She'd done especially well in band class today, and she was feeling good. Today her clothing was fairly unexceptional; it consisted of tight purple t-shirt and dark slightly baggy jeans. The shirt was long enough to not show her belly button or hip piercings; and instead of silver loops in her ears today, she had gold in all of them.
Rebecca stuffed her paws in her pockets, swinging her tail gently behind her as she walked. Yes, today was very good so far. She hadn't had to wake up before her body did by itself, and then the class was the first thing she'd done. In a few hours she'd have ceramics class , and maybe she'd even go to environmental science after that. Lately the teacher and classmates had been annoying her, but she was willing to take the risk to be in an interesting class. The rat even felt lucky today.

She had been to the garden only twice before, and found it surprisingly empty. That's where she was headed; the weather was very nice today, cool but with the sun shining bright. It was very slightly humid too, and would get more so as night drew closer. Humidity wasn't always good as it could sometimes stick to her or make her fur act strangely, but it felt nice as long as it wasn't overwhelming.
Sighing, she stepped into the gardens, looking around. Things were blooming and the air was dense with smells. Some good and some not, but mostly just telling her what was what.
After a pause she sniffed again, picking up on a person's scent. Dragon, that was certain. She knew from birth she hadn't been gifted with as good a nose as the rest of those in her family. Beyond the anthro being a dragon, she couldn't tell anything for sure.
The female rat picked up her pace and focused more to find this person. That would be more interesting than just sitting or walking and looking at flowers and all that, after all.

She was in a good mood, so flirtation would certainly be in order, no matter the gender.
After a few minutes she found the drake. As she got closer, she'd been able to tell gender right before she nearly walked into him.
Catching herself very quickly, succeeding in having only her jeans brush against the guy om the ground, she stepped away.
"Oh hi. Sorry about that."
She'd been alert enough that she could see he was taking care of plants, but not enough to see him, because she'd been looking up ahead, and rounded a corner made by some tall bushes.
Quickly, so that he wouldn't have to gather himself and stand, she crouched and smiled brilliantly, showing off her white, relatively sharp teeth.
"I'm Rebecca. You look good for having crouched here in the dirt for who knows how long," she told him, smirking a little and raising her brows.
"You need help, by the way?"

The green dragon had been working in the garden for a little over an hour and was really starting to wish he bought some of those special knee pads. Just as he was starting in on weeding some of the less special... well okay they weren't very pretty but apparently nobody had an allergy to them so maybe they could be called special... flowers someone bumped into him. Turning to look up he found she'd crouched down and smiled to him in greeting."Thanks Rebecca, I'm Verdy. I'd uh, actually love a little help. The gardener decided to call in sick. So have you ever done any gardening before?" He wanted to shake her hand or give some nicer form of greeting but it didn't quite seem appropriate when his hands were covered in dirt. And for some it was kind of creepy to get a handshake from a tail. She was kind of cute, why was she out here wanting to get her hands dirty in the garden?

"Oh yeah, I work at the park, so I've got plenty of experience."
Rebecca nodded. She also hadn't failed to notice he didn't reply to her flirt. Not that she had said it to engender a reply, but an acknowledgement was always nice. Not that it was hard though, either.
The female knew many people didn't like the actual work of maintaining a garden, just looking at it, but she was different. After all, you don't go getting a job as a ranger or anything similar if you don't like getting dirty or working up a sweat and expecting sore muscles the next day.
Of course, her thoughts trailed off to sexual inuendos, and she quelled the urge to flirt again. She didn't have any ammunition to do it with, anyway.
Sitting, she looked to what he'd been doing.
"So, what can I help with? Some of the bushes through here looked like they needed a bit of pruning, and I saw some weeds back in the area with roses. Maybe they're harder to get since they're thorned?"

"Oh really? I always admire the work done at the park, and it's a bigger area to handle than this little garden. Yeah, if you can help with the bushes getting trimmed back I can handle the roses next. The head gardener loves telling me to do them, says my scales should be able to handle it but it doesn't make those thorns any easier, heh." And any time he didn't wear long sleeves and gloves his scales got torn up and he needed to spend hours buffing them and dealing with little scratches and cuts. Meanwhile Drake and the other dragons he knew could just walk right on through without any damage... it sucked.

Rebecca nodded, smiling.
"All right, I'll get to that."
The female rat thought for a minute, thinking back to her little walk through the garden. She remember seeing the clipper now...yes, in front of the roses.
She went back the way she had come.
"Shouldn't they have more than one pair of clippers?" she mused, sighing as she stopped and bent to pick up the large clippers. The bushes weren't all that bad so they didn't really need the larger kind of clippers, but they were certainly good for thorny plants. Which was why they were in front of the roses, she was sure.
For a moment, she weighed them, thinking, then went back to the untrimmed bushes and got those cleaned up. It only took her fifteen minutes, maybe. Then she returned them to the green drake, thinking they might be helpful, since he had complained about the thorns.
While she waited, she weeded a small area over near the roses.

Verdy finished up what he was working on and by the time he saw her starting to do a little weeding fifteen or so minutes later he was starting to feel bad. Gardening wasn't exactly the most sociable of things to be doing with someone, it was really more of a personal or private way to relax as far as he was concerned. The green dragon shrugged and dusted his hands off, gathering the tools and setting them in the shed before walking up to her. "Hey uh, this stuff can wait. You wanna hang out? Maybe see what's going on in the theater? Should be a movie starting soon if you wanna catch one?" A movie was definitely a step up from weeding a garden with someone but it still wasn't exactly the best way to get to know one another. Unless the projector broke down and everyone else chose to leave the show, then they'd at least get to talk a bit more in private.

(-flop- You can write them starting to walk, that's fine)

The rat looked up, paused, then got to her feet. She laughed as she dusted her hands off too. She'd been careful not get them too dirty, but still do the work.
"A movie sounds fine by me!" she said, smirking.
She sauntered over to him and positioned his arm so that they were arm in arm, with her paw on his forearm.
"Lead on!"
After a pause she chuckled again, looking at him.
"You'd think I'd know by now where some more stuff was, but the school's huge, so I haven't thought all too much about Foxford. I only know a few places."
She took a second look. Th female hadn't realized how muchtaller this guy was, butt hen again, she was short.
No ever saw her coming, that way.

The green dragon blushed a little when she took his arm and hand like that, but he was also smiling. Starting out at a slow walk he made sure he found just the right pace for her to keep up with him. "Heh, well that's how it always starts for people around here. When I first arrived I was totally lost inside school, out, and in town. Now I can find my way anywhere I want and I can give anyone a tour of anywhere. Heh, guess the drive in theater wouldn't be as good as the normal one in town though, just follow me." It wasn't exactly the shortest walk but they could make it in about ten or fifteen minutes, maybe less. "So what kind of movie would you like to see?"

She smiled as she walked along with him, weaving back and forth slightly because she felt like it, brushing against his scales whenever she went towards him.
Rebecca laughed when he asked.
"Well, I like horrors and thrillers, but I'm good with just about anything. I don't usually like romance though, and sometimes comedies can pass me by since I don't seem to have a fairly normal sense of humour."
She paused, both in talking and in her weaving walk, then asked him, "What about you? You don't seem like a horror-movie guy. Or romance either. Then again, we just met, so I could be totally wrong."
Laughing again, this time more quietly, the female rat then proceeded to start weaving again, only a few inches each way, amusing herself.
"Wonder if I look drunk from a distance?" she mused, looking up along the path. "Well no distance yet but once we're on our way, I know it's pretty open."

"I usually like action thrillers. Sometimes just so I can see that one guy or girl that's the hero, and how they can do so many seemingly impossible things. Not like they're that built normally either, makes me feel like I might have a chance at doing something impressive." Verdy noticed the weaving and the gentle brushing against his scales, smiling a little and tenatively stretching out a wing to fold around behind her. Hopefully it didn't seem like the wrong message, but he wasn't even sure what message he might be sending.

"Ah, that is a nice feeling. Action movies - definitely fun. I think everyone likes them, makes them feel the same way probably."
Without breaking stride she smiled and turned around, walking backwards now, then poked his wing with the claw of er index finger.
"Hey, that's playful, but feels too enclosing. Nice gesture though," she said, grinning as she turned around again and gently ran into him.
Going back to walking in a straight line, she looked up at the sky as they went along. It was mostly clear today- light blue sky with some wispy clouds, the sun bright and just beginning to fall. She loved the sunshine.
Letting go of his arm, she spun a few times on the ball of her foot, then skipped up to catch up with him again after the few seconds it took.
"So, any idea what movies they do have playing today?"

"Uhh... right... heh... sorry. Umm, I dunno what they've got playing today really. Bound to be something good though." She was definitely energetic. And graceful too, possibly came with being slightly smaller. It was odd, he never really ran into girls like this and when he did it was usually them looking to humiliate him in some fashion. For some reason she seemed vaguely familiar, like a cheerleader type he'd met at a game or something. "We'll find out what's playing when we get there and pick something that's soon, sound good?"

(Oh jeez, cheerleader type? She'd be so offended lol and he knows absolutely nothing about her and how different she is than he thinks. This is why I love Rebecca - she can give off an impression that has nothing to do with her drug and prostitution ridden past and family issues yaaay xD)

"Yeah, like I said, I like most things, so I'm sure there's gonna be something good playing today. And sooner the better, though I'm pretty patient today."
She laughed again, directing her dark brown eyes at him.
"You caught me in an uncharacteristically good mood, by the way. Take as much advantage of it as you can," she added, flirting again with a suggestive look under lashes and a playful smirk.
Rebecca could recall other times like this, but most of them had been when she was playing someone to get some business.
To think a little compliment in a band class could do this to her...life could be amazing. Even with all she'd been through and all she saw around her, life still felt great on occasion. She was an optimist sometimes, even.

Ohh, shocker.
She was actually not being serious about him taking advantage of this good mood; in that way atleast. The female just wanted to be flirtations today, not actually get down to the deed.
You'd think as a whore, she always wanted sex. Not that she'd be ashamed of that, but it simply wasn't the case - today was just not a day she wanted to get naughty, just have some fun.
And this was fun!
Didn't even matter what others girls 'like her' thought of him, everyone had their perks and downsides, and not only was he cute, but funny too. Just the impression she got, atleast.

She was suddenly jerked back to the present with a thought.
"Oh hey...you have money? I can pay for you if need be, it's no problem with my job."
"And it's one of the few ways I'll ever help anybody out. I can always give and lend money."
With a smile, the rat put a little more sway into her hips and poked at his tail with her own, trying to wrap it around his.

Verdy was blushing as he caught that look from her, and the smirk. Was she like this every time she was in a good mood or was today a special case? He was oblivious to her "occupation" but was starting to get an idea that gardening wasn't all she did in her spare time. Taking her words to heart the green dragon walked just a little closer to her and slowly put an arm around her shoulder, figuring it was better than a wing. He was sorely tempted to lean over and kiss her, the urge strong enough he gave in after a moment and gave a quick one on the cheek to see if she minded.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I've got some cash on me. I was uh... heh, actually considering paying for the whole thing since I kinda suggested the whole movie idea?" He noticed the extra sway in her hips, mentally drooling at the effort she was putting into flirting. And then he felt her tail, smiling as he got what she was going for. Instead the green dragon used his own long, flexible tail to wrap around hers. He was also walking closer to her, and held her hand. Anyone who would have seen them right about now would have sworn they were a couple, or better than best friends. And yet they'd known one another for... how long? At most an hour?

Rebecca smiled as he wrapped his tail around her's, then grinned when he held her paw with his other one. He may be cute, but sometimes it was an awkward cute too.
She just let him do what he wanted now, not wanting to bother him or make him more awkward.
"Well, then, you can pay then! I won't complain about handsome young gentlemen offering to pay for things...that would be quite rude!"
The light brown rat laughed, feeling a bit giddy.
It had been quite some time since she'd really gone and done this; it was amazing how good it felt.
With a small, contented sigh, she slipped her free arm around his waist, losing herself a little in her thoughts until he spoke next.