thepicketfencecliche | spamalot } { of training practice and first kisses

[And as promised, Fiona makes good on her offer to train Isaac – with Malia’s help, of course.]

Isaac: Okay, so what do you want me to do?

Fiona: Defend yourself. [she's sitting cross-legged off to the side. Malia is standing across from him, rocking on her heels a bit.] You want to get the upper hand.

Malia: [flashes him a grin] Basically, I'm gonna tackle you until you tackle me back.

Isaac: But you're at least three times stronger than I am and that smile isn't making me all that confident.

Malia: Other werewolves you come up against are going to be twice as strong as me, but it's not impossible. You just have to find a way to get the upper hand.

Isaac: Um, okay. [deep breath] Let's do it then.

Malia: [there's that grin again, and she comes at him at half speed prepared to throw her arms around his shoulders and take him to the ground.]

Isaac: [thinks like a lacrosse player and waits until the last moment and just slides out of the path]

Malia: [she skids to a stop not far behind him, before nodding.] Not bad. Again. [And she charges again, this time going a little faster, and aiming slightly to the left to try and trip him up]

Isaac: [ it does trip him up, but he readjusts and readies his shoulder for the contact against her]

Malia: [she makes contact, slips one leg between his, and tries to pull it out from under them to take him to the ground]

Isaac: [and down he goes]

Malia: [and she goes down on top of him with a smirk, catching most of her weight, on her arms so that she doesn't hit him quite so hard] Not bad.

Isaac: [well, not going to complain about this position] Not bad yourself

Malia: [he better not] So what do you do now?

Isaac: [kiss you] I roll?

Malia: [also a good answer] Rolling is good. You want to give yourself leverage so that you have the upper hand. You also want the element of surprise.

Isaac: So do something to surprise the person, and then use it to my advantage to get the upper hand?

Malia: [nods] Even if they're bigger or stronger than you, if you can catch them off guard, you can do a lot of damage. You don't want to do the thing they expect.

Isaac: Okay then. [and nope, he's going to use that kiss here to his advantage]

Malia: [there's a slight gasp because yep, she wasn't expecting that at all. She closes her eyes into the kiss, her weight lowering slightly]

Fiona: [eyebrows go up, but she doesn't say anything. it's a solid tactic.]

Isaac: [and he lets himself enjoy it for a moment because, no really he did want to kiss her, but then he's going to shift and flip them, pinning her arms down and smirking] So you mean like that?

Malia: [she blinks a little as he back hits the ground, surprised, before laughing a bit as she nods] That would do it. But you might want to try other tactics with other werewolves.

Isaac: So no kissing your cousins if they try and tackle me.

Malia: Noooo. They won't take it nearly as well. [though personally she wouldn't mind if he did it again]

Isaac: [he did lean closer, smiling] Then I'll just save it to distract you [ whispered before he pushed himself up and backed away a few steps, smirking]

Malia: [she grins a bit at that, before pushing up onto her feet, rolling her shoulders a bit] Again?

Isaac: The tackling or the kissing? [smug little boy]

Malia: [there's a smirk back at that] Tackling. [Kissing they can revisit later. and with that she'll charge at him again, a little faster than before]

Isaac: [and he's going to smile, a lot more relaxed now and he's going to drop his shoulder to try and flip her over him]

Malia: [That would work if she stayed up. But instead she's drops lower, aiming for around his middle to hit his center of gravity, catching most of his torso with her shoulder]

Isaac: [... and down he goes again]

Malia: [smirks again, pushing herself up so that she's balanced over him more]

Isaac: You hit harder than half of the first line

Malia: [she laughs a bit at that] I'm also prettier than half of the first line.

Isaac: Coach should make the team co-ed

Malia: But that wouldn't be very fair to the boys.

Isaac: No, but the locker room would be interesting

Malia: [her eyebrows rise a bit] Very.

Fiona: [annnnnnd she's feeling very superfluous.] I'm gonna go get you guys some water. I'll be right back.

Malia: [waits patiently until she hears the screen door on the house slam, before shifting a little higher and leaning in to kiss him this time]

Isaac: [is surprised, but isn't hesitating and kissing her back while they have a little time]

Malia: [she hums softly into the kiss, gently lowering her weight a bit to let herself get closer]

Isaac: [and his arms are going to reach up and hold her shoulders, not planning on flipping her this time, just enjoying the moment kissing her back]

Malia: [she honestly wouldn't mind it if he did flip her, but she's good where she is. Kissing him feels really good, and she's relatively confident her father or cousin isn't going to come out of the woodwork and loom.]

Isaac: [no, he wouldn't be doing this if there was any chance Peter Hale was within a ten mile radius. So he would enjoy this as he long as he can]

Malia: [holds the kiss for a while, just enjoying the feeling of being close to him, before pulling back ever so briefly] You should do that more often.

Isaac: You need to spend time with me without your father in listening distance.

Malia: He's not in listening distance that often.

Isaac: No, but he has this sixth sense. Knowing when his daughter is being kissed. And he's way too silent.

Malia: Comes with being a werewolf. [she brushes her lips to his again] But he's not here now.

Isaac: No, but the rest of your family will be home soon.

Malia: Then we better make the most of it while we have it.

Isaac: Fiona won't tell Derek, right?

Malia: [she shakes her head] She doesn't care.

Isaac: Good. [and he's kissing her again, harder this time]

Malia: [she makes a soft noise at that, one hand wandering to his side to brace herself a little more over him, trying to find what feels the most comfortable]

Isaac: [his arms are just going to wrap around her, letting her explore and find her comfortable spot while he just enjoys the kissing]