have been showing her displeasure more than she thought. Sofia tried to mask her surprise as best she could.
“No!” She shot an embarrassed smile up at him as she began walking again, giving him a gentle shove as she passed.
“Jerk.” She exclaimed softly as Lucian began to laugh.
“Stop it. You’re not funny as you think you are,” she said playfully.
“Sure I am.” he proclaimed “It was funny to me, and that’s what’s really important.”
Sofia let out a sigh of relief as the tension that had begun to build in her neck now released. There was still some hope that the date would go as well as she had imagined.
“I was actually thinking of heading over to the Fernbank Museum for martinis. How does that sound? I know it’s a bit of a hike, and you’re dressed a little too amazing for a train ride, but I think we’ll make it. Trust me, it’s well worth it.”
“Much better, actually. I don’t mean that to sound ugly, but the movie thing set the bar pretty low.”
He laughed. “I know. I thought you might at least get a little kick out of it. I guess not. Made me laugh, anyways.”
“Well, I guess it’s funny now, just not so much a minute ago.” The two continued on, each laughing a little to themselves as they thought about Sofia’s reaction.
“So, I guess questions about what you do in your free time are a little unnecessary.” Lucian said jokingly.
“Why do you say that?”
“Well, I’ve seen how much time you spend at work, and how many times you’ve come in after a day off with a better idea of what you should be doing in a specific case. I assume that means that any time you spend away from work is spent thinking about work, if not actually doing work.”
Sofia had never really thought about how little time she spent not doing work.
“Well, I guess that when you love what you do, it’s really not an issue to just keep doing it when you aren’t getting paid for it. I really love making things safer. I like that I’m spending my time making the world a safer place for the people I care about. If you think about it, I really don’t spend as much time working as I do indulging in my favorite past time. The only part of it that I consider work is when I’m filling out paperwork. I even get into that a little sometimes. It’s a way for me to relive solving the case.”
That was the first time that she had ever thought of her job in that way before. She always just thought that she took her job very seriously, but it really was the thing that she enjoyed the most. She didn’t feel that she was missing out on anything by having such a lack of a personal social life. What she truly enjoyed, and wanted to do at all times, was make the world a better place.
“I mean, even with the trouble we’re having with this cannibal gang, I enjoy the chase. All of the trouble we are having right now is just going to make it that much sweeter when they slip up and we catch them. Which reminds me, I thought of something today I meant to ask…..” Glancing up at Lucian as she spoke, she realized she had allowed herself to meander into a conversation about work. “Oh, right. Sorry.”
“It’s cool. I know you can’t help but go back to it. I was just hopin’ I could keep your mind off it for a little while.”
“Just interrupt me when I start doing it, or make a noise or something.”
“Does that sound like me? Interrupting; makin’ some rude ass noise to stop you from talkin’? Nah, I ain’t doin’ all that. You talk, I’ll listen. If I can’t get your attention off dead people, I’m not a very good date anyway.” In typical Lucian form he had made something she had done seem like something he was responsible for. His comments also successfully caused Sofia to make a conscious decision to resist the urge to talk about the case for the remainder of the night.
14
“Y ou’re a nerd, too. You know that, right?” Lucian mocked Sofia after a few seconds of
“No!” She shot an embarrassed smile up at him as she began walking again, giving him a gentle shove as she passed.
“Jerk.” She exclaimed softly as Lucian began to laugh.
“Stop it. You’re not funny as you think you are,” she said playfully.
“Sure I am.” he proclaimed “It was funny to me, and that’s what’s really important.”
Sofia let out a sigh of relief as the tension that had begun to build in her neck now released. There was still some hope that the date would go as well as she had imagined.
“I was actually thinking of heading over to the Fernbank Museum for martinis. How does that sound? I know it’s a bit of a hike, and you’re dressed a little too amazing for a train ride, but I think we’ll make it. Trust me, it’s well worth it.”
“Much better, actually. I don’t mean that to sound ugly, but the movie thing set the bar pretty low.”
He laughed. “I know. I thought you might at least get a little kick out of it. I guess not. Made me laugh, anyways.”
“Well, I guess it’s funny now, just not so much a minute ago.” The two continued on, each laughing a little to themselves as they thought about Sofia’s reaction.
“So, I guess questions about what you do in your free time are a little unnecessary.” Lucian said jokingly.
“Why do you say that?”
“Well, I’ve seen how much time you spend at work, and how many times you’ve come in after a day off with a better idea of what you should be doing in a specific case. I assume that means that any time you spend away from work is spent thinking about work, if not actually doing work.”
Sofia had never really thought about how little time she spent not doing work.
“Well, I guess that when you love what you do, it’s really not an issue to just keep doing it when you aren’t getting paid for it. I really love making things safer. I like that I’m spending my time making the world a safer place for the people I care about. If you think about it, I really don’t spend as much time working as I do indulging in my favorite past time. The only part of it that I consider work is when I’m filling out paperwork. I even get into that a little sometimes. It’s a way for me to relive solving the case.”
That was the first time that she had ever thought of her job in that way before. She always just thought that she took her job very seriously, but it really was the thing that she enjoyed the most. She didn’t feel that she was missing out on anything by having such a lack of a personal social life. What she truly enjoyed, and wanted to do at all times, was make the world a better place.
“I mean, even with the trouble we’re having with this cannibal gang, I enjoy the chase. All of the trouble we are having right now is just going to make it that much sweeter when they slip up and we catch them. Which reminds me, I thought of something today I meant to ask…..” Glancing up at Lucian as she spoke, she realized she had allowed herself to meander into a conversation about work. “Oh, right. Sorry.”
“It’s cool. I know you can’t help but go back to it. I was just hopin’ I could keep your mind off it for a little while.”
“Just interrupt me when I start doing it, or make a noise or something.”
“Does that sound like me? Interrupting; makin’ some rude ass noise to stop you from talkin’? Nah, I ain’t doin’ all that. You talk, I’ll listen. If I can’t get your attention off dead people, I’m not a very good date anyway.” In typical Lucian form he had made something she had done seem like something he was responsible for. His comments also successfully caused Sofia to make a conscious decision to resist the urge to talk about the case for the remainder of the night.
14
“Y ou’re a nerd, too. You know that, right?” Lucian mocked Sofia after a few seconds of
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