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Dakota hadn't been the only one resting. When he had laid down for a nap, Candace had eventually decided to get cuddly and try napping with him, though while she hadn't fallen asleep like Dakota had she at least managed to cuddle up and get comfortable with her man. When someone knocked on the door she sighed and let Dakota get the door, straightening out her clothes and getting out of bed. Dakota's shout got a strange look. One of her..kids..?

Oh!

Laughing, Candace walked out into the living room and playfully nudged Dakota out of the way with her hip. "Thank you," she said as she leaned in to kiss his cheek. "Go back to bed, I won't wake you."

Finally she turned to Nevada, a warm smile on her face as she opened the door more for the girl and let her in. "Come in, sweetheart~. Been awhile, hm?"

Candace chuckled as Dakota pat her butt and gathered up the blanket to return to her--er..their room. She had to get used to that. Their room. Their apartment. Their stuff. At Nevada's apology she shook her head. "It's fine, sweetheart. He was more asleep than I was." She paused when Dakota was compared to a bear, glancing back at their room. Well..

...Sure. He could be a bear. Though she wasn't sure if her reasons were the same as Nevada's.

"Something like that. I like him, I guess~" Candace said with a smile, her voice softer as she spoke of him and also now that he had gone back to bed. She didn't want to wake him.

Candace closed the door behind Nevada, her brow raising at the request. "Sure, I'd be happy to." Wait, what was the pause? She frowned. "You as well? I swear, your group has the most ridiculous charges lately." Candace made a mental note to get her, Stormy, and Roland together to see just what was going on with their spars. She had been about to clean up her desk of work she had abandoned to snuggle up with Dakota when Nevada told her she scarred Stormy. Candace's eyes widened and she lifted her head to look Nevada's way again. "You what?"

"Not always, sometimes he wakes up just fine." It was something she had tested a few times. "Going out and sparring you will keep me from getting bored and waking him."

She put away her notes, folding up a couple of maps she had been looking at as well, and stored everything safely in her desk while she listened to Nevada's explanation. Candace frowned. Stormy was afraid of guns? What about Gale? Hm..maybe she'd need to have a talk with her. That was worrying to hear, especially when told Stormy had 'lost it'.

"The two of you and Roland..I'll have to see what I can do for you three." Candace finally approached Nevada to give her a kiss against her forehead. "You can hit me, okay? I'll tell you when to stop. Just give me a minute to change, I don't spar in nice clothes." She gave Nevada an assuring smile before she disappeared into her room. Dakota was given a kiss while she was in there, telling him where she was going before she changed into something more suitable for sparring and working out and then exited the room again.

She put one arm around Nevada's shoulders and idly toyed with her hair. "Lead the way, sweetheart."

Candace was paying very close attention to the trainee at her side while they walked. Nevada was usually a very...relaxed individual, but she was also warm and friendly from what Candace could tell, but right now this wasn't the Nevada she normally knew.

She squeezed Nevada's shoulder. "Talk to me," Candace said gently as they walked. They were big girls! They could do two things at once!

"Tell me about them. It's why I'm here." Candace turned her head to kiss Nevada's temple and then rest her cheek against the girl's head. "Is this about the Roland and Tuck thing?"

Stormy? What was wrong with Stormy other than the scar? Oh no, was she angry?

"What kind of trouble?"

What..trouble? Really? Seriously? "Nevada, you.." Candace frowned. Her too? They had said if anyone had memory discrepancies to send them to Life but..damnit. She really should, huh? "Nevermind...we'll talk about that later.." Much later. She had to think about how to send her to the labs for whatever it was they wanted to do...

Involved with a girl. What. Candace blinked. And then Nevada was changing the subject. Oh hell no. "Excuse me," she laughed and stopped now that they had reached the training field. Candace let go of Nevada, put her hands on her hips, and regarded Nevada with a look that said she was not going to accept a simple dismissal for this topic.

"You can't just tell me you're involved," there were airquotes added here with her fingers, "with a girl I don't know and then move on like you didn't say it. Tell me."

"Generally no one gives a damn whether you love a man, a woman, or a rock, as long as it doesn't get in the way of their personal life. The only person who might give you s**t would be Rep, but he gives everyone s**t." She shrugged. Rep was just..well...Rep. Candace stretched while she listened to Nevada's explanation about her and this Chelsea girl, she needed more of a warm up than Nevada did since she used her entire body for her weapon. She was listening though, oh was she listening.

The first one she had dated...she really didn't remember.

Candace just smiled. "I tried to do that with Molly for a long time, pretty much a year. I would kiss her, flirt with her, hit on her. She lived with me for a while, and I would always tell her I loved her," she explained with a small smile while stretching her legs. "Didn't work. She's too sweet and innocent, I can't do that to her." She wasn't saying Dakota was her second choice, in no way was he her second choice. She was just comparing Nevada's success to her failure, complete with similar methods. "What's she like? You realize I'm going to go out of my way to see if she meets my approval, especially since you've been so hurt in past relationships." And attempts.