“One of these days you’ll have to embrace the century we’re living in, love,” Freddie countered with a grin, “-but I’m happy to be difficult if my impossibility is what you find most endearing about me.” The fairy smirked. “Never let it be said that I refuse to show my best side when requested, eh? Though I think I do resent being boiled down to one of your tedious classroom exercises.”
Taking the second half of their last bun, Freddie grinned again at Teddy’s lamentations over the universe’s ‘unfair’ assessments of her obvious snobbery, but chose to keep his own counsel on the subject, rather agreeing, as he was often tarred with the same brush, that the world was a touch too narrow and judgmental when it came to the notion of wants and standards. Too eager to point fingers, and to celebrate settling and mediocrity, rather than be seen as condoning even the loosest sense of ‘elitism’.
He smiled when Teddy touched his wrist though, and nodded his head, happy to oblige her. “Just give me the dates, love, and I’ll see what I can do regarding suites. As far as I know we haven’t anything booked too far in advance so it shouldn’t be a problem - but I’ll have Pix give things a once over just in case.”
“Now,” he added, fixing Teddy with a curious look, “-when you say ‘other supernatural enclaves’, darling, where precisely are you talking about?”
“Not tedious to me, though, are they?” Teddy snipped back. “For heaven’s sake, Watts! Be pleased that I find you interesting enough to consider you a conundrum, and go back to fluttering your eyelashes and pouting that ridiculous mouth at whatever attractive numbskull passes by.”
One of the waiters did indeed pass by at that moment -- one who happened to be tall and on the fair-haired side -- and gave them both a polite smile and paused to refill their mineral water goblets before moving on. “Hmmph,” Teddy puffed, angling her already angular shoulders some more. “It’s like a ruddy bawdy house with you wherever you are.” This declaration wasn’t exactly fair given that Freddie now kept his hands inside the ride at all times, but Teddy wasn’t exactly known for changing her assumptions about people unless it became absolutely necessary -- besides which berating Freddie for being a rampant slut was one of her favourite pastimes.
Feeling pleased with herself, she sat back with an “ah!” when their plates were delivered, whipping her napkin belatedly across her lap and picking up her cutlery. “I’ll send you over the tentative schedule, do let me know if there are any conflicts. I’ve some small modicum of room for adjustment if I need it, and I’d rather put them up at your establishment than anywhere else, Freddie. I don’t mind telling you that the Stonefruit’s gained quite a stellar reputation even beyond Soapberry’s borders.”
Teddy finished a tidy mouthful of salad before continuing, “--which brings me to, yes, other supernatural enclaves. We all know that for safety, these sorts of towns tend to remain undiscoverable, but it seems there’s a new viewpoint on the rise. Especially as those tiresome Hunters seem to have been all but exterminated.”
She took a breath, as if about to elaborate further, but then looked around for the waiter. “Shouldn’t we have been offered a wine pairing with this meal? Really, now! What an unconscionable lapse in service.”
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