Harry Reesen (in_reserve) wrote,
@ 2012-04-09 00:25:00

Football is over but there's a new sport back in town
He'd done it. He'd finally gotten tickets to a baseball game. It had taken some saving up, and some luck finding them online (and rather last minute) but he found them. And on the first game of the regular season too! He fully expected that the tickets he eventually got would be for some later date but the opportunity arose and he wasn't going to let it slip by. Birthday luck coming early, that's what he'd put it down to.

Grinning like an idiot and still excited over his luck, he managed to not stutter and ask Jess if she wanted to come to see Coast City's first home game of the season. The seats may not be great but that didn't matter really. Harry was certainly in a good mood.

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	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 12:16 am UTC (link)
	She bites her lower lip shyly. She's a little flustered right now because she had no idea if him blushing was a good thing or not. Oh hell she's nervous now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 12:21 am UTC (link)
	The blushing itself might not tell her if it was a good thing or not.But by the shy slightly flustered grin he has? It certainly was a good sign. He'd really just been taken by surprise, and didn't know what to make of such a public display. But the blushing isn't a complaint. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 12:25 am UTC (link)
	That look almost has her kiss him again. But she's not sure if she should. People are getting up to go and it might be awkward now. So now suddenly she's the overly shy one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-04-10 12:30 am UTC (link)

He bites his lip for a moment, thinking what to do. He still had no idea what had elicited that kind of reaction but there was no complaint. And her looking that shy was...odd.

He'd managed to get tickets and ask her here and he'd even not run when everyone had broken out fighting. If he could do that, surely this would be nothing? Still blushing, he takes a deep breath to steel his nerves and leans in to gently kiss her.

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	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 12:35 am UTC (link)
	She wasn't sure if she had done the right thing. She relaxes though when he kisses her even though there's a big flare of surprise. But she's very happy with this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 12:38 am UTC (link)
	When they do pause (he's managed to be blissfully unaware of anyone around them) he's the one now glancing nervously at her. He hopes that was the right thing and that it wasn't out of line. Surely it wasn't? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 12:40 am UTC (link)
	She looks very pleased right now. Yup he did the right thing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 12:44 am UTC (link)
	Now that blush is accompanied by a goofy grin. He's really quite pleased this has turned out so well, the mini riot had had him worried for a moment. He has a feeling he's forgetting something for some reason. The game was over, what next? He had had an idea...what was it again? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 12:48 am UTC (link)
	"So..." She takes his hand. "Want to go to that sports bar? We can grab some food there. A couple drinks too." The game has been hours long really. By now she's hungry. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 12:52 am UTC (link)
	"Sure," he smiles. "Lead the way." It was her home town after all. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 12:58 am UTC (link)
	"Follow me." She smirks a bit and leads him through the crowds so they can get out of the stadium. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 01:03 am UTC (link)
	He lets himself be pulled along, still smiling the whole way. Yep, maybe his luck had held out enough. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

greenwillpower
2012-04-10 01:07 am UTC (link)

They have to walk there but Jess is in a good mood. She slips an arm around one of Harry's and grins at him. She's in a good mood still.

Once they reach the bar she waves a greeting to an old man at the bar who is watching two different games.

"Hey Charlie! How goes it?"

Charlie grunts and Jess just grins. The place is starting to fill up though so there will be little chance to banter.

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	in_reserve 2012-04-10 01:11 am UTC (link)
	He enjoys having her arm around his and really can't keep the smile off right now. The place is getting crowded as others come back from the game. Nobody blinks twice at the green girl. He does take the opportunity to look over all the other people to see if there was a spot for them, or if there were pool tables. Either worked. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 01:21 am UTC (link)
	"Oh hey," Jess brightens seeing a table. "Come on. That one's still free." On there way over though something happens to disrupt them. Some guy grabs at Jess pulling her back. He smells like whiskey. "What's the rush, darlin'?" She tries to jerk her arm away. "Hey. Let go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-04-10 01:29 am UTC (link)

He feels Jess wrenched from him and instantly turns to see what's going on. "Jess?"

Oh dear, drunk people. Okay drunk people wanting to start fights he has experience with. It wasn't like they were fighting already. This could be stopped. And besides, they were hurting Jess. That was a definite no.

"Hey! Let her go!" He manages to pull Jess away and put himself between her and the whiskey guy. "She doesn't want to go with you." He hopes they'll leave, but experience tells him no.

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	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Jess had been ready to deck the whiskey guy but then Harry had come to her rescue. "No one tell me what to do," the big burly drunk man says and tries to punch Harry. That doesn't work and he gets thrown into a guy who shoves him off getting man. "Back off ya drunk son of a bitch! Me and my lady are havin' a drink!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-04-10 01:41 am UTC (link)

The punch does actually connect but nobody but Harry and the guy doing the punching notice. Mostly because there's a slight indigo glow at the impact and the entity just absorbs it all. Harry doesn't actually seem to move back or register that he's been hit, so nobody else notices. But when the guy loses his balance and lands on the other guy, Harry can see this is getting out of hand.

"Hey stop! He was just leaving now." Then he gives the drunk a very serious look. "Right?"

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	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 01:45 am UTC (link)
	"No way! I'm gonna hit ya!" He tries to take a swing but the man here with his girlfriend holds him back,. "Buddy. I don't know what your problem is but yer falling all over the damn place. You try hitting this guy again, and you're gonna have a problem with me." Jess is just .... surprised by the whole exchange. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

in_reserve
2012-04-10 01:50 am UTC (link)

That...he had not expected. That the other guy would be reasonable and even offer to help him out? These things rarely went this well.

"We should help him out," Harry points out. Because anyone could see that this guy was just going to cause trouble. Between him and the friendly fellow bar-goer, the two of them manage to get the uncooperative drunk (followed by his few friends) to the door where the staff did the rest.

Now he's back to his less confident self, if people he cared about were being bothered he could step up but once that disappeared he was his usual self. "Thanks for the help," he says to the man with his girlfriend.

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	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 02:02 am UTC (link)
	"No problem pal. Guy shouldn't put his hand on a lady or start a fight. Ain't cool," the other bar-goer says trying to not make a big deal of this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"Thanks anyway." He decides if they buy drinks that he owes this guy one. And he won't take no for an answer. "Jess?" He rushes over to her now. "You okay? He didn't hurt you right?" Harry is looking slightly panicked at the prospect, he really hadn't meant for any of this to happen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 02:22 am UTC (link)
	Jess doesn't want to worry Harry. Her arm is just a bit sore right now. "I'm fine." He really does seem to be way too nervous. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	in_reserve 2012-04-10 02:24 am UTC (link)
	"You sure?" He does seem to look over her just to check. "Okay that's good. Sorry about...all this." He's not even sure why he's apologizing at this point but he is. "We can go if you want, I made sure the guy left either way so you don't need to worry about him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greenwillpower 2012-04-10 02:44 am UTC (link)
	"Harry,." Her hands rest against him. "This wasn't your fault. Some guy just got handsy.... and ya stepped in before I slugged him." She smiles at him softly. "It ain't a big deal." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)