The roof, Friday morning

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia went straight from her room to the roof, slamming every door she went through on the way and finally storming to a stop in the center.

She took a deep breath and screamed her frustration out across the town.

She stood there, chest heaving, arm, head, and foot aching, and slowly started to reign in her temper.

She sank down until she was sitting and put her arms over her head.

"I can take care of myself."

[ooc: roof is open for those willing to risk the damp, cool day.]

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Maybe because you're sitting with the guy who's responsible for that? Walter didn't like that answer at all.

"That's probably a good question to ask him."

[nadiathesaint]

"Can't." Nadia sat up a bit and tucked both arms up against her chest. "If I look at him right now I'm going to hit him."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I'd do it for you for that trick with the crepes." Because taking care of yourself was what other people were supposed to do.

Would hitting Pip count as an adventure?

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia tensed. "Don't." She didn't want to think about Walter hitting people. "I'll talk to him. Just . . . not yet."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Okay." He tried to smooth the tension out of her back with his hand. "Take some time to cool off. We can talk about better things. Like the fact that there's supposed to be sun tomorrow."

[nadiathesaint]

As Nadia relaxed a bit, the various aches started making themselves more known and she leaned into him. "I hope so. I'm tired of it raining."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"So am I." She was starting to relax a little, so Walter kept up what he was doing. Don't argue with progress. "We can't picnic in the rain. At least not easily."

[nadiathesaint]

"That's right. We'd have to set up a tent." Nadia didn't know about Walter, but she was not up to setting up anything anywhere right now. "That wouldn't be any fun."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"No tents. No work. No adventures. Just a nice day on the roof with food and sun and you."

Nah, that wasn't goofy or schmoopy or anything of the sort.

[nadiathesaint]

See? They were being smart and they were being careful. No adventures.

Why couldn't anyone else see that?

"Sounds perfect."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I think so, too. Tomorrow, then?" He was just a little nervous about using the word "date" and cursing something screwing things up.

[nadiathesaint]

"Tomorrow." Nadia nodded. "Maybe for lunch? so the mun isn't playing out two picnic dates at once?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Lunch sounds brilliant." Sleep late, go to sleep early. How could people complain about that?

"I have to go down to the clinic to see the doctor and I'm supposed to see Alfred. I'll see about picking up a picnic from him." See, not even cooking.

[nadiathesaint]

"Good idea. I'm sure he'll be happy to see you. And I bet the doctor will be surprised by how much better you're doing."

No, she wasn't jealous of that. Not even a little. She was just happy for him. Really.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"We could ask Demyx to help you. So you can do things without people babying you. I know you hate it."

[nadiathesaint]

Hate didn't even begin to describe it. But--"He set himself on fire last night. I think he's probably pretty tired."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Is that why he flooded the common room?" At least it no longer hurt to laugh. Much. "How did he set himself on fire?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "Something with the stove, I think. He's not allowed to make pancakes any more."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Okay, ow!" That was honestly too funny not to laugh at.

"I'll have to give him cooking lessons someday."

[nadiathesaint]

"Might not be a bad idea. We don't want him burning our common room down."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yeah." He was still gently stroking her back and waiting for her to relax more. "Maybe after I graduate if I live that long, I can stick around to teach cooking in the summer."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia was too achy to relax completely. Storming around the dorms hadn't done her ribs any favors. And kicking her bed had probably just been kind of dumb. "And I could teach. Um. Something."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"How to curse in multiple languages? I can teach you some pretty blue stuff in Lobster. Geneology: The Roots, Not the Branches. For all the people around here who seem to have very strange families."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia chuckled, then winced. Then laughed a little more.

"Dream interpretation for dummies."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Even owie laughs are good. "That's a good one. How about Disguises on a Budget?"