Altered Dreams

[Zander]

Alex went through a list of place sin the area to eat. The service at most was too slow, though. Or it was “fast food”, which sounded a little inappropriate to eat after getting married. Even to a stranger. So what then? There was that one weird Chinese place…

“Hey, you know, actually…we’re pretty close to my apartment. Walking distance, in fact. Would it be okay to just eat there?”, Alex asked, tilting his head to look at Talon.

This was a little awkward…Inviting a stranger and his husband over to his apartment all in one. But they were going to end up living there eventually. This would be a good excuse for Alex to take talon over to see everything. And anyways, he was pretty sure the wedding bands were at his place. The expensive rings wouldn’t have been safe to take to the chapel, according to his mother. The senile old bag was just a tad paranoid, but whatever.. Alex wanted his ring though. It would sort of “seal the deal” for him.

And then there would be a visual to prove that he was safe and married away. Then no one could take him. in fact, they really weren’t safe yet. Not until they had those rings…

[Dan]

"Sure!" The fifteen year old replied. There was no harm in going, besides he was going to end up living there soon enough. Talon could just go and get it over with, besides it seemed like a fun idea to go. At least they'd have a safer place to be in, the public wasn't very smart, but that's why he had a gun, right? It was to keep himself safe, and others, because he couldn't stand to see anyone killed.

Though, that's just a little odd because when he goes to school you should see all the fights he manages to get himself into. Shoving that thought out of his head, the fifteen year old concentrated on what was going on right now. They still had to get to the apartment, since Talon didn't know where it was he'd have to follow Alex.

Well, he would have to anyways, he needed to be the good little boy he was and listen to what the other wanted. Not all the time, it just felt like he should for now, then maybe they could get comfortable being around each other. "So I suppose we're going then?" He asked looking at Alex.

This was going to be an interesting trip, people better beware, this newlywed was going to hurt someone if they tried to do something to the new couple.

[Zander]

Okay, so at the very least Talon trusted him. That was a start in the right direction. A big step when one considered just how hectic the present was. Trust was pretty hard to come by. Thus the gun still nestled comfortably against his chest. Alex wasn’t really a fan of carrying a weapon around, but it was important to have it. He hoped he’d never have to use it, but it was there if he did. He’d even started practicing a shooting range. Alex saw no point in carrying the thing around if he was useless

“It’s a pretty short walk from here to the apartment”, he explained as he started walking, a step ahead of Talon since he knew the way and the other did not, ”By the way, our rings ought to be over there, too. I’m sorry we didn’t get them at the chapel…it’s a long story.”

Alex racked his mind for something interesting to talk about. There really wasn’t much…He focused on a bit of music, a bit of literature, and that was about it. He’d traveled once or twice, but Alex felt like he was bragging when he talked about his vacations. So that left what knowledge he did have on the arts…The old arts, mostly. Great…he was going to sound like a total idiot locked in the past.

“So…ah…er…what do you like to do in your spare time?’, he asked, feeling a tad awkward. That was a normal question, right?


Define “normal”.

[Dan]

"Oh yeah, the rings.." his reply was soft, and smooth. Carefree was another word for it, but it was only because he was thinking. You know, Talon wasn't always like this, he cries, gets into fights. Lots of things happen to the boy only because he tries to keep his family safe, then again, they did this for him because he had always put himself out there, where he, himself were vulnerable. Then again, that's what led him to carrying a gun, and how he got stuck getting married.

All the things he did had led up to his marriage, if it wasn't for this, he'd probably be dead right about now. Lots of people would try to kill him if they knew what he was capable of, there was always that hint of assassin air about him, but no one really ever thought about that anymore. He was just a boy, not some killing machine that people could control.

"Hmm, spare time." This was something he had to think about, what did the boy consider as spare time? His classes, work, trying to live, that about covers it. Wait, there was one thing, the fifteen year old loved watching movies. Not these new things, but like old flat screen movies from 2000 and stuff like that. It was pretty cool how they could do so much when they had barely any technology.

"I like watching old movies."

[Zander]

Old movies, huh? Great, so he had something in common with his husband already. That was a good start…pathetic, but a good start.

“Really? Sam here….I like the really old movies. The ones that they had before ‘special effects’. Hitchcock films and the like”, Alex said, smiling faintly. He could have go on (probably for the whole walk to the apartment ), but that would make him look like he never shut up. That wasn’t really something he wanted Talon to know if eh could help it. Great, you are already keeping secrets from him… Alright, so personality traits probably weren’t really “secrets”, but still…your spouse was to supposed to know everything about you…right? Or did it matter anymore? In this time, Alex decided, it probably didn’t’. Secrets were the new wealth in the world.

His mouth twisted a little at his own thoughts, but Alex brought himself back into the present after a moment.

“Oh, ah…what about pets? Do you have any?” Alex asked, trying desperately to keep a dieing -in his opinion- conversation.


ooc;
I am SO SORRY this took so long. I forgot it was my turn to post. Gah.


I'm thinking of making 'epets' be like...A.I. versions of animals. If you'd be alright with having Artificial Intelligence..