A/N: I thought that since it was Valentine's Day what better than to finally have "the date"? Standard discalimers apply with the addition that Logan Cale belongs to James Cameron. Review, please.
Evan walked out of the tent; face clean and hair leaf and twig free. He then walked over to where the Athosians had set up a number of bonfires. Spotting Max by one of the fires, he made his way towards it and sat down next to her saying, "Am I late?"
Max looked over at Evan and smiled, "You're right on time."
"Good, I'd hate to miss anything." Evan said as he put an arm around Max's shoulders. "So what's on the menu tonight?" he asked.
"Not sure, apparently this is a night where they all pitch in and eat together. Sorta like a pot-luck." Max said, shifting so that she was facing sideways towards Evan and his hand was off her shoulders.
"Well that's good, 'cause I can't cook to save my life."
"Really?"
"Yup. You'd think that since I had three sisters some of mom's cooking lessons would've stuck but they didn't. I can even ruin Spam. What about you?"
"Somewhat, although I have to admit that Logan taught me most of the recipes that I know. He was a great..." Max said, trailing off at the end when she realized who she was talking about. Feeling her face heat up with embarrassment, she apologized. "I'm sorry; I forgot who I was talking about for a second."
"That's ok," Evan said, shrugging his shoulders. "water under the bridge. Can I ask one thing though?"
"Sure."
"What happened? For awhile it looked like you two were getting pretty close."
Max sighed and stared into the fire, suddenly thoughtful. "I dunno," She said after a few minutes of silence. "I guess that there was too much that I didn't know about him, he never talked about his life back in Seattle and there were always those strange mood swings of his. Sometimes it was like I was talking to someone completely different than the Logan that I first had a crush on. I guess that when we broke up it was something we both wanted." she sighed and shrugged, "But like you said it's water under the bridge."
They sat in silence until the rest of the dinner preparations were finished and the Athosians started to all migrate towards a large table. Evan stood and reached out a hand for Max to grab.
"Thanks." Max said, taking it and standing. After filling their plates and grabbing something to drink they sat back down again, this time closer to each other. They then spent the meal talking and learning more about the other.