[open] evening stroll

Fallon truly felt bad about the fact that she had gone off on the man in front of her now that she knew of his intentions. She did have a habit of jumping to conclusions here and there. It wasn't hard to do that given her temperament and the fact that one of he best friends had been assaulted on a walk home. So she was well aware that there were monsters out there that would love to prey on a helpless woman. However, she was certainly not a woman to be taken for granted and because of that she felt confident in her ability to walk the streets at night. Even with her arm in a sling that was still hurting quite a bit, though nowhere near as bad as before when they had tumbled into the pavement. It was a small consequence compared to what would have happened if she had been hit by the car. So she couldn't really fault him for pushing her out of the way and thus have them tumbled into the concrete rather than be road kill. Well, maybe not road kill, but it was always a possibility as she looked at him. She could tell that he was still bitter about her first accusation and that was on her own fault. She didn't blame him at all, but she wished she hadn't been so quick to label him as someone dangerous.

So she had shouldered her pride and apologized to him figuring that it was a start at least. He seemed to calm down a bit from the initial tension which was rather good noting that he was looking at her arm. She suspected that he was probably worried for her, but it didn't really matter to her. It had been injured before this misunderstanding and worse case scenario was that it would just set back her healing a little. Nothing that she couldn't really deal with as she was well versed in doing things with the use of one arm more so than she should. She'd hurt herself more times than was probably healthy, but she simply loved doing her work with her students and even just on her own. It was a great workout for her and well it was risky at times, but everything could be seen as having a risk factor. It was all part of life as far as she was concerned as she looked at him, a small smile on her face. Which seemed to work for him as he recognized that she was trying to rectify the situation. That was her hope at least that they could try and start this introduction all over again. Preferably on much better terms if she could since the situation had been clarified and he was simply a concerned citizen.

"It's natural for me to be formal, but I shall endeavor to do so," replied Fallon as she looked at him catching the small upturn of his face making her relieved.

The last thing she needed was to get on the wrong side of someone even if it was by accident. At least he seemed to have gotten the hint that it was all just her overactive imagination. Sighing contently as she ran her good hand through her bright red hair as she studied him. Course, then she had noticed that he was favoring his arm and that caring nature of her took over wanting to see if she could do something. She was slow in her approach knowing that if she moved too quickly he might think she was interested in hurting him. Really, all she wanted was to make sure he was alright and to make up for the fact she had just accused him of being a monster. Which made her feel really bad when he was being so nice, risking his life for her. Not something she really felt good about considering that he could have been killed. She'd never wanted to have someone get hurt on her account. Watching as he tensed up in front of her making her stop a moment. Offering his name though made him relax though and he allowed her the chance to check on his shoulder.

"Well I'm glad to meet you Neal. Even if I wished it was under better circumstances. I tend to jump to conclusions when it was my own fault this happened. Thank you, by the way," she said as she examined his shoulder.

She was as gentle as she possible though she still had to do her checks having learned how to test if a limb was broken or sprained. She knew her first aid and a few other things that she had taken to heart after she started taking on people and helping them with the self-defense. A great opportunity she had thought since nobody appeared to have thought to bring this about even with such an open and small community. One with which everyone knew just about everyone else that it wasn't hard to note the strangers in the town like the blonde she'd seen once or twice. Fallon didn't care though because she generally loved meeting new people and well it didn't matter that they were strangers. Continuing to do her little tests wincing when she noticed one part that was a little disconcerting.

"Your arm seems okay though I might get it checked out just to be sure. I noticed there was one spot that seemed rather painful," noted Fallon as he moved her hand away from his shoulder. A smile on her face as she looked to him glad to try and change the situation from what it initially had been. A start over as she hoped to think if Neal allowed her the opportunity.