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Luke's Diner; Sunday [ 04/05 ]

So, technically, the diner was opened up pretty late, because A.J. was doing stuff at the graduation brunch, but it was his last day. What was Lacey going to do? Fire him? He thought about maybe skipping it all together, but the distraction from having ~~eventually~~ met Annette's parents was ~~ssumingly~~ greatly needed.

Besides, he couldn't leave without putting one last masterpiece up on the specials board. And a fake postcard up on his shiny, pretty postcard board.

Luke's was open!

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Last time to get one of his milkshakes where he'll try to tell you something and have it drowned out by the blender. Aww.

It won't be your last time to mod your service, though.

A.J. has put up a notice about a whole crap ton of junk for sale. He might as well try to make a buck out of it instead of just throwing it all back into the junkyard.

...THIS WAS MORE SADDENING THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE!!
AAAAAND, unfortunately, I'm going to be stolen away by people today, so SP is the magical word. SP is love. So much love. Even dirty love. *eyebrow waggle*

*steals you*

*STEALS YOU!*

What do you know, Annette came breezing in, her parents in tow. Okay, they more or less demanded to talk to this boy she was planning on running all over Europe with, but whatever. She was here, and she was smiling, even though it was a more nervous sort of smile.

"Hi, A.J.," she said when she reached the counter.

Mr. Hargrove gave A.J. a thorough once over. "I hear you plan on traisping all over Europe with my daughter," it was a statement. "What are your intentions, boy?"

"Hello, dear," Mrs. Hargrove smiled pleasantly. "What nice hair you have."

Like she was going to miss being here today. Ino came in, a determined smile on her face. "Hey, A.J."

Well, this was...well, he supposed it shouldn't have been unexpected, but it was. A.J. blinked a bit as Annette came in with his parents and regretted having not brushed his hair.

"Uhhh, thank you, ma'am," he said, blinking again, and then gave a look toward Annette as if to say yeah, thanks for the warning, babe before saying, "You must be Mr. and Mrs. Hargrove. It's, uh, nice to meet you."

A.J. gave her a light smile back. "Heeeeey, Ino," he said. He was glad to see her, definitely, but he couldn't help wondering if she had a whole lecture planned for him about his deciding to go and graduate on her.

Annette kind of did the innocent eye thing. Really, there was no warning she could have given. Her daddy could not be swayed when he got something in his head. Right now it was A.J. and yeah, she was kind of wondering how this was going to go.

She smiled and said lamely, "A.J. makes the best milkshakes."

Mr. Hargrove continued to glare sternly at A.J. "That isn't one of your teen slang terms, isn't it?"

Mrs. Hargrove just continued to smile at A.J., though her eyes swept over him in a studious manner. Was this what a hippi looked like?

"Milkshakes, you say?" she laughed lightly at her daughter. "Surely A.J. has something a tad bit stronger behind the counter, hmm, young man?"

Despite his best efforts not to, A.J. had to give Annette's dad a bit of a confused look. What the hell kind of daughter did he think he had, if he thought she'd just go around and talk euphemisms like that in front of her parents? "Um, no, sir," he said. "Just a milkshake. You know, ice cream and milk and sometimes fruit."

He had to admit that Mrs. Hargrove got a similar look. "Stronger? You mean, like...uh, it's a diner, ma'am. Although the root beer's pretty good, can pack a little punch..."

And then Annette got a look. The kind that told her that he hoped they were joking because her parents were already seeming a little nuts.

Sadly, her parents weren't joking. Annette decided to give over her attention to a napkin and make, well, a paper napkin airplane out of it. She knew good and well that her daddy was going no where until he was satisfied with himself.

Her parents were nuts although her father knew exactly what he was doing. Her mom? Well... bless her heart.

"Try the root beer, mom. You won't be disappointed," Annette said quietly then she shot a look at her dad that clearly said BE NICE!

Annette's looks were usually futile.

"Mrs. Hargrove, you had a gin and tonic not half an hour ago. And as for you, young man, don't get sparky with me."

Not that A.J. wasn't being completely polite. Mr. Hargrove had just made up his mind that the boy was a daughter-stealing hippie.

"Did I? Imagine that," came her snarky, dry reply.

"Do tell us, A.J., just what are you planning to do while you are in Europe? Do you have a plan? Do you have the means and ability to keep our daughter safe? Who else is going with you? surely it is not just the two of you?"

Sparky?

Oh, maaaaan. Annette owed him big time for this.

"Um, well...the original plan had been to go with a bunch of other people," A.J. said, which wasn't a lie, either; it had been, way back when he'd first brought the idea up. "But everything kind of...fell out of place so it just wound up being the two of us, but don't worry. It'll be totally safe and the plan is to hit up all the important parts, you know? London, Scotland, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Athens, Spain...It'll all be good. Enriching. And safe, definitely safe."

"Everybody," she informed him, "has been rather stupid lately. Would you like to know your latest stupidity or shall we skip that?"

"I have a lot of stupidity, Ino," A.J. reminded him with a lopsided grin. "But you'd be pretty hard pressed to make me believe that graduating is one of them, just so you know."

She waved one hand dismissively. "Graduating, whatever," she put her hands on her hips. "I'm not talking about that."

Mr. Hargrove eyed the boy with slight disdain. "And is it your intention to allow my daughter to support the cost of this... adventure?"

"Please, Mr. Hargrove," Mrs. Hargrove snorted. "I'm sure the boy has means, even if he is a hippie."

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