[drinks] Reinette and the Doctor [of the not-ginger-persuasion]

[onlysayinghello]

The Doctor had made all the arrangements and making sure that Reinette was going to be coming along. Of course the last minute note that Jack had invited her along for the 'date' was something that flustered the Doctor even more. Which of course Jack thoroughly enjoyed.

Rather than try to clean up Torchwood or anything of the sort he picked a fine establishment just outside of London and had settled up in a dimly lit corner of the bar waiting for the others to join him. Of course he had started drinking without them and was sure that it wouldn't be a worry to either.

When he spotted them coming in he was a gentleman of course and stood for the company of Reinette and just grinned at the Doctor who had an expression on his face that was both of pure amusement and frustration all at the same time. It really was quite the spectacle.

The barmaid came by and took all their orders and hurried off to put them in. Jack leaned back in the corner booth and smiled at his friend the Doctor and the lovely Madame de Pompadour as he took his final sip of his drink.

"Well this is already proving to be a promising evening, I've got a lovely lady to one side of me and the Doctor to the other. I'd say I'd died and gone to heaven, but really... what are the odds of me dying these days?"

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[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

The Doctor raised an eyebrow at Reinette, then turned the eyebrow on Jack.

"You two have positively filthy minds, you know that?" The words were said with more than a little amount of endearment. After all, they were Reinette and Jack. And Reinette and Jack...well. Reinette and Jack.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

"For shame Jack," Reinette teased, sipping more of her brandy. It had well coated the corners of her mouth. "I thought you were a man of more skill than that. You should know that with the Doctor you kiss first, and talk later."

She studied the muted light through her glass.

"It is the most effective form of attack."

[onlysayinghello.livejournal.com]

Jack laughed at the truth from the Doctor, but made sure that even with his laughter he was still paying as much attention to Reinette as possible as she was still quite captivating.

"Well I'd love to test your theory my dear, but it seems that the Doctor has evaded most of my attacks since I first met him... well almost all of them."

Taking another swallow of his drink he let it burn on the way down until it hit his stomach and forced a sigh of comfortable bliss from him, "So Doctor do you agree with the lady? I mean if it's something we can all agree on then well we might have a starting point to make this evening a bit more entertaining."

Oh Jack, always up for suggestion... or at least suggestiveness.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

The Doctor had been distracted by the lowered amount of liquid in his glass. Rum wasn't particularly strong, but he'd let himself feel its effects, and they seemed to be hitting him rather, uh, strongly.

"Hmmm?"

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

Reinette could only laugh as she offered the Doctor some of her own drink.

"I was actually referring to how we met. For the second time."

[onlysayinghello.livejournal.com]

Jack eased back in the booth letting his arm rest atop the back of the seat taking his drink in his other hand and smiling with that trademark flirty smirk every so often as Reinette tried to pull the Doctor back out of Banana Daiquiri land and into the conversation at hand.

"See she's talking about kissing which is something I love talking about, and you're watching your drink line falter," to which of course Jack waved over the waitress and gestured for another round. Such a good host of the drinking party he was.

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

"Kissing! Yes! I like kissing."

He had a feeling that was probably not what he needed to say. They were being troublemakers, and he knew it.

"Yes, yes, yes, you pushed me up against a fireplace, if I remember correctly," he grinned at Reinette before tasting her brandy. He shook his head and handed it back to her.

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

"It takes him some time to warm up to his alcohol, " Reinette observed wryly as the Doctor refused her stronger drink. Her smile met Jack's own.

"He is much the same with his kisses." This look was shared with the Doctor. "How long did I have you there, and your hand could never even make it to my hip?"

[onlysayinghello.livejournal.com]

Oh Jack was interested in this story that was for certain. Shifting to lean forward in the booth and rest his elbow to the counter he just grinned at the two of them as they tried to relive the good old days.

"Always the gentleman, but he's focused that's for sure. Rose and you had been dancing in my ship for a few moments before I ever opted to interrupt, and you'd been through transport. Most people notice that sort of thing."

Then his smile shifted toward Reinette who in the dim and tungsten lit room had an almost ethereal glow about her... or maybe his vision was hazing up a bit from the booze... either way she was still gorgeous.

"Of course I'm sure with you my dear it was hard not to notice more than a few things worth noticing," of course this snapped his attention back to the Doctor, "Wait... you didn't even? You noticed her right? And still? Was this before or after the horse thing?"

[rude-not-ginger.livejournal.com]

"Before," the Doctor said, as if that was the most obvious thing. "And of course I did. I'm not blind, you know."

He was, however, finished his drink and oh look there was that lovely waitress refilling it for him. How kind of her!

"As for the dancing, we had a bit on our minds, you know."

[ambitious-woman.livejournal.com]

"Though your vision was significantly more impaired when you removed your glasses," Reinette could not help but tease, something in her own alcohol bringing a lighter humor to her wit. "Not the the action itself was not endearing."

As for Jack? Reinette raised her glass in brief salute. "Of course you would know about dancing. Does this not mean I get to hear the tale of how both of you met?"