"Ah shit.  Sorry, Kay.  Are you all right?"

She nods.  "Yeah.  Just - I knew it was stupid to walk home alone."

"I'm just mad at myself I didn't hit the guy harder... Anyways, stuff like that common 'round here?"

"More than you'd think for a town this small.  Gangs, creeps.  Barbecue forks, for some fuckin' reason."

"Pretty used to gangs and creeps. Barbecue forks? Uh, knew a guy who got dead that way back in New York, guess it might be a gang sign thing?"

He shrugs.  "Could be.  I try to stay away from shit like that honestly."

"Lots of gangs aren't very good at leaving people out of it."

"Well.  Fair."

"Is recruitment a problem?"

"I'm not sure I'd've heard about it honestly.  - There was a weird story a couple years ago.  Good kid did a total 180, spent a few months as a douchebag, then dropped off the map at the same time another kid died.  These guys were seniors when I was a freshman, I didn't know them, but everyone was talking about it.  The obvious rumors.  Sunnydale."

"That does sound weird. Though - I don't know. Gangs that're in high schools tend to recruit pretty openly..."

"What're the obvious rumors?"

"Just that the previously good kid killed the other kid.  I think some people were talking about gang recruitment there.  This is, uh, really fuckin' morbid by the way."

"Sorry. So... Other topics? Sunnydale have any neat attractions I should see?"

"We got a zoo, a museum, we're pretty near the beach.  Some forest trails, my mom likes to go hiking sometimes.  What do you like?"

"Hiking sounds fun! And I love zoos, and the beach."

"Oh, the Sunnydale zoo's great, you should definitely see it some time."

"Maybe you can take me?"

"Okay!  That sounds fun."

"It's a date."

Is that a blush?  It's blush-adjacent.  "Looking forward to it."

Heeeeee blushing cute girls are the best.

"Any arcades or anything 'round here?" she'll ask.

"I thiiink so?  I've never been to an arcade before."

"I like them! Classic date location for a reason."

"Maybe I'll check one out sometime?"

"Hopefully they'll have some good games... I like the classics just fine, but new stuff's good, too. Assuming there's even any..."