Jack looks up at the passing road signs, then down at the map, dragging his finger along their route. "Okay, looks like the turn-off should be coming up on our right in the next couple minutes."
Glancing over at her, he gives her a slightly nervous smile; her nervousness is all over her face, not that he can blame her. "We should be there about when we said we would, relax."
Re: The Meetinggeeky_agentFebruary 19 2007, 20:17:50 UTC
That would be enough to rankle her but she realizes he's right, so she sighs and keeps her eyes on the road.
"I don't see the turn-off." Just miles of trees and wooded areas. "Are you sure you..."
Chris' mouth snaps shut when she spots the sign a few yards ahead, partially obscured by a tree branch. Mumbling, she adds, "It should be easier to see. Especially during the day."
Re: The Meetingaction_antiheroFebruary 19 2007, 23:23:52 UTC
"Yeah, someone should hack that branch off," he says, bracing himself a little as Chris has to slow down pretty quickly to safely make the turn. "So what exactly does Ryan like to do when he's not working?" It might help if there's some common ground between them, somewhere.
Re: The Meetinggeeky_agentFebruary 20 2007, 21:29:17 UTC
Chris doesn't answer right away, looking around at the scenery and relaxing as she remembers the area. They only have a few more miles to go.
"What? Oh. Um... he likes teaching obviously. The law. Arguing," she adds with a smirk. "And that counts as work. Right. He likes sports! He's pretty athletic - jogging, playing softball. Stuff like that. He reads a lot, mostly nonfiction like me but he's not as into science. More politics and military stuff. And philosophy, sometimes."
There's a pause as Chris thinks this over, then adds in a thoughtful voice, "He and my dad have similar tastes in books, actually."
Re: The Meetingaction_antiheroFebruary 20 2007, 23:43:07 UTC
Jack nods. "Okay. Just trying to see if there's something we can talk about that doesn't involve you and me, or an interest we might have in common. What were you just zoning out about?"
Re: The Meetinggeeky_agentFebruary 21 2007, 04:34:10 UTC
"Uh, nothing," she says with an crooked grin and a slight shrug. "I was just remembering an argument my brother and I had about... my dad's favorite book. Weird as that is. He said it was Hobbes' Leviathan and went into this whole spiel about it."
Re: The Meetinggeeky_agentFebruary 21 2007, 04:41:59 UTC
"Ryan and I also once fought over whether Peru was in the same time zone as California or not." Long trip and they'd been both bored and tired. "But most fights are weird when you think of it. Or just dumb."
Pointing to a cabin ahead with large windows and a balcony to the side, Chris adds, "There it is."
Re: The Meetingaction_antiheroFebruary 21 2007, 04:44:40 UTC
Jack turns his head to look out the windshield, easily spotting the cabin. A large, wood-panelled A-frame, it looked warm and cozy, tucked in amongst the trees. "Wow, nice place," he says, smiling though his stomach is starting to churn with nerves. God, it's been a long time since he had to do something like this.
Re: The Meetingaction_antiheroFebruary 21 2007, 05:01:36 UTC
He kisses her back for a moment before pulling back to unlatch his seatbelt. "Well, let's go, then." Opening his door, he hits the trunk release button before climbing out and heading back to the trunk to grab the bags.
Re: The MeetingtheredshirtsFebruary 21 2007, 05:02:16 UTC
Playing by the window, it was Tori who spotted Chris (and Jack) first. With a call to her mom, she went over to the door, waiting for it to open. "Who's that?"
Jeannie came from the kitchen, wiping her hands on a rag. "Who's who?"
Before she got an answer, there was a knock at the door. Moving to answer it, Tori trailed beside her, hiding behind her mom's legs when she opened the door.
Re: The Meetingaction_antiheroFebruary 21 2007, 05:02:58 UTC
Jack places the bags down on the deck as the door opens, taking a deep breath to steady himself. As Chris and Jeannie greet each other, Tori peeks out from behind her mother's legs at him and he waves. She giggles, ducking behind her mom again, just as Chris introduces him.
Stepping forward, he holds his hand out to Jeannie. "Nice to meet you," he says, hoping his smile doesn't look nervous.
Re: The Meetinggeeky_agentFebruary 21 2007, 05:06:51 UTC
"I see you," Chris coos to her niece, tilting her head. Then snapping back to the adults, she gestures towards Jack, "Jeannie, this is Jack. Jack, my sister-in-law Jeannie and... I think my niece Tori was around here but I don't see her around."
Re: The MeetingtheredshirtsFebruary 21 2007, 05:13:25 UTC
Ryan hears his daughter's giggle and saves the document he's been working on. Earlier, he went swimming with Tori and wanted to see if he could get any further on the brief that his friend basically threw at him before Memorial Day Weekend. He'd have said no, but, part-time teaching didn't pay as much as working at the firm and Jeannie kept hinting that the cabin needed satellite Internet so that she could interface with the lab.
Voices are coming from the kitchen and even though their relationship isn't quite what it used to be, he still smiles when he walks toward the noise and spots Chrissy and her male companion (Jeannie told him about them, until he got the chance to ask some questions he wasn't ready to think of her dating someone he'd never met.)
Re: The Meetingaction_antiheroFebruary 21 2007, 05:14:10 UTC
Jack looks over to see Ryan coming to the door, and damn can he ever see the family resemblance in person. It's kind of eerie, actually. Like meeting Ryan Sr. when he was younger and had more hair.
Time to try and make the best first impression possible; not easy when he'd never really been the best at meeting people. Then again, he's had a lot of practice in the bar. Holding out his hand for Ryan to shake, he says, "Hi, you must be Ryan. Jack Bauer. It's nice to meet you."
Glancing over at her, he gives her a slightly nervous smile; her nervousness is all over her face, not that he can blame her. "We should be there about when we said we would, relax."
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"I don't see the turn-off." Just miles of trees and wooded areas. "Are you sure you..."
Chris' mouth snaps shut when she spots the sign a few yards ahead, partially obscured by a tree branch. Mumbling, she adds, "It should be easier to see. Especially during the day."
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"What? Oh. Um... he likes teaching obviously. The law. Arguing," she adds with a smirk. "And that counts as work. Right. He likes sports! He's pretty athletic - jogging, playing softball. Stuff like that. He reads a lot, mostly nonfiction like me but he's not as into science. More politics and military stuff. And philosophy, sometimes."
There's a pause as Chris thinks this over, then adds in a thoughtful voice, "He and my dad have similar tastes in books, actually."
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Pointing to a cabin ahead with large windows and a balcony to the side, Chris adds, "There it is."
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He flashes her a wobbly smile. "Ready?"
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Chris turns off the engine and looks at him with a wobbly smile of her own. Leaning in to kiss Jack, she murmurs, "As ready as you are."
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Jeannie came from the kitchen, wiping her hands on a rag. "Who's who?"
Before she got an answer, there was a knock at the door. Moving to answer it, Tori trailed beside her, hiding behind her mom's legs when she opened the door.
"Hi!"
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Stepping forward, he holds his hand out to Jeannie. "Nice to meet you," he says, hoping his smile doesn't look nervous.
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Behind Jeannie, more giggles can be heard.
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Voices are coming from the kitchen and even though their relationship isn't quite what it used to be, he still smiles when he walks toward the noise and spots Chrissy and her male companion (Jeannie told him about them, until he got the chance to ask some questions he wasn't ready to think of her dating someone he'd never met.)
"So you're finally here," he says.
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Time to try and make the best first impression possible; not easy when he'd never really been the best at meeting people. Then again, he's had a lot of practice in the bar. Holding out his hand for Ryan to shake, he says, "Hi, you must be Ryan. Jack Bauer. It's nice to meet you."
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