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Tweak says, "Love me some pie!"

Coop (existing) wrote in my_rpg,
@ 2009-10-25 23:12:00

Who: Lisa and Roger
What: pseudo NOT date
When: tonight!
Where: Lisa's flat to start, then wherever Roger takes her
Rated: TBD

Lisa heard a knock. It seemed entirely too soon for Roger to be there. She had hardly finished her make-up! She wasn't even wearing shoes! Cussing quietly to herself, and angry at Marcus for choosing tonight to go out with his friends, she hurried. "Coming," she called, trying not to make him wait too long at the door.

She slipped on a pair of modest heels to match her dress and fastened her earrings as she walked towards the door. Composing herself, she shook her hair and exhaled. Then, she opened the door.

The first thing she noticed was that Roger looked nice. "Hi," she said after a few seconds of staring.

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	existing 2009-10-27 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"I didn't know that! I only knew Kevin was on tour with them when he was with the Sisters." She popped a piece of maguro in her mouth. It was delicious. Fresh. You could always tell which sushi was fresh by it's taste. Her face lit up. "This is really good sushi!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:19 am UTC (link)
	Roger smiled. "Cliff has good taste." Cliff was the owner. "In food at least, maybe not women." As Roger remembered, most of Cliff's legal problems came from dating with proper crazy-bitchdar. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 04:21 am UTC (link)
	"Cliff is your mate you were talking about earlier? The one who got you in?" She assumed he might have been the chef. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"Yup," Roger said between bites. "I represented him in one of my first cases before the Wizengamot. Cat custody battle with his ex." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"Cat custody? Sounds riveting," she laughed, pausing to take a sip of her beer. "Did you win?" What a stupid question. Of course he won. Lisa imagined Roger never losing. He was just so charming and suave, he could probably make anyone believe him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

learnedinthelaw
2009-10-27 04:29 am UTC (link)

"Yeah. Ex was a madwoman. She snapped in court and started screaming and they decided in favour of him. Of course, that was nothing compared to when she tracked down who was going to be representing him the week before and showed up at my flat in a corset and garters. Brighton was two at the time and I had to slam the door on her face so he wouldn't see her." Crazy-bitch-dar. Every guy needed it.

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existing
2009-10-27 04:32 am UTC (link)

Lisa looked sort of horrified at his story. A woman showed up at his house? Poor Roger! She ate another piece of sushi and contemplated what Roger's life might have been like before she babysat for him. Lonely, probably. And apparently full of crazy women.

"I like this song," she said after a moment. Donaghan was in the middle of an acoustic ballad. It made it much easier to talk over.

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	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-27 04:43 am UTC (link)
	Roger nodded. "It's very pretty." Roger ate quietly, listening to the lyrics. Some of the crowd was swaying with lit wands in the air. Roger just listened and absorbed it all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-27 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Lisa took another sip of her beer, glancing at Roger in the process. He looked like he was having a good time. She sure was. The food was great, music was great, atmosphere was excellent. It couldn't get better. She put the bottle back on the table and ate a piece of ginger. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"I can't eat ginger," Roger said. "Tastes like soap." And his mother had once washed his mouth out like soap, so he'd never forget that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 01:26 am UTC (link)
	"I don't mind it," she said, conversationally as she ate her last piece of tuna sushi. It certainly had a strong taste, but she didn't think it tasted like soap. Everyone was different, though, she supposed. "I can't eat wasabi. Too strong for me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 01:54 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I think it's too strong for most people. I think people just eat it to say that they have. To impress people. Men, mostly. We do that kind of thing." He finished off his beer. His plate, sensing he was done, cleaned itself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 02:17 am UTC (link)
	She smiled at him and finished off her own beer. "We don't have to impress people," she said, putting the empty bottle on the table. It disappeared with everything else. "We just have to look good and people are impressed." She meant women, obviously. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 02:26 am UTC (link)
	"Yes, well, we blokes feel we have to do more. Of course, what most of us don't understand is that crushing beer cans on our foreheads and stomaching lumps of wasabi doesn't impress most birds." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 02:31 am UTC (link)
	"Ah. But it does amuse us. What else would we laugh at during our girl nights out?" She smiled and nudged him playfully. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 02:35 am UTC (link)
	"How about how badly I'm about to dance?" Roger nodded towards the floor. "Come on. It's a decent song." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 02:39 am UTC (link)
	Lisa nodded enthusiastically. "We'll definitely talk about your lack of dancing skills. No doubt." She laughed because it was easier than having to cover up the excitement she was reeling with as she realized she was about to dance with Roger. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 02:54 am UTC (link)
	Roger took her hand as he guided her to the dance floor. They were losing their table, but that was alright. The floor was incredibly crowded. Roger stood close to Lisa to dance. He wasn't terrible... he just had a lot of cheesy moves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 03:04 am UTC (link)
	It was a lot warmer on the dance floor, probably caused by the people standing on all sides of her. Lisa focused only on Roger and occasionally Donaghan as she danced. Her movement wasn't skillful but it was typical of anyone her age. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Roger turned his head to the stage and when he looked back there was a creepy thirty-something grinding up behind Lisa. "Look out," he mouthed, pointing behind her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 03:09 am UTC (link)
	Lisa turned around and gracefully, almost as if on accident, stepped on his foot-- hard. Turning back to Roger, she couldn't help the grin that crept over her features. "Look out for what?" She asked innocently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	learnedinthelaw 2009-10-28 03:13 am UTC (link)
	Roger laughed. He grabbed Lisa's hips and spun her around, putting himself between her and the creeper. Once the sleazeball recovered from the shock, he had something to say about that. "Fucking cunt," he said. Roger probably could have ignored it, but he didn't. He stopped dancing and turned around. "Excuse me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	existing 2009-10-28 03:16 am UTC (link)
	Lisa would have been able to ignore it too, mostly because she didn't hear it. In fact, she only knew something was wrong when Roger stopped moving and turned around. She too turned, watching Roger and the man carefully. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

learnedinthelaw
2009-10-28 03:21 am UTC (link)

"Apologize." Roger said, his jaw set. He had to look up at the guy, which was probably a sign that he should have walked away.

"Tell her to apologize to me."

"Why? Because you're so pathetic that molesting girls on the dance floor is the closest you can get to--" Roger didn't get to finish. The guy shoved him. Roger staggered back a few inches and caught himself.

"C'mon, pussy," he said, moving to shove Roger again. Roger was quick and brought his forearm up, sweeping his hands off their course. "Little bitch," he said before swinging at Roger. Roger ducked, but he didn't expect him to swing a second fist and that one caught him in the left eye. Roger went down hard.

Bouncers were already pushing through the crowd.

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	existing 2009-10-28 03:23 am UTC (link)
	Lisa yelped when Roger hit the ground. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" She yelled at the man. Kneeling down next to Roger, she made sure he was okay. "Roger?" She put a protective hand on his head and checked his eye. It was too dark to see anything. She looked back up at the man. "Get away from us!" There was ferocity in her eyes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)