Saturday, May 19: A Date?

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:45 am

"I don't at all. But unless you're expecting me to put up my hair and use these to hold it in place, then yes, a demonstration is in order." she laughed.

by **David Renko** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:52 am

Renko chuckled and moved his chair over next to Stephanie's.

"Don't worry it's not too difficult," Renko said before going through step by step how to hold the chopsticks, and then waited to see how Stephanie did.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:01 am

Stephanie was a pretty quick study, it seemed. "Oh...this isn't all that bad, I guess," she said tentatively testing on her own.

by **David Renko** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 3:05 am

Renko smiled, and watched her for a moment before putting his hand on hers and making a minor adjustment to the way she was holding the chopsticks.

"Helps you get a better grip on things," Renko said, "You're a pretty quick study I bet you'll be picking up jell-o in no time."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:21 am

Stephanie smiled, her stomach fluttering slightly at his touch.

"Oh," she said, looking down at her hands, "that even feels more comfortable."

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:42 am

Renko took his hand away from Stephanie's with some reluctance.

"Hard to enjoy your food if you get a cramp halfway through the meal," Renko smiled. "How's the duck?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:48 am

"Amazing," she said with her mouth full. Then she realized her manners, stopped, swallowed, and turned red. "Sorry. My other half isn't much for table manners sometimes, and I'm very hungry."

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:58 am

"Don't worry about it," Renko said, "It's a sign that you're enjoying it, but hopefully your other half will let you save some room for dessert."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:06 am

"There is always, always, room for dessert," she smiled. "My family were big dessert people. Both grandmas were amazing bakers. I can still remember the way that the house would smell when they came to visit. When I was with them, I could actually pass for a cook."

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:09 am

"I'm sure you could do it on your own if you wanted to," Renko said.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:18 am

"Maybe I'll try sometime and make you test," she said, taking a sip of her wine. She didn't dare let go of her chopsticks if she wanted to keep them in the right position. "But I should probably make you sign a waiver or something, absolving me of any guilt if you get poisoned."

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:21 am

"I'm sure it couldn't possibly be that bad...right?" Renko asked after a moment before turning a little red. "I mean you seem to be good at pretty much anything you set your mind to."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 1:05 am

Stephanie smiled, "You're too kind. I can assure you that I'm a pretty terrible cook. If you're feeling brave, perhaps I'll try sometime,"

by **David Renko** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:57 pm

"I'd like that," Renko said, "I haven't had a home cooked meal since I was too little to remember."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:36 pm

"Be careful what you wish for..." she teased.

"But I'm game," steph smiled.

any excuse to hang out with a good looking guy who flatters you, right? Shut up, self!

by **David Renko** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:48 pm

"I'll even give you a hand," Renko said, "I mean can do complicated chemistry experiments, so how hard could cooking be?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:11 am

"That would be even better. I need adult supervision in the kitchen so I don't set anything on fire that isn't supposed to be burning," she laughed.

Steph had an incredible appetite, Renko would notice as the meal wore on. He'd honestly be hard pressed to keep up at her rate, though there was at least an end in sight--the bottom of the serving dishes.

"Oh my lord, I look like such a pig," she said, suddenly realizing just how much she'd been eating. "Please tell me you had enough to eat."

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:19 am

"Wait we aren't supposed to set things on fire?" Renko asked innocently before being mesmerized by Stephanie eating.

Before responding to Stephanie's comment he asked the waitress to get dessert ready.

"Don't worry about me, I ate my fair share" Renko smirked, "Was worried I might lose my hand a couple of times though."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:28 am

Stephanie blushed deeply, "Sorry. Let me pick up part of the tab. I'm sure you were probably counting on having some leftovers or something."

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:39 am

The staff began picking up the plates, so they could clear space for dessert.

"Actually I was just counting on you having a nice evening with me," Renko smiled warmly. "And I'll take care of the tab, but if you want I can teach you about another Chinese tradition."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:56 am

Stephanie looked up at him bashfully, a smile creeping onto her face, "Well, that, I am having. And please, let the cultural exchange continue."

She took a sip of her wine, "I'm buying next time, though. Arguing with me would only get messy," she flashed him a sly smirk, her eyes almost imperceptibly flashing yellow.

by **David Renko** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 1:02 am

"A second date would be nice," Renko said before he began to blush. "Er..well, it seems that you've already touched on what I was going to teach you. In China they argue over who will pay the bill. It's a reputation thing, but in this case I just wanted to treat a wonderful lady to a nice dinner."

Dessert was served then, and it wasn't a traditional Chinese dish. It was instead something that looked like thisbecause girls like chocolate, right?

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:49 am

"Well, I do that arguing thing a lot," Steph blushed, but was spared by the arrival of dessert, "Oh wow, that looks amazing," she said excitedly. She was apparently a fan of chocolate.

by **David Renko** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 1:33 am

"Girls do like chocolate, right?" David asked then blushed a bit more, "It doesn't quite hold a candle to you though."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:01 pm

"Who doesn't?" she smiled, then suddenly found the dessert very interesting to stare at as he continued to compliment her. "Stop it," she said bashfully.

by **David Renko** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:56 pm

"Whatever you say my lady," Renko smirked and took a bite of his dessert.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Apr 16, 2011 11:14 am

"Feeding me, foisting undeserved compliments at me and listening to me when I tell you what to do? I must've done something really good to deserve this," she smiled as she finished the last bite of her side of the shared dessert.

by **David Renko** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:36 pm

"Good karma from all the times you've saved the world," Renko smirked.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 10:44 am

"Sure," she smiled, "Let's go with that. I like that."

She finished the last bit of wine that was in her glass. "So, did you have any plans the rest of the night, or did you just want to retire for the evening?"

by **David Renko** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 1:50 pm

"I didn't have any other plans mostly because I was waiting to see if I would shove my foot into my mouth, get into a car accident, or have an inhibitor malfunction and disintegrate my clothes," Renko smiled, "So I'll leave the last bit of the evening up to you, but you can think about that while we walk along the Thames."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:51 pm

"A walk around the Thames sounds lovely," she smiled as she stood and gathered her purse. "We'll see where the night takes us after that."

by **David Renko** » Sun May 01, 2011 12:08 am

Once they'd exited the restaurant Renko offered Stephanie his arm. After all always need to be a gentleman, right? Then lead her towards the sidewalk that ran along the Thames.

"If I fall into the Thames you're going to need to rescue me," Renko smirked.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sun May 01, 2011 12:14 am

"I'd at least ponder it," she grinned, taking his arm. "Can you really not swim? Or are you just worried about the dangerous sewer crocodiles?"

by **David Renko** » Sun May 01, 2011 12:25 am

"I swim like a two ton piece of lead," Renko said.

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:00 am

"That well, huh?" she smiled. "I'm not ready to go win any competitions or anything, but I'd be happy to help you. It's a good thing to know how to do."

by **David Renko** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:03 am

"All these things you can teach me," Renko smirked. "Starting to feel a bit inadequate."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:10 am

"You teach me to cook without burning down the kitchen, I'll teach you to swim. Seems only fair to me," she smiled.

by **David Renko** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:16 am

"I suppose I could do that," Renko said. "But I hope you really like Chinese food because that's pretty much all I know."

"Only if you'll still teach me how to throw a punch without breaking my hand. For that I could teach you about cars or physics."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Sun May 01, 2011 1:52 am

"Well it sounds like we'll have plenty of things to do for our next dates," she smiled. "Sparring, swimming, physics lectures, and Chinese cooking class."

by **David Renko** » Sun May 01, 2011 5:30 pm

"Sounds like we're going to need a whole day to recover from our next date," Renko smiled then blushed slightly.

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