Pepper rolled her eyes a little, "If everyone else wasn't such a complete bore around here, perhaps I'd have moved on already. Even stoic Long's gone now," she sighed as she sat down on his bed.

--

James shrugged, "Doesn't matter, you're here now," he smiled, taking her hand.

"Why do you care so much about that log?" Tusk asked, curious.

--

Yue didn't say anything else, but she wasn't quite as chipper as her normal self.

"He's superbly fun to provoke," Pepper mused with a bit of a nasty smirk.

--

James tilted his head a little, "What's wrong?"

Tusk thought about that for a moment before accepting it with a small nod.

--

Yue shook her head. "Nothing," she replied.

Pepper shrugged, "He's just so disciplined, it's amusing."

--

"Did Laurel upset you?" James inquired.

Tusk shrugged.

--

Yue shook her head.

"You're not very disciplined though," Pepper noted with another smirk.

--

"Then why are you sad?" James asked quietly.

Tusk shook his head. "Nope," he agreed.

--

"I'm not," Yue replied.

Pepper chuckled, "You have plans? Because I'd like to beat you up."

--

"But you don't seem happy," James countered.

"You sure you don't want to bang first?" Tusk asked.

--

Yue was starting to get annoyed. "I'm fine," she replied.

Pepper laughed and she shook her head as she stood, "I'd rather beat you up right now than bang," she stated.

--

So James dropped it, following passively beside her.

"... Afterward?" Tusk asked.

Pepper smiled provocatively, "We'll see," she replied easily.

Tusk nodded, seeming satisfied. "Gym?" he asked.

"You sure you want witnesses?" she provoked with a smirk.

"... My place?" he tried.