Vernique Denning (butterflybullet) wrote,
@ 2011-09-22 01:44:00

Date Night.
It was a lot like Mom and Dad's traditions, actually. Where Dad had used telegrams and faxes, she used e-mail. Vernique told Jordan that she'd be in the appropriate area that weekend and would like to have dinner, maybe some dancing.

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	strongbox 2011-09-23 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"We can get you the version drizzled with dark chocolate then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 03:54 am UTC (link)
	"Strawberries, cheescake, and dark chocolate? Moonlighting as some kind of expert in temptation, huh?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"I'm rather sure you knew when you came here that I'd be trying to tempt you. I'm just pleased to be succeeding." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 04:07 am UTC (link)
	"Mhm. Fortunately, I subscribe to the Oscar Wilde technique for eliminating temptation." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 04:08 am UTC (link)
	"Now that is fortunate. Do you need a menu, or are you going with the house special?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"The special. Always nice to have something that's best for the place." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 04:53 am UTC (link)
	"Well, its really just that they got well known for it, but yeah..." he turns to the waitress as she approaches. "Two three-cheese bacon cheeseburgers, poutine with both. Coke for me." He glances at Vernique to see what she's drinking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 04:54 am UTC (link)
	"Lemo --" and Vernique cuts herself off, looking to Jordan almost flustered for a moment. "Lemonade means here what it means in the States, not what it means in most of europe, right?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 05:01 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, the lemonade here is good, too." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 05:02 am UTC (link)
	"Great. Lemonade, please," she tells the waitress with a smile. "Drinking Unexpected Soda can be kind of unsettling," she admits cheerfully. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 05:06 am UTC (link)
	"But is it as bad as expecting Canadian-American lemonade, and getting beer with lemon juice?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 05:09 am UTC (link)
	Vernique winced sympathetically. "Heh. Not quite." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 05:16 am UTC (link)
	"I don't suggest ordering the lemonade in Germany, then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 05:30 am UTC (link)
	Vernique nods. "The word gets a lot of flexibility in Central Europe." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 05:40 am UTC (link)
	"So I've noticed, in my limited time abroad. But then I'm used to Montreal, where lemonade is still lemonade, but don't count on other things not being contradictory." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 05:42 am UTC (link)
	She nods. "Did you get around town much as a little kid?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 05:45 am UTC (link)
	He shakes his head. "I was barely allowed out of the church as a little kid, other than to attend the Catholic school. Just as well, I was sick all the time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 05:48 am UTC (link)
	She listens. "How'd your Mom and Dad even end up finding you, if you don't mind my asking?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 05:54 am UTC (link)
	"Total accident. My Uncle became telepathically linked to his sister, and during one of her shifts, he learned about me. He never told her, but from there, he started a search to try and figure out which church she'd left me on the doorstep of." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 05:56 am UTC (link)
	"And he managed. Wow." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 06:00 am UTC (link)
	"Well, he knew it was likely in Quebec. In that persona, my birth mother's English is often not good, she'd go where she was comfortable. He knew it was a Catholic church for much the same reasons. After that, its just that my uncle is a very stubborn man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 06:04 am UTC (link)
	"So I've heard." Pause. "It ever get to you?" she asks quietly. "Not talking with your birth mother at all?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 06:09 am UTC (link)
	He nods. "I understand that its for the best. I've even met her, and sort of understand better from that. The answer to all the questions an abandoned kid would want to ask really all have the same answer. Mostly I just hope that someday she can get the help she needs." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	butterflybullet 2011-09-23 06:11 am UTC (link)
	Vernique listens and nods. "Here's hoping, then." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	strongbox 2011-09-23 06:15 am UTC (link)
	He nods. "I always do. But first my uncle needs to realize she needs help he can't give her. And as I said, he's a very stubborn man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)