Archery Workshop #2, 5/30, Danger Shop, Afternoon

[deadly_little]

The Danger Shop is set up like an outdoor archery field this week, with fifteen targets, fifteen bows, and fifteen quivers of arrows. The arrows, the students will find, are tipped with suction cups. Off to one side is Miho, lounging in a lawn chair with an umbrella. On the table next to it is the sign-in sheet. An incongruous freestanding blackboard is set up next to her, with the words Beginning Archery. Shoot the targets. Leave when you are done. written on it.

Miho gets up, takes up her own bow and a suction cup arrow, and demonstrates for the class by shooting at the first target in the line. Bullseye. Then she returns to her seat, picks up her glass of lemonade, and watches for any errors in form she'll need to correct.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"And you've seen this community," she snickered, "so, yeah, no licking. And possibly antiseptic soap later. What about you? What have you been up to?"

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

Visions of the previous night flashed through Sam's mind, and he focused down on his own arrows in the hopes of preventing any blushing. "Not much. It was a pretty low-key weekend, aside from nearly everyone in Seahorse getting drunk last night."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn made a face. "Blech. Why would you do that?"

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

"I don't know, to make things more fun, I guess," Sam said with a shrug. "I didn't have anything to drink though. I think watching Rory and Jaye make out sober was a much smarter idea." That last part might have come out without him thinking very hard about it.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

She blinked. "You watched what? Um, why? And what's the big deal about two girls kissing anyway?"

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[likethegun]

"Well, um." Sam tried to think of the best way to put this. "Jaye apparently has a thing for watching guys kiss, so she and Rory kissed in exchange for having guys kiss for her. Did I mention that nearly everyone was drunk?"

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Yes on the drunk, and ohmigod, did you kiss anybody?" Dawn stared at him, fascinated.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

Sam looked at Dawn and realized that he probably wouldn't be able to lie effectively with her staring at him like that. "Yeah. I got talked into kissing Anakin. He's one of the workshop teachers, I think."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I haven't met him yet," Dawn said, still staring. "Did you like it? Have you kissed guys before? Is it different from kissing a girl?"

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[likethegun]

"Sort of, no, and I really don't know," Sam answered. "I didn't not like it; he was a pretty good kisser. But no, I've never kissed another guy before. Not that I've kissed that many girls either," he added. "Anakin was more...forceful. And there wasn't as much of a height difference as I'm used to."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Huh." Yeah, it was going to take Dawn a minute to process that. "I guess I never really thought about height being an issue for you. But I guess it would be, because you're so tall. Maybe you should stick to taller girls?"

She was absolutely not thinking about stretching up on her toes to see how they'd fit. Because that would be Wrong.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

"I don't know about that. That would kind of limit the girls I could hang out with. And even my limited experience has shown that all the best girls are shorter than me."

And he really wasn't thinking about how easy it would be to pick Dawn up to get them to be relatively the same height. Because that would be wrong too.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Sam," Dawn said seriously, "I hate to tell you this, but most of the world is shorter than you."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

That got a laugh out of Sam and his player, omg.

"Okay, but that doesn't make my statement that much less true. Girls who are my height are kind of scary."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Dawn asked, lining up for another shot, then taking it. "Why?"

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[likethegun]

"Well, all the tall girls I've met have been really aggressive," Sam explained. "Like the extra height comes from extra testosterone which makes them think it's okay to jump me in an isolated spot in a motel hallway. Um, that might have been an example."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn giggled. "Sounds very random."

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[likethegun]

"It definitely was," Sam replied, laughing lightly. "Dean seemed to enjoy hearing about that one more than I enjoyed experiencing it."

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"I bet." Dawn fidgeted. "So, how'd your date with Molly go?"

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[likethegun]

Sam shifted his weight a little, thankful that he was still holding his bow, and had something to do with his hands. "It was all right."

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Well, that told her nothing. She played with the arrow in her hand. "Just all right?"

Nope, not at all happy Molly and Sam wouldn't become a couple. Honest.

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[likethegun]

"Well, I had a good time," Sam said. "We went to J,GOB and got to just sit and talk, which was nice. But I kind of got the feeling that I wasn't making a good enough impression to get a second date."

He looked at Dawn, wondering what she'd think of that. She had been the one to suggest Molly and him getting together to Dean, after all, and he really hoped she wasn't upset that it hadn't exactly worked out.

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"You didn't make a good impression?" Dawn wasn't really surprised about that, since she'd talked to Molly, but she was still confused by how that happened. "But you fight demons and ghosts! You're sweet and fun and cute. I'd be really impressed!"

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[likethegun]

There was no way Sam could keep from grinning at everything Dawn had said. "Thanks," he said. "If that's how you feel, it's too bad I wasn't on a date with you."

Again, with the speaking without thinking first. This was getting to be a bad habit.

Re: Talk Amongst Yourselves

[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

"Er..." Oh, was that the floor? "Maybe?"