[ Again, Derek's initial response is a laugh and a shrug. ]
Yeah, sorry, that's pretty much what I'm saying. At least you won't get it anywhere too uncomfortable, though, right?
[ Because that is definitely a real risk while spending time at the beach, at least in bathing suits or naked, in his experience. ]
That is a promise I can keep, so yes. I promise not to put any sand in your hair and as long as you're not intentionally tracking in the entire beach, I'm pretty sure a broom will do the trick, so we're good, there.
[ Derek offers her a smile then and starts to re-wrap the jerky so that he can put it away. ]
So, we're cool? You're not still mad at me for having kids when I don't have kids, right?
( it seems like such a silly thing to say, but that doesn't make her answer any less genuine. if she had really been mad at him, she wouldn't have come by. she definitely wouldn't have gone to the trouble of making him a werewolf-friendly gift basket. )
It's kind of ridiculous to be mad at you, anyway, just because you're good with a baby. ( a self-deprecating little laugh, and caroline shakes her head. ) You know, I've been trying to keep it together, but I guess now you know the real Caroline Forbes... an insecure, neurotic, control freak who overreacts to everything.
( it wasn't that long ago that she panicked and shouted those words at stefan instead. it's easier to admit it, now, and easier to smile as she does. she can't even pretend to be anybody else, especially not with derek. he'd see right through it. )
[ Derek smiles a little at her response. Admittedly, he's relieved. He likes Caroline; she gets him, because she's kind of like him. It's nice to have a friend that is a little closer to his age and isn't from home who still understands what it's like to be him, at least to some degree. He'd honestly been put out rather a lot when he'd thought she was angry with him, so it's nice to know that she isn't, anymore. ]
I really like kids, that's all.
[ He hopes to have several of his own some day, but honestly, Derek's really not holding his breath for that one. If he can't even trust enough to sleep with someone here, he's certainly never going to trust someone enough to have children with them. Still, having Baby as a baby was a nice way to live vicariously through himself and it's nice to dream sometimes. He just...won't tell anyone.
Another smile crosses his expression and he shakes his head, as if to dismiss her summary of herself as unimportant. To him, it kind of is. ]
You're all right, Caroline. You might not be able to see it all the time, but the paranoid control freak that I am totally gets it. We're good, I promise.
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Yeah, sorry, that's pretty much what I'm saying. At least you won't get it anywhere too uncomfortable, though, right?
[ Because that is definitely a real risk while spending time at the beach, at least in bathing suits or naked, in his experience. ]
That is a promise I can keep, so yes. I promise not to put any sand in your hair and as long as you're not intentionally tracking in the entire beach, I'm pretty sure a broom will do the trick, so we're good, there.
[ Derek offers her a smile then and starts to re-wrap the jerky so that he can put it away. ]
So, we're cool? You're not still mad at me for having kids when I don't have kids, right?
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( it seems like such a silly thing to say, but that doesn't make her answer any less genuine. if she had really been mad at him, she wouldn't have come by. she definitely wouldn't have gone to the trouble of making him a werewolf-friendly gift basket. )
It's kind of ridiculous to be mad at you, anyway, just because you're good with a baby. ( a self-deprecating little laugh, and caroline shakes her head. ) You know, I've been trying to keep it together, but I guess now you know the real Caroline Forbes... an insecure, neurotic, control freak who overreacts to everything.
( it wasn't that long ago that she panicked and shouted those words at stefan instead. it's easier to admit it, now, and easier to smile as she does. she can't even pretend to be anybody else, especially not with derek. he'd see right through it. )
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I really like kids, that's all.
[ He hopes to have several of his own some day, but honestly, Derek's really not holding his breath for that one. If he can't even trust enough to sleep with someone here, he's certainly never going to trust someone enough to have children with them. Still, having Baby as a baby was a nice way to live vicariously through himself and it's nice to dream sometimes. He just...won't tell anyone.
Another smile crosses his expression and he shakes his head, as if to dismiss her summary of herself as unimportant. To him, it kind of is. ]
You're all right, Caroline. You might not be able to see it all the time, but the paranoid control freak that I am totally gets it. We're good, I promise.