Life's Punching Bag | Audrey

[Audrey Appleby]

"Yeah... I know," Audrey said as she turned her head to Freedom and gave her a wink. "I think I'll find that something... or someone sooner rather than later." She chuckled to herself as she stuck her hands into the pockets of her pants. This was much different than when she was flirting with her ex. Audrey had to make bold moves to see if she was interested, but this? This was different. Freedom was flirting back or at least Audrey hoped she was flirting back. She was giving off all the right signals.

"It can be really boring," she said with a bit of a shrug before an idea hit her. She slowed down to a pause as she looked at Freedom. "Do you want to grab some food or something? You'd probably need it after beating up that punching bag back there."

[Freedom Blakely]

“That so? Maybe you should let me know how that goes for you.” Free had almost gotten to the point where the path broke off toward the cabins and the rest of the camp. When she had first left the arena she had been planning to head straight back to the Heracles cabin but then Audrey had showed up and provided an interesting little wrinkle into that plan. Now she found herself reluctant to part ways with this pretty hunter girl and hoped that this wouldn’t be the end of their conversation.

As it turned out the whole issue soon resolved itself as Audrey spoke up inviting Free to grab a bite to eat. She wasn’t really hungry at the moment but it was an interesting offer and she didn’t have to necessarily go for the food, did she? Freedom didn’t think so and the opportunity to spend a little more time with Audrey was appealing. That being the case Free stopped for a moment, appeared to consider her options and then gave a little nod. “You know I think I could actually go for a bite after all. Plus I don’t usually have any good company to share a meal with. Maybe you could change that.”

[Audrey Appleby]

Audrey stood there and bit her lower lip waiting for Freedom's response. Her nerves were on edge. She never was this nervous around her ex, but why now with Freedom? They were at the fork in the road that lead to the cabins and she could see Freedom wanting to rest or get cleaned up after the workout she had. She only hoped that she would be able to spend more time with this daughter of Heracles.

Audrey let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding in as she smiled at Freedom. "I would like to think of myself as good company. I know how it is to eat alone or with bad company," she chuckled a bit as she nodded towards the mess hall. "So shall we get going then?"

[Freedom Blakely]

Freedom didn’t know if Audrey could be bad company. She certainly hadn’t been so far and if she really was as nice as she was cute then maybe they could make this more than a one-time thing. She really did like the hunter so far and was glad she had been at the arena today to stop her. This day really had turned around on her.

Free was smiling a little to herself and she hadn’t even realized it. It was a shy smile, one that she wasn’t really familiar with but it was there nonetheless. “Oh I don’t think you’ll have any problems keeping me entertained. Come on let’s go see what they have in the mess.” Free gave a little come on gesture with her head and turned to lead the way off towards some food.

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