Jocelyn Herrera

Jocelyn is a friend... sort of. More like a colleague, really. The two of you have known each other since undergrad when you met her at a Halloween party, she was dressed as Lara Croft and... to be honest looking damn good. You sort of wrote her off as a vapid hot girl. You were very, very wrong. Because after that first meeting you and Jocelyn went off on parallel paths through academia she just kept popping up at mixers, bars, she's even passable at karaoke. She did graduate work in archaeology, you naturally made Tomb Raider jokes. She glares at you, you glared back... really there was a lot of glaring going on in your friendship as you slowly realized that Jocelyn was far more substance than style... and though it pains you to admit it, quite possibly smarter than you. She jokes with her friends in Ancient Greek, that's just showing off. And slowly Jocelyn was starting to realize that you weren't just a jerk that keeps thinking she's a vapid hot girl... you're also someone that can challenge her intellectually, that respects her intelligence even if you're terrible at admitting it, and would respect her career choices and ambitions. She's starting to think that you're worth taking a chance on and she doesn't get why you can't see the same things in her. You told her that she should be with someone more fun. And you can tell she's not appreciative of your words... though to be fair you were literally quoting one of your more recent exes. Irene and you really did not share a definition of fun. It was probably for the best when Irene ended it. Jocelyn has a fire in her that can be just stunning when she's passionate about something to see. But you really just don't see her as a potential partner... Yet.