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[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Who: usedwindything and usedtherapy
Where: Ilex Forest
When: 8/20 through 8/26
Summary: WOO HOO CAMPING-TRIP-DINO-HUNT-VACATION-DATE-EXTRAVAGANZA!
Rating: uhh...PG for possible language?
Log:
[To say that John was "looking forward" to his second date with Rose would be a gross understatement. He had barely been able to sleep the night before they left and ended up knocking on Rose's door at five in the morning because he'd finally given up on the notion of sleep entirely. Plus, weren't you supposed to leave early for camping trips?]

[Unsurprisingly, Rose hadn't expected him that early. She'd given him a very bleary look, stepped back into her room to give her clock a bleary look and then asked "...are we leaving 'lready?"]

[Even less surprisingly...she'd fallen right back asleep the minute they had both clambered inside Elliot and gone on their way. But that was okay. Because she had fallen asleep on John's shoulder and he had absolutely no qualms with that at all.]

[And then a few hours later, his excitement wore off and he too fell asleep. Wow, their trip was off to a great start already!]

[Elliot wasn't the fastest pokemon but fortunately, being a ghost, he didn't really need a lot of sleep. So their four day trip ended up taking only two. Once inside the forest, Elliot went back inside his ball for some much needed rest while the two kids shouldered their packs and began walking through the forest, hand-in-hand.]

[Surely this was going to be the best camping-trip-dino-hunt-vacation-date-extravaganza ever! Also possibly the first ever, because seriously, who besides John would come up with something as crazy as this?]

Comments

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

Yes John?

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Can I... I mean, do you mind if I...lay down? In your lap?

[If that's not too horribly awkward and doesn't make him sound like TOO much of a creeper.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[A momentary look of surprise is what he gets at first, before a tiny shake of her head.]]

Um. No, you can lay down there if you'd like.

[[And just lifting her hands and her corner of the blanket a little for him.]]

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[And a moment later, he's laying down on his side next to her, his head in her lap and facing her feet. He's silent for a while, lost to his own thoughts again. But eventually, there's a very quiet:]

Thanks.

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[And she's sitting there, hands hovering and wondering where exactly to put themselves. This is new and kind of awkward...After a moment, one rests on his shoulder and the other - after much hesitation - gingerly in his hair.]]

...for what?

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[His head moves in a way that suggests he is not merely okay with her hand being in his hair, but that he this action was the correct course of action on her part. He seems slightly less tense, his voice rising back to normal volume and considerably more relaxed-sounding than previously.]

Everything, really. But specifically for helping me with this.

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[And with that, she relaxes too. And after a few moments might just play with a few strands of hair between her fingers.]]

Oh. Well there's really no need to thank me for that John.

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[Ooo...he likes that. Can you tell, Rose?]

Yes there is.

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

Is there? And why would that be?

[[She can, and so she continues.]]

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Because I want to.

[Congratulations, Rose. You found one of his weak spots. John will soon be putty in your hands.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

...mm, guess I can't argue with that, can I?

[[And she will take full advantage of this.

Meaning just continue and enjoy the happy fuzzy feelings this is giving her.]]

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Nope. You're welcome to to try though!

[Good to hear that he's not the only one with warm fuzzies right now. How quickly the mood turns around, hm?]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

...nah. I think I'm happy just enjoying the moment.

[[No, she's definitely full of them. She is quite happy right now.]]

1/2

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[And what a truly wonderful moment it is, hm? One of those moments where you can forget about how upset you may have been in the past. One of those glorious, shining instances of 'everything is beautiful and nothing hurts'...]

2/2

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[...and then there was a small growl that sounded suspiciously like a hungry stomach.]

[Specifically: John's.]

[Guess whose body just conveniently remembered it needed food?]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[She stays quiet for a few moments after that growl before chuckling. Her hand momentarily leaves his hair to pick up something nearby, and then the one on his shoulder raises as well to help the first open whatever it is she's opening.

Surely it's obvious. But in case it's not, a strip of jerky is just tapped against his mouth a little as one hand returns to his head.]]

Are you sure you're not hungry?

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[Good thing she can't see his face right now, because it a pretty fabulous shade of pink right now.]

M-maybe a little bit...

[He's just..going to take that jerky from her and nibble on it a little bit. God, this is embarrassing.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[Letting him have it, she takes a piece to nibble on herself.]]

Only a little bit, hm?

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

[Nibble nibble nibble nibble nibble.]

Well...maybe a...little more than a little bit. But I wasn't lying earlier, I promise! I was just too nervous to eat...

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

[[Chuckling, she gently pulls his bangs back a little while running her fingers through them.]]

Like I'm really all that bothered by you lying about if you're hungry or not. Worried, perhaps, but it's nothing to convince me of.

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well never mind then, forget I said that.

[CHOMP.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

Forgotten. [[Nibbling on her part, but she's only going to have one for now.]]

I apologize that this is no grand spread for dinner.

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

It's fine, I don't mind. Besides, we're camping. It's not like we can just walk to a restaurant and order steak dinners or something.

[And another chomp.]

[usedtherapy.livejournal.com]

True enough I suppose.

[[Hope you don't mind too much having your hair combed, because now that she's out of a piece herself, her second hand is joining her first in the endeavor. Just an idle action, probably one she's not really aware she's doing.]]

[usedwindything.livejournal.com]

Mmm...

[Surprisingly? That wasn't because of the jerky. It can't have been, because he seems to have momentarily forgotten about that in favor of focusing on the attention paid to his hair. Don't mind him. He's just going to push his head a little more insistently against her fingers.]