the staff in the restaurant were fairly friendly, if tired, she liked the vibe in here. It probably wouldn't be the best tasting pizza she'd ever had, but the experience would certainly be a good one regardless. On the plus side, There were some people drinking in here and they didn't seem to be checking ID's very much. Of course she had a fake ID on her, but best not to mention that little detail to Kendra yet.
 
Actually on second thought... She'd not drink. She didn't have a headache and it was best not to make a habit of it outside of that. Emily shook her head with a little bit of a smirk. "Pineapples are gross." She admitted. Why would you put something with tang on pizza? Pizza should have meat, a good selection of vegetables, or an absurd amount of cheese. 

She ordered a diet coke to go with her meal and then chose an Italian styled pizza, with a few different meats and some olives. She loved olives. They brought over a little thing of olives as a starter at Emily's behest, she speared some of them on cocktail sticks and chowed down on them. 

It was nice and private actually, so while they were in the corner she held her date's hand and smile, nuzzling against her shoulder a little. 

Kendra couldn't believe what she just heard. Pineapples are gross? Kendra narrowed her eyes at Emily and mockingly gave her a angry look. The look quickly melted to a smile. She would let it slide. It was normally a deal breaker, but Emily was so sweet and adorable she was willing to look past Emily's horrible choice in pizza toppings. "Ima pretend i didn't hear that."  Kendra said with the hint of a smirk peeling back the corners of her mouth in a smile. 

Kendra reached in her pocket and pulled out a hair tie.  She always kept a few on her.  She threw her hair up in quick and sloppy ponytail.  She felt Emily settling against her once more and she threw her arm around her.  The hour was late, but she didn't care.  They were out for a night on the town.  They were on a date.  The fact was.  She wasn't even slightly tired.  Emily seemed a bit tired.  At least Kendra thought she might be.  She cuddled up to Kendra again and Kendra felt a warmth spreading through her.  It was nice feeling this intimate closeness.  A constant battle to filter out the thoughts she was having.  She kept her emotions unchecked so Emily could have free reign to experience all of Kendra's emotions. She could absorb all of them she could handles. The only thing that Kendra tried to filter was the more ..... Intimate thoughts that fluttered around in her head every so often.

It was on her mind, but it wasn't her ultimate goal.  It was on her mind mainly because it had been so long since she had been touched.  It was exciting and the night was still dripping with possibilities.  But for now, Kendra found herself enjoying this moment.  This time in the here and now with Emily.  She realized still didn't know very much about her and she decided to get to know more.  "Ever play 20 questions?"  She said out of the blue.  It was a game designed specifically to get to know someone in great detail.... The rules were simple.  You were allowed to ask any question, and it had to be answered no matter how personal.  If you declined to answer you of course lost, but you had to give the winner a kiss as payment. 

She hadn't played this game in some time, but she was fairly certain there wasn't much rustiness to the game.  "Ok, so we take turns askin questions. You ask anything you want.  If you refuse to answer, you loose and you have'ta give the winner a kiss. Sound fair? I'll start."  Kendra said as she took her arm from around Emily and placed her elbows on the table.

Hmmm... Let's see here. We'll start her off with something easy. Hmm...Ok got it! Kendra looked at Emily smiling again.  She had that same grin on her face she did when she surprise attacked her with that kiss.  The kiss that seemed like ages ago.  God why does it feel like days since i kissed her?!?!?  She found herself wondering.  "Ok...What's your biggest fear?" A fairly soft ball question to get the ball rolling.  Something easy with not a lot of pressure attached to it.  This could be a fun little game while they waited for their food to arrive.

Emily smirked a little. She'd heard this argument before. It was like when you heard someone say that they weren't into bacon. There was always some kind of a group uproar going on when that was said, as if a person couldn't have different preferences when it came to food. Emily loved seafood, but there were a large number of cretins who didn't go near it, and she'd probably let them know that they were wrong it that case.
 
She smiled against her date, gently nuzzling her face into the gap in the girl's jumper so that she contacted with some pale skin, enjoying the closeness and warmth that radiated out from the other girl. Oh, she'd not thought about 20 questions in the longest time. 

Emily nodded and smiled. It really did sound like a good idea. She started to think of some good questions to ask Kendra, to get to know her a little better. Some of them were more personal than others, some of them were light hearted. And she tried to think up some good answers to obvious questions that Kendra might ask her too.

As it turned out, she'd not thought of or prepped an answer for the first question that the other girl asked. She didn't think about her own fears that much. Beyond frustration, she didn't spend that much time reflecting on her own emotions, she spent most of them in the world of others. She shrugged after a few moments and leaned in to kiss Kendra, this was much more gentle than before, a little peck. She grinned and fired back her own question.

"What is your favourite film genre?" 

Kendra frowned. Well. She appreciated the kiss, but she wanted to hear an answer. She didn't know much about how Emily felt.  Kendra didn't come to the revelation that even apart she still felt strongly about her.  Emily had realized it when she went to get ready, but Kendra was still wondering.  Hm... She straight up dodged that one.  Kendra thought.  Have'ta make a note to ask'er more about her own feelings. 

Those were the questions buzzing around most prevalent in Kendra's mind. She wanted to know how she felt, what her hopes were.  Her dreams.  She sat there a moment when the question was lobbed at her.  She didn't watch a lot of movies.  Growing up she spent most of her time trying to avoid being home alone with her father, but she did love romantic comedies.  "Rom coms mostly.  There's this one movie that's my favorite.  Bout a baseball player going to a cape cod summer league to play in' fronta pro scouts... He has a summer fling and it's all sweet.  By the end he has'ta choose a career in professional baseball or choose the girl.  He chooses the girl. Makes me cry every time."  The movie she was talking about was 'Summer Catch' and she had probably seen it 42 times.

Kendra laughed and wondered if Emily would even like those types of movies.  Movies that were sappy and emotional.  She was sure that she couldn't sense the actor's feelings coming through the tv.  So she wouldn't 'sense' forced emotion she would most likely just see a sappy love story and watch it normally.   The waiter brought over a bottle and poured some wine into Kendra's glass.  "Thank you."  She said with a small nod as he left. 

Taking a sip of the wine she looked at Emily.  Her eyes narrowed again.  As if she was trying to see into the back of her mind and really figure her out from the inside out.  Hmm... Ok less loaded question.  "How old were you when ya first realized you were 'different'"  She didn't say mutant.  She didn't want to have people looking at them the whole time.  As far as anyone knew they were just a couple of regular girls out on the town for some early morning pizza.  Kendra set her wine down and slid her arm so it was back around Emily.  She enjoyed the snuggling.  Almost as much as the kissing.

Emily nudged the other girl playfully. "Hey, It's not as if I'm intentionally hiding anything, I just really couldn't think of an answer!" She then leaned in and kissed Kendra's cheek gently with a chuckle. She proceeded to nuzzle back into the other girl's shoulder, basking in her presence with a sound akin to a purr.

Emily smiled at her answer. It was the sort of thing she'd expected to hear from Kendra if she was being entirely honest. She expected something like romance or comedy, that would encite giddy feelings. As opposed to movies that were technically impressive. "That's sweet~"

She leaned up when the drinks were bought and took a few sips of her coke, enjoying the slightly older girl's arm draped over her shoulder. She contemplated the next question over a couple of minutes, digging through her memories a little. "I think it was probably when I  was a teenager, you know just first coming into puberty. That whole situation is a little blurry to be honest." She leaned against the other girl in their corner gently. Warrrm.

She looked up at the other girl with a little sparkle in her eyes. "When was the first time you kissed a girl?" 

Ok fair enough. She did seem rather brave. She was nervous as all get out. That much Kendra could tell, but she was out on a date... For the first time. It was so sweet. She slid her arm down lower so it was resting not around her shoulder but her hip. Kendra pulled Emily closer to her. She was practically sitting on her lap, but that would have been better. Stupid table's in the way. She mumbled in her head. 

Kendra felt the kiss on her cheek.  She better stop.  Barely containing myself as it is.  She keeps giving me all this affection, I know exactly where this is gone be heading when we get back to the mansion.  Kendra could see it now.  The two of them sprawled out in her bed, the only thing covering them, a soft sheet and a thin layer of sweat.  Kendra and Emily both passed out asleep.  Cuddling.  With Kendra laying on both sides of her cuddling.  One her actual body spooning her from behind.  The other her dream walking body lightly brushing the hair from her eyes and watching her sleep.  The image of that shot into her brain like a laser beam. 

"That's sweet." 

Emily's words snapped her out of her momentary fantasy.  Smiling still, her arm around Emily loosened a bit.  Her hand came to rest on Emily's thigh.  The tips of her fingers touching warms skin through a rip in Emily's jeans. Kendra bit her lip a little.  She's got soft skin..... She thought as she cleared her throat.  Emily asked her when was the  first time she had ever kissed a girl.  That was the second time something Emily said had snapped her attention away from other thoughts.

Kendra's brow furrowed a bit.  She had only had the one girlfriend in the past.  She didn't really make friends with a lot of other kids growing up.  If you thought she was socially awkward now, you should have seen her in high school.  "Uhh.... freshman year'o high school?  I kissed a girl after school on the bus ride home.  We were sitting in the back of'the bus.  She asked me too. "  Kendra thought about it a moment longer.  Libby... She thought.  It wasn't a particularly happy memory for her, thinking about Libby.  Libby broke up with her when she found out Kendra was a mutant.  What she didn't tell her was that she was a mutant too.  She just broke up with her and pushed her out of her life with no explanation. 

Kendra frowned at bit.  She was over Libby, had been for some time... Didn't mean it didn't hurt to think about.  She felt the slightest bit of sadness, only a blip on the radar.  A seconds for the thought to pass through her mind, and then she was smiling again.  Kendra wasn't sad.  Quite the opposite she was enjoying herself, enjoying Emily's company.  The ghost of girlfriends past couldn't put a damper of her evening.  Nothing could.. "What's your dream house look like?"  She asked, trying not to think to hard about her hand on Emily's thigh.  As now her fingers were slipping inside th rips in her jeans.  The palms of her hand resting flat against her naked thigh.  Wow her skin is so soft....

Emily felt a little shiver go through her body as she picked up on Kendra's emotions. They were a little... well, some of them were embarrassing. There was so much affection there, but also a little lust. And Emily wasn't entirely sure how to deal with that. She just nestled against the other girl gently and thought some soothing things. 

She had her face relatively hidden from the other girl luckily, because of the blush that was colouring most of her face at this point. 

She chuckled at the girl's story. "That is very cute." She admitted. She chuckled. "First time I kissed a girl, or person in general seriously was this funny, beautiful red headed Southern' Gal." She blushed and looked up at the other girls eyes with a smile. 

She felt the girl's hand touching some bare skin and shivered a little, like electricity dancing up her body once more. She shifted a little bit and pulled the girl's hand into her own palm, detecting some sad emotions and giving her hand a squeeze. She sometimes wished she was a more powerful empath, and could share emotions with others. That'd be just lovely. 

She chuckled and rolled her eyes. "Keep asking me things I'm unsure about why don't you?" And promptly leaned up to kiss the other girl, this time more intently on the lips than before.

Kendra sat there a moment.  She couldn't believe that.  No way in heck that was her first kiss!  Really?  Kendra was the one now blushing.  She couldn't help but find that incredibly cute.  She was so new and inexperienced to all of this.  Probably the empathy in her was a bit much to handle sometimes.  That was the only explaination Kendra could figure for why a knockout like Emily with such a stellar peronsality had never been kissed.  Never gone on a date.  It was really a head scratcher.  Kendra sat in silence for a moment squeezing Emily's hand when Emily grasped it.  "I was you're first kiss?  Oh honey... That. Is. So.  Adorable."  She teased.

The waiter came by again this time bringing them food.  It smelled amazing.  And with a heavy dose of pineapples on her end.  Kendra looked over at what Emily was having.... No thank you!  She would stick to what pizza should taste like.  She laughed a little more.  "Ok.  We're gone take'our first bites together.  Best pizza in New York right?  Gotta taste it at the same time." Kendra lifted out a slice and folded it in half and took a bite crust first.  It was messy and possibly weird but that's how she always ate pizza.  Delicious crust first!  Looking back at Emily waiting for her answer Kendra had a bit of cheese hanging from the corner of her mouth.  She didn't realize it, because well.  She was to distracted by the adorable Emily who was hardcore blushing now.

Emily failed to answer another question.  That's two! Kendra laughed a bit. Either Emily's terrible at this game or she was sabotaging herself on purpose. Kendra gave her hand another squeeze. All things considered. First date's going pretty good! I haven't learned hardly a lick about the girl, but hey free kisses!  The pizza was pretty bleh, but she wasn't here for the pizza.  Okay, maybe she was a little here for the pizza.  But even though the pizza wasn't that great she wasn't disappointed at all with how the evening was turning out so far.

"Ok.... My turn'a gain!  I suppose I may have to ask simpler questions before our lips fall off."  Kendra laughed at her own dumb joke and brushed the hair away from her eyes.  Her hair was still up in a ponytail, but there was a long swooping curl dangling in front of one eye.  She had curled her hair recently and there was still a little curl and bounce to it.  "How was your first kiss?" She asked.  She better answer this one!  This is one I just gotta know the answer too.

Emily smiled at the other girl as she blushed a little, picking up on all the emotions that she was giving off. She really was very very cute. Emily leaned into her body more and smiled, enjoying all of the warmth and affection that was dancing between the two of them. She grinned at her new friend happily. A little more blush hanging around. "And you didn't even ask if I was okay with it beforehand~" She teased.

The pizza was pretty standard take away. She enjoyed the bites she took out of it, not having realised how hungry she was until she'd actually sat down and started eating it. Bliss. 

Emily blushed a little at the question and set her pizza down. "Well... It was very nice, and intense and unexpected and... All kinds of other things. So many emotions, so much closeness. It was an experience that I'm glad I've had." She smiled. "At least the pizza has dragged your mind away from your not- PG-13 thoughts." she winked. 

Kendra sat there and listened to her describe the experience. Unexpected, intense, nice. Didn't hear any complaining. Well at least she's having a good time. I'm glad. Kendra didn't speak much. She mostly listened. She listened to her describe how she was overcome with all these different emotions and as she tried to explain it Kendra simply smiled. She was adorable when she was all flustered. Kendra took another bite of her pizza.

Then Emily said that she had noticed the rather intimate thoughts that were running through her mind. She could feel her cheeks burning again.  That's still gone take some gettin used to. She thought. She had basically allowed her emotions and feelings to flow unchecked. It wasn't lying to try and hide them, not really, people were entitled to their privacy, but Kendra wanted Emily to know how she was feeling. She liked that she could sense her mood. It made communication that much better when the person you were looking at with soft sweet eyes had soft sweet eyes for you in return, because they understood what you were going through. 

So she knows that I'm sitting here being a horn dog.  Well, I'm busted.  She laughed out loud.  "Sorry.  I uhh...... You're really cute."  Was all she could muster.  She felt kind of dumb for forgetting.  Emotions of lust and passion must've been dripping off of Kendra like erotic sweat at this point, she had always been an impulsive passionate person.  It wasn't like she was actively trying to jump her bones in the pizzeria, but she would be lying if she said the thought hadn't already crossed her mind. 

She had gone so long on her own with no one there for her.  No one who cared, no one who really saw her.  Going through half you're life invisible and the other half all but invisible is so lonely.  She latched on to that feeling of affection, the feeling of closeness.  She didn't want it to go away because it was the warm beacon of hope in a dark bleak existence that she had come to know.  There were times before when she wanted to wilt, to crumble.  The weight of being alone was not something that Kendra shouldered easily.  It was just something she had come to expect.  Her one and only love had even rejected her for being what she was.... A mutant.  She had never known feelings as strong as these. Not even with Libby. 

She was close to Libby, but there was always that hesitation, that pause.  She locked away part of herself and was to ashamed to open up to her girlfriend about who she truly was and when she finally broke down and let her in Libby cast her out.  Kendra had never been in  truly loving relationship in her life.  At least not one that she would consider real love or true genuine affection.  So her feelings now were magnified.  Emily was like her, and she didn't cast her out.  She didn't reject her for being who she was.  It was just the beginning of .... Well, whatever this was But Kendra could see things already starting to blossom.  She took another bite of her pizza and after a reflective pause on what Emily had said about her not so PG - 13 thoughts she replied.  "Well... What'chu expect? It's the best dam pizza in NY." 

Even she had to roll her eyes at that one, but she did make a conscious effort to not let herself get to worked up.  To not let her desires send her into a frenzy, she knew that she was already worked up.  Squeezing her legs together tighter underneath the table.  Didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out even without being an empath.  Kendra knew that Emily was just as new to the idea of a relationship as she was....  I can really see this going somewhere though.  She thought, taking another bite of average pizza.

"Thank it's your turn to ask'a question sugar."  Kendra set her slice down and took another sip of her wine.  As she did she didn't take her eyes off of Emily.  She was finding it harder and harder to take her eyes off her as the night moved alone.  It wasn't the alcohol either.  She had a pretty high tolerance for it.  She had spent many a lonely night hugging a bottle in ghostly form just waiting for the sun to rise.  She could get drunk while dream walking and sometimes it was a way to pass the time.  Right now she was just drinking it to relax.  The nervousness was gone, but the hesitation was still there.  She was careful to watch Emily, to try and pick up on subtle things that she might be feeling.  Kendra didn't have the power of empathy, but she cared about what Emily was feeling.

Emily usually was very weirded out by smutty thoughts from people around the school, but she didn't mind them as much from Kendra. If anything they made her a little uncomfortable because she was inexperienced in most of those fields and she felt a flush of embarrassment every time the thought hit home that Kendra was thinking those about her. And all of these thoughts were routed in some kind of deep affection, so that made them more genuine. 

Emily gave the other girl a kiss on her cheek again. "Thank you, I think you're absolutely beautiful yourself, the more time I spend with you." She chimed, nuzzling into the other girl again, with a soft sigh of relaxation.

She chuckled and nodded with the humour, going back to her greasy pizza and resuming eating a few more slices, so she only had a couple left. She smiled and took another drink of her diet cola, thinking about how late it was in the corner of her mind and that the two of them should probably try to get to bed at some point.

She smiled and nodded gently. "What would you like to do when we get back to the mansion?" She asked with a smile, wanting an honest answer from the girl. 

"What do you want to do when we get back to the mansion?"

 The question stood on it's on for several minutes. Kendra began to chew at her lower lip. Finally after some thought she smiled and leaned in slowly. Kendra's eyes drifted closed and her soft warm breath exhaled right before their lips met. She had several things she wanted to do, but she didn't want to do them tonight. These things could wait. She was absolutely exploding to touch Emily, but she knew that Emily wasn't ready. She did however want to spend the night with her. Kendra's lips parted from Emily's but they didn't pull away.  They lingered inches from hers.  Kendra's eyes cracked open barely.  A soothing southern sound spilling from her pink petals. 

She didn't have a specific answer so she owed her a kiss.  "There are so many things honey...."  Kendra buried her face into Emily's shoulder and breathed deep.  She smelled nice.  Kendra allowed one of her arms to reach around Emily and pull her into a hug.  Man this is hard.  She felt closer to Emily than she had ever felt to anyone, and yet she didn't want to rush things.  She didn't want to sprint towards a finish line when they could take their time getting there.  Get to know each other inside and out.  She had been with women before in that way, and it was pure magic when it meant something.  She wanted it to mean something.  "I just wanna lay down and cuddle."  She finally said. 

She knew she wouldn't sleep much at all tonight.  Her mind was abuzz with some many thoughts, feelings, NEEDS.  She allowed her hand to fall away.  Her fingers sliding over Emily's neck and finally falling into Emily's lap.  Kendra grabbed her hand and squeezed it again before pulling out some money and putting it on the table.  Tonight was amazing.  She thought as she slid from the booth pulling Emily along behind her. 

"Thank we can do that?"  She asked sweetly.  She wasn't thinking about the naughty things she wanted to do with her, she was thinking about how nice it'd be to slip under the covers with her.  To wrap herself around Emily and hold her.  To know that she was there with her.  Kendra was hammered by strong feelings that seemed impossible for two people first meeting, but the more time she spent with her the more hopeless she felt. She was under her spell.  She couldn't explain it, hell she didn't want to.  Why would she try and explain away the single greatest feelings she's had her entire life.  It was something amazing and she never got the storybook happily ever after until now.  It wasn't fate or destiny that brought her to the mansion.  It was dumb blind luck.  It was luck that brought her to this girl that she already thought she was falling in love with.

Emily felt the emotions before she felt the kiss, it was like somebody was running a current through her arms and legs, she was a little shaky and nervous and was just completely unable to keep them still. She met the kiss a lot more eagerly than the last few times, running her nails up Kendra's sides a few times as they did, gripping the other woman gently and trying to physically share her emotions with the other girl.

She felt little quivers and shivers go throughout her again, and let off a soft sound as Kendra ended the kiss, eager for more. 

She nodded and blushed at all the feelings and thoughts, she wanted to hug Kendra and kiss Kendra and explore all kinds of things she'd never put all that much thought into with the other girl. She was quickly turning a shade of salmon. 

She nodded again, in agreement. Nothing else really needed to be said. The two of them got a cap back to the mansion, hugging and kissing more along the way, and then made their way to Kendra's room, and slipped inside, Emily just sat down on the bed, looking at the other girl. 

Kendra's mind was scattered on the way home. She quietly sat and thought about everything that had happened tonight. It would have been impossible to take the smile from her and she wouldn't have it any other way. Kendra felt the cab stop and they both quietly got out. The sky was starting to get a little lighter now. She didn't even want to guess at what time it might be. All she knew was that tonight had been something special. 

Moving through the grounds and up the steps of the mansion Kendra felt as though tonight had been some kind of dream. She didn't expect this to happen. She wasn't prepared to meet someone here and fall so hopelessly hard into what could only be described as something amazing. Kendra slipped her hand into Emily's as they made their way inside. 

Moving through the halls she did her best to keep quite, though a few giggles escaped her lips as she thought about this or that. She was heading upstairs with Emily in toe. Why does the night have to end? She thought briefly.  She could honestly stay up all night and just talk to her, but she knew Emily must be tired. There were a lot of first tonight. First kiss.  First date. First time feeling like someone understood you, wholly and completely.

Moving through the halls upstairs she found herself wishing that this perfect night had started a little sooner.  There was so much more she wanted to know about her.  She felt a flutter as they approached her room.  She felt the heat of her body rising a little as those thoughts crept back, but she pushed them down and smiled as she opened the door for Emily. 

The room was bare.  Except for her bed and her table and a laptop on the desk.  Kendra watched as Emily moved across the room and sat on the bed.  Emily was looking at her now.  It was enough to make her blush again.  Kendra turned to close the door, and to hide the fact that she was blushing brightly at Emily's mere look.  She took her camera from around her neck and turned it on.  When she turned back around Kendra was holding it up to her eye.  "Smile honey."  She said, and took Emily's picture.  "A souvenir from your first date."  Kendra turned off the camera and set it on the table next to her laptop.  Opening up her laptop she scrolled through a few things until she found what she wanted.

She remembered Emily saying that she had trouble sleeping.  She said that she felt the emotions of everyone around her so strongly that it was hard for her to sleep.  I thank I got something for that.  She thought as she started her playlist.  It was comprised of songs that she loved, songs that filled her with warmth and love.  Kendra adjusted the volume so it wouldn't be to loud.  She didn't hit play though.

First Kendra excused herself to the bathroom to change.  She slipped into a pair of shorts and a light shirt to sleep in.  She gave Emily time to do the same and lent her some clothes to sleep in.  When everyone was changed and ready, Kendra moved back over to the laptop and pressed PLAY.  Kendra was filled with warm soft emotion.  Emotion that Emily could latch on to.  She felt Kendra's emotions more strongly than the others around her.  Maybe she could fall asleep basking in the warm love radiating off of the southern bell as she slept in her arms. 

Kendra moved back over to the bed and slipped under the covers.  She knew that Emily could probably already sense the glowing warmth pouring off of her as the song reminded her of happy and endearing thoughts.  All the songs on this playlist would do the same.  Maybe this was a way that Emily could find her off switch.  She would still sense Kendra, but maybe sensing something soothing would help her sleep.  "Come to bed."  She said softly patting the bed beside her and holding up the covers.....