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Freedom’s heart lifted a little as Audrey mentioned how good it was to see her again. That was exactly what she wanted to hear and to some extent she even trusted that Audrey was telling the truth and not just trying to butter her up to get something out of her. In all the time they had been hanging out Audrey hadn’t really made one pass or request of her that had made Free think that she wanted to do anything other than get closer to her and even though it was uncharacteristic for her to do so Free actually was inclined to trust her.

Taking Audrey’s hand Free led the girl back to her room. They were both seeming to relax now and that was good. It was nice to finally get back to that easiness that they had shared at the training yard and mess hall. “That actually sounds like a great plan. Unfortunately I don’t really have anyone else to blame it on.” Granted one of the reasons she really didn’t care in the first place was because there was no one to impress, well, except of Audrey now.

They hadn’t made it two steps into Free’s room before it became apparent they had arrived. While she hadn’t really left anything specific out for Audrey to see, for a long time Free had practically been using her art work for wall paper. As the girl finished sketches both big and small they usually found their way to the wall at some point and ended up being excellent examples of the girl’s artistic talent. Selections could range from anything to common black and white ink drawings to sketches done in colored pencil. Most were of a decidedly graffiti-esqe nature, the kind you would typically see in tattoo artwork, but some were more serious. Just about all of them were rather dark and gloomy reflecting Free’s defacto mental state. “Well…uh…what do you think?”

Now that Audrey was here Freedom’s fears that she had been experiencing moments ago seemed kind of silly in hindsight. The hunter girl was smiling at her and that seemed to make Free's worries disappear at least for the moment. That smile was infectious too and as Audrey followed her inside Free found herself smiling as well. "umm...I'm not sure. It's been a while since I had anyone over." Free said in answer to her question about what they should do. "Usually it's just me here so I'm kinda not used to having to entertain people."

Free glanced around the main room of her cabin seeming to look for something and then nodded to herself. "I could show you around. There’s not really much to see but I keep most of my sketchbooks in my room so we could make our way back there." Now that she had said it she realized how bad it might come off. She hadn't invited Audrey over just to get her back in her bedroom but now here they were and she couldn't really change things. "If that's okay."

Freedom sat laid back on her bed staring up at the ceiling and wondering what in Hades she was supposed to do. Today was the day. Audrey was supposed to be coming over, in fact, she would probably be here any minute knowing Free’s luck but as far as actually getting up and doing something about it the daughter of Heracles wasn’t having much luck.

Today hadn’t been one of her best days for sure. Free had started out alright cleaning up her place and had even managing to make the cabin fairly presentable in the time she had put in by shoving some dirty clothes out of sight and tossing a few bags of trash somewhere over the state line but it hadn’t taken long for her nerves about Audrey coming to set in and with the nerves came that overwhelming sense of ‘blahness’ that smothered her desire for just about everything.

Would Audrey like her art? Would she even show up at all? They had seemed to hit it off so rapidly but there was just so much happening. Freedom didn’t even know if she could trust her own feelings anymore. She wanted things to be perfect for having the hunter girl over but the problem was that she didn’t even think she knew what perfect was and that just served to depress her even more.

Free hoped desperately that seeing the girl might bring her out of this gloomy, morose state that she was in but at this point she just didn’t know. She didn’t know anything and was wondering if it really had been a good idea inviting Audrey over in the first place. ’Why couldn’t she just be an easy one night stand? Those never make me feel like I’m drinking molten lead. What’s wrong with me?’

Audrey Appleby

Freedom couldn't believe what she was hearing. Not only was Audrey excited about her art but the hunter's words seemed to echo her own thoughts about wanting them to spend more time with each other and maybe, just maybe, that 'something' Audrey kept hinting at held the possibility of something more. Free could only hope but for now at least there was only one way to find out and only time would tell.

"Yeah. It would be a good reason if seeing me again was something you wanted to do." Free said letting the tiniest bit of excitement creep into her voice. She couldn't help it. She might actually have a girl, a really cute girl that she really liked and that seemed to be interested in Free as a person, coming over to her cabin which might be a first for her. "umm...I don't have much going on tomorrow. If you wanted to come over then we could hang out. You know, if you're free and everything. If not we could always do it another time...Just let me know."

Free chuckled. "A girl who likes to fight and stab things with knives that has a habit of getting into trouble? Should I be worried?" She hadn't been serious and hoped Audrey wouldn't take her as such but it would be nice if the hunter girl didn't mind that Freedom had trouble sticking to the rules. Maybe a taste for trouble was a good thing to have in common especially if it meant that she wouldn't mind breaking other rules either. "I'll try not to get you in too much trouble though. I don't ever really mean to and I wouldn't want to mess up that squeaky clean reputation."

Freedom smiled shyly across the table at Audrey as talked turned to her art. She hadn't really expected to reveal that little tidbit about herself but now that it was out there was no way to go back. "Yeah. It's nothing fancy really." She said as if designing her own tattoos was no big deal. "I kind of want to do it for a living you know but I've never really done anything for anyone else." Free paused for a moment chewing her lip nervously. She wasn't sure if she was ready to show her art to anyone but she didn't really know if she could turn Audrey down at this point. "Well if you really want to you could come to my cabin sometime. We could uh hang out or something."

Free smirked as Audrey asked about seeing her tattoos. She had been hoping that the hunter would ask about them and didn't mind playing show and tell but that could come at another time. Still, it was good to know Audrey was interested in seeing them and hopefully that meant that they had a reason to see more of each other. "Perhaps." She said coquettishly. "If you ask nicely."

Freedom thought for a moment about Audrey's next statement about being glad they had run into each other. Free was kind of glad too and liked that Audrey thought the same. "I guess that turned out pretty well huh? At least I think so. If I had known this was the best way to meet cute french fry eating, knife stabbing hunter girls I might have tried getting angry at the punching bags more often. Good thing I got your attention."