All That Jazz

[drain]

Aedan was about to say something involving not doing police work because of his mutant ability, but then the idea of a bouncer at the Hellfire came up, and he thought that sounded like a good idea... Until he thought of touching another mutant there. He sighed, then simply looked to her. "Those are definitely some ideas... What about you? You getting to work?"

[Aqua]

"Either that," Emily nodded, "or I'll apply for a place at a university. Here, probably." Or perhaps both... She felt she'd need some guidance from Professor Xavier, but she wasn't ready to visit the mansion yet. Not today, at least.

[drain]

Aedan nodded again. "The University sounds like a good idea. What do ye think ye'll be takin'?" He asked, finally getting what he had ordered earlier, and taking a sip of it.

[Aqua]

"Medicine," Emily replied. "I was..." but she bit her tongue before she said the rest of 'with the medical team in Washington', it kept coming back to her, and really was the latest medical experience she'd had, which was why it was the first thing she thought of.

[drain]

Aedan nodded and smiled. "That's a good field." He said, "Good money and such." He decided to ignore what she was going to say, thinking it would either hurt her, or would be something she wouldn't want to bring up.

[Aqua]

"Money?" Emily chuckled. "Well, that, too... But it wasn't what I first had in mind." She was done with her salad and was now sipping the last of her tea.

[drain]

Aedan gave her a playful smile. "Well of course there's the 'elping people part. That's always lovely."

[Aqua]

Emily merely shrugged with a genuine smile, as if saying, yeah, of course it is. She finished her drink and put the cup back on the table, throwing a glance at the window. Apparently, it was still raining... Bleh, what a lovely weather...

[drain]

Aedan took another sip of his own drink, then looked across the table to her. "So, how's your parents?" He asked, stemming conversation. Or at least trying to.

[Aqua]

"They're okay," Emily gave another shrug. "Still insanely social and weirdly creative. Well, and tense about the mutant topic at the moment, but I think that'll pass eventually."

[drain]

"Who isn't tense about it? It's always in their faces, and there's always someone with bad ideas going around making the rest of us look bad." He sighed, knowing he was one of them, only his wasn't on purpose.

[Aqua]

Emily held her glance on him for a moment, trying to guess if he was referring to himself. Guessing she had never been good at... "Uh-huh," she agreed cautiously, just in case - she didn't want to upset him by an unnecessary reminder of what she had thought of him a few months earlier. It seemed he'd been nothing but gentleman towards her since then and she didn't want to be unjust. "Hopefully, they'll get over it soon. I don't want this to influence the rest of my life from here on."

[drain]

Aedan glanced up at her as he took another drink, finishing it. "Aye, that would be a shame. Ye're a good person, who shouldn't have to be influenced by others. You got a firm head on ye shoulders."

[Aqua]

Emily gave a small nod with a smile, considering his words. "Maybe," she said. "Not all of the time, unfortunately..." she noticed he was finished with his drink, too. "Shall we go?" she didn't really mean to offer him to walk her home or anything, even if it sounded that way, it just seemed natural for her to leave the cafe together.

[drain]

Aedan looked down to his drink, then back to her. "I s'pose we might as well... Are you heading anywhere specific?" He reached into his pocket, and placed money for the drink, and then some onto the table.