Study time (Open)

James breathed a heavy sigh of frustration as he looked down at the large yellow stain on his shirt, why in the world had he even bothered to wipe it he may as well have left the large dab of mustard alone and he was sure the damage would have been less wide spread. Moving over the a near by trash can he threw in the wad of napkins in with force sighing again for good measure. Looking around the park James began to wonder why it had been his idea to try and move some of the company over to America, of course it made good business sense to branch out and make the brand a global force, but he was starting to regret putting himself forward to do it. Everything his grandfather had told him about Americans was so far spot on, he had just been walking down the main street when out of no where he was slammed into. The offender clutched onto his hotdog as though his very life was linked to it, both looking down at the same time seeing the large wad of grease and mustard at the same second the man gave a low intake of breath through his teeth and simply said "dude" with a slow shake of his head before joining the mass of people.

James removed the hair tie scratched his head in frustration, this just didn't seem like it was going to be his day. Closing his eyes he took in a deep lungful of air through his nose held it for a few seconds before letting it out. Getting upset over some dumb kid was not helping he would just send the shirt out to be dry cleaned or throw it out. Opening his eyes he looked around the park he began to notice the people that passed him by, some gave him quizzical looks while others where so wrapped up in their phone calls James was sure they would have noticed if he was standing there naked, as he continued to glance around he looked at a young girl with two long white streaks tucked behind her ear. Looking at his watch for a moment he looked back up at the girl, he had wandered into the park in frustration and wanted to get out as quick as possible and back to his hotel room. Walking over to the girl he noticed the ear buds she had in and signalled her to take them out for a moment.

James looks at the girl and waited for an answer, and he continued to wait for her answer but she just kept looking at him. Had she not heard him or maybe there was someone or something that had her attention more than him. Looking back behind himself he took a quick glance around the area, no one else had stopped but him so she must have been staring at him for some reason. When he turned back the girl ha stood up for some reason James thought she would have been taller he went to ask his question but had to close his mouth as she asked him what he needed. Hearing her accent James couldn't help but arch his left eyebrow, that was not the voice he would have put with the face he assumed that she was from the area but hearing her drawl he began to think maybe she wasn't the right person to ask for directions. Waiting for her to pack up the books he waited for again to finish stop talking.

James pulled his hair back into the tie the way it had been before he felt his frustration rise " I am not from the city and I....am not quite sure which way I walked in from I just want to know can you point me in the direction of the Plaza hotel" he asked in the slowest and clearest way he could. James took in another deep breath and put his hands on his hips as he waited for her answer, feeling the sun on his back he creaked his neck feeling the shirt stick to his neck a little he un buttoned his blazer before removing it then undoing his top button.

James looks at her in shock he was very sure that he had simply asked for a way out of the park and now the girl was going to walk with him like a miniature tour guide, he was going to insist that she simply point him in the direction he needed to go and leave it at that but he had a feeling she was the overly helpful type so best not to stand here fighting with her the last thing he needed was her possibly crying. James opened his mouth to thank her but once again shut it as she began to speak again he began to get the feeling that this girl needed very little prompting to keep a conversation going, he would go as far to say that if he simply injected a few hmms and ahhhs she would be able to talk from there until the plaza. Looking around the park again he looked at the other people he could have asked for directions the woman with the young child, the man on the other bench eating his lunch he may even have been able to stop a passing runner, but no he had to ask her. Turning back to face her he looked in the direction she was pointing while not able to fully make out everything she was saying he was sure he got the general idea of her question " no i'm not from here I grew up in Japan" he didn't need to ask her she already covered that side of the conversation and began to walk in the way she pointed.

When she introduced her self he felt his right eyebrow raise to meet the second Desiree was not a name he had heard before he repeated it a few times in his head "I'm James" he replied moving to walk ahead of her a little hoping that the quicker they walked the quicker they would leave the park. James couldn't help but give a small scoff when he heard Desiree ask if he was a student "a student? no I'm here on business why would you think I'm a student?". James had to stop when once more with no prompt from him she began to reveal more information about herself "are you always this talkative?" he asked not wanting to be rude but he had to know if this was going to keep up, if so a solo cab was sounding like a very good idea.