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Red's is open - Monday

Aaron trudged through the nasty weather to the shop. Opening the door, he moved quickly inside and began flicking the lights on. He stopped after a moment, cocking his head to the side with a frown. Silence from upstairs. The shop felt abnormally empty. Still frowning, he made his way to the counter, and there he found a note. His expression cleared. Red was on vacation with his pups, he and Duce were to open the shop at their discretion.

Aaron looked at the calendar for the week and began calling clients. Most of them had already been reassigned, but a few had 'LM/NCB' next to them. Red had left messages but noone called back.

[ooc: Shop is open at it's normal time. Player may be sleeping shortly, and will be in and out throughout the rest of day and evening. Slow play is our friend.]

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Duce comes in, waving at Aaron while he's on the phone. Slowly unbundling herself from many layers of cold weather gear, she moved over to the heat vent and hovered over it, teeth chattering.

Aaron hung up the phone and waved to Duce. "Hi. Red left a note sayin' he's taking the pups out of town for the week to spend some quality time with them. Looks like it's just you and me." Pulling over the phonebook, he flipped through it and frowned. "You don't happen to know which of these couriers is most reliable, do you?"

Finally warming up, Duce said, "Good for him. He's getting away from Mrs. Grundy over at City Hall for a week, and we're all for that!" Heading behind the counter, she begins setting up. "Courier? If you need something delivered, you should just call Kiki. She's faster and has the small and cute advantage." Tilting her head at him, she asks, "What'd you want to send? Town's small enough you could probably just walk it over."

Aaron gave her an odd look at her first comment and chuckled, "You sure hate his secretary, don'tcha." He scrubbed his hair out of his eyes and shrugged a shoulder, "Wanted to send a couple things to people, and I wasn't sure if you were coming in today. I didn't want to just leave the shop all locked up during business hours, because that looks unprofessional. If you're gonna be here, I probably could walk at least one of 'em." He paused a beat, "The other is flowers. I should probably have a professional deliver those. I'd feel awful if they froze before I got 'em to .. where they're going."

Duce snorts, "No, we don't like her. She pushes him too hard." She shrugged right back at him, "We'll be here, if you want to go run errands. And for flowers, you could try calling Jack's, although," she frowns, "last time we used them, they were really slow. You're still almost better off using Kiki."

Digging in her pocket, she flipped through a battered notepad until she found Kiki's number. She pushed it across the counter at him and started mixing some henna.

Aaron nodded his thanks. Taking the card, he went off to make a phonecall.

After his conversation with Duce, Aaron ran out to deliver something to Ben. When he came back, Duce decided she'd had enough of the cold and went home early.

He wouldn't have said he was fidgeting. Or pacing. Except he totally was.

As soon as she left Wonka's, Sonia made her way towards Red's shop. Stepping inside, she looked immediately for Aaron.

Aaron looked up from behind the counter as the door jangled, and smiled when he saw who had walked in. "Hi! You.. uh.. Did you get my note?"

Grinning broadly, she crossed the room to the counter. "Hallo! Yes, I got your note- and the flowers. They're beautiful, thank you."

She leaned forward onto her elbows, looking up at him. "You wanted to ask me something?"

Aaron broke into a somewhat relieved smile, "Glad you liked them." He shook his hair back off his forehead, giving himself a moment to figure out how to ask the question itself. Smiling down at her, he finally asked, "Would you allow me to take you on a date this weekend? If you have free time, I mean."

"Very much- they were a vunderful surprise."

It only took a moment for her to respond, a bright smile spreading across her face. "Yes, I would. That sounds...very nice. And I have no plans for the veekend, so..." She shrugged. "What are you thinking?"

Aaron's smile grew as she accepted and then froze slightly. What was he thinking? He hadn't done this in a long time, and they'd already gone to the museum. Thinking of something, his smile relaxed again, "Sledding? If the snow keeps up, we should have a decent amount, and there's that big hill up yonder. Thought maybe dinner afterward?"

She tilted her head to the side in thought, eyebrows lifting. "Sledding...yes, that sounds good. Hmm...can't remember the last time I've even been sledding..."

After a moment, Sonia remembered. It involved her cousins, bits of ice, and blood.

This would hopefully be a much more pleasant experience.

His hand reached out to cup her face and gently turn it toward his. Aaron's brow furrowed, concerned for a moment, "Hey, we don't have to do that if you don't want to. I'm game for anything, really. It's just.." He offered a lopsided smile, "A really small island."

Sonia lifted a hand to cover (well, partially) his own, and returned his smile. "No, it's not that- I do want to. I vas just...remembering something." She laughed lightly, hoping to dispel any concern he might have. "This, I'm sure, vill be much nicer."

His eyes narrowed at her slightly, but he shrugged and let it go. His thumb stroked along her cheekbone gently, "So.. you're telling me I have to make sure you have a really wonderful time to make up for whatever those other memories were?" He paused a beat, and then smiled at her, "I think I can do that."

Smile widening, she leaned into the touch of his hand. "Yes, something like that." Her gaze turned upwards, bright eyes meeting his. "And I'm almost certain you can."

"I can certainly try my best, and that's what counts, right?" Aaron thinks about it for a minute and gets a positively wicked gleam to his eyes.

"Oh, absolutely." She raises an eyebrow at him. "And vhat's that look for?"

Eyebrows raised toward his hairline.. which reminded him to use his other hand and shove it off his face.. as he gazed down at her with affected innocence, "Why, nothing."

He could be lying.

Her eyes narrow, but she is unable to keep a serious, straight face, and gives him a skeptical grin.

"Vhy do I think you're hiding something?"

"Don't know.. why do you think that?" he countered, trying not to laugh.

She smirked, also trying not to laugh, but eventually gave in with a small ~~giggle~~ ~~laugh~~ (dignified!) giggle, shaking her head.

"Vould you believe that I'm just naturally good at reading people?," she tried.

"It's either believe that or think I've failed to convince you that I'm certainly not planning anything, so.. I'll go with your answer." Aaron chuckled, a low tenor rumble.

He glanced at the clock, and that seemed to remind him of something. Reluctantly removing his hand from her face, he reached for a small notepad and wrote down his phone number. Passing the note to her, he smiled apologetically, "Kept forgetting to give you that. Give me a call this week and we'll finalize plans and figure out what day we're going out, ok?"

He shot the clock a glare, "I have an appointment coming, in about 5 minutes, so I should go prep for it."

Sonia just as reluctantly pulled back, straightening up a bit while he wrote. Taking the scrap of paper, she looked over the note before folding it and putting it deep into her coat pocket.

Following his glare to the clock, she nodded. "All right. You'll hear from me soon, then." She gave him a warm smile. "And I'll let you get back to vurk, now."

"Yes, m'am," he said solemnly, even though his face still held a smile.

His eyes followed her as she left the shop.

Halfway to the door, she stopped, turned on her heel, and strode back towards the counter. Leaning across, she placed a quick, light kiss on his cheek, smiled, and turned back towards the door.

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