This one's for tomellie… she inspired me ;-)
Disclaimer: Still don't own them.
Cartwheel
He's walking past her office when he nears the noise; a thump, followed by a cry.
"Foster?" He pushes open the door, pokes his head in, then hurries inside when he sees her sprawled on the floor clutching her ankle. "Are you okay?" He extends a hand to her, and she takes it gratefully.
"I'm fine." She looks embarrassed as she stands up, and brushes down her skirt. "I just… fell."
He arches an eyebrow at her. "You 'just fell'?"
She starts to nod, catches his expression, and suddenly giggles. "Okay. I was… doing a cartwheel." She giggles again at the look on his face.
"A cartwheel?"
"Yep."
"In your office?"
"Yep."
"In the middle of the day?"
"Yep." She sits down on her chair, rubbing her ankle. "I just misjudged the space, and caught my ankle on the desk. It's fine."
"Foster…" He gives her a baffled expression. "The word 'why' springs to mind."
She grins at him. "Why not?"
"Because you're not eleven?"
She shrugs. "So? Who says you can't still do cartwheels at my age? Or eat candy? Or go on the swings in the park?"
"You went on the…" he trails off, and she smiles again, although with a faint blush.
"It was late… no one was around…"
"You're mad," he decides, and she flashes him another of those smiles that makes him almost forget how to breathe.
"Quite possibly." She starts sifting through papers on her desk, tapping her pen, biting her lip lightly in concentration. She looks so focussed, so professional, and he can't hold back a laugh as he imagines her cartwheeling around her office.
"What?" she asks, looking up, and he shakes his head and gives her an amused grin.
"You," he says, by way of explanation. "Just you." He opens the door and starts to head out, before remembering something and taking a stride backwards. "Oh, meeting with the Davidsons at 11, yeah?"
"Umm…" She reaches for her diary and flicks through it, trailing her finger down the page. "Yes, that's fine. I've scheduled my handstand for ten thirty, so I'll be done by then."
He's still chuckling when he reaches his office.