this is not a date

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

This was not a date. Zoe had to keep reminding herself of that. It didn't matter that she'd texted Devyn, asking the other girl to "go out" for coffee, while also promising her the picture she'd asked for that one time. Just thinking about their movie/cuddle session could send Zoe into blushes, and she knew for a fact that Devyn would pounce on that. Devyn had certainly pounced on the fact that Zoe had actually done the suggesting this time.

But back to this not being a date. Zoe had to tell this to herself, even after she'd spent hours getting ready. Her hair, blissfully, no longer took as long as it had when she'd worn it longer, but makeup still took plenty of time. Everything had to be perfect. Just the right amount of foundation, just the right amount of mascara, just a hint of lipstick that had to be just the right shade of pink. A hint of blush, curled eyelashes; Zoe went all out, proving that she actually knew how to use the massive amount of makeup she hid in her darkroom/bathroom. Then, she'd had to spent hours picking out an outfit that was just the right mixture of cute, pretty, and flirty. Zoe's wardrobe options were always limited, what with her needing to cover herself. Still, she thought that the beret was cute. She'd opted for a blue knit coat that hugged her slim frame well. It also did well at covering a pretty, black, longsleeved shirt with black lining. Said blouse covered most of Zoe, leaving her neck open (because this was flirtatious for Zoe). The gloves she'd opted for were her most expensive, as was the cute skirt she wore. The leggings were standard, as were the shoes, mostly because all of Zoe's best shoes were still at her parents' house.

She still had a camera, of course, though not her larger, standard issue one. she'd opted for a smaller disposable, which she'd tucked into a pocket. And then she'd arrived at the coffee shop early. And fidgeted, and kept checking her phone to see if Devyn had sent texts, and mostly convincing herself that it wasn't a date, because there was no way that Devyn would want to date her, and even if she did, Zoe couldn't do that to Devyn, because Devyn needed physical contact and Zoe couldn't give her that. So she'd just dressed up in her prettiest, cutest attire, made herself as pretty as possible, invited the other girl out to coffee, made certain to bring a camera, because...

...because to hang out, obviously. "It's not a date," Zoe mumbled under her breath, biting her lip and trying hard not to make any further noises.

[Devyn Solway]

Was this a date? Devyn was a little confused on if it was or now when she had gotten the text. Looking at it for several moments when she got the text. See in most cases she would not think of it as a date since she would 'go out' with a lot of people for drinks or whatever. However those texts hinted a little more to others things, this one was a simple wanting to know if she wanted to go out for coffee. She was happy she had gotten this before she went on a workout or else she would have been all sweaty and even if she thought little sweat was hot. Either way she was going to go meet up with Zoe and for sure was going to tease Zoe about wither or not if this was a date or not. Even if if was a date, Devyn would not have minded. You did not have to be going out with someone to go on a 'date'. Or at least Devyn saw it as you could go out with your friends, family on 'dates' but to each person words meant something different.

She was not really sure what to wear in fact, she never really thought about it too often. Even know as she looked at her clothing, even if it was for this little gathering she just didn’t really feel the need to get all 'pretty' or what have you. What she wore normally was not all that bad anyways. Still she decided to go with something a little more for the hanging out occasion. I don’t really have anything 'pretty.' Devyn thought and just tossed off her jeans and band shirt, only to slip on another pair of jeans, which at least didn’t have any holes in them. She still had a white tank top up that clung close to her skin, she basically wore them as a bra because she didn’t really like real bras, plus she didn’t have too much in the boob department. Slipping on a thin white, long sleeve, button up shirt; that if you tossed water on it it would clearly be see through. She slipped on a black tie as she buttoned up her shirt. Then slipped on a black jacket over all of that, basically looking like she was going to some causal meeting.

After slipping on her shoes, making sure everything was buttoned and zipped up, she brushed her hair, at least enough that it didn’t look like complete bed head. Grabbing her keys, phones, and anything else she might need for this little meet up, shoved everything into her pockets, locked up and headed out. Sending Zoe a text message back that she be there, just a little late. Fashionably late was her thing. Not like a half hour late or anything, at most five minutes. She just didn’t like being on time, unless it involved working out. However she really only waited a minute until after the time before she approached Zoe who seemed to be deep in thought as by her fidgeting and what not, making Devyn chuckle a little. She only caught a little of what Zoe said, but even if she had not it was not going to change her greeting.

She made sure to move quick and as quite as she could, move to sneak up behind Zoe and give her cheek a quick kiss. "Hey Cutie. Ready for our date?" Devyn said teasing and gave a wink. Even if her lips were numb she was still going to tease and flirt with Zoe. Already she had done two of the things she planned on always doing when she saw Zoe. She called her cute and gave her physical contact. Now it was just the photo which she for sure planned to get today.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

It did not surprise Zoe that Devyn sneaked up on her, which was odd, because the sneaking up was surprising in and of itself. The hug and the soft kiss on the cheek were, however, somewhat normal by now, and affectionate, and really forcing Zoe to try and repeat her "this is not a date" chant in her mind. Cutie was relatively normal by now; Zoe had heard it nearly as much as her name. She would never tire of the physical contact either, not from Devyn.

"Hey, you look... handsome," this last came out slightly surprised, as Zoe blinked at Devyn. Yet that was the word that immediately came to Zoe's mind as she looked to Devyn. The other girl had dressed up, or at least had gotten as dressed up as Zoe could ever recall seeing her. Zoe had always found Devyn attractive, to be sure, since she had that sort of androgynous beauty that Zoe always appreciated. But now, looking like that, Zoe could only think "Handsome," which is why it had popped up.

"And, um, did, uh," Zoe bit her lip, fidgeting. What she really wanted was to ask Devyn if she looked cute enough for the picture. She'd gone through an awful lot of work to look this good, and while she wasn't exactly vain, she kind of wanted more than the same compliment that Devyn always gave her. As if that weren't enough, there was that teasing comment that Zoe now had to try and digest.

In other words, there were lots of things that Zoe wanted to say or ask or do, so Zoe being Zoe, she did nothing but fidget and bite her lip.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn chuckled and smiled at Zoe when she called her handsome. Devyn honestly preferred the handsome over being called cute or pretty. She was also fine with being called attractive or sexy. Words like those were all okay with her in her book. Or gender neutral words. She was fine with those as well. She was not a fan at the entire over girly terms, even if she used the on other people, she did not like them for herself. She played with her black tie a little as she looked over herself a moment and then messed with her own hair slightly. "Thanks. Not too much for getting coffee is it?" Devyn asked half teasing half serious. She was not use to being asked out for coffee, she think she had been asked out to like breakfast, but mostly it was out for drinks, out for dinner, or to head back with someone back to their house.

She move to stand to get a nice view of Zoe now, and yes she had her eyes slowly drift from Zoe's feet to her face; saving the best part of a person last. Her green eyes lingered as she just stood there for a moment staring at Zoe. "Wow." Devyn managed to say after a moment of silence, sliding her hands into her pocket so she keeps her hands to herself, and also to get her phone out. "You look really, really, really good Zoe. Stunning, beautiful, sexy, dare I go on?" Devyn asked being serious with what she was saying but asked because she didn’t want to make Zoe uncomfortable or anything. She was dropping some pretty heavy complements that she did try to hold back because of how Zoe would blush, fidget and bite her lip. That darn lip biting was just so sexy and made Devyn just want to nibble on Zoe's lip a little. Which might have been why she ended up really close to Zoe for a moment.

"Can I have a picture of you so I can preserve yet a second beautiful photo of you?" Devyn asked with a smile at Zoe, still standing really close, despite having he phone in her hand, waiting to be used. She was just staring into Zoe's brown eyes for a moment. Man this girl was just...oh the things so many things he mind as wanting to do to this girl. Zoe wearing so much just left so much for Devyn to wonder and also for her to remove. Great already her mind was in the gutter, she moved to step back, waiting for Zoe's okay so she could get a photo of the girl.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe shook her lip, blurting out: "No, no, you look exquisite!" she insisted, then had to blush at her choice of words. Sometime she just couldn't help it. What was she supposed to say? That Devyn looked desirable? That Zoe really wanted to curl up against that body and feel those lips upon hers? That she thought the other girl was sexy, sexually attractive even, and that if there was any way....

No, no, no, Zoe would certainly not think that. Sure, they'd spent the night together, technically, and they'd spent a fair amount of time together since. In fact, Zoe hadn't spent as much time with anyone else at the Academy. But she had to keep reminding herself: they couldn't date, at least, Zoe was convinced they couldn't, because she just knew... argh, she didn't even want to repeat the reasons to herself. she especially didn't want to do it as Devyn gave her the shower of compliments that she'd long been expecting. Naturally she looked down, though this time, there was decidedly less blushing than usual. There was a slight smile though, and a twinkling in those expressive brown eyes, and a hand going to tuck hair around the beret.

"Of course!" she practically chirped, almost speaking overloud. She looked up, the smile reaching her eyes. "I did promise that you could take one, remember? I didn't just dress-up to impress you," Zoe had to take a breath at that; she was getting better at flirting back. Yes, definitely flirting; she needed, wanted to flirt a little. "But we should definitely take one together too, or maybe have someone take one of us," she dug into a pocket, producing the camera for a moment. "Because I do want to remember the first time I got you to dress nicely for me."

[Devyn Solway]

"Exquisite? Hearing that makes me think of food. Planning on taking a bite out of me Zoe?" Devyn teased with a smirk and a wink at the other girl, how could she not? It had been set up so Devyn took advantage at using it and twisting it just or Zoe. Wanting to see that blush, that fidget, and that lip bite. She did like it all after all. Her eyes still lingering on Zoe, still thinking about how she removes the things Zoe was wearing. Wonder if she is the type to have matching underwear...wait! Stop Devyn. Down girl. Taking you to a vet to get fixed. Devyn thought and then scolded herself. She was going to have to go out at some point to get rid of this frustration she was having at least enough to rain in her thoughts from the entire bedroom...or well anywhere no one could see them action that kept popping in her head. Heck if Zoe didn’t have the power that she did, it would have already been done...possibly; depended on Zoe.

They had done a lot of hanging out and Devyn didn’t mind it at all, Zoe was really a friend of her now. Which was starting to make her feel that possessiveness over Zoe now, which was good and bad. Since she was slowly starting to think of Zoe as hers; like she did with Kitty, that meant she was going to be more protective over the girl and giving more lately not visits for snuggles. The late night visits and snuggles was more so when Devyn would have bad dreams and almost slip into using her power and losing control. So far whenever she snuggled with someone else she didn’t have to worry about changing into her other form, which was good, but it had never happened yet so she still had to be careful. So really she should have just stayed to herself when she was sleeping.

Devyn chuckled a little at the somewhat chirp Zoe gave off, it was good to see how Zoe had come out of her shell a lot more around her and didn’t blush as much and didn’t speak as soft as she used too. "Well you did impress me, so win win for me. Nice flirt by the way." Devyn said with another wink as she stepped back and took a few photos of Zoe when she was not ready and when she was ready. "Together, sure." Devyn said putting her phone away and opening her arms to her, motioning with give-me hands for Zoe to come over to her, looking for someone to ask to take their photos. Devyn chuckled slightly at Zoe's last comment. "You think this is nice? I could dress more often like this if you just ask. Have to say it like; please sexy Devyn, can you dress up super-hot like that for me again? It gets me so hot." Devyn immediately had to cover her mouth because she can’t believe she let that slip out. That was supposed to be an inside thought, but it just escaped.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe smiled at knowing she impressed, though she averted her eyes for a moment at the flirty admission. Zoe was not Devyn: she did not flirt with her friends; but did Devyn know that? Zoe desperately wanted to know, but there was simply no way that she was going to outright ask the other girl. She wasn't quite aware that Devyn had started the picture taking until she heard a click. The moment she did, she looked up, offering a decent smile, soon followed by poses that proved that Zoe had, in fact, been in front of a camera before as well as behind it.

There had been some looking, and Zoe joined. That was one thing about her: since she was naturally rather cute, she could usually talk people into doing things like this for her. However, she looked back at Devyn when Devyn said her latest bit, her eyes widening for a moment. Oh, she definitely thought of Devyn as sexy, though there was no way that Zoe could actually say that to her. It did make her wonder if Devyn was just upping her flirting or... well, there was that hand covering, a gesture that Zoe recognized all too well. She giggled, then stepped forward, moving the hand down and giving it a little squeeze with her own.

"I would, but I prefer handsome Devyn to sexy Devyn," she said, keeping her voice soft,  nearly a whisper, "and I'm more delicate, so," she looked up at Devyn, meeting the other girl's eyes, "please, dashing Devyn, would you be willing to dress handsomely again some time? It sets all those butterflies loose in my insides and makes my heart go all fluttery. See?" she then placed Devyn's hand on her chest, smiling a little. Zoe was, after all, a poet, and she was making a few mental decisions as she went, the most important one being that she needed to at least let Devyn know that she felt a little something more, or hint at it, or something. There might not have been a very solid plan there just yet.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn did not know that Zoe didn’t flirt with her friends; Devyn took flirting as playful in most cases. Yet there was times where she was doing it with an end goal in mind. However most of the time her flirting was just her being honest about what she saw or felt and just pushed it over the top sometimes. So really she was just giving complements but because of her tone they became flirts. That and her behavior, but she did like to see people blush and know that she might have made them feel good. Devyn had a full smile on her face and seeing Zoe smile for the pictures. She was really way too cute for her own good. Devyn just wanted to snuggle her to death or something. Or at least just have Zoe around her a lot, which was why she might have been bothering Zoe more often than she did with others as the days had went on, but she was like that with her Kitty too, so it just meant that Zoe was a friend of hers.

"Work it. Yes. Love that. Going to have to borrow you’re really good camera and have a photo-shoot with you at some point." Devyn said, being fully honest as she angled her phone different ways to get some nice shots, even close up. One might have been a close up of Zoe's lips, but if Zoe asked to see them she just make sure to come up with a good excuse as to why she had that photo. She slipped her phone in her pocket and squinted a little at the person Zoe was talking to, giving Zoe another wink when she looked over to her with those beautiful brown eyes all widened. That giggle was just too cute and Devyn squeezed Zoe's hand back when Zoe squeezed her. Smiling for the photo. Then going to slide her hand and a little of her arm around Zoe's waist to pull the other girl close to her side for more picture posing. Person could totes think we were a couple.

"Oh, handsome still work." Devyn basically whispered back, keeping her voice low so only Zoe would hear her. She chuckled a little at the use of the word delicate, since that was pretty true. Devyn felt like she could break this girl so easily...in many ways. She looked back into Zoe's brown eyes, kind of shocked to hear what came out of Zoe's mouth, since she was kind of teasing. Devyn was a sucker for cute girls asking something with a please so for a moment she was slightly bashful, but it was only there for a moment. Bet Zoe would have pretty good game at charming people. Devyn thought to herself for a moment, opening her mouth to say something but her hand had been moved to be placed on Zoe's chest, and she kind of just...well she was trying to process how she was going to act on this. I could totes grope her, kiss her, or behave myself...or a combination of it all. Devyn thought as she kind of just stared into Zoe's brown eyes, feeling Zoe's heartbeat.

"That was a really good one, Zoe. I will dress handsomely again, just for you." Devyn spoke honestly without any hints or anything in her tone. She kept her hand on Zoe's chest for a moment still, feeling the other girl's heart beat before moving to drop her hand to join the other one around Zoe's waist. Planning on pulling the girl right against her and then lean in to whisper in Zoe's ears. "Trying to charm the pants off of me huh?" Devyn whisper really close to Zoe's ears with a slight flirting growl and went to move back and give Zoe her space. "You sure this is not a date?" Devyn half teased because for a while now she had gotten the vibe that Zoe at least felt attracted to her, but the more she hung around with Zoe she was getting the slight feeling that Zoe wanted to be more then friends.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Of course handsome would work, and it described what Zoe saw when she looked at Devyn, handsome protective, and ever so much what she wanted. That part of her roared, causing her heart no doubt to flutter all the more. Here stood someone who was nearly everything Zoe wanted: someone who cared about her, who protected her, who helped make her better, and there stood Zoe, not moving forward despite herself. She could almost picture a scene like this in a movie, where no doubt people were yelling at the screen, or, if they were more like Zoe herself, clenching at their fists or readily available tissues, leaning forward and praying that someone got up enough nerve to say or do something.

They'd worked up to touching; not just Devyn touching Zoe and the latter allowing it, but the two of them openly touching one another, in public, in a manner that would say quite a few things to passersby. Devyn had wrapped her arm around Zoe's waist and pulled her close, and Zoe let out a little gasp, before smiling bashfully up. There was no use pretending that she didn't enjoy this, or want it, though she did flush a little as she realized that people were looking.

"I'm fairly certain that I don't need to do any charming," replied Zoe, her breath light. She swallowed, not believing that she felt this courageous. Devyn did that for her, to her, Devyn and the fact that Zoe was prettied up and ready for this. At the not a date, Zoe smiled up at Devyn, lowering her eyes for a moment, biting her lip. "If this were a date, then we'd kiss right now, wouldn't we?" she said, teasing. She then pressed her fingers to her lip, kissing soft, and then bringing them up to Devyn's own. She pressed the gloved digits there for a few seconds, smiled and then moved, waving to a passerby. "Excuse me, um, sorry, but I was wondering..." and Zoe would no doubt soon have someone convinced to take their picture, assuming that Devyn didn't do something, of course.

[Devyn Solway]

If they had been in a movie, people for sure would have been yelling at the screen for something to just happen between the two of them. There would also be those people who would be screaming at Zoe to not get involved with Devyn since they would know that Devyn had never been in a relationship long, half her fault in most cases. Devyn just liked flirting and if one night stands or relationships came out of it then bonus. She might have been a little possessive, protective, and aggressive over people the longer they got to know here, but she was not perfect. She slips up from time to time, desires winning out over judgment from time to time. Not that she didn’t try, she did try.

The little gasp Zoe let out made Devyn chuckle, and she dared Zoe to try and move away. She would let the other girl go if she did pull away however in this case. They were in public and she didn’t want to have Zoe get over embarrassed or anything, but Zoe had been doing well. She didn’t panic or get too squirming with Devyn now when she would pull her closer to her. That smile of Zoe's was just too much, Zoe was just really cute and Devyn wondered if the girl really did understand that Devyn was not just saying it to say it. She really did mean it. Devyn gave a wave at the people who would look over. "They are just wishing they were me is all." Devyn said to Zoe still in a whisper tone. Then she as silent for a moment, because even if Zoe did start to flirt back with her, it still would catch her off guard from time to time.

"True. You could probably ask for me to take my pants off and I would." Devyn said with a sly smirk appearing on her face. Zoe was only egging Devyn one, because if Zoe flirted back, she was going to do the same and possibly get worse. He smirk turned devious at Zoe's words about if it was a date they would kiss right now. She was about to say something but held herself back because it was going to be so bad, possibly. She watched Zoe basically kiss her own fingers and then placing said fingers to Devyn's lips. Oh, such a tease. Devyn thought as she would go to grab at Zoe's fingers with her teeth and go to nibble on the fingers between her teeth for a moment before letting them go. Watching Zoe go wave to the passer and seem to want them to be the ones to take their photo.

She was going to get Zoe back for that little tease. Reaching her hand out and totally touched Zoe's butt, keeping her hand there and did not plan on moving it, so Zoe was going to have to push it away. Devyn made sure it was obvious too, standing a little bit away from Zoe so one could clearly see her arm out in front of her and her hand on Zoe's bottom. A butt touch was pretty innocent and not all that evil, but Devyn was sure she get an interesting reaction out of Zoe for doing it. That should make her remember not to tease me like that. Devyn thought at she kept a smirk on her face and hand unmoving.

{my roommate is totes that person screaming in the movie screaming at the screen XD}

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Somehow, Zoe doubted that the passersby wished they were a pair of girls flirting with one another and trying to deny that they weren't on a date together. It also didn't surprise her that Devyn pretty well admitted that she'd remove her pants if Zoe asked, no, what surprised Zoe is that she had the strong desire to ask. Not in public though, never in public. The little finger kiss, hugging and such was about as far as Zoe felt she should and could go. She did giggle a little as Devyn nipped at her fingers, her eyes twinkling at the gesture. She wasn't about to let Devyn do it for long though: Zoe couldn't afford holes in her gloves, nor could she afford having her gloves removed.

Thankfully she'd found a sweet middle-aged woman who was more than willing to take a picture of a happy couple. She told them they both looked sweet together, that Zoe was adorable and Devyn looked quite handsome. It could have been that she didn't realize that Devyn was, in fact, a girl instead of a boy, but Zoe couldn't help but get the idea that this particular woman wouldn't have cared: a cute young couple was a cute young couple to her, irregardless of their makeup.

Just as Zoe was explaining the situation and getting her camera out, however, Devyn touched her butt. The photographer let out a little yipe, skirting forward. She figured that it was Devyn, since she sincerely doubted that Devyn would allow anyone else to touch Zoe in public. And Zoe was betting that the hand was some sort of retribution for her earlier flirts. she blushed deeply and averted her eyes, leaning forward to mumble, "Not in public, Devyn, please," before turning. She faced the woman and reached for Devyn to put her arm around her, then leaned up, "and don't you dare ruin this picture. I shall never forgive you if you ruin our first real picture together," which was said with deadly serious. But even Devyn knew how serious Zoe took her photography, surely.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn had been tempted to pull the glove off, but knew Zoe would not have liked that at all. Zoe's power never turned off, and they were out in public, so a slightly brush with someone out here could lead to a bad situation. Either way Devyn would have protected Zoe if something like that did happen. Devyn would play it off like it was her fault and that she had tasered whoever happened to be the person that got touched. That and she make sure to growl at anyone who dared tried to say anything stupid about the situation. However nothing had happened, Zoe was still covered, and Devyn didn’t have to worry about ripping someone a new one.

Devyn looked over the middle-age woman, squinting her green eyes and reading the woman's body language for a moment. Hmm...not a threat. Devyn thought and then smiled at the complement about them looking sweet together. Devyn smiled even more at being called handsome, figured the woman thought she was a guy, which happened a lot and Devyn didn’t mind at all. In fact she remembered she played off being a guy for one girl whose parents didn’t really support their daughter liking girls. So hooking up with Devyn worked out pretty well, but didn’t last long for many reasons that Devyn was not going to think about because none of it really mattered. Right now she was here to hang out with Zoe and get a picture taken.

Devyn snickered at the little yipe Zoe let out when she touched her butt, sticking her tongue out at the other girl. The blush just made her want to do it again, and she might; just had to be the right moment. "Not in public huh? I'll keep a note of that." Devyn said specifically at Zoe before looking at the middle-age woman who was taking the photos, opening her mouth to say something, but knew she should not, no matter how bad she wanted to. Save it Devyn, wait until its perfect. She put her arm around Zoe, finding it cute how Zoe would just take her arms now and place them where she wanted them. "I know. I know." Devyn said nodding her head and would be good for the photo. Giving her best smile and all of that charm she had. Remaining good but as soon as the photo was going to be done, she was going to slide both her hands down to Zoe's hips and pull her back against her, looking at the woman who was taking the photos. “She is a total tease.” Devyn said almost as if she was snitching on Zoe, she would have said more, but she held herself back.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Oh, was Zoe ever tempted to take a little nibble of that tongue, and not just for reasons of attraction either. It would be ever so perfect a revenge if Devyn's tongue was numb for a few seconds. Part of Zoe was even tempted to hold onto it for a little longer to make it good and numb; see if the other girl was so flirty then.

Not in public, yes, Devyn read that exactly as Zoe wanted. Was it horrible that part of her was wondering how much you could get away with without actually touching skin to skin? Would that be enough for Devyn? Could Zoe let her do it? She licked her lips, thinking. Maybe eventually, sometime, if Devyn proved to, well, Zoe didn't want to even think that word, not now. She knew Devyn enough to know that if that word popped up now, everything would fall apart, and Zoe really, really didn't want things to fall apart.

At least Devyn was going to behave herself for the photo. The photographer had no qualms about posing people, obviously, which was part of the reason why she kept moving Devyn's arms around her. Well, that and because she really liked it when Devyn held her, which was, of course, the purely selfish reason. The photo clicked, the woman smiling at the cute, happy couple. No sooner had there been a click when Devyn's hands were on Zoe's hips, drawing her close. Zoe offered up a giggle and looked up at Devyn, affection in those eyes. She gave the other girl a slight hit. "I am not!" she protested.

The middle aged woman, however, took advantage to snap the photo of Zoe looking up at Devyn, then chuckled herself: "That just means she likes you, dear," she said, extending the camera back to Zoe, who took it, blushing furiously as she slid it into her pocket.

"Coffee," she murmured, sliding her hand down to give Devyn's hand a little squeeze.

[Devyn Solway]

It was always nice to see Zoe out in front of the camera and not behind it; Devyn knew that Zoe was good behind it as well as in front of it. Zoe could have been a model or a movie star if she wanted. At least that’s what Devyn could see her being able to pull off, but she knew Zoe already had a pretty set in stone career plan. Zoe wanted to be a photographer and she was good at it. Zoe could make a lot of money and even get to travel the world with her job. She had a bright future ahead of her. As for Devyn, she didn’t know what she was doing anymore. She had wanted to be like her father and join the military, but he was dead, she didn’t have the drive to do that anymore. What was it that she was good at? Sex, being a guy, and working out. Devyn thought to herself, which didn’t really help with getting a career outlook.

Those eyes, those brown eyes. When Zoe looked up at Devyn with those eyes and just whenever Zoe just looked really happy inside and out it just made Devyn feel good inside. "You so are. Teasing me when you know I have little self-control." Devyn said back to Zoe with a slight snicker. She did have self-control, just sometimes she was not so good at keeping it under control. Devyn looked at the woman and gave a nod, agreeing with her statement. "I figure as much, but she won’t say or act on it yet." Devyn informed the woman, yes fully aware that she was still holding Zoe close to her and that Zoe could hear what she was saying. Devyn caught the blush on Zoe's face, which just really confirmed it all the more, unless again Zoe was just easily embarrassed.

"Is that our safe word?" Devyn teased, feeling Zoe's hand give hers a little squeeze and moved to let Zoe go so they could in fact get some coffee. She made sure to reach out to hold Zoe's hand, figuring Zoe would like that a lot as she stood there and looked at Zoe, kind of just planning on lead this little trip, because she was not sure what she was supposed to be doing. Her eyes were starting to hurt a little however so she moved to put some shades on, knowing she should have did that sooner, but shades hid the expression in the eyes in a photo, even more so since Devyn's were really dark.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe nearly giggled at Devyn's admission of control, or lack thereof. Said giggle turned into more blushes and shrinking of embarrassment at Devyn's comment. Zoe was torn between burying herself further into her friend and running away in frustration or what have you. This whole thing was quickly turning into an exercise in mutual frustration. They did actually have the coffee thing to get to. Believe it or not, Zoe wanted to know Devyn a little more as a person, and to have the other girl know her as well. Well, they sort of already knew about the more important stuff: feelings and all that, but there were all those fascinating little details to learn. And yes, that did make Zoe think briefly about how good of a kisser Devyn was, which only served to remind her that she would never know. Unless some magical fairy came along and took away Zoe's powers, she'd never get to feel the touch of another skin to skin.

But, with Devyn's help, she'd already found out that you could  get away with a lot even when you had gloves on. and of course, Zoe was thinking all about that right now. She'd already moved away, flushing again and mumbling a thanks to the woman, who was doing her share of chuckling and looking. Zoe thought she was getting better, but now she'd flushed so dark that she thought her hat might catch fire. Not helped by Devyn's little comment, and yes, Zoe definitely understood what a "safe word" was.

She laced her fingers with Devyn's, giving them a squeeze. "No, it means: 'I actually want to take you out for coffee,'' she said. She lifted Devyn's hand to her lips, giving them a kiss. She opened her mouth, seeming to consider saying something, then closed it. She bit her lip for a moment, as if chewing over what direction to take the conversation next. Not that they'd have to go far to get to the coffee shop though, since Zoe had made sure that they were close to it. Within minutes they'd be in the tiny little shop, the smell of coffee washing over them, bathing them in that delicious aroma.