Pizza Planet; Friday Evening [ 01/14 ].

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It was probably a good thing that Ariel had a date tonight. Not just any date, but the date she'd been looking forward to all week because it involved two of her new favorite things: Cheetos pizza and Chuck.

She decided to be proactive and already put in the order for the pizza, and so now all she needed was the Chuck part. She did have a soda to keep her occupied while she waited, having gotten there way too early, but the people who worked there were so great and gave her a crazy straw with all the loops and everything. Even if Chuck totally stood her up and there was no date, the evening would still be a rousing success.


[[ expecting one nerd date on probably SP of doom, but the pizza parlor is open for all your pizza needs! ]]

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Not showing for this would never even have crossed Chuck's mind. Ever, ever) and there was no way he could forget a date he'd been mentally practicing in his head for the best part of a week.

Visiting Ellie yesterday had reassured him a little, and with her advice... He was good. Calmer. Or the nerves were mostly covered with cheerful goof, so maybe she wouldn't even notice. Near enough the status quo.

"Ariel! Hi." Chuck grinned as he made his way to her table. "Here I thought I was running early." That was encouraging, he thought.

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"No, see, I'm so late, I'm actually early," Ariel said with a giggle, even though, no, that didn't really make much sense. But, really, she was usually late for things so that reflected very well on how she was looking forward to this. She bounced a little where she sat and gestured to the seat across from her. "Have a seat! I already put in the order for the pizza, but I didn't know what you'd want to drink, but you can have some of my Sprite if you want."

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No, that made no sense, and Chuck wasn't even going to try and make it, just laugh as he slid into the seat opposite her. "Don't worry, I'm sure someone will be over to get something from before dehydration sets in," he assured her.

"But hey, if I didn't approve of this place already..." It sold pizza, of course he approved. "I think these straws would do it for me." The little things amused him.

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"Ohmygosh!" Yep, it was definitely official. Chuck was quite possibly the coolest person ever, which spoke probably more about Ariel's standards than it did Chuck's actual coolness factor. "I know! Aren't they the greatest? I can't believe I had no idea these things even existed. I don't think I'm ever going to be able to drink from a straight straw again."

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"Why should you when these things exist?" he noted, giving it a little twirl. No, he was not cool. At least not according to most. But things like curly straws, and Happy Meal toys and comics could so easily please him.

"Small enough to carry your own around," he suggested, grinning. "And way more cost effective than the bendy disposable ones."

"Plus colourful and awesome." Of course.

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"That's a great idea!" Ariel beamed. "You could have a straw with you wherever you went. You're so smart, Chuck, and you really do appreciate the same things I appreciate. I...appreciate that."

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"Well, that's... really good," he decided, laughing. "Big of the... being appreciated."

That came out better in his head somehow, and a slight blush creeped onto his face. Annnyway, "I uh, didn't see you for while there. You went home for the holidays?"

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Ariel's head bobbed in her usual nod of agreement. "I did. It was part of the deal with me getting to come back to school here. I can be here, but I have to go home and visit a few times every year. I don't mind at all, though! It's much better than not getting to go back at all, because I start to miss my sisters and Daddy and even Sebastian. I don't know if I've ever told you about Sebastian, he's my music instructor and an advisor of Daddy's and he's such a crab."

Yes, she thought she was being funny. If she was funny, she didn't have to think about the fact that she might actually have to tell Chuck about that whole mermaid thing one of these days.

Not today, though; today was just for fun.

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"Not such a bad deal," Chuck decided. If he had family left he knew where to find outside of Ellie, he'd want to see them. "Awesome as this place is... ninety nine percent of the time... A break away can't be so bad."

"It was kind of disturbingly quiet here anyway." A place like Fandom should not be quiet for that long. "All you missed was the food."

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"That's what everyone else said!" Ariel laughed. "I didn't even miss too much snow, I guess, so that's good! I would have been so sad to have missed something fun, you know?"