Sam smirked when she agreed with him, glad his mantra was catching on. He even started to laugh when she offered to help. He understood why she wanted to help him. They were friends now, good ones. However he never wanted anyone to help him fight his battles. They were his alone and if anyone got hurt that he cared about he wouldn’t be able to live with himself. It was hard already even his older self had trouble with the past he was fresh out of it.

”I hope if they ever try to take me again I’m know where near here. There would be too many casualties and from what I could tell last time they took me a few kids got dragged back as well.” his hand clenched up slightly and his jaw tightened before he realized what he was doing.

The icemancer’s disposition changed as soon as he realized he risked getting into serious conversation. ”I should be enough for them to handle.” he grinned again trying to lighten the mood, ”However I’m always up for some lessons. Call me sensei.” the icemancer joked. He was already teaching Eve, he was fine taking on other students. It was something Sam felt comfortable sharing.

”Who knows? Maybe you already know some stuff. Maybe you can teach me a thing or two. Even de-aged you probably already know a ton if you were previously trained.” he shrugged slightly. ”or you can learn.” he snapped his fingers and walked over to an envelop he got earlier in the week.

”Speaking of which. You might be able to help me. I need a date.” he smirked and handed it to her.

>>”I hope if they ever try to take me again I’m nowhere near here. There would be too many casualties and from what I could tell last time they took me a few kids got dragged back as well.”

Yeah. Wow. Intense.

“For sure.” Amelia agreed. For freaking sure. “Got to protect the mansion. Buncha babies here.”

Lots of kiddos. If bad people came, it would be best to take them somewhere else. Not, like, deputize 30 mansion students and have then help rise up and fight against the attackers, like someone might have suggested. That would have been dumb.

Sam acted all brave and egotistical, but she’d seen where his mind had gone in that brief moment he let down his guard. Amelia let him have his false bravado though.

He told her to call him sensei. Amelia laughed and rolled her eyes. “Okay, sensei.” She said. She was familiar with the animes and that wasn’t creepy at all.

She had no thoughts about knowing things she used to know, or not knowing what she knew she knew. But learning, that made sense. She bobbed her head in a slight nod. Then, the subject changed.

Amelia’s eyebrows raised. “A date?” She took the invitation. And read it. What it said changed everything. She chuckled to herself. “Okay, sensei. Could be fun. And I’ll stop saying sensei now because I am one anime joke away from going ‘notice me, senpai.’ And that is just wrong.”

The young icemancer laughed when she took the invitation and agreed, ”Not familiar with that.” he just laughed because she chuckled. Young Sam still hasn’t seen anime’s yet so the reference went over his head.

”Should be fun.” he corrected. ”Hot tub party, with booze and a ton of people.” he smirked. ”I also happen to be offering my services as a biddable item.” he puffed out his chest a bit. ”Can bid on a date with me and you are getting it for free.” Sam said giving her a thumbs up.

”But seriously though you might need to keep me out of trouble. Lot of women in bathing suits.” he said laughing.

“Women in bathing suits huh?” She smirked. “My kind of party.”

Booze. And women. And a party.

“Hope you get a cute lady to bid on you,” she teased. “Or a cute guy. But yeah. This sounds like fun, Sam. I am in!”

She thought of all the details. Like what she’d want to wear, and whether or not she had it. A new bathing suit would be needed. She would have to rush out for some quick shopping. And maybe she’d mention it to a friend. All sorts of thoughts passed through her mind. Better ones than the drama she’d been thinking of beforehand.

“So. We car-pooling? What kind of ride do you drive? A Zamboni?” She knew he had something better. It only made sense. But she couldn’t help herself from the terrible joke. Honestly, hadn’t she seen him on the news with an ice slide or something? Yeah. Would be fun riding that too.

”Personally I’m hoping for the cute lady.” he said with a smirk, ”More my speed.” he shrugged it was all for a good cause so he didn’t think much more on it. He would prefer if Cora was the one to bid on him but he didn’t say it aloud.

Sam smirked and shrugged, ”We can ride the bike, I got my truck and of course we can ride in style on the ice slide. Far less traffic that way.” he said with a smirk, ”Not afraid of heights… or falling are you?” the young X-man said with a smirk.

Of course he was hoping for the cute lady. His speed was more in line for softballs like that. But maybe life would give him a curveball or a fastball instead? A seasoned older individual, looking to have a nice evening out with some arm candy was well within the realm of possibility for such an arrangement. And those older types tended to have the money to fuel their whims. She smiled at the thought. Here was hoping Sam was flexible. Wouldn’t do to insult whoever wound up bidding on his ass.

“Of course you are.” She replied sweetly. “If i were in your shoes, I would wish the same.”

Of course, Amelia had a girlfriend. Did Sam? She’d never asked. All she knew was the the blind date she had set him up on had not been one she had heard much about. But there were dozens of reasons why one might not talk about a date. What had her name been again? Mae? Maybe.

He commented on the various modes of transport. They all had their own merits and mental images that came with. Cramped on a bike, riding the slide, the common car option.

“I vote ice slide.” Amelia said, with certainty. “When will I ever get the chance again?”

Knowing Sam, if she asked probably whenever. “I’m not afraid of heights,” she added, bravely. Maybe it was a false bravado, to save face. Maybe not. He just had better not drop her, or she would kill his dead ass.

“Now that that’s settled,” Amelia said. She quickly went over time and place for the pickup. The basic game plan. They were set.