Siren lessons at Watersong (for Lara)

[bachjones]

 In less than two days Bach had finished the music and text of three different songs. Of course, it was annoying that he had to visit the lair of the beast to make it so, but it was better than the discomfort of not finding what you needed. 

He only wished that he had told Lara that he couldn't do more than one hour a week. Or one hour every two weeks. He wasn't looking forward to two hours of threats, offenses and rudeness, no matter how hot the woman was, how sweet the memory or the sex they had. 

"Time for class!", Bach yelled from the basement. "Ready when you are!"

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[bachjones]

"Oh, that's how it is." He leaves his stool and walks over to the cello. "No, no, I understand. You may leave now, if you feel like it."

[asharpertongue]

She grinned. This was much better. Relaxed and cheerful. "No no. I think I should stay and continue to offend you with my presence."

[bachjones]

"I can't create when I'm offended. We'll be both stuck here, wasting time."

[asharpertongue]

"Hmmm. Seems like a hopeless case."

[bachjones]

"I do know more fun ways to pass the time." Bach starts another song, a happy fast rhythm escaping from between his fingers and the snares.

[asharpertongue]

"I'm sure you do." She taps along. "Problematic ways though."

[bachjones]

"That's just your view on it."

[asharpertongue]

"With the amount of disgust you showed last time, I think it'd be your view too." She said mildly.

[bachjones]

"That was only afterwards. I can prevent from that happening again by disappearing before afterwards happens."

[asharpertongue]

"Just what a girl likes to hear." She says dryly.

[bachjones]

"I could have gone with admitting that I'd rock your world so hard that you wouldn't notice me leaving, but somehow I think you're not that type of girl."

[asharpertongue]

Lara nods. "Thank you for noticing."

[bachjones]

"And I think it's quiet hard to rock your world anyway."

[asharpertongue]

She eye'd him seductively and put on her best pout. "You managed it last time, big boy." She promptly fell about laughing.

[bachjones]

"Oh, hilarious. There's no harm in admitting that someone or something blows you away. It doesn't make you less tough or something."

[asharpertongue]

She smiled and bobbed her head in acknowledgement. "I know. I just enjoying teasing."

[bachjones]

"You call it teasing now. Well, don't let me stop you." The cello warms beneath his hands, and he tries Sacrifice again, angrier this time.

[asharpertongue]

Lara listens and enjoys the music. It's richer now that he's adding more of his emotions to it. It's been a long time since a siren played for her and she finds herself wanting to sing too. She manages not to though. She wouldn't want to upset him.

[bachjones]

"A penny for your thoughts, miss Quinn?"

[asharpertongue]

"Am I so cheap?" She teases. "I wasn't think about anything in particular. Just that it's been a long while since a siren sang around me. They tend to be...deferential. It's nice that you don't care."

[bachjones]

He bites his lip. "What's deferential?"

[asharpertongue]

"Full blood sirens are naturally inclined to submit to me if I push a point. And they tend not to use their powers around me unless I explicitly say it's okay." She sighed. "It's a shame because I love to hear them sing. I just know how risky it is and so do they. So we just...don't."

[bachjones]

"I didn't understand that either", he shakes his head, laughing. "As long as you don't show that creature, I'm not afraid of you. But maybe that's because I'm not a 'full blood siren' ."

[asharpertongue]

She laughs too and nods. "That's probably it. Anyway - it's refreshing."

[bachjones]

"How did you get the function? Is it from the family or something?"