Salle - Tuesday Lunchtime

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

After First Aid, Peter hurried down to the salle.  When he saw Willow wasn't there yet, he stretched quickly and pulled his sword out of the weapons locker to run through some moves that he'd been working out in his head last night.  

His balance seemed off for one particular sequence of movements and he worked it again and again.  It was times like this that he missed having a friend trained in the same style.  Figuring out what one was doing wrong took three times as long when you had to figure it out for yourself.

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow came in after her trip to town. She was dressed in a T-shirt, shorts, sneakers, and had her hair braided back.

Even so, she curtsied. "Sir Peter."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter finished his sequence and then brought his sword up to salute her. "Lady." He grinned. "How goes it?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Very well, though I have all new sympathy for cookies," Willow said. "You?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Did you lose your way in the woods and find a gingerbread house?" Peter asked. "Mine was good. Danger Shop was working again so we had badgers in First Aid."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No, but around here I don't rule that out," Willow said. "It's just very hot outside. Oven-like. I figure now I know what cookies go through."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I'd think I'd prefer there not be an old woman who tests to see if children are plump enough for cooking with a chicken bone," Peter observed.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"You'd rather a young woman do it?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter pretended to consider. "Is she a pretty young woman?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"I fail to see how that affects things inside of the oven," Willow replied.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I was referring to the fattening up and chicken bone portion of events," Peter said, grinning.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"And if she is pretty?" Willow asked, getting her hands into a tickle-ready position.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter stepped back slightly as he was still holding a live blade and tickling would be a less than good idea really. "I don't think it would make much of a difference to the children," he said. "I was just wondering."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Not connecting the sword with Peter's action, Willow looked disappointed as he moved away.

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter frowned at the disappointment then sheathed his sword at his side and stepped closer again to give her a careful hug. "Sorry, I didn't want you to try to tickle me with the sword bare."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Okay, even to me that sounds dirty out of context," Willow said. She got on tiptoe to kiss him. "Hi."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Blushing, Peter returned the kiss. "Only because it was pointed out, I think," he said.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow patted him on the arm. "Yeah, that doesn't make it better, actually. Okay, so hi. How was your day? Did you save badgers from impending doom?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

Peter wrinkled his nose at her. "The badgers were biting this morning. And the sharks and cats apparently. I don't know. I only take the workshop. How was your morning?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Very productive!" Willow said, proudly. She went to her bag to produce a portable CD player. "I brought music! Which may or may not send us into a montage, I've got no guarantees there. Also would you like a stamp?"

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"What kind of music?" Peter asked, ignoring the montage reference he didn't understand in the slightest. "And what should I need a stamp for?"

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Swordy music," Willow said. "I thought maybe it could inspire us. And my stamp. Of approval."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"I get your stamp of approval?" Peter asked with a small smile.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Of course you do, doofus," Willow said, smiling back. "See, I was talking to Bridge and he and Xander have said they love each other which - EEE! - and I wanted him to know I was okay with that so I told him he had my stamp of approval and he liked green ink so there you go. Then I was talking with Jamie and, for reasons not necessary to get into at this juncture he got mine too.

"And you always had it but I figured you knew that as a given since you had me, but then I thought what if you heard on radio that I've stamped two guys and never once stamped you? What if you thought that meant I didn't approve? Or you hadn't earned approval enough to be stamp-worthy? I figured better to ask and eliminate all chance for confusion."

[once-a-king.livejournal.com]

"Well then, thank you for your stamp of approval then," Peter said, grinning at the flood of information. He bowed, hand going to his sword hilt. "It's greatly appreciated."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"So you want the actual stamp?" Willow asked, smiling at the bow.