Author: Ren Kayashima
Genre: Family/Thriller/ Mystery
Rating: T
Summary: Rossi and Rori have dinner together and Rossi learns a little more about Rori.
Disclaimer: I really hate that I have to do this. I do not own Criminal Minds. The title and its characters belong to CBS and its original creator.
Chapter Six:
Rori ran as fast as she could. She was running late for dinner with her dad. The camp had kept her a little longer then she would have liked. She had to change at Kate's too. You don't walk into a high end Italian restaurant in jeans and a tie-dye t-shirt.
She stopped at the door and took a moment to catch her breath and fix her hair. She checked her phone to find that it was 7:35. "Crap," she muttered. She walked in and the hostess smiled.
"Are you Rori?" the hostess asked.
Rori nodded. The hostess came from behind the bar and led her to a table by a window. Rossi was seated at the table. Rori took her seat and picked up her menu after thanking the hostess.
"Sorry I'm late, I had to change."
"It's only five minutes."
"I was still late."
"You'll find I'm only patient when it comes to women."
"Really? Penelope said you're the reason there are fraternization rules at the FBI," Rori smiled while looking over the menu.
"She's one to talk, she's dating Internal Affairs technical analyst," Dave answered. "And you should know I never once cheated while I was married to any of my wives."
"Oh I know, otherwise mom would have dropped kicked your ass into the Stone Age."
Rossi laughed. Rori joined in a bit. A waiter walked over and gave a welcoming smile. "Can I start you guys, with something to drink?"
"Can I get a coffee please," Rossi asked.
Rori looked at the waiter, "I'd like lemonade please."
"All right, I'll be back with your drinks shortly."
"Thank you," Rori smiled. She lifted up her menu once again and looked it over. "So what's good here?"
"Their penne alfredo is good, you can order it with chicken."
Rori continued looking at the menu, "Can I just say this feels kind of weird."
"How so?"
"It feels like we do this on a normal basis." The waiter came and dropped their drinks off.
"We can do this on a regular basis, provided I'm not on a case."
"Really?"
Rossi nodded. "You're my daughter. I think dinner is an important factor in getting to know you. I sat at my parents table every night and talked about my day. That's normal for me."
"You don't get a lot of normal in your job do you?"
"Some serial killers aren't original; they follow some of the same patterns of older cases. That's why profiling can be really useful, but every killer has a unique signature."
Rori looked out the window, "In a teen anime mystery series, the main antagonist is a serial killer."
"Do you watch it?"
"I kind of have to."
"Why?"
"I'm the voice of the main female protagonist. English and Japanese."
"You're kidding."
"No, a couple years ago I was in Japan fooling around with Kaoru and Kenta in a family friend's recording studio. The producer of the anime asked us to audition. They liked the character I brought to the table, so they pay me to speak into a microphone. When I found out it was going to be translated into English I auditioned for that too."
"What kind of character do you voice?"
"A human lie detector. Works for me though. Lies are easy to spot. Kenta's dad is an expert and he's been teaching me."
"What's the series about?"
"Four teens try to solve mysterious occurrences in their town with the help of their teacher. During all of this, a serial killer is on the loose and evades capture."
"Sounds like a dark Scooby-Doo."
Rori smiled, "Alas, there is no talking dog."
"Do you like voice acting?"
"It's fun. I go to a small studio in New York once a month for three days. I do a lot of the voicing over the summer. I do the Japanese there as well. They were going to find another Japanese voice actor, but the public went crazy. I apparently play a character with an American parent and transfer student quite well. They like my voice."
"It's like the part was made for you."
"No, one of the two writers grew up in America. I say dude a lot in the series."
"When you speak Japanese, do you have an accent?"
"When I have an accent, you'll see pigs fly. My Japanese is authentic. None of that slow elongated shit. I've been speaking it for a long time. Growing up, I was only allowed to speak Japanese in the Kayashima household."
"But you spoke English everywhere else?"
Rori nodded. "I learned Spanish in first grade and my mom set me up with a French tutor in third grade."
"So you speak three languages."
"Five. Chinese and German. I told you I get bored fast."
The waiter came back. "Are you two ready to order?"
"I'll get the chicken and mushroom ravioli." Rossi answered.
"Penne Alfredo with chicken please."
The waiter smiled and left. Rori looked out the window. "I miss school sometimes for the recordings, but I don't tend to miss things that I can't learn on my own. High school didn't really matter I had the textbooks memorized."
"Are you going to take a break while going to college?"
"I can't the recording are what pay for college. It's also a break from the stress of going to school."
"So you're in New York once a month," Rossi said. He looked at his drink. Rori smiled and looked back out the window.
"You wanted to talk about something," she said.
"Kate wants you to live with me."
Rori looked at him. "You don't have to take me in."
"Why are you so hesitant?"
"I don't know. This is new to me. I've never had to worry about this, well except for when mom died," she said. "But even then, Kate took care of everything."
"This isn't exactly normal to me either." Rossi said. "I'm not home a lot because of cases, but you can live with me?"
"Really?"
"Yeah."
"Can I bring my dogs?"
"Where are they? I didn't see them at Kate's."
"Vet, they both have kennel cough."
"Oh course you can bring your dogs. I have a dog. His name is Mudgie."
Rori smiled, "Yay for weird dog names." Rori sighed. "What are the rules of your house?"
"Everything has a place." Rossi stated. "I live on a couple acres of land. Respect the stuff in the house is all I ask."
"If I live with you, my room is my domain. I do what I want with it."
"Okay. Anything else?"
"Can you add me to your car insurance?"
"What kind of car do you have?"
"I have the 2011 Ford Mustang GT," Rori answered. "I've been saving for a long time, plus Kate sold mom's car and she put the money away in savings until I wanted to buy a car."
"How long have you been saving?"
"I started getting money when I was nine. Mom demanded I put half away, so I got a good amount."
"You're mom was a smart woman."
"When would I be able to move in?"
"By the end of the week if that's all right with you."
Rori nodded. "I get a house key right?"
Author's Note: So here's chapter six. I'm sorry it took so long. School started to get busy, so here we are. I'm going to try to post once a week, so be on the lookout. I'm sorry it's not very long this week. I'll try to make longer chapters. The next chapter will be after Rori's already moved in. It's going to be interesting. So stay tuned.
