Getting back at Niles was proving to be more difficult than Selena had thought originally. Apparently, his boasting that he slept with one eye open wasn't exactly a joke. As far as she could tell, he didn't have a single unguarded moment. When she had trailed him earlier, he had led her in circles around camp four times before she had realized he was actively messing with her.

Niles gave his cocksure grin and explained he was on patrol duty, nothing more. Selena replied that it was hard to believe him when he had a smug look on his face.

Regardless of her failure during the day, Selena knew that he had to sleep at some point. Luckily for her, despite Niles' tent being rather small, it still had plenty of hiding spots and she was able to situate herself in a corner just out of sight behind a few, large bags. She didn't know what was actually in those bags, but judging by the smell, she didn't want to consider it too long.

Frankly, she didn't even know what she was going to do once he arrived and went to sleep. However, she was ever one to live in the moment, so she was certain that an opportunity would present itself. As she heard him approach, Selena held her breath.

Niles walked into the tent, shrugging his coat off and tossing it at the foot of his cot. He began to run his hand through his hair, but stopped suddenly. The way Niles tensed up reminded Selena of a feral dog sensing something encroaching on its territory.

"Ah, if I had known you were going to be making a nightly call," Niles said, slowly moving towards the bags and Selena. "I would've brought flowers, or, perhaps, something a bit more-"

"Don't even think the rest of that sentence!" Selena stood up, and quickly vacated the corner with the bags. "What is in those things, anyways? And, more importantly, how did you know I was over there?!"

"Please, give me some credit…" Niles pointed to her head. "You're not so small as to not poke out with that bright, angry red. Also, you shouldn't wear cheap perfume on a stakeout."

Selena folded her arms indignantly, "I'll have you know that this perfume was actually pretty expensive!"

"Ah, my mistake," Niles was grinning like a madman. "I guess this means you just have horrible taste when wasting money."

"That's- Ugh, you are so infuriating!"

"Before I continue to make your brow furrow cutely, mind telling me the actual reason you snuck in here? If I hadn't realized it was you, well, things would've been messy."

"Because I was going to get you back for always tailing me, duh! I thought you were smart enough to have figured that out."

"Here I thought you would've given up after this afternoon," Niles took a few steps towards her. "Or did you enjoy my backside as much as I enjoyed watching yours?"

"That's not important!" Selena was glad for the dark tent, she could feel her face growing hot. "Look, I just wanted to get you off my back, so as long as you understand that, I won't have to follow you again."

"While I'm not one to usually complain about beautiful women following me around, I fail to see how I'm supposed to trust you if you break into my tent and wait to pounce on me…"

"Since when has this been about trust?"

"Didn't I mention why I was going to shadow you? No past, no trust. Simple as that," Niles rubbed his chin, in mock thought more than anything. "Of course, you could tell me, and then we'd be squared away!"

"I… I still can't," Selena sighed, looking away from him.

"Then my hands are tied until you earn my trust. Now, unless you really aren't going to join me, I would like to get some sleep. It was exhausting trying to patrol while keeping an eye on you."

"As if!" Selena moved around Niles, whose eye followed her closely. She brushed close to him as she circled around him, and she could swear he inched closer to her just to bump into her. Their eyes met as she passed, and would have froze in place if it wasn't for her completely ironclad nerves.

Even in the dim light, she had to admit that he was rather handsome up close. If it wasn't for his personality, she would've even been attracted to him. However, Selena realized that she had stopped moving this close to him, she hoped it wasn't longer than half a second. Judging by the smile on Niles' face, the chance of that was fairly low.

"You know," he started as Selena reached the tent flap. "I was wrong about you. That perfume smells fantastic up close."

Niles wasn't facing Selena, but she knew that he knew her face was as red as her hair at this point. "If you wanted to smell me, you didn't have to be a creep about it!" Before the implications of what she said could settle, Selena beat a hasty retreat.