Maybe I'll go there someday, then. I always kinda wanted to travel.
[He picks up his own menu, studies it, trying to play it cool.]
[He picks up his own menu, studies it, trying to play it cool.]
Yeah? Y'should. [ A beat while she just looks at the menu, then she puts it down. ]
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
The spaghetti ain't half bad. Meatballs're good too. 'n there's some thing called eggplant parmesan that my friend gets, but I'm skeptical.
Yeah, I'm not in it for the vegetables. [ Pushing the menu to the edge of the table. ] Beatballs it is.
Good, I ain't goin' for vegetables either. I'll get the spaghetti.
[He grins at her, liking the way she talks, liking her enthusiasm.]
[He grins at her, liking the way she talks, liking her enthusiasm.]
Do I get to try them? [ It's easy to grin back; stretching her legs under the table. ]
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2013-01-13 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. You can try 'em.
[You can do a lot of other things, too, Amy. He likes you.]
So. Tell me about yourself. You like Scotland. You work for a bunch'a...
[Well, he's not going to call them all gangsters. He doesn't want her thinking poorly of him.]
[You can do a lot of other things, too, Amy. He likes you.]
So. Tell me about yourself. You like Scotland. You work for a bunch'a...
[Well, he's not going to call them all gangsters. He doesn't want her thinking poorly of him.]
Sounds like a deal.
[ Raising her eyebrows, lips pursed. ] I don't work for them, I'm one of them. [ That bit's important. Amy Pond doesn't do anything she doesn't want to, and she doesn't just work for people. ]
[ Raising her eyebrows, lips pursed. ] I don't work for them, I'm one of them. [ That bit's important. Amy Pond doesn't do anything she doesn't want to, and she doesn't just work for people. ]
Yeah? 'n how'd that happen?
['cause there aren't too many women in his world.]
['cause there aren't too many women in his world.]
I was working in a shop where they asked for protection money. Like hell I'm gonna work in a place like that. [ A shrug. So she slept with one of them because she wanted to and for information, and then she walked in and told them she wanted to join. As easy as that. ]
Hell, I probably know the guy who asked for the damn protection money. Those guys're predictable.
[Not that he's not like that, too. But he's a little different; he'll work with anyone he can. Most of these people are so stuck on one side or the other -- Italian or Irish -- that they won't do what's in their best interest.]
[Not that he's not like that, too. But he's a little different; he'll work with anyone he can. Most of these people are so stuck on one side or the other -- Italian or Irish -- that they won't do what's in their best interest.]
You're telling me. Stupid boys.
[ She thinks in another life (the one she remembers sometimes) she had morals that wouldn't let this go, but right now and in the world that she lives in? Amy watches out for herself and she wants to move up in the world, wants adventure and excitement and if she can get that joining the mob? Well, then that's what she'll do. Has done, as a matter of fact. ]
[ She thinks in another life (the one she remembers sometimes) she had morals that wouldn't let this go, but right now and in the world that she lives in? Amy watches out for herself and she wants to move up in the world, wants adventure and excitement and if she can get that joining the mob? Well, then that's what she'll do. Has done, as a matter of fact. ]
I ain't like that. Just so ya know.
[At least, he's mostly not like that. If he's going to run a protection scam, he's gonna get his friend Al to do it for him.]
[At least, he's mostly not like that. If he's going to run a protection scam, he's gonna get his friend Al to do it for him.]
I look out for myself. 'n I don't go around threatenin' women.
[Although he definitely goes around threatening guys.]
[Although he definitely goes around threatening guys.]
Such a gentleman. [ It earns another grin, quick and teasing. ]
Well, y'know, I try.
[The food arrives quickly, in quite generous helpings, and he grins at her.]
Think you can eat all of that?
[The food arrives quickly, in quite generous helpings, and he grins at her.]
Think you can eat all of that?
Not if I'm getting some of your spaghetti, too.
We can share.
[Because Jimmy has a famously huge appetite. For many things.]
[Because Jimmy has a famously huge appetite. For many things.]
Yeah? [ Lips quirking up again. ] Sounds good to me.
[He's not too sure if it's too soon in the date -- at least, he's thinking of it as a date, he's not sure how she's thinking of it -- to ask her to do something after having lunch, so he settles for taking a big bite of his spaghetti, twirling it around his fork, trying not to splatter sauce everywhere.]
You wanna go for a walk or somethin' after this?
[Okay, maybe he didn't resist the urge so well.]
You wanna go for a walk or somethin' after this?
[Okay, maybe he didn't resist the urge so well.]
[ She swallows around a mouthful of meatball, eyebrows going up and grinning. It isn't lady-like, but Amy's never been and it never bothered her, so why should it now? ]
You asking me out on a date, then?
You asking me out on a date, then?
Sure, if you wanna call it a date.
[He definitely wants to call it a date.]
[He definitely wants to call it a date.]
[ A sip of her drink, then: ]
Yeah, all right. Let's go for a walk after.
Yeah, all right. Let's go for a walk after.
[He grins, obviously relieved.]
Sounds good to me.
[And another huge mouthful of food. So charming.]
Sounds good to me.
[And another huge mouthful of food. So charming.]
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