Wellspring Arms, Saturday

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

If Nate came down the stairs slightly late on Saturday morning, he really couldn't be held accounted for it. But he had a business to (pretend to) run, some paperwork to sort through, and a curiously errant lacking employee that kind of pinged at the back of his mind.

He made it down with Jan and dog trailing behind him, sat down behind his computer, and ran a few queries across his employee data file.

It was a day.

[[ up late and sans OCD because I'm a horribly tardy ho ]]

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[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

The conversation with Rose had put Veronica in a less than pleasant mood so she decided to make use of the gun that the CIA had issued her and headed over to do some shooting.

She nodded at Nate. "Afternoon, Mr. Mayor."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Afternoon, miss Mars," Cable replied, looking up from his screen.

The little girl clung to his leg.

The dog... did not.

"Can I help you...?"

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"I'd like to use the range, if that's okay," Veronica said. "I filed all of my paperwork with Ino earlier this summer."

She gave a little finger wave to Jan.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

Jan poked her head out from behind Cable's leg, shooting her finger a curious look. "Pancakes?"

... This was the point at which Cable noted that beyond Wade, Irulan was also a horrible influence.

"I've seen it," he said, "Although I don't think I've seen you use it before on my shift..."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica grinned at the little girl.

"Yeah, I haven't been keeping up with my practice as well as I should have been."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"No time like the present," he said, wryly, and took out some copies of her paperwork. "Hobby, or professional?"

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Professional," she said. "I'm going to be heading back to LA to finish my degree in Criminal Justice next week."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Not a permanent stay-on?"

He rifled through it, making notes while Jan babbled on about pancakes.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"No, still have one more year of college," Veronica said. "Just came here to teach for the summer."

Plus there was the whole thing where she was married now and should be living with her husband. That she still wasn't quite used to.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"The island will stay waiting in one piece while you're gone, miss Mars," Cable said, flicking his eyes over the last piece of paper in his hands. "Or at least to the best of our ability."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Please, call me Veronica," she said. "And I would be very disappointed if the island blew up."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Disappointed, but not surprised?" Cable raised his eyebrows with an amused slant.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica smirked. "Fandom's been part of my life for nearly four years."

That would be a no.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"My condolences," he said, with a light smirk. "I hope Wade hasn't gotten you into any more trouble."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Oh, no, I've managed that quite well on my own," she admitted.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Who did throw the first punch?"

He really was just curious.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

Veronica gave him a sheepish look. "That was me. But in my defense, that guy shouldn't have touched me and I did warn him."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"That's how it usually starts..."

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"There's a usual about these things?"

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Barfights?" Nate snagged Jan and propped her up on his knee. "Yes."

... Nate would know. Trust us all, Nate would know.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Surprisingly, that was my first," Veronica said.

Given her relationship with Logan, it really was surprising.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"If you're lucky, it'll be your last," Nate told her. Not that that had worked for Nathan Summers, King of all Bar Fights. "And what will you be doing after college? More barfights?"

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"Not in the plans," she said. Which didn't mean she was ruling them out. "Going to join the CIA or FBI or something, most likely."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Always make sure to pick the right bureau."

That might have been a deadpan.

[marsheadtilt.livejournal.com]

"That's the plan," Veronica said.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"And what are you looking for in a bureau?"

Cable had his own experience with these kind of agencies, so there was probably another case of deadpan going on right there.

[ihavenocodename.livejournal.com]

"Good morning Mr Dayspring!" Oh, Jean. You're in an insanely happy mood.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Morning, Jean."

That... was always good to find, actually. He smiled at her.

[ihavenocodename.livejournal.com]

"How are you?" She asked, floating high on the knowledge she'd have dates tonight. "Did anything... happen yesterday?"

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"Just a reoccurring problem rearing its head," Nathan assured her, getting up. The little girl moved with him. "It passed."

[ihavenocodename.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Jan," Jean said, crouching down to get to her level. "It was so weird to wake up to. I braided Bobby's hair."

A beat.

"Bobby's a friend from home." Kinda.

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"And he's at school with you," Nate surmised. Not that he didn't know that. "Must help out a little in getting you to settle."

[ihavenocodename.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah. It's good to have someone who understands things."

[spring-lost.livejournal.com]

"So you'd say your first semester was a success?" he asked, gesturing for the meditation room.

[ihavenocodename.livejournal.com]

"I didn't turn into anything so far, so I think so," Jean replied, takign the lead into the room.