"Do you ever take off your beret?" She asked and looked up at Boone.
"No" He snapped. Oh, there was a subtle growl to his voice when he got mad.
"Not even when you sleep?" She pestered, this was fun!
"No" Oh, his jaw was twitching now.
"Not even when you bath?" She couldn't imagine Boone without that silly red hat on his head, it was just so un-Boone. But imagine him naked…that was-
"No"
"Not even when you-" She began.
"Is there a point to all this?" He stopped and glared down at her from behind those damn shades of his.
"I was just getting to know you a little better" She said and smiled up at him, he really was tall. Well she wasn't exactly tall herself, but that was beside the point.
"Bullshit" He snapped. "What do you want?"
"What? I don't want anything-"
"Bullshit" But he began walking again.
"Oh come on, Boone. Don't be such a hardass" she laughed and tried to elbow him in the ribs, it was a friendly gesture damn it, but he reacted like she was radioactive and flinched away from her.
Something hit her then.
"Hey Boone, one last questions" she promised and he grunted, she took that as a yes, "Why don't I know your first name?"
"Says the woman who calls herself Six" He rumbled and walked a little faster.
"Come on, I could be a tribal for all you know. Six could be my real name" She offhandedly answered and matched his pace.
"But it's not" He stated.
"Hell no" She grinned and winked "Want to trade names, you show me yours I'll show you mine?"
He pointedly ignored the innuendo but nodded.
Six grinned and held up three fingers, two fingers, one finger…and together they said:
"Craig"
"Francine"
They looked at each other.
Boone's lips began twitching about the same time as she burst out laughing. He sure as hell didn't look like a Craig, and she told him, and he just retorted with that she didn't look like a Francine.
Still snickering the two continued their walk for several minutes in silence until Six interrupted it with a cheery:
"Oh, and don't call me Francine or I'll skewer you with your own rifle"
"Yeah, don't call me Craig either" He rumbled and looked out over the wastes.
"Wasn't planning on it, big boy" She laughed and tried to elbow him again, he didn't flinch this time.
Progress!
"Don't call me that either"
"No deal!"