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Mathias chuckles softly and nods, "Will do, I'll also remind her to call you the next time she is in town, I know she'd love to see you again." He smiles and as she bumps back into the car he shakes his head slowly.

"I know how that is Cora," He watched her for a moment and then let out a slow sigh. "Not gonna lie, I'd really like to get back with you - even if it's just... casual, until someone catches our eye... But I've been holding back because I respect you and I didn't want to make you think that I was hanging out with you because I was hoping you'd get back together with me." He laughed then, a small short thing.

"I just want to help you in whatever way I can Cora, so if you do need some stress relief, I'm only a phone call away."

Mathias chuckled and followed her into the diner. The kiss he had savored for a moment and he hoped that maybe more would follow - but he wasn't going to hold his breath for it. Once they were in, he placed a gentle hand on her shoulder and steered her toward a booth in the back where they could see the whole diner.

"All their shakes are hand spun, and they have killer burgers," Mathias chuckled as he handed her the fifties themed menu. "And their portions are huge, so chose wisely."

Mathias chuckled. All of those are good, I might go for that myself," Truth be told, anything at the diner was good. They were more quiet than usual, but that was fine - most people were still working or were in class so it stood to reason that the place was a bit on the slow side.

"So, how have you been? I haven't been able to really sit down and chat like this in awhile."

Not only that, but he wanted to know what he could possibly do to help her out with anything on her plate.

Mathias laughed softly and bowed his head. "Yeah, I've fallen into the same rut as you," he sighed softly before reaching out and taking her hand. "So it's really nice to be able to take you out and show you a good time like the old days."

"Which is why I find this to be quite nice. I've missed you Cora." He squeezed her hand then and then kissed the back of it.

"We should try to do this more often."

Mathias could see it in the way she reacted that he'd hit a nerve that was still hot. He wasn't sure how he felt about it, her pulling away. They weren't a couple, not officially anyway, but in all honesty it was so very easy to fall back into the old habits with her. So easy to touch and caress her in ways he remembered. That wasn't a bad thing... was it?

At least she still wanted to hang out and stick around him, that was a good sign. She might be skittish about his actions, but he was sure she'd warm up in time if he kept at it.

The question was of course - would he?

Smirking at her reply, he leaned forward a little in his seat. "I like these options, we could also hang out at the park or whatever you feel up to doing. We just need to hang out more and reconnect. Like I said I've missed being around you. You're a lot of fun to be with."

They had both let their lives get the better of them - maybe it was time to take a hold of their lives and drive them for once instead of the other way around.

Granted, Mathias was living two lives, but Cora didn't need to know that. His long nights as Leucite were going to take a toll on him eventually - but he wasn't too worried about it right this moment.

Mathias laughed and shook his head, "I think I'd have to really ******** up for that to happen, and I am hoping to avoid that," he smirked back, before leaning back and looking over the menu himself again.

"Oh, someone should be slipping by the table shortly to take our order, they are a little on the slow side, but not too bad." He said as he heard the footsteps of the waitress approach. If she could have been any more a 50's style waitress he'd of been surprised, she even had the hair in the style you'd most often see in movies.

"What can I get for you two?" The woman asked, she focused on Cora first, as Mathias was busy looking through the menu again, he knew what he wanted of course, but he'd let Cora order first unless she really got stumped.

Mathias smiled and slowly looked up at the waitress, he didn't move overly much - mainly to not disturb Cora as she leaned on him a little - which was fine with him, he liked it when she felt comfortable enough to touch on him.

"I'll have what she's having, it sounds really good," he chuckled as he handed the menu to the waitress and leaned back in the booth. Cora could do what she wanted as far as he was concerned. He wasn't going to stop her from being comfortable.

"It's nice to be out of class and not have to worry about things for once," he laughed a little as he turned to smile at her. "Even better is I have the company of a pretty girl, so that's a big plus."