High Flyin' Cowgirl (Downtime)

[Anita Fernandez]

Anita is in a gymnastics leotard, with her hands and feet taped, practicing acrobatic flips and twists on the uneven bars. She's doing really well, good enough to at least try out for the Olympic team, even if she might not make the cut.

After warming up for a while, she goes for a big stunt, low bar to high bar, spinning on the high bar and then a double flip into the air, to land down on the mat. She doesn't even try to stick the landing, chosing instead to drop into a roll when she hits. This is still combat practice to some extent.

The roll is a touch akward, but absorbs most of the force from the high fall. Anita walks over to a nearby bench and drinks some water, splashing a bit on her shoulders as she takes a quick break.

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Lookin' good out there, kitty-cat," Ryan said, grinning, as he leaned against the doorway, his dress and state of sweatiness showing that he'd just finished up his own workout in the weight room.

[Anita Fernandez]

Anita smiles. "Hey Ryan. How ya'll doin'?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan scowled. "Good, except once again, my fame's caught up with me," he said, rolling his eyes. "Gotta go back to New York soon to be on some talk show where some girl's going to try to pin her baby on me."

[Anita Fernandez]

Anita laughs. "I'm gonna have ta make sure ta catch that one. Which show?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Oh, whoever it was that took over when Maury retired. I've got the note in my room. Kelly's on it too, I guess the girl has a wing fetish, whoever she is."

[Anita Fernandez]

"Everybody loves the wings." Anita stretches. "So what brings ya down ta the bendy part of the gym?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Sightseeing?" he teased. "Just seing how you're doing, really. Didn't manage to catch you yesterday."

[Anita Fernandez]

Anita strikes a pose, showing her cleavage off to Ryan. "I hope yer enjoyn' the view. I'm doin' pretty good. I think I'm back in fightin' trim more or less. Ya'll can count on me next time we get sent out."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"You deserved the downtime," Ryan said, walking forward. "As long as you're sure you're ready. I'm not worried about the missions, I just want you to be all right."

[Anita Fernandez]

"Aww, not even a joke about bein' teased by me? Ryan, are ya in love with Bear?" Anita grins.

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan chuckled. "Of course I love Bear, but I'm blaming the 'no joking' on general worry about you."

"Granted, a kitten who didn't want to be petted wouldn't be tempting me like that, of course," he added, winking at her.

[Anita Fernandez]

"Ya know me. I don't usually turn down a touch."

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan chuckled. "Yeah, but being able to do it without seeing you cringe or risk having you try to break a hand is always a plus," he answered. True to form, though, he ran an affectionate hand down her arm.

[Anita Fernandez]

Anita shivers as she enjoys the touch. "Seriously, I'm fine though. Ya'll don't have ta worry 'bout me."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Yeah, well, it'd be easier to take your word for it if you hadn't been saying that all along," Ryan teased, evidently satisfied that yes, she was all right.

[Anita Fernandez]

"I just needed some space."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"Well, it looks like you took that space and you rocked it," he said, grinning as he gave her arm another little stroke. "Almost can't wait for something to go wrong again so we can get out there and tear it up."

[Anita Fernandez]

Anita grins. "I know! I can't wait. I want ta bust some heads. I just got certified to wear my guns 'round town, so I'm psyched about that."

"How're things goin' with you? Anything new?"

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan smirked. "You mean besides having to go back to New York to prove that no, I didn't knock up some girl that I probably never met? Nah, kind of business as usual."

[Anita Fernandez]

"Well yeah, I ment new stuff 'round here." She checks the tape on her hands. "We should get together fer lunch or somethin', some time."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"I'd like that," Ryan said. "Or maybe a bender after I get back from New York," he added, smirking.

[Anita Fernandez]

"That sounds awesome. My tolerance has gotten a lot better lately too, so we can really tear it up."

[Ryan Gabriel]

"You really want to make me happy? Have someone make me up a dartboard with the face of whatever little snot's dragging me onto that show on it," he chuckled. "We'll see how good our aim is when we're toasted."

[Anita Fernandez]

"I think it's hilarious. I wish I'da thought of it."

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan smirked. "What, the dartboard, or the random 'you're my baby's daddy' accusations?" he teased.

[Anita Fernandez]

"The second one. Cause ya'll have slept with a lot of girls and it just makes me laugh. And havin' Kelly on there is just a stroka a genius."

[Ryan Gabriel]

Ryan chuckled. "Yes, well, when it comes out in the paternity test that I've been on fertility suppression for the past three years, I hope this girl feels kind of stupid."

[Anita Fernandez]

"I'm not worried about ya actually bein' the dad, I just think the whole thing is really funny. Besides, ya'll like the limelight, jus' have fun with it."