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[imjustpretty]

Who: Ray Kowalski and Una Persson
What: FIRST DATE. Sort of. They had to use this opportunity to actually have restaurants to go to.
Where: A waterfront restaurant.
When: Saturday night.
Warnings: THERE ARE GOING TO BE VAST AMOUNTS OF AWKWARDNESS. Other than that, no warnings, probably.

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[mrs_persson]

Una was so glad to be off the Barge and somewhere relatively ordinary that even O'Brien's sour temper couldn't dampen her own good spirits. After ensuring his well-being for the evening, she made her way down to the piers to meet Ray.

It wasn't as if she ws a stranger to the rituals of dating and courtship, whatever it went by in this or that era, but she found herself getting a little anxious as she approached her destination. Possibly it was the sort of anxiety that this particular role demand, but there was also the fact that Ray was, well, quite a lot nicer than a lot of the men she usually got involved with, and she suspected that of having something to do with the slight, unfamiliar sensation of butterflies.

On seeing Ray she waved jauntily, and then stalled out a few feet short of him, uncertain of what to do next, but pretty sure a handshake would be too formal. "Hello," she said with a smile. That s a start.

[imjustpretty]

He spots Una when she waves at him and raises a hand to wave back, and then tries to keep himself from jittering through the few awkward moments of her walking up to him and him not knowing whether to wait where he is or walk down the pier to meet her. Finally, she stops a couple of feet away and gives him a smile and a greeting. She seems at least a little nervous as well. That observation makes him feel a bit better.

"Hey." He smiles as well, bouncing on his toes once and shoving his hands a bit deeper into his pockets. He's wearing jeans--suit pants felt a little bit too formal--but they're his nicest pair, and he's combined them with a beige button-down shirt and a loose jacket. It's all a bit late 90s, but he's sort of making it work. "Found the place alright?"

Stupid question, is his first thought when the words have left his mouth. If she'd had trouble finding her way, she wouldn't have been here on time. Oh well. At least she didn't go for a handshake; that would have been nothing but terribly awkward.

[mrs_persson]

"No trouble at all," she says, smiling a little and absently smoothing her hands over her coat. Under the coat she's wearing vintage Biba, her favourite; it's also the most outright feminine piece of clothing she's got. She glances up in the direction of the restaurant-a choice she likes, the thinks-and smiles back at Ray. "Well, shall we?"

[imjustpretty]

"Yeah, sure." He nods, smiling, and quickly steps around her to be able to walk next to her up to the restaurant. His body language, never of the laid-back, relaxed kind, will be showing off his nervousness quite clearly, but he doesn't seem terrified. Just a bit jumpy and tense. This is due to quite some effort on his part, since he is terrified. In a good way, though, or that's how it feels at the moment. Being terrified, in his experience, simply goes with first dates, but he's had worse than this. Probably because he's getting the impression that Una's actually interested in him.

"I hope you like seafood." A bit of a grin here. "New England, if you're going for local specialties, that's kinda what you get."