Boy Meets Girl [Riley]

[maiwolf]

Riley continued to walk down the side walk. The dude kept following. So much for fading away. And he was such a large chatterbrain! She wanted to hold up her hand and make it talk in time to his voice, but she wasn’t that childish. Well, at least she didn’t think she was. She should try it sometime… maybe with Gabriel.

He was still talking! Didn’t he see that she was trying to ignore him? If he would just shut up maybe she’d have an easier time with ignoring him. As it was, his stupid mouth was making it hard for her to concentrate. Did Gabriel say he wanted Mocha coffee today, or his regular? Did Gabriel even want to meet her today? Probably not, she supposed; he never wanted to meet her. He wanted her away from him, so if he went on one of his maniacal episodes, he wouldn’t kill her. Riley didn’t care, she adored Gabriel, in one sense of the term.

She spun around suddenly, planning full well to tell him to leave her alone or she’d sick her ‘father’ on him—

And ended up running smack dab into him.

That wouldn’t have been bad, but Riley was looking up at him, and Edgar was looking down at her. Somehow, they were in the right moment at the right time—both of them—and their lips locked. Riley was shocked. She didn’t know what to do. Her eyes were wide in fear, in puzzlement, in just plain shock, but she didn’t move. Then her mind went on overdrive. Was this considered a kiss? Why had that happened? Why had that future happened so quickly, so suddenly, so wrongly? But the first and foremost on her mind was this question: What would Gabriel do when he found out someone had manipulated the future to make her kiss him. Gabriel’d probably search out Edgar and kill him.

Riley pulled away, and made the sourest face she could ever have made without eating a full lemon. “There,” she spat at him, wiping her mouth in total disgust. “Aren’t you the happy one? You got your future. Now let me live mine!” She was thoroughly disgusted by what had just happened, and she was mad at Edgar—and herself—for letting it happen.

[eddie]

He continued trying to talk to her, but she just continued to ignore him. He considered just letting her go, but, that of course, was something that he would not do, he wasn't that kind of person, he wanted her to know that he felt bad. Of course, that was, if he could get her to listen to him, which, currently, wasn't exactly going to well.

Until of course, the future happened, well, almost just as he had painted it. She turned around, her lips landing right on his. He was shocked at first, for a second, but then his brain kicked in and he started to kiss her. Something that he probably shouldn't of done, but, he was a teenage boy, how could he stop it.

The moment was ruined when, as much as he thought Riley would get into it, she backed away. What was her problem, why did she have such an objection to kissing. It wasn't like they were going to have sex, and that she was going to get pregnant, its just a kiss. He didn't understand girl.

"What is your problem?" Eddie called out to her, as she had a full on go at him. Sure, he had continued with it, but 'she' was the one who started it in the first place. She walked into him

[maiwolf]

Riley was still exasperated, but now that she knew that the kiss wouldn’t make her go into a long-lasting relationship or (heavens, no!) make her have a boyfriend, she felt sorry for the guy. It wasn’t as if she was going to do anything more to hurt him. Maybe, though, she could become his girlfriend, and then ditch him. That’d hurt him more.

He was, after all, a guy. And, though this really disconcerted her, she thought about Gabriel. ‘What would Gabriel do?’ Probably kill the dude and get it over with. Was Riley like Gabe? No, no matter how much she stalked him, Riley wasn’t the least bit like Gabriel. Riley was stubborn, sure, but she didn’t kill people—never.

“What’s my problem?” She echoed; all of the anger spent. She asked the question with a sort of curious tone that only she could take on after having so much energy that was pent-up anger. “Gabriel’s my problem.” She answered truthfully, “And Elle. And crap-head boys like you who think they can win me over by painting the future.” But she didn’t say any of this in an angered voice. No, on the contrary, she answered politely, truthfully, and with a hint of sadness. Was it her fault that Seth was still with Elle?

[eddie]

Well, its seemed to him that this Riley girl had some problems. This Gabriel seemed like a bad thing. And, Elle? That was her sister, he assumed. He had either talked about it with her before, or saw a bit of a future with Elle when he touched her before. Sometimes it was hard to tell the difference.

As she said 'And crap-head boys like you who think they can win me over by painting the future.' He laughed. He was actually really starting to like this girl, she was funny. "It wasn't a very original move, was it?" He grinned at her.

He took a step towards her. He wasn't looking for a kiss, this time. He thought that perhaps, he would try and comfort her. He had decided that she really didn't want a boyfriend. But, perhaps a friend would help. Of course, that was, if she didn't mind being comforted with a hug from an almost total stranger.

"Lets be friends? Just Friends?" He said to her, pulling her into an awkward hug. "This is strictly a friend thing, completely non sexual" He said.

[maiwolf]

Tell the truth; Riley didn’t know what she had thought about the kiss. ‘No,’ she denied, ‘it wasn’t a kiss. He may have taken advantage of it, but I didn’t kiss him.’ She made a face, “Considering the circumstances, yes, it was ordinary, but no, it didn’t work on me.”

When he advanced on her, she took a tentative step backward. He had the friendly look on his face again, the look he had obtained when he had first knocked her down. She stopped as he progressed. When he hugged her, she didn’t hug back, keeping her hands down by her side. When he released her and told her about the non sexuality of it, she snorted.

“I’m too young for all that, and I knew it! All that goes on in guy’s minds is sex!” She snorted again, her eyes twinkling mischievously.

[eddie]

He had been hoping she would like the 'just friends' idea, but she just... stayed Riley on him. She was a damn stubborn one, that girl. But of course, thats probably part of the reason he liked her, she was quite the individual, he liked that. He looked up at her as she said that all that goes through guys minds is sex.

"That is sooo not true. I'm thinking about... movies, right now" He laughed, trying to sound legitimate. He knew that she was right, but he didn't want to sound really bad and make her hate him... more then she did already. At least he was trying, not just being a complete jerk. He didn't want to be like that, he hated guys like that.

[maiwolf]

Riley was beginning to calm down. She studied him further. He was weird, but she was used to weird. How could she not see weird? Every person who had an ability was weird; every person who had an ability was special; every person who had an ability was unique.

When he said that she wasn’t right, she snorted and crossed her arms. “And of course there is no sex in movies.” She laughed, “I’m not that stupid.” She turned around and started to walk away. When she got a couple steps away, she turned around and frowned at him, “you bumped into me, you drew me kissing you, and your wish came true. Now it’s your turn to give me what I want. Follow me.” She turned around and started walking again.

[eddie]

He smiled, she had caught him out on the no sex in movies. Sure, he was a guy, and sure, sex occasionally went through his mind, how couldn't it. But he wasn't thinking about it while he was with Riley. Well, he wasn't until she mentioned the word, then of course it comes to him, but, that was just nature, that wasn't just him.

And just when he thought it was going good, that she was finally warming to him, she started going on about him bumping into her, and his painting, and then... the actually thing happening, and he was dropped on his ass again, he thought. That was until, she added, 'Now it’s your turn to give me what I want. Follow me.' He grinned. "What exactly was it that you want, Riley?" He asked, confused, he had no idea.

Non the less, he listened to her, and he followed, watching her back as he did. Yes, he did find that his eyes were lowering a little... every now and again, but he lifted them back up as soon as he realized he was doing it. That was just what he needed, her to catch him staring at her bum. He walked faster and caught up to the side of her, so it wouldn't happen again. "What are we doing?"

[maiwolf]

Riley checked only once to see if Eddie was following her. He was, and that was good. He had better be following her, after all she’d had to go through with him. Besides, this place would probably melt him if the ‘kiss’ hadn’t. She loved this place, and this place the best. But that was only because of what this place housed. She liked to call him ‘hers,’ even if that wasn’t truly right.

The walk brought the duo to a pet store. Riley stopped and grinned, “Here we are! I love this pet store, and I check back every day just to make sure he’s here. I don’t want anyone to buy him until I have enough money to do so myself.” She walked through the shop-door, reveling in the ‘ding’ that the bell made whenever the door was opened.

The shop owner looked to see who it was, and laughed, “In again, little girl? He’s not been bought yet if you’re wonderin’. He’s right there.” The shop owner pointed to a cage that held the most beautiful dog Riley had ever seen. It seemed to her that he was some sort of German Shepherd, but his coloring was wrong, and he was bigger for a puppy. He had a white tuft on his chest, and a white-tipped tail. His eyes were the color of springtime, which was unusual for a dog. Riley was convinced he was her zodiac dog.

“Look at him!” She said, delighted, and stuck her fingers into the cage. The black dog licked her fingers happily, his tail wagging, his paws churning the newspaper at his feet. “Isn’t he just the cutest puppy you’ve ever seen? When I get enough money, I’m going to buy him.”

[eddie]

After a while, they finally arrived at the destination. Where they were, was a real surprise to Eddie. They had a arrived at a pet shop, and Riley explained to him the reason why she liked it. The reason was, because there was an animal there, that she loved in particular. A small little black puppy. The shop keeper seemed to remember Riley, and that told Eddie that she came in here often.

Eddie smiled as he saw that Riley actually did have a heart. She kept going on about how cute the thing was. "Yeah, it is" He said, grinning. He stuck out his hand and patted the dog on the head. As he touched the dog, he felt it happen. His eyes began to blur, and he reached into his pocket grabbing out his pad and pencil.

"God Da..." he managed to say before he went into the precog state that he often dreaded. His eyes went dead, and he started to draw. The time flew by to him, but if he had to guess, he would say he was drawing for about a minute, maybe 2. When he came out of it, he examined the piece of paper and smiled.

"Well, looks like you wont need to be coming in to check everyday, Riley" He grinned at her. He showed her the picture, the picture he just drew of Riley, at a place that looked like her house... well, he didnt know what her house looked like, but he assumed. In the picture, Riley was sitting down watching the TV, with her little puppy sitting on her lap.

"Congratulations on getting yourself a puppy, Riley" He said to her and smiled. At least bringing her good news would make her happier then the last time he did the future.

[maiwolf]

Riley watched Eddie out of the corner of her eye. Her zodiac-dog whined in a friendly tone, begging to be petted. He loved the attention. And his eye flashed curiously—as if he knew what was going to happen—when Eddie placed his hand on him. Eddie blanked out.

Riley sat back, one hand still on the dog, and watched Eddie. She could immediately make out the living room of her and Elle’s house. She could also make out an almost exact likeness of herself sitting on the couch. She seemed to be watching one of her favorite television shows, Bones. In her arms was the little dog, her zodiac! She looked closer, not at all at the focal point, but at the shadows. When Eddie came to and congratulated her, she waved him quiet.

“Look there!” She said, pointing. First she pointed to the television, where tiny words could read “Dire Situation.” She looked at Eddie, “That’s tonight’s episode!” Then she moved her finger to the shaded spot in a recliner next to the couch. Riley’s eagle eyes could pick out the smallest details, and she picked out the details she had noticed on Eddie’s face. “You are here, too. This is tonight! But I have no money, and you don’t have nearly enough. How’re we going to get the future to happen?” At the end her voice dropped down to a whisper.

The dog whined, knowing something was up, or possibly knowing it was going to leave the store soon. And at that second of time, a name popped into Riley’s head. It was an absurd name, even for a dog. But it fit.

The dog would be named Child of Tomorrow.

[eddie]

Eddie had bought good news to Riley, and she was... happy about it. And she studied the drawing a lot closer then he had. She noticed that the drawing was tonight. She also noticed that he was there, which was a surprise to him. He was also surprised, that she wasn't angry about that. I mean, she had been fairly, distant about all that kind of stuff, and he figured she wouldn't want to see him after this.

He couldn't think of any ideas, well, any that were legal. Eventually, he realized, if she was to have the dog in the future, and he was to use his idea, then it would work. It would have to work. He looked over at her. "Distract him" He pointed to the guy at the front office. "The assistant" He said.

As she walked over to him, he grabbed the dog and slid him into his backpack, his head sticking out a little bit. He was small, so able to fit fairly easily. He started to run towards the door. "Riley" He yelled as he bolted out of the door and ran off, down the street.

[maiwolf]

Still petting Child—she’d already named the dog, so why not use it?—Riley studied Eddie’s face. He was planning something, she could see that much. What was it that he was planning?

When he said to distract the person at the counter, Riley looked at him funny. It was one thing to talk—and actually do—about stealing a trinket or something, but it was a totally different thing to steal a living, breathing animal. Still, if that was how it worked out to get to the future, riley was more than happy to do it. “Meet me at the park two blocks down.” She said, whispering slightly and subtly pointing in the park’s direction. Riley’d met Carla there. She wondered how Carla was now.

Then she got up and walked over to the person at the counter. “Mister, ho much does it cost to feed a growing dog like him?”

The man looked at her, “depends on the type of food. But you look more of a cat person to me. We do have cats, too.”

Boy was that true, Riley loved cats, but Child was different. And this was the perfect distraction. “Really? Can you show them to me?”

The man huffed and walked out from behind the counter, “this way.” Riley followed, and, luckily, the ruckus of the cats getting attention drowned out Eddie calling her name. Riley gave Eddie a fire-minute head start before saying none of the cats interested her. When she exited the cat room she gasped.

“Mister, that boy stole my dog!” She cried, pointing at the empty dog cage.

“Crap!” The man said, and dialed the police. Riley took that moment to race through the back of the store to the back exit.

She raced through the backstreets and pulled out her phone while she ran. “Hello? Brennan? It’s Riley. Yes, I know, whatever, but I’m in horrible trouble. D’you think you can meet me at the park? You know what park. Please hurry!” She rounded the last corner and raced across the street after checking to see that she wouldn’t get run over. “Eddie?” She called, racing into the park.

[eddie]

As Riley was distracting him, she told him to meet her at the park, so that was exactly where he headed. Straight to the park, he had the dog sticking out of his back pack, and he looked at it. It was quite cute, actually. He smiled, this was Rileys dog. He grinned, Riley and him where becoming quite the odd couple. Like Bonnie and Clyde, without the relationship.

He looked up and saw her racing into the park. She called out his name and he smiled. "Hey, Riley" She walked over to him and he took his bag off his back. "Say hello to your new companion" He hand his bag over to her and smiled.

[maiwolf]

Riley raced to Eddie, slung the backpack holding the dog over her shoulder, and grabbed Eddie’s hand. Knowing Eddie’s power, Riley’s touch might throw him into another drawing phase. He had not had a good streak going with her there. But so far everything that he had foreseen was coming true. Let’s hope Eddie didn’t see any future even of her being kidnapped or something. (And, in the future, Riley will get kidnapped). She raced through the park to slide underneath one of the slides where a shadow fell. She crouched there and unslung the puppy. Child was looking at her endearingly.

“Eddie.” She panted, her heart still beating ferociously. “Try not to go into a trance. He’s called the police; that shop owner. If they find us, I may be able to shield all three of us, but I’m sort of hoping my friend will be able to get us out of here.”

Riley was scared, though not for the first time of her life. She didn’t want anyone to get injured or die, and enough people had died already. “Let’s hope Brennan comes, and quickly.” Riley said; she could already hear the sirens.