Helena began to feel a vague awareness somewhere in her mind. The awareness spread until she was at a certain level of consciousness. She had been dreaming, but she didn't remember what about. The last thing she remembered was watching the stars. She must have fallen asleep without realizing it. A thought crossed her mind that she was warmer than she should be on a mountain, which were notoriously cold. She didn't pay it any attention; Deborah used to complain that she would roll up in and steal the blankets. Yes, she was a blanket hog.

That's when she opened her eyes and figured out that she was in fact not wrapped in the blanket. Instead, her face was buried in the chest of a certain spy. Helena froze like a deer caught in headlights. It took her a good few seconds to gather the courage to slowly look up. Upon seeing Ada's sleeping face, she exhaled the breath she didn't know she was holding. Ada would never let her live that down if she knew. Helena pulled back slightly, then stopped. She spoke too soon, because said woman's arms were wrapped around her. Helena laid there longer than she should have trying to figure out if Ada had done it in her sleep, like she herself had done, or on purpose. Finally giving up on trying to guess, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She could smell Ada's familiar, addicting scent. She could never quite put her finger on anything that it reminded her of. It was a mystery, very much like Ada herself.

Helena froze once more when she felt Ada stir. She quickly closed her eyes and willed her breathing to slow. She hoped she wasn't too late.

Ada blinked a few times, and stared at the brunette in her arms. She was surprised that Helena wasn't the first one awake, since she had been the first one asleep. But then, as Ada kept watching, she realized that Helena was in fact not sleeping. She had enough spy training to know when someone was faking it. She didn't know why, but she was just going to give Helena the benefit of the doubt.

Ada slowly retracted her arms, leaned back, and stood up. She went towards the house to start making breakfast, figuring that would give Helena enough time to pretend to wake up and come in.

Looks like I'm going to live another day after all. She smirked to herself.

Helena had come in around twenty or so minutes afterwards, and the two had a somewhat awkward, mostly silent breakfast. Neither one had anything to talk about.

Afterwards, Ada started washing the dishes while Helena called her work. It hadn't been her day off, so she pretended to be sick. She rarely took sick days, so it wasn't a big issue.

Ada was already waiting with the car keys when she got off the phone. "Did you get in trouble?"

"No. What about you? Don't you have work?"

Ada smiled and looked out the window. "My work is more flexible than yours."

Helena rolled her eyes. "Flexible as in you work when you want, I assume. What, did you sneak off last night on a job?" She immediately regretted bringing the topic of 'last night' up.

Ada turned to her with a cat-like expression, and then crushed her hopes of letting it slide. "Wouldn't you have known if I did?"

"I-I don't know what you're talking about." She folded her arms in a defensive manner.

"Sure you don't." Ada led the way out the door. Then, without turning back. "Next time you try to fake sleep, you might want to make it a little more convincing."

Helena's face flushed. She wanted to disappear.

Ada stopped by the fireplace and picked up the half-eaten bag of marshmallows left there. "Do you want these? I'll throw them away if you don't."

Figuring it would be a waste if she didn't, Helena took the bag. "Too bad you didn't bring any starburst."

"Starburst?" Ada stared.

Helena nodded. "Roasted starburst is good. I'll bring some next time and you can try it."

Ada could only agree, because she was distracted by what Helena said. 'Next time.' Meaning this would happen again? Or was that just something she had said without really thinking about it? Ada was forced to push these thoughts aside as she entered the car. No one would be coming back if she didn't focus on the road.

Similar to breakfast, the drive was silent. It seemed neither was good at bringing up conversations on the fly. That, or Helena was still embarrassed about earlier. Or both.

Just as Ada pulled in Helena's driveway, Helena turned to her. "What are we doing? Staying together until our date later, or parting ways until then?"

"You tell me, you're in charge today."

Helena had a feeling she would say something like that. She opened the car door, and swung one leg out onto the concrete. "I'll pick you up later then."

Ada nodded, watching Helena's back as the woman walked to her house. She waited until the brunette was inside before backing out, and heading for her own house. She couldn't help but wonder what Helena's plan for the night was, but she smiled.

Whatever it was, it should be good.

True to her word, Helena showed up at Ada's house. She had nearly gotten lost on the way, considering she had only been there once, and was unconscious on the trip there. She hadn't exactly left in a calm manner either.

Nevertheless, she was glad she found it without having to call Ada. She could only imagine the smug look she would get.

Helena rang the doorbell and then stood back, waiting. After a few seconds, she started tapping her foot impatiently when the woman didn't answer. Letting out a frustrated sigh, she knocked loudly a couple times. Still no answer.

Am I being stood up? She grit her teeth and her fingers curled into fists.

Helena reached into her pocket and took out her cell phone. She was about to send a very strongly worded text when an all-too-familiar voice called out from behind her.

"Looking for someone?" Helena stopped mid-text, exited out of it, then turned around. Ada still wore her trademark mildly amused, borderline mischievous smile.

"Where were you?" She tried to make her voice calm as to not give away the bitter betrayal she felt only moments before. Apparently it didn't work.

Ada gave her an odd stare. "You never said when you were coming. 'Later' isn't exactly specific, you know."

Helena's face grew hot in embarrassment. Ada was right, she had neglected that little detail. She tried to save some face. "W-well why did you leave if you knew I was coming?" Maybe she could turn this around.

Ada held up the item in her hand that Helena failed to notice earlier. "Thought you might want this." She offered the object to Helena. It was her gun. "You took it out when you were telling me a story by the fire, remember? Well, more like demonstrating what you had done in the story. You left it on the log."

She did remember. "Thanks." Obviously turning it around had backfired. She just felt more stupid than before.

That's when Helena noticed something. "Did you… walk there?"

"…Do you really think I would be back right now if I did?"

"Well no, but where's your car?"

"I don't park it near my house. It would be way too easy to find."

Ah, right. Spy stuff. Helena nodded in acceptance of the answer. Ada was as careful as always it seemed.

While Helena was lost in thought, Ada cleared her throat and brought her back to the present. "So, are we going on this date?"

Ada looked around at the place Helena chose for their date. It was a carnival. Ada had mixed feelings about it. On one hand, she normally didn't like crowded places unless she was trying to blend. She had also never been to a place like this. On the other, she was with Helena and there looked to be plenty of things to do. She supposed the only thing to do was try to enjoy herself.

She surveyed the booths, and her eyes lingered on one titled "Crossbow Shoot" with lots of stuffed animals hanging around it. She didn't care for the prizes, but shooting was something she enjoyed. As well as crossbows. She walked up to the booth and paid the man there, picking up one of the crossbows. As he walked away to get her three arrows, Helena caught up with her.

"Isn't that a little unfair?" She chuckled.

"Not at all. I spent a good portion of my life mastering these skills. That's like calling a professional artist unfair because they're better than you. Chances are they practiced a lot longer and harder." Ada inspected the bow, making sure it wasn't faulty and she wasn't being conned.

Helena contemplated her analogy. "I guess you're right. I didn't think of it like that."

The man came back with the arrows, and Ada loaded the first one. She brought it up to her eyes and took aim at the target. Helena watched her intently.

Ada fired the round. It flew through the air and landed directly on the middle circle of the target. Bull's-eye. The other two swiftly followed, all landing in roughly the same spot.

Helena released a breath she didn't know she was holding. Of course Ada would land all three. After all, she landed a perfect shot from a much further distance once before… Helena immediately stopped the thoughts before they could progress. Now was not the time to think about Deborah.

Ada turned to Helena and pointed to the large prize section, which was mostly covered with big stuffed animals. "I don't care for things like that. You can have it."

Helena laughed inwardly at how blunt it was. Apparently she hadn't thought to play up the romantic aspect of giving her the prize. Though this probably suited them better.

After giving the stuffed animals a good once over, Helena finally chose a dragon. Ada smiled a bit. "Interesting choice."

Helena played along. "I know. Bet you thought I'd be all over the cats."

"Nope. I have you pinned as a dog person."

"So does that make you a cat person?"

Ada gave her best feline-like smirk. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Helena couldn't suppress the giggle that surfaced.

Ada gave her a mock surprised look. "You can laugh?" This earned her a punch to the arm. "Feisty, aren't we?"

Helena ignored her and looked back to the booth. She picked up the crossbow Ada used, and turned to the man. "I'm going to try." She set down the money needed. She was given three arrows moments later.

She carefully loaded the first the way she had seen Ada do it, then took aim. Ada watched her form with a critical eye, noting all the little mistakes in her posture. Helena shot, but missed the target entirely. She frowned, then loaded her next arrow. She shot the second round, but only nicked the side of it.

Helena narrowed her eyes at the target while loading her final arrow.

"Helena." She turned to Ada with a questioning look. "Shooting a crossbow isn't like shooting a gun. Here." She stepped behind the brunette and positioned her arms and body the correct way. "Now relax and try again."

Helena let out a breath, but obeyed and stayed in the stance Ada put her in. She took aim once more. The arrow was shot. To her surprise, it hit fairly close to the center.

Helena smirked. "So I guess you're not all talk after all."

Ada feigned being nonchalant by inspecting her fingernails. "I rarely am."

"Could've fooled me." Helena turned back and set more money down, wanting to try again now that she had a better idea of what she was doing.

A couple more tries and several arrows later, she finally hit a bulls-eye.

"I'm impressed. That was a lot faster than most." Ada complimented sincerely.

"Well I'm sure my gun expertise helped." Helena said modestly. She picked out another dragon as her prize, then surprised Ada by handing it to her.

"I told you I don't care for these." She took it despite her words.

"You don't have to like it, but at least keep it as a memento. Besides, it's only fair. You gave me yours. I don't need two."

Ada stared at the dragon. At least it was based off of something menacing, and not as overly cute as some of the others. Now that she thought about it, that was probably the reason Helena chose it.

A familiar voice shook her from her thoughts, but it was not Helena's.

"Helena? Ada?" The pair fixed their eyes on the newcomer.

"Leon?" Helena studied him and the girl standing by him. "What are you doing here?"

"Clare wanted to come." She assumed Claire to be the woman next to him. "What about you two?" He thought it was an odd sight.

"We're on a date." Ada spoke bluntly.

"Wh—" Leon did a double-take. "Really?"

"Really." Helena confirmed.

Leon didn't know what to think. He didn't know either of them swung that way, or that they were even remotely interested in each other. The fact that at one point he'd been interested in both of them wasn't helping. "That's…good.."

"Yeah.." Helena added.

The awkwardness in the air was so thick it could be cut with a knife. Thankfully, Claire was there to save the day. "Look, Leon! I want to go ride that." She pointed at a ride that they all knew she probably didn't care for, but were grateful nonetheless.

"I'll uh, see you guys around." Leon said in passing.

"See you." Ada waved. Then, once he was out of earshot. "Well that went well."

"To be fair.. It could have gone worse." Helena's lip curled up.

"True." Ada gave her that. "Claire had the right idea though, we should look at some of the rides too. I can teach you this anytime, and with a better crossbow."

"Sounds good to me." Helena set the bow down, and they both headed towards the rides. "What do you want to go on?"

Ada inspected each ride, then pointed to one. It was a rollercoaster that had a few loops where the riders would be upside down for a couple seconds.

Helena felt her stomach do a flip-flop. "You can go on ahead, I need to use the bathroom."

"I'll wait for you."

"No, it's fine, really. I don't want to keep you. The line might get long."

Ada stared. "Helena, we're on a date. We're supposed to do stuff together. I don't mind waiting." Her eyes strayed from Helena to the rollercoaster, then back again. It was like a light bulb went off as things clicked together and realization washed over her. "You're scared, aren't you?"

Helena remained silent. She had been around Ada long enough to know that denying it was useless.

"What are you scared of?" Ada prompted.

"..The upside down part…" To her credit, Ada didn't smile or laugh at her.

"Are you scared that you're going to fall?" Helena nodded slowly. Ada's stare intensified. "Helena, do you trust me?"

"Well yeah, but… It's not like you could catch me or anything, especially if we both fell."

At this, Ada did smile. "I think you're forgetting who exactly you're talking to." Then, out of seemingly nowhere, Ada had taken out her grappling hook.

Helena gawked. "Where do you keep that thing?" She seemed to think better of the question. "Never mind, I don't want to know."

Ada's smile turned sly. "I'm sure it's not any worse than where you keep your gun."

"…Touché."

"So, do you trust that I could catch you now?"

"…I suppose." Helena relented. She would never admit it, but Ada had made her feel safe.

"Then shall we go?"

The ride wasn't bad. Helena had actually enjoyed herself, to her own surprise. The pair had gone on a few more rides after that and went to more stands before finally leaving. Thought their date wasn't over quite yet; Helena was making them dinner.

Ada was seated at the table while Helena pulled the lasagna out of the oven. "I haven't made this in a long time." She commented.

Ada shrugged. "I'm sure it'll be fine. I probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference anyways; I haven't eaten lasagna in a long time."

Helena started cutting out slices. "Not a fan of it?"

"More like I don't cook things like that."

"Why not?" She put the slices on two plates.

"I just cook simple, healthy things. Nothing elaborate."

Helena chuckled. "I wouldn't call lasagna elaborate." She got out utensils.

"I guess not, but I still keep it simple."

Helena brought the plates over and set one down in front of her. "What about when you don't feel like cooking? Do you just get pizza?" She cut part of the lasagna with her fork, stabbed it, and brought it up to her mouth.

"No. Never have and never will."

Helena eyed her. "Are you saying you've never had pizza?"

"That's right."

Helena went quiet. She slowly set down her fork, stood up, and grabbed Ada's plate as well as her own.

"What… are you doing?"

She walked into the kitchen and dumped both plates back into the pan. She snatched her cell phone and started punching in numbers. "Ordering pizza."

"I would rather have the lasagna."

"I don't care, you're lucky I didn't throw the whole thing away. I almost did." She held the phone up to her ear. After ordering, she set the phone down. "It'll be here in ten minutes."

"Don't you think you're going a bit far for pizza?" Ada was watching her curiously. "I told you I didn't want any."

"And I told you I didn't care. If you stop complaining and try at least one piece, I'll let you have your lasagna back."

Ada kept staring. Helena had an odd conviction to make her try it, and arguing wouldn't get her out of it. That was fine. She would get her back sometime. The thought made her lips curl up into a smile.

Helena didn't bother asking, because she knew that look. She wasn't particularly concerned. At least not at the moment.

They had a stare down until the pizza arrived, and Helena sat it down in front of Ada with a victorious smirk.

"You do know I haven't tried it yet, right? You can stop giving me that look."

"Nope." Helena's smile widened. "Because you will."

Ada thought about challenging the notion, but decided against it. Life was more interesting this way. She opened the box, and picked up the smallest slice there. She looked up at Helena. "Can I at least dab some of the grease off?"

"Nope."

"I figured you would say that." She brought it up to her mouth, then slowly took a bite. Helena was staring with expectant eyes.

"Well? Do you like it?"

"It's alright." Ada took another bite, knowing that Helena would make her finish it.

"That's a boring answer."

Ada smirked. "I was hoping it would be."

Helena kicked her under the table.

"That didn't hurt."

Helena kicked her much, much harder.

Ada grimaced. "That one hurt a little..." Helena smiled in satisfaction. "Sometimes I swear you're a sadist."

"Then what does that make you?" Helena shot back.

"Good point." Ada finished the pizza slice. "Do I get to try the lasagna now?" Helena got up to get it for her. "Thanks.. I think." She took a bite out of it, and she had to say; eating the pizza was worth it. Helena was a pretty good cook.

Helena turned the pizza box around and took a slice for her own dinner. The two were quiet as they ate, but it was a comfortable silence.

When Ada finished, she stood up and rinsed her plate in the sink. Helena finished the slice and stood up as well.

Ada looked at the clock. "I should probably be going."

"Are you sure you can make it with your leg?" Helena joked.

"Yes, and it'll make a great story to tell." Ada took her stuffed dragon and approached the door.

Helena chuckled. "What story? That you had to open your mouth and got kicked?"

"No, the story of me fighting a beast and surviving." Ada gave Helena a cheeky grin, and ducked out of the door before Helena threw something at her, which she would have if she had had time.

Helena scoffed while staring at the now empty space. "You never change, do you?" But despite her words, she couldn't stop the slowly growing smile on her face.

AN: Sorry it's been so long guys, school started so I've been busy with that. On the bright side, I've figured out the classes I can write in now. Aka, the ones I don't have to pay attention in. I'll try to start updating sooner, but I don't want to make any promises. Also, I would have replied to some of you reviewers but you weren't signed in. If any of you have questions, suggestions, concerns, or even just want to talk, I do respond to my PM's. Thank you to everyone who has read so far, and thank you for being patient!