A Roller Skating Rink, Baltimore, Late Sunday Afternoon

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie needed to be doing something. Yeah, she'd done laundry earlier but she needed to be doing something else. Something productive in another way. She'd been stuck in a gloomy rut for a while now and especially after some of the things she'd voiced to Peter earlier, she seriously needed a change. She wanted to do something that would net her a bunch of points. A challenge.

And why had she picked going out to try roller skating? Pretty much by chance. Just because she'd watched some bit of anime recently where people were skating and it seemed like a thing to do. It was a great excuse to go off the island, too. Maybe she needed that, and couldn't wait until next week.

As for her companion, no, she hadn't actually asked Jim to come with her. But she'd run into him as she'd been leaving, and hadn't told him he couldn't come when he'd decided to alleviate his boredom by tagging along.

So here they were, entering an establishment that looked a little bit like it had fallen straight out of the eighties. "Well, so far this is exactly what I expected."

[ooc: NFB, and for the future captain mentioned above!]

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[whenshewasnice]

Natalie watched him for a moment, rarely one to shy away from a silence.

"Well, we've talked a lot about what I want." Even if the answer to that was muddled and incomplete at best. "But what is it that you want from me?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Oh, I dunno," Jim said, leaning back and stretching out a little further. "I don't know if want's the right word. I like what I've been getting, most definitely. I like the sex and the few times we've managed to hold conversations together. I like other things too. So, I don't really want anything but I like what I have."

[whenshewasnice]

"Mm, slight semantic fault in the question then, sorry," she replied, tilting her head some again. "What other things?"

He should've expected that.

[pursuedthestars]

"Other things that are going to remain a mystery," he said, smirking. "I'm not telling you."

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie pouted at him. Just exaggerated enough that it looked more like teasing than the real thing. Besides, she never pouted at anyone seriously.

"Really? After all my soul-baring I don't merit more?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Not right now," he said which wasn't a complete no. "Don't pout. I might tell you some day."

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie sighed.

"You are such an annoying tease, Shatner."

[pursuedthestars]

"That's not my name but I don't think you really care," Jim said, smirking. "And yeah, I'm a tease. A total tease. But that's what you get."

[whenshewasnice]

"It's a petty name and it makes me happy to use it." She sighed again. "Fine. Be a tease."

Not like she could stop him.

[pursuedthestars]

"You can't really stop me but thanks for the permission," Jim quipped. "Anything else you wanna know?"

[whenshewasnice]

"Yes." But it wasn't anything particularly hard or philosophical. She might've smirked but she didn't feel like it. "Are we going to stop by the dorms when we get back on the island?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Sure," Jim said, already grinning. "What are we going to be stopping for? You need to pick up some things?"

Like he didn't know.

[whenshewasnice]

"My laundry." That wasn't even a joke, she had clothes drying in her room from the morning! But that was so not it. She leaned closer, finally, against his side. "But that's not what we're stopping for."

[pursuedthestars]

"So, in the middle of this family friendly establishment, tell me what we're stopping for," Jim asked politely.

[whenshewasnice]

"My reward for talking instead of fleeing," Natalie replied, because she could be a tease, too. But, she leaned way close to him so she could lower her voice. No one's delicate sensibilities would be harmed, and he'd feel her breath against his ear. Everyone won.

"Stress relief," she whispered. "Think I might make you sit up so I can kiss you all softly while you're hard inside me."

So family friendly.

[pursuedthestars]

Oh, if only the woman that had been so concerned for her earlier could hear her now. She would be so scandalized.

Jim was just chuckling and nodding his head in approval. "Probably not something to do in one of those castles, yeah. The dorms sound like a really damn good idea especially with that in mind."

[whenshewasnice]

"Well, the bounciness of the castles would probably be interesting," Natalie murmured as she kissed his cheek. "But too many potential spectators. Best not."

[pursuedthestars]

"We should probably scoot now or I'll just drag you into the bathroom," Jim told her quietly. "And that might scar the children."

[whenshewasnice]

"Or teach them a healthy appreciation for human sexuality," Natalie quipped, even as she was nudging him to get up. "But no. We'll walk. And let me say it right now, I'll be very disappointed if there's not dirty talk on the way."

[pursuedthestars]

"You won't be disappointed," Jim said, getting to his feet and waiting for her to slide out. "Promise."

[whenshewasnice]

"I'll believe it when I hear it."

She believed it just fine. But issuing challenges was a thing. She got up, and straightened her outfit again because damn, small clothes. There were going to be people leering at her in the street.

[pursuedthestars]

And Jim would probably be one of them.

But, he wasn't going to make it subtle and before he did that, he was going to reach for her hand to start tugging her out of the skating rink.

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie let him take her hand, even lacing her fingers with his as she let herself be pulled along. Again.

For someone who'd almost cut this outing short way earlier, she could be really easy at times. But the situation had changed for the better. It made enough sense.