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usedtherapy
Where: Goldenrod
When: 6/8 at 7pm
Summary: John and Rose finally have their first real date.
Rating: G (there is some minor language in the action brackets but other than that, this is just horribly awkward fluff.)
Log: [Was it really 6:50? Really? Really? When did that happen?! Oh god, he wasn't ready for this. Not at all.]

[Butterflies in his stomach? Yeah, he had those. But they weren't happy little butterflies. No. No they were definitely overexcited, nervous butterflies. Honestly, John kind of felt like throwing up.]

[Nervously, he readjusted his tie for what must have been at least the tenth time in the past fifteen minutes or so. He really hoped that the tie wasn't too much. Dress pants (dark green, to compliment the bright green of his tie) and a dress shirt (plain white, of course) wasn't over-dressed, right? And a suit would just be overkill, surely...oh god why was he still antagonizing over this? It was just clothes! ~~This is the kind of stuff girls worry about!~~]

[He glanced at the clock on his pokegear and nearly had a heart attack. It couldn't be 6:57. Lies! This thing had to be broken because there was no way it had been seven minutes since the last time he had looked.]

[Okay, deep breaths Egbert. You have this. What was it Dave said? Oh right. Rose is "all about you. She's like your goddamn biography, dude. Five hundred pages of John Goddamn Egbert, just waiting for you to read her." Yeah. Okay. You're cool. Just...one more adjustment of the tie and another brushing of the pants. Yeah that should be good. Just look in the mirror. Yeah, you look awesome dude, you so hav-- jesus, did you even ATTEMPT to do anything with your hair?]

[Oh wait, that's right. You gave up on that effort after about five minutes of struggling with it to no avail. Well, too late to do anything about that now, Rose will be here any minute!]

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[[And worry about her clothes like a girl she did. Actually, she had spent a good two hours shopping, trying to find what she felt would be perfect. It was just a casual date, right? No need for a gown. Plus, it was too warm for one.

But then what did that leave her with? She couldn't wear her squiddles tee and skirt. She always wore that. You do not wear clothing you always wear on dates. Plus, while she wasn't taking them to any fancy restaurant or anything, it was still a rather nice one, and she wanted to look nice for that.

...no, quit lying to yourself Rose. You want to look nice for John. That's what this fussing is about.

A light lavender sundress with a dark purple wrap around the middle for accent, lavender lacy socks, a pair of black Mary Janes and a lack of her iconic hairband later, she was standing outside John's door. She had been for a good ten minutes, having arrived early and not knowing if she had the courage to knock.

It took a few deep breaths, a few uncompleted knocks, and a quiet "John actually accepted it, Rose. That has to say something. Your brother would be disappointed in you for being such a wuss about this" pep talk before she was finally rapping her knuckles gently against his door.

She hadn't had butterflies the entire day or evening. Now she did.]]

Edited 2011-06-09 04:11 (UTC)

[And speak of the devil. That knock on the door can only be her. Because it's 7:00 and who else would be knocking at your door? Dave has his own key! Alright, just...gotta answer the door now...fuck.]

[You didn't think to get flowers, did you, John? Nope. Sure didn't. Well there's mistake number one right there! Good job!]

[Taking a deep breath and trying his best to arrange his face into a look of something aside from terror ~~the attempt is failing, for the record~~, John pulled the door open.]

[And his jaw nearly dropped. It wasn't that he had expected her to look anything other than pretty, no. Because Rose always looked pretty. He wasn't sure exactly what it was, but he was suddenly struck speechless.]

[...at least he doesn't look as nervous now? Yup. Just gaping like an idiot instead.]

[[His speechless gaping left her speechless too. What was she even supposed to say? "Hi"? No, that was common. "Are you ready"? Too fast, and a little obvious that he was ready.

Instead, she fidgeted lightly, giving him a once over. She was relieved he hadn't gone with a full suit - she would have felt guiltily underdressed if he had - and pleased with his choice. Not that she would have really cared. She may not be allowed to go in her squiddles tee, but he could have gone in his slimer if he wanted to and she would have been happy all the same.

Trying to tuck a lock of bangs behind her ear - not really caring as it slipped back from it's place there - she smiles a little. As non-intimidating, non-nervously as possible.]]

...Good evening John. You...you look quite handsome.

[[That just sounded stupid, Rose. Good job.]]

[It takes him a few seconds to find his voice.]

Th-Thanks, Rose. [Did his voice seriously just crack mid-Rose? Oh hai puberty, where have you been hiding? He clears his throat a little before continuing.] You look...really pretty!

[...God. Dammit.]

I mean! U-Um. Beautiful! Gorgeous! Spectacular! Dazzling! [Yeah, he's starting to panic again. Because, seriously? Pretty? 8|]

[[The pretty comment had earned a light blush, but his panicked ramble of synonyms left her giggling.]]

Thank you, John. So...shall we go? Are you ready?

[[What's this John? Why, she's offering you her hand.]]

[No, Rose. No he is not ready. Not at all. His legs feel like jello and his mouth has the consistency of cotton right now. Ready is the very last thing that he is feeling.]

Y-Yeah! Yeah, I am ready.

[Well, he will just have to take it then. Please ignore the fact that it's shaking and just the tiniest bit sweaty. And with the other one he is going to close the door.]

[[She's ignoring it. She may not be outwardly as nervous as he is, but inside she is, so it's understandable. Once the door is shut, she happily begins leading the way. Unlike all of the other times she's dragged him around, however, she keeps a pace that he can keep up with so they can walk side by side.]]

It's a quaint little...I want to say cafe almost, however that isn't what it is. Simply what it reminds me of.

[[Idle conversation!]]

I came across it a few days ago, and believe you'll enjoy it as much as I will.

[["It's different," she wanted to add, but figured keeping it's differences a surprise would be the best option.]]

[He nods stiffly, making a tiny, quavering "m-mm" of agreement.]

That sounds nice. I am sure that I will. [A pause.] Um...s-so. [Quick, John! Think of a topic of conversation! Come on, you never had trouble talking to her before. Why is it suddenly so hard to think of something to talk about?]

...so?

[[She hasn't a clue what to talk about either. Simply continuing to lead him to the lobby, and then out the door.

This really, really shouldn't be so hard. This wasn't any different than normal...right?]]

Er... [Thiiiiiiiiink!!! Oh, got it!] so have you had a chance to look up anything about Dratini yet? You said that you didn't really know anything about them, right?

Correct. I know very little about them, save for the fact they are Dragon types. I was...a little busy today, so unable to look anything up. However I do plan on doing that soon.

Do you know anything on them? You seem to know their evolution chain, at the very least.

[What were you doing all day, Rose? You couldn't have possibly been freaking out about this date, could you? No, certainly not.]

I know a little bit about them, yeah! They evolve twice: first into Dragonair, and then into Dragonite. But it takes a while for them to evolve. They don't hit their final stage until...level 55, I think it was. But it's worth it to raise them that long. They are incredibly powerful. Plus, as Dragonites, you can fly on them!

[This isn't a hard topic to talk about at all! Let's just keep talking about pokemon, Rose. For the first time since the memo last night, he's finally starting to relax a bit.]

[[Her? Freak out? Never. She was simply spending hours trying to decide on the perfect restaurant, and the another few hours shopping for what to wear, and then the rest of the time showering twice and fussing with her hair and making sure her dress wasn't wrinkled and fell just right right and--]]

Oh? I hadn't realized you could fly on any of the Pokemon. Though I suppose with how large some, such as Pidgeot, are, I shouldn't be surprised.

[[This is a lovely topic. She enjoys listening to you ramble about things you know. You keep doing that, and she'll continue leading towards the cafe.]]

[Color John completely surprised. Well, if you told him any of that, at least.]

Yeah, you can! You need an HM in order to teach it to them though. Which is...kind of dumb considering the fact that they can already fly but, whatever. Oh, and then you need Falkner's gym badge in order to actually use it once you have the HM. I don't know where you get it, but I can't wait to find it.

[ramble, ramble, ramble. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR DATING A NERD, ROSE.]

[[Does she mind this rambling? Nope.]]

Falkner...that's back in Violet. I suppose I will need to return there at some point to challenge him should I ever want to fly then, huh? HM? Is that similar to a TM? And if so, can't that simply be purchased here?

[Good, because the alternative is s John so shy that he can hardly form words.]

Well that shouldn't be too hard to do. I mean, once one of us beats the gym here, we can loop back to Violet easily. We have to pick up Nepeta and Tavros, anyway, so it should work out just fine. But and HM is like a special TM. There aren't as many of them and you can use them as many times as you want. But no, you can't buy them. At least, you couldn't in the games.

Will we? How handy. Are you planning on challenging the gym?

[[Listening to the rest of his explanation, she nods.]]

If you can't buy them, how would you obtain them?

[[Do you see where they are heading, John? Are you paying attention? It looks to be a pretty interesting cafe.]]

Well...I mean, we don't have to go get Nepeta and Tavros, but it would be nice to, don't you think? It's that or let them go the long way around. Which is unnecessary and kind of mean. But yes, I do plan on challenging the gym here eventually. I just...have no idea when. Once again, I don't have any type advantages but I am sure that the leader's pokemon are at a much higher level than Falkner's were. So...it's just going to be matter of level grinding to catch up. [Ugh.] Which I really do not want to do but I don't have much of a choice.

As for that...I honestly have no idea. In the games you had to do like...I guess you could call them side quests? It's about as close to a quest as you got in pokemon, anyway. Do some random NPC a favor or solve a puzzle, get an HM in return. Though somehow I doubt that's how it works here.

[Is he paying attention to his surroundings? No. Not really. His brain is in thinking mode now, sorry.]

It would be nice, yes. Though Tavros wishes to challenge the gyms. As for level grinding, I'm sure it won't be so bad if we go in a group. You and I always enjoy ourselves while training. We should invite Dave, Jade and Soul one time.

Little quests, hm? Interesting. Perhaps I will start asking around about these.

[[Well, once they reach the place, she stops. It is certainly interestingly lit, from the looks of it, even if you're only glancing in through windows. Blues and greens, and gentle glowing almost.]]

Yeah, I remember him saying that...hmm. Well we can always ask him later. And I have no idea about Nepeta. She didn't tell me if she had gym plans. And we could do that, yeah. [He fidgets a little, giving her hand a small squeeze.] Or just...you and I could go. I like it when it's just the two of us. But we don't have to if you would rather go in a group.

[We're stopping. Why are we stopping? Oh.]

Is this the place?

[[Squeezing his hand in return, she chuckles.]] I simply figured you would want to spend time with Dave. Now that you are both in the same city, and no one really has a need to worry about moving or caves or concussions, you could enjoy each others company proper. But I would not mind if you and I went together. I enjoy that time too.

And yes, this is the place. After you, John.

[[She wants you to be awed by the decor. Black marble, comfy black cushion seats. From the inside it'll be easy to tell that the windows are dimmed, much like sunglasses, and that aside from what little light is cast in through the window on the kitchen door? The cafe is illuminated by jars under black light, the glass mottled with glow paint.]]

Well yeah but, we room together. It's not like I never get to spend time with him. [He chuckles and enters, holding the door open as he does so, though. If you're not going to let him be a proper gentleman and let him enter after you, then he will just have to make due.]

Woah...

[Yeah...he's awed. It's so...glow-y.]

[[Following after, she gives a sly smile and tugs him further inward.]]

I had a feeling you would find this delightful. Where would you like to sit, hm?

[Tug him wherever you like, Rose. He will, as always, not object.]

Wherever is fine... [He's just going to keep looking around like this is the coolest thing he's seen in a while. Which...it is.]

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