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Fandom Post Office, Wednesday (01/30)

The cold was mostly gone, but Beauty was still feeling a little on the tired side, especially after spending the whole day out with Greatheart the day before. So although she had a book open on the counter in front of her, she was mostly leaning with her chin on her hand, staring at a spot on the floor where the light came in the window.

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"Like...camping, or something?" And, at the risk of sounding like an idiot, but it seemed reasonable to him, anyway. "Or in the stables or something?"

"Like making camp, yes," Beauty agreed. "But I was thinking more along the lines of something like the stables. Just because it seems cold to be sleeping actually out in the open."

She bit her lip and hoped the next words out of A.J.'s mouth weren't something like 'anyone who would do that is crazy'.

A.J. grinned. "You want to camp out in the stables for part of our date?"

Hey, just wanted to make sure he was getting this right here.

"Do you think that sounds stupid?" Beauty asked, getting redder by the minute.

"I think it sounds cute," A.J. said, deciding not to be mean and make fun of her even longer just to see how red she could get. And, hey, it had to be more comfortable than a rock crevice with dinosaurs outside, anyway. "Only," he said, grinning as he leaned in toward Beauty's ear to whisper his one remaining question, "what will the horses think?"

"The horses can mind their own business," Beauty whispered back, and she did grow a little redder even without A.J.'s teasing.

It wasn't exactly an idea arrangement, but a couple of horses would certainly be less awkward than a roommate.

"I could live with that," A.J. decided, still whispering, because he was already there and, with a shy grin, slowly pressed a soft, lingering kiss at a spot on her cheek, still very close to her ear. He pulled back to bashfully smile at her before commenting, "I should set this milkshake down before my hand freezes off."

That kiss made Beauty shiver a little, but in a very pleasant way, and she smiled at A.J. as he pulled away.

And then realized what he was saying.

"Oh God, A.J., I'm sorry!" she exclaimed, moving away from him to take the milkshake from his hand and set it on the counter.

A.J. really couldn't help chuckling a little bit over that, grinning as he finished with a bit of an amused sigh and leaning a hip on the counter. "It's also going to start melting if you don't drink it soon, too," he reminded her, although he felt pretty glad that he was a good enough distract that it was threatened in such a way.

Looking sheepish, Beauty picked up the milkshake and obediently took a sip. "That was...I guess that was a yes, then?" she asked hesitantly."

A.J. nodded, grin growing a bit more. "Yes, that was a yes," he told her. "I take it will stick with original plan, then, of hitting up Fast Eddie's on Friday, add the new plan for the evening, and then see where that leads us on Saturday? or did you just want to pass on the original plan?"

"I'd still like to go out to Fast Eddie's with you, if that's all right? I kind of like the idea of an actual date."

Yes, she was possibly making some assumptions there. But Beauty thought maybe it was time to try an assumption or two out, and see what happened.

So his oh-so-very-subtle-indeed plan of coming in here and just referring to it as a date had worked after all. "Definitely all right," he decided. "I like the idea of it, too." He was just too much of a wuss be particularly direct about it.

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