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]

"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.

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"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.

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"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."

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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?"

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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."

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"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."

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"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."

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

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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?"

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"And what would someone be accusing me of?" Nathan had to wondered. "I'm universally popular and well liked!"

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"Um, maybe that girl who punched you and marred that face you so love?"

Caroline thought he was delusional if he truly believed himself to be universally popular and well liked.

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"She doesn't count," Nathan insisted, shaking his head. "The only reason she punched me in the face is because she knows not what she does. She was obviously temporarily fucking mental and should be apologizing to me at any point now."

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

"When do you have that class again?" Caroline wondered. "You could always go and ask her if she has been seeking you out to provide that apology."

[tripledmyself.livejournal.com]

"Tomorrow," he said after having to think about it. "And why should I go to her? She should come to me. She's the one who violently assaulted and left me nearly paralyzed with injury and pain."

What a baby.