(LA Night)First Date (Activity)

[Jessy Jackson]

A small tear fell from my eye as I accidently overheard their conversation. All of this was so bloody horrible.

[Maya]

I huddled up to him, leaning my head on his shoulder as i watched the meteors. I had told him. I couldn't even say those words out loud to Willow or Faith... though Willow discovered them for herself, but now i had told Joshua... and it was ok. Sure i hadn't told him about what had happened long before that... but one step at a time, right? I sighed.
"Thank you." I said quietly.

[Jessy Jackson]

I looked around, slightly uncomfortable at overhearing that obviously private moment. Flying through the sky I saw a crow. No, it wasn't a crow. It seemed familiar somehow. Suddenly I noticed a swarm of demons. Goddess, would this night never end?

[Joshua]

"No problem," I said as I kissed her forehead and held her a little tighter.

Then I felt something in my pocket poke me a little, reminding me what was there.

"Oh," I said suddenly, pulling away just enough to bring out the two mini-Canvas umbrellas, "Here." I handed her one and started to open the other, but not all the way just yet.

"What's this for?" she asked, the amusement clear in her voice.

I sighed, amusement in my own voice as I answered, "I'm afraid we're going to find out in about thirty seconds." I held up my watch so we could both watch the seconds counter slowly tick by.

[Jessy Jackson]

Goddess this was boring. Demons focused their atytention on me which only speeded up their deaths. I couldn't see the crow anymore.

[Maya]

"You checked up with a future you about how this would go, didn't you?" I said with a grin.
"...maybe." He relented. I chuckled,
"10 seconds." I said.

[Jessy Jackson]

I figured that if the guys hadn't seen me by now they were either blind or in love. I ran up to them in mouse form but they didn't even see me when I jumped onto Maya's knee. They really loved each other.

[Joshua]

"Don't worry," I started to say, but Mai finished for me, "It's Jessy," she said.

I smiled at her, and then we hit the one second mark.

Together, the both of us popped open the umbrellas and held them over ourselves, Mai holding Jessy close to herself, (lucky rodent), and then the noises started.

First there was the cawing of a crow, and then a sound that you usually only hear on TV, kinda like a swarm of bees, but a lot louder and a lot closer.

"Uh, Josh, what is that?" Mai asked, sounding nervous.

"Demon locusts," I answered casually, now gripping by umbrella with two hands.

"Demon...locusts...?" she repeated.

"Don't worry," I promised, "Rory will take care of them in," I glanced at my watch and then pulled out a notepad from my jacket pocket, marked off the demons in the alley since I hadn't done that yet, and noted the time for Rory to kill the demon locut swarm. Darn, another minute and a half at least. "Well, he'll take care of them soon enough. By the way, Jessy did you know that he could transform into a Hive of creatures just as easily as he can transform into one massive creature?"

"What's that got to do with anything?" Mai asked.

I showed her the notepad, which did not include information about our date but instead info about the exact times the 'distractions' to our dates show up and how they're resolved and by when. The one next to demon locusts - Rory turns into Hive Bat colony and eat locusts. Bring umbrellas, very messy.

Minute and a half later, the crow caw turned into many upon many upon many little squeaks which seemed to drown out the buzz of the locusts. Half a second after that, tiny little bug bodies started impacting against our umbrellas and the ground.

"Eewwww," Mai and Jessy commented.

[Maya]

((dude! Rory isn't around yet!! Oh well... i guess jessy can go- oh! Rory, whats he doing here.))

"Our lives are SO much grosser than other peoples." I moaned. "I mean, seriously, how do normal people not notice these things?" I shook my head, and checked the time, "Urgh, get on with it, bat boy." I murmured.
"Y'know, not everything in our lives is gross." Joshua said thoughtfully. I chuckled, and poked him in the stomach with a finger,
"No." I agreed, "Not everything." I kissed him softly, while we both still held up the umbrellas against the shower of locust-bits. And i discovered that it is possible for mice to roll their eyes.

[Joshua]

Despite not having pupils too.

Five minutes after it started, the shower of demonic insect carcasses ceased and all three of us breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately regretted it as the smell finally reached us.

"I think this ranks as number 23 on the worst smelling moments in history," I say holding my hand over my mouth and nose.

Maya, in the same position, just nods and seems to be concentrating very hard.

I find out why thirty seconds later as we're teleported away to another romantic spot, this one apparently the Slayer had set up somehow.

[Jessy Jackson]

(((Right, is Rory here or not?)))

[Maya]

"Cool." I said brightly, "I never managed that before. Guess it just needs some serious motive." I smiled up at him.
"Guess so." He replied."
"Dont know about you," I said, "But i'm real hungry." I dragged the hamper, which (along with the rug and all) had come with us, closer, and threw open the lid, "Right, what do we have?" I murmured.

[Jessy Jackson]

I skweaked irratably. "Send me back to L.A. Now!"

[Joshua]

With a casual hand motion from Mai, Jessy disappeared, leaving us to enjoy our wonderful dinner.

[Maya]

"So what do you want?" I asked.
"What you got?"
I grinned, "Whatever you want. Witch, remember?"
"Right."
"So?"
"What do i want...?" He said thoughtfully.