Eris and Dysnomia (Kaya)

"Geometry, There are to many rules and exceptions to rules that its hard for me to follow...and I took Biology so...yeah. No complicated hyper mathematics for me."


"Biology was okay," Lochlann admitted. "Way better than Chemistry. Plus, like you said...way less math.

"No, not at all."

She didn't seem too weirded out, so Loch gave a relaxed laugh. "I skipped breakfast today," he explained.

Of course, he skipped breakfast because he was hung-over and couldn't stomach the idea of, well, stomaching anything.

"Although it must be great to eat dinner as a family. My father is basically non existant around the house and my sister is always out with her boyfriends and girlfriends it's just kind of depressing when I'm usually the only one at the house and I'm cooking for myself."

It took him a moment to realize he might have been a little homesick, although he had no idea what his home was like anymore. When his family had been crossing the Atlantic, he'd been in a herd with a pile of cousins, aunts, uncles, complete strangers, but it'd been fun. There was always someone around and he wasn't trying to hide who he was all the time.

"But lets not dwell on bad memories. What do you usually do for fun? I'm usually at the Roman style spa, or i think its Roman style... whatever, it's in town and it's called 'When in Rome...' It's a great place to relax."

"Good idea," Loch said. She was stretching and it seemed like her shirt was rising up, so even though Loch really, really wanted to look, he decided not too. If he knew her a little better he'd totally sneak a peak, but it seemed like she didn't even know how much skin she was showing. Although, she did remind him of a cat in the way that she made stretching look sooo good.

"What's a spa?" Lochlann asked. He used to be embarrassed about asking questions like this, but there were so many students from different times, worlds, and experience levels that he realized questions like these were fairly normal. "It must be nice if it's relaxing. Is it music-related?"

What did he do for fun? Not much of anything anymore. "I used to swim a lot," he said. "That's the one plus side about being on an island--a lot of opportunities for it. Downside? I don't like people watching and the beach is pretty popular when it's warmer out."



He held the door open for her, leaning against it for a moment and enjoying the cool outdoor breeze on his face.

"Would you like me to show you it?" "Nope, not going to explain it. You are going to be surprised and love it."

When he's said "good idea", Loch had meant about changing the subject away from bad memories, but he did like the idea of a surprise. maybe.

"I'm not sure if I'm scared or excited," Loch admitted, laughing again. This was nice, just having a conversation, and he was glad he'd had the guts to ask her. "What do I need to bring to this Spa thing?"


"You know. I'm pretty sure I CAN swim but I've never gone swimming myself. Been to busy with classes and my work outs to even consider doing anything then work out and relax at the spa."

"Well, you probably shouldn't go alone, then, at least not the first time. While most of the beaches are okay, sometimes there are currents and riptides that can pull you under if you're not prepared."

He was thinking about who he could suggest to teach her when she said, "I think after the spa you should show me your favorite swimming spot."

"Oh--" Lochlann said, "Did you mean today?"

He realized he might have sounded disinterested, so he shook his head quickly, flashing her another smile. "I don't want to sound like I'm not interested, I was just surprised! That's a lot to fit into one day. Would you like to just do lunch today, and do this Spa-thing and beach another day?"

Maybe he'd have his amulet back by then. Lochlann tried to keep water and hot chicks as separate as he could in the meantime, but offers like this were just too tempting...

"For the spa nothing really. They give you a large fluffy towel that's really comfy and you wear that station to station as you slowly get more and more relaxed, it ends with a sauna that is to die for seriously."

"What's a sauna?" Loch asked, then shook his head. "Never mind, I guess I'll find out, right?"


He was picturing a cross between a buffet and the doctor's office, though he wasn't sure what the towel was for. Maybe for...yoga? He'd heard of that before, and that was supposed to be relaxing and stretching or whatever, so maybe he was on the right track.

Loch would be in for a very surprising awakening.

She stepped closer and leaned down--which gave Lochlann the goosebumps because normally he was the one who had to lean down-- and her red eyes were staring intently into his green ones.

"So are you saying you want to teach me to swim? Or are you just trying to make sure my first time in a swim suit will be witnessed by you?"

She was close enough that she'd see the way his eyes dilated at that comment. Inside, Loch was punching the air going YEAH THAT SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS FLIRTING WITH ME YEAAAHHH but on the outside he was cool and gave her a slow, easy smile.

"It sounds to me like you're saying you want to be watched," he said, his voice low and teasing. He became a little serious then, thinking about it. "I don't know if I'd be a very good teacher. I pretty much knew how to swim before I knew how to walk, so I take a lot of things for granted."

"I guess it would be a bit much to do all three in one day. I was planning on going to the spa after we ate though, it would help to lossen up my really tight back right now."

He wasn't sure if she was telling him to come to the spa after lunch or just telling him her plans, so he decided to play it safe and wait for an invite. "do you do the yoga?" he asked.

They were at the diner, now, and Lochlann held the door open for her again out of habit. it was a small building with only a few tables and a small counter, but the aroma coming from inside was heavenly.

"That's going to be a maybe. And who knows you might be a great teacher."

Lochlann laughed. "We'll see about that."

"I do yoga twice a week on weekends. So if your thinking that you might catch me doing it I'll let you know I do it at home."

He arched his eyebrows and smiled. The tone of his voice made it hard to tell if he was joking or not."Well...sounds like I need an excuse to visit you on the weekends, then, don't I?"

She said giving him a wry smile. The they entered the diner she looked over the menu, "What are you thinking of getting? That double bacon burger looks really good.

He was grateful for the opportunity to sit down. Though he didn't show it, his leg still troubled him when he was on it too long. He let it hang over the edge of the stool, tucking his good leg up underneath him to make it look like he sat that way intentionally and not because it hurt.

"The double bacon applewood burger," he said automatically. "Three patties with bacon-wrapped slices of apple inbetween each one, and the bun is sprinkled with cinnamon."

He made a face when he realized he was doing it again. "I....I may have a small problem with food."

"um...yeah..."

Lochlann seemed to realize he'd made her uncomfortable, but assumed it was for a different reason, so he apologized. "But seriously, I don't want to be pushy. It's nice getting to know someone and I don't want to overstep my boundaries. It's been a while since I hung out with anyone outside of, well, my usual friends."

When he said friends, he realized he might even be overstepping some boundaries there. He knew a drug-dealer he got his booze from, a girl he had an arrangement with as a result of him sort of kidnapping her, another girl who wanted to kill him, and another girl he met earlier in the week. The realization suddenly made him quite lonely, but also happy he'd decided to take the risk by asking her out.

"I wouldn't call it a problem. I wish I could even name the ingredient in the food I eat much less understand how to cook really."

"I spend a lot of time thinking about eating," Loch admitted. "But not a whole lot of time actually cooking. Except for breakfast, I'm pretty okay at that."

He grinned when Kaya took his suggestion, and ordered the same burger. But, then, the conversation took a shift he hadn't anticipated. "So you've had me talk a lot about myself, why don't you tell me a bit more about you."

"oh," he blew his hair out of his face and then laughed. "Uhh....there's not too much about me I guess. I'm a fairly boring person, I think."

He didn't do too much, although a lot of that was because of the drinking. That wasn't a though that readily crossed his mind though.

"I guess there's one thing, if you promise not to laugh. It's not that it's super weird, but I really like to read, and when I tell people that I'm midway through 50 shades of grey they just can't contain it anymore," he said, though he was smiling, fully aware of how little he enjoyed the crazy book.