"And perhaps you just like putting things in your own way because you can't see what is in front of you." Seveline replied. She rolled her eyes at his choice of words, making it sound as though she was the complex one... though technically that was completely true, despite her refusal to believe it as being that way. Her heart skipped a beat almost at Blane's change of tone though as he spoke the next part.<span style="font-style: italic">"You don't want me to say your name correctly."</span>He had just enough of the tone and perhaps a bit of that accent she had been trying to ignore, enough to make her heart flutter. But perhaps she did want him to say her name, even if it did come out as they both knew it would. Maybe this time it was Blane who wasn't paying complete attention.<br/><br/>"I hadn't answered because I didn't think it was important for you to know." Sev responded simply, keeping her tone even and uninterested. She caught his movement towards her a split second too late to react. By the time she realized what was going on, they were chest to chest, hand in hand. Her face flushed nearly as dark as her hair, her blue eyes lit with surprise. She had never been in such a situation like this, and honestly she was flustered beyond what she originally thought could have been her limit. She felt as though she would die of embarrassment... though, his touch felt unexpected gentle but strong; it felt good to her, though she'd never in her right mind admit to something like that out loud.<br/><br/>Seveline heard the noise of the slayers outside the barn. They had obviously finally woken up. Before she could say something, she was spun away, landing on pile of pillows. The girl tried to make herself pale down a bit, or at least think up a quick excuse for being so flustered and red. At least Blane had the courtesy of making her land softly rather than just letting her go and hiding. She got to her feet, dusting what little dirt and hay had gotten on her and walked casually towards the barn door just as the two slayer boys came in.<br/><br/>"What are you two doing back here?" Sev questioned, though fighting to keep her voice calm and collected as usual. "Aren't you supposed to be at your posts?" "Yes ma'am." One of the boys replied. "We had come back here to say that we had seen a vampire out on the edge of the forest, though he darted off as we caught sight of him." "Well obviously if he ran off without conflict he was being no trouble." "Yes, but when we came back over here we saw another one just outside of the barn. Then somehow everything just went black." "You must have been out in the sun too long. Don't work yourselves so hard." Seveline responded, coming up with things to convince the two boys that Blane had never been there at all. "You must have been seeing things. If there was a vampire anywhere around here I would have dealt with it long before you two had gotten anywhere close." The boys didn't argue with her, and nodded. "It was getting quite hot, now that you mention it." One of them responded. "Well then, how about you two return to your posts. And this time stay in the shade instead of being in the sunlight. Getting heat exhaustion will do you no good." The boys nodded and scurried off out of the barn.<br/><br/>Seveline sighed and cast a quick glance up towards the loft. Good thing Blane was a quick thinker. Who knows what kind of lie she would have had to come up with if those two troublesome boys had caught sight of him. She leaned against the wall, running a hand through her hair with an exasperated mutter. "Having to deal with these rookie slayers is absolutely exhausting; especially when they don't know what they are supposed to be doing. Had it been all that much of a problem the could have handled it themselves. It's not like I'm the only slayer here. They can do some of the work themselves without having to come to me for instruction."