Updating for Valentine's Day for all you Beverly/Caesar shippers.
Okay, as promised. Queenemily supplied some suggestions and I picked one to make up the next date Caesar and Beverly goes on. Thank you queenemily for all those suggestions. How about the rest of you?
Hope you enjoy.
I do not own Generator Rex.
"Hey, bro! Whatcha reading?" Rex asked Caesar. Caesar sat at his desk in his workshop.
"Nothing Rex." Caesar quickly threw the book into his desk drawer. "What can I do for you, mijo?"
" Oh, I was wondering if you and Beverly would like to come with me and Circe to see a movie today?" Rex said.
Caesar's eyes lit up. "That would be a perfect second date." He muttered to himself. He quickly pulled out the book and flipped through to a chapter. His eyes rapidly flew across the page. He frowned. "But that would be a double date. Does that still count as a date?"
Rex peered over his brother's shoulder. "Serious, what is that?" He snatched the book out from Caesar's hands.
"Hey!" Caesar said startled. He tried to take the book back.
"Dating for Idiots?" Rex chuckled. "Oh man! You're reading a book? On dating?"
"Well, yes," Caesar replied annoyed, "How else am I suppose to learn about… you know stuff." He snatched the book back.
Rex was still laughing. "Bro, you don't need a manual. You've got me."
Caesar gave Rex a strange look. "You?"
"Yeah, I can teach you the ropes." Rex bragged.
"Rex, you've only been going out with Circe a little longer than I've been with Beverly." Caesar replied.
"How many dates have you been on?" Rex questioned him.
"What does that have to do this?" Caesar asked.
"Just answer the question." Rex said.
"Well, if you count taking Mariela Rodriguez home when she was sick… three and a half."
"Bro, I've got you beat by ... wait what's a half date?" Rex looked at him oddly. "You know what, I don't want to know. So do you want to come or not?"
"I suppose it can't hurt. What are we watching?" Caesar asked.
"Oh it's a horror movie." Rex said with a grin.
"Are we again trying to engage their paleomammalian instincts…" Caesar began asking.
"Yeah, yeah, get them scared so they grab onto us." Rex said.
"But didn't it backfire last time?" Caesar tried to remember.
"Last time Annie and Claire were sitting next to me. This time it will be different." Rex said with a gleam in his eye.
"How?" Caesar raised an eyebrow.
"It's going to be at a drive-in." Rex announced dramatically.
"Doesn't that mean we need a car?" Caesar frowned.
"That's where you come in, bro." Rex smiled patting Caesar on the back. "You're driving us."
"I see why I was invited now." Caesar said.
"No, no. I want to go on a double date with my brother. The fact that he drives is an added bonus." Rex smiled.
"Sorry, Rex, I don't have a car. Six has banned me from using any Providence vehicles and the research pod is too big for the drive-in." Caesar went back to skimming his book.
"Oh come on can't you borrow…" Rex stopped when Caesar gave him a look. "Oh, I see. What it I borrowed a car for you?"
"I guess we can go then. But who would lend me…" Caesar started to say but Rex interrupted him.
"Leave that to me." He said confidently as he walked out.
0o0
At dusk Caesar met Rex in the garage. "You said you got a car for tonight?" Caesar looked around at the empty garage.
"Don't worry, bro. I got this." Rex said.
The doors slid open and Circe and Beverly walked in.
"Hello, boys. We're ready to go." Beverly smiled. Caesar felt light-headed. Beverly was in her usual pink tank top and jeans but for whatever reason looked even more beautiful tonight.
"Good, because our ride will be here any minute now." Rex said.
"Our ride? I thought you said Caesar was driving?" Circe looked at Rex suspiciously.
"Oh he is." But before Rex could explain one of the doors opened and a car drove in.
It was a shiny black F-150 pick up truck. Bobo with one arm slung out the window grinned from behind the wheel.
Beverly gasped. "Is that the new F-150?" She immediately walked over and began examining it.
"You know it." Bobo patted the side fondly.
"Nice." Rex approved. "Come on let's go. Thanks Bobo."
Bobo got out and opened the driver's door. "All yours. Try not to scratch the new paint job."
Caesar got into the driver's side while Beverly got in next to him. Circe and Rex sat in the back. Bobo waved as they drove out into the desert.
Calan walked in. "Bobo, have you seen my new truck?"
Bobo walked out. "Can't say that I have."
0o0
Caesar parked the car in the designated spot. He tuned the radio to the broadcast frequency and waited for the movie to start.
"How about some popcorn?" Rex suggested.
"I'd like some." Beverly said.
"Me too." Circe agreed.
"I wouldn't mind some." Caesar added. Then he felt someone kick his seat. He amended. "I mean let me and Rex get some."
He got out of the car with Rex and headed for the concession stand.
He looked at the prices.
"Those prices are outrageous! For a small popcorn I can build a machine to make my own." Caesar glared at the price board.
"Bro, come on. You know they gouge you at these things." Rex said pulling out his wallet.
"Well, it's not right." Caesar said. "I'm going to have a word with the manager." He turned around.
Rex grabbed his arm. "Serious, bro. You don't want to miss the movie and mess up your date. Come on you can write a letter later."
"You bet I will." Caesar and Rex ordered some popcorn and drinks.
They walked back to the car just as the movie was starting.
Caesar sat back and watched the movie. A few minutes into it he started getting annoyed.
"Why in the world would a scientist be so sloppy? Look he left his whole experiment exposed to the elements."
"Caesar, it's just a movie." Rex said from the back.
"Well, they could at least try to make it more plausible." Caesar grumbled.
"Shhh." Beverly shushed them. She couldn't hear what they were saying.
Caesar was quiet for a few more minutes.
"Oh come on! That's ridiculous. Why didn't he check the filter before turning on the machine? He made a whole speech about it no more than a few minutes ago." Caesar pointed out.
He felt a kick in the back of his chair.
"But it's wrong. And his calculations don't make any sense. You can't splice genes that way…"
"Caesar, it's just a movie!" Rex snapped.
There was a scream from the movie.
"Great! You just made us miss the scary part." Rex complained.
"This whole movie is scary. Scary how inaccurate the science is." Caesar glared at the screen.
"I don't think it's meant to be real, Caesar." Beverly said gently. "I'm sure if you wanted to, you can easily invent a gene splicing machine.
"You know what? You're right. I can." He rummaged around in his pocket for his phone. He found it and began typing notes furiously.
"Caesar! Just watch the movie." Rex exclaimed.
"You can rot your brain out with this drivel but I'm going to do something productive."
Caesar muttered looking at his phone.
"Like spending time with your date?" Beverly reminded him.
Caesar froze. He looked up at Beverly. She had a lopsided smile on. He put his phone away. "You know what? The invention can wait." He leaned back and tried to watch the gosh awful movie. Somewhere in the middle Beverly's hand found his. They held hands for the rest of the movie.
0o0
There were a few more scare jumps throughout the movie but nothing that made the girls grab the guys. Caesar was all right with that. Beverly just held his hand tighter when something startled her. Circe was not easily scared. Every time a monster jumped out Circe scoffed and pointed out she'd encountered scarier things than that at the Abysus or Rex's room. On the way home, the brothers were quiet.
Circe and Beverly on the other hand were animated in their conversation about how cute the scientist was and how tragic the ending was.
Caesar was pensive. He was trying to figure out if this would be considered a successful date or not. Rex was a little disappointed that his plan didn't work… again.
Caesar pulled into the garage around midnight. Circe and Beverly started walking out together.
Caesar was going to let them go seeing as he didn't know how to end this date anyway. But Rex cleared his throat.
Circe turned around. "Yes?" She looked at him.
"Um, it's customary to end a date with a … oh, I don't know… a good night or a handshake or something." Rex said.
Circe rolled her eyes. She walked back and passionately kissed him on the lips. "Better?" She asked smirking.
"Yeah," Rex squeaked. He stayed rooted to his spot.
"Well, good night." She walked off saucily.
Beverly looked at Caesar who looked like he was about to have a panic attack. She decided to have mercy on him.
She gave him a small smile and a shy wave. "I had a nice time. See you tomorrow." She walked after Circe.
"Bro, now that was a successful date." Rex draped his arm over his brother's shoulder. He then frowned. "Hey, sorry, the plan didn't work for you."
Caesar didn't respond he had a far away look in his eye.
"Hey, bro, you there?" Rex asked worriedly.
"Hmm, what did you say?" Caesar asked still looking at the door where Beverly had left.
"I said. I'm sorry your date didn't go so well."
"She said she had a nice time. I think it went remarkably well." Caesar started walking away. "I'd return the truck if I were you. I'm sure Captain Calan is having a fit right now."
"Captain…, how did you know?" Rex asked puzzeled.
"I can hear him coming, good night." Caesar said as he walked through the sliding doors just as Calan walked through the other from the car port.
"There's my truck! Rex, care to explain why it's not in its spot?" Calan said in a deadly calm voice.
"Uhh, umm, well, uhh, I think I hear Six calling." Rex finished before quickly forming his rex ride and rushing off.
"Hey! Come back. You're gonna be cleaning my truck for weeks!" Calan raced after him.
