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Cami felt bad, monstrously bad almost, that she'd almost neatly ditched Jasper the night before. He'd been so nice to her, literally always, and there seemed to almost be an invitation to jump him whenever she felt up to it. Never mind she might actually break the adorable nerd in half because that wasn't the point and she knew how to be gentle when she needed to be. Maebe inviting her down to her room, however, had the added benefit of her making friends with the person she and her best friend were both casually, uh, partaking in.

Instead Jasper had been promised the whole of Saturday and so, right at noon, Cami was heading down into the basement. She'd taken a lot of care to wear her brand-new leggings and top, an outfit she'd cobbled together just for him. Not that black was that hard to come by in her wardrobe but still. The intent was there!

"Hey, Batsy, you awake yet? Rise and shine!"

Making a beeline for his bed Cami flopped down on it, a little surprised at how hard the beds in the basement were. She was damn spoiled and made a mental note to snag some ice cream for Otto at the first opportunity because she owed him more than mere ice cream could cover. It'd do, though. He loved it. Cornflower eyes looked the self-proclaimed Batman up and down, lingering on the rebel tattoo, and wrinkling up her nose. "Oh nooo, the Rebellion. I'm more of an Imperialist myself. Ultimate powaaahhh~" Fingers waggled as if she would shoot lightning from them, grin wide.

Turning her hip in a pose so that he could see the diamond pattern of her leggings, ordered especially for him, she beamed that much wider. "Thanks! Got 'em in a few days ago, been waiting to show you. Figured our daydate was the best time." Eyes looked around the room before landing on its occupant again, teeth lightly nipping into her lip from the inside. "Made it a little more homey since last I was here, huh?"

Thinking about Jasper with a big black tattoo across his chest she wrinkled her nose up. "No, don't do the chest, that is super cliche. Plus you should totally get a division tattoo when you become a full Hunter and put it over your heart or something. Symbolism." Cami had plans for her Sun tattoo and was mildly wondering that, maybe if she and Otto stayed friends for a few years, if he wouldn't be willing to get a thematic one. She wasn't all that big on ink, didn't want to cover her body in it, but a few tasteful ones that could be hidden under clothing if need-be?

Right up her alley.

Laughing at Jasper on his knee, hand over his heart, she waved at him magnanimously. "Hey, I expect you to contribute to this venture, Batsy! We can't leave on our own because newbie trainees, for the most part, so we have to have island fun." Thoughtfully she laid back against his pillow. "There's the beach, we could go exploring through the town, or I suppose we could even hang out in one of the common rooms." Or they could never leave his bedroom if he was going to make a huge pass for it.

Somehow, though, she doubted he was a go-right-for-it kinda guy. Which might be part of what she liked about him. It was very contrary.

Thinking about it Cami rose up on her knees to touch his shoulder when Jasper flopped down onto the bed, thoughtful even as she was mildly flirtatious. "Yeah but you'd have to just start wearing wife beaters all the time or something. Muscle shirts or no one would see it." Trying to imagine Jasper walking around with all of his pale skin blinding the world until he burned enough to tan had her grinning widely.

Thinking of the television and movie equipment upstairs in the room she shared with Otto was promising but she didn't really want to drag a guy she was interested in up there. Rules were pretty loose she knew because he trusted her not to get carried away. Was this carried away? "Wanna go down to the beach? I hear some neat stuff can wash up there sometimes. Or we can explore what's left of the town? Amerca's been making noises about cleaning it up counting as part of our duties or whatever." Pondering it a little more she thought about exploring the basement and threw that idea right out the damn window.

There were Insanity bugs down here.

"I haven't explored the island, really. Could use a big strong guy like you to help me, Batsy." It seemed they were settled.

Thinking about it for a minute she grinned and shrugged. "I don't mind going upstairs to get my suit if you wanna swim. I guess there are sea monsters out there, or something, but if we stay close to shore it should be ok." Now came the ultimate question for Jasper -- was Cami a girl who would proudly strut her stuff in a bikini?

Hell yes.

"Cleaning up the beach is pointless but there might be something neat to take back. If not, well, it's still a Caribbean beach. They're all nice." She hadn't really seen a horrible one yet. Even Haiti had nice beaches and Haiti was...decidedly not all that nice otherwise.

Uncurling from the bed with a bit of a sigh she looked down at it and him for a minute. Why hadn't she just...jumped him already? They'd been in a bed together and had been like Otto only it wasn't at the same time because she did not have the same platonic feeling for Jasper. Decidedly not. Yet it had been utterly...ugh. She wanted to know what he was like, he wanted to know what she was like, so what was her problem?

Agreeing to meet out front she trooped upstairs to change into more beach-friendly wear and the answer occurred to her: Jasper was just way too good for her. Cami was used to having to cajole people into liking or tolerating her and so when she did worm her way into their lives she was comfortable that she'd worked to get there. Jasper had shown up on day one offering her everything she normally had to earn. Even with Peyton she'd had to earn it through virtue of nearly dying.

She did not like this train off thought. In the slightest. So Cami simply allowed it to follow its normal path without her interference, bouncing back down in a very simple cotton dress over her incredibly bright bikini beneath. Snagging Jasper's hand she tugged. "This way!"

How had she been? Loaded question! Skimming a hand through her hair, setting sunglasses on her face, and handing the tote she'd brought down with her to Jasper to carry the redhead blew out some air. "Complicated. Part of why I ended up having to bail on you last night which I'm still sorry for but I'm walkin' a fine, fine line right now Batsy." Cami wanted to elaborate, wanted to tell him more, but wasn't going to unburden herself onto Jasper without his first offering himself up.

His other question was much easier and the look she shot him was a little incredulous. "I grew up on an island. One that's smaller than London. What d'you think we spent most of our time doing?" Her shoulder bumped his, teasing him, as she shook her head. "I was pretty much a fish until I was old enough to find interesting things to do outside the water." There it was again, the flirting, as natural as breathing.

"But don't worry, I know mouth to mouth." But where was the pressure? The desire to want to go further? It was maddening.

Hooking her arm through his Cami simply opened her mouth and trilled a short aria, slightly off-key and a bit breathy. Jasper would recognize it, as any kid who had lived through the Disney Renaissance would, as the one Ariel had sung to give her voice away. "Maybe I was once a mermaid who just made a better deal." Winking outrageously she laughed again. "It'd be ridiculous to grow up around water and not know how to swim. I mean not being able to float, that happens when you've got no fat to speak of. But swim? It's the easiest thing." She missed it, a lot.

Cami was quiet as they entered the ruins of the town, sighing a bit. "Otto's got me in a bit of a pickle. We uh, well, might be sleeping with the same person. Not at the same time and I don't think he cares but he might. So I don't want to mention it in case he is going to care and I don't want Maebe to think I'm like, ashamed of us havin' sex or anything cuz I'm not. Ever." Fingers scrubbed at the side of her scalp lightly. "So last night I was hangin' out with her while Twitter drama was live because...reasons." Cami deflated for a moment, leaning her head against his shoulder.

"So it's nice to hang out without having to worry much about that." Ouch.