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Tweak says, "Sk8r, l8r"

Annie Winchester (anniegirl) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-10-26 20:09:00

Current mood:	mellow
Entry tags:	annorah winchester, brendann brennan

WHO: Annie and Brendann
WHAT: Just talkin'.
WHERE: A tea/coffee place in London.
WHEN: Nowish
WARNINGS: Nah.

She'd texted Brendann last week asking if he wanted to go get coffee sometime, and he'd finally gotten back to her. She'd mocked him for being a Big Important Chef Type, then settled on a date and time. And now she was sitting at a corner table, legs crossed, happily sipping black coffee. It felt good inside - it was getting damn cold around here lately. She had wondered more than once how it'd be in Scotland this week.

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	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 12:23 am UTC (link)
	Brend showed up a few moments later, waving and going inside to get his drink. He came back after that with a large cup, settling down by her and grinning. "You know, they asked me way too many times if I really wanted four shots of espresso. Uh, yes, that's why I asked for it. There's milk in here too." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 12:26 am UTC (link)
	Annie smiled and kissed him on the cheek in greeting. "I've gotten four-espresso shots before. It's called pulling an all nighter." She took another swig of her own coffee. "How are you doing? Been a while." (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 12:30 am UTC (link)
	"Or being a chef. We run on caffeine and alcohol." He shrugged at her question, half wanting to be as exuberant as he knew he was capable of being, and half wanting to play it cool. "Really good, actually. ... well, except for that mess with your sister. I'm so sorry my best friend is sometimes a complete idiot." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 12:34 am UTC (link)
	Annie just shook her head. "Dani will be okay eventually. And I read him the riot act the last time he was a chickenshit asshole; he doesn't need to hear it again." She wanted Sindre to feel guilty and ashamed, not run for a restraining order. "I'm glad you're good, though. You actually look it." She teased gently. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 12:52 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, well," Brend smiled sheepishly. "It's good to know I don't look like a cave troll. And Sin already feels pretty badly, he didn't get out of bed for a week." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 12:53 am UTC (link)
	Good was the first thing that came to her mind, but she stifled it. "You look ... I don't know. Mellow." She shrugged, gesturing with one hand. "Though you've never really had a stick up your ass, I guess." Annie grinned. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 12:55 am UTC (link)
	"I feel it. I'm going shopping for my Halloween costume later, maybe that's why?" He shrugged. "It's good I have time off." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 01:39 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe, yeah. I haven't finalized ours with Dani yet, if she even feels like dressing up now." She hoped her sister still wanted to go out. Halloween wouldn't be half as fun if she had to go alone. Maybe you could see what Keller's doing? (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 01:48 am UTC (link)
	"Maison and I are going as the Blues Brothers." Really, any excuse to see his new boyfriend in a suit. "Easy costume." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"Maison?" Annie's eyebrows raised, and she chuckled. "Aha. Who is Maison?" New friend or new something-else, was the question. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 02:17 am UTC (link)
	"Uh." Brend scratched the back of his neck. "My boyfriend? It's all very new." He sighed a little, leaning back in his seat. "Sort of my first SO, here. I don't know what to do, really. I like him a lot." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 02:40 am UTC (link)
	Annie giggled, grinning and wiggling a little in her seat. "Stop being so cute, you'll kill me. How new is very new?" (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 02:46 am UTC (link)
	"We decided we want to make a go of it a few days ago. We met maybe two weeks ago. Ironically, he used to live with Cass." He shrugged and smiled, twirling one of his purple streaks around his finger. (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 02:58 am UTC (link)
	Annie raised an eyebrow, finishing her coffee and ordering another with a raised hand. "Really." She'd seen the open posts; she wondered idly just what Cassie was like in this world. "That's really sweet, though. You must'a clicked fast." (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 03:23 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, we just sort of clicked." He shrugged and shook his head, feeling a faint blush creep up his cheeks. "We met and it just - I don't know, it just fell into place." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Bren, you're so cute." Annie giggled. She could have even been grateful to him for this little interlude, aside from being happy for him. She was sick of worrying. "I'm really glad to hear it. He look like you?" (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 03:29 am UTC (link)
	"God, no. He's buff and sexy, and he's got this really hot deep voice. He sings, apparently." Brend sighed a little dreamily, happy and smiling. (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 03:33 am UTC (link)
	"You're sexy, too." Annie stuck out her tongue at him, but smiled at the singing bit. "Man. It just seems like it'd be so ... nice to date a musician. They're all really mellow." At least, the ones she'd met. "Only date I've been on recently was with a mechanic." Not that it hadn't been fun, of course. Still. She wasn't sure about Keller yet. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 03:37 am UTC (link)
	"I am not." Brend chuckled and then shook his head. "Oh, he's not a musician for the most part, he binds books and is a librarian, but he can sing. And yeah, I've heard about you and my uncle." He chuckled a little. (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 03:40 am UTC (link)
	That froze Annie. "Uncle?" Keller wasn't that much older than her, was he? "Keller? Keller Cheevy?" (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 03:47 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, he's dad's half-brother." Brendann chuckled. "You didn't figure out that Uncle Miniver is dad's brother, and that Miniver and Keller both have the same last name?" He was grinning wickedly. (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 03:56 am UTC (link)
	"I've never met Miniver, just heard about him from Daddy." Annie wasn't scared, just ... confused. "Sorry, that's kind of ... odd. He is only a few years older than me, right?" It would have been really weird if he was way older. And damnit, she hadn't asked. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 04:03 am UTC (link)
	"Oh, yeah, he and I are around the same age." He beeped her nose. "Don't worry." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 04:33 am UTC (link)
	"Okay." That would have been bizarre. Her second coffee arrived, and she took it, cradling it between her palms. "Cause I never asked him how old he was, and I mean, going up to Scotland with like, a thirty-year old or something would be just ... creepy." She laughed. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-27 04:36 am UTC (link)
	"Not all uncles are old." Brendann was used to having a very extended family on both sides. (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-27 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"I guess not. Just not used to it. Uncle Sam is only a little younger than Daddy, and Daddy's meant to be like ... well, add twenty years or so." Annie smiled. "Dani probably told you, it's just us. Mom, Daddy and us kids, Uncle Sam, Aunt A and their son, and my grandparents. No other blood relatives." (Reply to this)

baby_brendann
2009-10-27 11:01 pm UTC (link)

"Mom and Dad just have me and Lilo and Cass and Cassie, but on Dad's side, his parents had a lot of kids. So yeah, Keller and Miniver are my half-uncles technically and Teja and Torii are my aunt and uncle on mom's side, and Sable's my cousin, and so's that guy Riordian, technically, and if you consider marriage, Sin is related to me and so's Soren because Grandpa Toki's married to Skwisgaar too. But that probably just exploded your head." Brend shrugged a little bit, drinking the remainder of his coffee.

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	anniegirl 2009-10-28 12:52 am UTC (link)
	"A little bit." She laughed, though. "I don't think you can really go by marriage, though, because if you go by marriage, we'll be related eventually. I mean, you can't look at my brother and Torii and not think they'll wind up joined at the hip for all time." All that mattered to her was that she'd be able to get with Keller if things worked out that way. (Reply to this)

	baby_brendann 2009-10-28 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"They really are cute. It's odd, but I'll go with it." He shrugged his shoulders lazily, smiling. "They're going as Bonnie and Clyde." (Reply to this)

	anniegirl 2009-10-28 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"I know, I still don't know what Dani and I might be. Or hell, if Keller would be up for something." To ask out an Interesting Guy on Halloween wouldn't be weird. (Reply to this)