Parker eyed the pile of leaves sceptically and then looked at Hardison. "Seems pointless to me," she said. "What's the objective?"
"There's no objective, it's just--" Hardison jumped up and down in the pile a few times to demonstrate and then stopped, sighing. "Fun. It's supposed to be fun."
"I don't get it," she said, and his face softened.
"I know you don't," he said. "It's okay."
She frowned. It was really frustrating when she felt like he wasn't explaining things right, or that she wasn't getting it because she was somehow deficient. She turned to a pair of men who were walking by.
"Hi," she said, stepping out in front of them. "I have a question." Remembering her lessons with Sophie, she added, "Do you mind?"
"Not at all," said the shorter one, looking at her a bit oddly. Most people looked at her like that.
"Why do people jump in leaves?" she demanded.
The guy blinked. "Uh, it's fun?"
Parker bit her lips frustratedly. The blond guy looked at her and then he smirked, glancing at his friend.
"Way to not give her the complete explanation, Brian," he said, bending down to scoop up some leaves and shoving them down Brian's shirt. Brian yelped and swore vengeance, and, and, oh. This, she got.
Grinning, she started advancing on Hardison.
"Parker, that's not what I meant, Parker--" but he was laughing, and so was she.
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Parker eyed the pile of leaves sceptically and then looked at Hardison. "Seems pointless to me," she said. "What's the objective?"
"There's no objective, it's just--" Hardison jumped up and down in the pile a few times to demonstrate and then stopped, sighing. "Fun. It's supposed to be fun."
"I don't get it," she said, and his face softened.
"I know you don't," he said. "It's okay."
She frowned. It was really frustrating when she felt like he wasn't explaining things right, or that she wasn't getting it because she was somehow deficient. She turned to a pair of men who were walking by.
"Hi," she said, stepping out in front of them. "I have a question." Remembering her lessons with Sophie, she added, "Do you mind?"
"Not at all," said the shorter one, looking at her a bit oddly. Most people looked at her like that.
"Why do people jump in leaves?" she demanded.
The guy blinked. "Uh, it's fun?"
Parker bit her lips frustratedly. The blond guy looked at her and then he smirked, glancing at his friend.
"Way to not give her the complete explanation, Brian," he said, bending down to scoop up some leaves and shoving them down Brian's shirt. Brian yelped and swore vengeance, and, and, oh. This, she got.
Grinning, she started advancing on Hardison.
"Parker, that's not what I meant, Parker--" but he was laughing, and so was she.