Giovanna M. Bennet (burnwithlight) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-11-10 14:45:00

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A 'proper' New York Welcome
They'd been in New York a few days, and Giovanna had had to admit it could have been a lot worse. She'd thought of plenty of ways it could, after all.
And now they were walking back to their hotel in the twilight after getting a nice healthy dinner.

The street they were on at the moment was pretty sparse, but they weren't walking alone.
Which, Giovanna decided after a certain amount of attention to detail, was unfortunate.

She adjusted pace and positioning, speaking to Andrew in Italian. They hadn't been using Italian that day. That was, of course, the point. "Stay to my left."

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burnwithlight
2009-11-12 04:06 am UTC (link)

She keeps looking through the phone book as she talks, her voice saturated in very obvious irony. "Oh, yes, you all ask so much, helping out one of my best friends when he's doing something very important. Ma foi, that's really calling in a lot of favors, considering."

'One of my best friends' was a safe enough term, she'd decided.

"You shouldn't have to go with the electrical sockets." She flashed him her best 'don't be silly' smile and continued. "And thank you. I've got a lot of practice with that sort of thing."

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assaultnbattery
2009-11-12 04:20 am UTC (link)

"You make it sound like I asked for a wake up call or help carrying my books. Gio, you're risking your life being here and looking after me." He replies, switching to French.

"You've been my bodyguard before, I know, but always at home. You're already going above and beyond, and spending a lot of your own time keeping an eye on me just because I'd wander into the street with my nose in a book if someone didn't. You're my dearest friend." Yeah, that seems safe enough.

"I don't want to risk that by asking too much of you when you do so much already."

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burnwithlight
2009-11-12 05:09 am UTC (link)

Oh, now that internal sighing was just undignified.

"Yes. We're risking our lives because it's important. And making sure you're in a position to do your best at it is a perfectly good use of my time," she says earnestly.

And then just looks at him for a moment before pulling herself together.

"I don't want risk anything either." No kidding. "So please note that you're not asking; I'm saying that we're going to make time for that."

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	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 05:21 am UTC (link)
	"Then we'll do it your way. You have this way of knowing what's best for me... which I appreciate." True, but not the way he'd like to have said it. Coward. "I really do appreciate it, Gio. Thank you, for everything." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 05:53 am UTC (link)
	Giovanna looked up at him -- considerably up, as he was a foot taller than her at the moment -- and smiled. "I'm glad it doesn't come across wrong." She set a hand on his, although that might have qualified as a bad move. "You're welcome." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 06:14 am UTC (link)
	He turns his hand and gives hers a gentle squeeze, being very careful at his current size and strength. Bad move, maybe, but the last thing he wants to do is put her off. "Of course not, you're always welcome. I'm glad for everything you do." Which is definitely true. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 07:06 am UTC (link)
	She smiled. "Let us hope you'll still be glad when I'm waking you up too early in the morning to get that practice in." And she'll actually call for that Chinese food now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 07:16 am UTC (link)
	"I don't think I've ever been unhappy to see you waking me up." Wait, he's not quite sure that came out right. Damnit. Yeah, Chinese food good. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

burnwithlight
2009-11-12 08:12 am UTC (link)

She manages to hide the blush while ordering. Then, once off the phone, she remembers a nice shiny topic she'd occasionally thought of addressing.

"Well, speaking of things to make the time for, I was...um... thinking of making use of the nearest video store this weekend, when it's time to put All This aside for the day. Somewhere, somehow, there has to be a film adaptation of the Count of Monte Cristo that gets the ending right."

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	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 08:25 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, that's right! We're in New York, things will ship here... let me get online... when I wouldn't accidentally break the computer, and I'll do a search for you. I didn't know you were a movie buff?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

burnwithlight
2009-11-12 08:37 am UTC (link)

Giovanna smiled sheepishly. "Not much in general, but I love the book so much, and I was annoyed that the movie my mom had gotten everything wrong and completely changed the ending. So I finally found out Miss Ryall had a copy of a different version, and in French, even. I was so excited when she lent it to me. And it was a very good adaptation...until the end. They completely changed it. Again. It was very irritating. I've always wondered if anybody ever gets it right. That'd be great if you could look later."

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	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 08:57 am UTC (link)
	"Of course. I've managed to download some movies from home, but not that one. I'll look when I can, or if you want to drag my laptop out and do the typing for me. I'm sure we can find something. Lots of movie reviews and such. Speaking of which, I was thinking of getting tickets for Broadway while we're here. You care to join me?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 09:10 am UTC (link)
	"Certainly." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 09:39 am UTC (link)
	"Wonderful. I've always wanted to see a play on Broadway, just never had the chance. I don't even know what's showing. Maybe we can dress up, go somewhere that needs reservations, then go to the show? Seems that'd be the way to do it, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 09:45 am UTC (link)
	"That sounds like standard procedure," she says with a smile. "And I don't know either, but there are those posters with the green woman." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 09:49 am UTC (link)
	"I missed those. Which green woman?" Certainly some curiosity. If he's going to get to go see a show, he should probably at least know which one. "Did you bring anything fancy-dinner appropriate, instead of diplomacy appropriate, or should we do some more shopping?" Because he'd love to see her in something slinky. Bad though, bad thought. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	burnwithlight 2009-11-12 10:16 am UTC (link)
	"There was a green-skinned woman with with with a hat-brim over her face. I think the title was Wicked. Not sure of of the racial implications there, but I hope it's just a reference I'm not getting. ...I'll see if I have something that could work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	assaultnbattery 2009-11-12 07:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, ok... I think that's one of those fairy tale stories retold from the witch's perspective. I'd need to double check. And great, this is starting to sound like fun." (Reply to this)(Parent)

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