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[gotgreenmagic]

[On the far edge of the lake - as far as you can get from the cabins, and semi-obscured from view by some trees - 1am finds Shego sitting on the bank, lazily trailing her toes through the water and lighting a cigarette. As much as she's tried to avoid herding small children, she's still had more encounters today with idiot fourteen-year-olds who think they're at the center of the universe than she was planning to have all summer. At least she's alone-ish now, although it feels like camp never really sleeps. She inhales deeply, exhaling smoke.]

[OOC: Backdated to last night; open spam for other irresponsible jerks/linefacing camp guardians/adventurous ninja campers. ♥  Multithreading etc. positively encouraged.]

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[peektuttut]

[He snorted.] Not everyone wants a bad boy.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[She ducked underwater for a moment, coming back up and throwing back a mass of soaked hair.] What, you think I'm being sarcastic?

[peektuttut]

[Well. Yes. Yes he did. Tim hid how flustered he was by mimicking her and dunking other, lifting his feet so he could tread water and push hair out of his face.]

Uh - you're not?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

As a matter of fact? No. [She rolled her eyes.] This is something I've noticed about my peer group. The whole 'ohmigod, emotionally abusive soulless jerkoffs are soooo dreamy'....thing? Girls who were into that either get over it halfway through college, or they're gonna be making terrible decisions their whole lives and you need to avoid them anyways.

[peektuttut]

[That got a crooked, if slightly awkward smile.] You know, I'm really glad it's not just me who thinks that. Kind of...sends a bad message. [He treaded farther out.]

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[She swam out alongside him in a lazy backstroke.] Been friend-zoned by a lot of chicks who keep obliviously chasing after assholes, huh?

[peektuttut]

Happened a few times, [he said with a shrug.] I don't know. My best girl - uh, my best female friend ended up with my best friend, and he's a good guy, so. [Another shrug.] Like you said. Better to avoid that sort.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it kinda stands to reason that all your best friends would be....stable. I call sampling bias.

[peektuttut]

Maybe. But he's kind of a jock, and I was in chess club, so who knows.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's almost like your hobbies and interests don't have to inform your personality. [She lifts her eyebrows.]

[peektuttut]

[That got a laugh, and he shifted enough to splash her.] I was totally wrong about you.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[She laughed and splashed him right back.] No way do you get away with just saying that. How were you totally wrong about me?

[peektuttut]

[He shakes wet hair out of his eyes, which just sends droplets her way. Hah.] I could just refuse to explain, what then?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Then I guess I'll have to dive and steal your boxers, and then it becomes a race to see who can get back to the rest of your clothes the quickest. So you'd better just go ahead and tell me, right?

[peektuttut]

[...She wins. :|] I just figured you were - uh, you know. The bad girl sort. [And why does that sound dirtier than bad boy? Something about that isn't fair.] With the smoking and all, I guess. Sorry.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Don't tell anyone that I go through these sporadic periods of not being a jerk, okay? I like my reputation.

[Then she glanced over at him.] Hold up, you figured I was a bad girl and you decided to hang out anyway?

[peektuttut]

I'll try to keep it quiet.

[He glanced her way, and shrugged, swimming sideways.] I like to be positive when I assume things. Good thing, too.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

[She was silent for a moment, floating on her back.] Yeah, good thing. You wouldn't be wasting valuable sleeping time with me otherwise, right?

[peektuttut]

[He snorted, swimming around her idly.] Right. But luckily, I don't sleep much, so there's nothing to waste.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Sure. [She watched him circling her as best she could.]

...what are you doing? This is kinda weirdly predatory.

[peektuttut]

[He stopped, treading water again.] Oh. Sorry, I didn't - don't like sitting still that much. Sorry.

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

It's fine. Just don't start humming the theme from Jaws or anything.

[She paused, treading water herself, so low in the water only her nose and eyes were visible. Then she lifted her chin to talk.]

Hey. Race you to the far shore and back?

[This would be a pretty long round trip, and would take them closer to the cabins than would strictly be safe for purposes of non-discovery. Yes, she was aware of all that.]

[peektuttut]

[Of course she was. Tim pushed himself up in the water, craning his neck to peer in that direction, and the bunks. He paused for a moment, then grinned.] Yeah, okay. On three?

[gotgreenmagic.livejournal.com]

Sure. One...

[He was so going to see this coming.]

...three.

[She flashed a smile and launched away, moving into a swift forward crawl.]

[peektuttut]

[Oh, he so did. Tim shot after her with a watery shout, keeping pace. For a chess club geek, he kept in good shape.]