A/N: Hello, everyone! Guess what time it is! It's time for the eighth installment of my "Ways To Annoy People" series! To refresh your memories, here's what's happened so far… Ashley Seaver pulled some pranks on various pizza guys/girls. David Rossi pulled some pranks while at the mall. Derek Morgan pulled some pranks at the drive thru of various restaurants. Penelope Garcia pulled some pranks while on a plane to London. Emily Prentiss along with Clyde Easter, pulled some pranks while in a movie theater. Aaron Hotchner and his son Jack, pulled some pranks while vacationing in Hawaii. And Spencer Reid pulled some pranks while in the elevator at the B.A.U. And coming up in this prank, we've got Alex Blake, pulling some pranks while in restaurant with her husband, James.
Disclaimer: James and Alex Blake do not belong to me. They are the property of CBS/Criminal Minds. However, everyone else in this chapter does belong to me.
"Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really important, others not; and that the two kinds are most oddly jumbled in everyday affairs. " ~Christopher Morley
It was early in the evening and James and Alex Blake were dressed nicely and celebrating their wedding anniversary at their favorite restaurant, "Risa's." The place was fairly full, but not too packed or crowded. The two of them sipped on glasses of red wine and talked as they waited for their meal to arrive.
"Thank you for bringing me here for our anniversary. I've always loved this place." Alex said.
"You're welcome and I've always been quite fond of this place too. Thank you for marrying me all those years ago." James smiled at his wife.
Alex smiled back and said, "Well, you were always the man of my dreams." She then turned around and said to the people over at the next table, "Excuse, I'm sorry to bother you, but I was just wondering if my husband and I are talking too loud for you?"
"No, you're fine." A woman at the table politely said.
"Okay, thanks." Alex turned back to her husband.
"What was that all about?" James asked.
"Oh, I was just wondering if we were being too loud for them." Alex said, but she really wasn't wondering. It was just the beginning of some pranks that she had secretly planned, when she and James left the house, earlier.
About thirty seconds later, she turned back to the people at the other table and said, "Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you again, but is my chair to close to your table?"
"No, we've got plenty of space here." The same woman politely said, again.
"Oh, okay. I didn't want it to seem like I was trying to join your table." Alex smiled and turned back to James.
The two of them talked some more, until the waitress showed up with their food. She sat a plate of grilled chicken and pasta with broccoli in front of Alex. And a plate of lobster and shrimp was placed in front of James. They both thanked her and she walked away, afterwards.
"I love ordering this whenever we come here." Alex motion to her food with her fork.
"And this is my favorite." James said as he motioned to his food with his fork.
About another thirty seconds later, Alex turned back to the people at the next table and once again said, "Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother one again, but are we chewing our food too loud?"
She could tell they were all starting to get annoyed with her because they were all sighing loudly and rolling their eyes at her.
"No, you're fine." A man rudely said.
"Okay, jeeze. No need to get snappy and rude at me." Alex said as she turned back to James and smiled.
"Everything okay?" James asked as he swallowed a bite of lobster.
"Yeah, everything's good." Alex said.
End of chapter one. Please let me know what you thought and leave me some reviews. I just love receiving those. Good or bad, it doesn't matter. At least I know this fic is being read. I'll have chapter two up as soon as possible.