dates usually involved only two people

[Devyn Solway]

Zoe's words did actually make Devyn feel a bit bad about the whole getting the other girls number. It was not like she asked for it directly. Just flirted and hinted at it, which she did all the time. Right, it was still a very stupid move to do when out on a date with someone, but it was just her way of making conversation while the tickets were being counted. You can give as many excuses as you want, you still know it was not right. Devyn mentally scolded herself, moving a hand into her hair to mess with it. She had to at least apologize and then make it up to Zoe. Really she was the worst, but this was the sort of thing that Devyn did, that ended up ending relationships for her. Being honest was the only real thing that would be the right thing to do in this situation, at least that was what Devyn's was thinking. "Well, it might be real but then that would mean that she is either really despite or my flirting has gotten better." Devyn sad as she scratched at her head, giving Zoe an apologetic look.

They went into the booth either way and were looking through the photo options and Devyn mentally chuckled a little at some of the options. This had to be difficult to deal with for someone who was good at photography and this was a machine that was doing a poor job at it. It was all for fun however so Devyn figured Zoe would put up with it for the sake of having fun. Devyn had been going through the section before Zoe leaned forward and started flipping through them on her own, indeed interrupting what Devyn was doing. Just letting know Devyn know basically that Zoe was in fact upset with what Devyn had did. "Zoe, look at me." Devyn said as she reached to take the hand that Zoe was using to make selections, reaching her free hand to reach into her back pocket and crumple up the paper with the number on it and tossed it onto the floor. "It really didn't mean anything, I was just making conversation, and you know how almost everything I say comes off as flirting in a way." Devyn said trying to explain it, but knew she was still in the wrong.

She just wanted Zoe to understand that she was not doing it to hurt Zoe, because that was the last thing on her mind. She really, really cared about Zoe. More than she let on, like she revealed to Zoe a little while ago. It was just because of these feelings that she was well more or less just shoving them under a rug and trying to act like they were not there. "Can you forgive me? I keep messing up our moment together and I really don't want to. Can we just forget about all of that and get back to having fun and enjoying ourselves while we can?" Devyn asked, looking down for a moment, wondering what she could do to let Zoe know that she really did care and was not trying to hurt her.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Might be real? Flirting? That actually angered Zoe, which was definitely an emotion she was not used to feeling. It might have even given her a little bit of a rougher aspect when it came to pushing the screen's buttons and flipping through things. She couldn't even do more than let out half a giggle as a well and truly cartoon background popped into view for a few seconds. Zoe wasn't allowed to look for long, as Devyn insisted on her attention. Zoe, feeling abashed now, looked over at Devyn. To be accurate, she stared sort of at Devyn's shoulder, feeling a whole storm of emotions. It was as though she'd been caught cheating on her diet by putting her hand in the cookie jar when Devyn sat there chewing Zoe's candy bar. At least Zoe's semi-awkward position allowed her to see the paper being crumpled and fall on the floor. Devyn wrote it off like an excuse, and Zoe desperately wanted to believe her. She wanted to believe that Devyn just was like that; she'd seen it in action, after all. That had been part of what got them together.

Except she couldn't remove that little niggling bit of doubt, that part of her that reminded her that they were, in fact, in an open relationship and that Devyn might have kept the number had Zoe not caught her. Forgive her? Zoe could do that; her head was already moving. She wanted to, wanted to get back to the fun. So she nodded to that too.

Then poked a button, and saw the screen had flipped to some kind of sandy beach. "Aren't any of those backgrounds normal?" she asked, pointing, obviously wanting to change the subject. Mostly because what she really wanted to say would probably have Devyn sprinting from the booth in a hurry, which would be especially awkward, what with Zoe having what amounted to a bodyguard waiting within earshot.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn really didn't know if Zoe was angry for sure or not since it was not something she ever seen Zoe display. Sadness, confusion, bashfully, happy, and content; those were emotions Devyn was used to seeing Zoe give off. Pretty much every emotion other than anger at this point in their relationship. Still the dominate emotions seemed to be sadness, bashfulness, and joy. The last two were good since that was what Devyn wanted Zoe to feel like. Yet, Devyn seemed the one that would always and up trigging some form of sadness out of Zoe and yeah it made her feel bad. She just never said anything because she was always busy shoving those sorts of feelings aside and ignoring them. Shutting down and keeping her feelings locked up so she would not have to deal with them, look weak, or risk losing control over her powers. Yet Zoe was an emotional girl and she was being a little bit rougher with her selection through the options, but Devyn didn't say anything about it.

How could she convince Zoe outside of just kissing her, pulling her close, and conveying it with her body? That was what Devyn was good at, it was what she understood, not words. That was why her whole motto had been actions and not words, because she could relate to actions better. Words were just...one way of conveying emotions that did work but at the same time didn't work for Devyn. Devyn opened her mouth to say more but Zoe nodded and went back to looking, speaking about the options now. A subject change, she understood it as that so was going to drop it now and focus on having fun on the date. "I don't think so. Its either one like that or one with a weird border around it." Devyn said giving a small chuckle and moving a little closer to Zoe. Carefully moving an arm around Zoe to pull her girlfriend closer to her so they would be both in the frame for the picture of course.

"We could do the most wanted ones." Devyn suggested, reaching out to hit the button a few times to switch to the different option. "Or there might have been one that was cutest couple." Devyn said with a small smile at Zoe and moved to give Zoe's cheek a quick kiss and Zoe would allow her and not move away. They just needed to pick a photo options. Pose a few times for the photos, and then they could be out and back to playing the games in the arcade. Enjoying their date and Devyn telling herself that no more flirting for the day unless it was towards Zoe. Eyes on Zoe, thoughts on Zoe, and staying close to Zoe. That was her goals.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Eyes on Zoe, thoughts on Zoe; if Devyn kept that mantra and just repeated it to herself continually she'd find that she had an extremely happy girlfriend on hand. Zoe kept wrestling with that idea, wanting to say it but not wanting to face what she saw as the inevitable fallout from saying something like that. Wouldn't asking Devyn to be closed just drive her further away? At least they had focused on the picture, on something that could at least distract them for the time being.

And Devyn was being physical again, which Zoe supposed was a good thing. That was how Devyn communicated: touch and hug and such. It almost instantly relaxed Zoe. It helped that they were flicking through the various options. She actually let out a little giggle at the sight of the most wanted one as Devyn pulled it up. "That seems to fit us better," she said, pointing at it. Maybe some part of her wanted to own the Pikachu thing, what with her toy and something like this. She just wanted to get over it, and she couldn't help but think that accepting it might be the best way of doing so.

 Then a kiss, which made Zoe smile and fake squirm away for a bit, before reaching out and poking the screen some more. "You are going to create some dreadful pictures if you keep doing that," she teasingly threatened, sticking her tongue out at Devyn for a moment. Either dreadful or wonderful, and they'd have memories either way.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn for sure was going to try this whole 'all about Zoe when she was with Zoe' and felt like it would help out a lot. Maybe I should right it on my hand so every time I look at it I remember. Devyn wondered to herself, thinking of how she could remember such a taxing goal. Her eyes always wondered around, she was making sure everything was safe. Say her eyes did land on an attractive man or woman; sure her eyes would linger on them a little longer and look them up and down, but it was for sizing them up...and checking them out. It would be a challenge but Devyn was at least willing to put forth the effort on it. That was what mattered in the end right? That she was trying. Zoe would appreciate that, no doubt, yes? Devyn wanted to say yes and know that would be enough for Zoe but just as Devyn knew she wanted more out of Zoe in a certain aspect, Zoe wanted the same in another.

A little giggle was released and it had Devyn smiling a little more, having gotten Zoe at least back on the track to being happy and having fun. She just had to keep it on the track the whole date. It had to be a good date. Not getting Zoe in any form of trouble, and having Zoe enjoy her time off the school ground, even if they were being watched. "Then that is the one we should do. I know I would pay whatever bounty was on your head to have you brought to me alive." Devyn said with a smirk, speaking a little lower but not outright whisper. Moving to select it but Zoe did a fake squirm away that just had Devyn pulling Zoe closer and letting out a little growl. Nope, Zoe was not going anywhere far from Devyn now. If Zoe was going to be the center of Devyn's thoughts then Zoe was going to have to deal with Devyn being even more possessive and wanting to keep her pray in arms reach or closer.

"Mmmm, well if it will get you to say dreadful some more then I might have to keep at it. You know I love hearing that word in your sexy accent." Devyn said still fighting to keep her words from being a whisper as she leaned in a little closer to speak into Zoe's ear. "Sneak photo." Devyn said quickly as she pulled away from her leaning in near Zoe's ear and pushed the screen for it to start the countdown for them to get a photo. Sadly however it started from five and worked its way down instead of just snapping the photo so Zoe did have time to get into a sort of pose.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe nearly poked Devyn when she mentioned the whole paying the bounty thing. The pulling closer was pretty much exactly what she wanted to happen though, and she practically beamed as Devyn did so. She moved to raise her own arm, eventually moving to take Devyn's hand in hers, figuring that would work.

The smile turned into more fidgeting as Devyn either teased her about the accent or just, well, commented truthfully on it. Zoe didn't know; she just knew that the comments had her fidgeting about in her seat, squirming around and feeling uncomfortable all over again. Her heart thudded quickly as Devyn leaned over, thinking that perhaps she'd kiss Zoe, possibly even start chewing on or kissing her ear. She could feel the breath puffing there, and she held still, feeling and looking almost like prey caught in a predator's grasp. Then Devyn spoke; Zoe yiped, releasing Devyn's hand to try and intercept the controls. No chance there; Zoe's presses amounted to nothing. Without thinking about it, Zoe turned and gave Devyn a look that was half pout, half glare.

The machine whined.

Zoe let out a little yelp, as the display showed that a picture had been taken. The machine whirred to life, proclaiming that they had another ten seconds before the next would take control. Zoe gave Devyn another look before moving back to poke Devyn's side, perhaps a little harder than she really meant to. Frustration and play mixed and all.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn did actually enjoying holding Zoe's hand, since it seemed to just...feel right, it was it that it just fit? Devyn was not really sure; she just knew that she probably would not pull away from a hand holding with Zoe. Well there were a few situations where she might but they were all extreme cases. All that mattered was that for the moment Devyn was happy to hold Zoe's hand. Chuckling at how Zoe fidgeted at Devyn's words about her accent. Zoe should have known by now that Devyn was a sucker for Zoe's accent, if Zoe even asked for something extreme using her accent to the fullest and gave Devyn that adorable look, Devyn probably do what Zoe asked. Probably. Pretty much everything went back to the fact that Devyn was willing to do thing, Zoe just had to ask.

A yip and Zoe letting go of Devyn’s hand to try and stop her, but with no luck thanks to Devyn's quick movement. Then there was that look; a mix between a pout and a glare, and Devyn loved it. Snickering and sticking out her tongue at her girlfriend. "Oh that’s an interesting look. Going to tell me how bad I am?" Devyn asked in a teasing manner, leaning in to give Zoe a quick kiss but stopped at the next yelp that Zoe let out as the photo booth came to life, counting down until the next photo. A hard poke to the side made Devyn do a little scoot jump away from Zoe, giving Zoe a sneaky smile. "I'm not ticklish if that was what you were trying to do." Devyn teased, now wondering if Zoe herself was ticklish. Oh, the temptation. Devyn thought to herself, knowing that if Zoe was ticklish then Devyn would at least have to tickle Zoe to the point where her sides would hurt a little and her laugh would become silent due to lack of air. She tucked that thought away for later, focusing on Zoe and the photo booth for now.

Devyn snickered, moving to lift up Zoe's chin a little to have Zoe looking at her. "You scare so easily, my little ZoZo." Devyn said with a smirk, leaning in to give Zoe a kiss after glancing at the timer so that it would catch a photo of them kissing. So long as Zoe did not move or pull away from Devyn.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe really should tell Devyn just how bad and horrible she was. However, this was the sort of thing that Zoe actually liked, and, well, part of Devyn. So Zoe settled for her poke, which really didn't seem to have much in the way of effect, as all Devyn did was scoot a little. The sneaky smile was the next picture, with Zoe looking up at her girlfriend (In all likelihood to become one of Zoe's favorite out of the listing). The mention of being ticklish had Zoe retracting her finger though, even scooting back into the seat.

Perhaps, Zoe thought, they could actually get a little bit more of a demure photograph? Though she supposed that was hardly the point of entering a photobooth in the first place. Just as she was thinking about it, she felt her head being lifted, her face meeting Devyn's. "Zo---" she began, her brow momentarily wrinkled in confusion. The confusion did not melt for the first photograph, which probably would've been another, but Zoe's hands went around Devyn's neck. she paused only for a moment to give Devyn's lips a rest and let the girl breathe before going for another, more loving kiss.

And the camera shuddered again, capturing a photo that even Zoe couldn't have taken.

[Devyn Solway]

Seeing as Zoe pulled her hands back and even scooted back did keep the whole tickle thought fresh in Devyn's mind. She had never actually tried to tickle Zoe before, sure her hands had wondered over Zoe before, but she never really tickled Zoe. She saw tickling as more for fun then intimate, which she supposed what Zoe would have liked. More fun, less drama, less feeling like Devyn just wanted to take away Zoe innocence; Devyn still did, but she was actually working on being a better girlfriend for Zoe. Zoe had allowed their relationship to be an open one, and Devyn's talk with Jason reminded her to Devyn needed to compromise as well. Zoe compromised so that Devyn could still do them things she liked to do, but also was still Zoe's. It was only fair that Devyn put forth effort to be a little more romantic for Zoe and less of a dog ready to pounce and prey upon Zoe until she would give in.

ZoZo no good? Devyn wondered as she saw the confusion on Zoe's face when she had said it. Devyn liked nicknames after all and wanted something other than cutie to call Zoe by. It was still stuck between ZoZo and Koala, but maybe Zoe would have liked being Devyn's little Koala instead. Not that it mattered at the moment as Devyn felt the glove hands go around her neck. Lips allowed a break and taking in a breath when Zoe allowed her to, and then there was another kiss. Devyn enjoyed it greatly, still making sure to keep herself in check. Hands wanting to go to hips, but instead just kind of in the air, hesitating, and unsure if it would be okay to put them there and not meaning to gain more than just this kiss. It felt a little different; well not literally since her lips would start to feel tingly after a moment, but if just felt different for Devyn on a wider scale. Time sort of stopped for a moment and it was just odd, in a good way.

Devyn would pull back then after a moment of enjoying the kiss, green eyes looking away from Zoe for a moment, if only to hide that uncertainty or possible fear that bubbled to the surface for a moment. She did look back at Zoe however and gave her girlfriend a smile, moving to remove Zoe's hands around her neck so she could hold them and just look at Zoe for a moment. Wanting to look into those expressive brown eyes that Zoe had.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

The kiss did feel good, though Zoe wasn't sure what to make of the hands on her hips. They certainly weren't going to do anything more, not in public, not with so many people watching or at least waiting to watch. Zoe could practically feel the eyes from just outside the photobooth, as if her guardian was just hanging out there, wanting to unnerve Zoe as much as possible. Time stilled though, and in a good way, so that when they pulled back, Zoe smiled up at Devyn.

Love shone in those brown eyes. Zoe couldn't help it, as Devyn knew full well by now. The poet-photographer just looked up at her girlfriend, at the girl she loved, at the girl who had helped her discover more about herself, at the girl who had protected her, at the girl who made her feel things physically and emotionally that she'd never felt before, at the girl who frustrated her constantly, at the girl who had met her at the worst, at the girl she'd met at the worst, at the girl she'd hospitalized, at the girl who had dragged her into this booth. Zoe just couldn't help but meet those eyes, her hands in Devyn's, and look up at with love.

And the machine whirred again.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn could see the love in Zoe's eyes; it just seemed like so much that Devyn had a hard time understanding it a little. How could you love someone who was making a fuss about love? Someone who didn't want to fall in love, even if they just might have been. It didn't make any sense and it just made Devyn feel a mix of emotions again as she looked into the beautiful brown eyes. Those eyes that seemed to always still accept Devyn and forgive her even after she messed up, did or said something stupid, and just in general was not really the best person you wanted to fall deeply in love with. Yet Zoe had, and was even in this moment. Not that Zoe had actually outright confessed it to Devyn, but Zoe mumbled it enough and pretty much gave it away that there was not guessing to it.

"I...why are you just..." Devyn wanted to say something; so many things in fact, but she could not find the right words. Stupid emotions, she honestly did not like them when they were making her less than skilled in talking to someone. She just rubbed at Zoe's hands that she kept a hold on while she tried to work through what to say, glancing over to the screen for a moment, and then back to Zoe. "You think of what to play after this?" Devyn asked, going to just go on another topic because she clearly was having a hard time getting actual words out on the topic she wanted to talk about.

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

Zoe just raised her brows as Devyn worked out words, tilting her head a little, looking almost birdlike there. She didn't quite understand where Devyn's confusion was coming from. Zoe was just looking at her girlfriend, and she did that all the time. Devyn rubbed at Zoe's hand. Zoe glanced down, but quite quickly looked up. Devyn seemed to be thinking through something, working through it. She looked at the screen, Zoe's eyes following for a moment, before coming right back to meet Devyn's yet again.

"not really," replied Zoe to Devyn's question, shrugging. She kept looking at Devyn until she heard the machine announce that their pictures were finished. Zoe shifted then, looking at the machine, nodding and pushing a few buttons to close out their session. She seemed to understand how the machines worked well enough, which showed that despite her protests, this was hardly the first time that she'd been in a booth like this.

She straightened, then reached for Devyn's hand. She shyly tugged it while backing out, hinting that they should probably leave, but obviously not wanting to if Devyn didn't want to. Or something.

[Devyn Solway]

"Ah, well guess we will just make it up as we go along then." Devyn responded to Zoe's not really. Devyn didn't have a clue either, but she figured they would figure something out once the left the booth and had a look around. Maybe they could play one of those motorcycles racing games or a team game with like shooting zombies or something. They could even do some Dance Dance Revolution that would be fun and was a good way to get Devyn good and tired. Who didn't get tired from 'dancing' around by jumping to hit the correct arrows when they would slide across the screen? Now that she was thinking about it, there was a small craving to go and play some DDR. She wondered which version they had because it effected what music options would be available.

The machine made a sound that made Devyn look over to it, seeing that all their photos had been taken. Zoe handing closed everything, making Devyn note that Zoe did in fact know what she was doing so it had to mean she used one before. Devyn smirked a little at the thought of it and how Zoe had put up such a fuss. Had she just wanted Devyn to drag her in or was it just simply because Zoe's photographer eye just knew she could take better photos? Devyn rose to her feet, having her hand taken once more and then small tugs on it. Zoe backing out and Devyn of course would follow; even if she did want to keep Zoe all to herself away from others viewing eyes. Moving out of the booth and then reaching to pull Zoe close so she could give her a quick hug. Squeezing her girlfriend's hand lightly and then starting to move about the arcade, looking for this next game to play. "So...I know the date is not over yet, but I wanted to say thanks for planning this all." Devyn said, since Zoe did come up with the date location and all, and it had been a very good choice thus far.

{My favorite version is Dance Dance Revolution Extreme. >>}

[Zoe Wallerstein-Smythe]

There were certainly plenty of games that the two of them could play together. Zoe wouldn't want to play anything overly violent, of course, so she had to hope that Devyn wouldn't suggest something like that. Maybe a racing game or one of those involving dancing (though Zoe sincerely hoped that they had some kind of team-play, as she didn't think she'd have a chance in competing directly against Devyn in anything like this). Part of her also debated asking about some of those team-games they'd seen that spat out tickets; maybe they could aim to get Devyn some kind of souvenir as well.

For now though, they had to work through the machine they were in at the moment. That didn't take too long, not with Zoe's evident experience and all. She knew that their photos, which should be interesting, would be waiting for them in a slot outside. She did quickly deposit a few more tokens, asking the machine to produce a second set. After all, she figured that Devyn would like a copy too, and it wasn't as if it was all that expensive. The machine whirred, and Zoe backed out, scooting along until her feet reached solid arcade floor.

Zoe moved to get the two sets of photos, only just managing to snag them before Devyn pulled her into a hug. Zoe flushed and smiled as Devyn pulled her close, and felt that hand in hers, giving it a slight squeeze, which of course Zoe returned in kind. She subtly slid the sets of photos into her pikachu bag, figuring she could give Devyn hers at the end of the date. She looked up at Devyn as the other thanked her. "What? Oh, um, you're welcome? It's being with you that's the best part," it sounded cheesy, but Zoe frankly didn't care. She gave Devyn another squeeze before turning to look at the other games. She pointed at the dancing one. "Did you want to give that one a try? I'm not sure I'll be brilliant at it, but that doesn't mean we can't play." she'd follow if that was fine with Devyn; the point was to have fun together after all.

[Devyn Solway]

Funny how Devyn had forgotten about picking up the photos and all of that as her mind wonder to what games they could play. Plus her thoughts were also on Zoe and thinking about what would Zoe like to do. So in a way it was a good thing since she was keeping her focus on the games and on Zoe. It was good that Zoe had grabbed them and gotten two copies of them. even if Devyn would not mind just letting Zoe have it since Zoe loved her some photos, but deep down she would also like to have the little photo memories of today. She probably hang them up somewhere, or more likely carry them around in her wallet. That was where the special photos would go of the people she was going out with or liked at that moment in time. This was why no one ever got their hands on her wallet because she had said photo of photos of people she liked at the time and other things...for her other activities. Not that any of that mattered at the moment; she cut her favorite photo from the set and put it in her wallet.

A returned squeeze made Devyn think for a moment of doing something that would be getting her feelings out for Zoe without directly saying it. Yes, that could work, and so long as Zoe didn't figure it out, then it did not matter. Devyn smiled a little as she gave Zoe's hand three squeezes. Each squeeze representing a word that she of course was not going to tell Zoe at this moment. Devyn chuckled a little at Zoe's cheesy line, but it was still sweet either way and very much Zoe like. "So if we were trapped in a white room with nothing it, would you still be fine with having just me around?" Devyn asked as she knows thought about how she would do in that situation. The white walls would probably start hurting her eyes after a moment or two and then boredom would set in. Devyn would do some working out in the room, take a nap, and make conversation with Zoe. That would all only last for so long before Devyn would just snap and just do whatever.

Zoe pointed to the game that was hogging Devyn mind which cause her to smile brightly that Zoe had suggested it. "Yes, that would be great. We will even do the team one and you can pick whatever setting you want." Devyn said, clearly sounding eager as she tried to hold herself back from sprinting over to the game in favor of walking with Zoe, or possibly tugging her an along a little. "You can even pick the song. Since you can probably guess what kind of songs I'll pick." Devyn suggested in a teasing manner as she stuck her tongue out at her girlfriend as they reached the machine. Another person walking over to it and Devyn outright growled at them loudly and had them backing away. This was there game!