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Post by Sky Beckett on Aug 1, 2009 19:58:41 GMT -5
Sky nodded as they continued talking about his job. He let out a snort of laughter. "I think one of the most ridiculous questions I've ever been asked is if I carry a gun." He made a derisive sound. "I mean, really? Do you really think they're gonna give a blind guy a gun?" He tilted his head towards Melissa again, facing her face as best as he could tell. "I really don't think some people think before they say anything. No filter between the brain and the mouth, you know."
He paused, jumping slightly, a little startled, when he felt Melissa place her hand on his knee. He hadn't been expecting it, and obviously hadn't seen it coming. "Sorry, didn't mean to jump like that," he apologized quickly. "Just surprised me, is all." Sky realized that he was finding he really liked Melissa - just seemed like a genuinely nice person who didn't care that he was blind.
After his brief mental revelation, there was a moment of quiet, and then it was broken by the pager on Sky's belt beeping obnoxiously. He jumped again, fumbling to turn off the pager. He took it off his belt, pressing the button so the computerized voice read the message aloud to him. He sighed. "Damn, I have to go into work," he said reluctantly. "But, um, let me give you my number so we can stay in touch."
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Post by melissa on Aug 2, 2009 13:24:41 GMT -5
When Sky laughed talking about his job, Melissa couldn't help but laugh along with him. It was quite a contagious laugh Sky had, and it felt great to laugh. Then when he said that one of the most ridiculous questions he had been asked was if he carried a gun, Melissa put her hand up to her mouth, even though he wouldn't see her do it. "No? Really?!" She asked in exclamation, after all, as Sky said himself, it was hardly the right thing to do, give a blind guy a gun. Not as if he could see where he was shooting, even if he did have that incredible ability of his.
"That's just it though Sky, some people don't think before they talk. It's like people asking me if I can get them into the White House, just because I'm President Petrelli's Chief of Staff. Uhm, no... I'm not security." She replied and laughed.
When Melissa had placed her hand on Sky's knee, she didn't even think about warning him, forgetting about his disability just for a second, so of course when he jumped, she felt terrible. "Sorry, I should have warned you." Melissa said very quickly, but she realised she was saying it, at the same time Sky was apologising to her for jumping. Then she laughed a little. "Seems we were both eager to say sorry. I'm quite often a touchy feely person, so at least you've been warned now." She added laughing again some more.
Then she heard a beeping noise, and Melissa knew that it must be Sky's pager, so that meant that he was going to have to leave. Melissa was just thinking that maybe she and Kaiser should get back inside anyway. She smiled when he said that he wanted to give her his number so they could stay in touch. "I'd like that a lot Sky, thank you." Melissa said, as she then tore off some paper from her sketch pad and got a pen out from her bag. "Alright, I'm ready, shoot with the number already." She said with a laugh, and then after she wrote down the number he gave her she stood up.
"Kaiser, come here boy." She said to the dog, as he came bounding toward her, and she put the leash on him and then bent down to pick up her artist gear and then she turned to face Sky. "Well, it was really nice to meet you. I'm going to lean in and kiss you on the cheek, I'm telling you, so I don't startle you." She said with a laugh and then she did just that.
She leaned in and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I guess I'll see you around." She said, as she made to walk away from him. She really liked Sky, he was handsome, and he seemed friendly and he obviously had a good sense of humour, what wasn't there to like really?
{ooc - feel free to do a finishing post with Sky - or you can leave it at mine - but again, like the Alexei one - let me know either way - so I know to archive and mark it off my thread list or not.}
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Post by Sky Beckett on Aug 3, 2009 16:51:14 GMT -5
Sky felt his eyes go wide with surprise, raising his eyebrows, turning towards Melissa. "You're the President's Chief of Staff?" That was unexpected. "That's...that's impressive," he couldn't help but blurt out. "And yet I like you anyways," he added jokingly, grinning so Melissa knew he was kidding. Sky didn't much like politics.
"It's okay," Sky assured Melissa when she apologized for startling him. "It's nothing personal, I've always had kind of a high startle reflex, and when I can't see it coming it tends to really surprise me." He nodded. "But, yeah, if you warn me, that's okay."
"Well, I really should get going," he continued after giving Melissa his phone number. He nodded when she warned him that she was going to kiss him on the cheek so he wouldn't jump. "All right." He laughed slightly. "Thanks for telling me."
"Yeah," he said, as they started to go their separate directions. "See you around." He paused. "Well, I won't actually see you, but you know..."
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