Lita Kino sipped her cappuccino and looked around the little café
where she sat. Her cold green eyes swept over the tables and the little
mini-bar and she sighed.
"Hello…I'm Peter Krene, and…" A guy walked up to her. Lita smiled, but it had no feeling.
"Lita Kino." She said calmly and quietly, holding out her hand loosely.
Peter looked into her eyes and Lita was suddenly cold again. "Can I sit?"
"Do what you'd like. It's a free country." Lita said coldly. Peter was obviously worrying, but Lita didn't care. He was a man. She didn't trust men anymore—not after James.
"I-I'm sorry." He stuttered nervously. "You must be waiting for someone."
"I am, in fact." Lita said, and turned away, her French-braided chocolate hair snapping with the movement of her head. 'What's wrong with me?' Lita wondered. 'I can't feel anything. I haven't since…James…'
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"Lita, I'm just going to Alaska for a few days! I'll be fine, I promise!" James laughed.
"Are you sure you don't need any food?" Lita joined him.
"Yes, I'm sure, Lita!"
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"Miss Kino, I'm sorry, but your fiancé died in the crash." The flight attendant said smoothly.
Lita sobbed. "James…you said you'd be okay. You said you'd be right back…"
"I'm so sorry."
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"Lita?" a short girl with light brown hair sat at her table. "Are you okay?"
Lita snapped out of her flashbacks, wiping the tears forming at her eyes. "I'm okay, Mary."
"It's James?"
"Yes." The tears started to fall.
"Lita, it's okay." Mary said, patting Lita's shoulder. "You need to cry."
"I don't want to cry." Lita said between sobs.
"You haven't cried, or smiled, or laughed, or gotten angry, or been happy since James died, Lita. You need to get over the fact that he died."
"I have, Miss I-Like-Meddling-with-other-people's-business!" Lita snapped at her friend.
Mary shrunk back, then got up and got her purse. "I have to go, Lita." She said sharply. She turned and left, and Lita held her face in her hands. 'How could I do that to Mary!' she thought angrily.
"Lita, right?" A girl walked up to her.
"Yes." Lita looked up at the girl. Her long raven reached down to her waist and shimmered purple in the light.
"Can I sit down?" the girl asked.
"Yes." Lita said in a monotone voice.
"I see you have problems trusting people?" the girl asked again.
Lita hesitated. "Yes."
"My name is Raye. If you want, I can help you."
"Thank you." Lita got herself composed and smoothed out her green suit. She was 21 years old, for god sakes! Shouldn't she be able to get over one guy, one time? He was dead. Nothing would bring him back. Nothing.
"So your friend, Mar—" Raye stopped and gaped at Lita.
"What?" Lita asked without feeling.
"Oh. My. God. You're Lita Kino!" Raye said, jaw still dropped.
"Yes?"
"The famous chef! I cannot believe I am talking to Lita Kino right now…my mom used to love your show!"
"Well…thank you, I think." Lita said. She heard enough about her fame. She just wanted her friend back.
"Um…can I get you a drink, or…"
"No, I have a cappuccino. You can help me get my friend back, however." Lita said, still business-like.
"Okay. So Marie is mad."
"Mary. And yes."
"Why?"
"I—I snapped at her."
"Oh, this isn't too hard to fix. Just tell her you're sorry…and you were crying, I believe?"
"Yes."
"You're not much for idle chit-chat, are you." Raye said, more stating than asking.
Lita answered anyway. "No."
"Good then! We'll get along." Raye smiled. "I have to go. Um…if you ever want to contact me again or anything, I live at the Hikawa Jinja Shrine. Do you know it?"
Lita found the edges of her lips start to move upwards into a smile. "Everyone knows it. On Sendai Hill."
"Yes." Raye said, smiling. She got her long red leather coat and turned to leave.
"Raye, before you go…" Lita said.
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
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How do you like it? I think it's cool so far :p but what do I know, right? Read/Review!
Love Always,
Magellan Princess
P.S.—
*~*=author's note
***=scene or character change
~~~= flashback
"Hello…I'm Peter Krene, and…" A guy walked up to her. Lita smiled, but it had no feeling.
"Lita Kino." She said calmly and quietly, holding out her hand loosely.
Peter looked into her eyes and Lita was suddenly cold again. "Can I sit?"
"Do what you'd like. It's a free country." Lita said coldly. Peter was obviously worrying, but Lita didn't care. He was a man. She didn't trust men anymore—not after James.
"I-I'm sorry." He stuttered nervously. "You must be waiting for someone."
"I am, in fact." Lita said, and turned away, her French-braided chocolate hair snapping with the movement of her head. 'What's wrong with me?' Lita wondered. 'I can't feel anything. I haven't since…James…'
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"Lita, I'm just going to Alaska for a few days! I'll be fine, I promise!" James laughed.
"Are you sure you don't need any food?" Lita joined him.
"Yes, I'm sure, Lita!"
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"Miss Kino, I'm sorry, but your fiancé died in the crash." The flight attendant said smoothly.
Lita sobbed. "James…you said you'd be okay. You said you'd be right back…"
"I'm so sorry."
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"Lita?" a short girl with light brown hair sat at her table. "Are you okay?"
Lita snapped out of her flashbacks, wiping the tears forming at her eyes. "I'm okay, Mary."
"It's James?"
"Yes." The tears started to fall.
"Lita, it's okay." Mary said, patting Lita's shoulder. "You need to cry."
"I don't want to cry." Lita said between sobs.
"You haven't cried, or smiled, or laughed, or gotten angry, or been happy since James died, Lita. You need to get over the fact that he died."
"I have, Miss I-Like-Meddling-with-other-people's-business!" Lita snapped at her friend.
Mary shrunk back, then got up and got her purse. "I have to go, Lita." She said sharply. She turned and left, and Lita held her face in her hands. 'How could I do that to Mary!' she thought angrily.
"Lita, right?" A girl walked up to her.
"Yes." Lita looked up at the girl. Her long raven reached down to her waist and shimmered purple in the light.
"Can I sit down?" the girl asked.
"Yes." Lita said in a monotone voice.
"I see you have problems trusting people?" the girl asked again.
Lita hesitated. "Yes."
"My name is Raye. If you want, I can help you."
"Thank you." Lita got herself composed and smoothed out her green suit. She was 21 years old, for god sakes! Shouldn't she be able to get over one guy, one time? He was dead. Nothing would bring him back. Nothing.
"So your friend, Mar—" Raye stopped and gaped at Lita.
"What?" Lita asked without feeling.
"Oh. My. God. You're Lita Kino!" Raye said, jaw still dropped.
"Yes?"
"The famous chef! I cannot believe I am talking to Lita Kino right now…my mom used to love your show!"
"Well…thank you, I think." Lita said. She heard enough about her fame. She just wanted her friend back.
"Um…can I get you a drink, or…"
"No, I have a cappuccino. You can help me get my friend back, however." Lita said, still business-like.
"Okay. So Marie is mad."
"Mary. And yes."
"Why?"
"I—I snapped at her."
"Oh, this isn't too hard to fix. Just tell her you're sorry…and you were crying, I believe?"
"Yes."
"You're not much for idle chit-chat, are you." Raye said, more stating than asking.
Lita answered anyway. "No."
"Good then! We'll get along." Raye smiled. "I have to go. Um…if you ever want to contact me again or anything, I live at the Hikawa Jinja Shrine. Do you know it?"
Lita found the edges of her lips start to move upwards into a smile. "Everyone knows it. On Sendai Hill."
"Yes." Raye said, smiling. She got her long red leather coat and turned to leave.
"Raye, before you go…" Lita said.
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
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How do you like it? I think it's cool so far :p but what do I know, right? Read/Review!
Love Always,
Magellan Princess
P.S.—
*~*=author's note
***=scene or character change
~~~= flashback