Ailane sighed at herself as she walked into the town, knowing that Dart wouldn't be far behind her.
"Okey... He's a friend from school who I bumped into on my way to work and he just tagged along.... Yeah.. That story will keep my mom off my back.. I think...." Ailane pondered to herself, figuring out to explain Dart's presence to her Mother, who she knew for sure would ask about it.
Sighing once more, Ailane combed the hair before her right eye so it would cover up her old scars better. She seemed to be quite deep into her own mind as she walked along the alleys towards her cafe, now her mind slipping to the gang who has always bugged her.
"What will happen now..? I mean... Will they really leave me alone after this? It's... almost a little too amazing to believe that.." she still seemed quite baffled after the scene she witnessed moments back, where Dart had pointed s gun to the wolf she had feared most of her life. For the moment, it was quite alot for Ailane mind to work with and understand that it wasn't a dream, but indeed reality.

From a few feet away and walking in pace, he watched her. She seemed to be thinking a bit, and who wouldn't after what had happened, unexpectedly? Unexpectedly to her, atleast. The lizard had atleast known what the basic layout was going to be.
He also noted the covering of her scars, then decided to walk up on her left side. She'd seemed to want a little space after they had started walking again, so he'd dropped back.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?" he said in a friendly manner, smiling for her. Then he added quickly, "And how long is it until we reach the cafe?"

(Not very good reply >: but I wanted to get it done)

Ailane blinked somewhat surprised as Dart finally spoke. She noticed how deep she must of been within her own thoughts, that she had remained silent for most of their walk.
"Damn... How awkward is this?" she thought to herself, shaking her head then to Dart.
"Oh, nothing... " Ailane answered somewhat quiet. She has never really been the open type to begin with, but then she came to peer under Dart's coat, remembering the weapons he had once hidden underneath. Her mind drifted for a moment once again, but she quickly snapped out of it.
"It's not that far now... but.... say, Dart... W-Where have you learned to move like that? ... I mean... I didn't see your movement before Max was suddenly on the ground.." she peered somewhat wondering to Dart, although being careful as she spoke. Thinking he must of learned it at some sort of karate dojo or what ever such place is called, Ailane was indeed curious on who taught him such speed and agility.

(Just so you know he took off his coat ^^)

It wasn't awkward at all really. Silences were better than some sounds.
Dart looked over to her at her reply, frowning slightly. Then she looked to his grey muscle shirt and jeans. When she spoke again, he assumed she had been thinking about the weapons, or the trench coat. Or both.
But the question worried him a bit. Foolishly, he'd never thought he'd have to tell someone things like that. He'd had no idea about any of it. It had been less than a week, too.
"Ah. That's complicated."
He didn't want to lie to her. Even among family, dishonesty was not a common thing. They could hate each other, but they did their best not to lie. Among the entire clan. That was mostly all they had to keep from turning on each other. You kept to your clan, or you got killed. Nobody else would accept an outsider, not after decades ago when some had been used a spies.
The lizard sighed, and added, "I'll...tell you later. When we're alone. Maybe after I've introduced myself to your mother. Though I can give you a name. Or a few names atleast. The main people who taught me were Alexia, Shihu and Graxu."

"Of course, I can't tell her the whole thing. Might have to lie a bit for now. She really doesn't know me enough yet to...I can't trust she won't be afraid, or be disgusted. Reject me completely. Eh, what am I thinking about..."
Shaking his head, he almost linked his arm with her's, to the point where he brushing his hand against her arm.
"Sorry," he said, then resumed thoughts about his teachers. The one who had been closest to him was Shihu, though certainly he hadn't been close in a way most people here would think was close. He hadn't hated him, punished him, or talked down to him. They had even had a few nice talks together.
Shihu was in, fact, a bit like him. He did things he'd rather have not done to fit in, something the lizard would rather never do. It was the other way around from Dart though...he was a player for both sexes, and didn't much like the killing. Though last he'd talked with him, the older man had been falling for someone. It hadn't been unrequited, but from what this one knew of the lady, she was a player too, and not likely to give it up for just one anthro.

(( Oh sorry. As our old posts have disapeared, I wasn't able to go back and check! >w< .. And sorry for the late reply -.- I had a complete mindfuck on what to write. ))

Ailane's left ear tilted up slightly as Dart answered. She was indeed quite curious on what he meant with "complicated". Had he been forced to learn it or something?
Alane remained silent to let Dart explain, then she got even more curious on why he wanted to take it later.. when they where alone.
"Well.. Isn't this guy acting mysterious?.. He probably has his reasons." She decided not to blame him, as she can't really say she was much different. She hadn't really told many people about herself either, due to good reasons, so Dart possibly had reasons himself to not say it.
"Oh! If it makes you uncomfortable to tell, then you don't have to, Dart... I'm not going to force you into telling me or anything since it's your life, don't worry." she looked to Dart and gave him a gentle smile, showing how she understood why he wouldn't like to talk about himself or his past.

(It's ok lol ^_^)

A smile came unbidden to his face. Dart was grateful for her understanding. She had reasons to not talk about herself as well, after all.
"Thank you. We'll see when we get around to it, I guess."
The lizard wasn't really...uncomfortable with it. It was just something he had to exercise caution in employing. He couldn't just spout off his past to anyone. Maybe...well, he would meet someone someday that he could tell. He knew most people found others to trust.
They walked for a bit more, Dart looking around and catalouging features as they passed by. Soon he spotted what looked like a cafe.
"Hey, is that is, up there?"
The frilled lizard pointed, then looked over at the female cat.

Ailane blinks a little as Dart points up the street, she quickly recognizes the cafe.
"Oh! Right, yes.. That's the place.."
"Bullocks!" Ailane suddenly thought in her mind, she had almost forgotten where they had been going towards. She was still somewhat nervous on how her mother would react, but breathed out to calm herself.

They walked up to the cafe and entered. The cafe wasn't all that big, but still quite neat and very cleaned. The chairs has a light blue coloured pillow on their seats and the tables has a deep blue cloth cover laying over them. The cafe is about half filled with people and the waitresses seems to be quite busy.
One of them, a bunny with quite heavy long ears, noticed as Ailane walked in and smiled happily.
"Aah! There is little Ailie! I was wonderin' when ye'd show up! Come on, Hun. We'd need yer help in here." she quickly waved to Ailane, who sighed a bit heavily as the bunny went on with her work.
"Alright, Alright! I'm coming.." she turned then to Dart again with an already tired expression. "I have to get to work. You can just sit down where you'd like and I'll take your order in a moment... Remember the meal is on me." she smiled a bit to Dart before moving over towards the kitchen to change into her working clothes. A yelling voice is heard from inside the kitchen as she walks in.

Dart gave her a concerned look, then followed her into the cafe.
He looked around. It was definitely a nice place. Blue wasn't his favourite colour, sure, but still nice.
"Good luck, Ailane..." he murmured quietly. Was working really that much of a hassle? "They need your help though; I don't mind waiting, so you don't have to take my order first."
The male lizard walked as he looked around for a place to sit. The empty seats were mostly in crowded areas, but he found one a little ways away from everyone else. He didn't feel like being close to bunches of people right now.
"I wonder what she looks like in her work uniform..."
This sudden thought made him blink, shocked. He knew the origin behind it, as well. And it wasn't something he really wanted to tackle in a crowded restaurant.
"Now I'm hoping she'll take my order first anyway...give me something to think about. I'll probably just have the daily special or whatever."
He sighed and leaned back, closing his yellow eyes.

After quite a while, Dart would hear a small tapping on the table. As he would open his eyes, he would see Ailane taping a pen against the table.
"Tired, are you..?" she asked a bit wondering to him. Ailane style of clothing had become completely different than her usual. Normally she would have a pair of baggy black pants and dark a sweater, but now she had a knee long light blue skirt, a black pair of tights underneath, a white tank top and a waitress apron about her waist. The light colours of her clothes really stood out due to her otherwise dark brown fur tone. She thought kept her hair as it was before, down before her face and mostly covering her right side.
She held a menu in her hand and offered it to Dart.
"Don't laugh at the dress up... Just chose what you'd like.." she said a bit embarrassed. She hadn't given her working clothes much thought before, but as she now had put them on she knew how weirdly she looked in them. She folded her arms a bit as she tried to look more friendly, due to her working code, but had a bit difficulties doing so with her embarrassed feeling growing on her.
..Why was she even so nervous about it?...

"Mmm..." Dart grumbled, but sat up, suddenly alert.
"Oh. Kind of."
It was an annoying habit sometimes, to snap to like that. But often a rival tribe was attacking, or an enemy hovering over him when he got woken up (instead of waking himself up) so it had been imperative to wake up quickly.
He blinked quickly at her outfit. "I wouldn't laugh at you..."
Actually it looked quite nice. Even though it wasn't her style or fitting to her personality at all, that didn't mean it didn't look good.
Taking the menu, he looked over the cover, then asked her, "Do you have a daily special or anything?"
The lizard quickly flipped to main page, surveying the choices as he waited for her answer. Just in case he didn't like the sound of it. Or they didn't have one...it was only a cafe after all, not a full-blown restaurant.

Ailane tries to pull herself together. She had nothing to be nervous about!
She taped her pen against her lips, trying to focusing on the menu instead of her feelings right now.
"Daily-special? No.. We don't.. but we have a season special, since it's spring and all... Don't ask me why... " she went over to show Dart where he could find it in the menu. She turned a page and pointed towards a small picture by the end of the page.
"There.. " the picture was of a "spring-carrot-cake" with a few flower decorations. Peering at Dart and the picture, Ailane couldn't hold a small, quiet snicker.
"Wow.. that desert and that guy really would be a funny scene. I mean.. Him all brutal looking and that dessert so feminine, it just doesn't fit!" she thought to herself.

The lizard peered at the special, then shook his head, laughing with her.
"I'm not much of a fan of sweet stuff, sorry. Maybe..."
He turned back to look at the rest of the menu, trying to figure out what appealed most.
"What about a sandwich? Looks like there are...what about a chicken breast sandwich? Extra lettuce and tomato, and uh...the multi-grain bread?"
Dart smiled at her, thinking already about what they would do once her shift was over. He'd never met someone's family before, really...it would be an interesting experience. It wasn't like he was lacking manners, either.
The male lizard was sure he'd do fine.

(I think my muse disappeared again >_< And I'm so picky with food so it's hard to come up with different tastes for all of my characters lol)

Ailane nodded, writing down Dart's order with a small smile.
"Alright! Do you want anything to drink with that?" she asked, mostly out of habit.
"Right, It'll be done in a minute.. if not lazy George has fallen asleep by the dishes again." she rolls her eyes a bit with a light smile and took the menu.
"I'll be back in a moment then." she said and walked out towards the kitchen, she passed on the order by the counter and nodded to the lady behind it as she pointed towards another few tables that waited for servings.
Ailane left the notes she had written down to the lady before moving over to the other tables. She smiled politely to them while taking their orders, really she put up another attitude here than what she did at school. In school she often seemed dark and annoyed, if not a bit lonely, but here... she suddenly brightened up a bit and showed people a light gaze and speaking in a light tone.

Although Ailane was good at this now, she still remembered how awful she was at taking orders when she started here. She could barely smile kindly towards the costumers or even speak with a friendly tone, but in due time she learned. Although it took many beating lectures from the manager to get that skill into Ailane.
Ailane took the orders from the people and placed them by the kitchen counter. She soon then came back to Dart's table with his order.
"There you go. Sorry for the wait, Lazy George -had- fallen asleep.. He tends to take a nap on the afternoon, no matter how much energy bottles he drinks." she snickered a bit and shrugged.

"Oh, just water."
He watched her as she went around taking orders and such, surprised by the change in demeanor. Maybe it was a facade now, but it was a glimpse of what she could be, in time...his heart felt lighter at the thought.
It made Dart wonder how long it had taken her actually perfect the skill. And if it had been difficult, he was surprised she wasn't fired. But maybe they were more sympathetic than always-after-money.
Regardless, she was doing well, and seeing her smile, even a small, polite smile, was really something.
"It's okay, thanks."
Curios, he asked, "Is George a generally nocturnal species? Say an owl, bat, raccoon...?"
He took a bite of his sandwich, then blinked at it.
"This is one of the best sandwiches I've ever had. Will you...congratulate the chef for me? If you get the time."
The frilled lizard laughed at himself, then took another smaller bite.

Ailane shrugged a bit at Dart's question.
"Nah, he is a rabbit, but a lazy one at that... He and Angie, the rabbit you saw when we got here, are siblings.. although it's hard to see.." she spoke calmly, more in her usual dark tone.
She then blinked somewhat at Dart as he tasted the sandwich, she barely able to keep off a small giggle as she saw him.
"Geez, you haven't had many sandwiches before, have you?... Ah well, I'll make sure to congratulate my mother later then." she smiled somewhat as she peered around. There didn't seem to be any new customers to come in yet and wanted to order, but neither did she had to worry too much on that as Angie as always stood by the door to welcome any new customers and take their orders. So Ailane figured she didn't need to stress about that.