Dating
Well it's time for the long awaited official first date of Johnny and Merc!! Took them long enough though. Only known each other for about eight years, engaged for two of those years.
"So where are you taking her?" Reed asked, leaning against the wall as he sort of helped Johnny get ready.
"Places." Johnny said.
"Fair enough." Reed said. He raised an eyebrow as the younger man failed yet again at tying his tie. "Do you honestly not know how do to that?"
"When have you ever seen me wear one?" Johnny asked.
"Point taken." Reed said. "So why start now then?"
"Because I have them?" Johnny asked after a brief pause.
"Fine then." Reed said. His arms stretched out and pushed Johnny's hands out the way before doing the tie for him.
"Thanks." Johnny said. "Still think that's creepy though." Reed chuckled.
"Ok, hair done, make-up done, now picking out a dress." Sue said, looking at the different options laid out on Merc's bed and hanging around various spots of the room. Merc walked out of the bathroom with her robe on, her hair up in a high ponytail and enough make-up to be noticeable but not overly so. "Do you have straps or strapless for bra?"
"Strapless." Merc said.
"Ok so that didn't narrow down the options." Sue said. Merc looked around her room and put a few things away. "That helps."
"Figure we'll go with a red or black dress." Merc said. Sue nodded. "This seems way too easy."
"What does?" Sue asked.
"Getting ready for a date." Merc said. "I haven't been on that many because either Uncle Ben scared the guys or Johnny did if he had reason to."
"Maybe being engaged for two years and then going on a date with the guy you're engaged to just seems…I don't know." Sue said. Merc laughed.
"We've been engaged for two years and you only now decide to give me that speech?" Johnny asked, staring at Ben as the rock man sat in front of him. "Wait…didn't I get that speech when me and her started hanging out?"
"Yep." Ben said. "Used the same one through all of the guys."
"Well you didn't say anything when I proposed to her." Johnny said. Ben just shrugged.
"My uncle's weird." Merc said, walking over with Sue. Johnny smiled at her as she wore his favourite dress which was also the one he helped pick out the previous year. It was a dark red colour that tied behind her neck, barely reached her knees, and hugged the curves beautifully. "And very overprotective."
"I have reason to be." Ben said. "Just be glad Alicia is blind because I'm pretty sure she would be taking pictures otherwise."
"Oh thank god." Merc said.
"Let's go…I have reservations you know." Johnny said. Merc grinned at his eagerness. They went off and the first thing they did was go to a restaurant. Not just any restaurant, but their favourite one. It was the one Johnny always took Merc to before they became a couple, when they were just normal people. They had been there so many times that practically everyone that worked there knew them.
"Wow…we've been engaged for two years and are having our first date now." Merc said. Johnny laughed. They were sitting across from each other in a semi-circled booth. "We're crazy."
"Well if it helps you out, then you know I'm willing to do just about anything." Johnny said.
"Oh really? And what's the draw back line?" Merc asked.
"Well it would probably be killing someone." Johnny said. "Unless, you know…it's Doom." Merc grinned. "I'm serious…I bet if I went hot enough I probably could have melted him into some…icky metallic goo."
"You probably could have." Merc said, nodding. "Of course we don't know if you can go any hotter then super nova."
"Sure, spoil my little happy though." Johnny said. Merc smirked and winked. "Remember the first time I brought you here?"
"Yeah." Merc said. "I had just broken up with my boyfriend and you had found this place a few days before. So you suggested that we come here because it was hidden and wouldn't be overly crowded."
"Yeah because you hated crowds." Johnny said.
"I guess that could be some reason why I got the after affect from my powers." Merc said. Johnny was silent for a second before nodding. "What were your reasons for why we go the powers that we got again?"
"Well for Ben it was because he was always a hard ass." Johnny said. "Reed was always stretching for the stars I guess…Sue was easy to see through…I, of course, was and still am hot…and you…" Merc raised an eyebrow. "Actually…I don't think I had a reason for you."
"I thought it was because I was so good at reading people." Merc said.
"Maybe." Johnny said. Merc rolled her eyes and kicked him under the table. "Hey!" She did it again. "Be careful Mercy."
"Or what?" Merc asked.
"You won't get the rest of the date." Johnny said.
"Actually I think that would be more of a punishment for you." Merc said. "Afterall…dates always end with a kiss."
"God I hate when your right." Johnny said. Merc laughed. They finished eating and left.
"So where to now?" Merc asked.
"Well…there's going to a movie…but we never seem to have good luck with those do we?" Johnny asked. Merc smirked and shook her head. They have never once made it all the way through a movie in a theatre. "How about dancing."
"Dancing? You?" Merc asked.
"What do you mean by that?" Johnny asked, getting into the car at the same time as Merc. "I can dance."
"Oh I know you can dance." Merc said. "But you show off all the time too. I mean, come on, that's how you wound up dating Emily a few years ago."
"You release that we're on our first date, but we're engaged and now we're talking about our exes." Johnny said. Merc laughed. "Ok well…how about we just go to the beach then for a while?"
"Sure." Merc said. Johnny drove, even though it was Merc's car. She honestly didn't mind. There were just some things he was better at…and one of those was driving any kind of car really fast and carelessly and keep it (and its passengers) perfectly safe. They got to the beach in no time. Merc came up with an idea. She kept the lights on and the turned up the radio.
"You and you're crazy occasionally girlie ideas." Johnny said, smiling. Merc smirked and got out of the car. Johnny was standing in front of it so she took a few quick steps then jumped at him, successfully knocking him onto his back. She leaned over him, her hands on either side of his head.
"This was a good idea." Merc said.
"Glad you liked it." Johnny said. "Next time you wanna show your appreciation though…try not tackling me into the sand." Merc giggled and lied down fully on top of him. "So we just gonna lie here?"
"Yep." Merc said, rolling slightly so that she could look at the sky.
"Ok then." Johnny said.
They stayed there for a few hours before heading home. Merc was woken early in the morning by Johnny. He didn't answer her questions but just dragged her out onto the roof and pointed over at the sunrise. Merc smiled slowly and leaned into Johnny's embrace as he stood behind her with his arms encircling her.
Neither of them noticed the camera like object watching them. The person watching the camera slowly tapped his fingers on the arm of his chair, watching the couple. Then, very slowly, he smiled a sadistic smile.
Sorry about taking so long with this chapter. Couldn't really think of anything.
