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The Park, Early Tuesday Morning

So Allie's first trip to space had been rather eventful. It wasn't the quiet visit they'd planned on, but overall, she'd had fun.

At least until she'd woken up at sunset on Monday evening. It wasn't that she didn't dream, it's just that usually those dreams were some sort of psychic link to the other vampires of her line, and Allie hadn't had one of those since she'd come to the island and been cut off from returning home. The dreams she'd had Monday weren't anything like those. The line of a jaw, the cling of fabric to a well muscled...

Yeah. Allie wasn't going to think about it.

Which was a lot easier said then done.

After a very restless night of roaming the island, Allie was in her usual spot in the shaded corner of the park running through sword katas.

They weren't as big of a distraction as she would have liked.

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Kaidan had upped his lap count this morning to account for an overabundance of energy-- and he'd taken it back an hour before his usual time because he didn't want to aggravate the gentle pounding in his head right now.

Most of his migraines were unavoidable, but that didn't mean he wasn't going to try his utmost best anyway.

He had to slow as he spotted Allie, because... sword.

Wasn't sure if starting a conversation right now was a good idea, though. Weird couple of days.

Out of the corner of her eye, Allie saw Kaidan approach. It was enough of a distraction that she stumbled slightly as she turned into the final movements of the kata and slashed with the sword.

"Dammit," she muttered as she dropped the sword to her side. It looked like today's workout was over. "Remember when I said this could be very relaxing? Yeah, today, not so much."

Kaidan winced in sympathy. "Hope you didn't hurt yourself," he offered, approaching since he'd been noticed.

"Please. I threw down with a vorcha. This is nothing," Allie grinned. She slid the sword back into its case and laid it on the bench. "You're up early. Everything okay?"

"Fine," Kaidan promised, rubbing at the back of his neck. "Just got a bad headache brewing, figured I'd avoid the sunlight."

"Too much excitement over the weekend catching up with you?" And if she happened to glance over and check him out, it was strictly to make sure Kaidan was okay. Really.

... Yeah. Yeah, Kaidan was going to go with that explanation, because otherwise his head was going to hurt even worse.

"I guess so," he admitted. "Don't know if it's going full-blown migraine on me, but... better not to take my chances."

"I hope it doesn't. You have to teach your class later don't you?" Allie asked. "I can't imagine that being pleasant if your head is hurting."

She hopped up and perched in her usual spot on the back of the park bench. How long the restless energy that had been plaguing her all night let her stay there was anyone's guess.

"I've already skipped out on enough of them," Kaidan said. Choosing not to sit down, because... no. "Don't really want to do that to the students just because my head feels a little rattled."

"Because you're dedicated and honorable like that." Which was honestly the truth. It was just the flirty smile that accompanied it that rattled Allie.

The hell?

That... threw him for a second. "I... don't know about that," Kaidan said slowly. "I'm just trying to keep class going. Uh... how's your week been so far?"

... wait, she'd probably been asleep since they got back.

"Okay I guess. I passed out as soon as we got back." And had very interesting dreams that she was not going to discuss anytime soon. "Last night I roamed like always. I'm surprised at how much energy I still have to burn after the weekend."

"Guess there's something in the air this week," Kaidan admitted. "Jack and Josh were both acting... uh, weird."

Weird about covered it.

...'horny' probably covered it better.

Perhaps there was something to be said to having very little relationship ~~sexual~~ experience. It meant Allie still hadn't figured out exactly why she and everyone else on the island felt so off. Which was why she made a completely innocent offer.

"Well if they get too weird, you can come hang out at my place. The couch is comfy."

While that might decrease the number of people Kaidan was increasingly convinced were staring at his ass all day... "Uh, thanks, but no thanks. Doesn't seem like that good an idea."

"I don't bite."

A beat.

"Unless you're a vorcha trying to kill me."

Kaidan held up his hands. "I'm good," he said quickly. "I'll survive the, uh, weirdness."

"Well if you change your mind, the offer's there."

The restless was back, urging Allie to her feet. She gathered up the jacket she'd shed when she started practicing and slung the sword case over her shoulder. "I know this weekend wasn't quite what you had planned for our visit. But I had fun, so thanks for that."

"You're welcome," Kaidan said, though that was mostly an automatic kind of thing. "Next time we'll actually visit the Presidium, though. I promise."

"Only if I can bring this," Allie said, patting the handle of the sword that was sticking up over her shoulder. "Low tech, but efficient."

She glanced towards the slowly brightening sky, "Anyway, I'd better get inside. I have a feeling I'm going to hate the summer."

"Nights are getting shorter," Kaidan agreed, following her line of sight. "I'm still kind of getting used to it myself. The last place I spent any significant amount of time hanging around was Vancouver, and that's further up north."

"Well you have a long, lazy summer to get used to it," she shrugged. "Hopefully you'll enjoy it."

"I think I might learn to swim."

"You don't know how?" Kaidan asked, eyebrows shooting up. "Huh."

"I grew up in a city. Open water wasn't really an option," Allie explained. "I did swim in a river once when I left. I jumped in to save one of the kids who'd been swept away. I got her, but mostly because I got lucky and didn't need to breathe when I was swept under."

"That was... really brave," Kaidan said, and the only reason that didn't come out flirty was that his brain was still rebelling at the thought. He was going to crack sometime, but not today, damn it. "Around here you're... really going to want to figure that out, though," he added, waving in the direction of... in every direction.

Water. Everywhere.

"But still. That was brave."

"She was just a little girl. And it's not like I could get hurt." Although that initial moment of panic as the water pulled her under had been terrifying in a primal way.

Except the talk of water had her brain supplying images that Allie really didn't want to contemplate. It was a really good thing vampires couldn't blush.

"Okay, sun's rising. Talk to you later. Bye!"

And the normally under control vampire fled ~~to finish all her freaking packing for vacation~~.

Kaidan stared after her (for... about five seconds too long), then pulled his gaze away with violent quickness. He rubbed the back of his neck.

"...Okay."

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