Chappie two. I might post a picture of Hope's look on DA later, so be sure to look around. :3


Septimus smiled brightly as he used his free hand to brush his bangs from his face. In his other hand was a bouquet of red, purple and black roses, colors of which he was sure were her favorite colors. She had a lot of those colors on. Plus the black ones would compliment her hair.

To be honest, he was a little nervous. He'd been on dates before, but it had been a little bit since he'd last been on one. That, and Hope was the woman no one could seem to get. Odds were this would be difficult beyond belief. But he had to try. Besides, she really WAS beautiful. Definitely a girl he wouldn't mind dating.

Septimus wanted to stretch his wings and fly to the park, but two things prevented him from doing so. One, his wings were still sore. Healed but sore. And two, they weren't currently here. As he told Hope, he was dressed normal. His wings, ears and tail were not visible. And his eyes were currently a normal purple. He wasn't sure what eye color would look good with his hair. This was the best he could do.

Finally he reached the park, and he was happy to see Hope sitting at the base of a tree, looking different as well. Her eyes were an aqua blue, her hair was now shorter, about to her rear, and wavy now with a purple headband in her hair, and her dress was still purple and low cut, but had long purple sleeves, and her tights were light black. She looked completely human. And beautiful.

Slowly, taking a deep breath through his nose before approaching her with a smile. Hope turned to him, face void of any expression, slowly standing up. She didn't seem too thrilled about any of this... hopefully Septimus could change her mind.

" Hello beautiful. "

The fire demon greeted, bowing slightly and holding the bouquet of roses out for her.

" These are for you. "

Hope blinked calmly before accepting them, playing a bit with their petals.

" Thank you. They're lovely. "

She was so calm when she spoke... it was a little frightening to the demon. The only person he'd ever known to be this calm and emotionless was Fatch, but even then he changed.

" U-uh, anyway. "

Septimus hurried, smiling brightly and locking arms with her.

" I was thinking we could see a movie, then go to dinner, and end with a nice walk around this park! Sound good? "

" Sounds nice. "

Hope said softly, suddenly engulfing her roses in a dark light, causing them to disappear into thin air. Septimus was a bit confused... but decided not to question it. He was sure she knew what he was doing. He began to lead her away from the park and off to the theater.


Septimus smiled at the movie, "Warm bodies", reaching over and crunching on some popcorn. He was honestly enjoying this movie. It was about a zombie who was slowly becoming human because of his love for a human girl. It was touching really. And that just came from HIM.

Turning a bit, he found that Hope appeared to be a bored. Or not... like, she was enjoying the movie, but she wasn't showing any emotion. Like she was counting down the minutes till she could get out of the theater. Point being, she wasn't enjoying being here with the demon. It was a little disheartening.

' D*** this girl is hard to impress. ' He thought bitterly, placing a hand on his forehead, the part beneath his bangs. He couldn't just give up... but darn this was difficult! What did Hope like? What did she find pleasent, or acceptable, or at least tolerable? ' What can I do to impress her? '

Slowly, not sure what else he should do, he faked a quiet yawn and swung his arm around her, his hand settling on her shoulder. Amazingly, Hope's eyes widened a little, rolling her current aqua blue irises to look at the hand, before she suddenly rammed her fist into the demon's gut.

Septimus grunted horrible, his now shaking hand moving to the afflicted area, clenching his eyes and teeth shut. ' Flash d*** it! ' He mentally yelped, his entire body shaking now. ' D*** she can hit hard! ' Cracking an eye open, he looked up at the screen, watching as the movie was ending. The audience applauded, getting a small smile to spread the demon's lips.

Slowly the two stood up and began to walk out of the theater and into the lobby. Hope turned and looked at Septimus, who was still holding his gut.

" So we're going to dinner now, yes? "

She was so calm... how could she be so calm about this? Was she USED to all this?

" Y-yes. "

He finally responded.

" Olive Garden? "

" Sounds good. Let's go. "

Septimus sighed as she took off, wishing more than anything he could light his hair on fire to calm himself down a little. This... was going to be MUCH harder than he thought...


Done for now. Btw, warm bodies was a GREAT movie. I recommend it for anyone. ;)