It was only a few weeks until she had another delivery for Old Lady Gibson. All Andi could guess is that the lady had someone who was sending her junk. Or maybe things for her dogs. Who knew?
She entered Novac at noon. Boone would be asleep. She knew that, and yet she still couldn't help glancing up at the dinosaur's mouth. There was no sign of the sniper she knew was there, which is probably why they chose the location they had.
The delivery only took a few minutes, and soon she was on her way again. Once again she dawdled in town, waiting for the sun to set. She sold off some junk she'd picked up out in the Wasteland, bought a couple Stimpacks, and some clean water, and then went to work maintaining her gear.
Shortly after sunset, she caught sight of Boone heading up into the dinosaur. She waited a few more minutes, then followed.
"What are you doing here, kid?" Boone frowned, but didn't try to kick her out. She took it as a measure of success.
"Another delivery. And it's Andromeda." She informed him.
"Kid," he said again.
"Andi, if you must," she interrupted.
He sighed. "Andi, what are you doing here? I have work to do and can't be babysitting some kid."
"You don't have to." She insisted, plopping herself down on the floor beside his chair. She searched around in her backpack, pulled out a copy of the Wasteland Survival Guidethat she'd picked up somewhere, and began reading. "Just pretend I'm not here."
Another weary sigh. He shook his head and tried to ignore her, she could see it in the way he avoided looking in her direction as he scanned the horizon. The stiffness in his shoulders. He was trying so hard to ignore her that she almost felt bad for bothering him. Almost.
"So," she said, a while later. "What kinda things do you shoot the most?"
"Kid-" he started.
"Andi."
"Andi," he said again, "You can't be distracting me all night."
"I'm just asking a question."
He stared at her, lips pursed, one eyebrow quirked.
"Fine." She tried not to sound petulant. But it hurt that he wouldn't even answer her question. She went back to her book. He went back to ignoring her.
At some point, she drifted off again.
She was woken by his toe nudging her foot again.
"Kid."
"Andi-" she grumbled, barely awake.
"Andi, shift change. Get up."
"K," she groaned. By the time she was on her feet, Boone was gone and Vargas was back.
"This is becoming a habit, eh?" Manny asked. "Get going kid, we both know you got places to be. I'll watch your back while you head out."
Andi nodded. She'd be back soon enough.