25 'Dating'
It was a date for James, a guy with a dazzling background, a lot of money, and a promising future, so there was no need to doubt the grade of the restaurant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
James had asked the waiter to add wine for the third time, and it wasn't the irritability of the date being late, it was what Zach said before he came to the date. No matter how many times James told himself not to think about it, his brain was completely ignoring his autonomous consciousness, so, "Go on, keep going...... simply took the bottle from the waiter's hand, "Put it here, you can go!"
What can the waiter say, just go back and write down the bill.
"Mr. Lance. Kate gasped for a moment at the reception desk, announcing the name of the appointment, and glancing at the people in the dining room, all the glamorous people, while hurriedly taking out her makeup mirror for the last time to check her makeup.
"Table 11. The receptionist smiled and pointed in the direction.
"Thank you!" Kate straightened her dress, tucked her handbag, put a smile on her face, and fully blended into the occasion as she walked to the table.
Yes, this reporter, Kate, is James's date. Well, let's ditch the description that is just meant to be used to tell Zach so that he doesn't have to ask. It's not a date at all, it's a meeting. James needs to see with his own eyes the reporter who said what he wanted to say but couldn't tell the truth, and this reporter, she wants to see 'Lance', does she need to explain more.
"Mr. Lance!" Kate stood beside her seat.
James was finally freed from the confusion of his thoughts, "Ah, Miss Kate!" A good education is not only the background, James got up and pulled out the seat for the lady.
A bit of a fly in the ointment is that James's face is a little flushed and his body is not very stable, and the half-empty bottle of wine on the table is the reason. But Kate obviously didn't care about this, and after taking her seat, "Mr. Lance! It's an honor to meet you in person!" I'm really sorry, the road is too congested during rush hour...... "Apologize for being late immediately after the compliment, which is a good trick."
James waved his hand and casually greeted the waiter, "It's okay, I live nearby, and I came early." Menu, please. Then, stretching out his hand, "The honor is mine, thank you for agreeing to this interview." "Of course, this meeting was initiated by James, and the meeting was with journalists, so what could be more appropriate than asking for an interview?
Kate's hand also stretched out and shook it gently, "Wow~Strong hand, Mr. Lance~"
Come to think of it, neither of them wants this to be just a professional interview, do they? So, play whatever you can! Who wants to watch two young men and women honestly eat dinner!
"James is good. James smiled, "It's just that it might be a little rough, for a beautiful young lady like you." "Oh, James will play it too, of course we don't usually see it, do you see him play with Zack, uh, hurry up and trample to death!
"Hehehe~" Kate tilted her head slightly, "Kate is fine." Roughness is very good~ That's the traces of your military life, I think every girl will worship a little, 'rough'~"
"Worship Ha...... You mean security. ”
"Yay~ A sense of security, soldiers, detectives, you can't ask for anything safer~"
Don't worry about how smoothly this plays, it's the atmosphere of this restaurant, starting with a bottle that has regained the care of the waiter, evenly distributing the alcohol in the glasses of two people...... On top of that, James already had a somewhat dizzy brain.
With this start, I think we should skip some of the processes that don't show value a little bit, and go straight to the things that everyone cares about.
"Hehehe~ It's interesting. "Kate," my grandmother used to say, she would never get used to the humid environment, and the seafood, which always had a salty and wet smell. "This is Barton, of course the two eat seafood, "But look at me, I was born with Barton, grew up in Barton, I love, love seafood~ What about you?"
"Average. James tilted his head, "I'm not very picky about food. When he reached for the wine again, he didn't know what the red liquid had made him think of, and his hand hesitated, but he still picked up the glass.
"But there must be some places that you are not used to, after all, you have been in the west all your life, and suddenly come to the city in the east, there will always be something that needs to be adjusted~" said as a journalist in order to write a good article, or, just want to know James as a person, who knows.
"Something to adjust," James ...... seemed to be thinking seriously, "people." He didn't have the rejection he had once been 'treated' by Emilia, it was the above reasons, the vibe, the alcohol, the brain, "In the West, I've always been the 'General's Son,' and here, at Patton, I'm just, uh, James." ”
"Oh~~" There are two transpositions at the end, "You're not just James, you're Lance Detective, when people talk about you, they think of the cult case at Paiss Station, the murder of Herman's son, the 'Vaal fan'......" Kate herself stopped, James Lance's exploits in Barton were not listed, she had an apology on her face, and actually stretched out her hand and held James's hand, "Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned Hellman." ”
The reason for the subsequent prison escape case, the murderer of the Herman case, who escaped from prison and kidnapped. Since James is now 'dating' another woman, let's avoid mentioning the name of this person who no longer exists.
"It's all in the past. James picked up his glass again, and as long as everything was billed and no one had any objections, "You don't have to be sorry. James smiled, "You sound like you know me very well." ”
"En~" replied implicitly and implicitly, "Just like any girl of the same age~ Hehe, you can think I'm your fan~"
"That, toast. The glass that James had just put down was raised again, "For me, there are fans like you~" It's not that James is imitating Kate's tone, it's him, really, drunk. One proof of this is that in James's already dimmed head, there was a terrible thought, 'Girl who hates vampires, beautiful girl, is my fan.'"
"Then I have to ask, for I'm a fan, hehe, and ask - Mr. James Lance ~ Are you single?" Another fact is that Kate followed the rhythm of James lifting the cup, so ......
Still, I guess there's no point in presenting the process, just omit it, after all, no one wants to see two young men and women have a good dinner, well.
"Oh, haha! your grandmother is such an interesting person!" James, smiling, continued to signal the waiter not to stop.
"I'll just say it!" Kate was already waiting for the waiter's care with an empty cup, "she always emphasized something, women must be self-reliant, earn money, gain status, and provide for their families!" Suddenly whispered, and leaned in front of James, "I said to her, 'Grandmother, what you said is right, but, please give me a family to raise!'" Yes, her voice became louder in the middle of speaking, "'Your precious granddaughter has not even had a boyfriend yet!'"
"Oh, you're lying. James shook his head at Kate as if he was very sure, "A girl like you shouldn't be ...... alone" Before the words were finished, the wine had arrived, drink it first.
"Hey, I can say the same thing to you!" Kate shrugged, "Xiansen~"
"Good, my bad. So, what about your parents? I didn't listen to what you had to say about them. ”
Probably, now both of them have forgotten the purpose of this meeting, or why spoil the atmosphere.
"Well, there's not much to say, it wasn't long after I was born that it was a time of war, and they never stayed at home, so I don't remember much of them. Kate raised her eyebrows and thought for a moment, "But ten years ago when the war ended, I received two Purple Hearts, and if those two medals were all they left me, I, I guess, I could only accept it?"
"Sorry...... War is cruel......" came from the lips of someone from a military family like James, so that said a lot of things.
"No, I don't. Kate regained her smile, "At least two medals give me a bit of an advantage, I got the privilege of choosing a college major, I chose journalism, and then, I'm like this~ Sometimes, I'm thinking, maybe the role of two medals may be more useful than two real people...... "Automatically silenced, because-
"It's, really, really......" James blinked, raising his glass, "dark thoughts." ”
"Uh-huh. But practical, down-to-earth, and down-to-earth...... Kindness. Kate nodded to herself. Then, reaching out and lifting the glass that James had just put down, "Toast, for the actual." ”
"For the actual. "Oh! James would not turn down a toast.
"That~" Kate's finger shook at James, "I told me the dark and practical thoughts, you're going to tell you ~ begin!"
"Uh...... You, well, are prettier than I thought, true, honest, and ......" James was interrupted as he shook his head over words.
"What is this!" Kate shoved James in the head, "You're fooling you!"
"Oh hehe...... I didn't. James' glass didn't fall off the table at all, "Trust me, it's dark, and practical, ...... in ways you can't imagine."
Same as above, omit useless things.
"Oh my!" Kate covered her alcohol-moistened face and stared at her open handbag, "I didn't even take out the recorder...... "She started rummaging through the bag to get her purse, only now her attention was completely off the independent woman her grandmother had raised, and she had completely forgotten about her job, "It's over! I'm finished! I promised my supervisor that there would be a James Lance ...... tomorrow"
James had already settled the bill, laughing and trying to shove his wallet back into his pocket, with the accuracy of his current behavior, it was very difficult, "Ha, no kidding, if you wrote something in the newspaper, I would probably arrest you...... "Uh, sorry, in the omitted thing." It's two drunken young men and women talking stupid things to each other, so fill them with imagination.
"Uh...... You are right. I already have a guy who probably has a super deep connection to the city government and hates me, and I can't let a police detective hate me too......"
The time to come had finally come, and James was about to stand up and fall back into his seat. Well, it's just that he really can't stand up. He looked at Kate with the eyes that almost caught up with the pupil of charm, "You say, well, you don't live nearby?"
"Yes. Kate shook her head, completely giving up her promise to the director, "I live with my grandmother, on the back bay side......" packed her handbag, and was ready to stand up, tried it, but couldn't stand up.
The two men looked at each other from their seats.
"We're all finished~" Kate was the one who spoke first.
"You're done~" James lowered his head, not knowing if it was because of the alcohol or because he was emotionally complicated, "My house is just a street away." ”
"Then I'll have to call my grandmother and ask her to come and ......," Kate said, "oh no...... I was driving my grandmother's car, and she couldn't pick me up......" on the logic of the brain after getting drunk.
"Miss, you want us to call a taxi for you......" The waiter, probably thinking that he was acting as a savior, stood in front of Kate with a professional smile.
"Let a drunk girl be alone in a taxi!" Somehow, James stood up, his red eyes matched his distorted face. The waiter instinctively took two steps back, and James hadn't finished speaking, "And I'm a detective!I can tell you responsibly!" The voice was still loud enough to attract enough attention, "This city! It's not as safe as you think!!"
Look, what is supposed to come will come.
"Jam-m-s-" Kate covered her face and shrugged her shoulders, presumably trying to whisper a reminder to James. But let's face it, her body control is scum now, so her voice is not small at all, but the way she looks has fully proved James's point, "Big-home-all-in-see-we-we-small-point-sound-ah-"
She must not be allowed to take a taxi home alone like this!
"You can rest at my house for the night......" James stabilized his body and helped Kate up, trying to avoid all the glances that came to him. God knows what's in those gazes.
"But I'm still going to tell my grandmother where I am at night...... She would be worried about the ......" logic.
"My house, I have a phone. James could only quicken his pace, and for some reason the emotion in his gaze at them deepened.
"Then your house, do you have a bathroom~" And Kate didn't make the situation any better at all, "I need a shower......" leaned softly against James, "Now my whole body smells like wine...... Sniff, heh, you too~"
"I have a bathroom ......"
"And ~bed~ big, comfortable, bed~" Kate had already started toying with James's hair, "You have this......"
"Yes, there is ......"
All the eyes that watched the couple leave the dining room knew exactly what would happen when they got home. So, we should also understand.
Men, women, alcohol, emotional outbursts. It's never a good combination, remember. (To be continued.) )