Date with Steph

[sayshazam]

Billy had been nervous when he went to meet Steph at the train station. Not quite as nervous as he had been when he asked her out, but still kind of nervous. It was close to sunset since they had to be at the soon in the evening to feed the bats, but it was still nice enough out that he didn't need anything more than jeans and a hoodie to keep warm.

He was a little more nervous once he met Steph there but it took maybe five minutes for him to realize this didn't feel any different than when they normally hung out, even if it was officially a "date". Then he got nervous because he wondered if maybe it was supposed to feel different. What if she thought it was boring, just having things be like normal? If it was just normal did they really need to go on dates? If it was supposed to be different did he want to do something that might make it weird?

Ugh, it all kind of sucked except for the part where he was having a fun time with Steph so he tried to concentrate on that. It was pretty effective.

"Okay, so we're not going to the normal front entrance," he told Steph as they got off the train. "Since it's closing anyway, it's one of the side doors for employees."

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[sayshazam]

"Yeah, I think they are," Billy said, smiling as he scooted a bit closer to Steph. It wasn't the most normal date ever but she seemed to be really liking it, which was the important thing. Maybe he wasn't too terrible at this date thing?

"I bet they're good buddies."

[thefourthone]

"Yup BBFF. Bat Best Friends Forever." It doesn't even faze her that this probably sounds incredibly silly. Steph just grins at her little guy as he gives a little squeak. "I think he's hungry. Are they eating solid food yet?"

[sayshazam]

Billy kind of hoped that the bats would be able to be friends. There weren't a lot of places the bats could go, of course, but Billy wanted at least someone (or something) should have someone they could rely on.

"No, they're still being bottle fed," Dr. Trent said, handing Steph one of the bottles. "Which, if you ask me, is my favorite stage."

[thefourthone]

"Oh, little guy," Steph says as she takes one of the bottles eagerly. "You are still a little bitty bat." Carefully she holds it up to his mouth, and the bat must be used to this because he latches on and starts sucking right away. She looks over to Billy. "I'm so glad we got to meet them."

Something she wouldn't have ever been able to do without Billy.

[sayshazam]

Billy flushed a bit at her words as he took a bottle from Dr. Trent to feed his bad. This was exactly what he had hoped would happen, that she would just have a great time here. Billy hoped it would mean she'd like to do stuff with him again, of course, but he was just glad she was having a good time.

"Yeah, I'm really glad that we got to too."