At the mention of Bella's birthday party Natasha gives him a sympathetic look, but it doesn't take long for her crooked smile to curl one side of her mouth once more. "But you didn't kill her," she points out, eyes moving up in thought. "Which, technically, is probably the best birthday gift someone could get, so. You know. Good job." By the time she looks back at him she's giving a full smile once more, but its obvious that she's slipping back into thought when it starts to slowly fade. Natasha likes being happy, whether she'll allow it, even subconsciously, is a different story.
"That's the second time you've mentioned that, now." She says it passively as her eyes fall back onto him. "The concept of someone being turned in the family. Earlier, when we were talking about Alice's vision you said that you didn't know if I was 'still human' when she saw me." It's something that Natasha had caught but filed away, knowing that bringing it up at that time wouldn't have gone well given the temper she was in. "I'm not going to make that promise to you." She's blunt about it, but she's never been one to dance around when she has a point to make. "I'm not saying that it won't happen either, one thing I've learned is that the future is always uncertain no matter how many psychics you have on your side, but I need to make that clear. That I'm not promising that."
She hesitates, and after the words leave her Natasha looks down at her feet. "I think that's something you should consider, both you and Alice. If I'm going to be a part of your life in some way..." she huffs a quiet laugh, but it's lacks amusement and it's mostly self depreciating. "I never really expected myself to see the age of forty in the first place, but even if I do make it, it's going to be hard to watch you stay young. And to know that you're going to lose me, if that's how this all works out."
It's only then that she manages to look up again, this time with a sheepish visage of uncertainty. "I don't live a safe life. Even if I did, I need to know that you're aware you're willing to get involved in this even if it means that you may end up watching me die, from either age or...something else."
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"That's the second time you've mentioned that, now." She says it passively as her eyes fall back onto him. "The concept of someone being turned in the family. Earlier, when we were talking about Alice's vision you said that you didn't know if I was 'still human' when she saw me." It's something that Natasha had caught but filed away, knowing that bringing it up at that time wouldn't have gone well given the temper she was in. "I'm not going to make that promise to you." She's blunt about it, but she's never been one to dance around when she has a point to make. "I'm not saying that it won't happen either, one thing I've learned is that the future is always uncertain no matter how many psychics you have on your side, but I need to make that clear. That I'm not promising that."
She hesitates, and after the words leave her Natasha looks down at her feet. "I think that's something you should consider, both you and Alice. If I'm going to be a part of your life in some way..." she huffs a quiet laugh, but it's lacks amusement and it's mostly self depreciating. "I never really expected myself to see the age of forty in the first place, but even if I do make it, it's going to be hard to watch you stay young. And to know that you're going to lose me, if that's how this all works out."
It's only then that she manages to look up again, this time with a sheepish visage of uncertainty. "I don't live a safe life. Even if I did, I need to know that you're aware you're willing to get involved in this even if it means that you may end up watching me die, from either age or...something else."