cat and mouse

"Kid?" Noel repeated with raised eyebrows, gently touching his cheek where she "slapped" him. "I am older than you, little missy. But you know, you're pretty cute too, so I'm going to go ahead and let your comment slide."

"I don't get that from very many people," Pattyn replied. "Believe it or not."

Gee, I wonder why? she heard Leonard.

Noel smiled. "So," he said, changing the subject. "You don't strike me as someone who likes the beach very much. Wanna go somewhere else?" He wanted to keep talking to Pattyn. As he said himself, he likes making friends.

"Why?" Pattyn asked. "So we can have sex?" Usually when guys ask you if you wanted to go somewhere else with them, they wanted to fuck you.

Noel blinked. "What?" he asked, confused. He meant like, go to Dahlin or something. They had just met, did this chick really want to have sex with him already? "Uh, no offense, but I don't really know you well enough. Never say never though!" he added brightly.

Most girls would blush and feel embarrassed, but Pattyn wasn't most girls. "Well that's good, most guys just have sex on the brain." She shrugged, "Where would you like to go then?"

"Wait, what?" Noel asked, confused again. "I thought you were asking me for sex. Was that some kind of test or something?"

"No test," Pattyn replied. "Just making sure that's not what you wanted."

"Well aren't you paranoid?" Noel asked with a smile. "We can go to Dahlin and get a bite to eat. I dunno bout you, but I haven't been to Casa Nova's in a while. I'll buy." He winked.

What Pattyn said: "That sounds delicous!"
What Pattyn thought: "Awesome, I don't have to pay for myself!"

Either way, she liked this guy, he was really nice, and didn't mind how blunt she was. She was about to start getting ready when she noticed something, "Aw man, I'm covered in sand and my stuff is all wet."

"Hm," Noel replied thoughtfully. He waved his hand, and all the water was pulled off of Pattyn's skin and from her things, and then evaporated. "Now you should be able to just brush the sand off without a problem."

"Huh, well thanks," Pattyn replied, impressed. She brushed the sand off of her, then grabbed her alsmost-too-short-to-really-be-considered-shorts, shorts then stepped into them. She then picked up her tank top, but it on, got on her knees and packed up her things in her little book bag, stood back up, put it on her back then said, "Okay, I'm ready!"

"Wait, hold that thought," Noel said abruptly. He ran back to where his shirt was and pulled it on. Then he ran back and took a moment to look at Pattyn. "Whoa. Nice shorts."

"Thanks," Pattyn replied, looking down at them. "They use to be jeans, but I got really hot one day." She looked up at him and shrugged, "Ready to go now?"

"Yes I am," Noel replied smoothly, throwing his arm around Pattyn's shoulders and beginning to walk off in the direction of Dahlin.

END