From: petitechou	Date: December 12th, 2010 06:56 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"I heard that in China, they employ people to farm virtual gold on that game" Frankie said, sounding a lot like an old lady.

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: December 12th, 2010 07:43 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"I heard it was Korea," Tatum replied, smiling a little. "But enough about WoW, right? Do you wanna like.. dance or something?" she offered, only looking slightly embarrassed about asking. She had come a long way since their first dance together, and every time was progress. She figured that eventually, it might not even bother her at all. But that was a long way away.

	From: petitechou	Date: December 12th, 2010 07:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

Frankie shrugged agreeably and led Tatum to the dancefloor. She supposed before, dancing would seem utterly normal. But now there were apparantly bits of student in the woods just outside and people were still dancing? Maybe it would make her feel normal again.

"You're asking me to dance" Frankie pointed out proudly.

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"I know, right? I'm just full of surprises," Tatum replied quietly, grinning gently. Once they were on the dancefloor, blending into the crowd more, Tatum actually felt a lot better. She doubted anyone would be staring them out in a crowd this size. It was almost more relaxing, like some absurd form of social camouflage.

She still never knew where her arms were meant to go, who would lead, but winging it was usually a good answer. It had worked every other time they danced. She wrapped her arms loosely around the brunette's waist, scooting a little closer, totally oblivious to anything Frankie was thinking. So far as Tatum was concerned, dancing was the normal thing to be doing, even if it was a touch embarrassing.

"I might have asked, but I'm still not good at it. I apologize to your feet in advance," she joked, smiling a little.

	From: petitechou	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:28 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

Frankie laughed, though Tatum wasn't as bad as she claimed to be. "I think you should be more worried about my shoes, these babies could impale someone."

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:40 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

Tatum glanced down briefly, a playful look of surprise on her face. "Holy fuck, yeah. If you could avoid stepping on me in those, it'd be much appreciated," she agreed, laughing herself.

She was content that the dancing was going well. She wasn't paying attention to the song, just focusing on her steps, and on keeping her arms from shaking. She always got shaky when she got nervous, and she always gone nervous when she over-thought things. It was like an endless cycle.

"So, I was going to ask you in an email, but since I'm on a roll tonight with being less socially retarded, like.. I was thinking, maybe do you think maybe you wanna come over for a bit over Christmas? Like, if you're.. not busy and stuff. I mean. You don't have to. Just if you want.

	From: petitechou	Date: December 12th, 2010 08:55 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

Frankie smiled, a fleeting panic in her stomach. Visions of singing Christmas carols around a fire filled her head, but then she remembered this was Tatum and she'd met her parents and her dad did not seem the type.

"Sure. But promise we wont be baking any christmas cookies?"

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: December 12th, 2010 09:02 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"Fuck that," Tatum replied quickly, shaking her head. "The only thing baked will be us," she assured her girlfriend, tightening the grip around her waist a little. "Like I said, we're not really into that kind of stuff at my place.. they'll be home for actual Christmas day, but other than that, I'm basically running solo. You might see Sera once or twice, but other than that, smooth sailing."

Not that she liked to avoid her family on an active basis, but when she had Frankie over, it was a little different. The last thing she wanted was her brother asking awkward questions, or her step-mother trying to chat her up for hours at a time.

	From: petitechou	Date: December 13th, 2010 01:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

Frankie breathed a sigh of relief and nodded. "Okay, I just had to make sure, you know?" She laughed and swayed with the music again.

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: December 13th, 2010 02:19 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"I totally understand," Tatum agreed, nodding her head as well. "I wouldn't want to go to somebody's house either if I thought I was going to get sucked into like.. awkward family bonding moments. I can't deal with that kind of shit," she replied, smiling. "No worries," she added, leaning over up a bit to kiss Frankie's forehead. "Besides, oreos are better than Christmas cookies anyway.."

	From: petitechou	Date: December 14th, 2010 10:03 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"Well, there's no chance of that happening at my house" Frankie joked, laughing. "I'll show you my best ice cream sandwich recipe. It involves Oreos."

	From: porcelinaofvast	Date: December 15th, 2010 02:05 am (UTC)		(Link)
	Frankie/Tatum

"You had me at ice cream," Tatum replied quickly, grinning. "We could go down to the lake at my place again if you want, but we'll probably freeze. I wouldn't advise another swimming session. It might even be frozen, though I don't know if it'll be thick enough to walk out on yet, but that could be fun.. I haven't done that in years."

Pausing for a moment, she adverted her eyes slightly, smiling sheepishly. "Unless you like, don't want to. We can do whatever you want. You're the guest."