For Jessica

[tooprettytodie]

The changing of the island to the old west had thrown off Valkyrie's date plans just a bit. She had actually planned a really cool date with Jessica only to have the entire island screw things up by changing into the American old west. It was like they were stuck in a horrible theme park.

The one saving grace was that she had been able to coax a decent looking outfit from the clothing box, where most of her friends had been stuck in some really horrid dresses.

As it was, with a few days preparation she'd been able to figure out a fairly decent substitute for the date she had originally planned. All in all, it had taken a little bit of hard work and a note to Jessica to meet her closer to 3 o'clock than to one but it was going to be worth it. If things went well, maybe she'd have to see if Jessica wanted to try her original idea once they got back home. In the mean time, she thought this would be pretty fun.

The fact that Jessica was so fun was the only thing keeping Valkyrie from being overly nervous at the moment. This was her first official date with a girl, which was kind of a big thing. Did she like girls? Did she just like Jessica? Are you there God, it's me Valkyrie?

Well, either way, whatever was going to happen was going to happen soon. Unless, of course, Jessica stood her up.

Comments

[notaparker]

"Yup!" I say. "A perfect demonstration of the relative differences of sound and light. The flash goes at the speed of light, the thunder at the speed of sound, so the further away you are, the bigger the delay. It's not an exact metric, of course, but as on the spot calculations go it's pretty sound. Ha, sound."

[tooprettytodie]

"Pretty sound, I like that," she said, giving Jessica a shoulder bump of appreciation. The other girl was definitely quick with the quips, which Valkyrie definitely liked.

"You know, you give pretty good date, Jessica Drew."

[notaparker]

"You know, so do you," I say, bumping her shoulder back in turn. There's a moment where I wonder if I should lean over and kiss her, just like a peck on the cheek or something. But I'm not sure if that's overkill or underkill or what, and there's the previously discussed situation where I don't know myself well enough to know if that's a place where I should be going. So I go with something safer and say, "We should do this again."