Kidge One Shots

Online Dating cont'd

24 hours later...

Keith and Lance meet up on Earth completely focused on the issue at hand. Katie's blind date. Keith looks down at his hand which is a fist. He slowly and very intentionally opens his hand when Lance starts talking.

"If Pidge finds out, this is all on you. You are tougher and hence more inclined to take her punishments. Plus I hate it when she's really mad at me and not just kinda mad."

Keith shakes his head, "Well, yeah, sure, while I hope it doesn't come to that, fine. But just to be clear, I don't want her to be mad and me either. But, I need, I mean, I just want to be sure she's not being pushed into this. Or that she meets some creep and"

Lance shrugs, "Whatever, we are agreed. I have her first date location. Game plan time or are we just winging it?"

Later that evening...

Pidge is being seated for dinner in a very un-Pidge like dress. In fact, when she catches sight of herself in the glass window as they make their way to their table she almost doesn't recognize herself. The girl, no woman, in the reflection is wearing a form fitting dress that is shorter than anything she'd pick and definitely lower cut than her usual T-shirt or button down. The makeup is done artfully thanks to Romelle, remember - do not to rub your eyes. She definitely doesn't want the make up smeared across her face despite Ina's assurances that it's 'dummy proof'.

So online dating is how she found herself sitting at a dinner with a very nice guy who does absolutely nothing for her romantically speaking. No heart pounding, no butterflies in her stomach. In fact, while tall (according to his profile) a 6 foot tall man with an athletic build, and a sort of man bun? He has blue eyes, dark blonde hair and seems reasonably nice. He does smell amazing and while dressed in a sharp suit (that her brother would totally love)...there just is no spark! And while the date is at a pretty, fancy, and expensive restaurant that is one of the harder one's to get into (according to Veronica) which was a promising sign (according to Nadia).

As they were seated, he immediately grabbed the menu and ordered her a glass of wine. Or actually he ordered a bottle in another language and told her she had to try it because it was delish. Honestly, I wanted to roll my eyes but I refrained. Unfortunately, his bad manners didn't stop there. He didn't ask what she liked or even ask her what she was thinking. She never mentioned that she disliked or liked... fish. So why would he think he should order for her? What was she five? And even back then, she pretty much ordered for herself. She tried to hold in the sigh but crap, they were only on the bread and salad.

She also found it annoying that he took up all the leg room under the table. I mean, seriously, she does have legs too! Where is she supposed to put hers? Or maybe it was the way he called her babe like he couldn't be bothered to remember her name. Which was listed as Katie.

Flash forward to now, where he currently asked her what her sign was when suddenly she feels the hair on her neck rise. WTF? Trouble.

As unobtrusively as possible she tries to look around only have said date grab her hand and order her to look into his eyes. Dude, what is his damage? Seriously if he reads her palms or says he talks to dead people she is SO out of here! Fuck the 'just try it' dating plan.

It was then she hears her name being called out, loudly. "PIDGEON!!!"

No. No, no, no. There is no way Lance is here by accident. He was definitely supposed to be off planet, at home. Oh shit, if Veronica is with him she is seriously going to rethink her friend group. She told them she didn't need back up or more specifically an audience or comments. Sighing she turns, only to see Lance and KEITH?!?