Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!
((So sorry it took so long! I kind of went through a dry spell there. Anyway, back on track now!))
It had taken a while for Dave and Kylora to find the ice cream shop, but here they were! And the worst they’d had to do was stop at a gas station for directions and turn around after noticing that they had gone past it. Kylora sighed in relief as the car pulled into a parking space a few spaces over from dead in front of the small ice cream shop. The shop had a big window with nice friendly gold letters going across. It was a locally owned one, not one of those chains, with a big plastic ice cream sundae displayed at the end of the counter in plain view of the window.
The lovely elvish mutant grinned as she got out, shutting her door firmly behind her. Dave was a good enough driver, but it was a bit creepy to have the traffic coming towards her side. “Well, that didn’t take too long,” she said cheerily, “Let’s go inside, shall we?” With that said, the teenage heartbreaker headed towards the ice cream shop’s door, smiling at the small bell that tinkled as it swung open.
A petite teenage girl in a pink t-shirt with an ice cream sundae logo on her left breast pocket looked up then and smiled at the two before saying, “Welcome! Order when you’re ready!” She then went back to sweeping behind the counter. The shop boasted ten flavors of the week along with a sorbet flavor, malt shakes, cream sodas, milk shakes, and quite a few other ice creamy dessert concoctions. The ten flavors were rocky road, mint chocolate chip, double fudge brownie, orange sherbet, strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, chocolate chip cookie dough, cookies-n-cream, and peanut butter fudge swirl.
Kylora looked at all the flavors with relish, trying hard to keep from pressing her face to the glass overhang that separated the customers from the yummy ice cream. “So many to choose from…,” she said as she tucked her hands behind her back, “SoOoOo, which one do ya wanna sample first, handsome?” Her manner was teasing once more as she turned to look at him. Focusing on him helped to make her resolve to keep from pressing against the glass firmer. However, she suspected that her resolve would weaken soon if she didn’t figure out which flavor ice cream she wanted this time! Perhaps she’d see how she’d fair with two scoops of ice cream…That was a definite possibility!
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ooc: sorry if i took a while with this one, i know you did and all but i was away for a few days and have been net deprived.
he hated driving places that he did not know, Dave was not keen on having to be directed but this time it was not too bad. Although they took the odd wrong turning kylora had not gotten annoyed over it and started complaining about his driving like most people did when giving directions, no, this had been a pleasant experience for him and the water mutant hoped it had been much the same for her.
pulling in and stopping the engine he glanced over the shop, never having seen one before Dave was not entirely sure what he had expected. “Well, that didn’t take too long, Let’s go inside, shall we?” getting out and slamming his door firmly the blue haired mutant followed her quickly to the shop, carefully closing the door after him whilst he surveyed the menu, smiling in aknowledgement to the girl behind the counter
“So many to choose from…, SoOoOo, which one do ya wanna sample first, handsome?” his eyes still passed over the choices... it might as well be greek to him, the mutants experiences with ice cream had not really extended past a cornet at the beach of a summer. Her tone was clearly joking, as he perused the choices avaliable Dave considered wether he should reply in a cheeky manner.
it was too hard to resist, a smile threatened to creep over his face but the water mutant managed to hold it off "well, i'm not sure..." he forced back the humor well "there is quite a lot there... but i'll have to be quick as its going to melt soon in your presence" it was too hard for him to resist. something cheeky had to come out and it did so with his usual grin and mischevious glint as he met her gaze.
"that one sounds interesting" he glanced away from her quickly and pointed to the menu board... he actually had no idea what he had just pointed to, but it was ice cream... how bad could it be? "well, to start with anyway, i mean as i'm not used to all this i'm going to have to catch up to you lot that are"
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It puzzled the elfish mutant as to what may be taking Dave so long to decide on which flavor he wanted. Then she remembered how he had mentioned not really having a real favorite ice cream. Her perspective changed then, causing Kylora to smile as she watched him look over the menu before he replied to her earlier comments.
"Well, I'm not sure...There is quite a lot there... But I'll have to be quick as its going to melt soon in your presence"
A blush colored her cheeks as a smile formed across her lovely lips. The girl behind the counter actually snickered at the whole thing, going so far as excusing herself before going into the back to compose herself. She came back a few minutes later with a cheerful smile as she busied herself with other things, fully prepared to take their order whenever they were ready.
Kylora was amused at how Dave expected to get an idea of what he wanted just from the menu. It was then that he made another comment that made her realize that she’d have to show him how it was done! "That one sounds interesting. Well, to start with anyway, I mean as I'm not used to all this I'm going to have to catch up to you lot that are." It was worse than what she thought! I mean, strawberry was good and all, but he had just randomly pointed! Gotta step up, Chambers.
“Okay, now I really know that you’re new to this,” she said with a grin as she took his hand and pulled him up to the glass covering the ice cream selections with her, “When you’re a first-timer, you wanna look at the ice creams first. They usually have cards that tell you which is which, see? Most places will allow you to try a few or all of the flavors before you make your final selection. Some of the names are straightforward, like mint chocolate chip, and some are a bit confusing. Ya just mostly have to brave it all your first time.”
It was about this time that the elvish beauty realized that she was still holding his hand. She looked up with him for a moment and blushed slightly in embarrassment before she dropped his hand. “Why don’t we try the flavor that you picked out, unknowingly, I might add, first?” She then turned to the girl behind the counter and asked to try the strawberry flavor of ice cream. The girl quickly took two sample spoons and got them both a strawberry ice cream sampling before handing it to each of them. Kylora took the spoon, after thanking her, and proceeded to taste the ice cream. Strawberry wasn’t really her favorite ice cream flavor though. It tasted better as a sorbet or in a smoothie, but they had to start somewhere! The girl was determined to help expose Dave to as many ice cream flavors as the shop had readily available; even if they had to come back again next week…Maybe on another date? Who knew? This one was going well so far, but one never knew…
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she looked slightly shocked at his pointing, taking a glance down to where his finger was directed he could see that he'd managed to miss all the more complicated flavours “Okay, now I really know that you’re new to this,” it was that bad was it... he chuckled turning his attention back to her as if expecting some advice, only a little shocked at being grabbed and dragged.
It was the first time that they had made proper contact, he could not help but to skip a breath as she pulled him but it was not noticeable. “When you’re a first-timer, you wanna look at the ice creams first. They usually have cards that tell you which is which, see? Most places will allow you to try a few or all of the flavors before you make your final selection. Some of the names are straightforward, like mint chocolate chip, and some are a bit confusing. Ya just mostly have to brave it all your first time.”
Dave nodded, his attention still on her the water mutant noticed her blush and release his hand, though slightly dissapointed there was a chance that it might happen again Why don’t we try the flavor that you picked out, unknowingly, I might add, first?” nodding in agreement he made a few glances over the ice creams, his hand straying to the counter... it felt cold to the touch, throwing one of Dave's weaknesses back into his mind.
The first time that he had met Bobby Drake the water mutant had begun to freeze just by standing near him, it was a problem with cold situations for he was technically made of water and it did not take much to turn him into a block of ice. still... eating ice cream couldnt do much damage to him so long as he paced himself.
Thanking the girl with a cheery smile he took the plunge, the cool desert not being allowed much time in his mouth to cause any problems. Even thought he could feel it chilling the inside of his throat it still came as a relief to Dave, it had been warm today and the cooling feeling that the ice cream gave was welcomed right now
"Not bad" he nodded to Kylora with a bright smile, his sea blue eyes flitting towards hers "though i'm going to have to pace myself... beter not become overwhelmed" he paused to glance back at the others avaliable "wouldnt want to freeze myself, you'd have to defrost me if that happened" the way he said it was as of such that anyone who did not know him or his powers would see it as a joke, and even though it was technically meant in a humourous way there were elements of truth there for her to pick up on. it was not that he did not want to carry on, if that were the cae then he would not have spoken in the way he did with a laugh, no he was content now and this 'date' seemed to be going well
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Kylora was feeling satisfied as she watched Dave partake of his strawberry ice cream sample. She couldn't help but feel glad to actually introduce someone to the wonderfulness that is ice cream. It was then that she remembered her first taste of ice cream. She had been two and her father had offered her to taste some vanilla ice cream once her mother's back was turned. Her mother really didn't mind, but it was almost Kylora's bed time and she didn't want her up all nice. It turned out that three bites gave her a bit of a sugar rush, causing her to stay up about two hours longer. It wasn't until she was five that she was actually brought to an ice cream parlor almost like the one she was standing in now. Her parents had allowed her to try every flavor available. She chose bubblegum ice cream. Though she wasn't able to blow bubbles with the gum, she did enjoy the chewy flavors of bubblegum that had been mixed into the ice cream.
"Not bad. Though I'm going to have to pace myself... better not become overwhelmed," he said, his grin and mischevous sea blue eyes making her melt, "Wouldn't want to freeze myself, you'd have to defrost me if that happened" The possibilities of a situation like that intrigued the young earth mutant. Half of her wanted to see how that would happen and what she'd have to do to defrost him. Certainly a kiss wouldn't do it, not having anything to do with thawing someone out. However, that probably wouldn't have stopped her from trying it out first! Just thinking of that made a slight blush creep across her face once again, causing her to chastise herself, mentally.
"That..Well, that would be an interesting situation indeed," she said, a bit unsurely, her emerald orbs twinkling with a hint of teasing or maybe even outragous flirtation, "Just for future reference...What would one have to do if there was a need to defrost you?"
The lovely teen couldn't help it. She really couldn't restrain herself from such an outragous display of flirtation. She blamed it on her hormones which were implanting such naughty possibilities in her head at that very moment. The animal-loving Southerner was sucessful in suppressing only a few of these thoughts. However it was then that the ice cream girl provided the two with another sample, distracting Kylora at least for a bit. This one was actually mint chocolate chip, her favorite. The elfish sweetie relished this sample, knowing full well that she would have to get it now that she'd had a taste!
"Ahhhh...Mint chocolate chip," she said with a smile at the hydrokinetic hottie, "Cool and chocolately. My absolute favorite."
For the next few minutes, the ice cream girl steadily provided the two of them with sample after sample. Each one was unique and yummy in it's own way. Kylora even found one she didn't think she'd like, only to find it quite delightful. However, none would replace her beloved mint chocolate chip favorite.
"So, now that you've tried a few, do ya know which one ya wanna get, cutie?" she asked, hardly able to resist the subtle flirt.
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Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!"That..Well, that would be an interesting situation indeed, Just for future reference...What would one have to do if there was a need to defrost you?" he thought hard for a moment, there were several ways of thawing him out, mostly involving heat pads or ovens. But something told him that she was not exactly asking him seriously about this, the glint in her eyes was much the same as his own when he was playing around or flirting. “well, it tends to require heat…” he joked “so if it coem to that I’ll let you decide on a heat source” his eyes flited in her direction with a cheeky glint clearly visible like hers as she had asked.
As the girl came back into earshot he stopped speaking, not really wanting to let on that they were not human… that would probably involve police and Dave was not in the mood for being chased again. Politely he thanked the girl as another sample was handed over and he could not help but think that this could not be a cost effective way of running a business giving away all the free samples. Not that he was complaining
"Ahhhh...Mint chocolate chip, Cool and chocolately. My absolute favorite." Hmmm, he’d have to make a note of that the water mutant thought as he watched her delight at the ice cream sample. Lifting the spoon to his mouth he could feel the ice-cold desert before it even passed his lips, as it touched the inside of his mouth he could feel his temperature drop, not to problematic levels though.
“not bad” he nodded in appreciation of the taste with a half smile that he was fond of using, though there was a fair chance that he was not getting the full flavour due to the temperature of ice cream. He thought about questioning the beauty about herself but they were being plied with samples a bit too much for him to really get any conversation in right now… he would have to wait until they had made a choice and were settled, though part of the deal had been that he would answer HER questions.
"So, now that you've tried a few, do ya know which one ya wanna get, cutie?" her question was met with a quick blush, first time anyone had said something like that to Dave and it was obvious that kylora was being really flirtatious now, though so had he for his part, he would have given her a reply but after several samples of frozen deserts his insides, if not frozen yet would soon be so. At the moment he had resigned himself to the fact that he would only be able to nod in acknowledgement for a minute or two until his tongue regained some feeling.
Sometimes it was a bit of a bind having a body so sensitive to the extremes of temperature, in the very cold he could freeze and in the very hot he would ‘evaporate’ or at the very least be letting off steam until he cooled down. It was hopeless to go out anywhere in these conditions for a long time as anyone with eyes would be able to tell that there was not something entirely right about him, as if his hair and eyes were not a good enough giveaway.
But it would be ruse of him to not say anything and Dave was not inclined to upset the attractive young lady, she seemed really nice personality wise as well. So to show that he was not ignoring her question the hydrokinetic looked thoughtfully at the menu for what seemed like forever, glancing over the flavours listed and trying to remember what the hell they had tasted like… all the while moving his tongue around inside his mouth, regaining feeling.
“If anything I think that’s made things much harder” he said after his pause, glad that his voice had come out normal and cheeky instead of really slurred as it usually did after his mouth had dropped below a certain temperature. “How’s about I cross the threshold of trust and let you do the choosing as you are the expert at these things… and next time I’ll choose, how does that sound?” he said with a bright smile, his eyes searching out hers. There… He’d gone and done it, ‘next time’… the offer of a second meeting between the pair was out there now, no matter how innocent a comment it had been, and even if he had wanted to retract it he could not, instead his eyes looked for any telltale signs of a reaction if there was one.
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The girl behind the ice cream counter kept eyeing Dave with a kind of hungry look in her eye, making Kylora a bit nervous, if not a little jealous. It didn’t seem odd to the elfin beauty that they were given a sample of everything. However, Dave seemed to keep getting the bigger sample. And now the girl was writing something down! ‘Well, maybe she just needed to make a grocery list or something,’ thought the lovely mutant as she waited for the hydrokinetic’s answer as to which ice cream flavor he preferred to have.
He seemed to be taking a bit longer than she would have thought. Then again, maybe he had been serious when he’d said something about cold temperatures sometimes freezing him. She would definitely have to ask him about that once they sat down to enjoy their ice cream. Come to think of it, she didn’t really know much about this guy other than the fact that he was incredibly cute. The blue hair just made it easier to pick him out in a crowd. And people could actually think that he dyed it that color what with this being the North and not the South. Compared to some of the things she’s seen people do to themselves, blue hair was relatively normal! And did she see him blush earlier when she had called him ‘cutie’? That just made him that more sweet. “If anything I think that’s made things much harder. How’s about I cross the threshold of trust and let you do the choosing as you are the expert at these things… and next time I’ll choose, how does that sound?”
Did she hear a ‘next time’? Whoa, whoa, whoa! She must have imagined that last part…Buut, then again, she couldn’t have, could she? Better confirm it! “Well, if you’re really gonna trust me, I better make sure I order something spectacular,” she said with a grin before she turned back to the girl behind the counter, just catching her giving Dave an appraising look and making her jump when she actually started speaking, “I think I’ll haaaaave one scoop of mint chocolate chip in a waffle cone cup and a Hot Fudge Brownie Sundae Special, please?” The girl said, “Coming right up!,” before shuffling off to get to work on their order.
“I figure you could use the best of both worlds,” Kylora said with a grin, “Hot fudge brownie topped with ice cream. I’m actually tempted to steal a bite!” It was about this time that the ice cream girl came back and gave them their orders with a smile for both and a wink at Dave. “That’ll be $6.50,” said the ice cream girl…
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The reaction was not too bad in his eyes, she seemed a little surprised though but at least it was not out and out horror at the thought. “Well, if you’re really gonna trust me, I better make sure I order something spectacular,” he smiled at her wondering what something spectacular might actually be and weather or not it would actually be edible, though she was not likely to order something disgusting.
“I think I’ll haaaaave one scoop of mint chocolate chip in a waffle cone cup and a Hot Fudge Brownie Sundae Special, please?” he leaned his side on the counter, Not only did that sound really strange it also sounded quite foreign to the water mutant, not being one for ice creams or deserts. The girl from the shop however did seem to know what it was as she shuffled off to sort out the order, it had not gone unnoticed to Dave that she had been paying a him a bit too much attention.
Though her attention was quite flattering in a way it was rather unwanted so ignoring it seemed the best course of action, he was however interested in what she was writing down earlier and had tried to take a peek without much success. “I figure you could use the best of both worlds,” Dave was leaning across the counter glancing at the different foodstuffs behind, most likely things to go on top of the ice cream, most he’d ever had was a few sprinkles before, but as kylora spoke to him he turned her way with one eyebrow raised and a confused expression on his face.
“Best of both worlds” he repeated with an inquisitive tone, both worlds of what… he knew what fudge was and had an idea of what a brownie was but he could be wrong, it might be different when ice cream was thrown into the mix, it could be another flavour. “Hot fudge brownie topped with ice cream. I’m actually tempted to steal a bite!” did he hear that one correctly.. hot fudge brownie… and ice cream???? Surely that would melt in a few seconds his face displayed the confusion within for a moment or two before he decided that it was probably best just to throw logic out of the window on this one.
“That’ll be $6.50,”“thank you” he nodded to the girl as he stood up from the counter and dived into his back pocket for his wallet, pulling the brown leather wallet from the depths of his jeans and flicking it open. There were still a few English notes in the front as he made a point of keeping some of his home currency just in case of emergency. “Here you go” the blue haired mutant pulled a ten from the back zip of the wallet and handed it to the girl over the counter, waiting for a second to take his change "only one scoop eh... i wouldnt think you needed to watch your weight" he joked with a glint in his eye
Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!"Only one scoop eh... I wouldnt think you needed to watch your weight"
A small laugh bubbled up from her lovely throat as the young mutant heard this. "Oh really? Well, thanks for the compliment," she said a bit teasingly, "However, the last time I had two scoops, I was in bed for the rest of the afternoon.They make one scoop big enough, thank you."
It was then that the girl behind the counter gave Dave his change and his receipt and said a quick 'thank you' before stepping into the back. The piece of paper she had been writing on earlier was stapled to the receipt. The piece of paper actually had her phone number and a witty comment 'Call me if wonder girl doesn't do it for ya!'. Kylora picked up both their sweet treats and the plastic spoons provided and made her way to a booth close to the window, unaware of the note at the moment.
"So, ya really wanna go on date two with me, huh?", she asked as she settled herself in, "I guess I haven't been too bad then for ya to want to see me again." Part of her couldn't believe her luck at getting asked about a second date in the middle of the first. She wasn't delusional. This guy could probably have any girl he wanted and here he was, flirting away with her.
It was then that she dug into her own mint chocolate chip ice cream. It was like an explosion of yummy mint with a slight crunch of chocolate chips. Usually she got the waffle cone, but she had wanted to actually talk with Dave a bit without having to worry too much of the ice cream dribbling down her hand.
"So, I um, figure that it is only fair that I allow you to ask a few questions while I try to pick your brain about the differences between this reality and my own," she stated after a few more bites of her ice cream, "I have actually been doing a bit of research on the internet. Liiike, I know the Beatles broke up a lot longer time ago in this reality than in my own aaand that the X-Men in this reality don't really work with the government and all that rubbish. But what I really want to know is what the mutant-human relations history is here. To tell ya the truth, this is the first time I've set foot off campus since arriving here and I'd actually appreciate a little background history on that little subject. Well, that and to know a little bit about yourself, as well"
The elfin beauty had said the last part with a wink and a smile. There had been a bit more tolerance for mutants in Kylora's reality, it was true, but really the tentative relationship that the X-Men had with the government wasn't exactly all sunshiney. There had been a lot of mistrust and some tension as well, but they had reached this arrangement to keep the U.S. from going through a second Civil War.
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Dave smiled at her as she laughed, she had quite a nice laugh "Oh really? Well, thanks for the compliment, However, the last time I had two scoops, I was in bed for the rest of the afternoon. They make one scoop big enough, thank you."“For the rest of the afternoon” he said with a mischievous glint in his eye and a cheeky smile, she left herself open for that one.
With a smile for the girl behind the counter again the water mutant received his change and receipt, not looking at it yet instead following kylora towards the table and seating himself opposite her “So, ya really wanna go on date two with me, huh?" he glanced up, his mouth full of plastic spoon and ice cream, the cold desert chilling the insides of his mouth once more to the point where he was unable to formulate a reply in time before she began to continue ”I guess I haven't been too bad then for ya to want to see me again."
Again he gave her a bright smile, his face reddening a little as he did so but it disappeared as he watched her start her ice cream, she seemed to be enjoying herself, that was a good start to any date surely. "So, I um, figure that it is only fair that I allow you to ask a few questions while I try to pick your brain about the differences between this reality and my own,"
“Fire away” he spoke quickly between mouthfuls, finding himself quite enjoying the desert in front of him to an extent that could be rather detrimental to the water mutant if he wolfed it down as quickly as he desired to at this moment, still he was sensible enough to pace himself. , "I have actually been doing a bit of research on the internet. Liiike, I know the Beatles broke up a lot longer time ago in this reality than in my own aaand that the X-Men in this reality don't really work with the government and all that rubbish. But what I really want to know is what the mutant-human relations history is here. To tell ya the truth, this is the first time I've set foot off campus since arriving here and I'd actually appreciate a little background history on that little subject. Well, that and to know a little bit about yourself, as well" “well” he started, taking a deep breath “I’m not too sure about the beatles splitting up, but as far as the mutant human history is concerned I do have a little experience there” his voice a knowing tone Dave paused to taste another spoonful, the ice cream had started to warm now and melt nicely. “humans don’t tend to tolerate us much, when I first discovered I was a mutant I had to hide it from my whole family and the only person I could trust was my best friend. But unfortunately I had an accident at school and was dragged off by the police. I managed to get out of it and ran to America, but the reception I got was not that polite, I was dragged off to a government lab and had to escape with the assistance of one of Xaviers relatives”
he stopped again, not really wanting to remind himself too much of that incident, things were better now “and soon after being here my cousin Catherine was kidnapped along with a few others by a government agency, one of them died in their escape… so things are not too rosy on the human mutant relations front in this world, actually, I don’t think that the ice cream girl would be looking over here so much if she knew what we were” he added the last part after glancing at the receipt to see how much the individual ice creams cost and noticing the number on the paper.
“sooo, what about you then… I know the deal was for me to answer your questions, but I know very little of yourself” he stated glancing over at her the other side of the table whist floding the reciept carefully up and shoving it into his pocket... not entirely impressed at the note or the number, he wouldnt mention it.
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The bright young woman knew that some people's stories of their powers surfacing weren't quite peachy-keen. Herself, for example, having had plenty of experience with that. The few that she had gotten from people had either been down-right horrible or maybe a little nice. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that power-appearance stories could be a potentially sore subject. So, Kylora was glad to not have had to ask the handsome man in front of her that particular question. However, he had asked her about herself. Should she go into her power-appearance story or just offer a sort of happier bunch of details? 'Happier, definitely and maybe ease into the bad..,' she thought as she looked into those bright blue eyes of his.
"Well, I grew up in a small town called Riley, South Carolina," she said with a grin as she let the semi-shock of hearing that she was really from the South even though her accent screamed something else settle in, "My Dad is-I mean- was a pyrokinetic and you know that my Mum is a hydrokinetic. I grew up on these stories about Selkie, my Mum, and Brushfire, my Dad, who fought awesome battles on a team called X-Strike against the Hellions of the Hellfire Club. I didn't know that my parents were really tellin' their own story an' not really makin' it up for my amusement..At least, I didn't know that until my 13th birthday when the real Hellions showed up right after I had blown out the candles..I remember my Dad saying, "Make a wish, honey," before all the chaos...He..He died buying us more time to get away.."
The elfin beauty didn't even notice the tear that trickled down her cheek at the memory of her father holding the Hellions off that unlucky day. It had been a long time since she had talked about that day with anyone. This really was her first time telling to someone rather than discussing it with her mother. Thankfully her parents had had enough foresight to think of the possibility of the Hellions finding them and had hid a car with supplies and such in the trunk about a couple blocks away in the back of the auto shop that her father owned. This had enabled them to get away with just enough time to put some distance between them and the Hellions that pursued them.
"So, um, what exactly is the government's standpoint on all this?," she asked after having composed herself enough with barely a break in her lovely voice, "I know now that they had the audacity to experiment on you, but surely there must be some faction or what not that is looking out for our well-being in the government?"
She was looking into his eyes a lot Dave noticed, neglecting to realise that he was doing also or he would not have noticed her. "Well, I grew up in a small town called Riley, South Carolina," he didn’t know much about American states, or towns but it did come as a bit of a shock to the water mutant that the guy who was dating his cousin was named after a town, he had always thought riley was a rather original name.
"My Dad is-I mean- was a pyrokinetic and you know that my Mum is a hydrokinetic.” Was… that’s not sounding good for a start, you never use the word was unless they are either dead or have disowned you. “I grew up on these stories about Selkie, my Mum, and Brushfire, my Dad, who fought awesome battles on a team called X-Strike against the Hellions of the Hellfire Club. I didn't know that my parents were really tellin' their own story an' not really makin' it up for my amusement..At least, I didn't know that until my 13th birthday when the real Hellions showed up right after I had blown out the candles..I remember my Dad saying, "Make a wish, honey," before all the chaos...He..He died buying us more time to get away.."
so he had guessed right then, her father was dead but it was not something that Dave was unfamiliar with as his own had passed away when he was younger. As the tear rolled down her pretty face his manner changed, he could sympathise with her and out of respect his normal mischievous manner was suppressed for the time being. "So, um, what exactly is the government's standpoint on all this? I know now that they had the audacity to experiment on you, but surely there must be some faction or what not that is looking out for our well-being in the government?"
“Well as far as I know the government does know about mutants, but they like to keep things quiet… there are rumours about government facilities where they experimented on mutants, so they aren’t entirely friendly towards us I guess” he paused thinking of what Catherine must have been through when she was captured, it must have been much like what had happened to himself before he escaped.
Time to mention his own family perhaps… taking a spoonful of his now mostly melted ice cream he pondered the thought for a second or two “my dad died when I was younger as well…” he came out with it, it was an emotional subject for the blue haired mutant and his voice did seem to hint towards that even though he managed to keep it from breaking “he died of cancer, my mother remarried not long afterwards but I don’t like him much and he hates mutants with a passion.” There was another pause to continue eating
“Neither of my parents are mutants, it’s just me in the immediate family, though my cousin Catherine is one too. Mum’s ok with it, Dad never knew though which is a shame as I think he would have been proud… he’s strange like that” his voice trailed off as he realised that unlike Kylora he had spoken about his dad as if here were still around.
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It took Kylora a minute or two to realize that she was crying before she wiped the tears from the corners of her emerald orbs. Dave was the first person she had ever told about what had happened to her father. Really, that was only the beginning of what the Hellions had taken from her. They had taken away her home and instilled fear in her ever since that day. No more though. She wasn’t going to be caught off guard again. She’d only run if she had to; to live to fight another day.
“Well as far as I know the government does know about mutants, but they like to keep things quiet… there are rumours about government facilities where they experimented on mutants, so they aren’t entirely friendly towards us I guess”
Well, that sucks. The elfin beauty was hoping that the government would actually be part of the solution to the bigotry of humans against mutants; not part of it. "Note to self," she said jokingly, "run if ever see hostile government agents. No one is gonna experiment on me." She didn’t like the idea of having ran so long only to be caught by the government and experimented on. Not gonna happen; no way, no how. “My dad died when I was younger as well…He died of cancer, my mother remarried not long afterwards but I don’t like him much and he hates mutants with a passion.”
That..That was horrible. However, her mouth was full of ice cream and she couldn’t actually say anything without grossing him out. Besides, she was getting a brain freeze and that actually took a few minutes to get over. By the time she had finally gotten over the ice cream headache, he was talking again.
“Neither of my parents are mutants, it’s just me in the immediate family, though my cousin Catherine is one too. Mum’s ok with it, Dad never knew though which is a shame as I think he would have been proud… he’s strange like that”
Kylora hadn’t actually realized he had talked about his father as though he was still there. Even if she had caught that, she would have that to be normal since she did that too sometimes. Then she’d remember and it would sadden her. Better that she hadn’t caught it, then. She didn’t want him to be sadder than he already was.
“I can’t imagine having a parent that would hate me because of what I couldn’t control,” she said in a voice that was edged with barely contained anger, “That’s one thing the bigots don’t realize. We didn’t choose to have powers. We just were born with them. Can’t do much about that either. Just gotta learn to control them and hope that someone doesn’t try to kill us because of them.”
Another thing that Kylora didn’t realize she was doing was the fact that she kept looking into Dave’s sapphire eyes a lot. She couldn’t help it though. It was like she was drawn to him. The young mutant couldn’t have stopped gazing into his eyes as much as she did even if she had wanted to. It was magnetic and every time she looked away, she wanted to look back.
“What was your dad like?,” she asked, genuinely wishing to hear about what Dave remembered about his father, “I mean, if ya don’t mind me askin’, that is. Mine was a mechanic. He used to bring home stuff like carborators and transmissions and show me how they worked. Mum would get mad at him whenever he left some part on the kitchen table when it was about time to eat.” It felt like so long ago that she had climbed into her own father’s lap or even sat down beside a car he’d been working on to hand him tools while they talked. She had a lot of good memories once she got past her thirteenth birthday.
Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!“I can’t imagine having a parent that would hate me because of what I couldn’t control, That’s one thing the bigots don’t realize. We didn’t choose to have powers. We just were born with them. Can’t do much about that either. Just gotta learn to control them and hope that someone doesn’t try to kill us because of them.” Her words were all too true and Dave knew it, what was coming out of her mouth was usually coming out of his own and generally directed at his stepfather. How could the guy have done that to him, call the police on someone he was supposed to be caring for… though they never really did get on, Dave was too much like his dad and the men couldn’t stand looking at him sometime let alone being nice to him.
“What was your dad like?,” the hydrokinetic's eyes were looking down at his ice cream bowl and he hadn’t even realised it, quickly he raised them again in time to catch her staring into them again. That was something Dave liked about himself quite a bit… even looking in the mirror himself of a morning it was so easy to lose yourself looking at them.
He was about to reply to her though only had time for a smile of acknowledgement “I mean, if ya don’t mind me askin’, that is. Mine was a mechanic. He used to bring home stuff like carborators and transmissions and show me how they worked. Mum would get mad at him whenever he left some part on the kitchen table when it was about time to eat.” The smile grew, he could imagine that happening himself… it seemed that everyone did something that made their partner mad at some stage in a relationship and his dad was no different.
“mine was much the same… only motorbikes for him, mum said after he died that he must have had at least six bikes in pieces around the garage. She very rarely let it in the house though and was constantly scolding him if he dared to bring something over the doorstep without prior permission.” There was a brief pause to continue munching carefully, each spoonful calculated so as not to freeze his mouth solid “we were so alike dad and me, whenever he had spare time we would always do something together… obviously mum was involved as well but she kept to the sidelines mostly”
There was another brief pause, that was the happier part “though I guess nearer the last few years that was largely to do with him knowing that we didn’t have much time together, but truth be told he’s probably looking out for me somewhere.” He smiled, it was nice to think about his dad this way rather than how he was just before he died… that was something that he had promised to forget.
“actually” he added with a slight laugh “he’d probably be rather mad, he always liked my hair being the same colour as his” he flicked his eyes upward as he spoke as if trying to point at his hair with them, his hands fiddling with the spoon “as you may guess I didn’t always look like this, my hair used to be brown… I’d like to say that I inherited my eyes from Dad as well but they are my own too, used to be brown as well” he grinned, fixing the sapphire eyes on hers for a moment, you could easily lose yourself in those too he thought “my best guess is that they changed in order that I could increase my chances of ensnaring beautiful ladies and take them for ice cream” he winked mischievously to her as he finished speaking.
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It was a shame that an experience had to end. And it looked like her wonderful ice cream experience was just about over. Kylora looked down at her bowl of ice cream and was surprised to find that there wasn't much left; just a bite or two! 'Best make the best of it, girlie,' she thought as she took a small spoonful of her mint chocolate chip ice cream so as to make the last few bites last longer.
“Mine was much the same… Only motorbikes for him, mum said after he died that he must have had at least six bikes in pieces around the garage. She very rarely let it in the house though and was constantly scolding him if he dared to bring something over the doorstep without prior permission.”
A small laugh threatened to disrupt her savoring of her small spoonful. The lovely brunette quickly choked down her ice cream and coughed into a napkin a minute before she was able to breathe normally. Then came the brain freeze. It was just a little one, but enough to make her grimace a bit. It was around the time that Kylora had turned seven that her mother had started scolding dear old dad for bringing in so many parts. He had compromised by clearing out a space in the garage to take a few things home from work and tinker with. It was a small price to pay for spending a bit more time with his family, but Kylora had always liked to watch him tinker with this or that and was a good pupil too. She didn't know as much as she would have had the whole bit with the Hellions not happened, but she knew enough to identify a problem with most cars.
"We were so alike dad and me, whenever he had spare time we would always do something together… Obviously mum was involved as well but she kept to the sidelines mostly. Though I guess nearer the last few years that was largely to do with him knowing that we didn’t have much time together, but truth be told he’s probably looking out for me somewhere."
"I think we all like to think that about those loved ones that have passed away," the pretty elfin mutant said as she bravely dipped her spoon in for another small spoonful, "It usually brings me comfort as well as I'm sure it brings you. Especially when ya dream about 'em."
“Actually, he’d probably be rather mad; he always liked my hair being the same colour as his.” A small grin appeared on Kylora's face as she heard his laugh and she quickly swallowed the ice cream. "As you may guess I didn’t always look like this, my hair used to be brown… I’d like to say that I inherited my eyes from Dad as well but they are my own too, used to be brown as well." Wonders never ceased. Some mutants did turn out to develop different colored eyes or hair once their power(s) manifested itself. It was still being studied as to why this happened, but sometimes, it just did. It was then that his striking sapphire eyes met with her own similarily striking emerald orbs. She was beginning to go weak in the knees whenever their eyes met. One would think she was actually starting to develop an actual crush on him.
“My best guess is that they changed in order that I could increase my chances of ensnaring beautiful ladies and take them for ice cream”
A bright blush blazed across her cheeks, much to Kylora's dismay at his comment and his sly wink. She should be used to this by now, but really, it was like she was a young school girl out on her first date with none other than her first crush. It was really getting to be quite annoying. However, that annoyance flew past her as she took her last spoonful of ice cream and looked at it thoughtfully before she looked once more into his mischievous blues.
"Lucky me," she said with a coy grin, "I saw ya before the real beauties could. Otherwise it might be some other lovely lady sittin' here with you, introducing you to the goodness that is ice cream." With that said, she stuck her last bite of ice cream into her mouth, savoring it for a full ten seconds before it went down the ole gullet.
A last longing look at her ice cream bowl told her that there was only melted ice cream left. That was no fun to have. So, she deposited her spoon into the bowl and pushed it over to the side, out of the way.
"I must say though that a girl could easily get lost in those too-good-to-be-true sky blue eyes of your's," she said with all the intentions of making him blush at least a little, "Nooooot that I've noticed or anything." The emerald eyed sweetheart looked up at the ceiling innocently then, fighting hard to keep from grinning even a little.
"Nor did I notice that hot body of your's," she then started to blush, knowing that maaaybe she had said too much, "But seeing as I have another date with you to look forward to, I guess I'm the lucky one." It was then that she allowed herself to look at him again, unable to contain the grin she'd been fighting for so long. Outrageous flirtation could definitely be fun. Yeeees, it could.
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"Lucky me," the grin was rather confusing, was it just a joke or was she just grinning to pretend it was a joke. "I saw ya before the real beauties could. Otherwise it might be some other lovely lady sittin' here with you, introducing you to the goodness that is ice cream." Dave did not show his confusion for a minute though, that would probably spoil the moment and he wanted to savour it for as long as possible.
‘the real beauties’… who was she kidding he thought to himself silently, how she could imagine that he was likely to meet anyone better than her around was anyone’s guess. Though maybe she didn’t think that and was after a hint as to his feelings on the subject… that was the trouble with girls, you never knew what they were actually thinking. So he just smiled and continued to finish his ice cream, thinking that telepaths must have it so easy on dates with the being able to know what the other person was thinking all the time.
"I must say though that a girl could easily get lost in those too-good-to-be-true sky blue eyes of your's," it was a cleverly timed line intended to get a reaction from him… that much he knew but the water mutant had learnt over the years some sure-fire ways of keeping oneself from blushing "Nooooot that I've noticed or anything." he smiled in his normal mischievous way “of course not” he laughed
"Nor did I notice that hot body of your's," she blushed, it saved him the embarrassment of doing it first for all his efforts to keep himself from going red had now mostly failed and it was just damage limitation. "But seeing as I have another date with you to look forward to, I guess I'm the lucky one." Well he hadn’t blown it just yet then, that was a good thing as it gave him something to look forward to.
But that would mean having this date to come to an end… and this was something Dave was not entirely keen on “hey… you’re not so bad yourself, though I much prefer your earlier attire” his turn… “It showed off your figure much better” he neglected to mention that there was not much of her figure that it hid as that would probably be a bad idea on a first date. “Well” he said with a sigh “looks like we’ve both run out of the cold stuff” his empty bowl was pushed forwards to meet with hers, the spoon dropped in it casually beforehand.
The aqua mutant was tempted to offer to get some more to eat but in the back of his mind he recalled her only having one scoop for a good reason… though being in bed all afternoon didn’t seem like such a bad idea to him after a long haul flight. He could really use some sleep though it didn’t show too much on his features, the occasional yawn was easily fought back.
Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!“Hey… you’re not so bad yourself, though I much prefer your earlier attire. It showed off your figure much better.” The lovely elfin mutant struggled to not blush once again and instead smile, but soon the red was travelling across her cheeks and well; she had tried to prevent it. Darn him for being so cute to make her tongue loose and all! Really darn her for flirting so outrageously.
“Well, looks like we’ve both run out of the cold stuff." It was then that she noticed that he had indeed finished his bowl of ice cream. And it seemed like he was regretful of it too. Did that mean that he didn't want the date to end or that he wished he had more ice cream? While she didn't want the date to end, she knew that in order to have another date, they'd have to end the first one. Hopefully the next one would come along sooner rather than later. She really did enjoy her time with him.
"Yeah, I guess we have," she said with a sad smile, "Oy, you must be tired from that flight." Even though he'd hid his fatigue well, she knew how tiring a flight from Europe to America could be. That and the fact that she was a bit tired from the water fight they'd had earlier. And if she was a bit tired, he must be even more tired with that and the flight under his belt. So, she was the first to get up, although reluctantly.
"C'mon, handsome," she said, offering him a hand to help him out of the booth, "We should be getting back to the Institute. I have some homework to do and I know you have some unpacking to get done."
Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!"Yeah, I guess we have," her dissapointment was evident on the young womans face, "Oy, you must be tired from that flight." Dave hated to have to end their outing but she was quite right. the flight had not been too bad s far as flights went but the water mutant had not had enough sleep the night before either and that certainly did not help his cause any.
"C'mon, handsome, We should be getting back to the Institute. I have some homework to do and I know you have some unpacking to get done." Dave took the lovely mutants hand on the pretense that he needed the offered assistance, though in reality he was quite able to lift himself it was not only polite to accept but a good excuse for contact with Kylora, even if it were just touching her hand for a moment.
"yea, you're right we had better get our skates on now" ignoring the girl behind the counter the blue haired mutant made his way with Kylora towards the door and politely held it open "though unpacking is not the first thing i was thinking of doing..." there was a pause as he fumbled around in his pockets for the car keys, never remembering whenre tehy had been put even if it were only a few minutes ago.
"to be honest the furthest i'm going with my room is straight to the bed and there i plan to stay for as long as possible" the cheeky comment of 'fancy joining me' was forced back, it would have only been said as a joke but that sort of humour was best saved until you knew a person better.. something like that could be taken the wrong way with disastrous consequences for any freindship or relationship. no, he would save that till later and he knew she would not take it the wrong way.
there was only so many times that a guy could make the mistake before realising to keep a mischevious sense of humour to themselves and Dave had already got to the realisation point. he had lost a few freinds in that way over the years, though not with the same kind of comment but he did somehow manage to say the wrong thing on a rare occasion and no amount of enchanting blue eyes could get you out of certain situations.
Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness!"Yea, you're right we had better get our skates on now. Though unpacking is not the first thing I was thinking of doing..."
Kylora laughed, almost to the point of snorting, as she heard the first part of his comment. The last part made her wonder just what he'd rather be doing before packing. However, she decided to not ask as she'd probably only get a cheeky comment. Though those were the best kind, she had lost her chance as he had found the car keys that he'd been fumbling around his person for and another comment was made.
"To be honest the furthest i'm going with my room is straight to the bed and there I plan to stay for as long as possible."
Should she? No, that would be too..evil. Okay, why not! "I would offer to join ya, she said with a cheeky grin and a wink, finding it hard not to laugh as she went on, "buuuuuuut I hardly know you and that would make my reputation go up in flames before it was even completely started." True, she knew that the cheeky question of her joining had been hovering in the back of his mind; but she only knew this because it seemed to pop up in her head as something he might say, based on his comments so far. Funny how some people were so easy to predict at times.
As they got into the car and it started, the lovely elfin mutant found herself sad that she was leaving the little ice cream shop. It had turned out to be quite a pleasant first date. And most of all, it had been uninterrupted; free of any attacks. And really that was something that she'd needed for a long time. She found herself hoping that they might have another one soon. And maybe another and another after that. All this was going through her head as they made small talk in the car ride back to the Institute and occasionally sang to the songs on the radio (her voice having been quite lovely this time since she hadn't attempted any notes that she knew she couldn't sing). Pretty soon, they were pulling up to the gate and let in via Kylora's code, before driving up the drive back to the front door.
As the car came to a complete stop, Kylora smiled a mega-watt smile Dave's way. And as the car was turned off, the pretty young adult just sat there, not wishing to move. If she moved to get out, then the date would be really over and Dave would have to start unpacking the car; but if she sat there, then maybe she could prolong it for just a few moments more.
"I had a good time," she said, unable to think of anything else to say, "Um..Do you-D'you want my number? I mean, in case you want a rematch on the lake or need some directions or whatnot.."
Re: Quest for Ice Cream Goodness! "I would offer to join ya buuuuuuut I hardly know you and that would make my reputation go up in flames before it was even completely started."
Wow, was he really that predictable.. the aqua mutant could only wonder what kind of a reputation he would manage to attain as his cheeky comments could easily be misunderstood for him being serious. "well we can't have that now" he replied to her comment with a laugh "maybe next time, then you wont cause too much gossip" there wa a gling in his eye as he smiled at her sweetly, chances are something like that was expected from him anyway so why miss out on the opportunity to act normal and have fun.
the journey home was nothing spectacular, though Dave did constantly wonder if his driving was acceptabe to her, though she did not seem to mind it at all and he was being extra careful what with her being on the wrong side of the car for this country. pulling up to the gates he wished that he'd taken a longer route back so as to prolong their date for as long as possible, though part of him just wanted to go to bed and lay down.
still, ther would be plenty of time to see her again he thought as the car pulled up to the front of the school. turning the key off in the car he could not help but notice her reluctance to move in a manner thatwould suggest leaving the vehicle just yet, her smile lighting up her face and seemingly the interior of the vehicle as wel as he glanced over to her.
"I had a good time," the words souded as if they were the only thing that came to her mind at the time, she seemed hessitant too as if something was stopping her from acting her normal self.. or what he could imagine was her normal self from the Kylor he had seen today. "Um..Do you-D'you want my number? I mean, in case you want a rematch on the lake or need some directions or whatnot.."
he thought for a moment, only a short one mind before replying "well..." there was a puase as if he were thinking something over in his head "hows about i take your number, and give you mine... so as we can arrage another date perhaps..." he paused again "unless of course you'd prefer i just asked for directions" he added pretending not to be bothered in such a way as that it would be obvious that he was actually bothered.
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It was true. Kylora wasn’t really quite acting herself. However, she really liked Dave. He was funny, unbelievably handsome, and sweet as well. Best of all, their first date hadn’t had one enemy interruption. He was definitely someone she’d like to keep around. Though this passenger seat being on the driver’s side in the wrong country was quite…scary to say the least. Though she didn’t mind it while traveling in Europe, she did mind it a bit when traveling in America. The thought occurred to the sweet brunette then that she might want to take him to actually help her pick out a car. The very thought made her grin just slightly. She certainly had enough money, but she’d have to pick a time out. Well, perhaps that could be their second or third date. That is, if they would ever end their first!
Sitting there all awkwardly, wishing for the date to not end was really not good. I mean, it was good because it meant that she had enjoyed it. But it was bad because then how would she get to go on a second date with him? So, she just waited for an answer to her question of whether he wanted her number or not. Of course, she really didn’t have to wait long. He did draw it out a bit, but not too much, thank goodness.
"Well... How’s about I take your number, and give you mine... so as we can arrange another date perhaps..."
Gosh there were a lot of pauses! However, Kylora figured that perhaps he wanted to play it cool. ‘More like he likes teasing me, the cheeky git,’ she thought with a grin as she waited for him to finish.
"Unless, of course, you'd prefer I just asked for directions?"
Did he really think that she thought he wasn’t just as nervous as she was about this whole business? Puh-lease! She knew that he was just as on edge as she was. And that realization just made her smile, a bit more comfortable now.
“Well, I’m sure that I wouldn’t mind just giving you directions,” she said with a small grin, “However, I’m pretty sure that you enjoyed this just as much as I did, if not more. So, I’ll just leave my digits with you and you can decide whether or not you’d like to call me. Either way, I’m pretty confident I’ll hear from you soon.”
Kylora then took out a piece of paper and pen and started to write down her number, glad to actually have remembered it. She smirked as she handed it to him and said, “I’m sure you could ask for directions from someone else, but then you’d miss out on the pleasure of my company the next come-around. And I’m sure you will probably want a rematch out on the lake..” And with that said, the green-eyed hottie winked before she unfastened her seatbelt and got out. Before she closed the door to his car, however, she leaned in and gave him a fabulous smile before she said, “Thanks for a lovely time. Do call soon or I might have to go ask around for where your dorm is located. I’m sure that I could get Kichi or Armaan to help me, but then I think that Armaan’s heart might break and he really is a good friend. Later, handsome.” So it was that Kylora made her exit into the mansion and up to her room with a self-assured, if a bit goofy, grin on her face.
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