Dinner Date: High Steaks

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:23 am

The server seats Murphy and Theresa fairly quickly. It was a quiet night and there were only a handful of people in the restaurant. Murphy looks vaguely uncomfortable, but that's normal for her in any sort of town. A mixture of information overload, instinctual wariness, and general social anxiety conspires to always put her on a little bit of an edge.

"Nice night," Murphy says.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:24 am

Theresa nodded, "A little noisier than I remember, but that may just be the barely enhanced senses."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:27 am

"Get used to it," Murphy says.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:29 am

"Is that a directive or a comment?" She teases.

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:49 am

"Yes," Murphy teases back.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 10:55 am

"I suppose I walked into that one. So should we talk exes or never talk exes?"

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:02 am

"Fine with it," Murphy says. "You?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:04 am

"There's very little to talk about, but I'm okay with it."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:06 am

"Same," Murphy says. "Only one ex. Sort of. Complicated."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:08 am

"You've met my ex, Kay. It was nice, but it was high school and things just didn't work. I was a bit of an ass and it just kind of imploded. At least we're still friends."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:13 am

"Seems nice," Murphy says. "Dated Janice. Ended friendly. Just...."

Murphy frowns. She looks thoughtful, "She needed more. Tried. Couldn't."

Murphy shrugs.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:16 am

"I'll do my best not to ask too much. If I am asking more than you're comfortable with, just tell me."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:20 am

"I will," Murphy promises. "Don't worry."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:26 am

"I worry. It's just one of the things I do."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 11:47 am

"Well, stop it," Murphy says with a grin.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 1:45 pm

"Like trying to stop a hurricane, hun."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:34 pm

"Says the weather controller."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:38 pm

"The weather controller who knows better than to try to stop a hurricane," she says with a smile. "So have you thought about what you want to do after college?"

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:45 pm

"No," Murphy says.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 2:49 pm

"Fair enough," Theresa says with a chuckle. Then she sobers a bit, "Semi-serious question: Who's safe to tell about you and me? I mean, I don't want to accidentally out you to anyone you aren't okay with me telling. Not that it's not kind of obvious at this point... but..."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:05 pm

"It's fine," Murphy says. "Everyone sort of knows."

"You?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:12 pm

"I've not really made a secret of it in the last year and my parents have known since before I went to the Institute, so I'm sort of in the same boat."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:13 pm

Murphy frowns at the mention of parents, "Oh."

"Hrmm."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:15 pm

"I haven't said anything to your sister, if that's what's worrying you. She knows I went out with someone and she could probably put two and two together, but I haven't explicitly confirmed anything."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:19 pm

Murphy shakes her head, "It's fine. Don't care."

"Just never came up."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:22 pm

"My parents found out the hard way after a call from my old high school because some of the students decided to scrawl... well... names I won't repeat all over my locker. It... well... it's better now, but it was kind of a shock to their system at the time."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:26 pm

"Didn't really know until University," Murphy says. "Long story."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:28 pm

"If this is like that other long story you told me, I got the time," she teases, bouncing the side of her foot against Murphy's calf.

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:42 pm

Murphy smiles. She looks a bit embarrassed but is obviously enjoying the attention, "Umm...Roomed with a girl. Brought her boyfriend to the room a lot. One night we...'got involved'."

"Curious, but...repressed. Got bit by a werewolf and..." Murphy blushes, "Less repressed. Experimented with pack. Things got serious."

"Realized I was into girls. Suddenly...made sense."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:51 pm

Theresa processed the story with a nod, though her eyes yellowed briefly at the mention of 'experimenting with pack' before returning to normal, "Well, that's certainly a more interesting path to realization than mine."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 3:57 pm

"Really?" Murphy asks. She looks curious.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:00 pm

"It's not all that interesting really. Just realized in high school that boys didn't get to me the way girls did. Didn't really have a frame of reference at the start. Once I had a frame of reference, I had enough of a reference to know it wasn't exactly a welcome thing around my hometown."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 4:05 pm

"Sucks," Murphy says.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:24 pm

"Then the whole control weather thing kicked in and that kind of superseded everything. Then I met the Earth Mother, got bitten by a hot girl werewolf, and now I'm having dinner with her."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:46 pm

"That old story," Murphy teases.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:47 pm

"Such a tired retread, I know," she said, licking a slightly pointier tooth.

by **Hannah Murphy** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:45 am

"Regret anything?" Murphy asks.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:52 am

"A few things, yeah, I guess. I regret leaving that note for that girl in high school. I think she's the one who outed me. If you're talking about more recent events? No, not really."

by **Hannah Murphy** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:52 am

"Good," Murphy says. "Glad."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 10:19 am

"The... urges are a bit much sometimes. The number of times I fantasized about kicking Steph's ass in the last 24 hours is probably not entirely healthy, but some of the other urges are kind of fun." She grinned at Murphy.

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