MHA #10- Saturday morning

[throughaphase]

It should surprise no one that last night's date had ended up at Kitty's place, and as it turned out, having a boyfriend for Valentine's Day two years in a row- the same boyfriend, no less, go her- was kind of awesome. That should also probably not be a surprise.

It took her a while to drag herself out of bed this morning, heading to the kitchen to put up coffee, because that was a necessary thing and the Perk was all the way outside. So yeah, just another ordinary morning, just like the ones everyone else was having before their weekends got turned upside down.


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[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

Which was why there was knocking on the door again. Aren't you glad you had polite kids?

"It's cold out!"

Okay, not that polite.

[throughaphase]

That was a new greeting, and why did Kitty have a bad feeling about this?

But she went to the door anyway, opened it rather than just sticking her head through- "Oh. Hi."

[so_hawkward]

Clint both heard and felt Kitty out of bed, but it wasn't until he smelled coffee that he finally got out of bed himself. Minus a shirt because hey, Valentine's Day might have been over but Kitty still deserved nice things. "Hey," he said, rubbing his eyes. "Good morning and all."

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"Don't look too happy to see me," Petra said, rolling her eyes.

[throughaphase]

"Morning," she said, going to give him a kiss. "We're having a weekend."

[throughaphase]

"It's early and you didn't exactly call first. You surprised me," Kitty pointed out, letting her in. "I am glad to see you, though!"

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

If the knocking on the door wasn't clue enough, the teenager eating cereal in the kitchen might have given it away.

No big deal. Just broke in here.

[ahawkwardphase]

And there was another knock. This time from a little girl who really needed to start phasing already so she didn't have to stand out here like this.

"Open up, it's me!" she called.

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"Portals are hell on phones," Petra replied smugly. "Am I going to be made into a babysitter or something?"

[throughaphase]

So, Kitty knew Petra and so that wasn't too weird for her. The girl in her kitchen? Yeah, a little strange.

"You're new," Kitty stated the obvious.

[throughaphase]

"That depends on how many kids show up," Kitty said, only because Petra had put that out there.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

"Ugh, no one wants to see you without a shirt, dad."

Which wasn't true, but for her it was. Because eeeeeew.

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

"Pretty sure I've been around for a few years." Awww, someone got the Hale sarcasm.

[so_hawkward]

Clint blinked a little, finally took a good look around the kitchen, and turned around to go back to the bedroom. When he came back, he was fully dressed and grumbling as he tried to get his hair to not all stick up straight. "One freaking normal Saturday, that's all I ask for."

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"I'm getting paid, right?" That's what mattered.

[throughaphase]

Well, the shirtless had been nice.

"Next week. Let's just go ahead and hope for next week," Kitty told him. "Because this one's not happening."

[throughaphase]

"I was asking for that one," Kitty sighed. "So, not to be rude or anything, but who are you?"

[so_hawkward]

The last time someone had called him that, she'd been smaller and less annoyed-looking. "Well, someone probably does or you wouldn't be here."

Because that was an appropriate thing to say to a teenager.

"I mean, hi, sorry. Where did you come from?"

[throughaphase]

"And here I thought older kids were supposed to be like free labor," Kitty teased.

[so_hawkward]

As terrifying as all of this was, hearing a familiar voice did make Clint feel a little better. "Who's me?" he called through the door. "You're not a spy, are you?"

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

Talia grinned at that one, all teeth. "Talia Barton. His kid," she said, nodding over at Clint. "But it's cool. I can go hunt down dad if it gets crowded here."

[cawcawwerewolf.livejournal.com]

"New York," she decided on. "There was a portal. And someone didn't give the talk about portals."

Probably Derek's fault.

[ahawkwardphase]

"If I was, I shouldn't tell you that!" she said. Duh. "It's Lexi!"

Because she was polite enough to answer all his questions.

[throughaphase]

Okay, it was a little weird to have Clint's kid here when she didn't appear to be the mom, and was that ever weird to think about. But Kitty could roll with it. These weekends were almost supposed to be weird.

"But your dad's right here," Kitty said, a little confused.

[alurkingphase.livejournal.com]

"Uh, no way. I learned that lesson watching the Reed kids."