New York with Jess

[balancingminds]

Its a beautiful day when he opens the door onto Central Park, there are ducks in the pond and he grins,

"I think we'll start with a picnic and then I'll show you my favorite places in the city."

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[singsometimes]

Beautiful days are the best.

Lately, Sunny LA has been ridden with overcast skies and frequent rainstorms. It's nice to see a little bit of sun.

She lets her sunglasses (heart-shaped red frames) fall over her eyes.

"That sounds amazing," Jess says, beaming in Charles' direction.

[balancingminds]

He tugs her through and brings the picnic basket with him. There's a spot he knows that's under a tree with a view of the pond and everyone passing by that he loves. He heads there while holding her hand.

[singsometimes]

Oh, she likes the feel of his hand around hers.

It's nice. Sweet.

He's also really put together, with a good head on his shoulders and all that. It's a bit weird for her, if only because her 'type' usually consists of men who have issues of some kind, lack ambition, and are total shit-shows.

But this kind of change? She could get used to.

"So what kind of picnic-y things are we having today?" she asks.

[balancingminds]

"Whatever Bar thought would make for a good picnic, I asked for a few favorites of mine," At the tree, he starts to lay out the blanket and then sits down.

"You start the unpacking."

[singsometimes]

"You got it, sir," Jess says, settling down beside the picnic basket, a little thrill of excitement bubbling within her at all the possibilities of picnic foods that might come out.

... yep.

She gets excited over picnic foods.

[balancingminds]

Its a good selection, sandwiches, fresh fruit, cookies and some bubbly drinks, "How does it look?"

He loves the feel of her excitement and rests against the tree.

[singsometimes]

"It looks amazing."

She couldn't lie even if she wanted to.

Everything looks so scrumptious and delicious and perfectly picnic-y.

She brings out the fresh fruit and the sandwiches first.

"Bar is kind of the best."

[balancingminds]

"Yes, she is but I'll try to top her today since this is my city."

[singsometimes]

"Oh, you're already off to a pretty good start," Jess says, as she finishes up laying things along the blanket.

"For one thing, I love Bar, but I'd so much rather hang out with you."

[balancingminds]

"She's hard to just pick up and bring on a picnic,"

He leans forward to get a sandwich and kisses her cheek.

[singsometimes]

"That's true," Jess says, blushing a little as Charles presses a kiss to her cheek.

Seriously.

Charles is the sweetest and cutest.

"The sun could do some damage to that wood, too, I imagine."

[balancingminds]

"It could and we wouldn't want that, but you'll look nice with a little sun."

[singsometimes]

She laughs a little, leaning into him - just because she wants to.

"The sun would look nice on you too. Highlight those cheekbones."

[balancingminds]

He adjusts to make certain she's comfortable,

"I've tried but I never get enough color."

[singsometimes]

"Are you one of those people who just ends up burning instead of tanning?

"My roommate Schmidt is like that, poor guy."

[balancingminds]

"Sadly, yes, my sister always laughs at me since she always turns the color she wants to. What about you?"

He runs a hand through her hair, he loves how it moves.

[singsometimes]

Jess nods.

"Does she? Is that one of her mutant-thingy powers?"

[balancingminds]

"She can look however she wants so yes."

[singsometimes]

"Must be pretty handy when you want to literally hide from the crowd," Jess says, thoughtfully.

She would have killed (not really) for a power like that in high school.

She's a lot better about confrontations now. Well, mostly.

[balancingminds]

"It is but she's always preferred to stand out in a crowd and she knows how to do it. I prefer to listen until I feel safe."

[singsometimes]

"So you two really balance each other out, then, huh?"

Jess nibbles at her sandwich and chews thoughtfully for a moment.

"Man, I've always secretly kind of wished I had a sibling. Not that my childhood was bad or lacking in any way, especially since Cece is kind of like my sister from another mother - but it might have been different if I had a brother or something, you know?"

[balancingminds]

He shifts to truly look in her face and taps her nose,

"You have your roommates, four brothers in one go."

[singsometimes]

Jess scrunches her nose and laughs a little.

"Well - yeah, I guess that's true. We do call each other 'family'."

Well, she does, anyway.

(But they'll catch on.)

[balancingminds]

(OOC: Should have been three not four, I can count.)

He kisses her lightly on the lips, "They will just as I'll show all the mutants I'm working with that we're more than allies."

[singsometimes]

[ooc: No worries; haha for some reason that didn't even occur to me as a mistake. Oops. I can also count! Yep.]


Mm.

Charles-kisses are the best kisses.

"Well, it sounds like your issue is a whole lot bigger than mine," she says. "But yeah. We all need family in some way or another. And the mutants sound like they could use knowing someone's got their back.

"And by the way? I really want you and my roomies to meet one day. A couple of them might embarrass themselves by pretending not to nerd out over who you are and then totally nerd out anyway - but ... either way, I know you guys would all get along."

[balancingminds]

"I'd like to meet them. I think they'd be rather relaxing,"

Also he likes when people know his name and goes to kiss her again as that last one was far too short.

[singsometimes]

Is it making-out time?

Jess likes making-out time.

She leans into Charles, putting her sandwich down somewhere beside her (and hoping she won't accidentally smush it at a later time during this session) and reaches up to touch his face, tracing along his jaw.

All while having her mouth on his.

[balancingminds]

Making out time in Central Park is one of Charles' favorite times and he moves the sandwich to make certain its out of the way.

[singsometimes]

It is several moments later before Jess needs to come up for air and pulls away from Charles - but still maintaining close distance so her eyes are unfocused as she tilts her head up towards him.

She laughs softly.

"Amazing."

[balancingminds]

He nods with a very satisfied smile, "Mm, good."

[singsometimes]

She grins, straightening a little.

There's a question she's been meaning to ask but she's never really been good at segues.



Witnessing this, now:

"So ... is it fair to say that you're kind of ... my boyfriend?"

[balancingminds]

"Yes, I'd say it is and I'm going to show you more of my city as well as kissing you in other places in it."