Disclaimer: I own a plushy of Cloud but not the real Cloud. (Damn) hell I don't even own a copy of the game any more. It broke! TT_TT so I in no way own anything but Piper, Maggie, Mac, and the new characters in this chap. I am not making money off of this either so back the hell off (glares at lawyers) and just enjoy the story.
A/N: I know this chap is a bit slow…. Well the story has been going a bit slow but I promise the next one will pick up and the plot will FINELY get on its way. ^^ thank you for sticking with me this far.
Well, I wake up the next morning, and guess what!? I'm already running late on my first day of work.
Holy… That can't be a good sign.
And the only reason I knew what time it was because of my shrimpy sister's Hannah Montana wristwatch. And this all happen because my stupid phone died!
Who knew they died after not charging them for three days.
Please note that I'm using sarcasm and am not serious.
Morons.
So there I was, booking it down the streets of Edge with my shirt on backwards and inside out! I couldn't find my black beanie, so I had to wear the bright purple one I bought. Needless to say, I looked like a crazy person.
Just picture Yuffie with her shirt inside out and backwards running down a busy street screaming at people to get the hell out of the way.
Well, my plans of laying low just went up in a big puff of smoke.
Fuck me.
As I was running down the street, a huge group of very slow, very dimwitted bunch of blond twits were in my way.
"Get the hell outta my way!" I yelled as I pushed my way through the crowd. The wenches shouted some choice words at me, and in return, I made some rather rude (and I'm quite proud to know them) hand gestures at them.
Being the total genius that I am, I chose to do it in the middle of a semi-busy round and almost got hit by a rather big truck.
"Hey I'm walkin' here, asshole!!" I barked at the driver.
The windows were tinted so dark, I couldn't even see the outline of the people driving. It was big like a moving van, only darker -like something a person in a very shady business would use. I got out of the way and the driver rolled down his window, just a little.
"You were the one standin' in the middle of the road yo." was all he said as he drove by me.
Did that driver have red hair and funny marks under his eyes. And was person in the passenger seat that was bald with sunglasses?
Nah couldn't be.
Finally, I remembered the tiny little detail of me running late.
"SHIT!"
So again, I took off running, and again, I screamed and shouted and looked like a crazy person!
To top it all off, I wasn't too sure where my sister was. She was behind me, but I lost her a few blocks ago.
Oops. I didn't mean to lose her.
Kinda.
Shiva, I hate Mondays....
At least... I thought it was a Monday. I had no idea what day it was on Gaia.
So anyway, I reached the shop just before my sides split open and my lungs exploded. The door opened with a chink and Bahamut helped me trip and fall right on my face.
Why, what have I done in a past life to deserve this?!
"Oh, sugar, are yah all right?" came the rather deep voice of a woman to my left. It sounded kinda southern, but I really didn't know what to call it here.
I lifted my sad little head up and saw a plump, black woman in her mid thirties standing over me. She had curly, black hair and huge, pretty, brown eyes that for some strange reason reminded me of my Grandma's eyes.
"I-I'm ok," I said as I pushed myself up, totally humiliated. I knew I was blushing and the harder I tried not to, the redder I became.
Just then, Mac came from behind a huge rack of what looked like mutant daggers and smiled at me.
"Ah, Piper, I'm glad you made it on time. I was beginning to worry."
"I'm sorry," I said still out of breath. "But my stupid phone died and I didn't--"
"Its ok, it's ok," Mac said putting up his hands trying to calm me down. I didn't think I was making any sense.
Then again, I didn't think I was making a scene at the airport either until that lady called the security guards...
"I said you were on time. I see you met Demi. She works here as a stocker. Demi, this is Piper, the new girl I hired," Mac said looking from me to Demi.
"Nice ta meet yah, sweet pea!" Demi cried happily before giving me a huge bear hug that. I'm sure screwed up my spine.
"Ugh! You're crushing me!" I gasped.
"Oh I'm sorry, sugar," she said before setting me back down on the ground.
Great Gaia that woman was strong! I have to remember not to piss her off!
"S'ok," I mumbled and rotated my shoulder to make sure it wasn't dislocated or anything.
"Ohmygosh is this the new girl!?" cried the voice of a different person.
Oh yay... more people...
I put on a fake smile and turn to meet the new voice.
He was about in his mid twenties from the looks of him. He had dark, curly hair and these adorable round eyes that looked a dark green hazy color. He had really high cheek bones that gave him a very cute school boy kind of look to him. His skin was almost a kind of honey color, like maybe he was in the sun a lot or something.
Oooh! He was so cute, I could just eat him up!!
Which was totally unfair because he was gay.
It's ALWAYS the cute ones!! It's just not fair!
Hold up, I bet your asking how do I know he was gay? Just give it a sec....
"Hi I'm Dante. I'm twenty-one years old. I was born at the Gold Saucer and raised in Junon till I moved out here when I was sixteen. I love Chocobo 'en Nobel soup, but can't cook it for the life of me. And I have a boyfriend named Adam."
See, told you so.
" I use too wake down the allies here and help the people who look lost, though I don't know what they would call that. But sense a week ago I am now working as the cashier! Anyway I've been working here for two years and loved every second of it! I hope we get to be good friends Piper!"
The thing was, he said all this while shaking my hand, and he said it so fast it sounded like all the words were running together.
But luckily my sister speaks spaz fluently and I was able to catch most of it.
" Piper, and um.... the names Piper." I smiled back, mentally kicking myself for sounding so lame.
Mac put his hands on my shoulders ( which kinda creeped me out) and smiled down at me. (Again it gave me this weird creepy feeling)
" I know you would all love to stay and chat, but we're going to open soon. I need to steal Piper from you two," he said as he dragged me to his office without even asking me!
I didn't even get to hear what they were going to say.
I know Mac is a kind of laid back guy, but I didn't know him THAT well to have him drag me off and not be creeped out!
His office was just as messy as ever. Papers every where, broken weapons that needed fixing, and bills that needed to be paid…. A mouth ago.
Ifrit, what did I get myself into? This man was a class act Procrastinator….
Closing the door behind him, he turned and smiled at me.
"Nice beanie," he chuckled, his blue eyes falling on my Barney purple beanie.
Did I mention that I set a Barney plushy on fire when I was five?
" Well I couldn't find that stupid black one!" I moaned as I pulled the thing off and started scratching my head like mad.
The thing still fucking itches!!
Mac chucked lightly and took out a box from a draw in his desk. "I spent some time thinking about it. It would be kind of weird if you wore a beanie every day, especially when the summer roles in. So I dug some of these up."
Smiling, he opened the box. Inside the plush blue box were seven little hair clips. Each had a little design on the top of them. A tiny chocobo, a flower, a moogle, a star, and so on.
In short they looked like something little children wouldn't even wear.
"Hair clips." I paused, unimpressed. "What, so the people will be to busy pissin' themselves laughin' at these cheesy things to see my silver hair?" I asked as I picked one up and held it up to the light.
Mac let out a snort and shock his head. "It's costume Materia"
"Costume Materia," I repeated slowly. My mind raced to remember if I'd even heard of that before.
Well I got squat....
Not wanting to seem like a total moron, I started lying my ass of. He was supposed to know this kind of stuff.
"Oh yeah! Great idea! Um... it's been kinda a while, how do you use it again?" I smiled, hoping I didn't make myself look like more of a jackass than I was all ready acting.
The blond rolled his eyes, his lips still in an ever predated smile. Like he knew and didn't have a clue what it was.
Once again, I seriously considered that he was a mind reader.
" It's mostly for kids who like to play dress up, or movie stars who need to change their hair color. As you can see, each of these clips have a small amount of materia shaped in one thing or another. Each of these have the ability to change your hair to a different color. It's a low level of materia. In fact, it's so low children can use it for days on end and not feel the effects as you would with something like Ice2., even Ice1."
My eyes widened. This would make things a hell of a lot easier. I almost wanted to punch Mac for not giving them to me earlier. Though that would most likely end up in my ass getting fired. So like a good little girl I said thank you and only though about slugging that pretty boy face of his.
See, I can be nice.
Sometimes...
" Each one is a different color. Most of the time it's the color of the pendant- yellow for chocobo, black for the cat, brown for the puppy, and so on," the tall man said pointing to them as he named them off. "Choose whatever color you like the most."
My eyes swept over the brightly colored clips. Yellow was out. Sorry to all you blonds out there, but I hate that color. After another second, I chose the black cat. It was as close to my original hair color as I could get.
Now I think I may have lost a few of you. I know I suck at this kinda thing, so I guess I'll just tell you now. Before this wig from Hell fused to my pretty little head, my hair was a dark brown. Weird, right? My munchkin sister has beach girl blond hair (ugh), and I have dark brown hair. Not to mention my brown eyes... Never thought I would miss those….
Anyway, I took more after my dad, whose dad was from Turkey or something like that. My sister looks like a more annoying (but not by much) carbon copy of my mom.
I clipped the little thing into my hair and saw the edges of my silver hair turn black. My eyes where still glowing (damnit), but at least I didn't have silver hair anymore. That was kind of a plus...
I guess. If you call not getting shot on sight a plus…..
"There you go! Now you won't go scaring away my customers!"
"Gee, thanks, Mac. Your concern for my safety is so touching," I replied dryly as I stuffed the purple beanie into my pocket.
I was planning on burning the damn thing later.
"By the way, that clip cost fifteen Gil," Mac stated as he walked out of the office after me.
"That's just cold dude," I muttered as I dug for my wallet to give him the cash.
" Man's gotta make a living," he said as he took the coins from my hand. "By the way, you already got a delivery. Better suit up and get going."
" A what now?" I asked confused.
" Didn't I tell you? You're going to be making the deliveries, and when you don't, you'll be working at the check stand next to Dante's."
I groaned inside my head. He really WAS a blond. I know for a fact he didn't tell me shit about my job!
Dumbass...
Then again, I should have asked what I would be doing there beforehand...
I must have had a pretty stupid look on my face because Mac laughed and thumped me on the back.
I say thumped because that bastard almost knocked me off of my feet.
" And don't worry. I already have one of those new W.R.O. global positioning things. This city makes no damn sense at all. I don't think even the mappers know where half the shit is. The bike's out back."
"Bike?"
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He wasn't fucking kidding. It was a goddamn delivery bike. Not even a motor bike, but with a chain, pedals, a little hand basket, and everything.
Fuck...
It's a good thing I wasn't in my world anymore or I would refuse to ride that thing in fear that one of my friends would see me.
With a sigh, I rode the thing out from the back of the shop down the alley between Mac's store and a rental movie shop. Mac gave me the address and a box of materia the person ordered.
It was a bit odd to have the screen attached to my handle bars. It looked like it belonged on the dashboard of my car.
Fuck my car! I hadn't thought of it till now! My poor baby was probably missing all its tires and doors by now. Some gang banging bartered probably lifted most its parts by know.
FUCK!!
Anyway back to the stupid bike…..
It worked just like (or almost like) the G.P.S. in my world, only here they were called W.M.D. World Mapping Device, or something like that.
" YOU!!!"
I almost jumped out of my skin when someone yelled from behind me. I turned around, ready to hurt that person when I saw none other then the little blond munchkin standing there with her hands on her hips and her face bright red.
I smiled lazily at her. "S'up lil' sis?"
" What's up?! What's up!?! You left me!! I almost got eaten by a stray dog!' Maggie snarled, wailing her arms around like a pissed off goose.
Hey, don't mock Geese. Those fuckers bite HARD!!
" Well, you were slow." I shrugged and got on the bike. "Here's some Gil, and remember what I told you. I'll pick you up at the playground when I'm done working."
I handed her a few coins and started pedaling my ass down the street.
I could hear her screaming over my insane laughter at my all the way down the street.
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Mac's P.O.V
I sighed as I watched Piper ride down the street through the shop window. Next week... I'll talk to her next week. I needed her to trust me more before I told her. I needed to tell her, just not then.
Maybe I'll wait two weeks...
Maybe three...
You know what, I'm sure it can wait a month.
Yes, in a month. That sounds better.
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