Roof - Friday Late Afternoon

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Rose's ass was thoroughly kicked by her second training session in the afternoon.  So much so that she was pretty sure if she sat down on her bed, she'd end up asleep right up until tomorrow morning.  Which would be pathetic. 

The rain seemed to have stopped though so she wandered up to the roof and sat on the wall.  It was totally dorky, but she even had a book with her to study. Something about that new determination plus actually having talked Dimitri into fight training had made her realise there were other parts of being a guardian she hadn't been paying attention to.  So she was fixing it...even if this book was a little too focused on the threat of guns to the protectees. 

The longer she was up there, the less the book was actually getting read.

[Home from work early wheeee]

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[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Damn him and his knowing her.

Rose made a face. "God, no. If I ever do, just kill me then."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Aww, it's all right if you are, Rose," Alex soothed. "I can understand that polite words, a suit and tie and guys pulling out chairs for you makes you hot. I'm sure the businessman type is quite the catch!"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Ugh," Rose made a face, shivering dramatically. "They'd probably try to call me 'miss' too and then I'd have to gag."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"So, what, you just want me to ask nicely so you can laugh," he decided. "People try to get me to do that all the time."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Duh," she said. "It's to get back at you for doing it all the time."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Not gonna happen," he decided with a shake of his head. "You want someone that asks nice, find a nerd."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"So stubborn," she teased. "And what the hell would I do with a nerd?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Crush him like the demanding girl you are," Alex answered. "And maybe make him get you food."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Nah, I don't like guys I can crush," Rose said, laughing. "But I'll take a random food lackey any day."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"And I'm neither," he declared. "Not a nerd, not a food lackey. What am I, Rose?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"What d'you wanna be?" she asked.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Uh uh," he said and waved the cigarette at her. "I asked you first. None of this throwing questions back at me bullshit."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"What? I'm not allowed to steal your tricks?" Rose teased.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"That just makes you unoriginal," he said. "Shame."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose rolled her eyes. "No, it's mockery."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Unoriginal mockery," he claimed, smirking. "No material of your own, Rose?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I have great material," Rose snapped back. "You ought to give me that much credit by now."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Oooh, defensive," he said, unmoved. "Why should I give you any credit when you're copying me?"

Living on the edge tonight.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I wasn't copying you, Alex," Rose said. "That would be boring. I was making fun of you. Totally different things."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"And you never did answer my question," he noted. "What's that about?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Which question?" she asked. "The one about credit or the one about what you are?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What I am," he said, shrugging. "The important one."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"You're Alex," Rose said with a shrug. "What, you want labels now?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Never mind, Rose," he said, shaking his head and letting it go. Stupid week had him all out of sorts. Now he was asking introspective questions. God.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

No ripping on her? She glanced over at him, raising an eyebrow NO SHE DIDN'T CAUSE SHE CAN'T WTF. "What up, Alex?"