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"But I love my labs." Again it was another quite cute moment. Jelena, rather small in size comparison to James, in James'' hold which looked a tad bit possessive yet not at all unnerving to her. Truth be told, she knew James intimidated a lot with just his sheer prescense...she didn''t see what the big deal was.

Though she smiled at him, also had been noticing that he was being rather protective of her in a sense, not letting her or anything else father injure her arm. Then a laugh from her. "Once a year sounds good, that shouldn''t dump too much catch up work on me at all." A wink to him along with another smile as she shook her head at the thought.

"You mean they actually expanded on that. Creative minds indeed, that's what I say." She chuckled lightly and let out a contented sigh. That was before she took on that pondering playful look. "Christmas? James, I haven't had a Christmas since I came to the Fleet. What makes you think that's the prefect day?" Then a shrug. "And don't say presents, I give myself presents on a rather regular basis." Her new Echoes of course.

Though she took to casually walking with him, crossing her arms so that her good one was supporting the injured one. "Hm, I don't know. This day off thing was your idea and frankly, I don't know how to relax really. Of course m definition of relax is a sedative."

"Just because it's mentioned doesn't mean that I will still have planned to take the day off. I'm disorganized and thus forgetful at times, and that doesn't help when you plan your schedules months in advance. I practically have my whole year planned out already." Indeed she did...maybe that was why she was considered somewhat of a Project hermit.

"Ah yes, but see then you're insinuating that I am materialistic...and I can get system upgrades when I get my lazy unorganized self to put in the paperwork. In case you haven't noticed, I'm just not very keen on gifts really. One shouldn't expect them at all, and ever be prepared for one to pop up."

Yeah, odd woman indeed. The word surprise was wasted on her and often stepped on by logic anyway. Though she looked to him across the table and blinked once. A usual action of hers that accompanied a subject shift. "Making appointments and attending appointments are different. Though I can't guarantee that she's not going to fuss at us if we come appointment seeking. I heard she's in a mood lately."

"You're going to get me in trouble one of these days with all of your back door ways, James Moira." Jelena shook her head slightly with a laugh at that. That man was always getting into something or doing something in back door fashion.

Then she pretended to pout. "It's hard for me. You work constantly for a year or more and then get told that you're not allowed to work for a day. I've been broken from a routine and it just...well as a I said hard." Good lord, even her finger was tracing out random DNA patterns that were stuck in her head from her work.

Though it seemed she showed a little interest in his mentioning of VR rooms. Yes she was quite familiar with those. In her early Project days she remembered visiting quite often, locking herself in for hours at a time. Half of that time screaming or crying in frustration. My how the years went by.

A laugh it did get from her, and she shook her head lightly. "Now now James, I thought you said you were pickier than that. A tempting offer yes, especially since you have a nice a**. But," a nod to her injured arm, " I think I botched that plan with my own foolishness. And I'm not a masochist. Not my cup of tea at all."

Then a slight look over to a passerby who had gotten caught mid stride at the particular words she was using. That tech girl got a calculating look before she apparently lost interest in what they were saying and walked off a little odded out. Back to James. "Though I wouldn't mind you moving in, hey you can keep my room and office clean and feed me as well." A joking tone to that all and accompanied by a laugh.

Jelena looked down at her hand though as he took hold of it, just then realizing the patterns it had been making as indeed genetic structures. "We could always brainwash me."

And her eyes lit up at that and she seemed to get back that spunk that a child shows over the prospect of visiting the amusement part. "Oh that sounds good! Let's do that! If he wants to be mean to me then I want to give him a reason to be so at me. So when he spits in my coffee I have ample reason to spit in his."

Jelena laughed and sobered herself. "Please James, you couldn't stand to live with me, I can guarantee you that. Seeing me every now and then if fine, but seeing me constantly is different. I'm a tad bit obsessive compulsive about things." Indeed she was.

Then an innocent look. "Come now, you really wouldn't brainwash me would you?"

"Oh how nice, my mind is too good to waste." A poke at her head. "Knew all those years of advanced schooling was for something." Had to admit...she was pretty young to have the amount of degrees that she did in the fields that she had them."

Though she looked rather skeptical to the living together comment from him. "I don't know James. You don't know the horrors of my personal life, like my odd sleeping habits or things like that." Wait...on second though... "Okay maybe you do a little, but still. What's the old saying? Only a fool tests the depths of the water with both feet."