Second chance, first date. (Closed to Sophie)

[faramir_hurin]

I have been sitting in my room doing nothing for nearly half an hour. I am too nervous to read, too nervous to do anything. I cannot be so early to Sophie's and I manage to wait and arrive only five minutes early. Then I stand in the hallway outside room 212 for as long as I can stand before knocking

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[half_divine]

Sophie has been fretting as well, although perhaps to a smaller extent. She answers the door after she feeds Sai (if she feeds him before he starts to cling, which is only a problem when one is attempting to leave) and holds it open for Faramir.

"Come in for a moment, if you like." She steps back into the apartment. Nothing terribly fancy tonight - a pair of slacks and a cream blouse, nicely cut.

[faramir_hurin]

"Thank you." Watching the cat eat is actually calming. He's certainly calm enough. "I brought this for you."

I am almost ashamed to have only one rose, but it was so different from all of the others.

"You look beautiful." She always looks beautiful. I feel very plain in black trousers and a blue shirt that I bought yesterday. The man insisted that it was perfect, something about eye colour, and I didn't want to spend much more time on that.

[half_divine]

"Thank you." She shakes her head, taking the rose from him and placing it in a small bud-vase from her cabinet before turning to him again.

Faramir looked nice in his modern clothing - the shirt colour did bring out his eyes, after all - even though he didn't look too comfortable. Perhaps that was just his nerves.

"I think that we should leave Sai to his food."

[faramir_hurin]

"Yes." One last look at a smile at the cat and I am away. I can see no decent way of asking to take Sophie's arm--I cannot take it at this time--which makes me feel strange. Perhaps she'd not have wanted to be so close anyway.

"I walked by the restaurant earlier. It looked like it would be very nice." Nothing recognizable by me, but nothing odd either. It looked comfortable.