nextgen_citizen (nextgen_citizen) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-01-26 02:02:00

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Michael Sapt could not believe he had let the girls from the office conspire with their friend Bryn into getting him into this situation. But so it went. Sydney didn't sound bad at all, of course, but after all this time, he still wasn't sure how to go about having another relationship, so it was hard to say how well this could possibly go even if it did go well.

So he was sitting here in the Literati Cafe waiting to meet Bryn's sister. He'd arrived early -- as usual.

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sydney_ashcroft
2010-01-26 11:26 pm UTC (link)

Syd nodded. It was the same with all governments. "Do you get to go back often? Do you still have family there?"

"I have. I grew up in San Francisco and just moved down here to LA three years ago. My sister wanted to pursue a career in acting so Zoey and I moved with her."

Syd tilted her head. "How do you know my sister? No offense, but you don't seem like the type of guy she normally associates with."

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nextgen_citizen
2010-01-27 03:28 am UTC (link)

"I've gone home each Christmas and one Easter since I've been gone. My mother and sister are still there, and we write a lot." He smiles. "Actual letters. They don't have a computer."

"I'm not positive how the girls from the office met Bryn, but we are next door to a casting agency. At any rate, they've done a lot of...chattering." He says it as delicately as possible.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 03:49 am UTC (link)
	Syd smiled at that. "The lost art of writing letters still lives on. I'd rather write things out as well. It's good that you get to go back and see them. Family is important." Syd shook her head. "It seems my sister's quest to hook me up with someone is branching out." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 04:02 am UTC (link)
	"It is." A strained smile. "I'm sure it's...all well-intentioned." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 04:13 am UTC (link)
	"She means well and for some reason she thinks I need to date. I love her, but there are times I do wish she would stay out of my personal life." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"Understandable." Michael nods slightly. "The girls at the office assure me it is a crime against God and man to have not had a girlfriend since college," he says drily. "At least -- if you will excuse the presumption -- this evening is not proceeding too horrifically?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 04:40 am UTC (link)
	"My sister feels the same about me not having a boyfriend since college." Syd gave him a smile. "To be honest? It's going great. The best blind date I've been on. Bryn usually sets me up with guys that are her type and who are not my type at all." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 06:11 am UTC (link)
	A returned smile. "Certainly good to have that established. Perhaps she is learning from trial and error?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 06:25 am UTC (link)
	"Hope springs eternal," Syd said with a smile. "I have no idea what goes through her head." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 06:42 am UTC (link)
	"My sister Flavia and I don't always understand each other, either." "I have a hard time remembering how American schools work; is Zoey in school?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 08:49 am UTC (link)
	"Bryn and I understand each other, we're just complete opposites. In almost everything." Syd nodded. "She is. First grade." And it had been an interesting year so far to say the least. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 09:13 am UTC (link)
	"Show business never really fascinated you, I take it?" "If you don't mind my asking, is there generally less to worry about when she's in school, or not? One always hears so, but it seems like there would be so much ...Requirements, as it were, to fret about." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 09:18 am UTC (link)
	"No. Books and languages fascinate me more. Bryn calls me Bookworm, I call her Clotheshorse. Polar opposites." Syd had to think about that one. "I know where she is, but Zoey has picked up some habits from the Defenders and they're not acceptable in a school environment. I worry about her doing things. She beat another kid up the first day of school." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 09:23 am UTC (link)
	"Oh my." Michael blinks. "I can see how that could be a problem at an impressionable age." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 09:28 am UTC (link)
	Syd nodded. "She's very impressionable and tries to be like the others around the house. I got called in one day because she was calling the other kids 'Foolish mortals'." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 09:50 am UTC (link)
	Michael can't help but chuckle just slightly. "On the bright side, she could have probably picked up much worse language from the wrong sort of television." A pause as he drank his coffee more. "When I was younger -- much older than Zoey, of course, in my teens -- I developed the affectation of swearing in English because my mother did not know it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 09:57 am UTC (link)
	Syd chuckled. "That I can understand. I used to swear in every language but English because my parents, and now Zoey, don't understand it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 10:03 am UTC (link)
	Another very small smile, and, watching her face to make sure that German is one of the languages in question and he's not just confusing her, he explains, in that language, "It was too bad for me, though, as German can be very expression when one is angry. English was good, though. Better than Latin, anyway; I can't pull off being angry in Latin." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 10:10 am UTC (link)
	German is good for swearing, but I find that the best language for swearing is Farsi or Russian. Both have some pretty creative swear words and insults," she answered in German. "Latin is probably the hardest to swear in." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 10:13 am UTC (link)
	"Oh my, Farsi. I can only imagine." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 10:20 am UTC (link)
	"It's interesting to say the least," she said with a smile. "What other languages do you know?" Yup, probably the best blind date so far. This was a guy she could carry on a conversation with. He had been the only blind date she could carry on a conversation with. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 10:44 am UTC (link)
	"Only Spanish. It was rather easy after Latin, and I thought it might be useful in America. It generally is." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 10:54 am UTC (link)
	Syd nodded. "Once you know Latin the Romance languages are very easy to learn. You'd have an easy time learning Italian and French as well. And yes, Spanish is very helpful in the US. I'm teaching it to Zoey along with French. Once she get those down, we'll move on to something else." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_citizen 2010-01-27 10:56 am UTC (link)
	"Sounds like she's getting quite an education." A pause. There's something he wants to ask, but he's reticent, so he just drinks more coffee. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2010-01-27 11:04 am UTC (link)
	"She is," Syd said and looked at him carefully. He wasn't saying something he wanted to say. She knew that look well. Simon had it almost all of the time. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)