Andy and Lilah Meet for Training

## Mob Boss Peggy01/19/2019

It was Thursday afternoon. During his text exchange with Lilah, Andy found himself fiddling and staring blankly at the screen like he was afraid she wouldn't respond. Why wouldn't she, though? Lilah was super nice. He still sighed with relief when she did agree to his extra training. Then, the worry began that she would think it was really stupid.
He wore a new gi (gi #2 in his profile) that was brand new, stitched with care and totally fireproof, in the quintessential kendo style. He had tested it before after he got it yesterday with total awe and excitement, but hadn't gotten the chance to test it out as much as he wanted to due to the space constraints.
Carrying the lion cub in his arms and stroking his fur to ease his growing level of anxiety, he paced the living room waiting for Lilah.
@sephet(edited)

## sephet01/19/2019

Lilah had been taking, she thought, a well deserved laze on the couch with her dog when she’d gotten the message from Andy. After the quick exchange she got up and dug through the pile of clean, unfolded, laundry on her chair and found her workout clothes. She still felt a little embarrassed about going out to get new workout clothes just to look better in the group, but they were coming in handy on the regular these days so she threw them on and put together a gym bag with regular clothes just in case plans called for a change at some point. She tied her hair back in a ponytail and after a bit of contemplation put on some eyebrow colour, blush and mascara. Just in case.

She shot a look at Gertrude who had followed her throughout the apartment while she’d gotten ready and sighed. “Hey sweetie, don’t chew my pillows while I’m away, okay? You’re doing so good lately. I’ll buy you some chewies while I’m out, okay?” She crouched down and rubbed her dog’s head affectionately, scratching behind her ears before leaning to kiss her on the forehead.

She pulled on her coat and boots, shoving her runners into her gym bag, grabbed her purse, keys and headed out, locking the door behind her. She was a little nervous but a little excited. Surely Andy wasn’t still mad at her if he was messaging her now. Maybe the cinnamon buns had expressed her apology thoroughly enough. She wondered what was on the long drive that could help her with training. It was clearly training if she was wearing workout clothes, right? She hopped into her car, then had a brief panic and began gathering the garbage up to throw away before letting anyone into her car. That took her a couple minutes but then the car looked like reasonable transport for the two of them and she took off down to HQ.

Once she got there she opened the door a little nervously, still sometimes feeling like she should knock first. It was HQ, but it was also Andy’s home right? Whatever she was in already and that’s what mattered. “Hey! Andy?”

## Mob Boss Peggy01/19/2019

Andy turned around the moment he heard the doorknob turn. His heart skipped a little bit, as it had been beating quite stressfully already, when he saw Lilah walk in. Regardless, his face brightened with a smile. "Hey! Welcome! Come in! I gotta' grab some stuff, hold on."
He didn't know why he wasn't already prepared. That made no sense. He vanished into the back room, grabbed a big pack full of things, including but not limited to: a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit, a change of generic clothes, some elastic hair ties, a gas lantern and some snacks. She'd be able to hear bangings and crashings the whole way through.
On the way back, he grabbed the empty clean baking container from the drying rack and returned to Lilah to hand her the pan.
"Your buns were *amazing*." He sighed, happily. "Even Eli thought so."(edited)

## sephet01/19/2019

Lilah laughed a little to hear him crash and dash around. It seemed a little silly that *he* had asked *her* to come and *he* was the one not ready. But it wasn’t serious and she generally figured it for ‘boys’ or something. It gave her a chance to sort of take in the damage of the house. Were those claw marks on the furniture? She was glad Gertrude only had an occasional pillow chewing habit. She didn’t really understand how there was a lion cub in the house, but Andy had described his aunt like she was a rich eccentric. It would *kind* of make sense if that was why? Maybe? She didn’t really want to ask.
“Thank you.” She took the pan back with a bright smile, she loved it when people enjoyed her baking. “I’m really glad! I promise I’ll practice healthy options in the future, but it seemed a waste to experiment with a gift.”

## Mob Boss Peggy01/19/2019

Andy nodded quietly, once Lilah took the pan back and remarked about healthier options. He *had* been cutting back on the meals since eating far too many sweets after people kept bringing junk food into house, but Lilah had found a weakness of his rather easily. It was a gift. He couldn't refuse a gift. That would've been improper.
With the pack thrown over his shoulder, he made way for the door. "Alright! Phone, keys... Err... Oh! Sorry!" He circled back around the woman to retrieve his wallet from the kitchen counter. "Can't forget that! Alright, let's get going! It's about an hour drive from here, if the traffic isn't too bad."
He locked the door behind him once they were out and trekked to Lilah's little car.

## sephet01/19/2019

She laughed softly as he circled back and around, waving off his apology, she was a little tempted to tease him and ask if he needed to go to the bathroom before they left but thought better of it. When they got into the car she stashed the baking pan in the back seat and started up. “Okay, just tell me where to go I guess?”
She hesitated with her hands on the wheel, waiting for him to tell her where to go before taking off in that direction.
“What all do you have in mind, or is it supposed to be a surprise?”

January 24, 2019