OOM: Date Night

[geeky_agent]

Chris and Jack step out of the bar, into a cold New York City night.

The first big difference from Milliways? All the noise. The sound of horns from the cars on the street, cops blowing their whistles as they direct traffic and someone down the street playing a violin come together to create their own symphony.

She pulls her wrap a little tighter around her shoulders and looks over at Jack with a smile. "Surprise."

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[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"What?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Well that you are a friend of the family. A friend of Kim's."

But maybe...not? Maybe you're a bit more than that?

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris nods, her expression neutral. "Yeah. Most likely that's it."

She goes back to looking at her menu.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He sighs, reaching out and taking her hand. "Chris...we only know as much as Angela knows, and in this case, that's not much. It's not enough to worry about, either way. We're just seeing how it goes, remember?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She smiles convincingly and gives his hand a squeeze even though she feels upset and doesn't know why.

"I know that. It's just weird talking about this, y'know," she says smoothly.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know. We can talk about it when we get back to the bar. So what are you having?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"The soup and ... maybe the pheasant. I'm not sure."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"So how did you put all this together? Did you sneak out while I wasn't looking?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Uh, no. I set it up through the bar."

The server comes to take their orders, Jack goes first and when it's her turn, Chris chooses the pheasant.

"I'm actually not sure this is my New York," Chris says softly.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

Jack slightly tilts his head to one side. "What gives you that impression?"

He hadn't really seen anything that made it obvious. It's not like they'd had the chance to watch the news or surf the internet, or do anything that would make it clear that things were different here.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She shrugs. "Nothing. But I put a provision in my note to the bar that if we were sent to an AU it wouldn't be anything too weird."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Good idea. God knows where we could have ended up otherwise."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Michelle and I were discussing some of the possibilities," she says with a grin. "But everyone here appears to be human."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Let me guess. Some X-Files universe?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"If it was an X-files universe we wouldn't know at first glance who's human or not," she responds, her tone serious despite the smirk.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Oh, really? And how would we tell?" he asks, teasingly.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Well, there's the black eyes. And the shapeshifting and superstrength."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"Ah, ok. So all I have to do is look someone in the eyes and try to kick their ass, then? Oh that's no problem. Want me to try it just to make sure we're not in that universe?"

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"Maybe after dinner," she says before taking a sip of her wine.

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

"All right, I'll wait, then," he says, lightly, though there's something making the skin at the back of his neck tingle.

He glances around the room under the guise of taking a sip of his wine, and he notices a couple people looking away from him quickly. He's not so sure this is an alternate universe--but then how could the people in the restaraunt know who he was?

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

Chris notices this and looks at him with some concern. Her voice just above a whisper, she asks, "Jack, what is it?"

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He debates for a moment whether he should just dismiss it, but decides he might as well tell her.

"Sorry. It's just it looked like a couple people were...well, staring at me. It's probably just me being paranoid. This is the fist time I've been out of the bar in a while," he says, trying to sound more casual about it than he feels.

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

"We could go if you want."

[action-antihero.livejournal.com]

He shakes his head, about to answer when the waiter shows with their orders. He waits until he's gone before answering, "No, no. Like I said, it's probably just me being paranoid. It's fine, sweetheart."

[geeky-agent.livejournal.com]

She nods, then stands. "I'll be back in a moment. Restroom."