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While the event out at the Siren Cove Lodge and Resort hadn't been a bad way to start off in a new town, April hadn't bothered trying to get a room, instead opting to return to her apartment in town. She supposes she might have been able to find someone willing to share, but she's not quite prepared to jump into such arrangements, instead choosing to watch those around her, interacting with them to test the waters and see what they might be able to do for her.

Today she's doing a bit of exploring. She walks the boardwalk, looking into store windows as she goes -- a few of them are closed, their owners out at the Lodge, she expects -- and then through town. She passes the library, a police station, several cafes and small restaurants. Thus far she isn't sure what to make of Siren Cove, if the name has anything to do with what she might find or if she's just killing more time before she has to move on again. There's a part of her that wants to find nothing except a little bit of fun, but there's another, quiet part of her looking for something more. Some explanation as to what she is, where she's come from.

She's wearing a cute summer dress and a pair of strappy heels and she's dressed this way with intention. It's a sweet, approachable look and yet the heels are just unstable enough for it to look genuine when she trips, one ankle twisting as she reaches out for the nearest passerby.

"Oh, god, I'm sorry," she says, laughing at herself, looking faintly embarrassed. "It's these shoes. Are you alright?"

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Hitting the alarm on his car, Will loaded up the back with supplies for the trip up to the lodge. He'd already had several hysterical calls from his mother about his timing and responsibilities and well, he couldn't delay it any longer. No matter how much he might wanted to.

Hearing the sound of heels on pavement, Will glanced up and looked over his shoulder at the woman walking towards him. Offering her a warm smile, he reached out to steady her as she stumbled- tripped into him. Hands sliding down her arms, he kept her steady as he stared down at the apparently offending shoes.

"Well, no doubt it's those shoes. They look entirely like trouble. But you, you have nothing to apologise for." Will said with a smile. Taking a step back, he held out his hands to see if she could keep herself up but ready to catch her if she couldn't. He couldn't let such a beautiful woman fall flat on her face, imagine the headlines. "And I'm pretty sure that should be my question... are you okay?"

There's money here, of that much April is certain after one glance at his car, and with money usually comes a certain sort of power. It's not the kind she's after most of the time, but there's little else that appeals to her so much as someone who might be able to fund her lifestyle for a little while longer. She has nothing against working, she finds it enjoyable enough, but she's not against avoiding it either.

"I'm fine, really," she says with a faint laugh and he still has his hands out, so she sees no reason to take hers off his arm just yet. Money, yes, but he has more than that working for him. "Just trying to get the lay of the land and here I am, tripping all over strangers instead."

"You sure?" Will asked, his eyebrow raising a little at that before he raises one hand up to lift the shades off his face. Looking her over, he tucks his glasses into his pocket while keeping his other arm out for her to hold onto. Just in case. "You picked a hell of a weekend to try and get to know the lay of the land. Most people are at the lodge or headed there. But we can at least fix that last part, I'm Will. Will Cabot."

"April Ross," she answers, offering him her hand to shake as she gives him a bright smile. "I did know that, actually, I was out there last night, but I arrived in town a little late to get myself a room, so I had to head back home for the evening. It seems like a very popular event."

Her gaze drifts over him, that same smile still curving her lips before she lifts her eyes back to meet his. "You're heading back out there?" It seems like a good number of people are attending, which has worked out well for her. It's easier to check out what a town has to offer when a good number of its citizens are elsewhere.

"A pleasure to meet you April," Will replied. Taking her offered hand, he lifted it up to brush a kiss against her knuckles before giving her a flash of a warm, sincere smile. Smoothing his hand over her palm, he let go of her hand gently as she smiled, radiantly, at him. He honestly could not complain about a small delay if it meant spending less time with his family and more with April. "Well, that is a shame. I was looking forward to seeing you up there tonight."

Will leaned back against his car, smiling at her charmingly before nodding at her question.

"That was the plan but if you need a tour guide then I'd be more than willing to postpone for a little while longer."

He's charming, she can certainly give him that much, and she suspects he's used to getting what he wants when it comes to women -- or just in general -- which might work well for her. She can use that, she thinks, and while there's no saying she might not give him exactly what he wants eventually, she needs some time to work out how and when it might benefit her most. Or maybe he'll just be fun to play with for a little while.

"If someone is expecting you, I'd have for you to keep them waiting," she says, although she has no intention of letting him go. If he heads back to the Lodge any time soon, she suspects she'll be going with him. "Girlfriend?" she asks with a teasing smile. "Wife?" He's not wearing a ring, but there's no harm in checking.

The fact that she has to ask, the fact she hasn't connected his name with the Cabot family just makes him smile even more at her. Shaking his head, he laughed at the question as he folded his arms across his chest.

"I take it you don't read the papers then? No, no girlfriend or wife." Will replied, tilting his head a little as he looked at her interestedly. A puzzle he wanted to figure out. "Just the Senator and his wife, my parents, and they should be used to me not showing up on time for anything by now."

April shakes her head, almost apologetic, though she's pleased to have gotten the information she's been looking for. "I spent the last two years in New Port. In Connecticut. I haven't picked up a Siren Cove paper just yet, but should I be expecting to see your face when I do?" She glances around, as if there might be photographers waiting for him now. "If I spend too much time with you, should I be expecting to see my own?"

It wouldn't be the first time she's made it into newspapers, but she does do her best to keep a low profile. Sometimes, though, it's worth it to break that rule. "So there's no one to be disappointed if you take a little time to show me around?" she asks. "Or would it be better if I were to go with you back to the Lodge?"

"Who knew Connecticut held such wonders? Maybe I should've ignored Sydney and Paris, gone straight for New Port." Will said, pressing his lips together in bemusement. He raised his eyebrows at her, lifting his shoulders in a shrug. Sometimes the press were around, sometimes they weren't. Will had gotten used to their, often intrusive, appearance in his life. Came with the territory of having a rich, powerful father. "Sometimes but usually only if I've been very bad. So, I don't know... are we going to be very bad?"

Will grinned at her, all mischief at the corner of his eyes. He thought she was bound to be trouble but he did always love Trouble. He shook his head at the question, taking a step closer to her as he pushed his hands into his jean pockets.

"Why not both? What are you looking to see round here?"

April tips her head to the side as he steps closer, pleased that she hasn't had to use any of her powers to get them to this point. It's never troublesome for her to have to do so, pulling up that ability to influence someone in just the right direction or a few softly hummed notes that has someone following her wherever she might go, but she likes to know it's not only the things that lie under her skin that make her good as what she does.

"Points of interest," she answers with a smile for him. "When everyone comes back from the Lodge, where are the most relevant places in town? What does Siren Cove have to offer a new arrival?" It helps that he's from here, that he seems to know the town well, that he enjoys a high placement in the society. This is exactly what she's looking for to help her get settled. "Show me some of those and then we can go back and get a drink."

Will pulled his shoulders back, standing a little straighter- a little taller when she flashes him that smile. Eyes travelling down the length of her legs, he gave her ankle a look of deep consideration.

"You good on that ankle or do you want me to drive?" He asked, indicating with a wave of his hand to his car before giving her the option of his arm. Either way, he wasn't going to be rushing back to the Lodge just yet. He'd rather spend the time getting to know April. "And well, it depends on what you want to do while you're here."

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"Oh, I'll be fine," she answers, taking his arm, tucking her hand into the crook of his elbow, though she does have every intention of getting into that car with him eventually. When it works for her, when it benefits them both. "Truthfully, I'm not sure what I'd like to do in Siren Cove. I plan on staying for at least a little while, so I suppose eventually I'll have to find a job, but I think we're both talking about things more interesting than that."

She smiles up at him again, her hand tightening on his arm briefly. "Things a little more fun. So where does one go in Siren Cove for fun?"

Turning his body, Will swung the door to the car shut pressing the lock on his keys before he stuffs them back into his pocket. He can't help but get a little distracted by the feel of her hand against his elbow, the colour of her lips as she smiles up at him. Licking his own lips, he let out a soft laugh before shaking his head.

"Yeah, wrong person to ask about work but the more interesting things? That I think I can help with," he replied, brushing is thumb over the hand at his elbow. Smiling, he led her down the street only ducking slightly to compensate for his height. "Depends on what you like. Me, I'm usually at the beach or on my boat. I'm more of a... water guy. But if you like the town then it has to be the Watersong."

"I love the water," April answers honestly, a warmer smile lighting up her features. Going down to the beach with Will certainly seems appealing, especially if he has a boat, and she has generally excellent control over her physical changes when she's in the water. There's always a risk, but it's one she thinks she might be willing to take. And besides that, in time, it's not always the end of the world to let someone know what she really is.

In time.

"What's Watersong?" she asks curiously, looking up at him as they walk. "A bar?"

"Yeah? I'll have to take you out on it sometime then. Shame we don't have suits or I'd say let's go now." Will murmured, a light teasing smile on his lips. His gaze falling on the way her smile lit up her face with almost pure, honest pleasure. He'd like to take her out on his boat, especially if it meant she smiled like that again. And well, he'd be lying if he tried to pretend he wasn't thinking about her in a bikini either. "Bar and club. Best- only place worth while really in town. It might not be open now but we can always take a detour past it on our way to somewhere else that is."

"That sounds like a plan. They both do. I'd love to see your boat sometime," April says, reaching up to tuck some of her hair behind her ear as the wind off the ocean lifts the ends, tossing them over her shoulder.

"I expect the club is closed if only because it really does seem like everyone is out at that Lodge. I wish I'd been in town early enough to hear about it. I could have rented one of those cute cabins for the weekend and then I wouldn't feel like I was missing out on so much of the party."

"Then I will have to make it my mission in life to make sure I get you out on it. Just let me know when and I'll come pick you up." Will said, brushing his own hair out of his face as the wind picked up. Looking at April thoughtfully, he grinned at her as an idea came to him from what she was saying. Raising an eyebrow, he pressed his lips together before suggesting it. "And who says you have to miss out on any of it? You just have to meet someone who has a cabin large enough that they don't mind sharing which shouldn't be too hard... I doubt anyone would mind the pleasure of your company."

"Oh, I don't know if I've ever been someone's life mission before," she says with an exaggerated shiver. "You sure do know how to make a girl go all tingly."

Her eyebrows lift at his suggestion and she gently bites her lower lip, looking up as if she's considering what he's saying. "Well, we better get me mingling at that party if that's the plan," she teases. "You'll have to point out all those with a cabin large enough to accommodate me."

"You have no idea," Will replied,his voice a low teasing murmur as he grinned wickedly at her. His gaze dipped as he watched her bite her lip, drawing his attention away to her mouth again. He laughs when she teases him, pressing his lips together before considering it. "Oh, I think I could find you one or two. You don't mind balding middle aged men with wandering hands, do you?"

"I think I might head back home if that's what's waiting for me," she says with a laugh. "Especially after being taunted with young handsome men whose hands have yet to wander." And while April is never looking for anything serious, never looking for permanence, she can certainly see how Will's presence in her life might benefit her. She has her own money and has no reason to use him for his, but if she can situate herself into a decent place for at least a little while, this will certainly pay off.

Not that flirting with him is any hardship. She can't deny she's having fun.

"It's not my hands you have to worry about-" Will replied. His hand sliding across April's hip, feeling the dress bunch a little beneath his palm as he brings them to a stop. Looking at her with a teasing smile, he raised an eyebrow at her. "-it's my mouth. Forever getting me into trouble."

"Is it?" she asks, turning to look at him when they stop. His hand is a warm weight on her hip and she can't deny there's trouble in his mouth, that much is certain, but there's a little part of her, the part that likes to play, that wants to flash her teeth sharpened to points. Just to prove there might be trouble to be found on her lips as well. But that's too much revealed at once, so when she smiles up at him, she's still entirely human, not a hint of her siren form to be seen.

"What sort of trouble?" she asks. "Or is this a show don't tell sort of story?"

"The kind of trouble that usually means being late for a party," he replied with a grin at her follow up question. Gaze dipping to her lips, he felt the tug of desire as she smiled back up at him. Licking his own lips, he pulled April a little closer. Hips bumping against hers as he leaned down a little. "Definitely more of a show kind of story."

"I have all afternoon, I'm definitely not expected anywhere," she murmurs, laying her palm flat against Will's stomach, her fingers curling under just slightly. He's so warm and close and it's been weeks since she's been this near to someone. Maybe it's not going to benefit her to give in, but it's only a little. Only a kiss.

"Maybe you're the trouble I should be worried about then," he replied in a soft, wry murmur as his hands reached up to brush an errant strand of hair from her face. Lips tugging into a warm smile, he sucked in a breath as he hand brushed against his stomach. She was definitely trouble and he just loved trouble.

Leaning down he brushed a teasing kiss against her lips, hand sliding down to press her more up against him. The heat of her skin through that damned dress making him kiss her a little harder.

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