Auctioned Date (Backdated like woah and closed to Catherine)

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06 March 2013 @ 10:58 pm

Jake stood outside of Ten Forward wondering if he should have gotten flowers or a card or chocolates or something. It wasn't that he wasn't thoughtful, but he didn't really know how much of a date this date was or what Catherine was expecting and he didn't exactly want to go over board and embarrass himself. It would be his luck Catherine already had a boyfriend and he'd show up with her, see the flowers, and Jake would have the crap kicked out of him. So he stood there empty handed, hands his in his jeans as he waited and hoped he didn't get stood up because wouldn't that be embarrassing?

Tags: catherine chandler, jake doyle, ten forward

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cantoutstubborn on March 7th, 2013 12:12 pm (UTC)

Catherine wasn't sure what to classify this either but she decided that to stop her nerves from jumping too much, it was a friendly flirtation like with Ethan, and enjoying a taste of New York and Newfoundland. Cat arrived at Ten Forward and smiled when she saw Jake. "Don't you look nice? Ready for a street dog and the joys of New York?"

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newfie_pi on March 8th, 2013 02:08 am (UTC)

He smiled when he saw her because, hey, she was hot, and his smile widened into a grin. "If by that you mean honking and smog, sure." Jake winked to show her he was joking.

"And thank you. You look really good too." He meant it.

Jake reached out to hold the door open for her.

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cantoutstubborn on March 8th, 2013 11:02 am (UTC)

"Hey don't forget the yelling and the sirens." Catherine returned his grin as she stepped into Ten Forward. "That adds to the ambiance, too."

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newfie_pi on March 9th, 2013 08:52 pm (UTC)

"If it's drunk yelling then I'll feel right at home." It was nice to see she was a good sport and wasn't stuck up - Jake didn't usually fair well with those people and especially those women.

Once inside, Jake began to lead Catherine to where the holosuites were. He only knew because he got there beforehand and looked inside.

"By the way, I have absolutely no idea what to expect when we step through these doors." The ones they were currently standing in front of.

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cantoutstubborn on March 10th, 2013 07:14 pm (UTC)

"Then I guess we'll find out together." Cat said as the doors swooshed open. Her eyes widened at seeing a typical New York Street and skyline in the distance. She leaned back to look at the bar of Ten Forward and then at the skyline. "Okay, I wasn't expecting that."

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newfie_pi on March 11th, 2013 03:35 am (UTC)

Jake hadn't even gotten to looking back at the bar yet. He stood there, blinking. The graphics or whatever they were called were really impressive. He looked to her, then to Ten Forward, then back to 'New York'. "Wow... Des is really going to be upset he missed this."

He shook his head a little and then held out his hand to her. "Shall we?"

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cantoutstubborn on March 11th, 2013 11:49 pm (UTC)

Cat put her hand in his and nodded, "let's do this thing." She jumped a little when there was a swooshing noise behind her and she turned her head to see ... New York behind her. "Okay that is both freaky and cool."

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newfie_pi on March 12th, 2013 03:42 am (UTC)

Jake blinked and the reached out his hand and was surprised with it didn't hit a wall or anything. Freaky. "Let's just hope we can actually find the exit when we decide we want to leave." Though he didn't sound completely worried since they were stuck in a room with people outside and eventually other people would want to room and come in to remove them.

He turned to Catherine. "Alright. Where to first?"

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cantoutstubborn on March 12th, 2013 10:27 am (UTC)

"First stop, a street vendor." Cat looked around orienting herself to where she was. "And if I remember, there's a really good one just around the corner. Hot soft pretzels." She grinned, "see? Not the stereotype cop with the donuts."

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newfie_pi on March 14th, 2013 03:58 pm (UTC)

"The way you describe pretzels, I'm pretty sure all cops would put down their doughnuts for one." He smiled charmingly at her as he followed. The city was big, the sidewalks were big, and there were a lot of people.

"Gotta say, though, probably a lot harder to find a random guy out here." Small towns were nice like that.

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cantoutstubborn on March 15th, 2013 12:11 am (UTC)

"Oh it's easy to find a random guy here." Cat laughed, "you can just close your eyes and point. The problem is connecting with a random guy." She pointed over to where the street vendor was and the line forming. "The village is easier with no exit and it's even easier when you win them in an auction."

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newfie_pi on March 15th, 2013 12:21 am (UTC)

He chuckled. He had meant as a police officer or private investigator but he was pretty sure Catherine knew that, too. Which made her even more interesting.

Jake got into the line. "Well, then, I guess I should be thankful for the village, eh?" He winked playfully.

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cantoutstubborn on March 15th, 2013 10:45 am (UTC)

"I'd like to hope so." Cat grinned back at him. "I mean you might not have had a chance to see New York otherwise." She was kidding, then jerked her head toward one of the street cameras. "And it's easier than you think to find a random guy, especially with facial recognition software." Catherin winked, "so I would have noticed you walking the streets of New York."

Or rather a forensic tech would have.

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newfie_pi on March 16th, 2013 05:19 pm (UTC)

Jake followed her gesture and saw the camera. Huh. He looked around and saw another one. He looked back down and sent her a grin. Okay, so he liked a woman who knew how to flirt.

"I thought they only did this sort of surveillance thing in London or whatever." He moved up a little in the line.

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cantoutstubborn on March 17th, 2013 01:54 am (UTC)

"Well we've come into the twenty first century in the big city." She laughed softly, nudging her shoulder against his. "I'm teasing you, it's a new technology and mostly it's the forensic techs that use it. We still have to do it the old fashioned way of knocking door to door and talking to witnesses."

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newfie_pi on March 17th, 2013 05:18 pm (UTC)

"You'll have to forgive me, since I come from a backwards town." He looked amused, though.

He inched up a little more. Whatever they were cooking smelled great... which was weird to think about since they were in a big computer thing. "The knocking on doors part is definitely not my favourite part of the job."

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cantoutstubborn on March 17th, 2013 07:07 pm (UTC)

"Especially when you don't know what's going to be on the other side after you knock." Cat pulled a face. "I can't tell you the number of times that someone jumped out the window and went down the fire escape or shot through the door."

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newfie_pi on March 17th, 2013 07:17 pm (UTC)

He nodded. "Or opened the door and punched you in the face." Jake got punched a lot. "Good cardio, though." Helped, too, since he liked drinking a lot of beer.

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cantoutstubborn on March 17th, 2013 11:02 pm (UTC)

Cat laughed as they moved up in line and the people behind them gave them odd looks. "I can honestly say that no one has tried to punch me in the face from behind a door. You're right though, it is a good workout."

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newfie_pi on March 22nd, 2013 12:58 am (UTC)

"That's because you're really hot." He meant the compliment, but also meant the reasoning behind it. He grinned. "Even if you, like, stole my car and drove it over a ledge or whatever, I'd just kind of... yell at you or something."

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cantoutstubborn on March 22nd, 2013 02:02 am (UTC)

Cat laughed, "So I wouldn't get off for good behavior but good genes? Good to know. Sadly I wish the bad guys would feel that way sometimes rather than trying to knock me down or shoot at me."

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newfie_pi on March 24th, 2013 01:00 am (UTC)

"Anyone who shoots at you is clearly insane." Jake hated guns in general and was no stranger to being shot at. "Seriously, though, what's with bad guys and guns? You'd think they'd mix it up every once in a while with a club or something."

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cantoutstubborn on March 24th, 2013 01:04 pm (UTC)

"Well I had one bad guy pretend to be a hit and run victim in front of my car and then proceeded to try to knock me on my ass." Catherine admitted. "It was a good shake up from the regular, but yeah I get what you're saying. It would be nice if they changed their MO now and then."

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newfie_pi on March 26th, 2013 03:42 am (UTC)

"So you put away a lot of bad guys, huh?" Which was beyond hot, really.

He scooted up a little more. They were almost at the front now.

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cantoutstubborn on March 27th, 2013 12:11 am (UTC)

"I wouldn't say a lot, but I've been doing it for five years." She made a small face, "and it feels like there are more criminals now than before." The person in front of them left and she stepped up to the cart with a smile. "Cream cheese dip, mustard and sweet dip with two pretzels."

She turned her head to look at Jake. "Variety to let you pick which you like better."