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Post by melissa on Feb 1, 2009 17:15:00 GMT -5
10th January 2009
Melissa was feeling rather proud of herself. Her first Cabinet Meeting with President Petrelli had gone rather well, much better than Melissa had even tried to believe. Today she had a little time for herself, and as such she had decided to go for some retail therapy. Feeling lonely like she often did she was out shopping with her German Shepherd dog Kaiser.
Now she was armed with about ten bags full of shopping, and the lead of Kaiser wrapped around her right wrist tightly, to try and keep him to the same pace of walking which she did. It usually worked for the most part, until Kaiser would see something he simply had to have. Usually a female dog.
Of course it was at that precise moment Kaiser saw just that, a dog across the street, and it sure would be a female, because Kaiser didn't chase after male dogs. The fact the lead was wrapped around Melissa's wrist didn't stop him from trying to drag Melissa and all her bags of clothes across the road. However, the lead was on a short length, so he didn't get too far, apart from running around Melissa's legs, tying himself up in the process and as he tried to make a run for it again, he pulled Melissa down onto the ground.
"Kaiser! God damn it dog!" she shouted in her Scottish accent, and also sounding frustrated. Now Melissa was lying flat out with her right leg curled badly under her left, the shopping bags all around her, and Kaiser sitting in front of her, wagging his tail, and panting, looking on as if he'd done nothing wrong.
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Post by fate on Feb 1, 2009 17:33:41 GMT -5
Where was the best place to hold a shopping spree, no a Marathon through the top brands in the world of fashion? Yeah it wasn’t Brooklyn but if she closed her eyes then it felt like Italy! With recent cash injects thanks to her friendly encounters with some well off clients she had money to spend and what do girls do best when surrounded by shops and armed with cash? Spend and hell yeah that was the plan of action when Mary left this morning and that was what, several hours ago.
Today had been eventful, she had bags of clothes, shoes, whatever her heart wanted and it wanted a lot, like happiness and money but first thing was first, she had to get home before the credit line she had ran out. She was walking back towards the nearest cab line when she spotted, rather heard a dog barking, a girl screaming and yeah the pieces were fairly easy to put together. Dog owner angry at dog for…blank! The dog somehow managed to tie up the owner, wrapped up the lead around the legs; it was all rather amusing if she hadn’t fallen down in front of all those shoppers.
Mary shifted some bags from one arm to the other and then bent forward, reaching a hand down, “Here.” She offered her hand to help the poor dog owner up, the dog sitting happy as can be as if he had nothing to do with this little bump. Mister Innocent. She had seen that look in quite a lot of her guys. “Are you alright?” It could have been worse really.
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Post by melissa on Feb 1, 2009 19:46:34 GMT -5
Melissa was feeling very embarrassed as she looked at Kaiser who was sitting there looking innocent. "Just like you isn't it?" she said, ruffling the fur around Kaiser's ears. "You need to stop trying to chase after other dogs damn it" she added as she tried to uncurl her leg and gather up her bags together again in one hand. Luckily the lead being wrapped around her legs had stopped the fall from being much worse than it could have been.
However, a hand appeared and as Melissa looked up she saw another female above her, who was prepared to help her up to her feet, which Melissa thought was very kind of her. "Thank you" Melissa said, as she took the hand, and used it to balance herself. Her right ankle was a little sore however, she must have sprained it slightly.
"I think so" Melissa said, as she hobbled slightly. "Got myself a slight sprain I think, but I'll be fine. Thank you again for helping me up, very kind of you" Melissa added giving the woman a warm smile and looking down at Kaiser, who was looking up at her with his big puppy dog eyes. She loved Kaiser, and she would be gutted if anything happened to him, but he was very annoying at times when it came to female dogs.
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Post by fate on Feb 2, 2009 16:50:30 GMT -5
Mary smirked, the dog just sitting there as if completely innocent and it was almost funny but she didn’t want to laugh at someone else’s misfortune. She wasn’t much of a dog person, sure they were sweet animals but when it came to man’s best friend she choose cats. This dog while priceless didn’t change her view to dogs unfortunately. After helping the owner up off her backside and making sure everything was in the right place by asking, she rebalanced the bags equally and watched as the dog received a stern stare which swiftly turned into a smirk, how could someone not be angry at that?
“I’m glad, that looked like quite a tumble…hope it was worth it” She smirked and looked at the dog now directing those puppy eyes in her direction and it was a little funny but more sweet. It didn’t seem like a brute of a dog, not like dogs she had been around before, hey maybe it was her.
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Post by melissa on Feb 2, 2009 19:45:25 GMT -5
Of course Melissa hadn't hurt herself at all. She had impenetrable skin, it meant nothing could harm her. Even her awkward fall with her leg twisted under the other, wouldn't have caused any damage. But Melissa didn't know this woman, and she didn't want to stand up as if nothing was wrong, in case it made the woman wonder. So she pretended to be hurt, so as not to give away her secret. At least until she was sure she could trust this woman or not.
"Oh, it was quite a tumble, but I dare say Kaiser here thought it was worth it" Melissa began with a laugh, as she straightened herself up and fixed the lead around her right wrist again. Looking down at Kaiser who was still giving her the puppy dog eye look, she ruffled his head once more. "Impossible to stay angry at you eh?" Melissa said with a laugh.
Looking at the woman, Melissa laughed some more, "He's got a thing for chasing female dogs you see, so yes Kaiser would have thought it was worth it, I however think different, but it's impossible to stay angry at him" Melissa explained. Then she dropped her bags for a second and held out her hand. "Melissa Archer, pleased to meet you" she said introducing herself and giving the woman a warm smile.
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Post by fate on Feb 3, 2009 16:27:27 GMT -5
Mary remained in a friendly posture, hands held up with shopping bags dangling over the wrists, she had surprisingly mastered the skill of balanced bags on the arms while moving, not an easy thing. This was hardly the way she expected to meet someone but the world does work in mysterious ways and if anyone understood mystery then it was her. She shuffled her bags around and freed up a hand, shaking the offered hand from the now named Melissa and she smirked widely, “Mackey, Fate” The dog had a name too.
She shook the hand warmly and then let go, reorganising her bags to equally balance over both her hands and wrists. “You can skip the jokes about Fate, my parents were rather strange people but that is normal right?” It was a rhetorical question, more a joke as she chuckled, her eyes glancing down to the dog Kaiser again and smirked, “What a handsome devil he is huh.” She didn’t pat dogs, it wasn’t because some smelled, it was because some bite and she really hated being bitten by animals. Mary could do with some company lately, she was new in the city and really knew no one other than guys numbers.
"So I see you share the passion for shopping Melissa?" She gestured at the bags with a head nod and smirked, it was always a good place to start, find common elements to associate with.
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Post by melissa on Feb 3, 2009 19:51:02 GMT -5
Melissa smiled when the woman shook her hand and introduced herself as Fate Mackey. Melissa smiled warmly, her eyes sparkling and her pearly teeth glimmering in the winter sun. "Well I'm pleased to meet you and I'm sure Kaiser is too" Melissa said as she grinned down at her big handsome fluffy pup. He was after all still a pup in many ways, as he wasn't even a year old yet.
"Oh, no jokes about your name from me, I was actually just going to say it was very unusual" Melissa said nicely, she would have held her hands up and shook them protesting that she wouldn't joke, but her hands were kind of full. When Fate remarked on Kaiser being handsome it lit up Melissa's face all the more. She loved her precious pup and when somebody made comment about him it made her day. "Yes, he is rather" she replied, as she once again ruffled the fur between his ears.
"Ah, yes" Melissa agreed when Fate spoke about the passion for shopping. "I do it a lot, but more when I need to cheer myself up or just simply need to spend money" Melissa added with a grin. Not that she had to explain that, wasn't shopping typically a girl thing to do anyway? Melissa certainly hadn't come around many women who didn't love shopping. They couldn't be real women if they said they hated shopping, that's at least what Melissa thought anyway.
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Post by fate on Feb 4, 2009 13:09:15 GMT -5
Shopping to boys was a chore, like taking the trash out or washing dishes but to girls and in particular Mary it was more a hobby, a pastime which she thoroughly enjoyed because well was there any therapy better than treating oneself to clothes and you know? It was nice to meet someone that shared her interest even if it was by chance, Fate they might say but let’s not go labelling good things as Fate, it just wasn’t cool enough. A smirk formed across her lips as she nodded in agreement, it was a good tool for cheering up.
“I know that feeling well” She didn’t work, there was no job and her relationships lasted as long as the credit line did, she was really pathetic at life and needed a serious kick up the backside to get her moving in the right direction. “My mother often said, the best medicine for the blues is shopping. Men have jazz, we have credit cards.” Mary chuckled as she heard her mothers voice in her head saying that, it was one of the few funny moments she wanted to remember, the rest if she had the chance she would hit delete.
Mary adjusted her bags, they were indeed getting a little heavier as the stood around talking and it didn’t seem to bother Kaiser the puppy much, and he just sat there with his tongue out panting as if excitable. All puppies were like that right? “I must say, I’ve not met many people that bring their dog let alone a puppy on a shopping spree before.” She half expected the dog just to bark and run rings around you while you attempt to shop.
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Post by melissa on Feb 4, 2009 23:56:55 GMT -5
Melissa laughed at Fate when she spoke about the guys having jazz and the girls having credit cards. It certainly made a lot of sense to Melissa. "That's very good, I must remember that" Melissa said her Scottish accent very strong, as she laughed again and mentally taking a note of the phrase to use on somebody sometime.
Fate then began to talk about the fact she was out shopping with her dog. She wondered if she would bring that up, as it was a strange thing for somebody to do. Go out shopping with their dog, especially a young puppy who was liable to take you off your feet and tangle you up and make you trip, just like Kaiser had done earlier. But really Melissa couldn't be anywhere without Kaiser, he was so important to her.
"Well, my parents were killed when they took me to Thailand and there was a tsunami and they were drowned, so I moved to America to start a new life and got Kaiser, he's all I have, so I'm naturally very close to him" Melissa explained as she once again ruffled the dog's ears. She hoped that Fate would understand why she was shopping with her dog.
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Post by fate on Feb 5, 2009 13:24:30 GMT -5
Without meaning to pry she had in fact stuck her nose into something very serious and it took the light atmosphere a way a tad and really made Mary feel completely stupid and terrible all in one batch. Of course there was a reason between the dog coming shopping and it was hardly going to be because they over great opinions or something. Two notes for shopping, never bring a pet and never bring a guy, they have terrible tastes.
“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to pry or anything…I eh….ok shut up Fate” Mary snapped her mouth shut feeling really stupid as if she had just stepped on really flimsy ground and really when it came to family tragedies that was a big one. What could you say or do to possible reverse having such a big mouth? It was a curse, way more worst than having the ability to change reality into fantasy, that was so cool but this wasn’t, and this was real. Just walk away from this one Fate, don’t tempt getting burned in this idea of friendship because it isn’t plausible! Her mind replayed as she shook her head at herself.
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Post by melissa on Feb 5, 2009 23:14:28 GMT -5
Of course Fate was going to act like she had just done the crime of the century when she realised that the reason why Melissa had her dog with her was because he was all Melissa had. Melissa put on a warm smile across her, and shook her head. "It's okay, you don't have to be sorry, nor do you have to shut up" she began, as she put her hand out and gently squeezed the woman's arm.
"It happened quite some time ago now, I just spent a long time being miserable, and it was only about six months ago I knew I had to get on with life, and that's when I bought Kaiser" Melissa gently explained, as she once again ruffled his ears.
Melissa didn't have many friends, and she certainly didn't want the one she was certain she was about to make, disappear on her because she thought she'd put her foot in it. Because going by the look on Fate's face, that's exactly what Melissa was reading. "Would you like to go for a coffee or something? I'd sure like to rest my feet, and hands from carrying these bags" she said with a grin, hoping that Fate would realise that Melissa thought nothing of the fact that she had brought up the conversation about her parents death. It was a part of Melissa's life, naturally it would keep coming into conversations from time to time.
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Post by fate on Feb 6, 2009 15:35:39 GMT -5
Mary couldn’t help but feel like a totally idiot after putting her big nose into something, admittedly by mistake however that didn’t make her feel any better. She didn’t want to pry, she didn’t want to have someone being upset because of her unless they had earned the punishment and this girl, Melissa certainly hadn’t, she was cool. Kaiser was precious, one minute he was pulling his owner along and the next he was behaving, as if Fate made him to that just so Mary and Melissa met. Yeah because Fate is that nice!
Coffee! Yeah she could really go for a strong source of caffeine right now because she was beat and sure it was worth it but still, yawn. Shopping really took it out of her, Mary was started to feel her age it seemed. “Yeah sure, I could go for coffee…” It was good to see that her big nose hadn’t caused anything to occur; she hated being a nosey person and really needed to work on thinking before talking. She knew how stupid she was, she wasn’t a genius so speaking her mind before thinking through wasn’t her strong suit.
“Are you sure the ankle is alright after that fall, you seemed to twist it quite badly on the fall?” Mary looked at her new found friend with a concerned look, the question had been asked but still, Melissa hadn’t tried to walk on it yet let alone carry countless number of bags and walk a dog.
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Post by melissa on Feb 9, 2009 21:37:43 GMT -5
Melissa smiled when Fate said she would go for a coffee, it meant that Melissa could have a rest, and put the many bags down too, not that the weight was causing a problem per say with her impenetrable skin nothing really hurt her but even she could get tired and that's what she was feeling. Tired. "Great, I know the perfect place" Melissa said, it was a typically Scottish cafe, where they actually made and sold pretty much anything that you would normally only find in Scotland. They even sold her favourite sweet, Scottish Butter Tablet. "It's only about ten minutes away from here, it's called Scottish Pride" Melissa said.
Melissa was proud of her Scottish roots, but at the same time she was glad to make a new life in America, being back in Glasgow, Scotland reminded her too much of her parents. Even though Scottish Pride reminded her of home, it didn't particularly remind her of her parents.
Then Fate asked if she was alright because she had twisted her ankle pretty badly when she fell. Bugger thought Melissa she had picked up on the fact that she seemed to be well okay. Normally Melissa wouldn't openly talk about her ability because you never knew who you were talking to, but Fate seemed to be kind enough, so giving her a weak smile she responded.
"Well to be honest with you" she began and then lowering her voice so it was a low whisper, "I have this ability, nothing hurts me" she said, and then wondered what Fate would make of that. Because if Fate was normal, she would probably think Melissa was down right crazy and Melissa wouldn't be able to blame Fate for thinking such a thing.
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Post by fate on Feb 11, 2009 17:57:06 GMT -5
A cup of coffee was definitely on the books as she had spent the entire day, well the better part of it shopping and she was exhausted. This girl, Melissa she seemed cool, warm and friendly and quite passionate about shopping so that was good, a nice ice breaker when they first ran into each other and she still felt bad about that. She knew the fall was awkward, could tell it must have been sore but nothing seemed to have been sprained or broken which was a relief. They were heading for the café nearby and a new conversation was struck from a simple question of ‘Are you sure you are alright?’ It was something about an ability, the ability that seemed to prevent harm or something but she didn’t really catch the specifics, it was barely a whisper which meant this was important, private and she thought it was a bit early for such openings but she thought what the hell and just decided to confess her sins as well. “I….can make people see things that aren’t really there, bend reality into an illusion…..just for a while….” It was really odd, she never really wanted to admit she had a power let alone share it in open conversation with someone she had just met. Maybe she really was losing the plot a little bit.
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Post by melissa on Feb 11, 2009 21:41:46 GMT -5
Melissa was beginning to wonder if she really should have said anything about her ability at all. She knew how it could lead to dangerous things. It was why most people kept their ability a secret, but somehow Melissa just felt that it would be alright to let Fate know about it. Which of course she did.
The woman didn't seem too shocked however, other than maybe a little surprised that Melissa had chosen to speak of this as soon as she had. However, no sooner had she told Fate about her ability, than she told Melissa she had one too, although different.
Melissa had known she wasn't the only one out there who was different, but she hadn't known just how many there were, until she became a member of the Government, there were lots of different people with abilities there.
"I've heard of that one before" Melissa said with a warm smile. To Melissa it seemed like a pretty cool power to have, but at least with her own power she couldn't get hurt, it was almost like she was invincible.
Now that they had reached the little cafe, Melissa just looked at Andrew who winked at her and beckoned her to come in. Thankfully he didn't mind that she brought Kaiser into the cafe with her. He knew about her past, so she figured he just felt sorry for her. "Thanks Andrew" she said giving him a smile. Luckily Kaiser was always well behaved in this cafe, she had no idea why, but it was like he knew he had to be a good boy.
"What would you like to drink?" she asked Fate, she was going to buy, Fate could treat it as a new friend treat or something.
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