Thanks guys and gals for the reviews! Glad to know people like my M rated teen story! I would like to thank everyone who read my story for putting up with the Magic jargon. I recently started playing and I'm on this kick, so that's why there is pretty much a whole chapter devoted to it! Well now that that's over with let's move on to the main story shall we?
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Chapter 6 The Big Date
"Okay Kay this is easy, go out and ask him out. Super easy to do and if you're nonchalant about it he won't know how nervous you are." Kay told herself as she stared at her mirror trying to convince herself how easy the task really was. She looked in the mirror and she saw how pathetic she appeared. All sad faced and self pitied! "This is ridiculous, how hard can it be to ask a guy out usually they're asking you out." She told herself. "That's it I'm going out there and telling him to go out with me!" She declared as she turned around and headed for the door to her office. She opened it and saw Aang walking down the aisle towards his desk. She straitened her skirt and jacket, took a deep breath and started towards Aang. She walked right up to him and opened her mouth to ask him out and she said;
"Good morning Aang!" She said with a surprised look on her face realizing what she just said.
Aang looked up from his papers and noticed Kay and what she said. "Good morning." He said before continuing to his desk. He grabbed a small stack of papers and headed towards the elevator, not even giving her a second glance.
Kay stood there dumbstruck for a moment and mentally beat herself up for what she said. It was the simplest task of her week but why was it so difficult? She played it out in her head as she walked up to him, it should have been 'Hey Aang would you like to go out with me this weekend?' Or 'Hey Aang, want to go to a movie with me?' but no she said 'Good morning!' She looked down in disappointment before slowly turning around and skulking back to her office where she could yell at herself some more.
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Aang was in the elevator looking at the shipping forms. Someone fucked up royally and sent out things that weren't even FDA approved yet! He was going down to "correct" this mistake. And correct meant tear someone a new asshole. As he thought about it he was really mad. He didn't swear this much in his head unless he was pissed. But the thing was what could he be mad at? Ty Lee for constantly messing with him all week or maybe it was because of his new fan boy Sokka. Because of him he couldn't even go to game night this week. All three of these things were pissing him off but why now why not throughout the week? All of these things were important to him but now was work time and nothing would help him relieve some of this anger more than yelling at someone!
Aang got out of the elevator and looked around the docking bay. Plenty of good people doing their jobs and following orders, he wasn't down here for them. No he wanted one person, and that person was the dumbass who signed off on this shipment of highly experimental drugs. Aang strolled through the docking area like he owned the place, looking for a one Mr. Hann. (Yue's arranged husband!) He was standing next to his office and appeared to be flirting with one of the female staff. Aang stopped when he saw a young male loader walk up to him and ask him a question. Hann didn't take his eyes off of the young lady in front of him, instead he waved his hand in a dismissing gesture expecting the loader to run off and he did. This really pissed off Aang and gave him more to fuel his yelling, in fact Aang decided to cause a scene. He walked right up to Hann and just stood there for a few moments while Hann put the finishing touches on his next one night stand.
Hann knew someone was behind him and it was really cramping his style.
"Hey squirt, beat it I'll deal with your problems in a minute." He said as he looked back at the pretty little thing in front of him. But for some reason the shadow still loomed over him and this was really pissing him off. He turned to face the little peon; "What did I say shrimp I'll deal with your problem in a…..few" he said as he realized who was behind him.
Aang stood there with his arms crossed and he was beyond pissed he was seconds away from committing voluntary manslaughter!
"Um hey boss what's up?" Hann asked and the girl he was flirting with decided it was time to leave. Good call.
"What's up? Are you FUCKING SERIOUS?" Aang screamed. "I was upstairs checking your work and I realized that you signed off on this." He said as he handed over the shipping forms.
Hann checked them and said: "Yeah so what?"
"So WHAT? JUST LOOK AT THE BIG RED FUCKING LETTERS AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF THE PAGES!" Aang yelled. "No wait let me read them for you, you unbearable simpleton. They say: DO NOT SHIP OUT. INTERNAL TRANSFER ONLY!" Aang yelled with smoke almost visibly spewing from his ears.
Hann was keeping a surprisingly calm demeanor when he said: "And? All I have to do is send out a recall notice and we have them back in no time." he finished with a smug look on his face.
"Ok smart ass and how much money do you think you caused the company huh? Let me tell you so your small brain can comprehend the big picture. I spent four and a half hours fixing your mistake! Now add my time to the price of fuel for the trucks and the cost of the drivers, and let's throw in the fact that the samples you sent out were time sensitive and are now useless but still FATAL!" The scene Aang was causing stopped everything in shipping. No one wanted miss this asshole getting what was coming. "Now that you have had a few moments to think about that let me put it into a tangible monetary value. And congratulations you effectively cost the company over ten million dollars!"
Hann just stood there and let this all sink in. It was no problem for him though, he did this a lot and no one had really done anything to him yet. Why because he was the son to a friend of the owners. He would apologize and then be back in here flirting with girls in no time. He just needed to let this Aang guy think he won.
"Okay I'm sorry but what do you want me to do what's done is done." He said in his best sad tone.
Aang thought about this for a moment before saying:
"Well its Friday so I want you to finish up today then pack your shit up and leave!" Aang said as he handed the, would be god's gift to women a pink slip.
"What! You can't fire me!" Hann said as if it were absolute.
"Yes I can, boss' friend or not, you ass is grass. You have cost this company too much money and now you have to pay for it. If you're not out of this building by five o'clock today I will call the cops and have you arrested for trespassing." Aang finished smartly before turning around and heading for the elevator.
Hann was dumbfounded; no one had ever done this to him before. His only thought was I won't go down without taking you with me! He started running at Aang and cocked back his fist. If he was going to be fired he would beat the shit out of this yes man and leave on his own terms. But right before he got to throw his punch Aang pivoted to his right and threw his right leg out at head height effectively causing Hann to run into his foot. Hann hit Aang's foot….hard, and he fell back, instantly knocked out so he wouldn't feel the pain that would have been felt from hitting his head against the concrete floor.
Aang took up a defensive stance as if expecting him to get back up. When Hann didn't he relaxed and shook out his shirt sleeves. Then the docking bay went into an uproar of praise. Aang just smiled and waved as he walked back to the elevator. He felt much better than when he came down.
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Kay stood in front of the elevator waiting for Aang to come back up. Security sent her an email that while admittedly funny was supposed to be a bad thing. Aang committed battery not just on an employee but a friend of her dads. He could be facing some serious court time and with October right around the corner she was going to need him. As the elevator doors opened Aang stood there with a smile on his face and Kay put on her best 'I'm pissed' face.
Aang held up his hands and followed her to her office. He knew this was coming because he told security to send her the email when he walked in the booth and showed them the footage. She walked in and slammed the door to her office after Aang was in. She got some distance before turning to him and saying;
"Wait Kay before I get the yelling of a life time can I ask you one thing?" he interjected.
"Um yeah sure what is it?" she asked curiously.
"Would you like to go out on a date with me?" he asked.
Kay started blushing; this is what she was trying to ask him. As happy as she was she needed to hold up appearances. "Excuse me?"
"I asked if you would like to go out on a date with me sometime." He asked this time more sheepishly.
Kay pretended to think about the question even though she was going to say yes. "I'll tell you what Aang if you can give me a very good reason why I shouldn't fire you and throw you to the legal wolves I'll say yes and let you keep your job!"
"Just one hell I can give you three reasons. One I'm the best secretary you've ever had, two by firing that jerk I saved you a lot of hassle by taking your spot on the proverbial chopping block. And lastly I effectively save the company a projected twenty five million by firing him now!" Aang smiled. He knew this was coming and he had plenty of time in the elevator to come up with a few good excuses.
"Wow." Was all Kay could say. He was right on all points, and he was asking her out how could she disagree. "So you're telling me if I would have to talk to his dad you will defend yourself?"
"Yes, so does that mean you want to go out?" he asked sheepishly.
"Yes I would love to!" she said a little happier than intended.
"Great so when and what time?" he asked.
"How does Saturday at oh say seven sound?"
Sounds great! So can I please assume this constitutes as a yelling and go back to work?"
"Yes get going and don't let me have this conversation with you again." She said with a jokingly strict tone.
Aang left her office with a pouty face and pretended to be really, really sad. When the door closed she bounced in the air with pure excitement. This was her first real date in a long time, and she was getting butterflies! Now she couldn't wait for the day to be over so she could find a really nice dress to wear.
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As Aang left Kay's office he bumped into Duke, who had a wide grin on his face spreading from ear to ear. Aang just looked at him like he was stupid, before Duke spoke up.
"Nice!" Duke said.
"Nice what?" Aang asked.
"Oh you know, you physically assault a guy and instead of getting fired you're going out on a date with your boss!"
"What? What caused you to come up with that conclusion?" Aang asked trying to play dumb.
Duke held up a glass and smiled again. "Well when you've seen as many cartoons as I have you learn a few tricks to spy on others. Did you seriously think I would miss out on you getting reamed out?"
"Ugh fine but don't tell anyone or I'll drop you down the elevator shaft!" Aang threatened.
"Fine but if this ends badly for you I want your job ok?" Duke said.
"Fine now get out of my way I have other things to attend to." Aang said before he walked past Duke to try and find Iroh. Things needed to be checked and he was in a much better mood now than he was before the incident. Actually hurting that guy gave Aang the courage he needed to ask Kay out. Something he had been trying to do since they went out for drinks.
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Saturday
"Oh c'mon Aang what's so important tonight that we can't stay in and watch a movie?" Ty Lee pestered him again.
"Ty Lee I told you like a hundred times since yesterday that I was going out on a date tonight. Why is this a big deal? I've spent almost all my free time with you this week, so what's one night?" He asked.
"Well…." She was defeated, because he was right. Every ounce of free time he had had he spent with her so she couldn't deprive him of one little date. But she thought tonight might be the night she destroyed the friend barrier and enter the friend's with benefits area! But sadly he had once again found a way to avoid her advances.
"Thank you now if you'll excuse me I have some things to do before I go out tonight." Aang said as he grabbed his jacket and headed for the door.
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Saturday, 6:30 Kay's Apartment
Kay was sitting on the edge of her couch ready to leave. She had been antsy all day and now she was just irritated. Not angry irritated but bored irritated. She really wanted to go out on this date and now that it was the eleventh hour she was getting impatient. She was dressed like they agreed after work on Friday, in plain clothes that were a little nicer than what you might work in but nothing super formal. She checked her watch again and sighed, still six thirty. Just as she set her arm back into a relaxed position the doorbell rang and she nearly jumped out of her skin. She took a moment to compose herself before answering the door.
"Hey you ready?" Aang asked.
"Yep let's go!" Kay said with a smile on her face.
They walked down to the parking lot and they went in different directions! They stopped and back tracked to each other. Whose car they would take had not come up in conversation. They each just assumed they would take their own car.
"I thought we would take my car." They said simultaneously.
"Well this is quite a predicament isn't it?" Aang said.
"Yes it is, but I assumed we would take my car because last time we took yours." Kay explained herself.
"Well I thought we would take my car because you love how it sounds, so much." Aang explained himself.
"Okay I won't disagree with that logic." Kay said as she started walking towards his car.
"Well glad to see you weren't going to argue." Aang said with a smile creeping on his face.
Aang had a great place picked out. This place was relatively new and he was really hoping she hadn't been here before. He drove through the city as if he grew up here, one of the benefits of moving as much as he did. Kay was getting confused as to where they were going. The road they were on right now had no restaurants on it that she knew about. Aang pulled into the parking lot of what seemed to be an old warehouse. She looked at him like he was kidding, but he smiled at her and got out.
"Is this seriously a restaurant?" Kay asked.
"Yeah it's kinda new so it's not really known yet. It's called the Black Sun. Cool name right!"
"Sure." She said, but instantly wished she hadn't said that so negatively. As they entered she was blown away. The place was very well maintained and looked absolutely beautiful on the inside. Aang just kept smiling while she looked around. It had art and culture from all around the world. Aang walked up to her and grabbed her hand. This simple action caused her to blush a deep red color but Aang didn't notice as he was pulling her towards their table. Aang pulled her seat out for her and pushed her chair in the way a proper gentleman would and then seated himself.
"Well what do you think?" Aang asked as looked around.
"I think this place is beautiful. How come I haven't heard of it till just now?"
"Because today is the grand opening and I wanted you two to be my first customers!" Iroh said as he approached from behind.
Kay turned to see who the voice belonged to and stood up to greet the old man as he approached.
"Wow Iroh how did you pull this off?" Kay asked.
"Well if you must know I've been saving up for a restaurant like this for some time and I thought today would be a good day to have the grand opening! What do you think?" He asked.
"Like I said earlier I think this place is beautiful!"
"I'm glad to hear it, unfortunately you know this means I'm resigning as head maintenance man right?"
"Yeah I kind of figured that one out, but I'm sure we'll survive."
"Thank you so much Kay for understanding. Here are your menus just let Max here know when you're ready to order." Iroh said as he handed them the menus and walked away.
"I'm glad to see him in high spirits!" Kay said.
"Yeah he's been like that since last week when he got the zoning permits."
"That's very good." Kay said as she looked over her menu. Aang looked at his and they decided to order. After they placed their orders Kay asked the first question;
"So Aang why don't you tell me a little bit more about Ty Lee!"
"Why do you want to know about her?" He asked.
"Well I like to know about my competition." She said with a smile on her face, and Aang blushed.
"Ok what do you want to know?"
"Well does she have a crush on you and if so, have, you two ever, you know slept together?"
"Wow quite the first question isn't it? Well she does have a crush on me but we have not slept together, though lately she has been trying really hard to get me in bed. It's both flattering and tiresome at the same time."
"Well if she is as good looking as I think she is then why not?"
"Well she's my friend and I want to keep it that way. See everyone I've ever met who has slept with their best friend, the sex destroys that friendship. It's not that the thought hasn't crossed my mind it's just I value her more as a friend than a friend with benefits." Aang admitted.
"Wow how many times have you had to tell yourself that to stop yourself?" She asked with a smile on her face.
"Ha ha quite a few times since she got here. And recently she has become kind of possessive."
"What do you mean possessive?" she asked.
'Well today she kept trying to give me excuses to cancel our dinner so she could keep me home for the night."
"I see that is possessive isn't it?"
"Yeah just a little bit." And admitted, just then their dinners arrived and conversation ceased.
Aang had a lemon pepper salmon with rice and Kay got the bacon wrapped steak fillets with fried potatoes. And for some reason they both thought it would be a good idea to get alcoholic beverages. Aang knew to keep his intake slow and low but Kay had no such limitations, yet she didn't go overboard. Neither one of them was willing to interrupt their meal to talk because they both didn't eat very well today due to anticipation. So the dinner was blanketed in silence except for the other patrons in the restaurant who were enjoying the wide variety of meals Iroh had on his menu. They may not have talked much but they did flirt heavily. They sampled each others' meals by feeding each other and if you were a spectator or an eavesdropper you would have sworn they were married, and just out enjoying a date night.
As they finished off each others' meals the conversations started up again but this time instead of it being about Ty Lee it was focused around Aang and Hann.
"So tell me Aang why should I not fire you for assaulting an employee with your foot?" Kay asked as she took a sip of her second hard iced tea.
"Well to clarify things he ran into my foot. My defense is I was stretching when he put his face onto the sole of my shoe!" Aang said with a smile.
"Yeah well you might find this funny but the lawyers won't. Aang that is a misdemeanor and that means its grounds to be fired on." Kay said seriously.
"Don't worry Kay, I'm not. The guy was a prick who was costing you money and when I finally stepped up to him and fired him he attacked me. I was in every legal right to defend myself and even the dumbest lawyer could prove I was in my legal right so don't worry about it ok?" Aang said trying to reassure her.
"Fine I won't worry but if this bites you in the ass I'm going to tell you 'I told you so' okay?"
"Deal."
Aang hadn't been paying attention to the time or his drink. He had unintentionally taken Max up on his offer of extra hard fruit punch, and now he was feeling the effects of drinking three. It wasn't serious but he would bet dollars to doughnuts that he would blow a point oh-seven or a point oh-eight on a breathalyzer and that was something he did not want. He looked at Kay and saw she was at the same cross-roads he was at and it appeared that they read each others' mind. Aang paid for their meals even though Iroh tried to tell them it was on the house, but Aang insisted they pay. They got out to his car and he looked at Kay, now it was time for the deal breaker, whose house do they go to?
"I think we should go back to my house." Aang said.
"Why not my place then we could be alone!" Kay said implying something one shouldn't be implying on the first date.
"Yeah but my place is closer and I really don't want to wreak my car." Aang explained.
"Okay but I really hope your would be girlfriend doesn't try to mess with me."
"You'll be fine now let's go." Aang said trying to reassure her.
Aang drove his car slightly below speed limit to avoid detection, and just as he was pulling into his parking space he got a super head rush, you know the kind that hit you when you're sick just a blinding two minute headache. Aang got out and tried to be the gentleman and hold the door open but he had another head rush hit him and he nearly closed the door on Kay instead of holding it open.
They held each other up as they climbed the stairs to his apartment. He unlocked the door and walked in first to check and make sure Ty Lee was asleep before bringing Kay in, she was. Aang walked over to the linen closet and grabbed an extra blanket. But Kay saw the comforter he had on the couch and told him they could just sleep in that. Aang was tired so he did not object to sleeping next to a super hot girl all night long. As she got under the covers Aang joined her and they got close to one another. Kay was feeling invincible and decided she couldn't help but tell Aang something.
"Aang just so you know, tonight I was planning on dragging you into my apartment and having sex all night long. And here's the best part I can't remember why." Kay revealed.
Aang had a feeling as to why she would do that. They got along so well it wouldn't be very awkward if they had sex on the first date. But this thought left his head as soon as it got in there, he was tired and full all he wanted to do now was sleep and so he did.
Kay went to bed happier than happy. She was in the arms of someone she trusted and that's all that mattered.
Ok guys and gals it is fixed. I hoped you liked this redo over the original. And as always….
Remember: "All it takes is one bad day, one bad day to cause the sanest man alive to slip into lunacy." -Joker (Story of my life!)