Sept 28 - A Quiet little Restaurant

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:04 am

After meeting up with Will and taking the tube into Chinatown him and Sara wander along the still bustling street towards a small restaurant that's tucked away between two shops. Holding Will's hand she's in no hurry and just enjoys the walk and, to some extend, the normality of the people and sorroundings.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:07 am

"Nice, isn't it?" Will smiled.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:17 am

"Yeah. I figured we could propably both use a bit of a break from things and go someplace... well, normal, you know."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:19 am

"Yeah. No being attacked by vampires or crazy mutant haters or ex-girlfriends, walking hand in hand with your boyfriend without me being stuck in your head or as a girl...nice," Will smiled.

"So...where are we going?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:08 am

"Exactly." She smiled at Will. "And we're headed for the most generic and boring chinese restaurant I could find." She chuckles and stops in front of a door narrowly placed between two shops reading 'Golden Dragon'. The door leads to a stairwell and up into the restaurant itself on the second floor.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:10 am

"Excellent," Will smiles.

"You know," he said, as they were seated, "this is the first time I've ever been taken anywhere by my girlfriend. Not quite sure how to act," he chuckled.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:11 am

"It's easy. First you order something to eat and drink..." she chuckles.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:17 am

Will sticks out his tongue. "Fine, then."

"Well, how was your day other than the debriefing and all that--still tired?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:26 am

"Kind of, but I think that's mostly because I'm sore from all the shifting. Oversleeping like crazy propably didn't help either."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:27 am

"Hrm. I know what you mean--and you were probably more involved in shifting then I was. Maybe I can help you work out some of those kinks later."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:43 am

"That'd be great! I don't think I've stayed shifted quite that long before. Not to mention the fighting..." she pauses for a moment and frowns faintly. "We didn't manage to stick to 'normal' topics long, did we?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:45 am

"Alright, then. In exchange for me promising to work all your various kinks out, I call a 15 minute moratorium on strange things."

Will pauses.

And pauses some more.

"...um..."

"...I'm not very good at this," Will smiles, abashedly. "Uh...talk to your parents recently?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:30 am

"Don't worry, neither am I..." She smiles crookedly. "I talked to my Mom on saturday. She's still a little apprehensive about me going to 'that freak school'. Not that she thinks there's anything wrong with that." she adds quickly. "She's just worried. She propably would be if I was going to a normal college too."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:33 am

Will nods. "Same with mine--though, they're more anxious about the fact that I know of girls more than anything else, I'd imagine," he said, with a crooked smile.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:45 am

"Well I'm not complaining about that one." she snickers. "And they were pretty surprised I found a boyfriend that fast. Almost as much as I was."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:47 am

Will nods. "What can I say? We don't waste any time," Will smiled.

"Seriously, they're a little concerned I'm going to let you walk all over me, like with Mara. They just don't want to see me get hurt, y'know? Over-protective and all that."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:00 am

"After having met Mara, that doesn't surprise me. I guess I'll have to convince them I'm nothing like her should I meet them some day."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:03 am

"I'll send them a picture of you being cute and awesome and all that. Plus, I don't think you'd walk all over me even if I asked you to," Will chuckled, before turning to the waitress and ordering some sweet and sour pork and 'some of those fried wan-tonny things, y'know, with the meat inside'.

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 9:59 am

"Nah. I might bonk you for being stupid and asking that in the first place though." she chuckles before they're interrupted by the waitress, ordering a bamboo shoot salad with chicken and spring rolls.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:05 pm

"Yeah, I guess I'll let you just keep abusing me for being stupid," Will joked. "Seriously, they'd like you--I don't think they'd even get freaked out by your power."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:11 pm

"I guess it comes off as one of the more harmless ones... Without the plates and spikes at least, but I wouldn't even show that to my parents, much less yours."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:13 pm

"They were really understanding when I started shifting and all that, too...now, if I was dating, say, JOHN or something..."

Will paused, frowned. "Shoot, I think I got off regular topics."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:17 pm

"Let's just file that under... explaining your partner's quirks to your parents or something and we're still in the clear." she smiles.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:20 pm

"Phew," Will smiled. "Dodged a bullet, then.

They may came out around Christmas time, actually--my parents, that is. They've always wanted to see London."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:26 pm

"As long as it's 'around' and not 'on'... I don't think I could talk mine into letting me not go home for Christmas, even if I wanted to."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:29 pm

Will smiles. "Well, there's no firm plans or anything yet--I'll keep you posted."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:33 pm

She nods. "I'm actually surprised Mom hasn't talked Dad into coming down here already. I just hope they don't hear about the attack..."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:34 pm

Will nods. "Yeah, I've left that out of my writings home. No attacks, no getting stuck as a girl, none of that stuff. They don't need to worry, right?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:41 pm

"Exactly. I... Did you tell yours about the X-Team program?"

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:42 pm

"I told 'em I was getting some training for my abilities, and I don't think they're stupid--they've probably figured it out."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:49 pm

"The lack of them banging on my dorm door propably means mine haven't. I propably should at some point, but how'd you even go about that? 'Mom, Dad, I haven't told you before, but I've been putting myself in danger and beating up people' propably wouldn't go over too well..."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:53 pm

"How 'bout 'I'm saving the lives of the kids who can't defend themselves'? We've got gifts, and of a greater variety than 'transmute butter into margarine' variety. What we're doing is noble.

At the same time...uh, how would you feel about getting off your current team? I mean, if it was possible to transfer?"

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:02 pm

"Oh I don't doubt they'd see it as a good thing. They just wouldn't want their little girl doing it."
She pauses for a moment as the waitress arrives with their food before picking up the conversation again along with her fork.
"And I'd be surprised if the current teams stay this way anyway. But if they do I'm transferring out somehow. The team propably won't be functional as it is anyway..."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:06 pm

"Well, I'll talk with Ryan, then. Uh...would you like to be on our team? We could use someone like you--we don't really have a big tough person."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:12 pm

"Definately! I'd hate to abandon John like that, but it's something I'd have to live with anyway. And you and Ryan are much more on my wavelength than Nina and Victoria..."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:13 pm

"You'd like Anita and Zoe, too, though they each might be a little out in the opposite direction from Victoria," Will smiled.

"I just....I just keep thinking that if you had been with me during the mission..." Will shook his head and smiled, ruefully. "Trust. I trust you, and that's what's really important."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:17 pm

"I don't really know them that well, but they seem alright. And what if I had been with you?" she peers at Will curiously with a hint of confusion.

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:18 pm

"I wouldn't have killed anyone. The hostage wouldn't have died. The mission would have been a total success--if for no other reason than you and I communicate and work together well."

by **Sara Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:20 pm

"Who knows what would have happened. And I'm not so perfect that me being there automatically would have fixed everything, Will..."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:23 pm

Will smiles, crookedly. "I know that--your not infallible. I just don't think you would have charged in like a crazy person. On a team, it's all about covering for other people's mistakes--if Anita falls, I'm there to get her out of the way; if I go down, Ryan's there to swoop me to safety, and so on. My mistakes would have meant nothing if I'd had a better teammate to watch my back.

And if you don't think you're more perfect than Champion or whatever, I'ma gonna smack you upside the head."

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