-I CANNOT FLIPPIN BELIEVE YOU DID THAT HAVE YOU GONE MAD, DOGGONE MADLY INSANE?- Ajax's brain screamed at him, but with slight effort plus all his brain cells, he ignored it. After his initial start, the words he had thought over 500 times before actually saying them , he had absolutely no idea what to say. Ajax's mouth opened and closed a couple times. A small part of his brain was quite pleased he had surprised Mercy, but at the moment he was focused on, ya know, trying to understand what insane feeling just gripped him and forced him to say something like that. When Mercy responded, his mouth opened and closed a couple more times, and Ajax deemed himself completely and utterly astonished. -I just look like a goldfish with a broken jaw, cmon Ajax- he thought, which did no avail to his situation. "I- um- er- I hope you like swimming." He finally decided on and gently pushed Mercy into the shallow pool of water.

Mercy blinked up at him, her confusion turning into slight panick as he continued to simply... shortcircuit. Had she broken him? Did he not expect her to say it back? Did her hair look stupid? Was she being wierd? WAS IT A PRANK? With her mind going a million miles an hour, she could do absolutely nothing but blink as she landed, butt first, on the bottom of the shallow pool. Her mouth was open slightly in shock and she could not have possibly looked more confused. She simply blinked at him a few times. "...what was that for?" She asked blandly, staying right where she was and feeling just the tiniest bit upset for being shoved into a body of water, in jeans and a T-shirt, by the man she had just confessed her love to.

Yup, Ajax's brain had short circuited. Big time. Broken down. The gears started grinding instead of turning. -crap wait not in the joking mood OH YEAH RIGHT AJAX, PEOPLE USUALLY DO NOT LIKE BEING SHOVED INTO WATER AFTER THEY SAID THEY LOVE YOU. WOWWWWW SHOCKER- Ajax mentally cursed himself, his eyebrows furrowing as his brain started back up. "Whoops- I'm sorry- I uh- didn't mean to do that. Short circuited brain? Well- kind of a big moment really sorry I just... you know what there is absolutely no excuse for that I am really sorry. C'mon." Ajax finally spewed out, helping Mercy up with a fallen expression. "Rude of me, really sorry, just didn't know what to say - never exactly had that happen before if you can't tell- I've never ever had anyone tell me they actually, truly cared about me until then and somewhat expected you to just turn me away so I am ... really, really, really sorry for shoving you in a pool of water. Totally uncalled for." Ajax suddenly said the biggest amount of words that wasnt supposed to be a joke he probably ever had in his LIFETIME. "Merci I- ugh... I'm sorry! Please forgive me! Brain not working!" His tone was almost pleading now.

Mercy blinked a few more times, her expression fading from slightly accusatory to fond. She raised her eyebrows as he struggles through his words, lightly taking his hand and standing herself up. She tilted her head slightly, smiling and shaking her head. "You know, its-" She blinked as he spoke again. "Honestly, Ajax, I don't really-" She fell silent again as he stuttered through his last sentence, waiting for a few moments after her stopped to make sure the coast was clear so she could speak. "Ajax, it's not that big of a deal. It was funny. Calm down." She chuckled, gently placing one hand on either side of his face, pulling him down slightly so she could press her lips to his forehead.

Ajax was about ready to collapse from figuring out how to spew a lot of words at once and stutter, stammer, and stagger through them. He felt a dashing wave of relief wash over him as Mercy said it was okay. Still, WHAT had he been THINKING? Ajax answered that question quickly in his mind. -I wasn't- He thought bleakly, his expressions still somewhat forlorn. "Okay then... sorry again I really wasn't thinking. Come back to the cabin so you can, cough, get dry." Ajax's tone was sheepish now as he wrapped an arm around Mercy and directed her back to the cabin.

Mercy gave him a little nod, leaning into his side as he wrapped his arm around her. "Alright. But first..." She dipped down quickly and grabbed a handful of water, promptly splashing it up at him. It hit him in the general chest area and she gave him a grin. "See? Now we're even." She teased, settling back into his arm.

Ajax nodded and started walking back just to turn around and get splashed in the chest with surprisingly cold water. "Hey!" He exclaimed, batting at his shirt. "Ok now I'm REALLY sorry. Let's go." Ajax snorted, turning back around to walk back towards the cabin on the small, well beaten path. That waterfall had always been his favorite place to visit, and now it held incredible importance. He strode back through the green Rees, weaving around vines till they got to the lake again. Ajax went to the path to get to the clearing, holding open the door for Mercy. "Wet angels first." He offered unhelpfully, gesturing inside with a smirk. Ajax followed after Mercy had went in, standing inside the doorway and glancing around quickly.

"As you should be." Mercy said sarcastically, seeming quite pleased with everything in general despite the fact that she was dripping wet. She rolled her eyes at him as they got to the house. "How kind of you." She teased, walking in and grabbing her bag, walking into the bedroom and popping it down. "I'll be out in a sec." She chimed, closing the door lightly and going to his closet, pulling down one of his shirts and walking to her bag to grab a pair of pants. She threw her hair up into a ponytail and changed, coming out a few minutes later with a grin. "How do I look?" She asked sarcastically, gesturing to the way oversized shirt.

Ajax crossed his arms and waited. When Mercy came up his eyebrows shot up, wayyyy off his head and almost reaching Pluto this time... (exaggerating to show how surprised he looked XD). "You look like you just stole one of my two shirts that was in the closet!" He yelped, waving his hand in the air. "Since this one is wet I'll have to change into the other one, which means there will be NO shirts in the closet." Ajax huffed grumpily, though he looked a little amused. "Stay." He snorted at Mercy, going into the bedroom, closing the door, and glaring at his closet with one shirt and one pair of pants in it now. Ajax finally slipped the now-wet shirt off, draping it over the bedpost so he could hang it up to dry when he was done. The new scars that crisscrossed his chest and abdomen from Bellatrix's uncalled for attack made him grimace as he remembered that day. The whip scars on his back where his father had whipped him for not getting something done on time, or swimming in the creek when he was supposed to be herding cattle, showed in the small mirror Ajax had. He slowly turned around and sighed a little. Hundreds of scars... big, small, ugly, red, thick, thin, almost unnoticeable... they all told tales. He finally tensed his jaw and snatched the other shirt out of the closet, pulling it on. Ajax grabbed the wet shirt, opened the door and went straight outside. He hung it up to dry in the sun with a slight huff, going back inside.

Mercy gave him a mischievous grin, nodding. "I know that. This is payback for getting me wet in the first place." She teased, hopping on the couch to pet Binx while she waited for Ajax. He took longer than she expected, and she watched him walk out and back in with a slightly puzzled expression. He seemed to be in a slightly worse mood than before. "You okay?" She asked, getting back up and walking to him.