"Of course it is." she grinned, dumping her jacket on the back of her chair before she collapsed back into it. "Your family getting together wouldn't happen often since everyones so spread out and theres so many of you...go to it. We can go out to dinner any night of the week"
"We can?" Fred asked, rubbing the back of his neck and looking almost embarrassed. "You mean you aren't just going with me because you're free that night"
Tararyn looked away, her smile faltering as she blushed. "I'm free every night...but I'd probably cancel whatever I had planned originally to go with you"
"You would"
"Well...its not like I have any family to put first." Tara brushed it off with a hesitant laugh.
Fred gazed at her for a moment, "...Come with me"
"What"
"One more won't make the difference and mum'd love to meet you...come with me to the family thing." Fred wasn't sure why he was inviting her along, but somehow he knew it was the right thing to do.
"I couldn't! I"
"Please? Ryn?" Fred took her hand in his hestantly and squeezed it gently. "George'll be there...Minya could come as well if you'd like"
She paused, looking down at their entwined hands. "...Are you just doing this so you don't have to take me out to dinner?" Tara teased after a moment, looking uncomfortable.
"Of course not! I"
"I'm just joking..." she quickly cut in, releaving his anxiety that he had hurt her feelings. "...I'd love to..." she blushed with a smile.
"Great." Fred smiled back, dropping her hand gently after a long moment. "I'll, uhh...pick you up around four"
"That'd be great." Tara was suprisingly quiet for once, looking just as shy as Fred felt.
"So...I'll, uh, see you then?"
"Minya's busy, she can't come. Weren't you going to go out with Tara anyway?" George asked, slightly confused at his twins nervous attitude and twitchy mannor even though he had been home for two hours now.
"Well...yeah. But then Charlie owled telling me all this stuff he was bringing around and how he couldn't wait to show it to us...and...she's a great girl...really understanding...so I just asked if we could move it to another night...and then I just invited her along as well. Things were weird though...just...EUGH. Girls, you know"
George nodded wisely, chucking some carved up breast chicken into the pan on the stove. It was his night to cook, but as Fred wanted to talk he was overseeing the rice was cooking evenly as well. "They're controlling just by existing. I didn't even want a coffee today, but I had one just because Minya was and I wanted an excuse to go with her"
"See! That's just it!" Fred exclaimed, then fell silent with a sigh.
"So you're still taking Tara out to dinner, and she's coming along back home tomorrow night"
"Yep." Fred looked almost proud. "That's what is so awesome about her...she's so flexible."