Re: [Climbing: Patrick & Newt]
Patrick was unaware that there was an internal battle going on within the ginger dude about subsuming attraction. He did not realize this was a thing. Man, Patrick could be clueless on occasion, and this was one of those occasions. All right, yes, he knew there had been no kissing since after the club, but he did not comprehend why. Too, he had promised his bro he would try, and he was trying. And, too, the whole dude-interest thing had become especially overwhelming in the face of Adrian's call to the cops. "Math, man, you are in America," he reminded the dude, and he just winked when Newt called him a git. The prospect of getting out of Repose, it buoyed the dude.
He flopped his hair more correctly over his ears when Newt asked about lying. "Shut up, man, and I am told they go bright red when I lie. I have not looked in a mirror to verify this." Dude seldom lied. Lying was not his thing, and he was not comfortable with it. Maybe that was all most evident given his need to come clean with his bro about absolutely everything. Which, speaking of his bro, they transported, and Patrick did not even know why he brought the subject up. Man, it was like he couldn't go an hour without talking about Adrian. "Do you want me to inform him why you are frightened?" He was serious about this; he felt it was the least he could do, since he had brought it up to Adrian in the first place. "I told him I would try to stay away from you." Why he said this now, he did not know.
But he pushed the door open to the building the next moment, and he stepped in from the warmth and sunlight of the sunny day outside. Inside, he paid for both of their tickets, which were for standard climbing without instruction. He showed that they had their own supplies, and then they were shown to their little corner of the climbing world.
The floor under their feet had much bounce, and helmets and spotters were not required. Their spot was in the far right corner, and the place was not very crowded, though there were some people seated in the center of the room, resting, and a few pieces of wall were being scaled. Dude tossed his bag onto the floor. "Grab two of the green ropes, dude," he said, nodding back to the elastic ropes hanging from all over the tops of the walls.