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Why was it always so hard for the people closest to Lee to wrap their heads around the fact that she could do some pretty amazing things?

Now Matt was looking at Lee like she was someone he didn’t know. Looking down at Lee again, Tarin tried to figure it out. It was the easiest thing in the world for him to believe that Lee did amazing things.

The rest was true too though. With a few notable exceptions, Lee hadn’t ever seemed to go out looking for trouble. Lee had simply found herself in trouble more often than not.

Rachel caught Lee’s look at her and nodded. ”It sounds like it does.” she agreed.

Well, that was something, Tarin supposed.

Matt just shook his head. “Yeah, try to let the bouncers do their job.”

Tarin nodded, eying Rachel as she tried to wrap her head around what her sister had just done.

Lee said she was fine and Tarin nodded, ”Good then.” he said, moving closer, but giving Lee her space in case the adrenaline was still flowing.

Lee was asking Rachel if she was okay and Tarin almost found it funny. Lee was the one who had been in harm's way…even if the actual threat had been very minimal.

Rachel was nodding her head slowly, and took a long drink from her beer. ”You really do know how to fight.” Rachel said.

”Like she said.” Tarin said, but he was looking down at Lee when he said it with a proud smile on his face.

“What the hell was that?” Matt said as he made his way back to the table.

”Lee being amazing…and in those heels”

Yeah…this guy was making a huge mistake.

Tarin could see Lee getting more and more angry as he approached with the beers and the guy who had walked up to the table refused to take a simple no for an answer.

When no didn’t work, the man switched to insults. Typical and boring and simply unimpressive. Tarin had never really understood that tactic. It not only destroyed any chance there’d been with the original woman, but anyone else who saw the way you were behaving wanted anything to do with you after the fact. It was a total bust on the night.

This guy apparently needed to learn the hard way though.

Lee mentioned him and Tarin grinned as he made his final approach with the beers. Lee had been able to pick him out from the crowd again. That was so cool, Tarin thought even as the asshole took a verbal shot at him. Did he really look chicken? How did one look chicken when they were carrying three beers?

Lee was right anyway. Tarin was going to enjoy this next part. A lot. Lee kicking absolute ass in that outfit was going to be seared into his mind for years.

It didn’t really matter now thought because the bouncers were starting to move and the asshole
was throwing punches. At Lee.

Now that had Tarin paying attention as he come up beside Rachel and set down the beers.

”Aren’t you going to do anything?” she said and Tarin shook his head. ”Watch. I’d just be in the way.” he said as Lee slipped past all of the punches and used the man’s size against him to pull him to the ground.

The bouncers were arriving now, taking over from where Lee had the man pinned. ”See.” he said, ”Our job is to have her beer ready and tell her how amazing she is.”

Yeah. Crowds in bars sucked. Tarin wasn’t even all that big as far as people went, but he was having next to no luck getting through to the bar. True, he wasn’t the only one who wanted drinks…but like, wow.

Still. Lee and Rachel were back at the table and they needed drinks, so Tarin waited…and squeezed his way through when possible, and got just a little claustrophobic a few times.

Eventually though, Tarin made it to the bar and ordered the three beers he had been sent to get.

Soon enough, he had them, had paid for them, and was making his way back through the crowd. It was gonna take a minute, but dammit wasn’t going to spill a drop.

It was almost comical that Rachel and Matt were surprised to find out that Lee had been there with a mutant even if it had been years ago. ”We’re everywhere..” he said with slightly exaggerated drama.

Lee wasn’t sure if the empath, Kealey, was an X-Man or not, but she was married to one. Kealey was the wife that Shin had mentioned when they’d toured the Mansion. Tarin had to wonder what that was like. On one hand, having that kind of insight into your significant other would be genuinely helpful sometimes…but someone knowing what you were feeling all the time. Yeah, the whole idea was wildly uncomfortable to Tarin. ”Didn’t you say they just had a kid? That must be a lot.”

Unfortunately it turned out that Rachel hadn’t really had any special kind of hook up for drinks and Tarin rolled his eyes, ”I’ll grab another round.” he said, ”Same thing?” he asked Lee, then looked at Matt and Rachel, ”Anyone want anything?”

”I only made that mistake once…” Tarin said, looking over at Lee again, ”And I had no idea that you hated it so much…”

Still. It was probably a lucky thing that despite her extreme ire, Lee had been willing to listen to reason that night.

Rachel answered his question and as she and Lee went back and forth about their childhood and what sounded like classic sibling conflict, Tarin had to laugh. He could imagine an even tinier little Lee chasing Rachel out of her closet.

Tarin had to laugh, ”I bet your parents never had a moment’s peace.” he said.

”Matt? It’s only fair, everyone else answered.”