Olive Branch

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:50 pm

Sometime later in the day, a key turned in the lock of Nailah's apartment and the door opened.

A delicious smell wafted over from that direction.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:52 pm

"Sam?" she asks from the living room where she's going through lesson plans, leaning back in her chair to try and look into the hallway.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:55 pm

"Aye," she said with a smile as she brought the bag full of styrofoam containers in and closed the door behind.

"Thought you might like dinner in."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:01 pm

"That sounds great right about now." she smiles. "Let me grab some plates."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:02 pm

"Figured the Greek place was a safe bet, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:19 pm

"Hard to go wrong with some δoλμαδικαμια."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:33 pm

"Bit of a show-off in you," she smirked as she set the bag down and started taking the cartons out.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:48 pm

"If you've got it, flaunt it." she smirks, heading to the kitchen and coming back with plates and silverware.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:50 pm

"I'm not complaining," she chuckled.

"I trust a bottle of wine wouldn't go amiss?" She pulled one out of the bag.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:56 pm

"That'd be a first." she grins.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:15 pm

"Good, good," she smiled.

"Just wanted to make sure you knew, no matter what my duties, you know who I come home to."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:27 pm

"I never questioned that. I hope you know that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:31 pm

"Aye, but it never hurts to get a few brownie points after we argue," she chuckled.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:36 pm

"It wasn't even that bad. Not that I'm going to complain about Greek food and wine." she smiles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:43 pm

"Well then, if I've nothing to dig myself out of, we can just have a lovely evening."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:48 pm

"I was pissed, but... Well I shouldn't have been."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:54 pm

"Don't have to apologize for your feelings, love."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:58 pm

"No, but it's not healthy and I'm not proud of it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:07 pm

"That's fair. Just be aware that I like you a little unreasonable sometimes," she smirks.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:11 pm

"There's a time and a place." she smirks.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:19 pm

"Of course, your secret's safe with me," she laughed as she opened the cartons.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:30 pm

"My otherwise entirely untarnished reputation is safe." she chuckles weakly and opens up the wine.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:31 pm

"So aside from the obvious, are your students taking to the subjects well?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:41 pm

"Well enough. The small classes help a lot, though there's only so much you can do to enthuse high-schoolers for literature."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:52 pm

"I'm sure the bar's a little lower than for the university students."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:02 pm

"Of course, just takes some adjusting. And not everyone's as interested because it's mandatory." she chuckles.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:06 pm

"I'm sure some of them that are new in their mutations appreciate that you're there, though."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:14 pm

"I may not have the most approachable reputation..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:15 pm

"I don't think these latest know, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:21 pm

"Maybe not. But it is good to show them that even the more extreme physical mutations aren't the end of the world."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:33 pm

"And more than a few can turn out to be quite fitting."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:41 pm

"I try not to be too forward with just how fitting in my case."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:50 pm

"Worried about what they'd think?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:53 pm

"More that they wouldn't understand or believe."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:05 pm

"And truth told, it's maybe a complication they don't need just yet."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:07 pm

"Oh certainly not, no. It's nothing they have to worry about."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:13 pm

"Don't think there is a way to prepare you for that."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:19 pm

"No, there really isn't. Especially since it's next to impossible to truly grasp it all."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:29 pm

"No early warning, just an awful lot of hindsight."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 7:33 pm

"And half of it feels unexplainable and, well, arcane."