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RP: Fancy Meeting You Here

Aug 10, 2011 23:19

Date: Wednesday, 10 Aug 2010
Characters: Lupe Espinoza, Nereida Santiago
Location: Serenity
Status: Private
Summary: The long day needed a cool-down.
Completion: Incomplete

( She didn't have to rush home tonight, for the first time in a long time. )

post: private, character: lupe espinoza, location: serenity, august 2011, character: nereida santiago

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lupe_espinoza August 11 2011, 03:50:37 UTC

Lupe preferred running outside to treadmills, but the heat had her forgoing her normal morning run and heading to Serenity after her shift instead. Just as well; she needed to make better use of her membership than she'd been doing lately. She had a police discount here, which meant a lot of other cops did too, which meant she usually ran into way too many of them here. Not that she didn't like mingling, but it was like being back at work sometimes. Cop humour was often tedious and too often at her expense and that of the other women on the job. Just because she could give as good as she got didn't mean she felt like dealing with it all the time ( ... )

nereida_dances August 11 2011, 04:05:47 UTC

The movement in the mirror made her look up in time to catch sight of the woman claiming the next machine over, and she grinned broadly in welcome, turning to wave at her. "Hey, yeah, long time! I don't take nearly enough advantage of the stuff here. How's it shakin'?" She looked over her shoulder automatically to look for Mattie and say hola, then looked back at Lupe. "Habit; was looking for el guapo. Mattie off with friends tonight?"

Adjusting the settings so she was at a slightly easier run and could talk if the other woman wanted, she tilted her head. "Was thinking about you two the other day, while I was visiting Ruth, one of the girls who works here after she brought her new bébé home. Work still treating you all right?"

lupe_espinoza August 11 2011, 04:17:08 UTC

"Oh you know, he has his own active social life, breaking hearts and taking names." She grinned. "His aunt's got him until seven which means he's probably in X-Box Land at the moment, but I'll be relieving her when I'm done here." She configured the treadmill and started a light trot, lighter than she'd intended but it was a little hard to talk and run full-out.

"Really? I'd wondered if you knew Ruth. She's a neighbor, sort of--Mattie and I stopped in to see her on Sunday. God, I remember being that exhausted. I'm still that exhausted sometimes." She laughed a little. "Work's fine, never lets up. Hard not to take it home with me--so sometimes I find it easier not to resist." She nodded toward her file, her expression wry. "It's good to take a break sometimes, though. How've you been?"

nereida_dances August 13 2011, 01:07:24 UTC

"But Mamá, X-Box Land is so much fuuuuun!" Drawling teasingly, she laughed lightly as she fixed her ponytail. "But hopefully she's run him ragged so he'll sleep well tonight. It always feels like that's the one thing my cousin Paula wants when I have her kids -- just wear them out so that they give her sleepy little cuddles when they get home and head straight to bed." She grinned faintly. "Not that she doesn't adore them. But sometimes it's nice to send the kids off for a day with someone else, and have an hour or two to yourself after work ( ... )

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