Fast Eddie's | Afternoon | Sunday | February 13

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

The thing about having a kid, alternate universe or not, was that she constantly wanted to be entertained. Even after the awesomely bad example he and Caroline had set last night by giving the kid cough syrup to make her sleep, she'd woken up the next morning even more energetic than the day before.

Trying to sleep in was fucking impossible when he had a kid jumping on his back and pulling on his hair. Caoimhe refused to just sit around in their room either, deciding that she wanted to go out and do something. She wanted to have fun.

So, Nathan had picked the activity. That might have been a frightening prospect but he thought he'd done a good job. Of course, as soon as he stepped into Fast Eddie's, he spread his arms wide and shouted, "Bowling!"

Such an ass.

[Nathan's here for two blondes but this is an open place in town so feel free to have families drop in!]

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[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Exercise? Seriously, best part about being a vampire was the lack of need for food or need to work off the fried pickles if she felt like eating them by the pound. "Weird. Does she drink...strange things? Or have like, an ugly grr face?"

[wee-immortal.livejournal.com]

"Tomato juice!" Well, maybe that would help? That's what Nathan called certain things, after all. Or maybe she just loved actual tomato juice. "I don't drink it's cuz it's eeeeew and Daddy dropped it on his shoes once and I laughed cuz he had to clean it up and it took forever and you were mad."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like daddy's clumsy," Caroline said, wondering if it would get him to glance her way. "He dropped me once. Nearly broke my ass. I mean bottom!"

Way to be appropriate in front of the kids.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"You pushed me away from you!" Nathan said, finally getting back into the conversation. "All I did was tickle your knee and you pushed me away like I'd just grabbed a tit or something."

Well, he'd done that too but she'd already been on the ground when that happened.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"It was surprising, okay?" Caroline reminded him, glad he'd finally rejoined them and stopped being a baby about her laughter. "It's not something I expected!" And certainly not from him.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Well yeah, I got that," Nathan said, smirking at her. "And I did enjoy getting that reaction from you, you know. I still wanna do it again."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Not in front of the kid," Caroline chastised, swatting at him. She didn't even think about how she hadn't said no exactly.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan did pick up on the fact that she hadn't outright told him no so he was just gonna let her swat him while he grinned. He was gonna remember that one.

"Well no, not in front of the kid," he said, making another face at Caoimhe. "She can just imagine what that looks like since she won't see it while she's here."

God, he hoped she wouldn't be here for too much longer.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Oh gross, don't encourage visualization," she said, smacking at him again. "It's not like we need her puking on the fries I worked so hard to steal from you."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Caoimhe giggled, totally amused by the abuse her dad seemed to suffer everywhere. She thought to get in on it but just decided to encourage her mum to hit him again.

"Stop hitting me," he said, trying to fend her hands off. "I know I'm fucking irresistible and shit but you have to wait to get your hands on me till later!"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Oh my God," she said, still swatting at his arm. "I am totally not hitting you for fun!" Okay, maybe entertainment. "And you are totally resistible, otherwise your manly ways would've gotten you somewhere. Ever!"

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

She was just lucky he was in a relatively good mood and didn't keep bringing up the kiss, the hugs, the dancing, the light cuddling (hey, she'd been up against at Caritas), and the sharing of glasses. That was somewhere even if it wasn't all the way.

"Does this mean I can hit you back?" he asked, still trying to lamely fend her off because she wasn't hitting to hurt him right now.

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Would you really hit a girl?" Caroline asked, pausing in her assault to eye him carefully. Sure she wasn't just any girl, but Caroline was willing to bet his answer would be interesting.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"I would...defend myself if I had to," Nathan said, thinking that answer was extremely smooth since he hadn't really even though about it. "If a girl was assaulting me, I would most definitely defend myself so I could retain the natural beauty that is before you."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"You know, when you start talking like that, I have to wonder why you haven't plastered the entire room with mirrors to satisfy your vanity," she said.

Bets were, he had one on the ceiling in the creepy future Kiva came from.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Why would I have mirrors?" Nathan wondered, leaning back and looking smug. "I know I look good, there's no need to stare at myself. The greatness will be there today, tomorrow and everyday afterward. I'm secure enough not to need the constant reminders."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline turned on the child. "So how did this translate to the next generation? Are you an insecure mess like your mother or the vainest girl on the planet like your father?"

[wee-immortal.livejournal.com]

Nathan wanted to ask about this whole insecure mess thing but realized having her get into her myriad of issues in front of the kid might not be the best place to do it. He'd remember it for later.

"I'm pretty and I know it, clap my hands!" she said, giving those hands a clap because it almost sounded like the song. "I look like you! 'Course I'm pretty!"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

Caroline would like to damn that child for being so freaking cute with that little song. Hopefully she would return to the screaming brat quickly so those feelings would pass before Caroline felt them too much.

"We do have really amazing hair," Caroline told her, twirling some of the girl's hair around her finger. "You seriously lucked out there, kid."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"There is nothing wrong with my hair," Nathan said, frowning at the two of them. "There's nothing wrong with yours either but the kid would not have been a complete goner if she'd gotten my hair. It's unique and amazing and nice."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Of course there's nothing wrong with it," Caroline said to appease him. "But that's because you're a boy. Girls cannot pull off a 'fro without getting called Little Orphan Annie."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"It's not a fro," he said, making yet another face at her. He shook his curly hair and ran a hand through it. "It's curly and luscious and beautiful, thank you. It's very helpful in a lot of situations."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Ooh, please tell us of those many situations, curly-haired god that you are," Caroline teased, going for a fry.

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

Nathan thought better of saying anything dirty for the sake of the kid. Instead, he smirked at her and shrugged. "Makes me immediately noticeable, doesn't it? You can't help but put your attention on me and I really do love attention."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"What about the few times you're in desperate need of fading into the woodwork?" Caroline wondered. "You know, when someone's accusing your beautiful self of something?"