Rose for lady in gray
Adriana set the water to the side as she draped the towel over her shoulders. It was nice to be done with her workout for the day, but now she didn't know what to do in the extra time. She leaned back against the wall and looked up toward the sky, trying to decide what to do.
Someone came up beside her and she looked to him, not really surprised to see Jai standing there. The odd thing was that he was looking away from her. "What's your problem?" She raised an eyebrow and turned toward him so that her shoulder was resting against the wall. She looked to his hand as he held something out to her. She examined the red flower for a moment and then looked to Jai. "Is that a rose?" Jai nodded. "Where'd you get it?"
"I stole it from Fred. He had two." Jai still held out the flower. "Are you going to take it or not? I can give it to someone else if you want me to."
Adriana took the flower, looking down at it. "Why are you giving me a rose?" Jai moved to lean against the wall beside her. She turned so that she was facing away from the wall and moved so that her shoulder was touching Jai's. He didn't move away but he looked around nervously. "Mike is still in the gym. He was lifting weights the last I saw."
Jai seemed to relax and Adriana felt him lean a bit more toward her. It surprised her that he was so worried about Mike. Though the last time that Mike had caught them doing 'inappropriate' things with each other he had seemed a bit horrified.
"So are you going to answer my question?" Jai looked at her, confused by the question. "Why are you giving me this?" She held up the rose.
"Because I like you, why else?" Jai scratched at the back of his head. "Do I really need more of a reason than that?"
Adriana thought about the question for a moment. "I guess not. I mean, it just isn't you to do romantic gestures like this. If you really wanted to show me that you liked me you'd do something like let me drive the tank or something."
Jai shrugged. "Well I saw that Fred had them, and I decided that it doesn't hurt to do something like give you a flower. Though if you'd prefer being allowed to drive things with large guns on them then I can give the rose to Mike."
Adriana closed her eyes. "Jai, that was just stupid." He scowled at her but she ignored him. "The only thing that would freak out Mike more than catching us again would be you giving him a rose." Adriana paused. "Wait, where did Fred get them?"
Jai shrugged. "He just had them. I don't know where he got them from. Do you really have to question when I try to do something nice for you?" He was obviously annoyed.
Adriana sighed and leaned over, placing a light kiss on his cheek. "Of course I do, Jai." With that she moved off, knowing that Jai would follow her. He grumbled, but followed her as she moved across the base. At least now she had something to do with her free time.
