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*as she's enjoying her drink and company, her cell goes off to alert her to a message. Reading it, she narrows her eyes, looks down at what she's wearing, and looks back at the message, eyes becoming mere slits. Jaw working, she slaps her phone close, sits with her eyes closed and jaw clenched for a few minutes, then works to release the tension before she gives herself a headache. Opening her eyes, she sees Saber looking at her with concern and waves her off, forcing a chuckle* Apparently, I'm "over-dressed" for my shift tonight. stare How in hell can it get any less than this is beyond me. evil Anyway, it's time for me to head out.

*refills her glass and slams her drink, recapping the bottle and leaving it on the table. Smiles at Nei while standing* Well Nei, I've enjoyed your company and hopefully you'll still be around when I come back. That is if this doesn't take long. See you later hon.*just then Katana comes in. Sighing, she gives her a quick hug* Sorry to run when you've just got here love, but my time is up. Gotta go relieve Flame from his shift.*waves and walks into the office, goes through the security measures and heads to her place, cursing and stalking to her room, wondering just what in hell Flame was up to and why she needed to be stitch stark naked for recon*

{{the storm is messing with the power here and we keep losing power in the central and water rec areas. I don't know how much longer I'll have internet or power itself. Three trans got struck by lightning. stressed I think Psyzapp came to visit without telling anyone}}

*She is thrilled to see Katana and glad she doesn't have to eat alone. Her sushi order arrives and she pours herself another glass of Sake. She grins at Katana.* I caught Amy in the Kitchen and she said something about passing out in the bar and waking up fishing in the stream here in the restaurant. stressed The chef's were angry and I tore her a new one. *She takes a drink of her Sake and sighs.*

But I've got other things on my mind.

*She takes a bite of her Sushi and has a sip of her Sake. She lowers her voice and looks around to see if anyone else is within ear shot.* Word had gotten back to Italy regarding Big Paulie. My Mother called me hysterical and in an effort to assure her I was fine and change the subject, I told her about Officer Dougherty. stressed

*Sighs.* At first she was excited to hear I was in love and she wanted to know his name and what he did for a living. She was going a mile a minute. stressed When I told her he was NOT Italian, that he was Irish and Scottish and that he was a cop there was dead silence. stressed

*She takes a huge drink of Sake*

My Mother is very "old-school" Katana. She's VERY Italian and she's twice as intimidating as I am. stressed You had better believe she wants me to settle down with an Italian man. A man like Big Paulie.

I got off the phone as quickly as possible and told her I'd talk to her later about it. She's going to insist on meeting him and she will interrogate him. stressed If I don't arrange some sort of meet up, she'll get on a plane and high tail it over here!

I told him about it immediately and he actually WANTS to meet my Mother! I can't have her come here because if she got wind that we were living together…she'd flip! I'm thinking about a long weekend in New York City, putting her up in the Plaza and trying to teach Officer Dougherty as much as possible about what to do to get on her good side. stressed

*She eats a piece of her Dragon roll and has a sip of Sake.*

Why the hell do you think I live here and NOT in Italy?! stressed I need to just ease her in and show her how much I love him. She'll come around. It will be easier if she accepts him. But if she doesn't then she and I will have words and……it just won't be pretty. stressed

*She takes a bite of Sushi and sips her Sake* I will have to give him a crash course…Italian 101…and teach him how to best impress my Mother so he doesn't come off looking like some Paisan to her.

*She sighs.* Depending upon how things go, he may be sorry he wanted to meet her. *Finishes up the last piece of her sushi.* I'm just worried that this will be much more than he bargained for. sweatdrop