Inez & Darcy | Lasso of Cute
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xp_logs(backdated) Inez prepares an early morning surprise for Darcy, and they get a little tangled up.
Inez wasn't supposed to push herself too hard, she knew, even if she felt just fine. But still, to please everyone - especially Clarice and Darcy - she was getting more rest than she thought she needed and maintaining light duties.
Luckily for her, getting up with the sun and setting up a little roping obstacle course for Darcy to train on counted as light duties, to her anyway. It hadn't been a ton of work, mainly rearranging things around the yard and nailing some faux horns to a barrel, some railings, giving her some targets to hit. It felt good to be active again at any rate, and seeing the look on her face would make it all worthwhile on top of that.
Once she'd set things up there was only one thing left to do. She'd gone to Darcy's suite and rapped lightly on her door, waiting outside with a lasso for her to call her own, dangling it from her hand and grinning as she waited for her to open her door and surprise her with her little plan.
Darcy blinked wide eyes at Inez once she'd opened the door, her early morning grump sliding off her face to reveal a tired but genuine smile. "You're up with the roosters ma'am," she teased, wrapping her arms around the other woman in a firm hug. "What's this then?" she asked as her fingers trailed along the rope. "Have you been cleared for shenanigans, sweetheart?"
"If by shenanigans you mean learnin' how to rope..." Inez started, then realized that there were other ways that could've been taken and blushed slightly. "...I-I mean, I wanted t'teach you how to use a lasso, but I can see how... yeah," she said, her blush deepening. "Maybe later," she conceded quietly before clearing her throat. "But yeah, I've made a lil' course for you an' everythin', if you'd like t'see it?"
Darcy pressed a kiss to her cheek with a chuckle before letting go. "Let me get some coffee in a mug and absolutely. You want some too?" It was the work of a few seconds to scoop coffee into the filter and press it into her Keurig. She leaned against the counter. "I'm glad you're feeling better."
"Mhm, always doin' better when I see you," she replied, letting Darcy get the coffee ready while watching her with a smile, then walking up to her once she leaned against the counter, putting her arms around her. "'M glad too, and I never did tell y'how grateful I was that y'spent all that time with me, when I was laid up," she said, resting her forehead against Darcy's. "I know I wasn't, like... there there, bein' out of it, but it still means so much t'me that you were with me."
"I'm still a little pissed that you got whisked away without any head's up," Darcy admitted. "Not at you, mind. You didn't make the decision. If things hadn't gone well..." she trailed off, then shook her head. "I'm choosing to be grateful you came back better than you were when I took you down there instead of dwelling on it." Her hands were firm around Inez's back, thumbs rubbing small circles at her spine as the smell of coffee filled the air.
"I'm sorry y'had to go through it just the same, Darce," she said, kissing the top of her head. "I shouldn't have fallen for it when they gave the damn thing t'me, but I'm better, and yeah, no sense frettin' none 'bout it now," Inez agreed, putting on a small smile and looking down to gently rub her thumb against Darcy's cheek. "I'm just happy I was able t'come back t'you, dear. And... grateful for some of that coffee too, 'cause dang that smells good," she chuckled, still holding onto her but trying for a little bit of levity.
Darcy shook her head with a wry smile. "You weren't really in any position to say no. And coffee, yes, of course." She twisted just enough to grab two travel mugs, reluctant to leave the warmth of Inez's arms. The sugar was on the counter, but the cream... "Mind reaching over to the fridge and grabbing the cream? And milk, if you need it."
She looked over to the fridge behind her and nodded, likewise not wanting to release Darcy from her grasp. Inez thought about it for a moment and reached down to lift Darcy's arms up and around her neck, then picked her up, thankful for her regained strength, before turning and facing the fridge. Only now she was holding one (1) Darcy, so... she still moved there, holding her against the fridge.
"Huh, now this is kinda awkward... I can't get in there with you in the way," she murmured, leaning in and grinning playfully. "Now what am I gonna do?" she mused, leaning in and rubbing her nose against her cheek, nipping at her chin a little.
"Guess we're drinking our coffee black," Darcy teased, a little breathless from just being casually picked up and moved around. "Who spilled the beans about how much I like being handled just like this sometimes?" The list was really short, but she was mostly joking, even as she leaned in and nipped Inez's bottom lip. "I'm either gonna have to thank them or punish them."
"Mmm... sometimes I've just got a feelin', y'know?" she grinned, lifting her chin to allow Darcy better access for her nips and kisses. "But I'd settle for thankin' them, just t'be safe, and hell, I'll thank 'em too, 'specially if they have any more tips for me," she added, her hands groping at Darcy a little while she had her pinned to the fridge.
"Though, uh, maybe I oughta behave myself a little better, just the same. For now," she said with a wink, leaning in and kissing her before letting her slowly slide down to the ground, hands enjoying every inch of her on the way; they were in a public place, after all, even if Inez's mind was far from public thoughts at that moment.
"For now." Darcy's voice was breathy, pupils blown wide as she leaned against the fridge to catch her breath. "You absolute tease," she muttered, though there was no heat in it, or in the light swat she gave Inez's hip as she muscled them both far enough away from the fridge to get it open and pour a generous splash of cream into her coffee. "Lasso. Rope." She coughed. "Lessons! You're teaching me rodeo tricks, not giving an unexpected anatomy lesson." She grinned up at Inez. "We'll save those for where the teens can't wander in, yeah?"
"Yeah, that's probably for the best," Inez agreed, boning up on her anatomy studying by taking Darcy's excited form in once or twice more before exhaling slowly and fanning herself mostly playfully. Mostly.
She let her finish getting her coffee just like she wanted it before fixing hers up and taking a big sip. "Ahhh... yeah, that's nice alright," she said with a grin. "Could stand a little more sugar, though," she said, leaning down a little and giving Darcy a quick kiss just to be playful. "An' if you're ready, miss, y'can follow me outside at your leisure an' I'll show you what I've been up to all mornin'."
"Hate to see you go but love to watch you leave," Darcy purred, the hand not wrapped around her thermos reaching out for a teasing trail of fingers along the blonde's hip as she watched Inez saunter out the front door. "Tease," she murmured again, following the other woman out the door. Thor's blessing on her partners and their never-ending abilities to get her riled up and then spun in another direction, she thought to herself as she half-watched the ground and half-watched the way Inez's hips moved as she walked.
Inez led them outside to the yard and her course, then reached over to one of the fence posts and took one of the lassos off of it. "Here we are, dear, an' here's your very own lasso," she said, making a show of bowing and curtsying as she held it aloft for Darcy to take. "Though y'may have some ropes of y'r own already, this one's special," she added with a wink. "I made this little course for you t'try it out, if y'like, and I can show ya the, uh, ropes of it, heh," Inez said, totally not planning that pun but leaning into it heavily once she realized it. "An' I promise t'make up for the teasin' later on."
"Oooh." Darcy leaned into the show, taking the rope carefully and letting her fingers glide over the rough material. She looped it loosely around Inez's shoulders and pulled the blonde closer for a quick kiss. "I dub thee Lady Inez the Caught," she said playfully. "We'll have to trade off roping skills, maybe. Yours, some of mine... sounds like a good time."
"Your ropes sound a lot more fun than mine," she admitted with a grin. "An' I'll be Lady Inez the Caught anytime for you, darlin'," she added, kissing her back before letting her slide out of her arms again, trying to remind herself that she set all this up for a reason, though it was getting harder and harder to focus on that reason. "R-right, well," she said, standing behind her, taking the hand with her lasso in it with one of her own.
"Y'gotta hold the loop like this, up by the Honda knot, up here," she said, taking her hand and guiding it to the right spot. "That way when y'twirl it around overhead y'won't lose the loop," she explained. "Give it a shot, see how that feels first," she asked her.
Darcy wrapped her hand in place loosely and gave the circle of rope a wide, experimental twirl, laughing when it lost momentum mid-air and plopped on her head. "Maybe some ah... hands on demonstrations, sugar?" She gave Inez a saucy wink. "I gotta keep my rope nice and round if I'm gonna catch any of these dummies with it."
She tried hard not to chuckle at that but failed miserably. "Alright, alright," she said, taking the rope back into her hands and fixing the loop before handing it back to Darcy and kissing her neck. "I'd tell ya t'hold onto your horses but y'gotta catch 'em first and, well," Inez chuckled. "Okay, it's fixed now, so just hold it like that again," she gestured, putting her hand over Darcy's and squeezing lightly. "And swing it again, follow me, watch," she added, moving her arm quicker than Darcy had and watching the loop twirl over their held hands.
"Now y'gotta aim at one... try the closest one," she nodded at a wooden pair of faux horns on a fencepost only ten feet away or so. "Just take your time an'... let go when you're ready, pointin' your finger at it," Inez said, voice low and almost whispering as she let Darcy take the lead now.
She shivered as Inez's voice tickled her ear, the low tones sending frissions of heat through her body. Faster, focused... her hand rotated with a gently firm grip until she was almost having trouble with the speed, and then she let go with a fling and point, watching the rope sail across the air to land with a thump a few feet short of the fencepost. "Well, I'm no natural, that's for sure," she laughed, "but at least it left my hand intact this time."
"You'll get it, just takes some time, is all," she comforted her, squeezing her now empty hand in hers. "An' yeah, y'kept it together at least. Baby steps, right?" Inez chuckled. "All y'need is a patient teacher, an' I think y'might've lucked out in that department. Though your teacher may have a bit of a crush on her student, which can be problematic sometimes," she said, then blinked. "Though maybe I better quit while I'm ahead with that line of thinkin'," she said with another laugh.
"If I'm gonna be hot for teacher, at least we're both consenting adults," Darcy teased. She squeezed Inez's hand briefly in return, then went striding across to the fencepost, carefully winding the rope back into a loop. "I'll have to practice a lot so I can stay teacher's pet. Maybe more of this one-on-one tutoring with my very. Patient. Teacher." Her eyes were full of mischief as she started to rotate the loop again, back foot picking up slightly off the ground as she flung it forward and watched the loop smack firmly against the middle of the fencepost.
"Well, that's probably not gonna do anything except piss the bull off," she laughed. "Here lies Darcy, gored by angry fencepost."
"That's why we start y'out on somethin' like a fencepost," she said with her out laugh, wrapping her arms around Darcy in a hug from behind, dipping her head down to kiss the crook of her neck. "Though y'might be on t'somethin' with talk of extra tutorin'. Maybe y'just need some more incentive, make things a lil' more interestin' for ya." She squeezed her again, kissing a little further up her neck, her breath hot and humid as she moved upwards and then... pulled back away with a light pat on Darcy's butt.
"Y'gotta earn it, though, first," she said with a wink, winding the rope back up in her hands until it was back in her hands, handing the loop back over to Darcy as Inez smirked at her. "At least one more attempt, anyway... y'might be patient but I dunno how much longer I can be, but I did set it all up so humour me at least a little, yeah?"
"I am willing to humor you a whole lot, honey." Darcy's pupils were wide, the black almost taking over as she reeled Inez in for a filthy kiss. "Even when you're being the absolute worst tease," she growled out before pressing a quick kiss into the blonde's cheek. "Alright. 30 more minutes, then whether or not I've managed to do more than hit the thing I'm hauling you upstairs for breakfast and bedtime before you drive me past distraction and the tatters of my good sense." She stuck her tongue out playfully as she spun to take in the post again. Rotate, swing, miss. Pick it up, repeat it. She was consistently hitting near the target, at least, just usually a few inches short or a few feet too low to get the rope around.
About 15 minutes later she managed to loop the rope just over one horn, tossing her hands in the air with excitement and doing a full-body shimmy. "Improvement! I got it high enough!" She turned back to Inez, grin so wide her cheeks hurt a little.
"Y'did," she replied with a smile nearly as wide, and arms that opened even wider to pull her in for a tight embrace. "Now y'just gotta do it another dozen times or so," Inez teased, though practice was really the only way to improve. In Darcy's case, though, it was more about teaching her a new skill and not trying to turn her into a professional ranch hand, and besides, the promise of breakfast and bedtime loomed larger in her mind after Darcy's words.
"D'you wanna keep goin' at it," she asked, swinging the rope in one hand, "or... d'you wanna go at it?" she finished with a smirk.
"Well, I did say 30 minutes... you wanna make a wager on whether or not I can make it a baker's dozen in the remaining 15?" Her fingers slid down Inez's forearm and palm, tangling with the rope as she linked their hands together with a wink. "Not that we really need wagers to keep things interesting, but... I do get awfully competitive sometimes."
"You're on," she says, gladly accepting the dare. "Winner gets t'be on top... at first, anyway," she adds with a wink of her own. "I know you can do it, just need th' incentive to push y'just a liiiittle harder," she explains, bumping her hip gently with her own. "Now show me what y'got, darlin'."
Inez wasn't supposed to push herself too hard, she knew, even if she felt just fine. But still, to please everyone - especially Clarice and Darcy - she was getting more rest than she thought she needed and maintaining light duties.
Luckily for her, getting up with the sun and setting up a little roping obstacle course for Darcy to train on counted as light duties, to her anyway. It hadn't been a ton of work, mainly rearranging things around the yard and nailing some faux horns to a barrel, some railings, giving her some targets to hit. It felt good to be active again at any rate, and seeing the look on her face would make it all worthwhile on top of that.
Once she'd set things up there was only one thing left to do. She'd gone to Darcy's suite and rapped lightly on her door, waiting outside with a lasso for her to call her own, dangling it from her hand and grinning as she waited for her to open her door and surprise her with her little plan.
Darcy blinked wide eyes at Inez once she'd opened the door, her early morning grump sliding off her face to reveal a tired but genuine smile. "You're up with the roosters ma'am," she teased, wrapping her arms around the other woman in a firm hug. "What's this then?" she asked as her fingers trailed along the rope. "Have you been cleared for shenanigans, sweetheart?"
"If by shenanigans you mean learnin' how to rope..." Inez started, then realized that there were other ways that could've been taken and blushed slightly. "...I-I mean, I wanted t'teach you how to use a lasso, but I can see how... yeah," she said, her blush deepening. "Maybe later," she conceded quietly before clearing her throat. "But yeah, I've made a lil' course for you an' everythin', if you'd like t'see it?"
Darcy pressed a kiss to her cheek with a chuckle before letting go. "Let me get some coffee in a mug and absolutely. You want some too?" It was the work of a few seconds to scoop coffee into the filter and press it into her Keurig. She leaned against the counter. "I'm glad you're feeling better."
"Mhm, always doin' better when I see you," she replied, letting Darcy get the coffee ready while watching her with a smile, then walking up to her once she leaned against the counter, putting her arms around her. "'M glad too, and I never did tell y'how grateful I was that y'spent all that time with me, when I was laid up," she said, resting her forehead against Darcy's. "I know I wasn't, like... there there, bein' out of it, but it still means so much t'me that you were with me."
"I'm still a little pissed that you got whisked away without any head's up," Darcy admitted. "Not at you, mind. You didn't make the decision. If things hadn't gone well..." she trailed off, then shook her head. "I'm choosing to be grateful you came back better than you were when I took you down there instead of dwelling on it." Her hands were firm around Inez's back, thumbs rubbing small circles at her spine as the smell of coffee filled the air.
"I'm sorry y'had to go through it just the same, Darce," she said, kissing the top of her head. "I shouldn't have fallen for it when they gave the damn thing t'me, but I'm better, and yeah, no sense frettin' none 'bout it now," Inez agreed, putting on a small smile and looking down to gently rub her thumb against Darcy's cheek. "I'm just happy I was able t'come back t'you, dear. And... grateful for some of that coffee too, 'cause dang that smells good," she chuckled, still holding onto her but trying for a little bit of levity.
Darcy shook her head with a wry smile. "You weren't really in any position to say no. And coffee, yes, of course." She twisted just enough to grab two travel mugs, reluctant to leave the warmth of Inez's arms. The sugar was on the counter, but the cream... "Mind reaching over to the fridge and grabbing the cream? And milk, if you need it."
She looked over to the fridge behind her and nodded, likewise not wanting to release Darcy from her grasp. Inez thought about it for a moment and reached down to lift Darcy's arms up and around her neck, then picked her up, thankful for her regained strength, before turning and facing the fridge. Only now she was holding one (1) Darcy, so... she still moved there, holding her against the fridge.
"Huh, now this is kinda awkward... I can't get in there with you in the way," she murmured, leaning in and grinning playfully. "Now what am I gonna do?" she mused, leaning in and rubbing her nose against her cheek, nipping at her chin a little.
"Guess we're drinking our coffee black," Darcy teased, a little breathless from just being casually picked up and moved around. "Who spilled the beans about how much I like being handled just like this sometimes?" The list was really short, but she was mostly joking, even as she leaned in and nipped Inez's bottom lip. "I'm either gonna have to thank them or punish them."
"Mmm... sometimes I've just got a feelin', y'know?" she grinned, lifting her chin to allow Darcy better access for her nips and kisses. "But I'd settle for thankin' them, just t'be safe, and hell, I'll thank 'em too, 'specially if they have any more tips for me," she added, her hands groping at Darcy a little while she had her pinned to the fridge.
"Though, uh, maybe I oughta behave myself a little better, just the same. For now," she said with a wink, leaning in and kissing her before letting her slowly slide down to the ground, hands enjoying every inch of her on the way; they were in a public place, after all, even if Inez's mind was far from public thoughts at that moment.
"For now." Darcy's voice was breathy, pupils blown wide as she leaned against the fridge to catch her breath. "You absolute tease," she muttered, though there was no heat in it, or in the light swat she gave Inez's hip as she muscled them both far enough away from the fridge to get it open and pour a generous splash of cream into her coffee. "Lasso. Rope." She coughed. "Lessons! You're teaching me rodeo tricks, not giving an unexpected anatomy lesson." She grinned up at Inez. "We'll save those for where the teens can't wander in, yeah?"
"Yeah, that's probably for the best," Inez agreed, boning up on her anatomy studying by taking Darcy's excited form in once or twice more before exhaling slowly and fanning herself mostly playfully. Mostly.
She let her finish getting her coffee just like she wanted it before fixing hers up and taking a big sip. "Ahhh... yeah, that's nice alright," she said with a grin. "Could stand a little more sugar, though," she said, leaning down a little and giving Darcy a quick kiss just to be playful. "An' if you're ready, miss, y'can follow me outside at your leisure an' I'll show you what I've been up to all mornin'."
"Hate to see you go but love to watch you leave," Darcy purred, the hand not wrapped around her thermos reaching out for a teasing trail of fingers along the blonde's hip as she watched Inez saunter out the front door. "Tease," she murmured again, following the other woman out the door. Thor's blessing on her partners and their never-ending abilities to get her riled up and then spun in another direction, she thought to herself as she half-watched the ground and half-watched the way Inez's hips moved as she walked.
Inez led them outside to the yard and her course, then reached over to one of the fence posts and took one of the lassos off of it. "Here we are, dear, an' here's your very own lasso," she said, making a show of bowing and curtsying as she held it aloft for Darcy to take. "Though y'may have some ropes of y'r own already, this one's special," she added with a wink. "I made this little course for you t'try it out, if y'like, and I can show ya the, uh, ropes of it, heh," Inez said, totally not planning that pun but leaning into it heavily once she realized it. "An' I promise t'make up for the teasin' later on."
"Oooh." Darcy leaned into the show, taking the rope carefully and letting her fingers glide over the rough material. She looped it loosely around Inez's shoulders and pulled the blonde closer for a quick kiss. "I dub thee Lady Inez the Caught," she said playfully. "We'll have to trade off roping skills, maybe. Yours, some of mine... sounds like a good time."
"Your ropes sound a lot more fun than mine," she admitted with a grin. "An' I'll be Lady Inez the Caught anytime for you, darlin'," she added, kissing her back before letting her slide out of her arms again, trying to remind herself that she set all this up for a reason, though it was getting harder and harder to focus on that reason. "R-right, well," she said, standing behind her, taking the hand with her lasso in it with one of her own.
"Y'gotta hold the loop like this, up by the Honda knot, up here," she said, taking her hand and guiding it to the right spot. "That way when y'twirl it around overhead y'won't lose the loop," she explained. "Give it a shot, see how that feels first," she asked her.
Darcy wrapped her hand in place loosely and gave the circle of rope a wide, experimental twirl, laughing when it lost momentum mid-air and plopped on her head. "Maybe some ah... hands on demonstrations, sugar?" She gave Inez a saucy wink. "I gotta keep my rope nice and round if I'm gonna catch any of these dummies with it."
She tried hard not to chuckle at that but failed miserably. "Alright, alright," she said, taking the rope back into her hands and fixing the loop before handing it back to Darcy and kissing her neck. "I'd tell ya t'hold onto your horses but y'gotta catch 'em first and, well," Inez chuckled. "Okay, it's fixed now, so just hold it like that again," she gestured, putting her hand over Darcy's and squeezing lightly. "And swing it again, follow me, watch," she added, moving her arm quicker than Darcy had and watching the loop twirl over their held hands.
"Now y'gotta aim at one... try the closest one," she nodded at a wooden pair of faux horns on a fencepost only ten feet away or so. "Just take your time an'... let go when you're ready, pointin' your finger at it," Inez said, voice low and almost whispering as she let Darcy take the lead now.
She shivered as Inez's voice tickled her ear, the low tones sending frissions of heat through her body. Faster, focused... her hand rotated with a gently firm grip until she was almost having trouble with the speed, and then she let go with a fling and point, watching the rope sail across the air to land with a thump a few feet short of the fencepost. "Well, I'm no natural, that's for sure," she laughed, "but at least it left my hand intact this time."
"You'll get it, just takes some time, is all," she comforted her, squeezing her now empty hand in hers. "An' yeah, y'kept it together at least. Baby steps, right?" Inez chuckled. "All y'need is a patient teacher, an' I think y'might've lucked out in that department. Though your teacher may have a bit of a crush on her student, which can be problematic sometimes," she said, then blinked. "Though maybe I better quit while I'm ahead with that line of thinkin'," she said with another laugh.
"If I'm gonna be hot for teacher, at least we're both consenting adults," Darcy teased. She squeezed Inez's hand briefly in return, then went striding across to the fencepost, carefully winding the rope back into a loop. "I'll have to practice a lot so I can stay teacher's pet. Maybe more of this one-on-one tutoring with my very. Patient. Teacher." Her eyes were full of mischief as she started to rotate the loop again, back foot picking up slightly off the ground as she flung it forward and watched the loop smack firmly against the middle of the fencepost.
"Well, that's probably not gonna do anything except piss the bull off," she laughed. "Here lies Darcy, gored by angry fencepost."
"That's why we start y'out on somethin' like a fencepost," she said with her out laugh, wrapping her arms around Darcy in a hug from behind, dipping her head down to kiss the crook of her neck. "Though y'might be on t'somethin' with talk of extra tutorin'. Maybe y'just need some more incentive, make things a lil' more interestin' for ya." She squeezed her again, kissing a little further up her neck, her breath hot and humid as she moved upwards and then... pulled back away with a light pat on Darcy's butt.
"Y'gotta earn it, though, first," she said with a wink, winding the rope back up in her hands until it was back in her hands, handing the loop back over to Darcy as Inez smirked at her. "At least one more attempt, anyway... y'might be patient but I dunno how much longer I can be, but I did set it all up so humour me at least a little, yeah?"
"I am willing to humor you a whole lot, honey." Darcy's pupils were wide, the black almost taking over as she reeled Inez in for a filthy kiss. "Even when you're being the absolute worst tease," she growled out before pressing a quick kiss into the blonde's cheek. "Alright. 30 more minutes, then whether or not I've managed to do more than hit the thing I'm hauling you upstairs for breakfast and bedtime before you drive me past distraction and the tatters of my good sense." She stuck her tongue out playfully as she spun to take in the post again. Rotate, swing, miss. Pick it up, repeat it. She was consistently hitting near the target, at least, just usually a few inches short or a few feet too low to get the rope around.
About 15 minutes later she managed to loop the rope just over one horn, tossing her hands in the air with excitement and doing a full-body shimmy. "Improvement! I got it high enough!" She turned back to Inez, grin so wide her cheeks hurt a little.
"Y'did," she replied with a smile nearly as wide, and arms that opened even wider to pull her in for a tight embrace. "Now y'just gotta do it another dozen times or so," Inez teased, though practice was really the only way to improve. In Darcy's case, though, it was more about teaching her a new skill and not trying to turn her into a professional ranch hand, and besides, the promise of breakfast and bedtime loomed larger in her mind after Darcy's words.
"D'you wanna keep goin' at it," she asked, swinging the rope in one hand, "or... d'you wanna go at it?" she finished with a smirk.
"Well, I did say 30 minutes... you wanna make a wager on whether or not I can make it a baker's dozen in the remaining 15?" Her fingers slid down Inez's forearm and palm, tangling with the rope as she linked their hands together with a wink. "Not that we really need wagers to keep things interesting, but... I do get awfully competitive sometimes."
"You're on," she says, gladly accepting the dare. "Winner gets t'be on top... at first, anyway," she adds with a wink of her own. "I know you can do it, just need th' incentive to push y'just a liiiittle harder," she explains, bumping her hip gently with her own. "Now show me what y'got, darlin'."
