Non-Date Night (Loch)

Emily was nervous. So so so nervous. Why had she let this happen? She had let Lochlann talk her into a date even though she'd understood how he was. Yeah she'd insisted that they were only going as friends, but she wasn't an idiot, she knew what was happening even if they'd both agreed that nothing was going to happen. Had they agreed nothing was going to happen? Oh god how did she get into this mess.

Still, even if she was nervous, she wasn't about to stand the guy up, she was more responsible then that. Plus, it gave her a chance to dress up, sure she could do it any time but it was nice to have a reason. She hadn't done her hair or put on any make-up past what she normally wore, but she had selected a nice red tank top. She was also wearing a pair of skinny jeans that showed off the contours of her legs, and she had a belt lashed lopsidedly across her hips, more as an accessory then for it's function. The outfit was topped off with a small red bag that went well with the rest of her clothing.

She reached in to her bag and pulled out the tarot deck she had brought with her and began shuffling them. The cards always calmed her down. She would slide about half the cards off of the top of the deck and move them to the bottom, then take about a quarter off the bottom and move them to the top, and occasionally she'd flip them around so that when they were drawn they be inverted. She drew a card off the top after a while and looked at it, a blush filling her face when she say the Lovers card. That didn't count, right? that wasn't a proper reading, right?

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Emily jump a little and slipped the card back into the deck. He blush growing on her face as she turned to Lochlann and forced a smile onto her face. "Hi! Hello!" She held the cards behind her back as she began to fidget around frantically, especially when she started getting complimented. "D... D-Do you think so?... It's just s-something I th-threw together l-last minute..."

She licked her lips a little and forced herself to breath calmly. There really wasn't anything to be worried about, Loch wouldn't try anything, and if he did she'd get a heads up anyway thanks to her power. Once she'd managed to settle her nerves she'd look back at Loch. "... A-Are you alright?... You s-seem... I-I don't know..." She nodded a little bit, timidly looking down at the ground. "W-Well... I-I knew we w-were going to d-dinner so... I t-tried not to eat a-any snacks..."

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Emily just fidgeted more at his compliment, slipping the deck back into her bag. "... Well..... Th-Th-Thank you... I... I like getting dressed up... B-But it's not a-always best... I... Suppose I-I can help you deside on o-outfits..." She could feel her face reddening again, though she wasn't thinking about the lewd implications, just thinking too much. "Y-You look nice t-too..."

When the flowers were produced, Em just blinked at them, here body stilling itself as she was given something to focus on. "O-Oh... Wow... Th... They're l-lovely... Thank you..." She really didn't know what she had been expecting from Lochlann when he insisted on bringing flowers. Some spectacular bundle of three dozen red roses or something similarly fantastic perhaps, but the simplicity of the bouquet did in fact put her at ease. She gingerly took the flowers in her hands, and stared at them for a few moments before starting to fidget again.

"U-U-Um... W-What do I do with them?... D-Do I just h-hold them... Sh-Should I find a v-vase or...?" This had never happened before. This was not an event she was familiar with. She used Lochlann's 'reassurance' to ground herself again, focusing back on him. "W-Well... Alright... B-But if you... I-I can listen if you n-need to talk about s-something..." She blushed a little again, that seemed a little too friendly to her for some reason. "... O-Outside would be nice... Y-Yes..."

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Emily nodded a little and fiddled with her bag so it could hold the flowers for her. She couldn't get the whole thing into the pocket, but the stems fit sufficiently so the bouquet wouldn't fall out. "I see... I-I'll remember that... A-And keep them as l-long as I can..."

She sat down in the chair that he pulled out for her. "Thank you... D... Do girls normally s-say that this m-much?..." She fidgeted a little and looked away when she realized that was an odd question when they weren't on a date. "I-I mean......."

Em blushed a little again at the smile, and even further at the compliment. "... W-Well... I... Can't force you to tell me things i-if you don't want to... I just... T-Try to listen... And to u-understand..."

She tilted her head a little when she caught the look, but decided not to pry into it. "... Y-You're giving me a lot of things Lochlann... A... Are you sure it's okey..." Fidgeting intensifies. "...Well I... I couldn't turn down dinner... And I was looking forward to it too..." She looked away from Loch as she brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "... I-I don't have... a lot of f-friends yet..."

She tilted her head when he mentioned drinking. "A-Alcohol?... Well... I-I mean... I've tried it but... I don't th-think I'd ever drink a lot of anything..... Why?"

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"I... S-Suppose that's fair... It's n-not like I've really been looking for th-them..." She glanced over Lochlann once. He was here friend now, right? She wouldn't be here if he wasn't, regardless of his intentions with her.

She fidgeted in kind with Loch in response to his compliment, there was only so much blushing a girl could do after all. "... A-An orange drink s-sounds nice... I... I guess I'll g-give it a try... I-If you think it's g-good... S-So that... And a burger... I-I guess..."

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