Hayley

[thisismybar]

Ric was... happy. Being able to sleep with Hayley -and really just sleep, god knew the sex wasn't lacking- even with Damon acting as a guard dog, had been good for him. No new bodies turning up, not missing chunks of time, those were pretty good, too. They weren't quite enough for him to let his guard completely down, but he didn't think there was going to be a whole lot of sleeping going on tonight, anyway.

And if there was, well, tonight Hayley would be even more equipped to play guard dog and take care of him. Elijah's reassurance helped keep that one metaphorical and mildly amusing.

He dumped the last load of camping gear onto the ground, and looked up at the sky to check the weather. "I don't think we're going to have to worry about being rained on tonight, but we should probably set up the tent." Who knew what tomorrow would bring,and it would be easier to relax somewhere enclosed. And limit bugs.

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[littlewolf_girl]

She laughed and shook her head. "Being able to find chocolate is a highly underrated skill, I think. You'd be surprised how many guys overlook it."

Not that she really knew that from experience, but she'd heard it?

[thisismybar]

"I think we call that 'lack of foresight'...." Well! He sat back and then examined what he had done so far, and then stood to get in the vertical poles, that would keep the thing up. Thing, of course, being a tent. Other things had no issue being up.

[littlewolf_girl]

"Just as bad," Hayley said with a grin "It's one of those things boy scouts are good for. Being prepared."

She finished stacking the wood for the initial fire and stacked the rest of if over to the side if they wanted to keep feeding it, then moved over to him. "Need a hand? Two people make these things easier, usually."

Not questioning his skill, just a genuine fact that except for super special tents, a second pair of hands made it easier to get the poles where they should be.

[thisismybar]

"I hear they're better at tents than I am." He gave her a grin. "I could use a hand. Actually, I could use both of yours and both of mine, if you don't mind." Then they could move things inside, that needed moved inside, set up and - chill for a while.

Or at least be prepared for the moon.

[littlewolf_girl]

"Practice makes perfect," she said with a bit of a smile. They'd both get better at this if they kept at it, but. That was as close to it as she was going to come.

She moved to look over the tent, then glanced at him. "Where do you want me?" Since he had the directions, and all, and while she knew something about tents in general, each one was different.

[thisismybar]

"Bent over the-" He stopped and flashed her a grin. "Other side of the tent. If we can get the top pole in place with the rest, I think it'll stay up and we can start hammering in stakes."

He paused. "I'm really good with stakes." Total play, but - happy!

[littlewolf_girl]

She smirked at the comment, suppressing a giggle. "Work first, then play...." Apparently she was sticking with the Boy Scout theme.

Moving around to the other side of the tent, she did as he asked, but then did laugh. "I probably shouldn't find that hot...but I do."

[thisismybar]

He stopped, once the tent was up, and moved around to look at her. "Why shouldn't you find that hot?"

[littlewolf_girl]

"Because I'm trying to make peace with vampires," she said, a little piously, though the laughter in her eyes belied her tone.

[thisismybar]

Ric laughed. "I love Damon like a brother. There are others I'm pretty fond of. Strangely, this has not yet prevented me from killing them." Just made his criteria a little higher.

[littlewolf_girl]

"Well, I'm glad I don't have to befriend the entire species," she said with a little laugh.

[thisismybar]

"I think if you tried to make me stop taking out vampires with Damon, Damon would cry. I know I would." Or just say no, but- "Not that... I'm exactly doing it recreationally. Damon, you'd have to ask Damon about. "

[littlewolf_girl]

"Well, I'm so not going to ask you to stop," Hayley said with a wry smile. "Just...be careful."

She'd have to go all warpath if someone killed him.

[thisismybar]

"I will be," he promised, though careful wasn't exactly the right word. "I even promise not to get too cocky about it." He brushed his hands off, and turned to look around their campsite. "Let me get our stuff tossed into the tent, then we can figure out time?"

[littlewolf_girl]

"Good." It sounded kind of fun to her, but, then...she wasn't generally Team Vampire. "Okay. We've still got a while." The itch hadn't even really started, yet--a low hum that let her know tonight was the night, but nothing uncomfortable, yet.

[thisismybar]

He grabbed a load of their stuff (bedding, mostly) and carried it into the tent - well, knelt and put it in, so he wasn't tracking dirt from his shoes in with him. "Good. We can do s'mores sooner, rather than later, then." They'd be a pretty lousy breakfast, after all.

[littlewolf_girl]

She grinned and went to get the camp chairs she'd insist they bring and set them up by the fire pile. "That's a good plan. I mean, waiting and...I'm pretty sure I shouldn't have chocolate."

As a wolf. What with the chocolate and dogs thing. Yes, she was making a joke she'd normally hit someone for making.

[thisismybar]

He laughed, and went to grab a couple of green sticks, so they could roast the marshmallows. "Can you imagine trying to get melted marshmallow out of fur? Or the amount of debris it would attract?"

[littlewolf_girl]

She wrinkled her nose and shuddered. "God, that would suck so much more than the paint. Which actually came out easily enough."

[thisismybar]

"I don't know, how hot would water have to be to make marshmallow start to melt?" It was a rhetorical, as he dropped the sticks off with her and went to the cooler to dig around for s'mores ingredients.

[littlewolf_girl]

"Hmmm...." She considered that for a moment, even as she shifted to her backpack to grab the lighter.

"I would think the hot water would dissolve it, but I can't say I've ever tested it..."

[thisismybar]

"Let's save the experiment, anyway. Maybe for a time you don't mind a hair-cut. Just in case." He was just messing around with her, chattering comfortably.

Boxes, bags, and package of chocolate bars in hand, he came back to his seat, beside her, took one stick and passed her the marshmallows.

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley took the marshmallows and set them in her seat while she fiddled with getting the fire going properly. Chuckling, she shook her head a little. "Next time I decide I need to change my look, then..."

[thisismybar]

"We could always try it with-" He stopped and frowned. "Isn't sugaring a hair removal method?"

[littlewolf_girl]

She blinked and paused in her fire tending to consider, then gave him a blank look. "...I have no idea..." It sounded like a very girly sort of thing you might find at a spa or a nice salon, neither of which Hayley had ever been to.