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I mean, I always find it's best to assume you're everywhere. [working on whatever fashion algorithm stuff she tasked him with] Because I'm an overachiever, and yet you are somehow the only person who can make me feel like a slacker if I'm not careful.

[ A snort. ] I'll take that as a compliment. I just... like keeping myself busy. Don't get me wrong, I love slacking off and doing nothing just as much as a house cat does, but I can only sit still so long.

Put your feet up and get a glass of wine, girl.

Pfft, you don't have to tell me twice. [ Janet shuffles around the bar, looking for something suitable, then pauses for a question: ] Do you drink white or red?

If it's your wine? Either.

Smart.

[ There's a hum as Janet considers what she's got on hand at the moment before she pulls out a nice Cabernet Sauvignon to pour them each a glass. She offers one of them to Rogue, taking her own (and the rest of the bottle) over to the couch. ] With everything going on right now, I'm sure we could both use a little break.

[ Not that it's always an option, but... ]

We don't get real breaks very often.

[Rogue takes the glass, takes a sip and makes a sound of appreciation before sitting down on the opposite cushion on the sofa.]

But you need an intervention.

[ Not that she doubted this particular choice, but she feels the smallest sense of victory knowing she's selected something they can both enjoy. Janet, sitting on her knees, settles into her corner of the sofa, sipping her glass of wine. ]

An intervention?

[The wine is much better than she's used to and she knows it's probably not anywhere near Janet's top-shelf.]

When is the last time you went out? Properly? No spandex.

Of course it's a compliment!

[He smirks] You slack off like a wasp slacks off. Those wings are always moving.

[ She'd be surprised. For one, Janet only drinks the good stuff, but having company always makes her feel a little more generous with the selection. She's trying to make friends. ]

Sans Spandex? Last weekend, but to be fair, I was networking, so I'm not sure that counts...

I am so grateful for all the technological advances we've made in the last decade. I mean, I never have to really disconnect myself from work.

[See but Emma never shares the really good stuff, because 'you wont appreciate it' so Rogue just assumes Janet keeps the good stuff to herself]

It doesn't. I mean a proper night out. And not one of those 'go see a movie just to get out of the house to say you got out of the house' type of nights out either.

[ See, Janet doesn't know Emma well enough personally to make any judgments, but from what she'd heard from Alex? Not necessarily someone she'd want to befriend.

Janet's a snob, but she's always trying to be better. ]

My movie nights usually involve no fewer than two teenagers, I am technically socializing. I mean, it's my step-daughter and her friends, but they're cute kids.

But, I don't know, I guess it's been a while since I've gotten out.

It don't count as socializing if it's with teenagers.

Says a woman who spends an awful lot of time around them. I'm not used to teenagers, I feel like that earns me some credit.

This many years with teenagers is how ah know it don't count. You need proper adult social time, Janet.

Alright, and what exactly would you consider "proper adult social time"?

Shopping. Not in the tween sections. Movies that don't split th love interests into 'team' whatever. Being legally able to drink Wine. Dinner at a place that has entrees more than eight dollars.

When I feel like that Rich usually suggests I take a break.

I do plenty of that, believe me.

See, I keep hearing this, and yet... I don't find myself too fond of the idea.

What if you schedule it, so you don't miss out on doing your tasks?

But with actual adults?

It's going to be at least a few weeks. We're rolling into New York Fashion Week, and then it's the aftermath, and then the holiday season and that's just one of many plates that need to be kept spinning.

I'd love a vacation; I'm never against a good vacation. I just don't see it happening any time soon.

I think we're just going to have to accept work and pleasure mingle a little in this case, because again, we keep coming back to that detail.

Not like I have the hardest job in the world.

You know, for most I bet that sucks. But for someone like you who loves her work and is her work, that has to be the best. What a time to be alive for Janet van Dyne!

[ Extra helpful if you're avoiding problems and bad feelings that have no resolution! She can't exactly use the Avengers to hide from her problems anymore. ]

I'm truly on top of the world. [ Just a little bit of sarcasm there, but she's amused. ]

So, fellow overachiever, what are you up to these days?

Of course you are. You're the Wasp!

Eh, you know. Running around with Logan and clawed friends and helping them shut down a Weapon X offshoot trying to create murder cyborgs with bits of all of our DNA, and meanwhile keeping them from KILLING PEOPLE because that's what they like to do even as they call themselves heroes.