Dating on a Budget: James T. Kirk Style in 2 Parts [Part 1: Open/Part 2: Closed]
Who: Kirk (universal_charm) & Anyone/ Kirk (universal_charm) and Gretchen Wieners (cantwearhoops)
What: Kirk wants to take his girlfriend on a date, but with government restrictions and no money, that's a bit of a problem!
When: Sometime before Declan's Dance and all this craziness with the kidnapping and time machines - Part 1: late afternoon/early evening; Part 2: evening
Where: The kitchen!
Warnings: Kirk being a dork?
Notes: Part 1 is opened to anyone who wants to come and bother/laugh/help him. Part 2 is closed to Gretchen.
Part 1
All right. He and Gretchen were a couple and as the doting boyfriend he was required to take her on their first date. But he really, really didn't want to mess with the thing that was that whole government restriction thing and he just thought it would be nicer - and cheaper - if they staid in the mansion for their first date. Call him cheap if you wanted - and he wouldn't deny that he was - but he didn't have a whole lot of money and he would rather not be able to take Gretchen on a date later for like their one month anniversary or something because all his girlfriends somehow thought that was a big deal. Well, he learned his lessons well and so it was save money now and splurge later.
Which was how he found himself in the kitchen, glaring at a cookbook like it planned to sabotage him any moment now. He wore a chef's apron and had any number of food items littered around him along with a rather sharp knife. If anyone knew Kirk at all, this was a very, very bad combination. He flipped through the book, wondering what to make, realizing with a sinking gut all he knew about Gretchen was that she probably didn't want something high in fat. So... low fat it was.
"All right, so... what's high in fat and what's not?" he muttered as he began to idly slice some vegetables, very sure that they would be part of the meal, somehow.
Part 2
Okay. So, here he was, waiting for Gretchen. He had hijacked the small kitchen table and nearly beat several people out with a spoon and pan. He'd lit a few candles and tried to make it look as fancy as possible, because his girlfriend was effin' rich and he had to, you know, put effort into it. He somehow doubted she would be overly impressed with just a normal sit down dinner in the kitchen.
So there were some candles (they did not match and heaven knew if they would stay lit or explode), the nicest place mats and plates he could find, cutlery and... a pot of macaroni and cheese. Yes. Mac and Cheese, straight from that fun little blue box (now hidden safely in the bottom of the trash can). His other attempts had failed and he needed a quick fix for their date at 7 pm sharp and this was what he had found in the pantry.
Hey, at least he looked nice, right? Now to hope Gretchen felt the same.
What: Kirk wants to take his girlfriend on a date, but with government restrictions and no money, that's a bit of a problem!
When: Sometime before Declan's Dance and all this craziness with the kidnapping and time machines - Part 1: late afternoon/early evening; Part 2: evening
Where: The kitchen!
Warnings: Kirk being a dork?
Notes: Part 1 is opened to anyone who wants to come and bother/laugh/help him. Part 2 is closed to Gretchen.
Part 1
All right. He and Gretchen were a couple and as the doting boyfriend he was required to take her on their first date. But he really, really didn't want to mess with the thing that was that whole government restriction thing and he just thought it would be nicer - and cheaper - if they staid in the mansion for their first date. Call him cheap if you wanted - and he wouldn't deny that he was - but he didn't have a whole lot of money and he would rather not be able to take Gretchen on a date later for like their one month anniversary or something because all his girlfriends somehow thought that was a big deal. Well, he learned his lessons well and so it was save money now and splurge later.
Which was how he found himself in the kitchen, glaring at a cookbook like it planned to sabotage him any moment now. He wore a chef's apron and had any number of food items littered around him along with a rather sharp knife. If anyone knew Kirk at all, this was a very, very bad combination. He flipped through the book, wondering what to make, realizing with a sinking gut all he knew about Gretchen was that she probably didn't want something high in fat. So... low fat it was.
"All right, so... what's high in fat and what's not?" he muttered as he began to idly slice some vegetables, very sure that they would be part of the meal, somehow.
Part 2
Okay. So, here he was, waiting for Gretchen. He had hijacked the small kitchen table and nearly beat several people out with a spoon and pan. He'd lit a few candles and tried to make it look as fancy as possible, because his girlfriend was effin' rich and he had to, you know, put effort into it. He somehow doubted she would be overly impressed with just a normal sit down dinner in the kitchen.
So there were some candles (they did not match and heaven knew if they would stay lit or explode), the nicest place mats and plates he could find, cutlery and... a pot of macaroni and cheese. Yes. Mac and Cheese, straight from that fun little blue box (now hidden safely in the bottom of the trash can). His other attempts had failed and he needed a quick fix for their date at 7 pm sharp and this was what he had found in the pantry.
Hey, at least he looked nice, right? Now to hope Gretchen felt the same.