The Deck | Afternoon | Thursday | September 9

[therewaslife]

It was too nice a day to spend it inside, Bod decided. His one class had been easy so he'd gone into town after and picked up some pastries from the bakery. He hadn't ever had a sweet tooth before but he seemed to be gaining one now.

Miss Lupescu wouldn't be too pleased.

With that done, Bod hadn't even gone up to his room. He'd detoured onto the deck, dropped his backpack and settled into a chair to stretch out and let the sun warm his face. He could feel autumn in the air, smell it on the wind and he was anticipating it.

Summer wasn't the best season for an Englishmen especially an American summer that consisted of a huge sun and blistering temperatures. Bod would just take advantage of this nice day by lounging on the deck and eating sweets.

[Deck's open. It's really that gorgeous outside.]

Comments

[vanillajello]

"Don't just rule it straight out like that." Though Kate was sure that if it had been flirting, he probably would have missed it. Not that she minded, obviously. "It could've been flirting. We're in Fandom, weird stuff happens."

She picked a donut, then passed the bag back to him. "But really, I just care about the free stuff, not how you got it."

[therewaslife]

"Someone flirting with me would come under the topic of weird?" he laughed, taking the bag and using it to smack her wrist lightly with. "My poor ego."

[vanillajello]

Kate had already taken a bite of her donut and had to just frown at him for doing that until she'd swallowed.

"Hey, you're the one who was all 'it can't have been flirting'."

[therewaslife]

"Well, I don't think it was but that doesn't mean it would automatically be weird if someone did decide to flirt with me," Bod said, laughing at the expression he'd caught her in.

[vanillajello]

"You sometimes act like it would be, though," she pointed out, wrinkling her nose at him for laughing at her. It probably didn't help much.

[therewaslife]

"I don't think it would necessarily be weird," Bod clarified, shrugging. "I just think it would be...I don't think it would happen at all. So, unexpected is maybe a better word?"

[vanillajello]

"Mm, maybe," Kate said, after another bite. "I don't think it would be all that unexpected, but of course, it's how you feel that matters."

[therewaslife]

"Is it still flirting if I don't recognize it?" Bod wondered, actually curious about that. "I sometimes don't even realize when you're flirting with me."

He'd been getting better but it could still go right over his head.

[vanillajello]

Kate laughed quietly at that, just a bit. "Well, flirting's all about the intention behind it," she mused, tilting her head a bit in thought. "So yeah, I'd say it is, whether you're clueless or not."

[therewaslife]

"And I am often clueless," he admitted with a shake of his head. "Have you just come from work? You look nice."

[vanillajello]

"Thank you," Kate said, smiling, as she idly smoothed her skirt over her thighs. "I am indeed back from yet another day of debt collecting."

[therewaslife]

"And how are things going in the world of debt collection?" Bod asked, idly picking at a muffin. "Anything new to report?"

[vanillajello]

"Well, most people are still pretty avoidy and unwilling to pay up," she shrugged, but then her lips pursed in thought a bit. "There's this one woman back in Kansas City, though..."

[therewaslife]

"Yes?" Bod prompted. "What about her?"

[vanillajello]

"Well, she owes like over thirty thousand bucks."

So not the only reason Kate was interested, but a pretty good one all the same.

"I'm pretty set on getting it back."

[therewaslife]

"Huh." Bod tapped his chin before settling the bag beside him. "You make it sound like a personal mission. Will it be difficult?"

[vanillajello]

"Jarrett said he called her every day for a year and got nowhere," Kate shrugged, not sounding like this was anything that should get her down.

"Oh, and Jarrett's a coworker."

Her supervisor, kind of. Probably. It didn't feel like it.

[therewaslife]

"Perhaps you'll have better luck than Jarrett?" Bod suggested, shrugging. "I doubt he has the persuasion skills that you have."

Though, she could persuade him to wear stupid shorts just for a smile so he really wasn't the best judge of that.

[vanillajello]

And she knew that, but...

"Yeah, I doubt that too," she smirked. "I can be pretty fucking persuasive."

[therewaslife]

"Well, I do wish you luck in that, Kate," Bod said sincerely, nodding. "I'd offer to help but I don't think I can this time besides being supportive."

[vanillajello]

"And I don't need any help," Kate replied, pleased with that anyway. "But I'll get you something nice if I get the money."

Of course, her 'something nice' might just as well be a pair of ridiculous boxers.

[therewaslife]

Chuckling, Bod shook his head and said, "You don't have to get me anything. If you get the money, you should enjoy it for yourself since you earned it."

[vanillajello]

"As if I meant I'd get you something expensive," Kate snickered. "Just... something. Five percent of thirty thousand is kind of a lot of money, I could afford it."

[therewaslife]

"I know and I meant you didn't have to get me anything at all," he explained with a one shouldered shrug. "I wouldn't expect anyone to get me anything expensive."

[vanillajello]

Kate rolled her eyes. "I know I don't have to get you anything," she said. "Doesn't mean I won't want to, so... Shush."