Luke's Diner; Thursday [ 09/04 ]

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It was another day at the diner where Cal expected things to be fairly slow and he could get a lot of reading done, alternating between his script for the play (how it had gotten so beaten up and used already was anyone's guess) and a novel. He was interested in both, especially since, if he was understudying he had two parts to learn now, but the look on his face would have a difficult time convincing anyone that he was anything except bored out of his mind.

Today's Specials
Peking Duck
Spring Rolls
Moon Mist Faygo Float

Luke's is open!

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Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

He definitely wouldn't mind the interruption.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[withoutverona]

Romeo had a vague notion Cal worked in the diner Thursdays, and a not-so-vague desire to ask him a few questions.

He took a seat at the counter around lunchtime, pleased to see he'd remembered the schedule correctly. "Good afternoon."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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Cal lifted his chin in greeting, setting the book on the counter, face down with the pages splayed facedown to keep his place and it became a little clearer why all his books ended up looking like they'd gone through hell and back. "Hey; what's up, Romeo?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[withoutverona]

"I was wondering if you normally went on dates with other people's girlfriends," Romeo asked, tone suggesting he very much hoped there was a good story, there. "That's all, Cal."

[OOC: Saw your OOC note after I tagged in, SP is win.]

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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That was a little different from the expected I'll have a tuna on rye with a Coke. Cal frowned, giving Romeo an odd, confused look. "I don't...ever go on dates," he said, slowly, because he thought this was common knowledge, "especially not normally and especially not with other people's girlfriends."

Technically speaking, there was a time when he did sleep with someone else's girlfriend, kind of but that didn't count, because Rex Reese was a complete tool, and it was so much more complicated than that, anyway.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[withoutverona]

Romeo was too self-absorbed to know who or if Cal dated, other than a vague sense he had something with Amber.

"Radio," he explained, relaxing just slightly at Cal's apparent utter confusion, "is of the opinion you took Dojima on a date last night. I thought I should ask you what they may have meant before taking offense." Or punching him out. Whichever.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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Cal stared at Romeo, as if his words weren't processing at first. They were, however; it was simply that they just weren't making sense, and the moment where they came together was evident in his face once they did.

"Oh, Jesus Christ!" he said, throwing up his hands. "What the hell is wrong wi--" He cut himself off with an annoyed grunt, shaking his head. "Trust me. Not a date. So not a date. She tricked me into buying her a drink for some sort of deal, bet thing, that's all."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[withoutverona]

"Their reporters are squirrels," Romeo reminded Cal, with evident relief. If he was lying, he was a far better actor than one would expect. "We ought be surprised when they get things wrong so rarely. That does sound like her; I will take you at your word."

"What sort of bet?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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Cal shook his head. "I can't even remember, but that's how it is half the time with her. One minute, we're talking, the next minute I know, she's telling me I owe her a drink, but she'll never pester me about Point A or Subject B ever again."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[withoutverona]

"That's Yurika," Romeo agreed, sounding rather happily doomed. "I think that when she was learning English, she skipped over the word no. And she's quite good at making me think whatever we're doing was my idea."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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"So, uh...." This felt like a kind of awkward question to ask at this point in the conversation, especially considering how much he kind of flirted with Dojima, but it was all based on the fact that there was never any threat of it becoming more than just a big joke between the two of them, "that girlfriend you were talking about....that's her?"

He knew she had to be dating someone; it just astounded him that he'd never really caught any specifics until now.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[withoutverona]

That ... was not exactly expected, and Romeo drew back. Date or not a date, he would expect his name to at least come up if Yurika made a boy buy her a drink.

He needed to talk to her about this, though, as it could hardly be blamed on Cal.

"Since February," he nodded. "I take it she didn't exactly advertise the fact."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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Amber walked in and said without preamble once she spotted him, "How was your date last night?" She was even smiling, but that expression didn't come close to touching her eyes.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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"It wasn't a date!" Cal threw up his hands, a gesture of defensive futility, because Amber of all people should know better than to think he'd be stupid enough to go on a date with anyone who wasn't her and live to tell the tale.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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She raised a brow. "Awfully defensive, aren't you? I'm right here, there's no need to yell."

Amber twisted her lips, shoved her hands in her pockets. "You met someone at the bar, what, accidentally?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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If he hadn't already gotten crap from Dojima's boyfriend about the whole thing, there might not have been the need for assertion, but, unfortunately, that wasn't the case. "Nooo," Cal said, "Dojima and I had a deal that if I bought her a drink, she'd never bug me about shirtlessness again, and I just wanted to get the drink done and over with. She got her drink, we talked about ducks and rabbits, not a date."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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"Yah, going to a bar, buying someone a drink, is a date," Amber replied, then simply shrugged. "Whatever. So you dated. I shouldn't care in the least. I just thought... you know... you didn't date."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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"Because I don't," Cal insisted, with a little desperation creeping into his insistence, "and I didn't. If anything, it was a...business transaction. One drink, in exchange for getting that blonde harpy off my back. I don't even like her!"

The only reason he even flirted with her was because he knew he didn't stand a snowball's chance in Hell, and there was a lot to be said about that kind of safety. That, and he was male, essentially, and he had eyes, and Dojima occasionally had the time of day.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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"That's riiight! How could I, of all people, think that you did date? 'Cause I should know," she said, her tone low, sharp, and not an ounce less sarcastic.

"Business. How nice for you. And blonde no less," Amber shook her head.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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Cal tried hard not to, but he couldn't help rolling his eyes. "Would you prefer it was a redhead next time? I don't know how much clearer I can make it. It. Wasn't. A date. So you can stop being all jealous at any time now."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"I'm not jealous," she countered, feeling her shoulders slump.

"This is retarded. You don't date, yet you go on some fucking business thing with some blonde, and I'm supposed to get that? This is crazy. Why am I even here? I think, maybe hope, but for what? This is bullshit. It's all just bullshit and will never go anywhere."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 09/04

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"I owed her a drink, Amber," Cal reiterated, although a bit more mildly now. "That's all. It would have been no different if I made a bet with you, lost, and had to buy you a movie ticket, because that's what the deal was. And what were you hoping for? For me to be all, 'Yes, Amber, it was a date, because I've totally got the hots for Dojima and I've completely forgotten everything about myself just for a chance to get into her pants?'"

Mod your Service -- 09/04

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All the cool kids are doing it.

Community Bulletin Board -- 09/04

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OOC -- 09/04

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Urg, I'm a work for a good portion of the day, so chances are that I won't get to pings until evening. ;_;