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Although part of her was more than willing to have Keme take her home (and not for sleeping it off either) the rest became crestfallen at his suggestion that they end their date early. Her lifted ear fell, her tail stopped wagging, her mile faded into a disapointed mew as her happy face fell. She just shook her head very lightly at Keme as Samantha looked on with worry.

"Um... if you'd like frozen custard there's a place that just opened again after the winter not far from here. Just turn left out of here & take the street to the corner & turn left. at the end of two blocks it will be on your right."

Her ear perked up, and a small purr started. "It does, doesn't it?" Relm smiled her thanks at the waitress who smiled in return. "Anytime. It's what I do. Look me up next time you stop in, okay?"

"You know it!"

Then Relm turned to face her date with a sweet little grin. "Dessert now?"

Giving the waitress a cheerful wave Relm let Keme be the gentleman and help her up. Though with frozen custard on the horizon she very easily could have bounced from her seat. "So, Hummer... are we going to walk or ride?"

Three blocks or so was not that far and they could probably use the walk, but at the same time... it took time. If they rode they would be that much closer to dessert that much quicker.

Relm did not care two hoots about working off the alcohol or seeing the city on her own, but if Keme wanted to... Well the pictomancer was finding she was more willing to wait. "Okay!" She agreed, perhaps too perkily. "And maybe now you can tell me what made you think of date?"

If her cute, begging eyes did not work this time Relm was going to have to practice in a mirror.

If Keme had asked she would have answered that she wanted to know now mostly because he had not answered before or any of the other times she had brought it up. And the first time she had asked he had gotten such an interesting reaction about him, Relm fairly bubbled with curiousity where at first she had been merely asking for conversation. Would it make a difference? Probably not. She was simply curious.

But she smiled politely at the other patrons and the staff as they walked out.

Relm felt pretty worry-free for the moment and bopped a little as they walked, lightly singing along with the song on her headphones. Her eyes flicked to catch the street names and out of habit see that they were following directions but otherwise she wa content to trust Keme to guide her.

See the city... no. Watch the people... yes. So her innocent observation of those they passed was not quite as sublte as she might have liked though it was still far from obvious, and once or twice she would take a step as if to fall behind or tail someone from a distance before catching herself and leaning into Keme to give him a sheepish grin. Old habits die hard, but the new of wanting to be with Keme still was winning.

People watching was interesting, but though it kept pulling her Relm did not feel as drawn to it as she once might have. Perhaps because before it had filled the void of being an orphan, too intelligent & adventuresome for her small village and now... now there was no void. Keme made her feel complete and she purred happily.

Still she loved to find out things.

Her eyes caught sight of the sign and her purr tribbled in expectation. "I wonder what flavors they have! Some custard shops have a bunch of flavors, but others only have Vanilla, Chocolate, & Lemon with maybe a flavor of the day."

She hoped they had pineapple. Pineapple with Chocolate syrup sounded exceptionally good to her at that moment. It would almost be like their kisses -her fruit drink mixing with his mudslide. The thought made her shiver & smile. If they don't... lemon & chocolate would taste good too.