Meetup on Erie

[DraconAUT]

John's forgiving grin soon turned into an almost confident, yet amused smirk at her comment about his outfit, in gratitude. "Thanks, but nothing compared to this dress you are wearing,...you look stunning." His gaze wandered all over her, from her head down to her shoes, as he spoke, while his smirk turned into a friendly smile. Happy to see that, that he wasn't alteast the only slightly nervous one here, it kept him now more careful not to say or do anything that would turn her nervousness into a negative direction. "Oh yes, well I invited you... and went with the classic picnic. I didn't really know if you're vegetarian, vegan or preferring meat, so I simply decided to make all of these varieties." He chuckled slightly and joined her, sitting down on the blanket, leaning back to find a more comfortable position next to her.
"I really hope it tastes as delicious as it looks." He grinned playfully.

His glance wandered over the beautiful scenery of the Solomon Waterfalls, taking a look at the surrounding landscape briefly. Trying to focus on listening the birds' twittering and the trees's rustling when a breeze blew through the treetops, his eyes remained fixed upon the contrast between the waterfall's blue water, the green plants and the orange-pink sky of the slowly approaching sunset. This was truely a memory to keep and to remember, at such an awesome place of undisturbed, unchanged natural peace. Yet, aside from the natural aspect upon such an remarkable spot, his company, Elena was the main reason to remember this place and especially this day, with a joyful feeling, he thought.
He blinked his eyes a brief moment later, gaining focus back to what, or rather who was more important,
as his gaze wandered back to Elena.

Reaching for the bottle of orange juice and a glass, he would pull both over, opening the bottle, as he lifted and tilted it slightly, to pour the juice into the glass, only to set both down and screw the bottle's lid. Not a second later, he reached over for the Jug of water and the other glass, lifting the jug and tilting it slightly, to pour water into the glass, setting both aside. "Please, help yourself." He said, offering her the first pick of either filled glasses and also the variety of food around, while his hand gestured slightly towards said offers. "So....how have your days been, since our last meeting in space?" He asked calmly, keeping the conversation up, with more or less ideas what to say or ask, just to do so. His glance was once again roaming all over her, but in the end, his green eyes locked, looking deeply into hers, while he kept his hands locked together, the digits fiddling slightly.