Marathon!

[mitochondriaaya]

Aya had trained faithfully, just like she promised (and despite her period starting a few months after that promise. Really? She didn't need that!). The weights had been added by about the second month of training and she was really, really proud of her stamina!

And the marathon they'd chosen as their first was coming up this weekend, with fund raising as done by Elcy...and yeah. "Don't tell me you have to cancel!" she said into the phone, pulling one foot up to stretch out her thighs. "Don't! I can't go and do this alone!"

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[mitochondriaaya]

"I'll keep that in mind!" Aya laughed. "For when I start dating. If." If she started dating! "How did you guys just know all this stuff?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"I didn't." Dilan said, shaking his head, "The girls taught me. I dunno how Braig knew...I think he was born knowing. You're gonna date sometime, Ayay. You're too special not to."

[mitochondriaaya]

"And they didn't get upset if you messed up?" She was more worried about upsetting people because she was an idiot than anything else? "Braig...yeah. He would know wouldn't he? Do you think he'd give me a list of stuff to study or something if I asked?"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Nope. Figuring things out is also fun." Dilan said, shaking his head, "He might? But I really think you'll have more fun if you just try things."

[mitochondriaaya]

"You guys are better at figuring things out than I am!" They were! It was inherent in the genius thing! She just had smart people she could ask! "I'll try. And think about it."

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yeah, but still." Dilan said, "I think you'd like it better."

[mitochondriaaya]

"I'll remember!" Aya laughed and waved a mermaid purse at him. "And I"ll think on it! You know I think about what you guys say! I promise!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"I know, Aya." Dilan agreed, flicking some water at her.

[mitochondriaaya]

Ack! Water! If he wanted to play that way it was totally fair to splash back! "Shame on you for distracting the savior of tidepool denizens everywhere!"

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Yeah, helpless, tired giggling.

[sliceitwithwind]

"Aww, Aya, you sound exhausted." Dilan said, "Do you need to nap?"

[mitochondriaaya]

"Maaaaybe," she admitted after a moment. "I ran a marathon. And swam." One lap! "I need to learn how to use batteries or something..."

[sliceitwithwind]

"You need to go stretch on the towels, sweetie." Dilan said, making shoo motions.

[mitochondriaaya]

She stuck her tongue out at him and grumbled a bit but went to go do as he said because really, yeah, tired. And if she napped now she could stay up with the boys later! "Don't let me sleep too long?" She asked, laying out some of the towels in a shaded area behind a rock. By the angle of the sun, well, it wouldn't end up in sun before she woke up!

[sliceitwithwind]

"I won't." Dilan promised, going to do another couple of laps.

Eventually he and Braig dragged themselves from the water and dried off, then Braig poked Aya, "Ready to go, monkey?"

[mitochondriaaya]

In answer to that Aya rolled over and wrapped herself around the hand doing the poking. "Mrrrrrrgh." She didn't want to get up! She was comfy and it was warm out and...."YEEEEEEEP LEG CRAMP!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Oh, ick. Okay. Stay there." Braig dropped to the ground so that he could start gently massaging her leg, "Let me get that for you...just try to relax."

[mitochondriaaya]

Flail flail flail POUND THE SAND WITH A HAND YES! Leg cramps sucked! And it was the twitchy, cascading kind of cramp that moved down her legs! Ack! "Teach me...to not stretch before a nap!" ACCCCCK!

"Killll meeee...."

[sliceitwithwind]

Braig looked distressed at her distress, as did Dilan who knelt down for her to pound on.

"I'm working on it, I'm working on it..." Braig said, with worry.

[mitochondriaaya]

Paaaaause....not in the teeth gritting, oh no, hard not to do that but..."Oh, well, can I vote for painless? Oh Stevenson if you're working on killing me...ack...!" And then, with the suddenness of these things, the cramp stopped and her leg twitched.

"...okay, stop working on killing me."

[sliceitwithwind]

Braig stopped, and looked up at Dilan who nodded, "Hey, monkey, let me carry you back to the car? We can get you a hot bath at home."

[mitochondriaaya]

"You're not cramping," Grumble! He ran too! Granted she was headed towards a growth spurt and was using vitamins and minerals in her body differently right now but grump! She held up her hands to be lifted anyway because that had honestly hurt.

A lot.

"You know, I just hate cramps. All cramps."

[sliceitwithwind]

Dilan bent down to pick her up, and Braig gathered all of their stuff before hurrying to the car in order to open it for her.

"I know." Dilan said, "But I'm not you. You're human."

[mitochondriaaya]

"And we have different resources," Aya sighed. Elcy miiiight have been telling her this recently. When they got to the car Aya wiggled carefully into the backseat and started doing slow stretches across the padded bench. "So batteries. And less cramps. Can you guys do that? I will volunteer!"

[sliceitwithwind]

"Yup." Dilan thought about it, "I don't know. I'll see what I can come up with? It may just be down to old fashioned work, though."

[mitochondriaaya]

"Only place I don't get cramps now is my arrrrrrms," Aya snorted. "It sucks. My legs don't cramp too much though, usually, so I guess it's not too bad." Still. She kinda wanted to be a boy the first time she'd got abdominal cramps. Elcy had been nice and not laughed when she whined that?

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"Wait...does that mean I'm not working on my arms enough? Growing up sucks!"