Jessica Byrd (greenwillpower) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-11-25 01:57:00

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Football night counts as date date
This had just sort of happened. She wasn't sure how exactly but Harry was a nice guy. A nice guy who liked football too apparently.

So she had figured out when a game would be on. She had then asked if he wanted to watch it with her. Then when he said yes she went and made a metric ton of Buffalo wings so they'd have something to pick at through out the game. It's slightly sad to her that she can make meat very well but pies and green beans turn into burnt bricks if she attempts them.

She also had some beer for the game. She wasn't sure she'd drink any of it but it was around just in case. She had no idea if Harry drank beer. She just knew that while she wasn't technically old enough to have beer legally she still managed to get it whenever she wanted it. If she got nervous during this date she might need it to settle her nerves a bit. Harry did after all seem like the kind of guy she would really like and that could make this go either really well or extra awkward.

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in_reserve
2011-11-25 12:22 pm UTC (link)

He might be shy but he's not naive enough to not realize this was a date. Which just meant he was extra nervous. What did one get a girl for a watching football date?! Flowers weren't right for the occasion and, after spending too much time staring at the store's vast selection, neither was chocolate. He couldn't just come empty handed. To make things worse, he had no clean long sleeved shirts and no time to do laundry. That and all the research he'd done on the coast city football team (he had realized he knew little about her home team) was going to be useless, they weren't even in the game they were watching!

After some panic and general hair-pulling he finally decided on bringing some coke in glass bottles (if she didn't like it he'd try and smoothly say he had brought it to stock the hq fridge) and some of keystone's famous fries. He was still stuck wearing one of his short sleeved shirts which meant his indigo tattoo-looking markings, that were currently half-way down his biceps, peaked out. Now.. to teleport directly to the living room or hit the kitchen first?

Harry takes a deep breath and closes his eyes before teleporting. Unfortunately being a little distracted while teleporting is not a good idea...

He pops into the living room almost on top of Jess, so close that he almost knocks her over. "Shoot! I'm so sorry Jess! Are you okay?!" What a wonderful start to this he's made..

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-26 04:39 am UTC (link)
	She had to catch herself against him because that was seriously a close call. She just blinked in surprise because holy cow where had he come from? Quickly she steps back and just tries to grin. "It's okay. Seriously didn't expect ya to just pop in like that. You all right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2011-11-26 04:51 am UTC (link)

Harry is too busy panicking that he might have hurt her to blush or freeze at the fact that she had held onto him.

"I'm really really sorry. I need to be more careful when I do that!" Next time he's going to teleport somewhere in the hq least likely to have people. It's decided.

Her last question finally registers and he just blinks at her. "Yeah...why wouldn't I be?"

Manners Harry! "Oh! I brought glass coke. They taste even better than any canned or plastic bottle variety, trust me. And some fries, they're the best in Keystone. Well...the best I've found of course but..." He hopes he doesn't sound too nervous.

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-26 04:56 am UTC (link)
	"Well I kinda bumped into you there when you came in," she points out. She can't help but brighten and grin. "Cool! They'll go well with the wings I made." She motions to the trays of food she set out. There's different stuff for dipping them into. She figures having a little bit of everything doesn't hurt. "You like wings, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2011-11-26 05:02 am UTC (link)

She had? Harry inwardly sighs, he really can never tell when people bump into him hard enough that he should register it. "I don't think you did so don't worry about it. I'll try and be more careful about where I try and teleport in though."

"Of course! And those look really good, you made them? I wish I could do that." He's finally calmed down enough to grin back.

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-26 05:07 am UTC (link)
	She can't help but grin. Oh awesome he digs them. "thanks. If I can get something right? It's meat. Meat and anything that'll give ya a heart attack." She loves fatty food. Mostly because she needs the fatty food to not be a stick after working out so much. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2011-11-26 05:15 am UTC (link)

"Same here about the diet not the cooking, I kinda end up eating mostly at greasy spoons around. There's one right by my work that's too good to not go." Between swimming and chasing after kids at his job, it's not like he doesn't use up all that energy fast anyway.

Harry sets down the coke and fries on the table and feeling bold enough and relaxed enough, takes one of the wings for a try. She was right, these were really good. "Wow...you're right. You do know how to do meat." He can't help but finish off his wing right there.

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-26 05:20 am UTC (link)
	"I need the food. Can't sit still during the day easily," she explains. "I'm always pretty active." Oh that has her smile a little more. "Awesome. I'm glad ya like em. Oh yeah uh.... Lets gets this set up." She fishes for the remote quite successfully not having to look too far. Then she plops down on the couch as she starts the TV up. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2011-11-26 05:23 am UTC (link)
	"Really? Did you ever do any sports? You seem like you'd be really good at it." "Hold that thought for a sec!" He dashes, not teleports, off to the kitchen to get the bottle opener. When he gets back he opens two of the cokes and hands one to her then carefully sits down beside her, mindful to keep a respectful distance without being too far. "Sorry, continue." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

greenwillpower
2011-11-26 05:29 am UTC (link)

"Lotsa cross country, soft ball, and field hockey," she says with a grin. She waited to start talking until after he had settled down. She had a feeling she might need to pin him in place a bit to get him to relax.

On second thought bad plan. He might blow up from getting flustered.

"Almost qualified for a scholarship but I blew out my rm real bad when the recruiters would've seen me. Found other ways ta get into school though. I ain't dumb... just talk like this. It's comfortable. "

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in_reserve
2011-11-26 05:39 am UTC (link)

He's more relaxed than he was a moment ago but still a little nervous. He hopes it doesn't show.

"It sounds like you were really good if you were even considered for a scholarship. That sucks about your injury though. Are you better now?" He hasn't noticed her in any pain so he didn't realize...oh dear, he better not have accidentally flared up an old injury with that teleporting stunt.

"Why would anyone think you're dumb? I don't see it...is it just cause of people's accents? Cause I know a guy with the most stereotypical cowboy accent ever and he's one of the top in his engineering class." Judging people annoys him, everyone has a reason for the way they are and he hated it when people forgot that the people they were judging were people too. He takes a sip of his coke to try and prevent himself from saying any more.

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greenwillpower
2011-11-26 05:45 am UTC (link)

"Oh yeah. Only gets bad if I gotta throw. And gotta be careful about how far I extend it." She puts both arms out for a demonstration. One can't quite go all the way straight ;like the other.

"Can't throw like I used 'ta. Damn shame. I was great," she finds her mouth is twisting again from missing being able to play well. At least field hockey hadn't gotten taken from her entirely. "Eh... it ain't that. I talk about the stuff I like doin' and some folks think I'm just a meat head... which is dumb. I know stuff. I just don't talk all educated like 'cause I ain't comfortable doin' that. People should feel comfortable with themselves."

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in_reserve
2011-11-26 05:54 am UTC (link)

Harry only looks at her arms with a concerned frown. It's not in his power to fix it, he wishes he could. "Maybe you could ask Lenny? He's good at healing stuff..." More than the arm, he doesn't like seeing that expression on her face when she's missing what she could do.

"They're the dumb ones, you can't just decide how smart someone is based on that stuff. It's like saying, I dunno, that all people who watch football must be dumb and lazy." He gestures towards the game that's on (he honestly hasn't been looking at the screen much). "Which would mean both of us are in trouble." He shoots a playful smile at her.

There's no comment on the being comfortable with oneself. Harry is realtively comfortable with himself. He's just shy sometimes and...well it's not like he's gotten more comfortable with himself ever since this power thing happened.

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greenwillpower
2011-11-26 06:19 am UTC (link)

"I dunno if I'd be comfortable askin'.... Besides. It's no as if I can't play other stuff."

They're just setting up for the game. The announcer is talking about the history between the coaches on the two opposing teams just now.

She blinks at him then chuckles and grabs a wing to gnaw on so she can distract herself. Harry is very nice and she's glad she wanted to do this with him.

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in_reserve
2011-11-26 06:30 am UTC (link)

"Alright, well I don't know what sports we can play around here...team or not. Well water polo? But no stupid caps. Oh! There's a pool table around here somewhere, do you ever play? I didn't mean pool as a sport in the sense of...well nevermind." He stops himself before he gets too flustered and follows her example by taking another chicken wing.

Harry finally glances at the screen. Oh, it still hasn't started? Although it's not like he'd mind if he had missed part of the game...

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-26 06:36 am UTC (link)
	"Pool? Oh no I love it." She's grinning and now nudges him gently. "It's awesome. People don't realize just how tricky it can get until they actually try playing." She's focused on what's being said partly. And part of her is aware she had scooted closer to Harry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2011-11-26 06:54 am UTC (link)

Oh he's very aware that she's scooted closer to him and he seems to flush a little but continues anyway, "It is! And even when you play with people who aren't experienced half the fun is the crazy shots that happen unexpectedly! Ummm...did you want to play sometime?"

He probably wanted to say something else but he forgets since he's noticing just how close she's gotten. He hopes the unnaturally loud thumping in his chest doesn't give away his nervousness.

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-26 06:23 pm UTC (link)
	Oh now she's grinning. "That sounds like fun. I'd love to." And she's got plans if they have to go out in public for this. "Ohh! Awesome. They're starting!" Jess leans forward and just watches curiously. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2011-11-26 06:57 pm UTC (link)

Between her agreeing to play pool with him and the fact that she's closer to him, Harry can't keep the smile off his face.

He leans back a bit to watch the teams kick off the game, taking the opportunity to tug his sleeves farther down in an attempt to hide the markings a bit better. He knows she's not going to care about them but he's still not used to having them in view.

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-27 02:53 am UTC (link)
	She's not even paying attention. Her eyes are focused on the game. It's not very exciting right now but she's paying attention to what's going on. "Oh man... this is gonna be awesome." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2011-11-27 03:39 am UTC (link)
	Harry spends part of the time watching the game and part of it watching her reaction to it. Her reactions are just as interesting, if not more, and he tries to hide that he's enjoying watching her. A particularly clumsy play has him groaning. "He could have caught that so easily! It went right through his hands!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2011-11-27 03:50 am UTC (link)
	"No way.... He just let it slip?" She looks a bit outraged. "Aw man. He just lost cool points right there." She growls slightly leaning forward so she can glare at the TV. "If he doesn't recover I'm gonna be so pissed off." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2011-11-27 04:02 am UTC (link)

Harry isn't really cheering for any team but messed up plays disappoint him anyway. "It could've been like a 30 yard gain! He lost a lot of cool points for sure...the whole team has been off this season."

He just leans his head against his hand in disappointment and takes some fries to comfort himself. "Do you like the fries by the way? I can never find a place that seasons them the same way..."

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	greenwillpower 2011-11-27 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"Oh my god! Are you fucking kidding me? Number 45.... O'Malley? Yeah him. Fucking idiot! Who runs the other way!" She looks like she might pitch something for a moment. Then she takes a deep breath and holds back as she doesm't want to offend Harry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2011-11-27 04:22 am UTC (link)
	"Someone who can't play...They need to bench him but they don't have anyone to replace him. Which is kind of sad really." He finds her outrage fun and just smiles to show she doesn't need to hold back so much. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)