Dancing and Dinner (Victoria)

Kieran's Outfit

Flowers

Kieran had been looking forward to meeting up with Victoria to dance ever since they made the plans, and he'd found the best Indian restaurant that they could go out to afterwards that was in the same area. Since she'd said it was casual but that she tended to wear dresses he made sure to look his best, because even though this wasn't a date he wanted to make an effort to look nice for her since she was being kind enough to help him learn how to dance properly. He wore something he was comfortable and could move freely in, but that was a step up from just jeans and a t-shirt. His few experiences in the past had been at Hogwarts, and looking back he realized that neither he or his date had any idea what they'd been doing.

After taking a cab ride into Muggle London, he was dropped off in an area with a variety of different shops and things. It took him a minute to find the dance place but he eventually saw the sign and headed that way. The dance place was called Fancy Footwork and the sign had a couple in the middle of dancing together, and appeared to be kept up pretty well. He paused for a minute outside, wondering if getting Victoria flowers had been a bit much. There was no going back though now, because he was certainly not going to vanish them and waste a lovely sunflower bouquet that he'd picked out just for her. Smiling, he walked in and paid for the night's dancing class before his eyes searched the room, and his grin widened when he saw her. Walking over, he held the bouquet out to her. "Hey Victoria, these are for you. When I saw the sunflowers they just made me think how bright and cheery you are so I had to get it." he said, with a light blush.

Kieran couldn't help but notice how amazing she looked in that red dress with the simple black tights, and the way she smiled when she saw him made him rather glad he'd taken her up on the dancing as he smiled back. Even if they were only friends, he knew that he'd be lucky to have one like her. "Of course they're for you. It's my way of saying thanks, and a beautiful girl deserves flowers." he told her, hugging back gently before letting go. Her way of saying thanks had made him blush, but once she released the hug it faded. "My pleasure, Victoria." he said quietly.

Upon the mention of doing the tango he gulped slightly, having seen it done in a couple movies and knowing it was definitely not one of the easier styles of dance. If she thought he could manage though, Kieran figured that he probably could. He did have rather good balance, the tricky part for him would be learning the steps and timing of things. "I've been good, after the headache from our drinking went away that is." Kieran admitted with a chuckle. "Not sure if I'm ready or not, but I'm willing to try if you are." he told her.

Kieran smiled and waved off her apology, pleased that she liked them, though. "Just enjoy them, that's what they're for after all." he told her simply. Truth be told one of the only things he missed about living with his parents now that he was in the city was gardening. He'd always helped his mom take care of their flowers but since he lived in an apartment the best he could do was a few potted plants, and that only because his neighbor helped water him when he was away for longer periods of time.

Chuckling a little as he pictured a hungover Victoria working through serious law paperwork, he shook his head in response to her question. "Oh, no. I got to be lazy and sleep in as long as I wanted, made myself a big breakfast and took some advil. Took some time to get caught up on a few television shows I had recorded." he said, smiling. He didn't want to rub it in too much though, so decided to tell her that sadly he only had a little over a week before he had to go on another trip. "The way they do it, at least with me, is tell me the next time I have to come in after I get back from my last assignment. Have a bit over a week left before I need to go back in." he explained.

Listening as she explained how she'd start teaching him, he nodded along, attempting not to let his nerves of looking like a clumsy idiot in front of his new friend get to him too much. Kieran blushed when she took a hand without even warning him, but grabbed a hold of hers firmly and followed her along. Her hand was so soft and smooth it was rather distracting for a moment, but he quickly refocused when she asked him a question. "Yeah, I've seen the film." he said, blushing more darkly when she told him what mindset to get him, using a rather sultry tone as she explained before the giggle. Putting his other hand on her waist, he pulled her closer and looked down into those beautiful brown eyes before leaning down and whispering in her ear. "It's not the attitude that will cause me trouble, gorgeous."

"It sure did, meet a pretty girl at a bar, have some drinks, sleep and homemade food for once. Hard to beat." Kieran said teasingly, rubbing it in that he was given the opportunity to but in a teasing manner. "Perhaps I should have invited you to spend the night, and you could have called in sick. Would have been rather forward, but I can't say I'd mind spending the night curled up with you..." he trailed off, smirking wickedly as he did. He chuckled at her comment about cases and being in the office so much. "You love being a lawyer, you don't fool me." he told her with a wink.

Being told to stare into Victoria's eyes as she put her leg between his and he twisted in a half spin made him blush a faint red, growing darker. Kieran locked his eyes with hers and nodded, though, getting a determined look next to his confidence in his ability to appear attractive to her. She had told him as much the other night after all, so he knew he could manage it if he tried hard. "You act like I need an excuse to look into those beautiful brown eyes, I'm happy to do that all on my own." he said quietly, no teasing just a simple fact. Shaking his head, he tried to learn the movement with the steps, and the half spin. It took about four, five tries before he got that part down. The trickiest part was learning to leave the space for her to step between his legs and pausing before continuing. The first few were rough, but eventually he got the rhythm down. Luckily he hadn't stepped on her, though come very close and accidentally brushed her shoes a few times. "Okay, so what's next?" he asked, a bit nervously.

Kieran knew that she was kidding about locking him up, but even as he laughed he was acutely aware of the fact that she probably did know all the laws pertaining to harassment of any kind. If there was one thing he'd learned from their talks so far it was that she took her job quite seriously. "I'll make sure to remember that and keep my hands from wandering as we dance." he said with a teasing smirk. He really wouldn't do anything like that unless they were really together, but teasing somebody who blushed so easily was too difficult to resist.

Before too long Kieran found himself counting the beat out mentally as they went so he didn't need her to any longer, and they both moved to the music. He was by no means the best dancer there, but for a beginner he knew that he was picking it up fairly quickly. When Victoria complimented him he blushed, smiling at her shyly. "Thank you, it's only because I have the best teacher here." he told her quietly. "Besides, there's no better incentive than a pretty girl smiling at you when you do something right." he told her honestly.

Upon seeing Victoria get ready to practice the move she'd shown him, Kieran gulped a little. He knew that taking her weight wouldn't be any sort of problem, it was more how close they would get during this move in an area that...well...was rather intimate. Steeling his nerves, he wrapped his left arm tighter round her waist before putting his right hand on her thigh and pulling her forward as he slid back slightly. The move went smoothly, and he held it as he looked down into those lovely brown eyes, the thought to kiss her flashing through his head again before he stomped it out. Victoria had made it quite clear she didn't want that so he would not violate that trust.

Kieran was blushing more than Victoria was this time, but when she apologized and walked off to gather her things he followed her, tapping her on the shoulder. "Don't be silly Victoria, that was the most amazing thing I've done in years, learning that dance. Wouldn't have done it if not for you, so don't you dare go apologizing." he told her firmly, leaning down and kissing her cheek. "Thank you, now should we go grab something to eat?" he asked with a wide smile. "Don't know about you, but all that movement made me hungry."