Ronata's room at the walker farm

he looked up as Khaat spoke then looked to Ronata "well i do still have a job to do and thats guarding you and Abby so Im in... if Ronata will come?" he asked looking at her. This was the first time he had asked her anything, but he felt it was about time he did . Standing he loked at where she knelt " I'm sure Khaat will give you time off from the cafe " he looked at Khaat then back to Ronata . Taking a deep breath he stood tall " Ro, I'd like you to come with us as my companion , you can't let me be stuck with khaat and Brian all day" he dropped to his knees dand shuffled forward "pleeeeasee?" he said seeing the smirk on her face as he asked

Brian came back out and saw him rather ridiculously propositioning Ronata somehow. It made him laugh. "You got a ring hidden someplace in those trunks, or what?" he laughed. He knew he would at least earn a scowl from Steven, but he really didn't care. Steven had opened that door himself, and if he was going to give Brian an opening to tease him, Brian was just going to take it.

"Stop," Khaat poked Brian gently, laughing. "You're impossible."

"Hm..I wonder if I can still find that Tuscan portkey," he frowned, thoughtful.

"I can make one," she offered.

"No. Not you. I need both socks--they do come in pairs. You guys do know she has this little quirk that she makes portkeys out of socks? And, no. I don't have any mismatched socks. You cannot break up a pair just to make a portkey. Find something else for once. Better yet, let me make the portkey."

"Well?" Khaat said, unmoved, "What else are you going to use stray socks for?"

"I don't! Most of us toss them out!"

"Wasteful. Especially when they make perfectly good portkeys," she teased him.

Ronata sat some what stunned at Steven but chuckled at him as she got on his knees , she saw Brian behind him and the scowel as he teased him about being on his knees she was about to awnser him when he stood up feeling something cut his knee he tripped and tumbled back into the pool Ronata could not help but laugh as she moved to the edge of the pool "yes Steven i'll come, if to do nothing but keep you from hurting your self " she grinned watching him grin back at her from the pool as he climbed back out .

"Oh, that's right," Brian said sarcastically, "Contaminate my pool. Nice job, Cassanova." He waved his hand over the pool to make sure the water was clean for everyone. "What did you cut yourself on? I don't remember of us making anything sharp out here. And would you like me to heal that for you?"

"Thank you, Brian. I presume you can keep him from bleeding to death," Khaat grinned. She decided to go back in the pool for awhile. "Call me if you need me to amputate." Brian laughed out loud at her remark. "You know, I think I could get Mom and Daddy to babysit for us while we're gone, but we'd come back to find both babies spoiled rotten. They won't be able to help themselves."

Steven looked down at where he had been knelt and picked up a sharp stone looking over at Cara who sat innocently on the other side of the pool area but he just smiled droping the stone in teh bin close by. "some body left a stone last time she was playing" he said and looked at the small red trickle from his knee. as he sat down he saw Ronata walk over with a cloth cleaning it she waited for Brian to heal it "well looks whose, talking your such a casanova your self " he said grining "besides if i was, I'd have won her heart long before now" he looked at Ronata some what embarased but she just blushed and smiled up at him.

As steven climbed out teh pool she picked up a small cloth watching the trikle of blood from his knee as he sat down quickly she moved to clean it seeing it wasn't deep but she couldn't help be alittel con fused by his words but she smiled any way as she kept pressure on it for when Brian could heal it rembering to ask khaat about what a casanova was.

Leaving the two men out side she moved into find Khaat her toweel now wrapped around ehr waist "Khaat can I ask you something?" she asked watching her with Abby and dakota changing them and cleaning them up. "Khaat whats a casanova, Brian called Steven it ?" she asked not wanting to sound stupid.

"Cassanova was a famous Italian adventurer. He is far more famous for being a, well, shall we say, lover? He's probably still one of the most legendary lovers in the world," Khaat replied. "You'll have to get used to these guys, especially when they team up with my father. They're a pretty rough and tumble lot. Aurors always are. Oh, and you need to get used to a lot of blood and guts stuff too. It comes with the territory of hanging out with this bunch. They work hard and they play even harder.

"Brian is their boss. Steven and Jack work for him. And Brian works for my father. Just so you know. They're, well, they're into a type of law enforcement. It will require them to travel a good deal and to be gone for sometimes days at a time. But you seem to me to be able to adapt to that. One of Brian's areas of expertise is training someone to be in top physical form and to be a top dueler. Ask Steven. He can tell you--Brian takes his job very, very seriously. He feels responsible if one of his men gets hurt if he thinks he should have trained them better. But Brian is also an awful lot of fun, too. Right now, aside from my parents, Brian is the closest friend I have. Not that there isn't always room for more friends."

ronata looked at Khaat slightly stunned "a...a lover, steven? " she said sitting slowly down "hes not even made any sort of move on me in fact hes been a complete gentle man, hes kind generouse , and if i must say he has ...well... A nice body" she said as her cheek quickly turned pink . she listened more as Khaat explained about what steven , brain and jack did for a living "I guess I should not be suprised if it happens again, but I can't help worry about him " she sighed looking down at her hands "Khaat can i tell you something, but please don't say anything to Steven ?" she said worry now on her face as she took a deep breath as she stood up and paced. " everytime im near him I can't help but think of him, like before and the sunscreen it was as if it felt right , you know what i mean , but im not sure how I feel" she sat down.

"Take your time," Khaat said. "There's no rush. You aren't under any time constraints. It will happen in its own time. Sometimes, as my father says, you need to take time to enjoy the taste of the wine. He thinks some things in life are worth savoring as you go. In other words, just enjoy it and let it develop on its own.

"And don't worry about Steven. My father is a Master Healer and a Potionsmaster and Chief of Staff at St. Mungos. There are very, very few things he has not seen and cannot heal. Just ask Steven. My father and I have healed a couple of his, well, scrapes. Have you met Andrew and John yet? They're good boys. I haven't seen them since summer break started at Hogwarts. I presume they are with my parents today maybe? They like slipping over next door to my parents' farm. Probably because my mother specializes in magical creatures. There is almost always something new and weird going on in the barn."

steven loked at Brian and fround as he watched Ronata move and go inside "Brain could you cool it around Ronata, Shes a pretty special woman " he said holding the cloth to his knee , he gave a sigh as he though about her "shes kind, caring and very beautiful " he then smiled at how she looked laughing at him as he fell in the pool not even realising that he was even smiling like he was "I guess im just happy to watching over her " she said some what embarassed Brian had seen him like he had, like a school boy with his first love.