Serena smirked "would you believe me if I told you I knew exactly how you feel? Avoiding someone who has ruined your life so they don't anger you and make you violent... yeah... I know exactly how you feel" she muttered as memories of her father's drunken nights filled her head. Followed by her runnning away to Jake's once he released her. She always went to Jake, this was the first time she didn't. This should teach her to do that... the moment she didn't set Jake as her destination, she ended up in a strange new land with a companion that she's still not so sure about.

"Yeah, I don't particularly like being violent." He scratches his head, pulling into the 'driveway'. He hops out to unhook Sepia, and she bite his hand. He facepalms. "Augh. More blood." He wipes his hand on his pants and unhooks her.

Serena smiled softly and hopped down "let's hurry up and take care of her so you can fix that hand up. Horse bites thatdraw blood have all sorts of germs in them. Don't try and fight me on it, because I will sit on you if I have to in order to get your hand fixed up" she told him and took the reins from Cormac.

"Oh, I know. I've let one get infected before,not on purpose I just forgot about it." He snickers and heads towards the stalls. He points at the one with Sepia's name on it, as another horse whinnies and head butts him. "Hello, Black Rose..." He facepalms and pets her.

Serena smiles and places Sepia in her proper stall. She pet's he muzzle and smiles "thank you for being so good today. I wish you wouldn't bite Cormac, though. He's a good guy, you have no reason to bite him" she informed the horse

Cormac frowns as Sepia snorts, seeming not to agree. "Well, thanks, Sep. And stop headbutting mee, Rose." He pouts as Black Rose headbutts him again.

Serena chuckles and grabs Cormac's wrist "come on, let's leave these uncivilised beasts to temselves and get you cleaned up" she commanded as she dragged him to the house.

He chuckles, letting her lead him in. "Rose was my sister's horse. Hence the attention whoring." He rolls his eyes and opens the door. He heads to the bathroom and grabs antiseptic and gauze.

Serena smirked, "should I be offended by that because I remind you of your sister?" she asked, a teasing tone in her voice. Oh my gosh... please don't tell me that I'm firting with him... I am, aren't I? she thought to herself, letting out a low, audible groan.

"Nah, she enjoyed coddling things. So her having a horse like that made sense. I wasn't calling her an attention whore." He raises an eyebrow. "Unless you are an attention whore."

Serena smirked "why sir, I thought you knew already, of course I am. That's why I scream at you to leave me alone" she teased with a wink. She reached forward, grabbed his hand and inspected his work. She wasn't satisfied, so she stole the antiseptic away from him and treated his hand up to her standards.

Cormac snickers. "You love me chasing after you. Damsel." For someone who rarely goes out, he does seem to have a quick sense of humor. He lets her clean his hand, frowning. "It's clean," he protests.

Serena rolled her eyes "It is not! I can practically see the germs flying out of it! No I'm not a germphob, nor am I OCD.. I just... really hate infections... I've treated my own wounds plenty of times and I've scrubbed them more than I am you.. of course I wanted all traces of the person who gave them to me gone" she said, not realizing until it was too late that she just told him that someone had hurt her, not something like falling out of a tree. She closed her eyes, sighed, and waited for his reaction.

Cormac raises an eyebrow at the last part, curious. He wasn't going to push, however. If she wanted to tell him, that was her choice. He frowns again. "I heal semi-quickly, so it doesn't matter, unless it's really bad." He grimaces at a memory.

Serena was half glad he didn't press the issue. "Well you'll heal faster if it is purged of all unclenliness. Shut up and let me work" she said as she adjusted her grip on his hand. Tears prickled at the corners of her eyes "your hands remind me of my father's...before my mom died, when I was really little. His hands were so kind and gentle back then... I wish they stayed that way after she died. But then again... if they did... I never would've met you" she said, sending him a small smile as her eyes brimed with tears. She grabbed the bandage and placed it on his hand.

Cormac nods, looking a bit uncomfortable talking about parents. He pushes it aside, though. He watches her, still pouting slightly. The cut is already starting to heal. "Be careful, if you take too long the towel will get stuck in the cut, then I'll need to re-open it." He snickers at that, like he knows from experience.

Serena looked at him and sighed "then I lay claim to your hand until it has finished. You shouldn't have a problem with the since you heal fast" she said, removing the towel and enclosing her own hand around his. She grimaced lightly when she felt the blood transfer to her hand.

Cormac snorts. "Fiine, sheesh. Women. I'm not gonna die." He seems to be teasing though, and he looks amused. He fiddles with his hair with his free hand.

Serena sighed and shrugged before looking away "I just... get uptight over simple injuries. Somehow in my mind they're a lot worse than they really are... unless I'm the one that has the injury. In that case, anything that doesn't send me into ICU is just a scratch" she said, chuckling at the end. She looked back at his hand, it had already healed... yet... she couldn't seem to let go of his hand. It's not because I like him, goodness no. Romance is for people that know nothing of the real world... not for people like me... not for people like him. It's just... I feel safe and secure now... almost as though by holding his hand, I'm holding onto a solid rock to prevent me from drowning, she thought to herself as she dared a glance back at him, he was playing with his hair. "What are you doing?" she asked with a chuckle.

"As long as it's not broken and I can still move I don't care. Some of the time they're self inflicted." He pauses in his hair fiddling. "It was messed up," he responds, fixing it. He chuckles at himself

Serena chuckled "that's a stupid reason, you're just making it worse. Here, hold still" she said and gently ran her fingers through his hair to smooth it. "There... better"she said, drawing her hand away. What am I doing? Why am I flirting with him... so obviously too! she chided to herself.

Cormac sticks his tongue out. "Bleh... My way would have fixed it eventually." He notices the flirting, and seems amused by it. He doesn't point it out, however, content to let her go at her own pace. He chuckles, stretching his hand out. "Gah. That feels funky..."

Serena grimaced shyed away from his hand "ew" she said softly, scrunching up her nose. She fought back a shudder and shook her head "get it together girl, it's just a hand that was bleeding and now isn't" she muttered and smirked at him. She sat on the countertop and brough a knee up to her chest "so... what happens now?" she asked.

"Uh, dunno. What do you wanna do?" He chuckles sheepishly. "Geeze, I'm such a social retard." He sighs, shaking his head. "So it's up to you, 'cause I fail."

Serena smiled and buried her face into her knee to fight the blush. He's so cute when he acts like that... she mused, looking up slightly. "Um... well... I don't know what to do, actually. This place is really weird... rather... it's just different from where I came from. We've done everything there is to do... right?" she asked.