livejournal.com]

Hee, I can see this happening. *bg*

[fredbassett]

Me too!

[canadian-jay.livejournal.com]

Hee! Nice. :)

[fredbassett]

Thanks :)

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Good.

[fredbassett]

:)

[auntypam.livejournal.com]

I like Jess ,I think I'm more emotionally attached to her then either Emily or Matt.I think the way she doesn't take any lip from Lester or Becker is great. My grandmother would have said she has pluck:) And to be truthful I don't know any 19 year olds that could deal with everything shes dealt with
at the ARC.

[fredbassett]

I suspect she'll grow on me when I start writing her a bit more, which I imagine I will do at some point.

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

I love how so many of these are coming as Lester and Jess related! Poor reluctant James.

[fredbassett]

I really liked their relationship. *g*

[jooles34.livejournal.com]

Me too, especially in season 5.

[lsellersfic.livejournal.com]

That's very plausible - though I wish we'd got a bit more show and less tell where Jess is concerned.

[fredbassett]

*nods* Me too.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Heh... Good pot-shot at Jess' theoretical age. And I love the idea of him being a bit blackmailed into taking her on.

[fredbassett]

The old boy network is a tad more sophisticated than outright blackmail. *g* But not much!

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

And he didn't regret it - eventually.

[fredbassett]

No, he certainly didn't.

[cordeliadelayne]

Lovely :D

[fredbassett]

Thanks :)

[bigtitch.livejournal.com]

Jess is good withLester. *nods*

[fredbassett]

Yep. They spark beautifully off each other.