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It had been a week since the Debutante ball, and while that had been a lovely way to introduce her to the youth of Destiny City, it was time to learn the streets as well. Of course, Adira knew the shopping district like the back of her hand, but she had little experience with the rest of the streets, particularly the lesser known shopping venues. There was a small sushi place that had glowing reviews that she was attempting to find, but she kept getting sidetracked by other interesting looking stores.

Her heels clicked against the sidewalk decisively, almost if she had been born walking in them. She was dressed just as decisively, in a chic high-waisted pencil skirt and button down top. However, it seems she had taken a wrong turn somewhere, landing it precisely in the part of town that she did not want to be in. Turning around, she started to head back to the main stretch of streets where she had come from, still in search of her sushi restaurant. Adira Perses did NOT like the looks that certain people were giving her, even though she knew she could handle herself better than most. Her mother had insisted on self-defense courses when Adira was persistent on attending Sovereign Heights.

Finally making it back to the main stretch of shops, the girl rounded the corner quickly, without looking, eyes still peeled for the missing 'Wasabi Shop'. It was a fairly slow day; most students were in class still. Which was perfectly fine by her, seeing as she didn't like waiting in line for things.

Her heart went up into her throat a bit at the word 'Lost?' being asked behind her. She didn't show it in her face, but her posture went a little rigid. She turned slowly, only to be face with Seth Eintetta. Her rigid posture turned very quickly into a beaming smile. "Seth!" The greeting was less formal on purpose, Adira knew that the boy didn't particularly like formalities.

"I know, I know." She sighed, and shrugged. "This sushi place just keeps avoiding me!" It was like the Howl's moving castle of sushi places. Adira would catch a familiar scent in the air- seaweed, raw tuna... and then it would be gone. "I don't suppose you know where the Wasabi Shop is?" There was a chance that he knew. And if he didn't? Well then, she'd just ask for his help in finding it. And after either of those options, Adira would insist that he ate a late lunch with her.

Today was shaping up to be a good day already. It had been a long while since the girl had actually spent time with Seth. She'd seen him at Jada's ball, of course, but Seth hadn't been active in social circles for a good long time before that.

Adira beamed up at the boy next to her while he looked contemplative. In the mean time, she'd already started walking towards a window display with the most interesting looking-

A sharp tug on the collar of her jacket had the girl spinning around immediately. She laughed, it was light and it ended it a smile. So it appeared that Seth was still much the same person that he had been when they were younger. Very, to the point. It was a bluntness and honesty that Adira admired most. You didn't find those two things in high society very often, she was envious of his ability to shrug things off.

The walk to where ever Seth was leading her was fairly quiet, but comfortable. She was certainly glad of his presence- based on the number of turns they had taken the shopaholic had been way off base. "I would have never, ever found this without you." Actually, there was a good chance that she'd already walked right past it without noticing (a couple of shops down the way looked familiar).

And, he even had been there before. "You are indeed a life saver, Mr. Eintetta. I insist, you must have dinner with me! On me, of course." She smiled, her tone was carefree. The girl stepped up to the glass case, looking over at all of the different choices. It had been a while since she'd had sushi, probably on her last trip to Japan. "Any suggestions?"

She looked at both of the options that Seth presented. They both looked delicious! "I'll have the Rainbow Roll, please!" The server smiled as she made a little note on the notepad. Adira took a sip of water before looking over at Seth.

"So, Seth. What have you been up to lately?" She figured school was part of it, though she wasn't sure what school he went to. Other than that, she really had no idea. Adira was also nosy and wondered if Seth was seeing the girl that he had escorted- Eve something. Not that it really mattered, it was just nice to know things.

But those kinds of questions could wait, if they were asked at all. Right now, she was content to sit in the little restaurant with a long lost friend and eat some (hopefully) delicious sushi.

"Sounds like we've been doing a lot of the same things. I just bought a loft for myself a few weeks ago, in order to start attending Sovereign Heights." She sighed at the mention of studying abroad. It would happen, she was sure. Perhaps for her Masters. "Well, if my mother had any say in it I would be in Sweden right now, in the best finishing school that money could buy."

Thankfully, Adira was not in Sweden. She didn't particularly like the country anyways. It had its niceties, but she would prefer not to live there. Also thankfully, the food decided to arrive.

"This looks amazing." She could feel her stomach rumble silently in anticipation. Adira too, wielded her chopsticks with ease. It was one of the first things she had learned to do properly in Japan, at her Fathers insistence. Picking up one of the tuna covered rolls, Adira dipped it in a bit of the sauce they had supplied before popping it in her mouth. The smile on her face said it all. The sushi was absolutely delicious. The girl made a small noise of pleasure in the back of her throat, looking up at Seth. "You have excellent suggestions Seth."

All of the sushi had been just as good as the first roll. This was certainly a place that Adira was going to remember, and frequent. It wasn't very far from her apartment, and now that she actually knew the physical location of it, it wouldn't be too hard to find without help.

Adira sat back in her chair, dabbing at her lips to make sure no sushi remnants remained. She had to smile a bit at his elbow on the table however. It was that kind of thing that earned you a smack on the hand when you were little.

"Its been alright so far." She took a sip of water before continuing. "Though, I'm only enrolled in one class since its the only one they offered for a half semester. I was in England too long for me to actually catch the beginning of the semester. I'll be taking a full class load after the summer though." It wasn't too bad, actually. Easing into the world of having classes taught by someone you didn't know, someone who didn't know you. It was a little bit of a shock coming from the world of private tutors.

"And how is school for you? Have you chosen a major yet? Certainly is an interesting uniform- much classier than any I've seen in Destiny City thus far." She liked it. And having it all undone like that seemed to suit Seth's style just fine. Adira was interested to hear what Seth wanted to do with his life.

Computer science seemed to fit the man in front of her. It was very straightforward, but there was a certain degree of 'relaxed' about it that seemed straight up Seth's alley. "Computer Science sounds like a good fit for you." Adira couldn't imagine Seth at a customer service job. She'd never seen it herself, but she'd heard rumors of his temper.

Scratch that, she could see unruly customers getting unpleasantly hot things thrown in their face without much warning. At least, if the stories of his outbursts were true. Seth had left quite a few rumors in his wake when he'd stopped appearing at social functions. Adira knew better than to believe most of them (the most outlandish was the claim that he'd gotten Sophie Esterson pregnant. THAT was laughable), but the temper problems seemed to fit him more.

"Well, I'm certainly glad that your uniform is warmer than mine then." She gave an amused smirk as she sipped some of her water.

At his conjecture, she nodded. "Yes, Business, but also Pre-Law. Going to Sovereign Heights for a year in order to have a more favorable chance at a slot in the law program at DCU." Unlike many other wealthy children, she didn't want to have a brand new wing named after her family in order to gain admittance. Adira would rather work for it.

If Adira had known that she was correct Seth's temper, she might have raised an eyebrow at him. She might have actually looked at him in a whole new way. But for now, this was the same man that she grew up with (sort of), and certainly liked.

"Some men wear skirts." The girl had a great mental image of Seth sulking in a Kilt. It was amusing enough to pull at the corners of her mouth; a restrained smile. He probably wouldn't be too terribly pleased at her imaginings.

The compliment, or at least Seth's spark-noted version turned her restrained smile into a beaming one. It wasn't very hard to make the dark haired girl smile. At his inquiries, she nodded. "Yes. He's a joint CEO in charge of international affairs." It explained her trip to England recently, as well as many of her other trips too. She matched his stare with her own silver-blue eyes, proud of her Father's accomplishments.