Luke's Diner; Friday [ 01/09 ].

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

If it looked like Cal was just leaning back and reading behind the counter in between customers...

...well, it was pretty much true. But he was thinking as well! Deep, meaningful, makes-it-hard-to-multitask thoughts.

Really!

Special
Chicken Pita Souvlaki
Avgolemono Soup
Baklava

Luke's is open.

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Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Who would be glad for the chance to make it look like he was actually doing something.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

Claire was a little grumpy when she came in around lunchtime. "Why do I need another gym credit?" she asked Cal, as if he would know the answer. "Dreadlocks guy made us climb a rope."

Greetings were for other people.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Greetings were so overrated. Cal placed his thumb in his book, lowering it as he tilted his head at Claire.

He wasn't entirely sure what to say at first, to be honest, considering that gym class ropes only brought up the sort of warm, fuzzy, indecent memories that he'd only really come to understand in the past two years. No, he wasn't any good at it, but damn, if he didn't enjoy it back in the day.

"How far'd you make it?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"I went up the baby rope, you know, the one that's almost all knots?" Claire said. "So I made it to the top. I just object to the existence of gym class."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Can't blame you there," Cal admitted. "I got mine out of the way as soon as I could."

Which was interesting to think about because, now more than ever, with all the arm and chest work he'd done, he'd probably have not a problem at all with those ropes.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, it's some weird thing where I needed one last credit to meet Cali state university requirements," Claire said dismissively. "Did you take it here?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal nodded. "Yeah; I mean, I was already behind on a lot of stuff, so I wanted to get in some of that stupid stuff out of the way. Unfortunately, a semester of it in junior high and a season as field hockey goalie didn't carry over."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[swipedthatfoot.livejournal.com]

Claire had been asking because she was curious about Dex, but that particular mental image was distracting. "You were a field hockey goalie?" she asked in disbelief. "Did you wear a kilt?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"Hi," Amber said as she sat down at the counter. "Cheeseburger, onion rings, and root beer. Please."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal looked at Amber for a moment, looked at the specials board, and then shook his head. "One cheeseburger, onion rings, and a root beer coming right up." He scribbled it down, passed it back to the kitchen.

"What's up, Amber?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"I didn't want anything on the specials board," she said.

"Nothing. Was just hungry."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

But...the stuff on the specials board was good!

"Do you even know," Cal wondered, "what the stuff on the specials board is?"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

Amber looked up at the board again and shrugged a single shoulder. "I know what a chicken pita is." A beat. "But I don't know that last name you gave it."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Souvlaki," Cal said it outloud and nodded, never reluctant to talk Greek. "Pretty much just means that the meat's all little and chopped up. It's usually on a skewer. I wanted to do it in a pita today."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

"I might try it next time," she told him.

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah came in after her Movie Appreciation class, very hungry and also remembering that Cal said he worked here on Fridays.

"Hey Cal! Ooo, baklava."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Oh, good God, someone who knows the magic of baklava without me even having to tell them!" There might have been a minor bit of gawking in pleasant surprise. "Dinah, you just skyrocketed toward the top of my list of favorite people."

It was, like, law or something that anyone with a strong Greek background had to love anyone who loved Greek food. Law. Either that, or simply all the genes he'd gotten from his grandmother. It was shocking that Cal wasn't already shoving some toward her and encouraging to gorge herself on it, really.

"Please tell me you know saganaki, too!"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah might have turned pink and fidgeted a little more at that, but it's not like the smile could get much wider. "Alfred makes it sometimes. Well, Alfred makes everything once in a while. I love that stuff. Helena and I ate a whole pan between us once." She went crestfallen at the question about saganaki, though. "I know what the souvlaki is, but not saganaki. I'm willing to try it, though!"

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Aw, she'd been doing so well, too! Cal sighed, shaking his head, but it was entirely theatrical, as evidenced by the hand over his broken heart. "Almost, Dinah, almost. You're just lucky that saganaki's so fun to explain; that almost excuses you."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah snickered, and put her chin in her hands, looking wide-eyed and attentive. "Educate me at will! I'm in learning mode, I swear."

Re: Talk to Cal -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Well," Cal said, shifting around to get his saganaki stuff ready, although it was always close at hand on his shifts, "simply put, saganaki is one of the greatest things ever thought of. Because you just try and think of something cooler than flaming cheese. Go on. Try."

Mod your Service -- 01/09.

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Because you can!

Community Bulletin Board -- 01/09.

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Cal didn't know where the fundraiser flyer (http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb3/skylieicons/00lutefiskdinner.jpg) had come from, but he almost felt obligated to tell Amber about it.

OOC -- 01/09.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Nothing is being destroyed in this post, and I assume that's why it's so uninspired.

Re: OOC -- 01/09.

[minnesota-teen.livejournal.com]

*cracks up at flyer!*