Joining Primatech [Josh]

[katie]

6th December 2008

After Katie's little bump into the mysterious Elliot Walters yesterday, Katie came to realise she needed to get a job and fast. The sooner she got a job, the sooner she and Josh could get their own flat together. It was something they had both wanted for a long time. The only way they could do it, was if at least one of them was earning money. But they had discussed it previously and they had both agreed to get a job, and with a bit of luck they would both get to work at Primatech.

Katie wanted to work there, she believed Angela Petrelli was doing good, and she wanted to help the Heroes help the fight against the Villains. When she left their parents house, Katie had sent a text message to Josh and asked him to meet her at the local Starbucks in Brooklyn.

Now she was sitting there, a half hour later, with a latte, and playing with her hair, with her finger, waiting on her much loved twin to appear, so they could finally discuss arrangements to get a flat together. She also wanted to tell him about her little meeting with the guy from the day before. She wasn't sure where that was going if it was going anywhere at all, but at the very least she was sure she may have a friend in him. But because of his mysteriousness toward her and his slightly rude attitude, she thought it would be a good idea for Josh to know, in case Elliot should ever turn on her for any reason.

The door to the cafe had opened a few times since Katie had arrived and it wasn't Josh, but when it opened this time, it was. She looked up and smiled. "Hi Josh" she said as she stood up giving her twin a kiss on the cheek not at all embarrassed about a public display of affection for her darling brother.

[joshmoore]

(( Whoot, first post with Josh~ ))

Josh was bored. He was bored insomuch that he had done everything he did when he was bored and he was still bored. He realized quite quickly that being alone without Katie was some of the problem, and he also realized that all his friends not being here was another part of the problem. His friends were all gone on vacation or something, and it wasn’t even a holiday!

Josh was walking on the street when he got Katie’s message. ‘Meet me @ Starbucks in Brooklyn. Katie’ Seriously, couldn’t she have just called him? If there was one thing different between Josh and Katie, it was that Katie loved to text and Josh would rather kill texts. At least Katie didn’t use chatspeak as much as some people he knew, and he wasn’t going to name any names. Even their parents used chat speak, though, luckily, it wasn’t in real life like those Geico or Verizon commercials.

But, really, where else would Josh be, in Tokyo? She could have been more specific as to what Starbucks, because Starbucks literally lined every street corner. Josh had an idea what Starbucks Katie meant, but it would be a stretch, no matter what. He hailed a cab, told the cabdriver where to go, and when he arrived at the place, he knew this was the right one. Katie wasn’t hard to find, really. In fact, he had always known where she was, just not exactly where she was. Now, Katie stuck out like a sore thumb, and in a good way. He smiled as he walked in, hoping to scare her.

It didn’t work, and she spotted him before he had even walked half the way to her. Of course. “Hi Josh,” she said, and then kissed him on the cheek. Josh smiled and kissed her back, typical greeting for them. “What was so important that you had me waste some cab money, sis?” Josh asked, teasingly.

[katie]

Okay so Katie had sent a text to Josh and didn't phone him. She knew he hated that, but for Katie, texting was far quicker and easier. So that's what she done, however she also knew that Josh loved her so much he probably wouldn't say anything to her about it. However, one thing she did forget to tell him was what Starbucks in particular she was in, forgetting for a few moments just how many of them there actually were.

However she knew Josh has good prowess when he came to searching her out, he'd find her soon enough. That she was sure of, but she should have been more careful about telling him which Starbucks she would have been in, but it was too late now.

He kissed her back on the cheek also which make Katie smile. Then he asked why she wanted to see him, teasing her about wasting cab money. Yeah like he would think that about spending cab money coming to see her. She knew right away he was teasing about that.

"Well Josh, I thought it was time we seriously considered about getting our flat together, and I was considering joining Primatech, what do you think?" she asked him grinning. She'd tell him about her bump into the guy Elliot later. She wanted to get the important thing discussed first.

[joshmoore]

Josh was like his sister in many ways, and yet he wasn’t. It was strange, really. Everyone said that only twins of the same sex knew exactly what the other was doing, or exactly where the other was. Everyone said that only twins of the same sex looked even remotely like each other, and liked the same things. Of course, those ‘everyone’ were probably right, but Josh saw himself as an almost exact likeness to his sister, only in guy form. In fact, Josh knew he was almost like that because of everything he and his sister did. Which self-respecting person would attempt to buy a flat with his or her brother or sister?

Of course, they couldn’t be quite the same. In fact, Josh and Katie were different in many views, if only that. Josh liked to talk to people; Katie liked to text. Josh was sure he knew more ways that they were different than just that one, but he wasn’t sure what other ways he could find in that short span of time. So, after he kissed Katie (he really didn’t care what people thought of them—they could be boyfriend and girlfriend for all they knew), he sat down in the chair. Sprawled was more like it, but who cared.

Katie talked about the flat, and then she talked about this new place called Primatech. It struck a chord, but Josh didn’t know what it was. He thought she had told him about it before, but he couldn’t remember where he had heard anything like that. Josh shrugged, “I thought we were always going to get a flat together, Kay. And I remember the name, Primatech, but I don’t remember what it was.”

[katie]

"Well I knew we were always going to get a flat together, but I just thought we should get jobs to pay for it" Katie said with a smile, glad that he'd kissed her back, like herself not caring about what reaction he would get from the crowd around them. Who cared if they thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, and if they knew they were brother and sister, who cared if they thought it was off. Lots of siblings were close thought Katie.

"Primatech, is that company run by Angela Petrelli, she has agents put together in special teams to help bring down the villains" Katie went on to explain to Josh to hopefully remind him of the company she had been planning on joining. However Katie wasn't stupid, she knew that it was a difficult job, and it could be very dangerous.

"It's either that, or join that school she started, and I don't think I'm really the kind of person to deal with shady teenagers" Katie said with a grin. Then her mind drifted back to the day before when she had met that Elliot guy. She still wasn't completely sure about him, but she didn't want Josh getting worried. But he'd be more mad if something were to happen to her and she hadn't told him.

"Also, I met someone yesterday" she added into the conversation casually, now he'd be sitting up, all ears and instantly paying attention, wanting to know everything. If it was a female, he would immediately relax, but she knew he would be tense as hell at finding out it was a guy. She didn't think she had anything to worry about, but the fact he hadn't the best attitude at the start did make her worry about him ever so slightly.

[joshmoore]

“Oh,” Josh said, making that word long and drawn out. “So you want me to join Primatech with you to pay for the flat. Or,” Josh conned, smiling slyly at his sister, “do you want me to join this company because you’re joining it and we’ve never been separated?”

But Josh was teasing, as he always did, when it came to doing things with his sister. He loved working with Katie on anything that involved… well, being with Katie. That’s how most twins are, presumably… or maybe Josh and Katie are those types of super twins that want to stay together their whole lives. Either way, Josh was teasing. Only a second had passed before Josh smiled and said, “Of course I’ll join Primatech if you want me to.”

And he raised an eyebrow when Katie said she met someone yesterday. “Oh did you, now. Anyone I would know, or is it confidential?” Josh knew Katie wouldn’t keep a secret from him, it was some other thing concerning brother and sisterly love… or maybe it was about twins. He didn’t feel like being here today, and, frankly, if she had met some guy, he probably wouldn’t care.

Okay, that was a total lie, he would care. He would want to know if they guy was good or bad, goth emo, whatever. He would want to know exactly how she met him, and if he could be trusted. He would want to know if the dude (or gal) was in Primatech to see if he really wanted to join. And he would really want to know if the dude (if it was, in fact, a dude) wanted to be Katie’s boyfriend. Girls he was okay with… it was mainly the guys that made him want to know what was going on.

[katie]

Katie laughed when her plan was found out. There were lots of good things about having a twin, but there were also some annoying things too, like you could never try to be sneaky about anything, your twin always figured it out. "Well to be honest, a bit of both really, I felt working would help us afford the flat, but I really don't want to be in a different job to you" she explained smiling. She already knew that Josh would join Primatech with her, because she knew he felt the same way when it came to separation.

There was a few seconds of silence after Josh had teased her like he always did and then he said he would join if she wanted him to. "Yay" she exclaimed, "Of course I want you to join, it wouldn't be the same if you weren't around me" she said. Now this didn't mean they were with each constantly twenty four seven, they did have some alone time, but the thought of working in a job and spending something like six or seven hours away from Josh, now that was what Katie couldn't cope with. A couple of hours while one of them went to a club with their friends was different and totally allowed.

Telling Josh about the person she'd met the day before was bound to get his attention, she knew that for sure. Because now his little brain would be ticking over, was it a girl, if it was a girl that was fine, was a boy, because if it was a boy that was totally not fine. Katie could almost hear the cog wheels turning before he asked his question and after he asked his question.

"It was a guy, and I'm not sure you know him, I certainly didn't know him. Elliot his name was, Elliot Walters, and I sort of physically bumped into him, as I landed on a heap on the ground" Katie explained and laughed remembering her own stupidity. "But don't worry, I'm not sure he's my type, if anything we'd probably just be friends, but even then I'm not sure" she was rambling slightly. In fact she was starting to wonder why she'd told Josh about meeting this person. Then she remembered why she had told him, because the guy's attitude hadn't sat too well with her.

First impressions always last when you meet someone and he'd come across rather rude to Katie. Katie didn't like rude people, however she'd given as good as she got. She sighed gently, "I just not sure I completely trust him Josh" she said, as waved the waitress over to their table.

"Can I order a cappuccino please?" she asked, the waitress smiled, and wrote down her order. "Of course" and then she turned to Josh, "Would you like anything Sir?" she asked him with a smile and waited on a response.

[joshmoore]

Josh smiled at his twin when she grew excited about him joining Primatech. Josh grew uneasy, but didn’t show his sister. He had become adept at keeping his emotions to himself: he needed to, cause Katie knew almost everything there was to know about him. Josh, however, prided the fact that he was a boy and she was a girl, and there were things that not even Katie would dare to understand about him.

Josh listened with an open mind to what Katie said about this Elliot guy. He knew instantly that his sister did not really like Elliot by her body language. That soothed him somewhat. And he smiled. Josh raised an eyebrow. When Katie started ranting, Josh really knew the guy wasn’t that good. “Okay, okay, sis, I get you.” Josh said, laughing and shaking his head. “I’ll back you up if he gives you any problems, Kate, you can count on me.”

Then, when Katie ordered her drink, and the waitress asked what he wanted, he thought a bit. “You have those eggnog things in now, right?”

“Eggnog things?” The waitress asked, and then smiled. “You mean the eggnog coffee on ice?”

Josh looked at the waitress blankly. He had no idea, he just ordered the eggnog crap during Christmastime. “Uhhh, sure. Yes, please.”

When the waitress left, Josh threw an exasperated look at Katie, “Couldn’t you have just ordered for me?” He whined childishly. He didn’t like not knowing the extra-special names of each and every Starbucks drink. “That was embarrassing.” To show that it wasn’t, he kicked his feet up onto the chair opposite of Katie. “So, this Elliot guy. He giving you trouble?”

[katie]

When Josh said okay, okay, he got her and she could count on him for back-up, she just smiled, but she also shook her head and waved her hand with a sheepish smile. "Sorry, I was ranting wasn't I?" she asked, "I should know you'd have my back anyway" she added with a grin.

It was true. Very rarely was one seen without the other, although even Katie knew that they had to have some time apart at some point. Not just by going to the bathroom separately, by time apart she meant alone time with their friends or boyfriend or girlfriend, it was just at this moment in time neither of them had one, so they only ever really had each other and the friends they had together.

Katie had to hold back a giggle however, as Josh struggled with ordering his drink. She didn't really think she had to order his drinks for him, did she have to do everything for him she wondered, but laughed at her own thought. When the waitress left, Josh moaned at her in an exasperated way, and Katie did laugh this time.

"Sorry" Katie said with a laugh, "Do I have to do everything for you?" she said in the same whining voice he'd used and then she started to laugh, showing him she was not mad at him in the slightest, just the opposite. Yeah right, she thought when he said it was embarrassing, she just laughed some more when he said it.

As he put his feet up onto the chair opposite her, he asked if Elliot was giving her trouble, but the truth was he hadn't really, he'd just been a little rude and abrupt.

"No, not really, just not the best mannered person, you know how I hate rude people, and he got me to reveal my ability to him, but when I asked what his was, he didn't tell me, but showed me more or less, by touching my shoulder and my temperature dropped" she said, shivering slightly as she remembered the moment.

[joshmoore]

Josh smiled at his sister, and twiddled his feet. “Of course you have to do everything for me, Katie. That’s what sister’s are for.” Josh said, smiling at her, “But really, if I told you to jump off a bridge because I dropped some shoes in the water, would you do it?” Well, truth be told, Josh really didn’t know the answer. He did wonder if Katie would jump off a bridge for his shoes, not that he would really need them anyway after they’d been all sopping wet. No, he wouldn’t do that to his sister, and he proved it by saying, “Of course not. I could jump off the bridge myself.”

Then he listened to what Katie said about the Elliot guy. He sure was an ass if Katie was saying those things about him. Katie never said anything bad about anyone, and yet here she was talking about this Elliot dude like he was the fifth plague. Elliot sure was bad, and to demonstrate his power on Josh’s sister? What was the dude thinking!? If they ever met, Josh would give Elliot a piece of his mind—which included, but was not limited to, walking away rudely. Josh simply didn’t have a mean bone in his body.

He did, however, have a sarcastic bone in his body. Quite a few, actually.

“Well,” Josh said, and planted his feet on the floor to better sit up and see his sister. Sometimes he wondered how she put up with him and all. The waitress came and delivered the drinks, which made Josh happy. “How much is that?” He asked the woman, who promptly told him the price. He grimaced, “So much money for two drinks. Here you go, miss.” He dished out the money and the waitress thanked him and walked away. He took a drink of the eggnog drink-thing, and smiled, “Just as good as last year.” Then he stood up, “Well, we’ve gotten things settled? We’ll both join Primatech, and we are getting a flat together whether you like it or not.”

He smiled; Katie was the one who had wanted a flat in the first place. “But now I have to go. I promised a friend I’d be somewhere in,” he checked his phone, “thirty minutes.” Knowing Josh, the ‘friend’ was online, and he was going to probably go and ‘kill’ the friend in Halo 3 or Call of Duty or something. He kissed his sister on the cheek. “Go sign us up, sis. I trust you and your tastes.” And, waving a goodbye, and grabbing his drink, Josh exited the Starbucks.

[katie]

"Ha de ha ha" Katie said mock laughing when Josh said she had to do everything for him because she was his sister. But she already knew he was joking of course, and he proved it further by asking her if she'd jump off a bridge because he'd dropped his shoes into some water. Well naturally she wouldn't have done that, and just as she had went to answer, he answered for her, saying no, he'd do it himself.

"Just as well really, because I was going to say no I wouldn't jump off the bridge to get your shoes, but I'd pull you with me, but sure, you go ahead and do it yourself" she said laughing. She loved Josh so much, she loved spending time with him, and she loved the fact they could tease each other and they both knew that's what they were doing.

The waitress came with their drinks, and of course Josh had to make a joke about the cost, even though Katie was more than prepared to buy her own drink and probably pay for both of them herself anyway. "I would have got those Josh" Katie said with a smile, as she sipped on her coffee.

She then watched as he stood up, wondering where he was going for a few brief seconds, then he began to speak to her. "Yeah we've gotten things settled, both join Primatech" Katie repeated with a grin, and then rolled her eyes when he spoke about the apartment, making it sound like something she totally had to do, like she hadn't brought it up in the first place. It made Katie laugh. "Yeah, I'm so not getting out of this apartment thing am I?" she asked him but laughed because she too was being a little sarcastic, but in a very funny way.

He then spoke of having to take his leave as he was meeting a friend in thirty minutes. She smiled, and as he kissed her cheek goodbye, she kissed his back putting her arm around him for a hug also. "Okay I shall do that bro" she said talking about signing them up for Primatech. She leaned back in her chair and decided to stay a while and relax with her thoughts about Elliot, maybe he wasn't such a bad sort after all.