12467/Preparing for the holidays with Jay

Preparing for the holidays with Jay
Date of Scene:	19 November 2020
Location:	66 East 11th Street, Greenwich Village
Synopsis:	Andrea and Jay talk holiday plans.
Cast of Characters:	Rage, Icarus

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Rage has posed:
The door opens to reveal Andrea as she heads inside after a long day of puttering about Xavier's. She is dressed in a pair of black yoga pants, a heavy sweater and a jacket over it. After stripping the top layer outwear off and hanging it up, she heads towards the kitchen.

"I'm home! Who's here?" She calls out as she opens the fridge to root about for a drink and something to nibble on.

Icarus has posed:
"Me!" comes the familiar voice of Jay from a direction that sounds vaguely like the little studio area they have set up. It is where they can go twiddle with their music from time to time, many instruments available.

He comes wandering out dressed in baggy sweat pants and a tank top, wings folded behind him.

He walks to the kitchen to wrap an arm around her, give her a kiss, then gets out of the way because if she's got the munchies, he doesn't want to be between her and food. She gives new meaning to the word Hangry. "How'd it go?"

Rage has posed:
"Not bad. Got to meet the new girl that Starlight helped find and get in touch with Xavier's. Her name is Jade. Nice girl. Has lizardy powers. They got a few new faces over there also. Ended up having a riff off with the new kid named Jax. He really likes Queen."

After taking out a bottle of water and banana, she turns and wraps her arms around him in return, giving him a hungry kiss before she presses her forehead against his. "So, are we flying your family out again here or are we going there for Thanksgiving?"

Icarus has posed:
"Well, now that you've seen home and not dumped me immediately, might be nice for you to experience a country Thanksgiving this time. If you're up to it and it won't interfere with your work," Jay adds. He knows she has a lot on her plate at any given time, even around the holidays.

"I didn't really think about either way. I'm sure Ma wouldn't mind us though. Probably would appreciate the extra hands even."

Rage has posed:
"I can blow off whatever to have the holiday back home with you and your family. Would be easier for the two of us to go out and I'm sure Sam and Lex will make their way over as well." Taking a seat, Andrea peels her banana open and nips a bite off of it.

"What should we bring down with us? I figure maybe I can at least buy the food so that your mom doesn't have to go through all of the shopping."

Icarus has posed:
"That could work." He's learning. Instead of immediately protesting her spending money that way. Ma might even be okay with it after their last visit. After all, it was Andrea spending less than she would to ship up and house the entire family, right?

"As for taking something, usually sweets. A couple of pies should do the trick. And sure, you can pay for the groceries but she'll probably insist on doing the actual shopping so that's something you can do together. I can watch the littles while you guys do, give her some time to grill you properly. Unless she did that last visit and I missed it."

Rage has posed:
"I don't think she has much to grill. I'm rich, powerful, super hot, and crazy in love with you. You kinda hit the lottery powerball with me. I think she's more relieved over the fact I'm way too normal to be a celebrity." Andrea says with a cheeky grin on her face, then holds the banana out to him for a bite.

"There's no shotgun couch talk that will scare me away anyways. I'm pretty much ready to run away and get married to you. I love you and I want to get old and senile with you. We can do that for Christmas if you want."

"You know, get married. Have a cute little Kentucky wedding."

Icarus has posed:
"You are determined to be the one to ask, aren't you? Stop that." He can't help laughing though. She's incorrigible. Jay leans in to take a bite of the banana, chewing then swallowing before continuing to talk.

"Lottery powerball or not, she's still a Ma and I'm still her baby. She does find you awfully normal though. In a good way. She was like me, had preconceived notions of what a celebrity would be like and was pleasantly surprised to be wrong."

Rage has posed:
"Then ask me, Jay. Get on your knee and slip a piece of banana around my finger and ask me to marry you." Andrea says with a grin as she takes another bite of the banana. "Because I'll say yes. I'll say yes a thousand times."

She leans back into the chair and grins at him, brows lifting upwards. ".. unless the rooster is .... chicken. Bok." She teases him a bit, gently poking his leg with her foot. Nudge. Poke.

Icarus has posed:
"Yes, that's it exactly. I'm a giant chicken, terrified of rejection," Jay says, the sarcasm so thick it could be cut with a knife. He's grinning though, despite all that.

"It'll happen. In time. Not with a banana. Lord knows, Ma would skin me alive if I told her that story later!"

Rage has posed:
"I dunno, I bet she'd think it was romantic. The downtown boy proposing to the uptown girl and she accepts it because she really likes bananas." Andrea finishes the last bite and folds the peel up.

"I'm pretty sure Sam is about to propose to Alexis. She's been dropping hints he's been acting like he is gearing up for something. We could make it a double event."

Icarus has posed:
"I will do my own thing. I don't want it linked up with theirs. I mean, I hope they go for it but I'm not going to hitch up to that cart too. Ours should be ours, not shared," Jay says. He gives another little shrug.

"Weird I guess but that's how I feel about the engagement. We could maybe do a combined ceremony if y'all wanted though. Y'know, when the time comes. No running off to Vegas or the courthouse."

Rage has posed:
"Well, I plan on our wedding being freaking amazing. Cliff side with an ocean view behind us. I'm thinking Santa Cruz in the Spring. It will be beautiful. We can release a bunch of doves after we say I Do and we do all the smooching. I'll get Dazzler and your band to play at the reception." Andrea grins at him, brows lifting upwards as she gives him a playful poke in the thigh with her foot.

"And then we can honeymoon anywhere you want to go in the world and we can stay there for a whole week and do whatever you want. Just pick a place on the globe and we'll hop over and have fun."