When Characters Take the Reins

I just had Jane sweetly acquiesce to having dinner with two charming men, one of whom set her straight into the arms of the other. Now they are all arguing in my head. I want them to go off and have a good time at the dinner, but they want Thomas to get hit by a pickup truck to add emotional velocity to their first evening, and catapult her into feelings for them.

Dang, I hate it when they're right! There was so much boredom in that book, until last night, when Thomas (I think he's the crash test dummy here) tried slapping himself in the forehead in remorse, only forgetting he had a boiling hot plastic cup of chamomile tea in his hand. (What, that's never happened to you?)

So, Thomas goes to the local ER today. And Jane has an emotional tie to deal with. And Omar to comfort her. Heh.