"Idiot," he berated himself, "you already said you would do this. Don't disappoint the girl." Not like you always have before.
Ranma opened the door and stepped out, grimacing as he could practically feel the moisture in the air. "Great, last thing I need is for her to freak out if my curse comes out," he muttered as he walked up to the front door. Hesitating for a moment, the Japanese man screwed up his courage, and rang the doorbell.
After a few moments, filled with muffled sounds of crashing and shouting and over exaggerated sweatdrops on Ranma's brow, the front door swung open to reveal... well, a rather ample pair of breasts, partially covered by a fine garment of some purple cloth. Partially, of course, meant that a rather generous portion of the top was uncovered, in order to reveal fair skin, and plenty of...
"Ahem."
Ranma blinked several times, then looked up, trying to ignore the fact that his face was burning. "Oh, sorry 'bout that," Ranma apologized embarrassedly. He had to admit, Ace did know what he was talking about when he said his friend was hot; once again, he cursed his friend's ability to actually have decent relations with any human being; of course, when he spotted her ears, he had the distinct feeling that this was no ordinary person. Great.
Brianna smiled nervously, especially when she noticed that he noticed her catlike ears. "Um... are you Ranma?"
Ranma looked back into her blue eyes. "Yeah, I'm Ranma Saotome," he replied, sticking out his hand for Brianna to shake. Brianna stared at it stupidly, then grabbed it, chuckling embarrassedly.
"Oh yeah... I'm Brianna Diggers, heh..." she laughed weakly, Ranma joining her, though he wasn't entirely sure why. The soft laughter faded after a few seconds, to be followed immediately by uncomfortable silence.
Brianna and Ranma then began the pre-date dance performed by many first time daters, which involved the nervous shuffle, the uncomfortable wriggle, and the complicated "cough"; this continued until a voice from behind the girl, closer to seven feet than six, gave inspiration.
"Hurry up and take her, you dolt!"
This statement was soon followed by a harsh whisper and some scuffling, and both martial artist and weapon designer looked back, just in time to see a golden tail disappear behind a doorway. Ranma blinked in surprise, before he realized that the message was intended for him.
"Um... shall we go, Brianna?" he asked, stepping to the side of the doorway to reveal his red four-door chariot, though he quite frankly knew that she could probably see it over his head. "I mean, we should probably go before the rain starts."
"Sure," Brianna replied, too mortified by her sister giving "advice" to her date to notice the stress in Ranma's voice. The two walked to the car in silence, and Ranma managed to open the passenger door for Brianna without too much trouble. He had to admit, the short purple dress that the blonde woman wore was rather nice, much nicer than the grey polo shirt/black slacks combo that he had on.
Ranma got into the driver's seat, and looked over at Brianna, who was busy adjusting the seat. "Um... sorry. I would have borrowed Ace's jeep if I had known..."
"Oh, it's no problem," Brianna replied, pushing the chair to the end of the rail it was on. "So... where are we going?"
Ranma smiled a little. "Well, I thought that we would go to a restaraunt first, then a movie..."
~ ~ ~
"Cheets, what are you doing?" Gina snarled at her younger sister once the door closed. The werecheetah shrugged, obviously unashamed.
"Hey, that guy needed some help; they would've been standing there for hours!"
"You were embarrassing Brianna!" Gina countered, then folded her arms and sighed. "Jeez, this almost makes me wish that I didn't tell you."
Britanny shrugged. "Hey, at least I'm not going to follow them on their date; I doubt that guy would have the balls to try anything." She then adopted a thoughtful look. "Hey, why DID Dad set up this date?"
Gina shrugs. "Beats me. I'm trying to figure out where Dad met this Ranma guy, anyways. I mean, Dad didn't give me much info about him, except for the fact that he had problems with his fianceé, wife, and girlfriend."
"..."
"..."
"... When you say that, do you mean at different times, or...?" the werecheetah pondered.
"... I have no idea."
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