primadonna girl, all i ever wanted was the world

Ryder: "Well then screw her. You've gotten this far without having a mom at your side, so you're unstoppable." He was trying to be encouraging, but truth be told, if he didn't have one of his parents at his side throughout his entire life, he would be completely wrecked. Ryder glanced over at her, nodding his head dramatically at her words. He liked that even so soon, she seemed to care about his well being and standing at the school. That was always something that could be rare in a person. "I plan to continue these good choices, Rachel Berry." He laughed before he was looking down, a sense of shyness coming over him again. "Puns are the absolute best thing in the whole entire world. I have a book of puns," he stated as he walked through the door, smiling widely at her as a thank you. One of Ryder's biggest pet peeves were the fact that women couldn't open doors for themselves. He didn't understand why the polite thing could just be mutual. "Absolutely take your jacket off. I gotta see the whole glory," he said with a smirk, knowing exactly how that sounded. He had always read it was useful to make things know about feelings, so this was his shot.

Ryder: No no. Drinking is good. That sounds like it'll be a lot of fun.

Ryder: Dancing? Does that include drinking as well?

Ryder: I'm not really sure. I never paid attention to the genetics side of things in Science, to be honest.

Rachel: They go hand and hand don’t they? We don’t have to drink though.

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Ryder: If you want. I can do it again though.

Ryder: I love my mom. She's great. She worries a lot though.

Rachel: What do you prefer? I was mostly thinking we could go out dancing.

Ryder: I'm honestly up for it.

Ryder: My mom does too.

Rachel: I guess it is my turn to pick the date destination, yeah?

Ryder: smiled as she opened up to him so much. From what he knew from high school, the subject of her mother had always been something complex and never up for conversation. "Do you have any kind of relationship with her now?" He questioned, not sure if he was asking something far too personal for her liking. Quite frankly, he never really knew what his boundaries were whenever it came to things like this. He was a tight lipped kind of person, but not everyone was the same. "Oh that's sick. Hopefully I get that lucky. I haven't missed any class, so I'm on the right path," he explained with a chuckle, instinctively leading them to the coffee shop that was located a couple blocks away. Biting down on his lower lip, Ryder tilted his head to the side as he shyly brought his hands up, displaying his finger guns. "Cool beans, dude." He deadpanned with a wink after he was finished, laughing to himself. "I did not actually. Sometimes people don't really know how to handle my jokes and stuff. Thanks."

Ryder: Tomorrow night?

Ryder: I'm glad someone likes them, honestly.

Rachel: Tomorrow night sounds great. If you're honestly up for it.

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Ryder: listened closely to her words, nodding where appropriate. “I bet that was tough,” he tried, knowing that was less than the right amount of understanding. Whenever it came to things like that, he never really knew how to handle things “Italians are cool.” He deadpanned before he was narrowing his eyes at himself and groaning softly. He was an idiot sometimes whenever it came to his nerves trying to work through small talk. Ryder swallowed hard, not really knowing what he was supposed to do right now. Wasn’t the natural walking thing supposed to be trying to hold hands? He couldn’t do that. “I like learning about different techniques, but that’s really it. Music, to me, is all about feeling and reading the music. I don’t have the capabilities of paying attention to the history or anything like that, but I’m trying.” Ryder explained, finishing off his words with finger guns.

Ryder: I wouldn't be asking if I didn't.

Ryder: I do those a lot. It's awful.

Rachel: Then okay.

Ryder: Yeah absolutely! We should do it again sometime, if you want?

Ryder: I’m just being honest with you.

Rachel: Is it what you want?

Ryder: I did too. I really did.

Ryder: You're a lot more interesting than you give yourself credit for.

Rachel: Really?

Rachel: [unsent] you could have fooled me

Rachel: [unsent] I’m sorry it wasn’t everything you were hoping for.

Ryder: "I'm not really sure what my genetics stuff is. My mom tried telling me once, but I didn't really care... until now. I can text her later, yeah." Ryder explained before he was laughing softly, getting on his tip toes and looking down at her dramatically. "It's a little warmer up here." Ryder scratched the back of his neck before he was shrugging his shoulders. "Well of course they both get to the W.H.O. and it's an epic battle to get the cure. Hint - the humans win." He laughed before he was looking over at Rachel and smiling. "I like it here. It's different than back home, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm never that eager to learn, but I like what I'm learning I guess." He swallowed hard, feeling like everything may be going smoothly. They bumped into one another and Ryder quickly moved away from her, looking down at the ground. He hated that he was like this.

Ryder: "I like to think I have some ancestors from Russia or... Greenland... or somewhere else cold that passed along their resilient genes to me." Ryder rambled on before she was shoving his pockets further into his jacket. He seriously felt like he was blowing this entire date but talking so much, but maybe not? She seemed interested enough so maybe, just maybe, he was doing a good job. "Ah man World War Z is a zombie movie starring Brad Pitt and it takes a different approach on the zombie apocalypse. They're portrayed differently - a lot faster than actual zombies. And so it's a race to get to the World Health Organization to get the cure." Ryder stopped abruptly before he was smiling awkwardly at her, knowing he had just given way more of a synopsis than what was necessary. "I think you're a good fit here honestly. Music theater is amazing, but you can do a lot more and have a bigger reach with just singing and dancing."

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