From: anyastark	Date: October 20th, 2011 09:38 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"It does," she said. There were other reasons why she hadn't dated in the past year or so, but she left them unsaid. "C'est la vie I suppose."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 12:36 am (UTC)		(Link)

If he heard about those reasons, he still wouldn't mention it. Too much common history there.

"Yeah, pretty much. Who knows, maybe eventually run into someone who is as much of a gym rat as I am."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 01:05 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Hate to break it to you, but if you were to run into someone who spends as much time in the gym as you do, you're probably related. Of course this means you'll have to leave the gym on occasion to meet girls."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 01:23 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Ok, if you're saying insane things like 'leave the gym', at least you're associating it with a good cause."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 01:48 am (UTC)		(Link)

"'Leave the gym' is not insane talk. That would be 'leave the lab'. Now /that's/ insane talk."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 02:41 am (UTC)		(Link)

He grins. "No, no, you have that backwards, I think."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 02:42 am (UTC)		(Link)

Anya laughed. "I don't think so. So what we've determined is that you need someone to drag you out of the gym and I need someone to drag me out of the lab."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 03:03 am (UTC)		(Link)

"That is, indeed, about what it sounds like. Go figure. Any ideas?"

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 03:17 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Well it's getting that time of the year when I have a lot of charity events and whatnot to go to. Feel up to being my date if I need one?"

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 03:21 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Hmm, that'd mean I'd have to get fitted for a tux and all, right?"

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:09 am (UTC)		(Link)

"Yeah. Wearing a monkey suit is one of the requirements, but don't worry. I'll take care of it all. You're do me a favor after all."

Anya didn't mind going to big fancy events, she loved it actually, but she hated going alone. Lately she'd been dragging Misha, but she knew it wasn't his thing and he needed a break.

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 04:08 pm (UTC)		(Link)

He chuckles. "I doubt my parents would mind anything that involves getting me all dressed up, and going with such a cute girl is favor enough. Sure, count me in."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 10:04 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Anya blushed a bit. "Well they may mind the rumors," she said. "There's always rumors when I go to a party with someone."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 10:20 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"My father might. My mother and my fairy godmothers would be thrilled if I appeared in a tabloid. I might not hear the end of it for a while, but they'd be thrilled."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 10:25 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I'm sure Uncle Steve will say that I'm a bad influence on you. The Stark genes and all." Anya grinned. Nope. Not ashamed of being a Stark. "It'll just be a matter of time until you're in one."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 10:32 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I'm sure I'll survive, somehow."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 10:51 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Oh I know. We can at least have some fun with it."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 10:57 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"That was kind of my thought, yes. If they're going to be there anyway, might as well either ignore them and assume they're going to write what they're going to write, or give them something entirely unfounded to run off with and force a retraction a week later."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:15 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I like the way you think, Jimmy," she said. "Devious. I like devious."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:23 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"No better way to make the media look bad than make them print something blatantly false and have to issue an apology. It'd have to be big enough that they can't couch it in rumors and allegations, of course."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:26 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"I'm sure we'll think of something," she said with a mischievous look on her face. "And it will be big."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:31 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"Why, Miss Stark, I do believe we have the beginnings of an anti-tabloid conspiracy."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:35 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Anya cackled. "No power in the 'verse will stop us, Mr. Rogers."

	From: treadlightly	Date: October 21st, 2011 11:59 pm (UTC)		(Link)

"We shall have to discuss this terrible plan over dinner."

	From: anyastark	Date: October 22nd, 2011 12:00 am (UTC)		(Link)

"We shall," she agreed. She stepped on the accelerator and zoomed through New York traffic.