Clean-up on aisle 12 (Roy/Open)

[Kirsty Pattinson]

It had been a week since her date with Roy and already Kirsty was becoming more and more anxious, she hadn't seen or heard from him since that night. Something that distressed her.

She had been wandering around the halls that she had met him in and hadn't, much to her disappointment, seen him once. She remembered his smile, how he'd smiled at her before he left her at her door.

Today she'd decided that the best thing to get her mind off him would be to go shopping, she'd decided to try and buy as much ice-cream as she possibly could fit in her freezer. She also knew it would be a good idea to buy alcohol.

An hour into the shopping trip and so far she had eight large tubs of cookie dough ice cream and nine bottles of vodka, not that she was relishing the thought of waking up in the morning with the mother of all hang overs.

At least it'll help...

[Roy Atenwood]

I wish I had gotten Kirsty's phone number...goddamn my stupid ass stupidness.


He had tried to call her the day after the date, but he had forgotten to get her phone number! Gah! Stupid, stupid, stupid! So he went to the store for some ice cream. He didn't drink anymore, though he was always tempted, and he smoked up a storm these days. In fact, he had a smoke hanging out of his mouth in hte middle of the store, rules or not.

Peanut buttter chocolate ice cream would be his best friend in the next few days. Especially siocne he couldn't find Kirsty anywhere around school. He was pissed.

Until he saw Kirsty in the aisle he was walking down.

"Hey, Kirsty! I've been looking for- WHOA!"

Some little kid had been eating an ice cream cone, and had gotten some on the floor. The floor had been freshly cleaned, and was alraedy a bit slippery.

Not good not good not good!

And Roy fell flat on his back and went sliding towards Kirsty, hitting her legs as he came to a stop. Luckily for him (Not in his opinion, but because she wouldn't stomp on him for doing it), he had fallen in a way where he couldn't see up her skirt.

"Would this be a bad time to ask for your number?We forgot to exchange them last week....."

[Kirsty Pattinson]

A giggle escaped Kirsty's lips, she wasn't sure if it was nerves or if she'd genuinely found Roy's entrance funny, either way she stepped back from him to insure her underwear wasn't on show.

"Are you okay?"

She reached down and pulled him to his feet, noticing her hand lingering slightly too long on his. She tucked her hair behind her ears as she steadied her shopping cart behind her, trying desperately to hide its contents.

Oh my god... It's him.

She had chosen to wear a black and red tutu today, along with a tight Sid Vicious tee. She wore her trademark biker boots with ripped fishnet tights.

[Roy Atenwood]

He hadn't noticed at first. All he had noticed was her face. He tended to tunnelvision when he saw something he really wanted to see.

But she was dressed in a very....punk...fashion. If he didn't have the willpower of a giant, he would have....well, nevermind. Suffice it to say, he liked it when girls dressed punk. A lot. And she looked like a punk princess of some sort.

As she helped him up, he let ihs hand linger perhaps a moment too long, as well, but he didn't care much. He wasn't one for subtlety, she had learned that when she had gone on a date with him.

"I'm fine. And you look amazing."

Already flirting as best he could, that develish grin working its way around the ciggarrette that hadn't fallen from his mouth. He was taltented that way. He pulled out the pack and offered her one, which he would light if she accepted. He knew the owner of the store, they would let htem smoke in here, at least she could if she was with Roy.

Roy knew a lot of people. It was all part of being a Xing.

"Ice cream, huh? It looks like we came for the same reason."

He purposefully ignored the vodka. Not trying to not make her uncomfortable, but god, it was tempting after almost a year and a half dry.

[Kirsty Pattinson]

Kirsty politely declined the cigarette that was offered to her. She had given up smoken when Jack had left, it still bothered her but she still cared. But she was prepared to move, she took a small step closer, blushing silently as he pointed out the ice-cream.

"Um.. Yeah. Time to stock up."

She gave him a small kiss to his cheek, ignoring the small amount of smoke that blew up into her face. Stepping back against her shopping cart, she cleared her throat nervously and picked at a stray thread on her skirt.

"So... What have you been doing all week? I haven't seen you around at all..."

Way to sound obvious...

[Roy Atenwood]

"Yeah...sorry about that...family buisiness in Hong Kong. I tried calling you, but we forgot to exchange phone numbers. Here's mine."

Roy took out a small pad and pen, glad to see she was still interested in him. The smile on his face was plain for all to see, as he wrote it down, and handed her the paper it was written on. He then stubbed out his smoke, as she seemed vaugely bothered by it.

"My cell is always on, even if I'm out of the country."

He smiled. He had just had a hell of an idea.

"I actually have some buisiness with friends of the family in Tokyo next week....would you be interested in coming along?"

Roy smiled his devilish grin again, maybe being a bit forward, but he really liked this girl. He was a bit of a hopeless romantic, no matter how he looked.

And if he introduced her to his...buisiness...early on, and she didn't run away, that was always a plus.

[Kirsty Pattinson]

Kirsty's eyes widened in shock, she'd never been invited out to the next State by a guy let alone another country. She could barely contain herself, but she knew that she couldn't show him she was too excited.

Remain calm... Remain calm!

All of that went out of the window the second he stubbed out his cigarette. She literally jumped on him, her arms around his neck as she firmly but sweetly pressed her lips to his. It was a simple kiss but there was a lot of attraction behind it.

So much for remaining calm...

Kirsty pulled her lips from his, barely a few inches away and then gave him a small smile. She knew that she was being very forward but considering what he'd just done, her kissing him was nothing.

"That's a yes, by the way."

[Roy Atenwood]

Roy smiled his devilish smile. It was a yes.

Inside, he was a bit torn and confused. Was this really a good idea? Showing her his...family...so soon? She did seem to be attracted to him, though, and getting it out of the way early would probably be the best thing to do.

"Heh...it'll be good to have someone along...."

He could feel her heartbeat, this close to her. Her heart was beating a bit fast, as was his. It was an odd feeling, being this close to someone who was attracted to you. It felt like there was some kind of intense heat building between the two, but ti was a pleasant one.

It was probably some kind of problem situated in Roy's pants, anyway.

He smiled, just basking in the moment. It had been too damn long since he had a woman in his arms.

[Kirsty Pattinson]

Kirsty cleared her throat apologetically then slid back down to her feet. As she leaned against the freezer, she inwardly sighed. She'd had no right to do that, they'd only ever been on one date.

Play it cool... Don't scare him off!

She bit her lip and smiled slightly, grabbing her shopping cart and holding it close to her. She didn't know whether she'd need the ice cream or the alcohol now that she was feeling better. But you never know when the need might arise.

"What kinda line of work is it?"

She straightened out her skirt and tucked her hands behind her as she looked up at him.

[Roy Atenwood]

"...I honestly don't know what my family is up to this week. Honestly, just imagine a mafia filled with goody two shoes, and you've got them, as odd as it sounds."

Roy nearly grimaced. He had to come alean about his family right off the bat. He couldn't hide shit from her. That face (Not to mention those hips) just...kept him from hiding things. Everything about her seemed to cry out to him, for some reason.

It was like Serenity all over again. Which was probably a good thing, if he didn't build an unhealthy co-dependancy. At least, his therapist would say something like that.

"My father wants me to personally hand a check for....well, a rather large amount of money, over to an orphanage. He's also sending me to pick up a girl he's adopting."

Roy smiled. Hopefully his coming clean wouldn't scare her away. He WOULD hide that they were taking a private jet until he took her to board the damned thing. That could be a suprise.

[Kirsty Pattinson]

Kirsty hesitated, taking in the information that Roy was giving her. Inside a war was raging, she had no idea how to react to what he'd told her. One part of her was telling her to walk away, but the other told her that she never could.

What do I do...? Shit.

She stepped away from the freezer and took another step closer to him, she didn't know what to say to him. She smiled to herself as she realized that on the surface he seemed tough and well built up but inside he really was a sweet guy.

"It's really nice of your family to do that. Now I can see where you get your sweet nature from."

She giggled then kissed him softly on the cheek, feeling herself blush at her own words. She left her hands on his arms for slightly longer than she should have. Then dropped them down by her sides.

[Roy Atenwood]

Roy had thought she would run away, like most women would have. Of course she would have, after him coming clean like that. So, nobody was going to tokyo with him...

Buh?

A kiss on the cheek and a compliment? That wasn't in his notes. Well, it wouldn't have been had he had notes. He must have made a really good impression on her durring the first date.

He smiled, his face tinged slightly red. It was the first time he had blushed in a long time. It gave him an almost boyish appearance, despite the facial ink.

"H-heh...thanks. I kind of expected you to run off when I told you that...."

And he had, too. It was a lot to swallow after one date, but he couldn't lie about it anymore. His family was....afluent, to say the least. And a bunch of goody goodies, which was something he was trying to break away from, but it he disobeyed his father, well....he didn't like to think of that. His father was a good man, and deserved to be listened to.

I wonder how she'll feel about the private jet, if that even freaked her out.

[Kirsty Pattinson]

Kirsty laughed at Roy's expression then turned back to her shopping cart, pushing it further down the aisle. She had a small thought in her mind, something that interested her but she knew that it wouldn't be the best of ideas.

"I gotta get this stuff home before it melts, you wanna come with?"

She turned back to him, leaning against the cart and smiling. Inside she was screaming, she'd just invited a guy she liked back to her apartment. She had no idea how she was going to react once he was inside.... The apartment that is.

Oh my god...

Kirsty felt herself growing bright red, so she looked down at the ground, unsure of what else she was going to say. She wrapped her arms around herself and rubbed her cold skin. She felt cold but her face couldn't have been hotter.

[Roy Atenwood]

Kirsty was growing bright red. She had essentially been saying "Wanna come to my place?", but probably without the sexual conotation. She probably wasn't that forward.

Probably.

Roy smiled. She was adorable when she blushed like that. And her punk outfit was doing incredible things to his confidence, for some reason, although it was more likely the simple fact that she was interested in him in that way.

Her body language was clear enough, at least. He smiled his devilish grin again, very tempted to kiss her, but he could probably get her to make out with him if he waited until they were at her place. That would be nice.

Hurr hurr hurr.

"Yeah, I'll carry your stuff for you. So, you ever been out of the country before? Don't worry if you don't speak japanese, by the way. I can translate for you."

Random questions now, to try and keep his mind off of his rising libido. He was a cunning linguist, himself, having been taught several languages as a child. Mr. Xing believed in having versatile children, able to live wherever the wanted, and do whatever they wished. Qualified for anything to come.

[Kirsty Pattinson]

Kirsty smiled, he was so sweet. She pushed the cart towards the check-out counter, shaking her hair from her face.

"I've been out the country a couple times. But never to Japan."

As they left the store, Kirsty glanced up at the sky, the sun was shining down on them and it was a beautiful day. That was something she was used to now, living in San Diego. She'd been used to it in Phoenix and circumstances beyond her control had made it impossible to stay there.

This time things are going to be difference...

Her apartment wasn't too far from the store, a fact that she was thankful for, the second she got to her kitchen, she glanced over at her closed bedroom door, her bed was twenty steps in that direction and it wouldn't have taken them too long to get there.

No! Stop, don't think like that!!

She tried to ignore the burning sensation in the bit of her stomach, she placed a hand to her stomach and bit her lip. The burning of desire was strong, but she knew that she couldn't overstep the mark so soon. She was glad her self control was so strong.