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.]

Comments

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Would his multiples all be girls, too?" Okay, ow again.

[nadiathesaint]

At this rate, they'd be wincing as much as they were laughing. Still . . . .

"Good question. I think we might have to find out!"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"That'll teach him to interrupt us. I suppose I can save asking Furrball to suffocate him for another time."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "We'll save that for if Jamie ever interrupts us in a compromising position."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Choking and sputtering hurts way more than laughing. "Um... yeah."

[nadiathesaint]

Oh. Total misstep, huh. Nadia frowned. "Sorry. Too far on that one."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"No, no. I just..." He still had his arm around her and stopped the petting in favor of giving her a very gentle, very cautious squeeze. "After everything that happened, I think you should decide when we do anything, um, new."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia raised an eyebrow, frowning at him. "You have a say in this relationship, too, you know,"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Don't frown at me. I'm new at this and girls and after last week..." And uh oh, here came the verbal rush, "And are you my girlfriend? Only I'd like you to be my girlfriend, but things have been weird, and I didn't think it was okay to ask and... um..." Dumbass. "Yeah."

[nadiathesaint]

Walter had no clue how many people were already referring to him as being her boyfriend, did he.

Dumbass.

"Yeah, okay, I'm your girlfriend."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Actually he did. Generally in the context of "Oh, you're the guy who beat up his girlfriend."

"You're looking at me like I'm stupid."

[nadiathesaint]

"I wouldn't have kissed you last night if I didn't want to be your girlfriend." Nadia's mouth quirked up at one edge, then drooped again as she started to understand. "Dios, he really did a number on you, didn't he."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

He didn't ever want to tell her everything about what sort of number he'd done.

"He was an asshole, and he's gone," Walter said firmly. "But I'm a little old-fashioned, I guess. I wouldn't assume you were my girlfriend until I checked with you." What he said to Fat Peter notwithstanding.

"I guess this means I'm not gay, huh?" he asked, looking at her sidelong with the ghost of a smile on his lips.

[nadiathesaint]

"Not unless you're a really good actor." Nadia wasn't about to push the issue of what happened last weekend . . . but she was beginning to suspect that the other Walter had done more to hurt this Walter than he had to her.

A lot more.

"Hope you're not disappointed."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

That ghost of a smile was heading toward something more lively. "With a girlfriend like you? I'm not that big of a dumbass."

[nadiathesaint]

"Good." Nadia smiled back. "Dumbasses are only cute sometimes."