"Fine, I'll allow it this time." They could be stubborn it seems, and this could last for a bit if she didn't lay it to rest now. Besides he is right, and she could treat them next time, it was only fair and it's not as if she minded.
She found the film and frowned just a tad bit at the summary because it wasn't saying much, and it seemed to be a teen-oriented one and neither of them was in the age bracket.
"For honest sake, I have never seen this film but it seems to be oriented toward teens." And she had never even gotten to be one, and the life of a teen was probably quite different during his times. "We can give it a shot and see what happens we are not convinced we can try another."
"Sure." He doesn't mind that. He's also just never seen it. He hasn't even seen a single romantic comedy. He's not really in the right demographic for that. He doesn't think that Jessica is in the right demographic either, but they can give it a fair shake.
After all, this list is just a list of suggestions. And there could be diamonds in here for all he knows; he just wants to try a little of everything and see what he likes. He hasn't seen enough yet to form an opinion besides that he likes old stuff, still.
In any case, he takes his phone and hands it to her, menu open, so she can make a selection that they can order together and just have a normal date with a normal couple's activity. It makes him happy.
With a smile, she accepts the offered phone and checks the menu over before making her selection and handing the phone back to him. And, if this is how dates are supposed to go, it seems to be going well so far.
"If anything, I suppose we can try anything Austen, her works have a lot of adaptations." Or their stubborn streak might strike and they might just end up watching the film toward the end, even if they might not particularly like it. "Should we start watching or wait until our food is here?"
And also before she forgets, she hands him back his suggestion list, she might add whatever suggestion she could have later, and if he is still interested in them, granted she doesn't have that many but she should have enough to add two or three, he has more than enough as it is, anyway.
"Let's just start it," he says. "We can pause when the food gets here. And... Austen's all right. Not my favorite." He's read the books. He found them okay, a nice peek into the past. He liked the romance. But overall, they're just not really his speed.
He much prefers fantasy and adventure, so he might like classics like The Mummy or Indiana Jones. He'd probably enjoy a good jungle-themed adventure. Or Tomb Raider, or something.
But he'll be happy to go with the flow and do whatever. She seems like she's got an idea, and so, he's happy to just let her take the lead. After all, he is a guest in this house.
A small laugh escapes her lips, "I have never read anything from Austen, so I have not much of an opinion on her." The closest she had been to anything Austen had been her old neighbor, as she liked it. "Let's make it fair, if this one doesn't works, you pick the next one, easy as that."
Which wouldn't offend her at all, she has a feeling this one might not be the speed for either of them, but who knows, it might surprise them. There has to be a reason why this movie is so well-liked, or it could be the nostalgia goggles. But then, The Princess Bride was good and she enjoyed that one.
She took a seat on her couch and motioned for him to do the same, she started at the screen for a few seconds before turning to look at him. "Let's give it until the food arrives and decide then if we continue watching it, at least then we can say we gave it a fair shot."
"Okay," he agrees, easily. He does like this part of a relationship, where they agree on all the little things because there aren't big things, where there are no disagreements to be had at all. He knows that won't last forever, even with the best of relationships, so he'll cherish it now.
But he does hope that they get to that point, where they can fight about something and get over the hump together.
He leans back and waits for the beginning to start. "You've got a deal." It starts off okay, with the main protagonist. She's not so bad. He, on the other hand, is a dick. Steve's not shy about voicing his opinion on that. "Is it okay to talk? Or do you not want to talk during the movie?"
It was only fair to get a middle ground, or so she had come to learn, and this way they both will get a say about it. They are sitting together with enough polite distance between each other, which is the fine and proper way to go about things, after all.
And the movie is...fine? She is still trying to make her opinion of it, but it's hard when she finds a fault in most characters and the lack of just sitting down to talk, but maybe that's the point.
There are a lot of questionable people here, like really paying someone to date a girl so you could date the sister, what? "Yes, we can talk, I don't mind." She knows some people don't, but she does like being able to do so and discuss minor gripes or things she might like. "I kind of like Kat, I guess, but everyone else...not really, Joey is a full-on asshole though, I know I don't like him."
"They're terrible," he says. "Was this acceptable at the time this came out? What, like, five years ago?" Oh Steve. He really has no concept of time, which makes a lot of sense, since he hadn't lived through any of this.
But he finds a lot of the characters unlikeable. Kat is fine. But, yes, he finds most of them just. Not people he would want to spare a second moment with if he had to be with them in the same room.
"I hope not, it's all so...manipulative." Or at least that's how it's coming across to her and she doesn't feel a lot of sympathy for most of them, "Not sure if something like this will be accepted now, so I suppose that's good."
Since people now seem to be more vocal about things, even if it's not always positive and tends to also get a bit messy, but if it prevents stuff like that.
"...They are going to end together, regardless, aren't they?" Because that seems obvious enough and her mind can't quite conceive of being with someone that was paid to date you, "Should we keep watching or opt for something else?"
"It is extremely manipulative," he agrees. "But I think that's the point of the movie. Maybe they'll both learn to be better people," he tries. That seems like a good compromise. He's trying. He's really hoping that's all it is.
"I think we could keep watching," he says. "Unless you're uninterested. 'Cause I do think they're going to end up together, but." But hopefully there's more to it than love conquers all. Hopefully neither of them have to actually deal with this sort of stuff in real life.
And hopefully this didn't inspire a young generation that this is what relationships should be like, or about.
There's a small frown on her face because while she is not fully convinced about that possible lesson, it's better than thinking no one will learn a thing and there might not be long-term consequences for certain actions.
"I suppose we can keep watching the train wreck, even if the possible happy might feel a bit cheap, I guess." Because she is all about people learning lessons, and them ending together despite all doesn't feel that quite earned, but what does she know, really?
Her only relationship, if one could call it that, wasn't her choice. She just hopes people didn't took this as base on how to base romantic relationships with others. "...I think compared to more recent films, this is probably not the worst. I think some had made stalking look like a romantic gesture."
"Huh," he says, thinking about it and thinking that there was a trailer for a movie like that recently starring some guy that people said looked a lot like him. He didn't see the resemblance.
"Well, if there's worse, I think we can skip those." He's had just about enough of this. Just about. Not enough to turn it off yet, but he's hoping it improves.
He's also not sure how much of this is just oddball comedy - if they'd put on Heathers, he could've safely assumed that everyone knew that this wasn't an okay way to act in real life. But he's not so sure about this film.
"Oh, don't worry, I don't think you will enjoy watching something like 365 days." Not only due to the questionable content, but all the sexual content of it, which according to what she has seen is also questionable, and ugh no, even thinking about the single review she saw of it was just enough to turn her off.
A small sigh escapes her lips because it's not as if the movie is that bad but it's not the best either, at least some of the leads are charismatic despite their questionable actions.
"I like the lead, but they would have been better served on a different movie." A less manipulate one, because Patrick and Kat have chemistry at least. "How long until the food is here?"
He checks his phone. "Oh, they just left the restaurant. But tell me what the movie's about." He keeps checking to see where it is, and then puts his phone away and then returns to the movie.
It is pretty much a drag during this part. The plotline is predictable, even to Steve who hadn't seen any romantic comedies and typically didn't watch stories like this for fun and isn't aware of the tropes.
"So what's your favorite movie?" he asks. Maybe they could put that on next, as a palate cleanser.
"Ummm," Just how exactly can she explain that mess of a movie? Because it is a messy disaster and one that somehow has fans. "Mafia boss kidnaps the girl he is obsessed with for a year so she can fall in love with him, dude is very violent and manipulative, and there is lots of sex and romanticism of mafia life and cringe overuse of the word baby girl, so yeah, avoid it."
Incredible the type of stuff that gets made, but as long as there is money and a target demographic. Like this movie, it's dragging for her, and the only kudos she can give so far besides the chemistry is the fact he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, which shows at least one basic boundary.
"The Fall." She remembers that film vividly, being one of the firsts she watched once things stabilized for her and it never left her. "But remember the deal was to watch a pick of yours after this, and my favorite one shouldn't count as an option, that will be cheating."
"Uh," he says, and that's all he really has to say about that. He isn't particularly pleased with the summary and he definitely thinks that's not going on their list of must watch things.
At the very least, they're both in agreement that there's that one good scene where he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, so that's one good thing out of a whole slew of very not good things.
"Fine," he says. "But we may end up watching a very old movie." One with transatlantic accents, in black and white, with humor that may or may not hold up to modern day.
She can't help the amused laughter that escaped her at that moment, as that was pretty much the reaction she was expecting. He doesn't need to know there's a niche or a weird genre about toxic relationships, and most are aimed at teenagers somehow, which is a tad worrisome.
...Alright, she will give this damn movie further credit with the song part, that was kind of cute but she doesn't have to admit that to anyone, not even to him.
"You say as if that's a bad thing, I am someone that enjoyed The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, so we should be fine." And there was nothing wrong with enjoying some classic old films here and there, she had been catching up with a lot of media recently, after all.
"I've never seen that one," he says. "Believe it or not, I didn't just watch everything that came out before 1945." But he smiles because this is just... nice. Talking about something he might know a little about, over this movie that neither of them are enjoying.
They can make something good out of something that maybe they don't really want to keep going with.
The movie's almost over, anyway, and then they can put on a new one. A better one. He gets up to go retrieve their food, which is finally at the door. It's definitely taken awhile, but he's glad for the interruption. "Don't pause the movie," he says.
"Hmm, I think by the time that one came out, you were probably a very young child and might not have been interested in German expressionism cinema." Not that she had even known that existed until someone recommended the film to her, and it had been interesting, to say the least. "Though if you have watched everything that came out before 1945, that would have been quite impressive."
The movie might not have been enjoyable, but maybe the actors had done better stuff and she might research on that later. Though now she is a bit hungry, and it sure took a lot of time for their food to get here.
"I wasn't," As there was no point seeing as it was nearly done and they might as well finish it, even if by now she had kind of disconnected from it. "If Patrice happens to be out there, do tell her to get back to her place."
"I think when it came out I was a toddler and probably wouldn't have made it into the movie theater." And then by the time it was available to watch at home, he had already been in the ice.
"I will, don't worry," he says, as he steps outside and yes, does run into Patrice again. He really doesn't know what her problem is, and then interrupts her to tell her so.
But instead of feeling told off, she apparently has decided to rail against him as well, clearly not knowing who he is. "Ma'am," he says, eventually. "You're very loud and disturbing the neighbors."
Is she surprised that her lovely neighbor had been lingering outside? Actually, maybe a little bit, since Jessica didn't know if that had been on purpose or a coincidence, and she didn't think spying on her life merited such dedication, at least not from a mere civilian.
And the gods know she had checked to see if the woman had any suspicious ties, but she had come out with a relatively clean and boring life, which made this more of a case of a woman that just hated her.
Whatever Steve had told her, considering how loud her voice was at the moment, hadn't been the best, and she sighed before getting off the couch and going to retrieve him from Patrice's clutches. "Settle down, you are disturbing everyone. Just go back to your place, and that's it. Have a lovely evening!"
She smiled rather sweetly, much to her neighbor's annoyance, before leading Steve back inside and closing the door in her face again. "Honestly, that was a bit unexpected."
It's more likely that she heard Steve come outside and then came outside to see him, possibly was sitting close to the door. He'll walk with a lighter foot next time, but thinks that maybe there's nothing to do about how loud the door is.
Maybe she has excellent hearing but subpar comprehension.
Then he comes back inside and heaves a sigh. "I would've come in eventually," he says. "I'm just giving her the avenue to come to the conclusion that she's just working herself up over nothing," he says. But he shrugs and starts unpacking the food.
"Eventually she'll realize I'm not supporting her at all and I'm trying to get her to stop."
"I know, but you don't have to deal with her just for the apparent crime of, well, visiting." And to be fair, it had been a bit of a reason she had been hesitant to give her location and let people come over. But she just needed to be patient, as she will be gone eventually.
But she also feels as if her patience is running a bit thin here, and she has dealt with a lot of things, but never in such a relentless way as she is being exposed at this moment, it is rather tiresome.
"I think deep down she knows but refuses to see it, her disdain of me seems to blind her." And she still had to figure out why, because it couldn't just be her speaking with the fiance. "The only silver lining I have is that she will be moving away once she ties the knot."
Well, he would understand if he were being a rude neighbor and excessively loud, or if he stayed up late with lights on toward her apartment, but he's not any of these things. As far as he knows, Jessica is also a model neighbor, so.
"Yeah, though I wonder why she hasn't already moved in with him. And then if they're together all the time, she'll know you're not actually seeing him." He still thinks that's ridiculous.
And yes, she is quite tiresome.
The movie seems to be coming to its climax, and although it's an okay ending, it feels just a little bit unsatisfying.
"He lives with his brother and he doesn't like her, there's also their apartment leases." The reasons for the dislike were unknown to her, she didn't know how the woman was when she wasn't interacting with her, for all Jessica knew Patrice could be a lovely woman but one that happened to hate her. "If someone wants to cheat they will find a way, there are people that manage to have a full-on family without their partners knowing, besides they are not together all the time."
She knew, at the moment, their work schedules were a bit out of synch and she had seen either of them at different times. But it is curious how Patrice seemed to latch onto that idea, and how she was the one being blamed for whatever affair she thought they were having, it was strange indeed.
"Well then, this film was disappointing, maybe I am too old for it." But she's not sure she would have liked it when she was a teenager, as she wouldn't have been able to relate at all. "Have you thought about what we can watch next?"
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She found the film and frowned just a tad bit at the summary because it wasn't saying much, and it seemed to be a teen-oriented one and neither of them was in the age bracket.
"For honest sake, I have never seen this film but it seems to be oriented toward teens." And she had never even gotten to be one, and the life of a teen was probably quite different during his times. "We can give it a shot and see what happens we are not convinced we can try another."
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After all, this list is just a list of suggestions. And there could be diamonds in here for all he knows; he just wants to try a little of everything and see what he likes. He hasn't seen enough yet to form an opinion besides that he likes old stuff, still.
In any case, he takes his phone and hands it to her, menu open, so she can make a selection that they can order together and just have a normal date with a normal couple's activity. It makes him happy.
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"If anything, I suppose we can try anything Austen, her works have a lot of adaptations." Or their stubborn streak might strike and they might just end up watching the film toward the end, even if they might not particularly like it. "Should we start watching or wait until our food is here?"
And also before she forgets, she hands him back his suggestion list, she might add whatever suggestion she could have later, and if he is still interested in them, granted she doesn't have that many but she should have enough to add two or three, he has more than enough as it is, anyway.
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He much prefers fantasy and adventure, so he might like classics like The Mummy or Indiana Jones. He'd probably enjoy a good jungle-themed adventure. Or Tomb Raider, or something.
But he'll be happy to go with the flow and do whatever. She seems like she's got an idea, and so, he's happy to just let her take the lead. After all, he is a guest in this house.
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Which wouldn't offend her at all, she has a feeling this one might not be the speed for either of them, but who knows, it might surprise them. There has to be a reason why this movie is so well-liked, or it could be the nostalgia goggles. But then, The Princess Bride was good and she enjoyed that one.
She took a seat on her couch and motioned for him to do the same, she started at the screen for a few seconds before turning to look at him. "Let's give it until the food arrives and decide then if we continue watching it, at least then we can say we gave it a fair shot."
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But he does hope that they get to that point, where they can fight about something and get over the hump together.
He leans back and waits for the beginning to start. "You've got a deal." It starts off okay, with the main protagonist. She's not so bad. He, on the other hand, is a dick. Steve's not shy about voicing his opinion on that. "Is it okay to talk? Or do you not want to talk during the movie?"
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And the movie is...fine? She is still trying to make her opinion of it, but it's hard when she finds a fault in most characters and the lack of just sitting down to talk, but maybe that's the point.
There are a lot of questionable people here, like really paying someone to date a girl so you could date the sister, what? "Yes, we can talk, I don't mind." She knows some people don't, but she does like being able to do so and discuss minor gripes or things she might like. "I kind of like Kat, I guess, but everyone else...not really, Joey is a full-on asshole though, I know I don't like him."
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But he finds a lot of the characters unlikeable. Kat is fine. But, yes, he finds most of them just. Not people he would want to spare a second moment with if he had to be with them in the same room.
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Since people now seem to be more vocal about things, even if it's not always positive and tends to also get a bit messy, but if it prevents stuff like that.
"...They are going to end together, regardless, aren't they?" Because that seems obvious enough and her mind can't quite conceive of being with someone that was paid to date you, "Should we keep watching or opt for something else?"
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"I think we could keep watching," he says. "Unless you're uninterested. 'Cause I do think they're going to end up together, but." But hopefully there's more to it than love conquers all. Hopefully neither of them have to actually deal with this sort of stuff in real life.
And hopefully this didn't inspire a young generation that this is what relationships should be like, or about.
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"I suppose we can keep watching the train wreck, even if the possible happy might feel a bit cheap, I guess." Because she is all about people learning lessons, and them ending together despite all doesn't feel that quite earned, but what does she know, really?
Her only relationship, if one could call it that, wasn't her choice. She just hopes people didn't took this as base on how to base romantic relationships with others. "...I think compared to more recent films, this is probably not the worst. I think some had made stalking look like a romantic gesture."
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"Well, if there's worse, I think we can skip those." He's had just about enough of this. Just about. Not enough to turn it off yet, but he's hoping it improves.
He's also not sure how much of this is just oddball comedy - if they'd put on Heathers, he could've safely assumed that everyone knew that this wasn't an okay way to act in real life. But he's not so sure about this film.
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A small sigh escapes her lips because it's not as if the movie is that bad but it's not the best either, at least some of the leads are charismatic despite their questionable actions.
"I like the lead, but they would have been better served on a different movie." A less manipulate one, because Patrick and Kat have chemistry at least. "How long until the food is here?"
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It is pretty much a drag during this part. The plotline is predictable, even to Steve who hadn't seen any romantic comedies and typically didn't watch stories like this for fun and isn't aware of the tropes.
"So what's your favorite movie?" he asks. Maybe they could put that on next, as a palate cleanser.
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Incredible the type of stuff that gets made, but as long as there is money and a target demographic. Like this movie, it's dragging for her, and the only kudos she can give so far besides the chemistry is the fact he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, which shows at least one basic boundary.
"The Fall." She remembers that film vividly, being one of the firsts she watched once things stabilized for her and it never left her. "But remember the deal was to watch a pick of yours after this, and my favorite one shouldn't count as an option, that will be cheating."
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At the very least, they're both in agreement that there's that one good scene where he refused to kiss her while she was drunk, so that's one good thing out of a whole slew of very not good things.
"Fine," he says. "But we may end up watching a very old movie." One with transatlantic accents, in black and white, with humor that may or may not hold up to modern day.
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...Alright, she will give this damn movie further credit with the song part, that was kind of cute but she doesn't have to admit that to anyone, not even to him.
"You say as if that's a bad thing, I am someone that enjoyed The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, so we should be fine." And there was nothing wrong with enjoying some classic old films here and there, she had been catching up with a lot of media recently, after all.
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They can make something good out of something that maybe they don't really want to keep going with.
The movie's almost over, anyway, and then they can put on a new one. A better one. He gets up to go retrieve their food, which is finally at the door. It's definitely taken awhile, but he's glad for the interruption. "Don't pause the movie," he says.
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The movie might not have been enjoyable, but maybe the actors had done better stuff and she might research on that later. Though now she is a bit hungry, and it sure took a lot of time for their food to get here.
"I wasn't," As there was no point seeing as it was nearly done and they might as well finish it, even if by now she had kind of disconnected from it. "If Patrice happens to be out there, do tell her to get back to her place."
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"I will, don't worry," he says, as he steps outside and yes, does run into Patrice again. He really doesn't know what her problem is, and then interrupts her to tell her so.
But instead of feeling told off, she apparently has decided to rail against him as well, clearly not knowing who he is. "Ma'am," he says, eventually. "You're very loud and disturbing the neighbors."
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And the gods know she had checked to see if the woman had any suspicious ties, but she had come out with a relatively clean and boring life, which made this more of a case of a woman that just hated her.
Whatever Steve had told her, considering how loud her voice was at the moment, hadn't been the best, and she sighed before getting off the couch and going to retrieve him from Patrice's clutches. "Settle down, you are disturbing everyone. Just go back to your place, and that's it. Have a lovely evening!"
She smiled rather sweetly, much to her neighbor's annoyance, before leading Steve back inside and closing the door in her face again. "Honestly, that was a bit unexpected."
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Maybe she has excellent hearing but subpar comprehension.
Then he comes back inside and heaves a sigh. "I would've come in eventually," he says. "I'm just giving her the avenue to come to the conclusion that she's just working herself up over nothing," he says. But he shrugs and starts unpacking the food.
"Eventually she'll realize I'm not supporting her at all and I'm trying to get her to stop."
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But she also feels as if her patience is running a bit thin here, and she has dealt with a lot of things, but never in such a relentless way as she is being exposed at this moment, it is rather tiresome.
"I think deep down she knows but refuses to see it, her disdain of me seems to blind her." And she still had to figure out why, because it couldn't just be her speaking with the fiance. "The only silver lining I have is that she will be moving away once she ties the knot."
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"Yeah, though I wonder why she hasn't already moved in with him. And then if they're together all the time, she'll know you're not actually seeing him." He still thinks that's ridiculous.
And yes, she is quite tiresome.
The movie seems to be coming to its climax, and although it's an okay ending, it feels just a little bit unsatisfying.
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She knew, at the moment, their work schedules were a bit out of synch and she had seen either of them at different times. But it is curious how Patrice seemed to latch onto that idea, and how she was the one being blamed for whatever affair she thought they were having, it was strange indeed.
"Well then, this film was disappointing, maybe I am too old for it." But she's not sure she would have liked it when she was a teenager, as she wouldn't have been able to relate at all. "Have you thought about what we can watch next?"
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