{SB}Under The Moonlight

[Devyn Solway]

Well daytime on the boat was really not for Devyn, unless she was inside. She had learned that lesson on some level and figured she should have just known. Likely she would forget it in the end for the next time since such lessons didn't stick with her. Plus who didn't like to feel completely weak and helpless from time to time all because of the sun? No one did. Devyn was still slightly bitter about that whole event but it had happened and she just had to be a bit more careful. It was night time now, so she didn't have to worry about getting sick or feeling weak because of the sun.

The moon didn't give her a power up or anything but she felt a lot better now that she was outside under the moon and the stars then she had felt when she was under the blue sky and bright sun. There was a light breeze, but it didn't bother Devyn at all. It was actually nice; the way the wind was lightly blowing her hair around a little, and kicking up the scent of the sea. It was already pretty strong but the breeze made sure that Devyn was going to smell the mix of salt and the various life forms in the water. "So peaceful." Devyn muttered out loud to herself. It really was a nice night, clear like it had been during the day.

She leaned on the railing, shades tucked on her shirt since she didn't need them now. The sounds of the splashing water against the ship were pretty much the only sounds going on about this hour. She should have been in bed but she could not sleep at this hour no matter how hard she tried. Devyn saw something glow in the water, catching her attention as she leaned forward a little bit to try and get closer to the water. Too bad this was a large ship so getting close to the water was a bit difficult unless you planned on ending up in the water. Her shades apparently wanted that desire as they slipped off her shirt and plummeted towards the water.

"Shit!" Devyn yelled out in a panic as she reached out to grab a hold of them, half of her body over the railing and one hand being all she had to keep her from going completely forward. It was still a pretty difficult position to get up from, but Devyn was confident she could get back up. Too bad she was glaring down at the water as he shades vanished into the depths to be worried about pulling herself up just yet.

[Cade Carson]

Cade couldn't sleep. It was an unfamiliar place. He normally didn't leave the Academy that much. He slipped his favourite cuddly sweater on. He had nothing underneath so it wouldn't be too warm or anything. He was about to sit down on one of the lounges and just look at the moon and stars when he heard a voice swearing. He looked around and...a familiar figure. Cade walked over and couldn't help but chuckle.

"You know a less than honourable man might be admiring your butt...oh I'm just going to go ahead and forget my pretenses." He laughed and grinned. Yes, that was a very nice butt. He was kind of apologetic about it, but at least he was honest, right?

"Need a little help Devyn?"

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn almost let go of the railing when she heard the voice. Her guard had been down due to being lost in her thoughts and wallows over her shades. That lead to being startled and that had almost been the cause of her to go over the railing. Good thing she was not the type to panic so quickly after being scared and merely jumped a little on the inside. Devyn could not help but to roll her eyes and let out something of a chuckle and scoff at the familiar voices words. It was Cade and he was being well Cade as far as Devyn knew.

She still didn't really know what was the true side to the guy since he showed one thing, then told her another the last time they were hanging out. "If said less honorable man was admiring my butt, then he would need to get his eyes checked or was gay. Since I don't have a butt and those who have said that I do compare it to a; and I quote, little guy butt." Devyn responded back. He asked if she needed help, but she didn't. All it took was a deep breath and she easily pulled her upper half back over the railing and was standing on her own two feet once more.

"Nope, I got it." Devyn said. She was not even going to count that as a workout, even if it was a little odd to basically do a reverse crunch. She dusted off her hands before leaning against the railing in a relaxed manner as she looked Cade over. Clearly he was in his sleepwear but this was not his bedroom. Devyn herself was still wearing what she had worn today, minus shoes and socks. So jeans and a Breaking Benjamin band t-shirt. "What are you doing up at this hour?" Devyn asked. Was it a nightmare? Could he just not sleep? Or had he come out here because he knew she would be out here at this hour?

[Cade Carson]

"I always thought I might look handsome in glasses, but alas my eyesight is twenty twenty. And I'm definitely not gay. So your argument's invalid. Again." He smiled. She sure liked to deflect any and all compliments about herself. She stood herself up without his help and he shrugged. Then she asked what he was doing up at this hour and he chuckled.

"I'm psychic. Knew you were out here and thought I'd say hi. Naw just kidding. That was a nice coincidence but honestly I just couldn't sleep very well. I've been at Bellefonte for so long, being away from Bellefonte always takes a little getting used to. Plus, there's the fact that I don't particularly like water as a general rule." He shrugged.

[Devyn Solway]

"Well it is dark out and last I checked you don't have night vision. As for the whole being gay, you can never be too sure. Could just not have found the right one yet. So my argument is valid. Again." Devyn responded back with a smirk. Two could play at this game. Cade had better just learned to give up with certain things when it came to Devyn. She didn't really like to lose that often when it came to things and she was particular at times. On this, she was particular and just trying to make a point that Cade had yet to catch on.

Still, she could not blame the guy for understanding, she was simple and direct and sometimes people took that as being cryptic or something. She rolled her shoulders a little bit before messing with her wrist. It had been the main one to take the blunt force of some of her weight when she fell forward. It was not broken or sprained but it was a little sore. Some movement of it would help it, so that was what she was doing as she looked at Cade and his sweater. Her question got something of a smart and perhaps playful remark that had he rolling her eyes but smiling still a little.

"That might have worked if I had not known you power and if you would have paused after saying it." Devyn said. If he was trying to get a reaction out of her, his timing was going to have to be a bit better then it currently was. He admitted that he could not sleep very well with the whole being away from BA and on a boat. "Awww, can't swim? Afraid of some sea water?" Devyn teased. She did however move away from the railing and went to grab a seat on one of the lounge chairs.

[Cade Carson]

He laughed. He gave up. She was determined not to see that he was very much attracted to her.

"Trust me. I'm straight. But if you want to believe straight guys can't be possibly be attracted to you, that's up to you." He shrugged. He knew she'd tease him about the whole water thing and he sighed.

"I'm not afraid of it. I just don't really see the use in it. Seawater isn't even good for drinking. I bathe, yeah. But I just don't see the big appeal is all. It's just...water. Same thing that comes out of our tap except not drinkable. Big friggin' deal."

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn gave herself a mental point for winning yet again. Victory for her, she would not lose! It was not that she was doing it because she was determined to deny what she already knew. Devyn was slow to understand how people felt about her on an emotional level, but she did understand attraction. It was the largest cue someone could give to her to let her know that they wanted her. So while she didn't know that Cade was crushing on her, she knew that he was at least attracted to her.

Devyn was only being the way she was because he was going about it wrong with her. Or it could have been also the fact that she was just recently starting to get better after hurting for months. While in normal relationship she would have moved on easily and been fooling around. When it came to the serious ones, things were a bit slow in terms of Devyn being able to return back to her normal 'player' self. Cade just had bad timing, but that did not mean things were impossible. Well they kind of were so long as Devyn didn't fully understand what Cade wanted from her.

"I don't think it's impossible for guys to be attracted to me. I'm just pointing out that you are wrong in thinking that I have a butt, cause I don't. I'm not putting myself down, it's a fact." Devyn clarified. She was already moving away from him then, not on purpose or anything. She was going near the pool; it dimly lit for anyone who wanted a late night swim. Devyn used on of the pool lounge chairs, laying down, and getting comfortable. She could not help but to laugh at his words about the ocean.

"It's kind of a very big deal. It's because of the ocean that we have life on this planet and are able to survive, since we kind of need water to survive." Devyn pointed out. Cade might not have liked it or thought it was a big deal, but it was the reason for life and how life sustained itself. Plus you could drink sea water; it was just a very dumb idea that would make you even thirstier, delusion, and end up killing you.

[Cade Carson]

Cade sighed.

"You're right of course. I am kind of afraid of water. The ocean specifically. Regular water doesn't scare me but the ocean...I'm scared of drowning. Getting too tired to swim and drowning. Of course the next question after that is: why the hell did you board the SS Anne for spring break then?" He walked over and sat down beside her. He was just quiet for a few moments, not sure what to say. Then, piercing the quiet was a chuckle from Cade himself.

"Why I came out here was to think in the fresh air. Clear my head. Kind of F'ed up my plans when the reason I needed to do that was right there leaning over the railing." He smiled, giving a small shrug.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn chuckled a little and shook her head at Cade coming out and admitting the real problem he was having. She still didn’t get why he was bothering to hide things with her or put up the front like something was not a big deal when it was. He was an odd one, that was for sure and it just proved that she still didn’t know the guy. He was sensitive and now he was afraid of the ocean because of the fear of getting tired and falling asleep. Devyn almost made a sex joke there, one about him not having the stamina to keep up with girls or something along those lines.

She held back the words however, not wanting to be mean when he was opening up to her. Dev had already laughed at him when he had opened up and admitted to what kind of guy he was and that he was still a virgin. Devyn still could not get over that and had a hard still believe that his words were true on that matter. How could he act the way he did around others when he had never been laid before? He had to at least get pretty far on the bases, at least. He then asked the question that Devyn was going to ask but he didn’t give her an answer. Instead there was another question that did come with an answer, one that confused Devyn a little.

Her head tilted to the side a little as she looked at Cade who was sitting on the lounge chair next to her, piecing together what he said. “Well sorry that I’m giving you uh…issues?” Devyn said, it coming out more like a question. She sat up then, turning to fully face Cade now. “So wait, did you come on this boat trip for the same reason why you came out here, but messed it up because I’m that reason?” Devyn asked. She just wanted to make sure she understood everything right, so she knew how to respond to it properly.

[Cade Carson]

"If by you being the reason, you mean that you're the reason I got on this boat in the first place, then yes." Honestly, Cade was kind of surprised he hadn't choked on those words because they were basically admitting he liked someone and that was extremely hard. Possibly had never happened to him before either, hence why he might be just a bit bad at it.

"You're not giving me...bad issues. Just...like...good ones? I'm not explaining very well, am I?" He sighed.

"I like you." The words came out in a rush and Cade's face betrayed his surprise at how they flew out.

"I...kind of can't believe I had the guts to actually say it. Colour me surprised."

[Devyn Solway]

Cade admitted that he was on this boat because of her. She wanted to say that was dumb of him to get on a boat when he was afraid of the ocean, just for her. Then again, that just made that much more sense to what he was feeling for her. It had to be more than just wanting to sleep with her if he had braved up going on this trip and was losing sleep over it. Unless he really just wanted to sleep with her and it had built up to the point where he could not stand it anymore. Devyn didn't know and part of her didn't really want to know.

She didn't say anything as he started to go on to try and explain what it was he was getting at. Her facial expression didn't change; she just looked at him, and was actually paying attention to all that he was saying. Then he came out and just said that he liked her. That was still a bit unclear if it was just more so a lust thing or something more. She didn't want it to be anything more. She really, really didn't want it to. Then again, with what Cade had revealed about himself meant that it probably was. Devyn didn't really understand how it was hard to admit to anyone that you liked them.

Love was a hard thing to admit, but admitting you liked someone or wanted to bang them should have been easy. Well it was at least for her. Devyn scratched her head, thinking of what to say in response to Cade's confession. "Uh, thanks for having the guts to admit it. Now you should probably be able to sleep since you got it off your chest." Devyn said as she gave a small nod. "I kind of only like you as a friend at the moment and while I'm fine sleeping with my friends...I just can't yet. I'm just now starting to work on getting over someone and what they did so...yeah." Devyn said, scratching her head with one hand, while her free hand played with her father's ring that she was wearing on her chain necklace.

[Cade Carson]

Ooh. Friend-zoned. He smiled, and it was twinged a bit with sadness.

"I know you only think of me as a friend. I know that. I just had to tell you. And I don't expect anything more than friendship. I respect that you need to get over your ex. I wouldn't want to do that to you before you've healed. I do, however, want to help you heal. As a friend. If you'll let me." Cade shrugged and smiled, and this one was happy and genuine.

"I don't need sleep though honestly. I'm awake. I'm a night-owl anyways. I nap during the daytime. My body forces me to, after all. Besides, at night it isn't so warm. Kind of nice."

[Devyn Solway]

It was just bad timing and too soon. Sure Devyn had been out of the relationship for more than a month, but that was not enough time. Devyn didn’t know how much time she was actually going to need so long as she remained at the school where Zoe was. For all other relationship in where she fell in love with someone, they were gone, and she didn’t have to see them being with others. In this case, so long as she remained at the school she was going to have to deal with seeing Zoe being happy with Alice; not her.

She figured she could deal with it…but it was just really hard and while distractions were good, Cade just didn’t seem like the right distraction. If it had been the spur of the moment thing, then yeah it was possible but they were friends. Yet, she didn’t really know him and actually was not sure if she could even trust him. Not that he was like directly lying to her or anything, but he would show one thing and say the other. So while Devyn was cool with him, she didn’t think she could actually trust the guy to not make a big deal out of something; among other things.

Devyn was at least pleased that Cade was not torn up about it and that he was willing to help her out as just friends. “Cool. Don’t want us to stop hanging out and being pals just cause I’m not ready for certain things yet. I understand if you don’t want to deal with it…lots of people can’t wait for me to change.” Devyn said, the last bit came out a bit softer and sadder. She then moved to lay back down, letting out a sigh and just working to get her mind back out of the place as she thought about just how pleasant this night was.

“You don’t make sense a lot of times, dude. Conflicting all the time or I’m just confused.” Devyn pointed out as she chuckled a little. She did not recall anything about him being a night owl and from what he told her about his power he had a problem with just passing out at any moment, so that made him even less of a night owl. The whole night being warm, well Devyn rarely heard someone say the night was warm but she was not cold so maybe he was not. “So, since you got that out of the way. Anything else bothering you?” Devyn asked. Talking about problems helped and if a friend was having a problem she wanted to help them out.

[Cade Carson]

"Why would I want you to change? I'm waiting for you to not be in pain over your break-up yes. But wanting you to change? It's the current you I like. Expecting someone to change for yourself is a very arrogant view to take on things." He shrugged. When Devyn brought up how he was conflicting all the time and confusing, he chuckled, smiling sheepishly as he ran his fingers through his hair idly.

"I kind of vary in the way I act depending on the situation. Sometimes I feel really really happy, and other times I'm subdued. Add onto that that I've gotten so used to masking my real self with 'happy go lucky wannabe playboy' that I don't always know when to stop...and yes, you have a very confused guy. I'm still getting used to the fact you're okay with me being myself. You're one of the first people to do that." The others mostly being trainers or his parents, really.

"I don't have any other problems to talk about. Now you, on the other hand? You keep deflecting."

[Devyn Solway]

“If I don’t change, how can I get over my breakup?” Devyn asked, but it was more of a rhetorical question. She could not help but to chuckle slightly at Cade’s words on how he liked how she currently was. Devyn didn’t like how she currently was. Broken, trying to recover, and different because of how she had tried to change for Zoe. She didn’t like feeling weak and hurting over something like this, so she could not really understand why Cade liked her as she was. Then again, it was hard to understand why you liked someone’s; sometimes it just sort of happened.

She listened as Cade explained himself and why he was always showing different sides around her and thus confusing her. That made sense, not everyone was used to being their self so she could understand being all over the place when you could. Anyone could be themselves around Devyn; in fact that was how she wanted it because if they were fake then she could not trust them. Devyn was loyal to the bone, despite what some might have thought about her. Yes, she made mistake but while she was a mutant; she was still human. “Well I’m happy to be the first, but you should work on being yourself around more people, you might be surprised how many people will accept the real you.” Devyn pointed out.

Dev was a very firm believer that given time, people would come to accept you for who you were when they actually took the time to understand you. That was why she tried to get people to come out of their shell, to be themselves, and accept who they were. Then at the end of the day, they could at least be happy with who they were. Cade assured her that he didn’t have anything else to talk about and then turned the question on her. Devyn just smirked a little as she scratched her head at the question and that Cade did catch on that she was deflecting. “That obvious huh?” Devyn asked.

“I just have been thinking about leaving is all…leaving the school that is. I already put in a request to look at schools I could transfer to at the end of Spring Break.” Devyn admitted, shrugging slightly. Now that she was on this trip she was trapped around people, but in a relaxed environment that allowed her to think. So she was having second thoughts but…it was still up in the air.