Gilbert Kinkaid Walker (veryperceptive) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-03-31 02:00:00

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Buy Me Some Peanuts and Crackerjacks (Zoe, eventually Trey)
It was Opening Day at Papp Stadium. Spring was in the air, the Star City Rockets were going up against the Central City Stars, and GK Walker was giddy.
He'd gone to meet Zoe, enough makeup on his cheek to cover the now-healing cut, and now they were walking toward the stadium. "Maybe I should get a car," he said, thinking aloud.

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-02 05:21 pm UTC (link)
	"It's reasonable for people to be freaked out." He pauses. "You ever play back in school, Trey? I was left field. Not much of an arm, but I could bat well. Zoe, you did some pitching in school, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-02 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	"I pitched," Zoe confirmed. "It was that or get suspended for pitching peanuts off the roof at the other kids." One bored day, one roof top, and one angry principal who offered to forgive it all when he realized she hit everything she was aiming for if she joined the softball team. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-02 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	"Nah, no baseball for me. I love to /watch/ baseball. I can't really play it to save my life. I play basketball. My other favorite thing to do is check out the Thunder when they're in town." Trey says. "There's a game next week if you two are interested." Trey mentions. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-02 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	GK's not as much into basketball, but it has its appeal. "That could be cool, work allowing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-02 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	"Only if you let me buy the food next time," Zoe said, "and still give me an alibi if something happens to go flying across the court at a ref." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-02 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay, you can buy the food, if you like. Now, if you knock out a ref, I'll just point at a random fan and hope they buy it. How's that?" Trey chuckles. "What do you do for a living, GK?" Trey asks, trying to get to know more about this guy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

veryperceptive
2011-04-02 08:05 pm UTC (link)

"You know, Zoe," GK says with obvious faux-earnestness. "The first step is admitting you have a peanut-throwing problem." Then there's that prissy countertenor giggle.

"Makeup artist at the theater," he answers Trey happily. "Really looking forward to the upcoming production of The White Devil. Jacobean Revenge Drama. Proud of the fake blood effects I've been working out."

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	zoe_torres 2011-04-02 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Grapes were messy, and the red ones made people freak out that they'd been shot or something." She nudged GK with an elbow. "Mom said I was wasting food, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-02 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	"My dad was pretty big on theater and the opera. Only one I ever liked was Phantom of the Opera." he says. "But let's plan on the three of us going to the Thunder game next week, then." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Ohh, I'd love to do the makeup for Phantom, but we don't have the right kind of theater for the high-budget stuff. And yes, I think we have a good plan." Pause. "...Is it okay to ask who's back at your usual seats?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 03:33 am UTC (link)
	"Are we keeping you from your friends?" Zoe's brows lifted as she waited to hear the answer, glancing sideways at Trey. Her hotdog was getting cold and her soda warming up. She hadn't thought to eat. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

dc_citizen
2011-04-03 03:46 am UTC (link)

Trey looks a little uncomfortable when they ask who is waiting back at his seats.

"My bodyguards. All three of them. They're trying to be unobtrusive, but three very large men standing around a guy is anything but obtrusive.

Aside from that, they're screening everyone who comes into the skybox, so I can't get a hotdog with out the vendor being checked for weapons. They stopped after the first time, so I had to come out and get one myself.

I was lucky to find someone I knew." Trey says, taking that as his cue to leave.

"I should probably go before they come looking and bug you guys. Thanks for letting me hang out." Trey says, getting up to go.

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	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"Not trying to scare you off, man, and great meeting you, but they might be getting worried." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"You didn't have bodyguards at Christmas down at the shelter." Zoe looked up toward the skyboxes as if they were bearing down on them now. She'd been on the edgy side since the red ring disappeared, leaving her needing....something. "Who put guards on you?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"My lawyer. A psychopath murdered my father, hurt my step-mother and could have killed my little brother and sister." Trey says. "I asked them not to put guards on me, but knowing how Green Arrow and Merlyn operate, they could take a person out for long-distance and get away with it." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

veryperceptive
2011-04-03 04:19 am UTC (link)

GK tells himself that this is not the time to speculate about how an archer got to be nicknamed Merlyn anyway. You'd think a magician would be named Merlyn, but.... that is not important right now.

"Yeah, it's a lot harder to protect someone from a longbow than from a knife. Not trying to be pessimistic, Trey," he adds hurriedly. "But yeah, their paranoia might not be very productive."

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zoe_torres
2011-04-03 04:25 am UTC (link)

It was hard not to react to the names, and Zoe was probably worse at it than she thought. She had a huge problem with Green Arrow; she always had since he was the one who let the Triangle down after Deadshot cleaned it up. But Merlyn? He hadn't seen the type to be gunning for a business man or his kids. Especially the kids.

"You want to go back, that's up to you, Trey. We'll see you next week at the game. You want to stay here, then stay."

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	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:29 am UTC (link)
	"If I don't come back, they'll come down here and make scene, and disrupt everyone else. I should go. You two are welcome to join me if you want, though. We get a cooler of drinks delivered and it's air-conditioned if you guys don't want to sit out here. Unless you're really hoping to catch a baseball so you can tag an umpire when he makes a bad call." he jokes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 04:32 am UTC (link)
	Cue the ridiculous countertenor giggle again. GK figures its up to Zoe if they switch seats. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 04:45 am UTC (link)
	"If you can still smile when GK suggests a better moisturizer, because he will and he'll be right, too, I guess we could join you." She'd love to see the guards try and frisk her. "If you'd really like the company and aren't just being nice. It's okay, ya know." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:48 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, if I go back to the skybox alone, I get to have scintillating conversation with three guys in business suits who have the personality of brick walls." Trey says. "Hanging out with you two beats that any day." Trey says. "And we'll even get you a new hot dog to replace the one I kept you from." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 04:52 am UTC (link)
	"Then let's go, Zoe," GK says, standing and gathering their things, and then, hoping it'll be taken in good spirit and not get his ass kicked, he stagewhispers behind his hand, "Maybe the bodyguards are hot, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	zoe_torres 2011-04-03 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	Zoe laughed. GK was a genius at lightening the situation. He was turning out to be the girl(space)friend she never had as a kid. "Brick walls are good for target practice, though probably not a good idea in this situation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dc_citizen 2011-04-03 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Probably not. These guys are paid to be intimidating." Trey says, gesturing toward the skybox. He has no idea that either of them are anything other than they appear, so hanging out with a couple of people around his age is just what's needed to lift Trey's spirits. "Ready when you two are." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	veryperceptive 2011-04-03 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	And GK will happily go up with him. And he's been looking at Trey for a while, so he's not too surprised to see the gold letters, but "Dad" makes him avert his eyes a little and pretend it's the sun as they head up teh steps. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)