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Lana walks in and sits down at the booth that she's sort of starting to think of as hers. She smiles at Deb. "Hey, good to see you. I think I'll have the chicken and mushroom pot pie and a piece of the chocolate meringue pie for dessert. And if you have any cookies I'd take some to bring back for Shep."

She knows Shep wouldn't be happy that she's staying in town a while longer, but she could really use a good hot meal. And everything *seemed* fine around town, so...

"Coming right up, sweetie," Deb says with a smile. "I'll see what we've got in the back for cookies. They won't be today's, sorry."

When she sets the food down she gives Lana an odd look.
"I'm all twitchy. Like right before the fucking zombies showed up. How about you?"

Lana thinks about it for a minute. "I think I feel okay. But I'm still feeling pretty off after what happened over the weekend. Shep said something about town maybe not being safe, but..."

Inara came in, shaking herself a little as though to be rid of teh chill. "Hey, Deb...it's an odd night out there."

Lana smiles at the woman who came in. "Hi."

"Hello," Inara smiles. "Forgive me, but I don't remember meeting you before. You were at the carol singing, though?"

"Yes!" Lana's face brightens. "I thought I recognized you from somewhere, but I couldn't place you." She hesitates. "Did you want to join me? I'm just having dinner before I head back to the dorms."

"I'd love to," Inara says. "I'm Inara, by the way. Inara Serra."

"Inara. Nice to meet you. I'm Lana Lang." Lana smiled and gestured for her to sit down.

Leaving her order with Deb (chicken-and-mushroom pot pie with lemon meringue for dessert), Inara follows the girl and sits down with a sigh.

"Thank you for the invitation. It's a...strange night out there - almost itchy, but I don't fancy going back to my lodgings right now." She smiled, a little wryly. "Ever have the feeling that something bad's about to happen?"

"That's funny. Deb said almost the same thing. And now I'm feeling edgy, but I don't know if it's just because you two seem on edge." Lana looked thoughtful.

"Though if something does happen while I'm here, Shep will kill me. He didn't want me to come into town - said something about anarchy not being a good thing."

"It might just be the lack of apparent law-enforcement around the town," Inara murmurs. "You don't usually notice the town's policemen until they're not there. And there's something in the wind..."

She changes the topic, not wanting to seem alarmist. "I'm guessing that 'Shep' is the young man I saw you with at the carols?"

Lana looks thoughtful for a moment as if she's trying to listen for a sound that's not quite there, then turns back to Inara. "Hmmm? Oh yes, Shep," her face softens. "Yes, I dragged him out caroling with me."

Inara laughs. "He didn't seem to mind being dragged out so much. One of your friends up at school?"

"Well, I did kind of bribe him," Lana says blushing. "And yes, he's my, well... we're... kind of involved." She's still not quite sure she can use the word boyfriend to refer to him, even if she does tend to think of him that way.

"But still a friend?" Inara asked smiling. It was tempting to tease the young woman further, but Inara held off. She didn’t know Lana that well as yet. "Do you have many friends up at the school?"

Lana blushes again. "Yes, definitely a friend. A very good friend." She thinks about Inara's other question. "I have a number of friends at the school, yes. A few close ones and a number of others I'm comfortable with. You must work here in town?"

[OOC: No problem. My body just decided to act up and I think I'm going to have to crash in a few. We can slowplay into tomorrow though if you want. Sorry, didn't expect to have to crash so soon.]

"Yes," Inara says, without specifying her career. "I opened Chaucer's store today - I work there for some of the week. It was a quiet day - nobody wanted poetry or pictures, although we hope things will pick up around Valentine's Day."

"Oh, that sounds so nice." She gets a little far away smile on her face. "I wonder if Shep and I will do anything for Valentine's Day."

"Would you rather he thought of it himself or do you mind having to nudge him?" Inara qualifies after a second: "My experience of men is that they usually need reminding of personal things."

Lana made a little face. "This whole... thing... is really new. I don't know if, well... if we're kind of at that stage yet. If I knew for sure that we were I wouldn't mind doing a little nudging, no."

"Maybe the school will do something for the day?" Inara suggested. "If they don't already have something organised, you might suggest it to them.

Lana's face brightens. "I hadn't thought of that. I'm sure they will. My school back home always had some sort of event on Valentine's Day."

She smiles ruefully. "I'm sorry, this conversation seems to be all about me. I didn't intend it to be."

Lana smiles at her. "I swore to Shep that I'd be careful while I was in town. And I will be. Thanks."

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