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Sushi Station; Wednesday Evening [02/17].

So, this was something that was long overdue, but Troy and Alexis were officially finally going on an official date. Officially. And Alexis had chosen Sushi Station, which could be cool, even if Troy hadn't really had a lot of sushi before, and so long as he never really caught on to the fact that a lot of it was just raw fish and seaweed and rice, it should be just fine.

He was feeling kind of nervous about it, honestly, and he wasn't sure if that was just because he was kind of out of practice with dating or just because Alexis really was a legit top-tier hottie that girls back in Riverside couldn't even get close to reaching.

So then they got to their seat and Troy was looking over the options and realizing that he wasn't sure what most of this stuff was, so this was going to be an adventure, but that was fine, he had a good trick for this sort of thing, because it wasn't exactly a rare occasion when he encountered somethihng he was unfamiliar with but didn't want to make it known that he had no clue.

"So," he ventured, "what's your favorite here?"

[[ for the date, please! Or, well, you can totally use it for your own Sushi Station needs as well, if you want. I'm not your boss. ]]

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"Well, I love all kinds of nigiri, but the best kinds they don't have here," Alexis said, because you didn't find gold anything at a place called Sushi Station. "What about you?"

"I....," Troy hesitated, because he knew that what he said next might trap him into something he might not want, but that was a risk he needed to be willing to take, and Alexis probably had good taste, right? She was out on a date with him, so, clearly. She wouldn't lead him astray, right? "...also enjoy...that. But it also might be good to...try new things?"

The whole sushi thing was pretty new for Troy, so with that, he was more thinking of things like this whole going out on dates thing, but he was being, you know, subtle. For once.

"You know, you are absolutely right," Alexis agreed. "What's life without a little adventure?"

"Pretty boring!" said the boy who'd never even left his home state before coming here, with a laugh that totally got exactly where Alexis was coming from, really! "That's what! I'm sure there's definitely something here that will be a...whole new experience."

"People say that a lot around me," Alexis said sagely. "Do you think they'll serve us sake here?"

"We could always ask," Troy offered, as he tried to figure out if he knew what that was or if he was just starting to be a little overloaded with all the new stuff and it was all kind of blurring together. But this was, like, their first official date and everything, so if Alexis wanted sake, he was...going to really hope he could get Alexis sake.

"Oh, of course. I'm not even sure it's illegal if you're under 21, or if I always got away with it before because well..." She was hot. "Besides, that's what fake IDs are for."

Troy now wondered if he would have to make a point later about how he clearly left his fake ID in his other wallet, but that did give him a little more insight into what sake was.

"If they let you have beer at Caritas," he reasoned, "then they pretty much have to let you have sake at Sushi Station, right?"

Because that was totally how it worked.

"Maybe. I hear they card at the Devil's Nest which feels really unfair to me-" A fifteen-year-old. "-so I do t think it's a universal thing. But it should be."

Alexis was actually evidence of why it should not be.

"If they've got doubts," Troy decided with confidence that he really should not have, "I'm sure we can make a convincing argument. I'm pretty good at that."

He really, really was not. Although, maybe, if he could convinced Alexis of that right now, then perhaps he wasn't nearly as bad as you'd think?

Oh, Alexis totally bought it.

"You know, I would love to see that," she admitted.

So that was cool. This was totally going to go well for him...

But since he was in for it now, Troy really had no choice but to clear his throat a little bit, square his shoulders, and try to put on his best mature face as he lifted a hand to call the waiter over. "Excuse me, sir? The lady and I have decided that we'd like to start our meal out with some of the finest sake you have available, if you could be so kind."

Since it was a Wednesday after Valentine's Day and it wasn't like there was anything else for the waiter to do at the moment that deal with...this, he sighed and gave the couple at the table a glance over, one that only barely resulted in a roll of his eyes. "Certainly, sir," he said. "May I see some ID?"

He knew Alexis had mentioned a fake one, but he didn't have a fake one. He should probably get one if he was going to be going on more dates, and just as he was about to cook up an excuse about why he didn't have it on him, he realized something. He was technically from the past! According to his ID, he was old enough to drink! And so, with a triumphant grin on his face and thanking the Lord for time travel, he shifted enough to whip out his wallet, unvelcro it open, and slide out his driver's licence, which proudly had his birthday as 1989.

Of course, there was one detail Troy hadn't thought about.

"Sir," the waiter said, having dealt with this before, because he did work in a multiversal hub, thank you, and he handed the ID back, "this expired more than a decade ago."

Crap! But Troy laughed, a bit awkwardly, though he was going for smooth, as he slid the licence back. "Oh, man," he shook his head, chuckling at his own silly mishap with an indulgent grin toward Alexis, "can you believe that? I must have left my non-expired ID in my other wallet! Luckily, what this wallet does have in it...is...maybe..."

With a quirked, knowing brow, almost a second away from a wink, Troy subtly slipped a five dollar bill out of his wallet to pass over to the waiter.

At which point, the waiter almost just felt a little bad for the kid. "I'll see what we can do," he said, pocketing the five and going to go have an all too familiar discussion with his manager and really wishing he had just taken the position at the mainland location...

Alexis watched the whole exchange with interest, deciding that was pretty smooth for a high school guy. (She had to adjust for these things, see.)

And once the waiter left she was giving Troy a wide-eyed smile. "Nice job, very impressive."

She was also not paying attention to the denomination if the bill.

Which was really pretty nice of her, because, yeah, he did have a job now, but he literally only worked one day a week, soooo...

Not that that was really forefront in Troy's mind right now with that reaction, his shoulders finding a little more room to square, but this time with pride, and he tried to keep the smile on his face smooth and cocky instead of just pleased and proud.

"No big thing," he said coolly. "Easy peasy."

"Sooo do you get to use smooth moves like that a lot?" Alexis wondered, and she actually kind of figured the answer was no, but she was curious.

See, now, if Troy answered yes, would that make him seem like too much of a player? And if he said no, would that make him seem like too much of a nerd? But he supposed the truth, in this case, was maybe not a bad way to go?

He shrugged a little. "Never really have to, actually," he admitted. "I was kind of a big deal back home, everything just sort of...came naturally, I guess."

But he was definitely not at Riverside High anymore...

"What'd you do back home?" Alexis asked, resting her chin on her hands and ready to be totally impressed.

"Football," Troy offered, with a little tug at his letter jacket, only a little thrown off that apparently he hadn't even told Alexis this yet, he pretty much told anyone who gave him half a chance, but, really, that did seem fair, they did mostly just talk about how hot the both of them were. "First string quarterback for the varsity team. As a sophomore."

"That is so cool." She barely knew what that meant. "I've always wanted to date a football player."

True, she figured it'd be more like the NFL and she'd make news for "cursing" the team whenever they lost.

Well, a disgraced former high school varsity staring quarter back who couldn't even really play anymore could be a good first step toward that goal? Either way, there seemed an opportunity in there that Troy felt he probably shouldn't just pass up.

"Yeah?" he grinned. "You know...I just might happen to know a football player who'd think it would be pretty cool to be dating you..."

If that didn't land, he figured he could just throw in someone else's name like he wasn't totally just talking about himself there.

"Is it you?" Alexis guessed.

Of course it was, look at her.

Troy considered going coy with his answer, but...well. Look at her.

"Sexy and smart," he said, with a very complimentary tone and look. "Who wouldn't?"

"Right?" Alexis. "I can't believe it took us this long to get to this point."

They were both too hot for that, in her opinion.

"...good things come to those who wait?" offered Troy, because, seriously, he really had been slacking off on that, but, to be fair, there were also a lot of cute girls at this school and he was mostly keeping his options open until he happened to stumble into a more focused and discerning direction...

But speaking of waiting, it was just about then that the waiter made a reappearance to ask if they were ready to make their order yet.

He was generally hoping they'd have forgotten about the sake by now.

And hey, it wasn't like Alexis hadn't been trying to get with another guy when she decided she was interested.

"Oh, perfect!" she said, actually clapping her hands together. And while she knew they didn't have the really expensive, good stuff here, she just instinctively honed in on the most expensive stuff they had.

And then she turned to Troy and said brightly, "Your turn!"

Don't focus on what she was ordering, Troy. Because price shouldn't matter and you weren't that good at math, anyway.

But for some reason, he was thinking it might be a good idea if he went a little...light, especially considering that the prices were some of the few things on the menu he understood.

"And I'll have...that," he said, because he was so not going to try and pronounce it and wind up butchering the name, and he didn't even know what most of it was anyway, "and maybe...that? Or that. We'll have that."

And if the waiter didn't know what he meant by that, well, then, they'll all have a fun adventure out of figuring it all out, wouldn't they?

"See, it's great to try something new!" Alexis said, figuring that was his method there. "Sometimes when I'm in a new country I just look at the menu and point."

She paused.

"Sometimes I have to send it back and try again."

Yeah, that was pretty much exactly what Troy had done now, so it was good to know that it got the Alexis Seal of Approval, although this was hardly another country.

"I'll have to try that when we go to Japan next week," he mused.

Which would, interestingly enough, involve...more sushi! Probably! So if he thought what he would up with tonight was weird, oh boy, was he in for a treat.

"It's the best way. Also asking a local where they eat. Also not saying yes anytime someone asks if you can hold a bag for them but I think that's just generally good advice."

Had Alexis learned that the hard way? Of course.

That...actually did sound like pretty good advice, because Troy was definitely the type of person who just might hold a bag for a random person.

And then start going through that bag and regretting some things.

So now the look Troy was giving Alexis was speculative and considering, as if seeing her for the wealth of knowledge she was in addition to being a complete and total hottie.

"So you seem pretty well traveled," he noted. "You ever been to where we're going next week before?"

"Not that part of Asia. The closest I've gotten so far is Thailand," Alexis said. "And I can't go back to Thailand but I'm sure the rest of the continent is very welcoming."

There was the briefest of pauses while Troy wondered if he should even ask, but that was chased away by the realization that he couldn't not ask.

"Why can't you go back to Thailand?"

"Turns out they frown upon you escaping from their prisons."

Alexis was a totally normal girl.

Troy was tempted to believe that Alexis was making this all up and messing with him, but one of his friends was a ghost or something, so maybe she actually wasn't.

"First of all," he stated, "that's badass. Second, how did you get in there in the first place?"

"So the other part of the 'don't hold a bag for a stranger' lesson is to check the bag's contents while they're still standing there so you don't accidentally become a drug mule," Alexis explained.

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