Roy's Favorite TV Show Is Now Special Agent Oso (redarrows) wrote in newalliance,
FIVE DRINKS LATER
Having a crap day at work (and he had brought it on himself - which is why he had been so pissed. He knew you had to take training sims seriously, but sometimes it was just so hard too, and Roy even had a hard time taking real life dangerous situations seriously sometimes.) and then going out to drink because of that - not a great idea if you were Roy Harper. He knew that - he knew first hand that you should deal straight on with things that were pissing you off / upsetting you, and yet here he was, downing another gin and tonic.
Obviously he wanted to make tomorrow as awesome as today had been at work, by showing up with a hangover.
But tonight, tonight had been all right. He had fun when he was hanging out with Jennie, they just joked around, took shots at each other but in a joking friendly way, and had ended up befriending the bartender. Lots of things that were not work had been discussed, it was fun. Hanging out with Jen was fun and just easy.
Coming back from a trip to the bathroom, he saw a guy (not the guy from earlier, this was a new one) staring at Jen. Not that Roy blamed him, she was looking really nice tonight with the dress and the earnings ... without really meaning too, Roy picked up his pace, moving from a casual walk to a quick purposeful step, closing the distance between him and his seat, shooting a 'buzz off' look at the guy. Hey - he was out with his friend and he realized he had something he needed to ask her.
"Didn't notice before, but that is an exceptionally nice dress." He told her this as he arrived back at his seat. "And you know ..." He sat down in his seat next to her, turning to face her, and angling it so that his knee bumped into hers for a second. "I've got a serious question for you." as he said that he reached around her for the tray of toothpicks. He didn't need to do that, there were toothpicks off to his other side, but this way he got to invade her personal space there for a moment. Hanging out with Jen was nice, and easy, and fun. All things Roy liked quite a lot. "Why haven't we ever dated?"