Season&Date

[Alouette]

"Shut up." A grin broke out on Nikki's face, flipping over in the water to face him, hands on hips (even though they weren't visible underwater). "You're kidding me! Another 'Yorker? I grew up in the Bronx! Coincidences." The girl shook her head, laughing inwardly and sniffing. The water was getting a little frigid. However, Nikki ignored it and talked on, bubbly as ever. "Winter back there was rough, yeah. Summer was killer hot, but freakin' cool at the same time, y'know? Yeah, you know." "My favorite part of Summer, well, probably has t--" UHMOUCH. A strike of pain crossed Nikki's face, making her hiss and roll back onto one side. A soft string of murmured curses flowed from her lips as she snatched at her left leg who had picked the most unconvenient time to cramp up. Friggin' myths! Half hour after eating my foot! Really, Goddess? Must you smite me with a cramp for being just a tiny bit drool-y? Before Seth could ask what was wrong or do anything too overreactive, Nikki took one hand and waved it dismissively above the water's surface and said through a wince, "Enh, stupid leg cramps. That cake was too good for my own good, huh?" Attempting to laugh it off, Nikki glanced towards land and calculated how much strength it would take to paddle her way back in, since obviously her leg was now boycotting the cold waters. Yes. Absolute perfect timing, lefty.

[HMFarmer]

Seth was closing his eyes, enjoying the sun that was shining down when Nikki stopped her sentence. He opened his eyes to see her with a weak smile on her face and one hand dismissing something. Then he heard about the cake. "Cramps? Probably.", he thought.

"Hey, I know you're hiding the pain there. Here, let me get you out of the water.", Seth said picking Nikki up at her legs and back. He carried her back to where they're stuff was and put her down on the sand. Afterwards he wrapped her in a towel. "So, are you okay?", he asked staring into her eyes.

[Alouette]

Before Nikki could insist that she was alright, her body was lifted from under her when Seth cradled her with his (noticeably toned) arms. Out of natural reactions, the girl blushed the tiniest bit and mumbled some sort of resistance, though it fell by the wayside during the wade to shore. The moment she noticed her close proximity to Seth's bare chest, Nikki seemed to forget all about her "don't you touch me" rule that had been drilled into her brain since that one office incident years ago. When they reached the sandy sholes where their things lay in heaps amongst the remnants of the cake, Nikki slid easily out of Seth's grasp and into a sitting position, dead-leg curled under her daintily while it throbbed. She accepted the towel graciously, grinning softly and immediately stuffing her face inside it. The girl rustled her hair and plaintively dried her shoulders and torso before looking up and meeting Seth's eye seriously. "Mm, yeah! I'm alright, now, hero!" The seriousness vanished, receding into a short giggle. "Really, thanks for hauling me in--guess it was kind of cold out there! Body's not used to it or somethin'." Nikki shrugged, rustled her hair dry once more and inhaled that fresh laundry scent that was enfolded in the towel. A moment of pause passed before Nikki chirped, "I might as well get back where its warm, y'know, to like, not catch pneumonia or 'tever." For the most part Nikki had massaged the kink out of her leg and was slowly rising to her feet, wrapping the towel around her shoulders as she went. Nikki contemplated asking, Mind walking me back? but left the silence hang instead, holding back a sniffle and blinking nonchalantly at Seth with her huge hazel irises.

[HMFarmer]

Seth had his stare returned by Nikki, but it seemed like hers was twice as strong as his. He didn't really know what to say, let alone act on. He kind of let the silence drift for a bit before stuttering, "...D-Do you want me to walk you home?"

The impluse he acted on was now giving him the, "Oh great, you just messed up signal." But Seth figured he would just see what Nikki said.

[Alouette]

Ding! Bob, tell him what he's won! Nikki broke into a wide beam and cocked her head to one side, her body bouncing once back onto her heels. "Why, that'd be legit awesome! How sweet of ya' to offer!" In one fell swoop she had grabbed her long coat and beret from the ground and had adorned them, buttoning up two buttons on the front of the jacket while she spoke. Without hesitation, Nikki gathered up the leftover trash from the mini-dessert picnic in one hand (prepared to toss it at the first available disposal), her other arm linking with Seth's. However, it wasn't in that romantic sort-of way couples did, the girl nested into the guy's shoulder and such--more of a "hey, there's a field of flowers, let's go, like, skip around in it" sort of way. Nodding once and letting a stray piece of chocolate hair fall between her eyes, Nikki looked over at Seth and smirked. "Shall we? To town, my fine sir."