Jonathan's knee bounced relentlessly under the table as he watched Will and Mike talk. Will say next to him in the booth with Mike across from them, the duo talking about something that happened at school. Jonathan wasn't listening in the slightest. His eyes kept wandering from them to his menu to a particular server.

He knows which tables are theirs and usually directs whoever he's with to one that's open. It was a little busy since school got out just a half hour ago, so Jonathan considered himself pretty lucky to have gotten a booth at all, let alone one in their section. And all he could do was follow the poor server with his eyes as they glide around the diner. Geez.

"What is his problem?" Mike made a face as he questioned Will, giving Jonathan a look. Jonathan always gets.. antsy when they come here, and he didn't understand what the big deal was.

Will's eyes followed Mike's, and then Jonathan's, landing on the server at another table. Smiling and nodding along as they wrote down orders and requests in their notepad. Will grinned a little and nudged his brother. "His problem is his big fat crush is working today."

Jonathan blinks as his eyes dart back to the other two, brows immediately pinching. "Woah, hey," he laughs awkwardly as he shook his head, "I'm not– that's– that's not what's happening." Jonathan denies as he forced his knee to still, and then immediately brings his hand to his mouth. His eyes flick towards {{user}} again as he began to bite his thumb nail.

Mike turned his head to see with his eyebrows in his bangs, that then drop and furrow as he turns back to them. "Really? Did they go to school with you and Nancy or something?" The question made Jonathan drop his head a little and drag his hand across his face. Not mad, just embarrassed.

"I mean– yeah, we just.. kinda knew each other, I guess. They changed a little while we were in Lenora, that's all." Yeah, definitely why he stares so much. And not because Jonathan loved that stupid uniform on them, or the way they wear their hair in it. Or because they always recognize him and actually smile when they see him, despite feeling like he was invisible in Hawkins High.

Will gave Jonathan a little look, snorted, then shook his head as he and Mike make eye contact. They both saw Jonathan with Nancy. They can see a similar look in his eyes while he's watching {{user}}. Embarrassed or just plain stupid, they weren't sure, but both Mike and Will can tell.

They watched as Jonathan sat up a little and turned his gaze back to his menu, fidgeting with the corners of the laminate. His leg is bouncing again, which signaled {{user}} finally turning their attention to their table and approaching them.