Eye of the Tiger

[Ayden]

Ayden smiled at Connor's comment about wanting a gun as well, mostly because of her prior thoughts on showing him how to use one. That could be a very interesting time. Connor made a joke, she didn't understand it but she smiled anyway and patted his hand in support. He dated himself regularly with her, it was funny, but when he was reminiscing about his past, he was fun and childlike. And Ayden enjoyed fun Connor.

But her thoughts were soon turned towards a spar between Connor and Giovanni. Ayden's heart leapt, it was a gut reaction to Connor fighting. She knew he was using MMA now because his life depended on defending himself, but it hadn't always been about that. They hadn't discussed the reasons, but that was what he'd done when Ayden had told him what she was, he'd resorted to getting hurt, to feeling pain and the adrenaline of the fight. Ayden sighed but smiled. "That could be fun to watch."


Emily returned with tears in her eyes and Ayden frowned, she watched as the men started towards the ring. She turned to watched, but out of the corner of her eye she watched Emily. She smiled, "Everything okay, Emily?"


Ayden wasn't exactly sure she wanted to deal with her emotional again, but she was a friend, she didn't like seeing her in pain.