Secret meetings in the secret room of secrecy

[Elise Holdrust]

"Just ignore her, Haley. Like Paul said, you're here with friends..." Elise thought for a few moments. What was she doing crawling through an air vent...? "Weird."

[Haley Crusek]

Haley still felt tense, if Paul had his hands anywhere on her, but she seemed to be taking a few deep breaths and she looked less actively furious.

"You guys are right...sorry."

[Elise Holdrust]

"Pft, why are YOU apologizing? You're such a silly!"

[Haley Crusek]

"I kinda turn into a mega-bitch when I'm angry..." she said sheepishly.

"You ever seen that movie, Lord of the Rings?"

[Elise Holdrust]

"Well yeah! Who hasn't?"

[Haley Crusek]

"Okay, so that elf chick, the blonde one? Galahad or something? So like. You know when she gets all like, scary when she's talking about that ring? I can kinda do that. Sorta intentionally. Sorta not."

[Paul Valmont]

Paul gave her arm a squeeze again, then turned his attention to get back to work. Bitch trying to say I'm not professional... "That's... kind of awesome," he said, deciding not to be a total geek and correct the name.

[Elise Holdrust]

"Kind of? I think it's actually pretty freaking stellar. I mean like...that elf lady isn't half as pretty as you, so when she got mad she looked yucky. But you? I bet it's awesome!" Elise's line of logic really wasn't that great, but she was trying her best to make Haley feel better.

[Haley Crusek]

Haley smiled bashfully. "You guyyyys..."

[Paul Valmont]

Paul finished up the last few spots. "There you go. Think you can manage to hold still for a little bit so it can soak before I wrap it?"

[Haley Crusek]

"Yeah," she smiled at Paul, admiring his handiwork.

"OMG it's so beautiful."

[Elise Holdrust]

"That is totes gorgeous! Paul you're awesome!"

[Paul Valmont]

"Next time I'll freehand and you can pretend to like it as much," he joked, sitting back.

[Haley Crusek]

"We'll love it even more," she grinned.

"How long do I have to stay still? I'm getting cold."

[Paul Valmont]

"Not too much longer. Just have to give the parts I just finished a little time to dry so I don't smear it when I wrap it." And, naturally, he started getting ideas about warming her up, which he kept to himself, covering it by grabbing the plastic wrap. "I can start wrapping it at least, though."

[Haley Crusek]

"Okay," she said shivering a bit.

[Paul Valmont]

"Maybe we should do this in the sauna next time," Paul joked as he wrapped up to her knee, then very carefully poked at the paste on her thigh to make sure it was ready.

[Haley Crusek]

"Why? Want to get all hot and sweaty with us or something?" she grinned mischievously.

[Paul Valmont]

Which, of course, made him take a moment to appreciate the state of (un)dress she was in. Paul turned bright red and tried to focus on just wrapping her leg. Which, naturally, didn't help his cause any.

[Haley Crusek]

Haley grinned at Paul.

"You are so awesome. I can't wait for this plastic wrap to come off and for me to show this whole thing off."

Once he was done, she gingerly pushed herself up to standing, helping herself with her TK and trying not to move her leg too much.

[Paul Valmont]

"You can move it," he said. "That's just holding the dye in and keeping it warm for a while to make it set." He wondered for a minute just how she was going to show it off, then glanced at Elise. Oh. Right. "Well, I hope I did it well enough. I don't see anything looking bad on you two, at least, even if I did screw it up."

[Haley Crusek]

"I've seen pictures of bad tattoos. They're totally possible."

"This, though," she gestured down at her leg? "This is awesome. Thank you so much!"

Haley abruptly hugged him tightly.

[Elise Holdrust]

Elise watches the exchange with a smile, tapping on her phone a bit. "Seriously, Paul, you did awesome."

[Paul Valmont]

Paul momentarily looked like a deer caught in headlights, but recovered, hugging Haley back. "As long as it makes you guys happy, right?"

[Haley Crusek]

Haley may or may not have suggested some rather risqué thoughts to Paul as she ended the hug. She was subtle about it though, so Paul probably just thought his mind was wandering more than it should be.

I mean. It was way more subtle than Jennifer using her TP, so this was like totally different and not wrong at all.