The Avenue with Adrienne (RPG with themonsterchild

[professornormal]

Aiden was, for all intents and purposes, hanging around the Green Park tube station. He was waiting patiently for Adrienne, and once she arrived, he was going to take her to The Avenue. He'd heard good things about it, and he figured it was a good public place to take someone out

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[themonsterchild]

She stepped off the train, looking for all intents and purposes completely nervous and yet excited at the same time. Her palms were sweaty as she climbed the steps with the other people, hustling and generally living their lives.

She was still dressed in her lab coat and work clothes (she hadn't have time to change after work, they'd been busy beyond belief) but she had with her a bag of clothing and a little makeup. God, she wanted to make the right impression.

Her heart pounded in her chest as she reached the top, her eyes running about the station looking for him. Her breath caught as she spotted him, reading a book. Taking a deep breath she walked over to him, willing herself to calm down; "H-hey..." she said quietly, cursing the fact that she stuttered.

[professornormal]

He looked up when she spoke, smiling widely. "Adrienne," he said happily, standing and reaching his hand out. "It's great to meet you face to face. And I was right, you are..." he paused, not wanting to say cute, because she was more than cute. "...Beautiful," he finished, a blush crossing his face.

[themonsterchild]

She found a smile crawling across her face as he smiled, feeling a little weak in the knees. He was even more good looking in the flesh (if that was indeed possible) She took his hand, grasping it firmly and shaking. At his words she blushed deeply, forcing herself to keep eye contact with him.

Her grin also got wider; "T-thank you" she stuttered again before she could catch herself, her heart rate speeding up a little more. "And y-you're..." she really couldn't finish her sentence. "I-I need to get changed...lab coat isn't really the h-height of f-fashion..." she laughed quietly, more than a note of nervousness clouding it.

[professornormal]

"You're welcome," he smiled, ignoring the small stutter, "it's true." He blushed a little. She didn't need to finish the sentence for him to understand what she was saying. He grinned a little. "It may not be the height of fashion, but it suits you," he said. "Do you want me to just stay here?" He grinned at her again.

[themonsterchild]

"If you say so..." she blushed a little more but oddly she found herself starting to believe him just a little. She laughed softly; "Thank you, I have some clothes in my bag" she held it up "I hope they suit me just as much...um, you could come? I mean I don't think the other ladies would mind but I wouldn't" she blushed bright red, almost bolting, hardly daring to believe she had just said that out loud; "I mean....yeah"

[professornormal]

"I do say so," he said softly. He grinned a little. "I'm sure they'll suit you even more, if that's at all possible." He laughed out loud, winking at her. "Open mouth, insert foot?" he said, shaking his head a little. "Trust me, if I thought I wouldn't get hit by a million bags by the other women, I'd probably join you." He raised his eyebrows a little and then covered his face for a moment, blushing horribly, but he was still laughing softly.

[themonsterchild]

"Well then" she still blushed but it wasn't as bad now. "I hope so, it isn't anything especially special, just my favorite jumper and a pair of trousers...and you really don't want to know this right" she felt like hiding as he laughed at her, almosy dying of the embarassment; "I really should learn not to think out loud..." she cleared her throat and dropped her eyes; "Shall we just forget I said that? Start again?" she laughed softly.

[professornormal]

"I'm sure you'll look beautiful," he smiled. He noticed a slight change in her eyes and tilted his head a little. "Why would we forget it? I was teasing you, Adrienne. I rather like teasing. I'm sorry if I made you think I was laughing at you." His sister was sensitive, and he should have known better than to just tease that way. He'd be a little more careful in the future. "And let's not start again, I rather like both of us not falling over ourselves turning bright red."

[themonsterchild]

"I know you were teasing" she reached out slowly and brushed his forearm, desperate for contact with him, any contact, and to let him know that she didn't take it too badly. Well mostly, but that was more her fault than anything else - it had been quite a long while since she'd been out in public and she'd forgotten how to act. "Me too" she said softly with a small smile.

[professornormal]

He seriously thought about hugging her when she touched him, and before he could overthink it too much, he did, pulling her close and wrapping his arms around her gently. "I'm glad you knew I was teasing," he said softly, not pressing to keep her held in the hug, but keeping his arms loosly around her. "So, you go get dressed, and I'll be here when you get back." He'd likely bounce a lot, waiting for her. "I'll even promise not to go back ot my boring medical journal reading. I'll just sit and stare at where you've disappeared from so I won't miss your return." He winked.

[themonsterchild]

She let out a slow breath as he wrapped her into a hug. She buried her head a little into his chest, smelling his aftershave and something else that had to be him and she realised in that moment that she could fall dangerously for the man that held her, and quickly too. She let that realisation dawn over her, comparing to how it was with Andrew and then pushing those memories away - no, he was far better than Andrew would ever be. She wrapped her arms around him in return and stayed like that, completely content to be in that moment.

"I will..." she said moving away from him reluctantly. She laughed softly; "You can read if you want, I read more than is good for me, though usually my brother's science journals." she'd be as quick as she could, simply for the pleasure of getting back to him again. "And you won't miss me, I'll be right back" she took her bag and began to walk towards the Ladies.

[professornormal]

He almost pulled her back when she drew away, simply to have her back in his arms. Something about the way her body fit against his was enchanting. He felt his heartbeat speed up a little, but he forced himself to be still.

He smiled a little. "I promise, the science journals are probably a lot more interesting. Medical journals tend to be mindnumbing." Smiling, he shook his head a little. "I've a feeling I'm going to miss you even if you're only gone a minute. But go on so you can get back." He watched her walk away, then settled on the bench, putting his head back. "There's no such thing as love at first sight. Keep repeating that," he murmured, "of course, when she comes back, it'll be second sight..."

[themonsterchild]

She laughed softly; "I have read some medical journals in my time, they're not that bad, but then again, none of them have been doctorate ones, so maybe they get progressively worse" she teased with a wide grin. She looked up, resisting the urge to press a kiss to his lips that was so uncharacteristically like her; "I'll be as quick as I can, I'll run" she laughed softly.

She felt his eyes on her as she walked away, shivering a little. She got dressed quickly, putting a little bit of make up on but not much before heading back out to him, bag in hand; "Okay" she said, a little nervously. "Ready?"

[professornormal]

"I assure you, they do get progressively worse," he laughed, shaking his head a little. "They also get more dull, if you can imagine." He smiled at her softly. "Yes, hurry, I'm missing you already."

He was waiting patiently, just as he'd promised, his journals tucked into his bag. "I am indeed," he grinned, standing back up again and guiding her to the street, his hand resting on the small of her back. "And by the way, if I forget to tell you later? I had a really good time tonight. And you look spectacular," he said softly, almost in her ear.

[themonsterchild]

"I'll take your word for that then, Doctor" she grinned, laughing softly. She nodded furiously, smirking before grinning fully; "Yes, yes, I'm going" she stuck her tongue out at him as she teased.

The touch of his hand on her lower back felt undenyably right and she grinned, feeling safer than she had done in a long while, here by his side, for all intents and purposes his, at least until the night ended. She shivered a little at the words and smiled, looking up at him; "I did too, and you do too, more than spectacular...and thank you, for everything"

[professornormal]

"Yes, do. You'll learn to trust me fairly quickly." He laughed softly as she stuck her tongue out. "Wicked little thing," he grinned.

He led her through the streets to the bar, opening the door for her, taking her hand as they moved through the door and walking slightly ahead of her to part the crowd. It wasn't a huge group, thank god, but there were enough people that he felt the need to protect her from the crush of them all.

He moved back to a small table in the corner, intimate in setting and quieter than most of the other tables. It would be good for talking, and good for staying the hell away from the majority of the crowd.