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"Good, really good."

C.T complimented honestly she looked down at her hands, flexing her fingers lightly, before she looked back up at Esther with a smirk, resting a hand on her hip. "So that's two." C.T said before walking forward and gripping Esther's collar again.

"And a promise is a promise, so I'll show you something Extra." C.T made sure her grip was nice and tight on Esther's collar. "If you are grabbed, by someone. Small," C.T felt it necessary to point out that size mattered, especially in Esther's case, if this move was done at the wrong moment it could put the girl in an irreversibly bad position. "Instead of breaking their hold you can instead mimic their movements and grab them by the collar as well. From there, you drop back," C.T did as she said, lowering herself to the ground in a sitting position, balancing on her lower back, her legs curled upwards. "You then press your feet into your opponents stomach." C.T again demonstrated her words, pressing her feet into Esther's lower stomach. "You then push up with your legs, and pull with your hands, and they should go right over your head if you've did it quick enough." C.T didn't flip Esther over her though, no she didn't want to hurt her, but she did use her legs to lift the girl of the ground just so she could see.

"If you mess this up however, you would have just given your opponent an advantage over you." C.T parted her legs and allowed Esther's body, to fall in between them on top of her. "I'm not going to discuss much in terms of a ground game with you but, if you find yourself on your back. The best thing for you to do is to defend." C.T said obviously, but this would still need a demonstration. So C.T tightly wrapped her legs around Esther's waist. "Secure them." She mumbled, before grabbing Esther's collar again and pulling forcing the girl closer to her, leaving little to no space in between them, before she wrapped her arms around Esther's neck, pulling her into a rough embrace. "And lock them, they can't strike you effectively if you give them no space. How ever if they do break free of your hold," C.T let Esther's upper body free, and went on to cover her head, holding both arms in front of her, forearms blocking her face, fist clenched on top of her head, the only thing easily accessible was her ears, and those could take punishment. "Now, try flipping me like I showed you. And don't worry, I can take a little fall, don't hold back." As she spoke, C.T opened her legs, releasing the lock she had on Esther's waist, and sat up, face to face with her girl friend. She had tried to keep as stoic as possible, but her body had reacted to the prolonged contact in a very, positive way. It would probably be best for them to move on quickly.

It goes without saying, or at least she hoped it did, that C.T was unmatched in combat, at least amongst those she had fought, defeat wasn't something that C.T had ever tasted, except for with Jacob, so outside of training, she didn't know what it was like to be beaten, so needless to say, the sensation of being tossed through the air, although not a foreign one, was not one that she remembered to clearly.

So she was caught a bit off guard by the weightlessness of it all, as she sailed over Esther's head and crashed onto her back about a foot away. It didn't hurt too much, she still remembered how to brace herself for a fall, but still she stayed down for a bit, how long she didn't know, but apparently it was long enough for Esther to grow concerned because before C.T knew it the girl was all over her checking for injuries. Despite herself C.T blushed a bit at the attention, looking away from Esther and scratching the back of her head. It was a bit embarassing, besides she wasn't even hurt, the only thing that had happened to her as a result of the exercise was that now she just had a bit of grass in her hair. "I'm fine Esther, you worry too much." C.T said, gently taking back on of her limbs that Esther had taken to inspecting, and stood, shaking the grass off her back as she did so, but still missing a few blades in her hair. "You're a fast learner, now we can move on to teaching you how to use that gun." C.T said, still a bit embarrassed but she figured she covered it up well. C.T approached the table that she had placed the gun on earlier and retrieved it, turning to Esther with a slight grin, before walking back over to the girl. Turning the gun over in her hand C.T extended the weapon to Esther, grip first and safety on. "So how many is that?" (talking about the kisses btw)

(I'm in that boat as well, just got blessed with long weekends.)

There had only been three exercise. Hmm.

C.T chuckled at Esther's reply, she'd give her four though, it was a prize she could share why not splurge a bit? C.T grinned and stepped closer into Esther's embrace after the girl had put the gun down. She wouldn't admit it aloud, but Esther's hand in her hair felt great, relaxing. She hadn't expected to ever be a person that responded to positively to touch, but hear she was, all but purring. "If you want the kisses now, they are all yours, just tell me where you want them" C.T whispered, ducking her head in closer to Esther's, pressing her forehead against the other girls.

(I only have class on monday's and wednesdays XD)

Maybe C.T was better at this whole flirting thing than she thought, if Esther's expression was anything to go by C.T was causing the girls hormones to run rampant. But at the same times, maybe she wasn't too good at this, because the closeness and contact was causing C.T's body to react in ways that she couldn't describe. Each run of Esther's hand through her hair, was causing this unfamiliar tightness in the pit of her stomach.

The way Esther was looking at her really didn't help, she didn't know how to describe it, she had seen the look before, but it was different coming from Esther. It put her on the spot and almost demanded a response, but C.T didn't have a response to give, she didn't know what would be appropriate, she didn't want to scare Esther away.

So when Esther cleared her throat and snapped C.T back to attention it was actually a blessing in disguise, it returned her focus to something more tangible, kissing, she could do that, it also made her more comfortable seeing that Esther was just as flustered as she was. But at least she got her kiss request out, subtly pointing for a kiss on the lips. C.T smiled faintly, before stepping in impossibly closer to Esther and raising the girls chin up with her index finger before pressing her lips gently to Esther's and then, her mind flew straight into the gutter, mid kiss. Esther would experiment with the location of the other kisses? What exactly did that mean? Where exactly did she mean?

Oh God.

C.T had to pull away a lot quicker than she would have liked, her face burning red, as she moved away from Esther picking up the gun that the girl had discarded, and busying herself by checking it. making sure it was loaded, and that somehow the safety hadn't come undone. "S-so, I'm guessing you haven't used one of these before?" C.T asked turning back to Esther, steadily meeting her gaze, despite her embarrassment.

(I keep forgetting to say this, so I'll say it now. As a photography major, I am jealous of Esther, and that camera she has. The girl is holding an 8k body in her hand.

And no, this schedule is mine! Had to go through hell and hot water to confirm these classes, and I'm keeping them!)

"Where I was kept, C.T started holding the gun out to Esther again, before stepping behind the girl, resting her hands on her hips, to guide her when the time came to fire.. "Non-humes, weren't allowed to carry guns, unless we were thoroughly broken. I tried playing the part, hoping they would be fooled by my act, but Jacob would never let me touch one outside of the field. It's like he knew that I was never as obedient as I pretended to be." C.T let out a small sigh under her breath, before turning Esther, moving their bodies to face an old rusted metal targeting silhouette that had been set up in the yard a while ago, it had barely seen any use, but it still had a few dents in the metal that proved the precision of those who'd practiced. "I hate to admit it but he is smarter than most, however none of that will matter when the time comes, brains won't save him from me." C.T said, determined, but still a chill ran through her spine as she said those words, she didn't think it was healthy to talk about murdering her girlfriends father around her.

It was time to change the subject.

"Ok the safety is on, I'm just going to walk you though everything up to firing." C.T said, she raised her hands from Esther's waist and placed them on her elbows raising the girls hands in front of her, using a hand on Esther's stomach to slant the girls body. "Slide your dominant foot back, and place your off hand under your dominant hand to support the weapon, make sure you can clearly see down the iron sight." C.T said giving Esther a few moments to adjust before speaking again. "Do you think you are ready to fire?"

A fatal shot to the head.

That was quite the surprise, seeing as many of shots Esther fired almost resulted in the recoil flinging the weapon from the girl hands. C.T was going to compliment her, tell her she was doing fine, but than Esther screamed and dropped the weapon and a number of panicked possibilities flooded C.T's mind, had the bullets ricocheted off the target and struck her somehow? C.T moved to check Esther's body for wounds on panicking more when the girl covered her mouth, she had gone pale ghost like in visage, it made C.T sick to see. But there were no wounds, no viewable damage, so C.T didn't know what to do, how to react to the event that had played out for her, and she was even more dumbstruck, when Esther picked up the weapon she had dropped and handed it back to her.

"I-I think I need a break,"

She said, and then she was gone, back inside. Leaving C.T standing with a gun in her hand and a distraught expression on her face. She didn't know what had happened, but standing outside wouldn't help. Casting one last look at the targeting dummy, Followed after Esther, she knew only one place Esther would go, to the room that they now shared for the past few day, but when C.T walked into the room she found it to be empty with only the sound of running water to alert her of Esther's location.

This additional info froze C.T in her tracks, if Esther were in the shower, she couldn't just barge in on her, but she really wanted to talk with the girl, she felt she had messed up big somewhere and if she couldn't talk to her C.T didn't know how she was going to apologize. Maybe it was a little early in their relationship, but they had said they loved each other, and that was all the motivation C.T needed to take this chance, so she opened the door, slowly, quietly allowing her training to take over for just a moment as she peeked in side, She was surprised at the lack of clothes on the floor that would signify Esther nudity so C.T slide into the room further. "Esther, I'm coming in." C.T announced herself, stepping into the room fully and closing the door behind herself.

It was with a hesitant look toward the shower that C.T noticed Esther, sitting in the tub, fully clothed with Water running over her. It was scary too look at, especially when she didn't know why Esther was in such a state. She wanted to reach out and touch her, to pull the girl into her arms, but she was unsure if that was ok for her to do. C.T used to hate being touched, until she met Esther, but Esther wasn't like her, she was a normal girl, or at least she had been. Human's strive on contact, but still. It was a risk, and C.T had taken so many already. So C.T kept her hands to herself, instead she wrung her hands together in front of her kneeling down besides the tub next to Esther. "Are you ok?" A simple question, one C.T voiced in the most gentle, soothing tone she could manage, she was anxious. She just wanted Esther to feel better, but she just wasn't sure that any form of kindness from her would be accepted.

"It would be better for everyone if my dad were dead, wouldn't it."

The immediate answer that came to her mind was 'yes', but that wasn't the most sensitive thing that she could say so she just stayed silent and let Esther talk.

She had a feeling that she knew where this was going, it had been part of the reason why she didn't want to teach Esther how to fight, or how to hold and fire a gun, she knew Esther didn't have it in her to kill, and C.T was glad that she didn't have it in her. Esther was pure, and that was a beautiful thing.

C.T had just pushed her to hard, trained her in the way she had been trained, even if C.T had made a game of it, offering kisses for success but she was still training Esther to kill and she felt horrible for it, she had confused Esther and listening to the girls words, C.T could see that Esther didn't know what she wanted or what she should do, the girl did want to destroy her father, and it made C.T's heart flutter a bit selfishly when the girl mentioned that she hated him for what he had done to her and Mag, but those feelings couldn't last when Esther said that she had seen her fathers visage in that target dummy. C.T remembered her first kill, how it had shocked her, ruined her mental stability for days to come. Esther hadn't killed anyone but the implications were the same.

"Forget about that." C.T said, forgetting her previous caution and reached out to Esther grabbing the girl by the shoulders, her arms getting soaked in water, she pulled the girl into a tight embrace. "It wasn't real, and it wasn't your fault. It's mine. I brought you into my fight, and I'm sorry." C.T apologized, before she had an idea. She had taken 101 risk today, she might as well just go all the way. She pulled herself into the tub under the water as she squeezed into the tub with Esther, pulling the girl closer. Without waiting for Esther's reaction C.T pulled the girl into a kiss. "I love you, just think about that for now, that and the fact that I owe you seven kisses."