Jan 24, 2011 09:05
[He's been hearing an awful lot of people making dates for the dance on the network, and... well. Rookie decided he'd join in a bit.]
O'Brien. Want to talk to you.
[He's going to be subtle here for about twenty seconds, and then he's not.]
the rookie (au)
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Why.
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Got a date for the dance yet?
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Also that was the last thing he was expecting Rookie to say. ]
...wait, wha?
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... and that reaction is pretty much worth him asking, bwahahah.]
Asking if you have a date to the dance.
[JUST WAIT AND HE WILL BLOW YOUR MIND, BB]
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Wasn't really, y'know, planning on going...
Not really my thing. Probably gonna be boring. You know. Dancing and shit.
[ In other words, no. ]
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[That Rookie didn't set up, for once.]
Besides, there'll be booze.
So. Wanna go with me?
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Wait, what?!
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Like what do you mean.
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Do you want to go to the dance with me?
[Seriously; he would have asked Kaylee, but she's taken. Also, your reaction is hysterical.]
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right.
Anyway there's all this panic on his face before he visibly ejects that train of thought and chooses to go forward with the assumption that dateless guys stick together and that's the only reason. ]
S-seriously? You couldn't get a date? Thought the chicks would be falling all over you.
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No one said I had to ask a girl.
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ALSO YOU'RE SCARING HIM AGAIN WITH THAT ANSWER. ]
But.
[ so weakly, ]
What?
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H-HE'S SORRY?]
Didn't stutter, O'Brien.
[He pauses for a moment, considering. But he's freaking you out, so he decides to leave an out.]
Can say no. I won't mind.
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Also this is him pathetically marshaling his courage to continue this conversation. ]
Wouldn't you rather... with a chick, though...?
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Know you better than any of them.
[Which is his major point. He doesn't feel comfortable asking people that are mostly strangers to him to a dance. And if nothing else, O'Brien is his squadmate, which gves him some level of familiarity with him.]
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