Even if the idea does sound really appealing because the duck is really delicious, well, "It wouldn't be fair," Jenna tells him. "I didn't know which would be better I've never even had duck at all!" Wait why was she considering giving this up? Well, because it's the right thing to do. Unless he liked the stew more which he didn't seem to so they should still switch. "I want to try them both the way they're meant to be, so we should definitely swap for at least a little while so I can have bites of everything together" which while true wasn't really wasn't her real reason, she was just trying to be fair. (And maybe if they swapped they could swap back and she could have more of the duck no that's not what she should be thinking even if it sounded like such a good idea. The beef is really good too, even if she does want to have more of the yummy new thing.)

"I mean, sure," he says, "but if I like them both and you like one better then you might as well have more of the one you like more, right? Cause then we're both happier, you because you get to have the food you like and me because I get to watch you smile about it."

Jenna blushes super fiercely and looks away flushed and feels the tips of her ears burn. He keeps making her blush and she should be able to get a better handle on her emotions like this she's going to be a famous actress but she can't help it if he keeping being so very cute and sweet. He wants to see her smile and that just makes her blush and suppress and giddy but embarrassed bounce and he does make a really good point even if that might just be because she wants more of the duck and wants to make him happy even though she wanted to be fair. Well she is still being fair like this, right? Probably. Maybe. Even if she's inwardly flailing at this (and she's so very much doing so, she still is so happy how much he wants to see her happy) she should still give him the chance to change his mind, right? But if he wants to give it up, sure and plus this'll give her a chance to have the duck last because saving the best for last is the best part. 

"Well, maybe" she admits doing her best to play it cool. "But we should still swap halfway in case you change your mind, we can always change back afterwards if you want to and that should work out just fine?" She's not sure if she's convincing herself that this is fine or he's convincing her but none of that matters because they're having a good time together and that's the important part. Why is she so flustered at all of this. Why is everything he does so cute and good? (It probably doesn't have anything to do with how hot he is with all his muscles or his cute smile, she's totally not biased by this, not at all. No sirree.) 

"Sure," he agrees cheerfully. "Also, you're incredibly cute when you blush, have I mentioned that? I guess I probably have. Well, I'm mentioning it again."

"You have," she manages, blushing further and feeling her ears burn and taking another delicious forkful of meat and putting it in her mouth to do her best to hide for the moment, even though he is clearly enjoying it and it's somewhat futile and makes her melt a little inside to hear it and to see him smile. Jenna does her best to busy herself with her food for the next few moments, doing her best to keep pace with him so they can reach halfway at the same time while also doing her best to catch her breath even though every time she looks up and sees his happy grin at how much he's enjoying her it makes her blush and look away once more. (And she's enjoying him too, even if she's trying to be a little more subtle about it. Even if it's difficult to do so when every time she manage to glance at him when he's looking at her it makes her ears turn so red she has to look away.) After a dozen bites or so she's managed to put herself together enough to look up and him and smile (and marvel at how cute he is) without having to look away or hide her face or anything like that. She shouldn't be proud of doing such a basic thing, but, well, here she is. And he's really cute. And she wishes that they two of them could be back in his car so he could kiss her again and make things simpler again but there will be plenty of time for that later (and she really should be enjoying this delicious duck more, it really is like nothing else she's ever had). 

He eats his food and grins at her a lot and bounces a moderate amount. The food is good and the Jenna is also very good. (He makes sure to leave some of everything as he nibbles his dish down to the halfway point, so she can get the full experience when she tries it.)

Jenna more or less does the same, grinning up at him shyly and happily and watching him bounce and grinning wider despite herself at his obvious glee and enthusiasm. She wants to lean over the table to kiss him but that would really make her blush and they'll be time for that later. After the delicious food. 

She manages to keep pace with him, since she's trying to, and gets to the halfway point around the same time he does. She savors one last bite of the duck for a minute (though hopefully not really her last, Sean said he wants to swap them back later and now she extra wants that but she'll be fair and not do so if he doesn't want to and she should enjoy this last bite before they exchange) but she eventually swallows and smiles at him softly and happily, drinking in his smile and blushing a little deeper at him. "Time to switch?" she says, pushing her plate towards him. 

"Mhm!"

He swaps plates and tries a little more of the duck. It is delicious. Still, though, Jenna's smile is by far the superior experience.

Jenna digs into the beef stew. It's really rather rich and hearty, and the veggies are really good with it, especially the carrots and onions that have soaked in the sauce, and it goes really well with the noodles of course, but it's still not quite as good as the duck. Really, though, they both picked good foods. (Or well Jenna picked them both, but he still wanted it, or at least seemed ok with it. They were good choices no matter who picked them!) She keeps blushing every time she looks up at him and sees how he looks at her, all gleeful and happy, but it's a happy blush watching him enjoy her. She likes being enjoyed. Even if it makes her ears burn crimson. 

She eats a decent way into the rest of the stew and slows down some. She doesn't think it's fair to say anything and she is a little embarrassed about liking her option more so she's not going to say it explicitly, but if he stops and offers to swap back she's not going to say no which is why she slowed down. She'll be happy to finish off with what she wants to eat either way. 

"Time to swap back now?"

Jenna takes one more bite and chews and blushes a little at how sweet (and hot, and handsome) he is and pushes the plate back towards him. She takes back her own plate and takes another bite of the duck and sighs happily, blushing a little more when she sees him grin at her happy sigh. But, there's delicious food and a cute boy who likes her and it doesn't matter how embarrassed she is she is going to fully enjoy this until they go back into his car and then maybe that's not the best thing to think about because now she's really blushing. Whoops. She takes another bite to chew and swallow to hide it, probably unsuccessfully but at least he doesn't know what she was thinking about. Thank goodness. (She can't wait to get back in the car with him though.) 

Look at her being CUTE and BLUSHY and CUTE and has he mentioned CUTE well he's MENTIONING IT AGAIN CUTE CUTE CUTE.

He bounces. And then goes back to eating his beef stew. While bouncing some more.

Why is he so cute and grinning so much and his face gets so cute when he does that and he likes her and he likes her a lot she can see it in his face and it fills her with glee and makes her melt and feel sweet and happy and good. Jenna enjoys her duck savoring it as well as the looks that Sean gives her and the looks on his face and she feels so happy and bouncy and gleeful and good. So good. She grins back at him and blushes and has more food and enjoys it and then looks back at him again. And this pattern continues until she's done eating, happy and sated and happy and grinning like a schoolgirl (which she supposes she is but that's not the point) at him and his cute smile and how happy he is and how hot he is and remembering things he's done with her and then blushing more. 

"Sooooooo cute," he says, and impulsively reaches across the table to boop her nose.

Jenna giggles in confusion and laughs and blushes super fiercely and feels her ears burn and is so surprised that he would do anything like this and she has no idea how to respond. It was adorable he's so adorable how is he that adorable and why did he do that gosh he's so cute. Jenna really wants to kiss him but she's so overwhelmed with the silliness of what he did that she laughs and blushes a little more. "Well you're cute too, you know that?" she says. (And then she wishes maybe she could have come up with something slightly more interesting. Or creative. Or something.) She reaches out to boop his nose but feels a sudden wave of embarrassment and flags for a moment but for goodness sake if he can do it so can she, he's not the only one who can be so unfairly cute. So she bites her lip and reaches out and does so and grins and then shrinks back into her chair and does her best to pretend nothing happened and takes another bite of her food but still looking up at him to see his reaction. 

His reaction is OVERWHELMINGLY DELIGHTED AFFECTIONATE GIGGLING.

Jenna chokes on her food a little and manages to swallow it down as his giggling is so adorable and cute and infectious and she giggles and laughs and relaxes and grins and blushes and... and lots. "You're cute, but also silly, you know," she says, sticking out her tongue at him and giggling a little more. Cute and silly and adorable. 

Can't talk, too happy. Must bounce and giggle instead.

Well Jenna is pretty much going to do the same. Maybe with a little less bouncing because she's trying to hold back for some reason but it's hard to remember why and he's just so silly and good. And hot. And delightful. And cute and fun and happy and it's so good being happy with him like this. She grins and blushes and grins wider and bounces and tries to keep herself from bouncing and fails at that and giggles and laughs. She's so happy. 

So good!!! So good the best!!!

Eventually she manages to get ahold of herself even with his smiling giggling happy face and takes another bite of the delicious duck (only a few to go!). And shivers to herself happily at how perfect this moment is and how glad she is to have met Sean and how much fun they're having together. He's so sweet and wonderful and cute and adorable. And the food is delicious and Sean is delightful and soon they'll be done with dinner and maybe make out and she is so looking forward to that. But right now she's more than content to sit here and enjoy this moment, giddy with glee and full of food. Jenna giggles at herself and blushes and continues eating, so very happy and basking in the moment. 

It takes Sean a little longer to calm down enough to go back to the food. And he's still kind of bouncy.

Sean being bouncy is cute and good and Jenna is perfectly happy to watch him be bouncy and finish up his food once she's managed to savor the last bite of her own and not-so-surreptitiously scrape up some of the sauce off the plate (why do forks and plates together make such obvious scraping sounds. Why does it have to be so obvious). By the time he finishes, she's grinning at him happily and bouncing in her chair a little herself, gleeful at the meal and a little looking forward to dessert. And no not that dessert though she would be curious to see whatever this restaurant has to offer especially after the delicious duck, that's not quite what she means. Jenna blushes at herself yet again (why is there something about him that does that to her) and bounces and watches him take his last bite. 

He sets down his fork and smiles across the table at her. "So, thoughts on dessert?"

Jenna giggles to herself and blushes really red even though she's sure he has no idea why she's blushing, the only way he could know what she was thinking is if he was reading her mind and that's not something that anyone can do. It was just an entirely reasonable coincidence. She takes a breath and lets her face fade back to a more normal color (normal for doing things with Sean, at least, which is somewhat redder than usual) before saying, "I'm not sure if I want any, but I'd be glad to see what they have!" And then she certainly doesn't add that what she really wants for dessert is him. No, that would be embarrassing and can wait until later. Or possibly never. Never might be good, except for in the privacy of her own head.