Why hello everyone long time no see. But I'm here now and I'm ready to continue this bad boy.

"Can you slow down?" I yelled very windedly in Ezio's direction.

Ezio was houses ahead of me and showed absolutely no sign of fatigue. I just couldn't keep up with him.

"I wonder if running for a an inhumanly amount of time is something all assassins learn how to do," I whispered to myself, knowing there was no possible way he could hear me being so far away, but he did continue to surprise me with his abundant amount of useless, and very useful talents.

I watched as Ezio stopped and craned his head to look at me as I lazily walked to him. I tried to take my sweet time, just to annoy him. I was feeling mischievous and bratty, two feelings I hadn't felt in a very long time.

"Come now Rosabella you're a thief, you're supposed to be in great shape right? With all the thieving, running from the authorities, and handsome assassins like myself," he said is I walked up to his side. I could see his eyes shine brightly when he said the last part.

"Oh please," I snorted as we walked at my pace along the street, just next to the glittering still water of the canal. "You may be a ladies man but I'm not falling for your tricks. I only agreed to help you because I think this whole experience will help with my thieving career and when you come back from your war or battle or whatever it is, unharmed and you're able to lead you're assassins again I'll take my leave."

Ezio was silent for the longest time, the only sounds were the rippling of the water and the slight breeze. It was nice finally enjoying the nighttime sounds without thinking thoughts of how tired and cold I was.

"So you can tell I'm a ladies man huh?" Ezio's voice was low and husky, apparently proud I could tell he gets a lot of action or something.

I couldn't help but to laugh at him. "Yeah I can tell you're a ladies man, anyone who so casually flirts with a girl he just met is either really stupid or has a lot of experience. The fact that you haven't been killed yet during your career tells me you're smarter than you act. So that only leaves one option, that you've had a lot of experience."

Ezio stopped walking. It took me awhile before I realized I couldn't hear his footsteps or didn't see his shadow right next to me. I turned around to see him standing in place staring at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked kind of startled, I couldn't have offended him, could I?

"Do you want to know how much experience?" He said, his voice was barely above a whisper and was completely devoid of any emotion.

"What? Ezio are you okay?" I didn't know what he just said but I started walking toward him concerned something was wrong.

"Do you want to know how much experience?" He asked again, same tone as before but this time I could actually hear him.

"Experience? What-" but before I could say anything further he grabbed both my wrists and walked me roughly backwards until my back hit a pole. I saw the dim light above us telling me it was a street light. Everything happened so fast that I didn't have time to react and struggle away from him.

"Do you want to know just how much experience with women I have? Rosabella?" His face was inches in front of mine and I could feel his warm breath as he playfully pronounced the syllables in my name.

"No, not really." I said flatly.

At that he let go of my wrists that were pinned yet again above my head. He started walking the direction we were headed and called back to me, "You're no fun!"

I was still against the pole he had so forcefully pinned me to trying to take in everything that had happened. All I could come up with was that he's an ass.

I sighed and pushed of the street light. This was just how he is, this was his personality and the sooner I accepted it the sooner I could get on with training. But if he wanted to be this way I'd just have to play too.

"You know its not healthy to form teacher-student relationships like the one you clearly want so bad," I put on my best teasing voice and continued, "And why are you tempting me so much? Eventually I just wont be able to resist."

"Rosabella, being a so called "ladies man", I know when I have her heart and when I do not so I think its you who is teasing me," his confident tone killed my playful mode instantly.

"Well look at who's being no fun now," I mumbled.

Ezio chuckled and picked up his pace. "We're almost out of the city. Once out we can find horses and ride to the villa."

"Villa?" I asked, taken aback. "I thought you said we were going to your family's house. You never said your family had a villa."

"Did I not? My apologies Miss Rosabella. Yes we have a villa, its nothing too fancy," he reassured me.

An assassin wants to give me valuable skills that would come in very handy while thieving, I'll get to live in a villa, and he's rich. I took a chance and I hit the jackpot.

Whelp there you go. Its been a while since writing so I need to get back in the groove of things but I hope you liked playful Ezio.

~Kat