Log: first dates!

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Matt and Sue go on their first date, just a simple dinner and a movie. They are corny and have fun though.



Nervously, Matt waited for Sue in the foyer of the school, anxiously folding and unfolding his cane as he waited for her to come down. He wasn't sure what to expect on a first date or anything and didn't want to look stupid. He liked Sue and didn't want to screw it up. He was wearing his nicest jeans and a button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up since they were a little too short now. Plus, it was warm outside so he didn't look stupid. He hadn't tucked it in though, not wanting to look too dressed up.

Sue tugged at her dress, straightening it as she hurried down the stairs. She knew she was late to meet Matt but she had been worrying about what to wear right until the last minute and before she realized it she was running late. Reaching the hallway she slowed to a stop in front of Matt and smiled at him. "Hi," she said shyly, her jacket clutched in her hands to stop them from fidgeting with nervous energy.

It really didn't matter to Matt what Sue wore. He wasn't trying to be insensitive or anything, but he was blind. It was more important to him how it felt. "Hi," he replied, equally quietly, reaching for her hand. "Um. You're driving, right?" they should have figured that out, but she was 16, so she had a license, right? "You look good."

"Thanks," Sue replied as she blushed slightly and looked down at her feet for a moment, "You too." Entwining her hand with Matt's she looked up at him and smiled, "Umm, Matt, I just turned 16, I don't have a license yet."

"Oh," okay, plan B! "Then we bus it. Less fast and glamorous, but effective," he held her hand for a moment, then let it go. "Other side," he requested, adjusting himself and his cane. "Gotta carry the big, white swizzle stick. You never know what you might encounter on the mean streets of Westchester," he joked.

Sue shook her head and laughed as she reached for his free hand, "The mean streets of Westchester?" she asked with a smile. "Do we normally expect to run into much trouble in town?" she teased.

"Oh yeah," Matt agreed mock-seriously as they headed out. "Some of the townies don't much like us. Most leave us alone regardless though. Anyways, you're not wearing something with a big Xavier's logo, right?" he wasn't. So long as they didn't create a problem, there wouldn't be one.

"Aww," Sue pouted playfully, "But I really love my New Mutant uniform so much." She turned a serious look on Matt when she realized he wasn't joking, "There is seriously anti-mutant sentiment this close to the school?"

"Yeah," Matt nodded, "Not usually overt, when we go out as a group people figure it out and leave us alone, but there's always that one asswipe, you know? No one will give us crap tonight though," he promised. If they did, he'd put a stop to it, fast. "What? You thought because the school was here, people didn't care? This is Professor Xavier's family estate, that's all." When had he stopped being in awe of that?

"I believe you" Sue told Matt holding onto his hand a little more tightly. The girl had never thought about it, but she'd always assumed that the school would be somewhere where the people were more accepting of mutants. "I guess yeah, I kinda just assumed people around here would be ok with it."

"People are people," Matt replied, liking her holding his hand. "A lot of people don't care because it's a school or whatever, community money or who knows?" it always came down to money, "But there was one time we all went to the movies and the car windows were all busted. Dunno if it was intentional or just bad luck, but it wasn't fun. Little things like that. They leave the school alone," He liked living here though regardless, it was so different from the city and he was finally getting used to it.

Sue shook her head sadly, she just couldn't understand why people would act like that causing misery just for to hurt strangers. The blonde stepped a little closer to Matt and looked around as they left the gate, just to assure herself that there wasn't anyone likely to cause a problem for them before laughing wryly at herself, she was perhaps still a little skittish she realized. "So," she asked brightly trying to banish the topic, "did you decide where we're going today?"

There was a bus stop not too far from the school and they headed down the road in that direction, "You're trusting the blind guy to choose where we go for a date?" Matt asked, amused. "There's a Chinese place in town that's pretty good. How's that?" Everyone ate Chinese food, right? "And you're picking the movie. Because if you make me I'll poke you."

"I'm trusting the guy who actually knows what's in town," Sue replied with a laugh, "knowing my luck if you left it to me we'd end up eating sandwiches from a gas station, Chinese sounds much better than that." She grinned at Matt, "You'll poke me. Wellll, I thought the one who asked me out was supposed to plan out the whole day," she teased.

"That's not fair!" Matt protested! "I don't know what's playing or what you want to see! I don't watch movies much! So you get to pick. I'll pay and all that," he had asked her out. So that seemed alright to him.

"I thought we'd already been through the whole fair thing before," Sue pointed out, her grin very evident in her voice as they arrived at the bus stop.

"Hush," Matt instructed, letting go of Sue long enough to pull out his bus card and then check his watch. The bus was due in a minute or two if it was on time, "I'm the guy, you have to do what I say. Except when you don't want to," yeah. Or something. "Fine then. I'm going to choose a movie that sounds good to me. Something with lots of explosions."

Sue quirked an eyebrow at Matt, "You mean I have to let you think I'm doing what you say," she replied as she patted down her jacket pockets looking for her bus card as well. "Well action movies to tend to have all the hot guys in them," the girl mused before smiling at Matt, just as long as it's not a horror movie."

"Definitely not a horror movie," Matt agreed. Those weren't all that interesting to him, too much spooky music and bad lighting he couldn't see. Action movies had definitely lost their appeal too since Genosha, but some were okay. "That too. Girls are weird. They do what they want anyways, so whatever. But you're cute, even if you're weird," he could hear the bus coming down the road.

"Uhhh, thanks I think," Sue replied unsure how to react to that. Come to think of it she didn't know how to act around Matt a lot, she just kept getting flustered or putting her foot in her mouth. "And boys are?" she asked as the bus came around the street corner.

"What? Weird? No. Boys make perfect sense," Matt replied, joking a little. They made sense to have anyways, but he also was one. The bus came to a stop and Matt climbed aboard, swiping his pass. Using his cane, he found them a couple seats. It was important that he use his cane in public even if he didn't use it most of the time at the school. He always carried it regardless.

"They totally are," Sue returned as she followed Matt onto the bus and ignored the funny look the bus driver gave them as they settled down into their seats. "Besides weird can be good." she continued in a softer voice.

"Well, yeah. Weird can be good," Matt agreed, lacing his fingers with Sue's once he had his cane folded out of the way, "And guys aren't weird. I'm a guy and I make perfect sense," uh huh. In his own mind. Girls were a complete enigma.

"Sure you do," Sue agreed a tad sarcastically; if he made perfect sense that maybe she'd be able to get over the way her heart had started racing when he had taken her hand the girl thought as she let her hand relax comfortably in Matt's.

Laughing, Matt just squeezed her hand as they rode the bus. It wasn't a very long ride into town and soon he reached up to pull the cord to let the driver know that they wanted off. He didn't know the entire bus route, but he knew how many stops it was into town at least. "So, you hungry now or you want to check movie times or what?" he asked. The Chinese place was near the mall and so was the theater, but they weren't next to each other.

Sue pondered the question as she looked around the town, this was the first time she'd had the chance to look around Westchester itself. Before she could speak the question was answered when her stomach gave a little rumble. Blushing she looked up at Matt, "Maybe we could eat first?" she asked.

"Food is good," he agreed. Unfolding his cane he headed across a parking lot towards a strip mall, then down it's length. Safer that way than trying to go diagonally and risk the (greater) wrath of cars. "It's not Chinatown, but it's okay," he explained. Not a whole lot beat Chinatown for Chinese unless you were maybe in China. "New York's spoiled me for food. Even the shittiest places are good, you know? Chinatown, Little Italy, we got it all."

Sue smiled, "You really love New York don't you?" she said, "New York does have really good food, but the food at the mansion isn't too bad either. Lorna's a really good chef. Me, I burn toast when I try to cook."

"I'm a New Yorker," Matt agreed. "The food at school 's good, yeah. Lorna'teaching me to cook. I used to cook for me and my dad all the time." That Sue couldn't cook surprised him. Somehow he would have thought she could.

"Really?" Sue asked in surprise, "That's really cool, what's she taught you to cook so far?" The girl had never really had to go past the making toast and eggs level of cooking, her father may have been absent but even she had to admit he had never been neglectful and had made sure she and her brother were taken care of.

Matt had to think for a moment, "Chicken and brownies and other stuff. Whatever I'm hungry for," Matt fumbled a moment for the door handle so he could open the door for Sue. "Most of what I know otherwise is hamburger helper and other box stuff."

"Thanks," Sue smiled at Matt as they entered the restaurant, the girl fell silent until the server had seated them. "Maybe next time you can cook a meal?" she asked shyly as she glanced down blushing slightly. Next time? Well she really hoped there was a next time, but she didn't know how Matt felt; he seemed to be enjoying himself she thought as she glanced up at her date.

"Uh, sure," Matt agreed, startled. He wanted a second date, definitely, but cooking for someone was intense. That was pretty serious, right? "Whatever you want," he agreed. He asked the hostess for a braille menu, sometimes restaurants had them, but this one didn't. Figured. "What looks good on the menu?" He hated having it read to him, but he couldn't read it on his own.

Staring at the menu Sue was glad for the chance to focus on something else. "Well, the chicken and Black-bean is always a good option," she replied. "Their shrimp looks good, but so does the lamb. Any preferences?" she asked.

"Um...I like the Mongolian beef. Or happy family...? Nothing too spicy," bland was always better when you had enhanced taste. "Do you normally get soup or eggrolls?"

"Normally egg rolls," Sue answered as she examined the menu. "The Mongolian beef sounds good," she agreed. "How about we get that and a chicken, green pepper and black bean?" she asked.

"Okay, that works," Matt agreed.

The waiter came to get their drink orders and they went ahead and put in their food order too. Normally, Matt also got soup, but he didn't want to look stupid by accidentally wearing it.

"So...." Matt wasn't sure what to talk about, "You ready for school yet?"

"Yeah," Sue confirmed, "I thinks so anyway. I've signed up for classes and got all the books and stationary for next year." She grinned at Matt, "Although if the stories people tell me are true you can't ever be prepared for what goes on at this school." she said with a smile. "Is it true that you all got possessed last Halloween?"

Matt laughed, "Yeah. We all acted like our characters and stuff. And ghosts're reall, too. But how many people have teachers who have double identities, huh?"

"Well I always had my suspicions about my old English teacher," Sue replied with a laugh, "So what did you dress up as? Wait, ghosts, like a real ghostbusters type ghost?"

"A Blues Brother," Matt grinned. Instant costume, just add tie and fedora, basically. "And yes. 'Cept it was magical. And no ghostbusters needed. They're gone now."

"Magic?" Sue asked skeptically, "You mean it was an illusion?"

"Look I never saw or touched the ghosts. I heard them, but they didn't have heartbeats. They seemed real enough to the others. If it was only me, I'd say I was hallucinating our something, but they were all dead people come back to...unlife as far as I know," for Matt, it was very much a matter of faith. He believed in spirits and such though.

Sue looked at Matt silently as the server brought their food to the table, magic couldn't exist could it? The universe ran according to rules, that was the very core of science. But then science had failed to predict mutants, although it could explain their powers. There must be a reasonable explanation for the ghosts, even though she couldn't think of one now. "That sounds like a pretty unusual Halloween," she said reaching for her chopsticks.

Chopsticks were well beyond Matt's ability and he found the fork easily enough. "Yeah," he agreed, "but it beats going to the Y to trick or treat or staying in the group home watching horror movies or whatever," because they didn't want the boys getting in trouble. "And you know, no one got hurt," which was important.

"That's good," Sue replied, slightly worried that Matt had made a point of specifying no-one had got hurt. She looked across the table at Matt sadly, "It doesn't sound like Halloween's used to be that much fun for you."

Matt shrugged, "It wasn't all that cool when I was a kid, you know? Very little kid. Never met people who were all into it for the candy and costumes until I got here. Most people I knew were more interested in the 'trick' not the 'treat,'" he let Sue serve him from the shared plates once the waiter brought the food, "What about you? I bet you always dress up and stuff."

Sue grinned, "Well yeah," she confirmed, "Dressing up is the best part of the holiday, well that and the candy. "My friends would all dress up and we'd go up and down a few towers to get some candy and spend the rest of the night watching movies at someones house. Well we used to," she amended, "now someone at school always used to organize a Halloween party."

Maddie would probably do that here. "We'll do something, don't worry about being bored," Matt assured her. They were rarely bored unless they wanted to be, especially at holidays.

Chatting throughout dinner, Matt took a fortune cookie and split it open, handing the paper to Sue. "You have to read them both."

Breaking her own cookie in two Sue retrieved the slip of paper and laid the two fortunes down side by side on the table, "A warm smile is testimony of a generous nature; Love is like wildflowers...it is often found in the most unlikely places." she read out with a smile. "Which one was mine?" Matt asked. They were both good.

"You apparently have a warm smile and generous nature," Sue replied with a grin as their waitress arrived with the bill.

"Just in time to pay the bill," Matt joked, pulling out his wallet and checking to see what bills he needed to use to pay for it. He hated how Sue had to keep reading things for him and this was no exception as he pulled the cash from his wallet. Each bill denomination was folded a different way so when he went to see what money he had it was obvious. "Okay," he said once he set the cash down, "Ready?" Matt offered Sue his hand.

Sue laughed as she stood up and slipped her hand into Matt's, "Yeah, amazing timing that," she deadpanned before grinning at him. The blond squinted in the light as they stepped out of the restaurant, pulling her sunglasses out of the jacket she was carrying in her free hand she turned to smile at Matt. "So where to next?"

Unfolding his cane, Matt used it as a pointer. "Movie theater is that way. Unless you see somewhere you want to stop or whatever. I don't know what else is around here," the restaurants he could smell, but the other places were a mystery. It probably didn't help that he wasn't all that interested in clothing or shopping or anything. In the city he always knew from the smells and sounds. Here, not as much.

Sue paused a moment while she looked around the town, there were shops lining the main street but nothing that really caught her eye. Shrugging she turned in the direction Matt had indicated, tugging at his hand "Why don't we head towards the theater," she agreed. "I'll let you know if there's anything interesting on the way."

"Sounds good," he agreed. The movie theater wasn't far anyways, just across the parking lot and down a ways. "I'm glad we're doing this," Matt said quietly. "I mean, going out and stuff. It's fun. You're fun."

"I..." Sue looked at Matt in surprise, a blush spreading of her face. "Me too," she said softly, stepping closer to Matt. She knew he could hear her from wherever but it made her feel more comfortable to think no-one else could; or would intrude on their private moment. "I mean I'm having fun too. Thanks for bringing me out today." Stretching up onto her tiptoes she kissed him lightly on the cheek before dropping down and looking away, her blush deepening at her own temerity.

Slipping his arm around her shoulder, he pulled her a little closer, then kissed her lips tenderly. "Of course," he agreed. "Who else would tell me what's going on in a movie?" Okay, that didn't quite come out right. "I mean, I wanna see a movie with you. Gah. You know what I mean, right?"

"I know," Sue smiled and wrapped her arm around Matt's waist, "Perhaps you mean you should quit while you're ahead and gallantly lead me to the move theater?" she teased.

"Absolutely," Matt agreed, relaxing. He was grateful for the out. "We're almost there." He led her through the parking lot to the theater, then paid for two tickets. "Popcorn?" he asked as they entered. They hadn't gotten dessert at the Chinese place, so why not? "Or candy? Or me?" he added, teasing.

Sue stared at Matt, "Wow that was corny," she giggled as she stepped in closer to Matt stretching up to kiss him. "Hmm, definitely sweeter than candy," she mused with a grin before slipping her arm through Matt's and pulling him in the direction of the counter. "You can't watch a movie without popcorn." she told him seriously.

Blushing at the kiss, Matt just smiled, "Nothing wrong with a little corn," he said as they waited their turn. "Want a soda or something too?"

Sue nodded, "Popcorn can get dry by itself," she replied, "Maybe a Sprite or something?" There really was nothing wrong with corn sometimes, besides she thought it was cute.

"Popcorn and soda it is!" Matt agreed, ordering for them when they reached the counter. He got a bottle of water for himself since he didn't much like soda. It tasted funny and the carbonation was weird. Super taste was lame. "Will you hate me if we don't get butter?" he asked Sue as they headed to get their tickets torn. The movie lobby was so loud, he hated it and was relying on Sue more to guide them than he wanted to admit.

"Salt is just fine," the girl assured him as the attendant tore their tickets and waved them through. She had noticed Matt's nervousness as they had crossed the lobby and was kicking herself mentally. She should have realized that he'd be uncomfortable in the middle of the crowd, at least the movie theatre itself would be quieter. "Are you going to be ok with the movie, they can sometimes get pretty loud?" she asked trying to keep the concern out of her voice.

"I'm okay," Matt replied, though he was unsure if it was to reassure Sue or himself. Crowds in general made him nervous, but he had to handle it. "Here it's....people, noise, the food, everything, you know? In the theater it'll be loud, but I have earplugs if I need them and I won't be moving with it, you know?" the world to him was always loud for the most part, a movie wouldn't greatly add to that, it would just be loud in a different way. "Anyways, I'm with you, right? You're not gonna walk me into a wall," and he would stop her if she tried.

"I would never," Sue declared, walking someone into a wall would just be mean. She enjoyed playing pranks as much as anyone, but that was too much. She nodded at Matt's explanation, grateful that he wouldn't be too discomforted by the movie. "So," she asked looking around the movie theatre, "any preferences where we sit?" The theatre was still pretty empty whch Sue was grateful for, there was always someone who acted disruptive in a crowded theatre and she really wanted to just enjoy the date with Matt.

"Wherever you want," Matt replied. It didn't matter to him, he could hear perfectly well throughout the theater and seeing wasn't a concern for him. "Probably somewhere where if we talk s little, it won't bother anyone," well, for Sue to talk and explain what was happening sometimes.

Sue nodded picking out a couple of seats near to the back of the theatre, that way they could talk without bothering anyone and hopefully without being bothered themselves. "How about here?" she asked in a whisper. She knew she didn't have to speak so softly but she didn't want to annoy the other customers and anyway she enjoyed the excuse for leaning closer to him she realized blushing a little.

"Perfect," Matt agreed taking a seat. It was a newer theater and the seat arms moved, so he pushed the one between then up so they could sit a little closer together. Snuggling closer to Sue, Matt got comfortable.