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]

"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?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What?" Alex asked, glancing over at her. "Nothing. What's up with you?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"I'm just waiting for your comeback," she said lightly.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I don't have one tonight," he said, shrugging nonchalantly. "Everyone has their off days, right? Consider this mine."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose shrugged. "Sure thing. And now I'm totally going to live in awe that you got in the copying your jokes crack on an off day," she teased. "Why's it off?"

Hey, when you threw in that last bit all nonchalantly, it totally could be ignored if it wasn't welcome. Really. Patented Rose Hathaway technique.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Because it is," he said, shrugging a shoulder. "Long week. I'm tired."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Classes get too rough for you?" she asked.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"No," he said succinctly. "Classes are fine, Griff's fine, the room's fine, everything's fine."

Except him, kinda.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose shrugged and let the silence hold for a moment.

Then snorted. "Okay, give me a cigarette. Then I can have something to play with when it gets quiet."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"If I give you a cigarette, you're going to smoke it," he said, "not play with it."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She made a face at him then held out her hand. "Deal."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

That was a little surprising but he kept his end of the deal and offered her the pack so she could dig a cigarette out herself.

"You toss this, I'm gonna be pissed," he warned.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"What, you think I'm trying to get you to quite by stealing one cigarette at a time?" Rose scoffed as she pulled out a cigarette. She was pretty uncertain with what to do with it, and it showed.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"It'll take a helluva lot more than you to get me to quit," he said and plucked the cigarette from her hands so he could light it. "You've never done this before?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"A few times when I was a freshman," she said, making a face as she watched him. And the older boys tried to 'impress' Lissa and her somehow with them. "And the more herbal kind."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"So I don't actually need to give you a lesson?" Alex asked, handing it back to her.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

Rose gave him a Look. "No, Alex, I don't need you to play teacher."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Then, show me how it's done, o' wise one," he mocked, stepping back as if he was going to observe the complete package.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Now you're the one needing a lesson?" Rose teased, lifting the cigarette to her lips to try it.

And promptly coughing. And shoot a glare at Alex as if that would get him to not laugh.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

He managed not to laugh but he did have to cover a grin with his hand. See, that was progress.

"You okay?" he asked, still trying not to laugh.

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"It's hot," she complained.