Atlas Gym - Thursday

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Rose'd barely installed herself at the front desk to try to focus on some of the stupidly annoying paperwork that had built up when Jessi came in.

"Aww, Rose, you look terrible," Jessi cooed, sacchrine sweetness just oozing from every bit of her pink spandex-clad body.

Rose glared. She was pretty rough after drinking with Alex last night, but between actually getting some sleep with him and the totally useful dhampir constitution, she was feeling better than she had since getting back to Fandom.

"Did he ditch you already?" Jessi continued, trying so hard to be innocent. "It just seems so mean to pull that act on you. You're so young."

...um, what? Rose had totally stopped even pretending to ignore Jessi as she just stare, trying to figure out what she was talking about.

"You can't let it affect you so much, sweetie. I'm sure there's plenty other little high school boys you can hang out with, even if hot'n'broody moved on to someone more - mature." Jessi apparently had drawn her own conclusions. As usual.

Rose was never going to stop being smug. Never, and she smirked over at Jessi. "It's so nice you're worrying about me. Like - you're my friend or something. Guess Dimitri didn't fill you in like you wanted?"

Jessi huffed, tossing her head. "He's never going to go for a high school girl, oh em gee. He's needs a real woman. Like me."

"You should tell him that," Rose agreed. Smugly. Oh so smugly.

"I will!" Jessi decided, completely missing the mockery. "Tell me when he comes in, kay?"

She missed Rose's eye-rolling too. Yeah. That was going to happen. "You're going to miss your Tae Bo class. Better go make sure you're in shape next time you try to fight me."

Jessi bounced away happily. Rose had admitted Jessi had a shot at Dimitri and that she could totally take her with Tae Bo. Today was Awesome!

Rose just smirked, and now she wasn't so much even trying to focus on the paperwork. Instead there was daydreaming about certain events from Tuesday morning. It was much more productive.

[The OCD is off doing Tae Bo with Jessi]

[AND IT NEVER SAID TUESDAY RLY]

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Glad not to see Jessi lurking around when he arrived, Dimitri stopped at the front desk to greet Rose. Glancing at the strange paperwork in front of her, he raised one eyebrow.

Rose Hathaway doing paperwork? Clearly she had gone 'round the bend.

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Technically she wasn't doing it so much as replaying their interlude Tuesday while having paperwork out.

Cause seriously, what was more interesting?

What she wasn't doing was paying any attention at all to her surroundings. Bad guardian.

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Dimitri watched her for a moment before speaking, wondering what was going on in that head of hers. "Have you been at this long?"

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Rose looked up quickly, obviously startled by his presence. "It's really boring," she told him, a smile lighting up her face as she saw him.

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Watching her light up had him near a smile almost instantly. "I would have warned you." Not that he'd ever considered she would ask about all the paperwork that went into running a business.

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"Too late now," Rose told him. "I discovered it on my own, and now I'm forever scarred."

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He walked around the counter to get a better look at what she'd been working on. "And what led you to this terrible discovery?"

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"Boredom," she informed him, pushing the -requisition forms maybe? towards him so he could see. "Someone told me I couldn't train."

Hey, look, she was following orders.

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"So you searched for entertainment in ordering?" Dimitri asked, amused by this. He picked up the paper and glanced at it with a nod before putting it back. "Be careful or you'll earn yourself this as a regular duty."

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Rose couldn't help smiling at the amusement. "You wouldn't do that to me," she decided. "You might get way too many training dummies and no new towels."

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"Wouldn't I?" Dimitri asked, leaning against the desk. "It sounds like an excellent teaching opportunity."

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Rose eyed him. "What part of guardian stuff involves ordering supplies?" she asked. "Wouldn't it be way better use of our time to train more?"

Dear God, don't make her do this more. She was already regretting the first bit.

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"Does that mean I shouldn't be the one ordering supplies?" Dimitri asked, given he was already a guardian.

This did not, however, mean he was actually planning to make Rose do paperwork.

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Dammit. "You could always make Jessi do it," Rose suggested, not even the slightest bit serious about that.

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Worf entered the gym looking for Rose. He missed her at one point and ended up in Jessi's workout room where she kept trying to recruit him to join her Tae Bo class.

After several harsh glares Jessi gave up and Worf made his escape.

Maddening woman.

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Rose looked up as she saw him finally and smiled. "Hey, Worf. What's up?"

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"I am well. I am following up with you after your trip home," Worf informed her stiffly. "The inference from the radio reports make it appears as though it was not enjoyable."

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She shrugged a little, looking down. "Could've been better, yeah."

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Worf raised an eyebrow at that. "What happened?"

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It wasn't Worf's fault that Rose was getting to the point of never wanting to talk about this again.

"Nothing fun," she said. "Two of the royal families were attacked. There was -" she shook her head. "Some of us were captured. My friend died."

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Worf paused for a moment as he let that sink in.

"I am sorry for your loss," he said formally. "Though I am glad to see you are well."

He paused for a moment looking somewhat awkward. "If you need to... talk about the incident I am here as your friend to listen and provide-"

There was a small frown as he tried to get this out in his most respectful way.

"-emotional support in your time of need."

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Rose blinked, pretty sure she'd never expect those particular words to come out of Worf's mouth.

"Thanks," she said, unable not to be touched at the offer. It was Worf. If he said it, he meant it. "I -" she took a breath, annoyed at how easily her feelings rose up. "Thanks."

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"When you are ready for your cathartic recitation of events, I will be prepared to offer my support," Worf replied seriously. "Additionally my cadet uniform is water resistant so my shoulders are available if emotional outbursts are absolutely required."

It's very hard for Klingons to deal with human emotions at times.

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Now Rose was grinning a little. "You don't have to worry. I'm not going to cry on you," she told him. Then paused "your uniforrm is really water resistant?"

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"It has been designed to perform well in any environment," Worf explained. "It's very versatile."