Payback

[Racetrack]

In the past week, Race had won at the tracks, had his first rollercoaster ride, and started dating Sapphy Nolan. It was without a doubt the most dizzyingly happy turn of events in his life, and he wanted to pay her back for all that happiness.

But he also wanted to pay her back for starting it all by waking him up before sunrise.

So he crept into the girls' bunkroom, found her bunk, felt thoroughly relieved that Copper wasn't in it, and lightly tapped her arm. "Shaye," he whispered, "wake up. We're having an adventure."

[Sapphy]

Sapphy didn't even open her eyes and pulled Race into her bunk, under the covers with her.

[Racetrack]

"Nice try," he said, though it was certainly tempting to just lie there with her for a while. But he'd forgiven her own signature move; he escaped her grasp, slid off the bed, and yanked off the covers.

[Sapphy]

Sapphy slept in her skivvies. She groaned and curled up when the cold air hit her skin. She hid her face into the pillow.

[Racetrack]

As much as he would have loved to gawk at Sapphy in her underwear, Race sighed and covered her back up like a gentleman. And tried another tactic, sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning down, and kissing the back of her neck.

[Sapphy]

"I will have sex with you. Right now. If it means I get to sleep in," she muttered, still half-asleep.

[Racetrack]

"In a bunkroom full of girls? Raven and Spot already tried it. Doesn't end well," he whispered back--while telling himself firmly that no, he was not tempted. "C'mon. I'm gonna buy you something."

[Sapphy]

"No thank you," Sapphy sighed.

[Racetrack]

"Uh-uh, I got up for your adventure. And if you don't get up for mine, I'll take my money to some wolf trap and gamble with shady people and never come home, and you'll be sorry."

[Sapphy]

"That's a mean trick," Sapphy grumbled, finally looking up to give Race a look over her shoulder.

[Racetrack]

"But I gave the covers back, which is more than I can say for you." He took advantage of the eye contact to unleash pleading brown eyes upon her. "C'mon, me and Raven went hustling and made a fortune, and I wanna get you something, and your material desires are a total mystery to me. And nothing'll be crowded this early. And it'll be fun!"

[Sapphy]

Sapphy pressed her lips together, a little shy about going shopping with anyone typically. Call it leftover Catholic guilt.

"Okay," she said softly, throwing the covers off her and walking into the washroom, stretching her arms high over her head.

[Racetrack]

Race grinned triumphantly and waited for her to emerge, looking around a bit nervously at the sea of sleeping women in various states of undress.

[Sapphy]

Sapphy bit on her lower lip after drying her freshly washed face. She didn't need anything -- she'd been in a good mood as of late and didn't want anything... And she really didn't want Race spending his money on her, so...

This was going to be an interesting day.

[Racetrack]

Someone stirred in one of the bunks--a pale little blond girl. She whimpered and clutched her pillows to her chest, like she was having a nightmare.

"You all right up there?" Race whispered loudly.

She turned over, muttered something that sounded oddly like "Kennedy," smiled, and drifted back into a peaceful sleep. Race shook his head and glanced at the washroom again.

((To bed with me, love! (a word which I'm actually quite fond of, unlike Macbeth) Good night! <3 P.S. I just realized I accidentally made this thread in the washroom instead of the bunkroom. I got so confused looking for it...))