Just A Simple Get Together... What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

[old_one_eye]

They made reservations. They confirmed the reservations.

Yet, when they arrived at the restaurant, those reservations seemed to have gotten lost. Somehow, Scott couldn't shake the feeling Nathan was involved in that. They were told it would be a fifteen minute wait for a table. Forty-three minutes and twenty-seven seconds later, the group of all

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[jean_gr3y]

Jean squeezed back. It was the first time she'd seen some of them since her "time away," and she certainly hadn't had a chance to talk to Lorna since.. Psylocke. She was glad that everyone had come, she wanted to see them with her own eyes.

She just hoped everything went well.

"Ooh, they have ahi tuna grilled with pineapple and finished with a wasabi-soy glaze," she grinned. Food on the ship had been.. bland. "I think I might have that."

[polarized_green]

Lorna just stared idly at the menu, she was dressed for the event, in a way, but didn't really feel overly hungry. Of course, in front of family she couldn't get away with nothing at all, despite the not being hungry being legit.

"I dunno..."

[plasmaconduit]

There was only two things that kept the smile on Alex's face.

One? Beer. Lots and lots of beer. Yummy cold beer.

Two? Lorna had promised to be very, very good to him if he was well-behaved for this family thing. He was generally a big fan of Lorna's notions of rewards for good behavior.

So to start things off right he scanned the menu looking for the drinks list.

[marvel_citizens]

The waiter finally came over.

"Are you ready to order?"

He took one look at Alex, though, and instinctively knew that one, at least, would be a crappy tipper.

"If you're looking for something in your price range, sir, may I suggest the appetizers. Or if you wish, I can bring you the children's menu."

[polarized_green]

Lorna's jaw almost dropped at that and she jumped to her husband's (and her own) defense, "Are you sure? Given your appetizers cost more than some of your main dishes," she snapped back, managing to keep her jaw in place, "We're fine with the 'big kid's menu.'"

She didn't bother to add a 'thank you.' There went his tip (at least as far as she was concerned).

[marvel_citizens]

"That's the calorie content, miss," he said in a polite tone, with a quietly snobbish and sarcastic smile on his face. "We don't put the prices on the menu."

Because if you needed to know how much the food costs beforehand, you likely couldn't afford to pay for it anyway.

[polarized_green]

She had known that, but she also knew when you put lobster in an appetizer it was often more expensive than say, the salads or other dinners. It really depended on the whim of the Sous Chef. Lorna wondered if the idiot waiter knew she was battling the urge to repeatedly bang his head into the table via the metals in his blood.

She smiled sweetly in return, "Why thank you. What would I do if we didn't have you to tell us these things?" That was indeed wild sarcasm on her voice.

[jean_gr3y]

Jean excused herself from the table when Lorna got up to run to the restroom. She wanted to scald them all for acting like such selfish bastards, but at the moment her heart went out to Lorna. She'd only lost the baby so recently, and she didn't need additional mental anguish.

Jean pushed her way into the restroom. "Lorna, it's me. Are you okay?"

[polarized_green]

The lights in the bathroom were flickering. Lorna didn't actually have to use the bathroom, without the baby that was one symptom that had vanished and one obvious sign that she missed more than she should've she figured.

As childish as it was she was hiding in one of the stalls, wiping her eyes with a wad of toilet paper.

"Yeah, I'm okay," she managed. "Just needed a minute to myself." An understatement if there ever was one.

[jean_gr3y]

"Oh sweetie," she says. "Don't let it get to you. It's.. well, honestly the worst dinner party I've ever been too. It's Christmas! Everyone acts without thinking. It'll be over soon."

[polarized_green]

"I didn't even want to come tonight," she admitted. But then Scott had invited her siblings and for the sake of appearing 'normal' Lorna had dressed up and submitted to the idea of a family dinner.

"I just need a few minutes." She wasn't going back out there looking like a drowned rat.

[baby_phoenix_]

Rachel doesn't storm into the bathroom. No. She's done with it. She knows when she's not wanted and that's fine. It's the way things are but she didn't expect some of them to be so blatant about it.

She's going to get her coat and then leave. There are a few people ahead of her and then the attendant seems to have misplaced the ticket for her jacket. Rachel sighs. "It's the white one with black buttons. Can I just have my coat please?!" Everyone in the restaurant is lucky that they aren't walking away singed around the edges.

[old_one_eye]

"Its a bit early to be leaving, don't you think?"

His tone wasn't angry in the least. He was more calm about this than anything else.

[baby_phoenix_]

She is still waiting for her coat. The urge to fry the attendant's mind is rising. How hard is it to find a white coat?

Rachel turns to look at Scott. Her lower mouth quivers for a moment before Rachel catches it. Her lips then form a thin line. "No." In her mind, though it goes unvoiced, Nathan and Kitty had to be the only two people who really wanted her around. Nathan, however, is competing with Pietro for jerk of the year. "I don't."

[old_one_eye]

Scott gestured for the attendant to stop looking for the coat and give them a moment.

"Want to at least fill me in on what's going on?"

[jean_gr3y]

Rachel, Jean sends to her 'daughter.' I know you're angry, but you should probably come back and help resolve this. Otherwise it's going to bother you for a long time.

[baby_phoenix_]

Okay.