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Anakin Skywalker (chosentofall) wrote in valarlogs,
@ 2013-09-25 21:35:00

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anakin skywalker, claire danvers

Who: Claire Danvers & Anakin Skywalker
What: Coffee
When: (backdated) Sunday, Sept 22nd
Where: Peet's Coffee & Tea in Huntington Beach
Rating: TBA
Status: In progress

Surprisingly Anakin hadn't woken up with some terrible hangover after the 5k Beer Run the day before, hadn't woken up sore either which made the day even more special. To be fair he had walked most of the way to keep up with his group and hadn't had much to drink given all the trouble he had with those dreams and the headache that had come with the first. He hadn't wanted to do anything that would have made them worse or that would have made them come more frequently, not when he had plans to meet Claire the next day. He had been looking forward to it. Claire seemed like a nice girl, the kind of person he used to go out and meet for coffee or drinks. It would be like an escape back to normality for him, back to what he had been like before the dreams and the weirdness started, even before he lost his arm and become a lot less social. And even if it went terribly, he didn't think it would be stranger things had happened, it would still be nice to get back to his old self.

He had picked the coffee place close to his place but it hadn't stopped him from leaving early. Nerves, again. He was fairly successful with women but that didn't mean he was confident with them, especially after his accident when his self-confidence took a nose dive, and it left him with a lot of nervous energy. He had been chronically early lately, though at least today he didn't do a lap around the building to calm himself, though adding caffeine to those nerves likely wouldn't be the best idea. Anakin didn't care, as far as he was concerned decaf coffee was the figment of some poor fool's sad imagination. He didn't order yet, instead he picked out a nice table and fiddled with his phone, mostly playing Angry Birds and checking his still empty inbox. If nothing else it kept him from hopping up and running that lap he promised himself he wouldn't do.

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tinygenius
2013-09-28 09:40 am UTC (link)

Claire had been looking forward to grabbing coffee with Anakin, even if a part of her still felt guilty. That was ridiculous, the guilt, because she wasn't really cheating on Shane. They weren't together, no matter what had happened between them at Jeremy's party and no matter how much a part of her still missed him. And it was stupid to feel bad about meeting a friend for coffee, anyway, because it probably wasn't even a date. Michael seemed to think it probably wasn't, and he was a definite guy. So Claire was probably freaking out about nothing.

Although she was usually pretty punctual, Claire was running a few minutes late today. Traffic had been horrible and then there was parking, which had also not been fun. She was a little out of breath by the time she walked through the door, just from running the short distance from her car. Just inside the door, she paused to catch her breath and then she looked around for Anakin, who was playing with his phone. Rather than a wave he wouldn't see, she walked over to him and slipped into the seat across from him.

"Hey, sorry I'm late. You wouldn't believe the traffic on the 1 today."

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chosentofall
2013-09-29 10:17 pm UTC (link)

Anakin was quick to put his phone away as she sat down and give her one of his more charming smiles. He wasn't sure how long he had been waiting but he wasn't about to be rude and share that with her, most of it was his own fault anyway, for arriving so early, so he wouldn't hold it against her. The last thing he needed was to appear as awkward as he felt and it would ensure that he wouldn't make any friends in California. Of course there was Padmé but that was different, especially if things didn't get any further than a date or two between them. "Hey. Don't worry about it. And I probably would believe it, the traffic around here has a mind of its own I swear, and it must take joy from everybody's misery."

He nodded in the direction of the counter, "I didn't feel right getting anything before you got here. I don't mind getting us both something if you don't," his mother had drilled politeness into him early. He opened doors, said please and thank you, offered to pay when he was with someone, let others go first. It didn't all stick and in the places it did he wasn't always consistent but he tried. "Unless you want me to get you something insanely complicated, then in that case you'll have to forgive me writing it down."

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tinygenius
2013-10-02 07:11 am UTC (link)

"Definitely not one of the plusses of living in California," Claire agreed with a grin. "At least the view is nice."

Claire didn't actually mind the traffic most of the time. The scenery was so pretty and she almost always left with plenty of time to spare. It was definitely different from what she was used to in Morganville, though.

"Oh, um, you don't have to do that-" Claire said a little awkwardly. She could pay for her own coffee, that wasn't a big deal, even though she liked that he was offering. Letting him pay might mean this was a date and she still wasn't quite sure how she felt about that possibility.

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chosentofall
2013-10-03 08:56 pm UTC (link)

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about me being one of those jerks who expects something in return for every penny he spends, I think my mother would find a way to kick my ass from beyond the grave if I did that." He liked to think he was good at reading people and since his headache he seemed to be getting better at it, still, it wasn't hard to see she was unsure about his offer. "I figure it's only right since you had to sit in traffic, use all that gas, and it's a hell of a lot cheaper than offering to refill your tank."

He was teasing a little of course and gave her an easy smile, "You can tell me just to shut up if you want. I just don't to make you uncomfortable."

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