Private Lessons

[Halle]

Ryan rolls her eyes. "Blake, I dunno if that's right," she says. "I don't think a round-house kick is supposed to hurt the person kicking," she says.

[B.L.]

'its not, are you going to let me show you how to do it right?' says Damien, crosses his arms over his chest.

[Halle]

Ryan shrugs and stands back. Blake stares dagger at Damien. "I showed her how to do it right," he growls.

[B.L.]

'well obviously not as she is still claiming it hurts' says Damien coldly his face showing no emotion. Damien stands straight, at 6,4 he towered over most people and grouped with his steely glare it was usually quite intimidating. Damien took one look at Blake and knows right away he could be the type to be impulsive, best to show nothing and not rise to anything. He turns to Ryan and says 'do you want me to show you?'

[Halle]

Ryan flicks her gaze over to Blake, worried. "Okay," she says.

[Halle]

*Spencer and Rory walk in*

Spencer looks at Ryan. "What's happening in here?" she asks.

[B.L.]

Damien goes over to Ryan and says you have to make sure your heal hits first so it can contain most of the impact, dont use your whole foot at once' Damien demonstrates with a few hard kicks the bag swings back several feet. He gestures for Ryan to try it.

[Halle]

Ryan smiles brightly at Spence. "Nothing, really," she says. She positions herself in front of the bag and kicks it as hard as she can.

[B.L.]

Damien smiles 'very good, try it a few more times and see if you can get into a comfortable rhythm' he says.

[B.L.]

'Nice one Ryan maybe you aren't a complete weak ass drama queen after all' says Rory and nods approvingly. Spencer gives her another look nad Rory says 'what? i meant that as a compliment, dont be so sensitive'

[Halle]

Ryan shot a murderous look at Rory, imagining using her new kick against her stomach. Ryan sighs and settles for kicking the crap out of the bag.

[B.L.]

Rory can't help but smirk, that girl is so sensitive she thinks to herself. 'Come on Ryan, dont beat the bag to death, i didnt mean it really, the bag gets enough abuse as it is' Rory says.

[Halle]

Ryan stops and takes a deep breath. "Gosh, thanks, Rory," she says. "I really needed your approval! Now my life complete!" she tells her, packing as much sarcasm as humanly possible into her words. "But I'm focusing, so no more talking, m'kay hun?" she says.

[B.L.]

'well if your going to be childish and not accept a compliment or an apology then bloody well fine, be a child about it' Rory rolls her eyes, she cant stand it when people are petty. Rory turns to Spencer 'see, i told you we'd get on' Rory smiles and shakes her head, for the first time she notices Blake 'isnt that your brother?' Rory asks Spencer.

[Halle]

Spencer blink. "Yeah," she says. She can already tell hanging out with Rory and Ryan together with be a huge problem. "It is."

Ryan nods. "I was looking for you to tell you he was back, but I couldn't find ya," she says. "Then Blake told me he would help me train a bit."

[B.L.]

Rory nods and turns to Damien 'so why are you here then?', Damien looks at Ryan and says 'i was just passing through and i heard the familiar sound of Ryan moaning about pain', he smirks at Ryan kindly.

Rory impulsively goes over to Blake and looks him directly in the eyes 'Im Rory, sparkles, your sister is being forced to follow me around as i've pissed off the council...again, its...well i dont know if nice is the right word but, now we've met...we'll see' Rory looks back at Spencer and smiles, then turns back to Blake.

[Halle]

Blake blinks. "Uh, okay?" he says, clearly not the sharpest eyeliner in the makeup bag.'

Ryan glares at Damien. "I do not complain a lot," she says crossly.

[B.L.]

(sharpest eyeliner...nice;)

'Dont get so defensive, your dramatic, its not the worst flaw' Damien says calmly. Rory raises her eyebrow slightly, she asks Blake 'right, so why are you here?' Rory gestures for Spencer to come over.

[Halle]

Blake shrugs. "I, uh, bailed on school last year," he says, "so I came back." Spencer rolls her eyes at the explanation.

Ryan looks at Damien. "I'm not defen-" she snaps her mouth shut and goes to stand by Spence.

[B.L.]

Damien smiles despite himself and follows over to Rory. Rory smirks at Spencer's eye roll and says 'is there a reason for that? or was it just that boring?'

[Halle]

Blake turns red and mumbles, "Dunno, just didn't feel like it."

Ryan snorts.

[B.L.]

Rory says 'ahh right' she can tell its a sensitive topic so she doesnt push him.

[Halle]

Blake ducks out of the room, leaving Ryan and Spencer to burst out laughing. Ryan clutches her stomach, laughing so hard.

[B.L.]

Rory asks Spencer 'so, why the hell did he actually leave then? it cant have been that bad or the council would have had a dither spaz about it'

[Halle]

Ryan wipes a tear out of her eye while Spencer explains, "He and his girlfriend were getting 'married', but as soon as he dropped out of school and got her a ring, they broke up." She shrugs. "And she kept the ring."

Ryan chimes in, "Served in right, though." She sneers. "The guy broke Ellie's heart before he started dating the other girl. And he was always taking my pizza at lunch," she added bitterly.

[B.L.]

'no offense sparkles but i have to agree with Ryan on this one, he sounds like a bit of a tosser and a twit' says Rory. She turns to Damien, he smirks at her and says 'you would say that Ror, you believe love is a load of crap, i know you do'. 'Hey!' Rory says defensively 'i believe in love, just not for me alright'

[Halle]

Ryan looks at Rory. "You've never thought you loved someone?" she asks.

[B.L.]

Rory shakes her head slightly and says 'nope, and if i go the rest of my life without it then bloody good, i mean i've liked boys but...never thought i was in love with them, why have you?'

[Halle]

Ryan thinks about it. "I know I love my dad, and Spence, and Ellie," she says. "So it's not hard to imagine loving someone else." She shrugs.

[B.L.]

Rory smirks a little 'i dont think being in love with someone and loving your DAD is quite the same feeling, what the hell kind of creepy romance novels have you been reading?' Rory laughs and smiles to show she is joking.

[Halle]

Ryan is not amused. "You don't love anyone? Like family and friends?" she asks.

[B.L.]

'what!, course i love my mates, i have no family though, i just mean i wouldnt want to have the same feelings for my lover as i would for my father, see what im saying' Rory says still laughing.

[Halle]

Ryan stares. "I think whoever you end up with should really just be your best friend," she says.

[B.L.]

'depends on the type of love and relationship you want i suppose' says Rory, she smiles at Spencer 'what bout you sparkles, any love past present or...future?' asks Rory.

[Halle]

Spencer glares at Rory. "Not really," she says tightly. She looks at Rory. "You sure you don't like anyone right now?" she asks, desperate to shift the attention of the group. "You and Damien looked to be having a serious talk." She raises her eyebrow, fearing Rory's reaction.

Ryan chokes on the water she had been drinking. Messing with Rory was dangerous.

[B.L.]

Rory feels anger rise inside of her, but she pushes it away. She looks over at Damien, his face not showing any emotion at all. Rory sighs and glares at Spencer 'thats private and no there is nothing like that going on, if you didnt want to tell me about who you like then fine, but dont be stupid by saying something like that, you KNOW the rules, if the council thought Damien was in any way involved with me like that then he'd be kicked out of he army, maybe even killed, im not usually into rules but i dont like being blamed for rules i havent even broken' Damien quietly says 'and Rory would definitely be sent away by the council'.

[Halle]

Spencer blinks. "I'm sorry," she says. "I didn't think of you as a half and him as a fae."

[B.L.]

Damien runs a hand through his hair 'i have to go Ror, im meeting Xav, try not to get into ny fights whilst im gone yeah', Rory smirks and says 'no promises'. Damien looks at Ryan and says 'we'll work on those kicks tomorrow ok'. After Damien leaves, Rory looks hard at Spencer 'what do you mean you didnt think of us as half and Fae, you know we are, and you know how we arent meant to "dilute" the blood line by being together, not that we are, but if people thought we were then we'd both be in a deep load of crap'

[Halle]

Spencer shrugs. "I don't just look at people and think 'oh she's a half'," she says. "I just thought maybe you liked each other. "

[B.L.]

'you still dont get it, im saying that you know its the LAW that we cant be together even if we did like eachother, so just dont say stuff like that ok' says Rory.

[Halle]

Spencer looks at her suspiciously. "Okay," she says, even though she's almost positive Rory does like Damien.

[B.L.]

'Dont look at me like that sparks, i may have a thing for getting into dangerous situations but im not stupid enough to fall for someone i can never have' Rory smirks 'are you sure you dont like someone though, did gum boy not quite do it for you?'

[Halle]

Spencer blinks. Ryan snaps out of her thoughts. "Who?" she asks.

[B.L.]

'This boy, Saul, asked us to save his hair from gum, apparently he gets attacked a lot, he said our sparkles here was pretty and kissed her...sparks was unimpressed werent you?' Rory looks at Spencer and smiles.

[Halle]

Spencer shrugs. "I dunno him really," she says again. She checks her phone, and the clock says 1:27 am. "I'm going to bed."

Ryan stretches. "Me too," she agrees yawning.

[B.L.]

'Do i have to be escorted or do you think you can trust me to walk back to my room without hurting someone?' Rory smirks and heads off back to her room.

[Halle]

Spencer doesn't say anything, just keeps walking with Ryan.

Ryan calls back, "Only if you turn in your prison shank!"

[B.L.]

Rory shouts back 'NEVER QUEENY!' and carries on walking ahead.

[Halle]

(( Next Day in training. ))

[B.L.]

Damien heads off to the training Center to train Ryan. He finds himselof both dreading it and also looking forward to the challenge that is Ryan.