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© Everything related to the Fantastic Four, including characters, locations and plot points belongs to Stan Lee and Marvel.
© Alena Frazer, any other OC that may appear and the plot for this story rightfully belongs to me unless I say otherwise.
This is more of a conversation chapter. There's not much action in this one. Just Sue and Allie meeting up for lunch.
By the way, Sue has blue eyes in this although the actress who portrays her in the film, Jessica Alba, has brown eyes in real life. This is because of the high possibility that she wore contact lenses for filming and promotion of the two movies. Don't ask me why they did that. I think having brown eyes is awesome.
ENJOY!Whenever we could, Sue and I enjoyed having lunch together at a diner called Applebee's. It had a nice atmosphere and the food was delicious. So whenever we could, we'd meet up.
And that was exactly what we were doing right now.
As always, I was the first of the two of us to arrive. My apartment was in walking distance of Applebee's. So it was only a ten minute walk. One of us would always arrive early in case the other did to. There would be rare times where Sue would beat me here. And that was always whenever I had to perform an emergency surgery or something along those lines that keeps me in the hospital.
I only had to wait ten minutes before Sue raced into the diner, out of breath and looking as though she had been running the Boston Marathon. She still looked beautiful though. With the perfect blonde hair and blue eyes and how she still looked good when she was at her worse.
With me, if I was a mess, everyone would know it.
That's why after everything with Johnny, I didn't leave the apartment for three days straight.
"I was wondering if you were gonna show up," I joked to Sue as she hurried to meet me at our regular booth.
"Sorry. Got caught up in a meeting," Sue apologized as we shared a hug.
"You mean caught up with Victor?" I said knowingly with a hint of distaste.
"Don't be like that, Allie," Sue pleaded.
Sue has been working with Victor for two years now. He hired her straight after the first round of interviews. Which is good, because Sue is one of the best scientists I know. But, with Victor being Victor, I knew there was an ulterior motive. And when I saw him lusting after her one day when I was meeting up with Sue, I knew what that ulterior motive was. From what I've heard from an old friend from college who is actually Victor's personal assistant, he actually has an engagement ring for her.
If Victor wasn't a selfish prick, he'd actually be good for Sue.
"Just stating the truth," I shrugged, sitting down and handing Sue a menu, "How's work?"
"I had to see Reed again," Sue told me.
I grimaced. She didn't have to tell me what happened. I already knew that the meeting would've been awkward. Reed and Sue met when they were studying at MIT and they hit it off. They even began a relationship. They were as happy together as I was with Johnny. However, after graduating from MIT, Sue suggested that they share an apartment together. But Reed, who always has to calculate each step before taking one, didn't feel he was ready for such a commitment. But Sue was ready. So they broke it off. Sue even stayed with me until she found her own place since she was planning on moving apartments anyway.
Which is a bummer, because I enjoyed having a roommate.
"How did that go?" I asked.
"He was intimidated by Victor. Ben wasn't," Sue said.
"Of course not. It's Ben. He's like Reed's bodyguard. And the man is never intimidated by anything," I laughed.
Ben Grimm was Johnny's commanding officer before he washed out of NASA not long after we 'went on break'. Let's just say that there is no love lost between them. I met him when he brought me down to Houston to surprise Johnny when he had to go down there for training not long after we got engaged. He was a tough guy. But he had a good heart and soul and we got along well.
"Ben's going to come on the mission. But you should've seen his face when he found out that Victor chose Johnny to be the pilot," Sue laughed.
"Bet you Reed was horrified too," I giggled.
"Considering he's met Johnny, oh yeah," Sue nodded in agreement.
Boy, what I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall for that meeting.
"May I take your order, ladies?" the waiter asked us.
"I'll have the Chicken Fajita Rollup with a Raspberry Iced Tea," Sue decided, handing over her menu.
"And I'll have the Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger with an Oreo Cookie Milkshake," I decreed, handing my menu back.
"I'll be back with your orders shortly," the waiter smiled at me before leaving.
"Going all out today, Allie?" Sue smirked, referring to my meal choice.
"Hey. It's my cheat day. You can eat whatever you want on a cheat day," I defended myself, "I need it after getting a visit from your brother."
"I thought he was kidding when he said he was going to see you!" Sue gasped.
"You knew he was coming and you didn't think to give me warning?!" I gaped in disbelief, "Come on, Sue! I could've been out of the house before he arrived."
"You have to face him sooner or later," Sue said wisely, "And technically, you guys haven't broken up. You're just on break."
"Sue, I saw him kissing his high school ex, who is also my enemy, when he knew I was coming to meet up with him. We were engaged to be married and he cheated on me," I reminded her, "And he seems to be enjoying our little break. Because by the next day, he was a womanizer again. …no offence."
"None taken. And don't worry. I tell him off about his womanizing ways every time I see him with a different woman in his apartment. Especially those blonde bimbos," Sue reassured me, "Although, you have a chance to get back at him. That waiter was checking you out."
"No way. If I was going to do what you're suggesting, I'm gonna do it with someone I know. Someone that I know Johnny can't stand," I smirked, "Like Andy."
"Andrew Jacobs?!" Sue gawked in surprise, "Your co-worker from the hospital?!"
"He's been trying to flirt with me since the whole thing with me and your brother. Actually…he flirted with me even though I was engaged," I recalled.
"He is a decent looking guy," Sue mused momentarily before changing the subject, "Have you thought about the offer?"
"How'd you hear about that?" I demanded.
"Victor's pretty interested in you," she shrugged, "It's an once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Allie. You were always saying how you wanted to see the world from a different perspective."
"I'd be spending more time monitoring vital stats than looking out space windows. And that is if I actually accept the job. I don't even know if I actually want to," I retorted.
"Here are your drinks, ladies. I'll be back with your food momentarily," the waiter said as he placed our drinks before us, winked at me before leaving.
"OK. That guy is starting to creep me out," I muttered, already going to eat the cream on top of my shake.
"Tell me about it," Sue muttered, fiddling with the straw in her iced tea before continuing, "It's just a one-time thing, Allie. You'll never have to deal with Victor again afterwards."
"Sure. Then after that, he'd be stalking me trying to get me to work for him," I grumbled, rolling my eyes – both in annoyance at the prospect of working for Victor and in pleasure at how good the cream and Oreo tasted.
"Victor knows it's a one-time thing. And you're more than qualified for the mission," Sue reassured me.
"What about his arsenal of doctors in that hospital of his?" I asked.
"They didn't handle the simulator that well," Sue trailed off.
I knew what she meant by the doctors not handling the shuttle simulator as well as they should. Dizziness, organ problems, nausea; everything that's not pretty.
"How do you know I'd handle space travel?" I asked.
"Ben told me about the time you and Johnny snuck into the simulator," Sue smirked.
Oh God. He brought up that?! Sue was laughing at me. So I must be blushing pretty bad.
"OK. We have the Chicken Fajita Rollup and a Bacon Cheddar cheeseburger," the waiter introduced as he placed our plates in front of us as well as our cutlery, "Tomato sauce is there along with the salt and pepper. Do you need anything else?"
"No thank you," we chorused before he walked away.
"This smells so good," I moaned as I squirted some sauce on the small space in the plate.
"I know," Sue sighed dreamily as she took a bite of her roll.
I smirked, knowing that what I was about to do annoyed Sue. I grabbed one of my fries and dunked it into my milkshake. I laughed at Sue's look of disgust.
"You still do that?" Sue moaned.
"It tastes nice!" I defended after I swallowed
"I will never understand your mind, Alena," Sue muttered quietly.
"I wouldn't even try, Susan," I smirked, enjoying our private joke.
"So will you do it?" Sue asked me, "Will you go up with us? It'd be nice to have another woman to talk to. And I know Ben misses you."
"Ben and I only met once," I reminded her.
"But like everyone else you meet, you leave an impact on them," Sue shot back.
I went quiet for two reasons.
The first reason was because I began thinking about the job again. It did seem like a good opportunity. Even if I had to deal with the pompous, arrogant Victor von Deuce and my possibly hot headed, womanizing ex-fiancé. Not many doctors would be presented with the chance to go up to a space station and be the medic. If they did, they wouldn't hesitate to take the chance.
The second reason I went quiet…I took a bite out of my burger. And if there was something my mother (and my stepmother) instilled into me, it's manners. And that includes never chewing with your mouth full.
After swallowing, I made my choice. I had a feeling that I would regret this later on in the future. But there was only one way to find out.
"Count me in."
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School has been so kind to my writing mojo…
The action starts next chapter. Because next chapter is when they go up to the space station. DUN DUN DUN! Yes. I'm crazy. If you like this story, you're gonna have to put up with my craziness. It's a combo.
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