Emily sat back in her chair holding the foam tray with one hand and the fork with the other as she chewed what was some rather surprisingly good chicken Alfredo. Amy sat across from her with most of her costume removed and draped over the back of her chair, the cloak and armor were a bit bulky to be sitting eating lunch. She had chosen to go with a Ruben and fries, and from her expression she was surprised as well.

Pocky sat at Amy's feet, head lifted up and peering over the top of Emily's desk begging for food. Not as if it worked on any of them, at least not any more. Amy had pointed out the over sized house cat had done it on the cafeteria staff and had made out with a few dozen chicken strips before any one caught on.

Alucard had another chair that was pulled up and was sipping a bag of blood through a crazy straw, both of which he had pulled out of a My Little Pony tin lunchbox.

"Soooo. How much am I going to have to watch over short dark and moody?" Alucard offered.

"Hopefully not at all. I've given her the ultimatum." Emily offered waving her fork as she swallowed. " If she can't keep her baser impulses under control then I want nothing to do with her."

"I'm hoping she can, because I would hate to lose a sparring partner." Amy offered.

"Is that the only reason?" Alucard hummed.

"That and she has a nice ass." Amy shrugged.

"Ah hell, I do not want to be having this conversation." Emily sighed.

"Don't tell me you're upset your daughter is interested in women?" Alucard raised an eyebrow.

"Hardly, I am however upset at which one she's looking at." Emily countered.

"I said she had a nice ass, not that I wanted to date her." Amy huffed.

"Small favors. What about the other Wards?" Emily asked.

"I don't want to date any of them either." Amy stated.

"Not what I meant... I meant in terms of sparring." Emily sighed.

"Oh, dunno. Pretty sure only Aegis would be up for something, but I can tell he's nervous because I'm a girl. Clockblocker needs a lot of work, he can't even stop Pockey from sitting on him. Gallant doesn't seem to care much, and Vista is a little too eager for my liking. I've not really met Spitfire yet so I don't know."

"Her situation is complicated, but even if it does work out she's likely to head to Canada for training." Emily shrugged.

"Frostbitten hose heads." Alucard muttered as Emily rolled her eyes.

"If possible I'd like you and Dennis to take her down to do some shopping off the board walk early Saturday. I'll have a few plain clothes head out with you, but they'll stay back unless there's an issue. Lunch will be paid for you three and a small budget will be allowed for Emily as well for any necessities. Try to be casual, and be sure to reign Dennis in if he goes too far. I need him to be comic relief but not enough to drive the girl away."

"I can do that. There's also a zoo an hour or so up the coast I want to go to, word is one of their giraffes is sick." Amy offered.

"You need to ask Renik that sort of thing, remember. I don't see why not though, sounds like the sort of PR thing people would love. Your first hospital visit is late Saturday as well, I've got Mouse Protector and Armsmaster scheduled to attend as well. Despite Renik's annoyance at Mouse, she will easily keep attention from you. This will be the first public outing to show what you can do. I don't expect bullshit, but I made sure we were prepared for it as best we could be. Remember if you get kidnapped, I'm sending in Alucard and Slayer and I don't plan on seeing a single prison cell occupied after they are done."

Amy rolled her eyes. "I really will hate to see how you react when I actually start dating."

"Classic style. Shotgun, an easy chair and a vague yet menacing conversation with who ever it is while you get ready." Emily admitted.

"And probably a PRT tail."

"Not sure if I want to abuse that power yet. Depends if I like who you bring home or not." Emily smirked.

"Really did your dad ever do that to you?" Amy grumbled.

"He probably would have if I had dated any one or shown an interest while he was still alive. He was military before that became kinda pointless. Though he did meet mom while he was stationed overseas so I guess it worked out for him." Emily noted.

"Story time?" Alucard grinned as Emily rolled her eyes.

"There's not much to tell. Dad met mom while he was stationed in Europe, they hit it off and she moved back to the states with him. She had been a cop in England and got a job doing much the same here." Emily shrugged.

"Really and you managed not to have an accent of any kind." Amy asked.

"Not for lack of trying. When I first started talking I fell right into using moms completely outrageous cockney accent. But dad managed to get me to stop by the time I was five. He thought it cute on mom but worried how the kids in school would react to it."

"I can picture you with a cockney accent and it is the funniest thing I have ever pictured." Alucard chuckled. "Come on regale us with a vocal trip through the moors."

"No."

"Awwww."

"So what were their names. I mean you mentioned they were both killed in the Holy War but not who they were." Amy asked.

"You'd probably hear about them in class if we lived in Ohio, they were a pretty big deal with how all that ended and how many they and their police department saved, there's even a monument just outside Columbus for them all. But no, dad's name was Sergeant Montgomery Piggot.

"I can totally see your dad being a Montgomery." Alucard cackled.

"What about your mom?" Amy asked.

"Well before she married my dad her name was Seres Victoria." Emily offered. "I get my hair and figure from her evidently."

"Pretty name." Amy offered.