When they arrived at Un-Saint Molly's, a little cafe on the corner by where Suzuka lived (though unbenounced to Melfina), they were surprised to see Jim there. Well, Suzuka had predicted it, so Melfina was the only one who was really surprised. They sat at his table, and a waitress brought over three menus. They all realized that they weren't particularly hungry, so Suzuka and Jim ordered black coffees, and Melfina ordered herself a glass of water. They sat there talking about old times and then they got onto the subject of what everyone was doing lately.
"So Jim," Melfina said, sipping her water. "What are you doing now for a living?"
"I'm back at school. Um...I'm trying to get into the pilot academy. I know what you're thinking, I've flown the Star so many times, why do I need to go to school for it, but it interests me, so I'm going."
"That's great, Jim, I'm glad you're following your dreams."
"Gene and I are proud of Jim here. He helps out around the house, and he's learned how to properly cook," Suzuka said, putting her arm around Jim and giving me a squeeze. Melfina wondered what was going on between the two of them.
"And you Suzuka? Yeah that's right, I haven't forgotten about asking you!"
"Well, I'm just being lazy, and sitting around the house making sure that Gene and Jim are properly fed, washed, and just plain' healthy. Hey, someone has to do it! So what are you up to these days Mel?" Suzuka said, drinking her coffee.
"Um, I was just promoted to an Investigator (1) in the department, which means that I can now work in the field solving cases instead of doing the paperwork for others behind a desk. Um, yeah that's about it," she said.
"Wait, if you were just promoted, how did you get time off so soon?"
"Well, I was supposed to fill in for Jacky, because she was going on vacation, but she had to cancel, and she told me that I needed some time off. Apparently I have been working to hard for this promotion, and if I didn't take this time off, she was going to take it away, blah blah blah.... Oh, sorry, Jacky's my boss," she said, seeing the looks of confusion in the people sitting before her. But when the looks continued to stay on their faces, she realized that something was amiss. She followed their looks to a person standing behind her. Her first thought was that it was Gene. But this person was the one person she hoped to every God she knew that she would never see while she was here in Rostract. She turned her head fast, hoping against hope that he hadn't seen her. But from the pained look on Suzuka's face, he had. And from the look of slightly controlled anger on Jim's face, he was headed towards them.
"Hello Suzuka, Jim. How are you? Where's Gene? Was he too busy to join you today?" He said the word 'busy' as if it disgusted him. "And who might this be?" He asked, coming around so he could see Melfina's face.
Melfina tried to hide her face in her hand, but it was too late.
"Oh. Hello Melfina," he said, very softly and gently, as if just by speaking to her, she would break.
"Christopher," was all Melfina could say. And judging by the quick pained look, the coldness of that one word cut straight through him. Melfina didn't care.
"It's good to see you again."
"I wish I could say the same, Christopher, but I've decided that I wasn't going to lie to anyone anymore," she said, taking a drink of her water, and getting up to leave.
"Suzuka, Jim, it was nice to see you guys again. I'm going home now; no thank you Suzuka, I'll walk; and I will talk to you guys tomorrow," she said, opening the door to the little cafe, and shutting it right in Christopher's face. She was already two streets away when he caught up to her.
"Melfina, stop!" He said, grabbing her elbow. She quickly pulled her arm back, as if to slap him, but thought better of it.
"Why should I?" She said, continuing to walk.
"Can I talk to you?"
"I don't see what we have left to say to each other Christopher. I thought we said all we could that day."
"Come on Mel, don't be this way. Don't treat me like I'm the bad guy!"
"Damnit Christopher! You are! Okay, you are the bad guy here. You let your parents talk Gene, the one person I love more than life itself, into thinking that you and I slept together, and that we were going to get married because you got me pregnant. You drove him away from me! Gods, you drove him away from Jim and Suzuka, and at a time when Jim needed Gene to be around! He was gone for a long time, Christopher! In the month before I left, do you know that we had to put Jim in the hospital because he wouldn't eat, and he almost killed himself? Why did you do that Chris? Why would you want to make so many people miserable? Gods, go away from me Christopher, you've caused me enough heartbreak and trouble to last me three lifetimes! And stay away from Jim and Suzuka, or Gods help me, I will kill you this time. There will be no hesitation, and from what I hear, that little bitch of a sister won't be there to stop me this time either," Melfina said, as she started to run. It had begun to rain. Christopher just stood there, transfixed on the running figure of the woman he loved. He couldn't figure out what she saw in that Gene, but he would make her see that she should be with him, not Gene. He would do whatever it took to have her. Nothing would stop him from having her.
Melfina didn't stop running until she got to the front door of her house. She was lucky she could unlock the door, she was shaking so badly. But just as she got the door opened, she heard footsteps behind her.
"Gods, what do you want now?" She asked, turning around. But what she saw behind her made her gasp. It was Gene. And before she knew it, she was in his arms, and she was kissing him. She was kissing him as if he was water, and she had just returned from the desert. Gene pushed her against the open front door, and when he found it open, he half-carried her inside, and pushed the door closed with his foot. But when the door slammed against the frame just as a roll of thunder followed a bolt of lightening almost immediately, he let go of Melfina and stepped back. He realized what he was doing. They were both breathing heavily. Gene could see that Melfina was crying. He put his left hand of her face and wiped away the tears he found there. He gave her a soft smile, turned and left abruptly. It took Melfina a minute to realize what had just happened. But the shock of it hadn't kicked it yet, so she calmly shut the door, went over to the couch, layed down, and cried herself to sleep, only to dream of Gene and pray that he was dreaming of her.
Which of course he was.
Just a note, what I mean by an INVESTIGATOR, is a Crime Scene Investigator. They are the people who gather the evidence when a crime happens. Goddess forbid, if someone should kill someone else, these are the people who would gather the clues to find the killer to bring the killer to justice. Good people to have, no? I hope you liked it!
"So Jim," Melfina said, sipping her water. "What are you doing now for a living?"
"I'm back at school. Um...I'm trying to get into the pilot academy. I know what you're thinking, I've flown the Star so many times, why do I need to go to school for it, but it interests me, so I'm going."
"That's great, Jim, I'm glad you're following your dreams."
"Gene and I are proud of Jim here. He helps out around the house, and he's learned how to properly cook," Suzuka said, putting her arm around Jim and giving me a squeeze. Melfina wondered what was going on between the two of them.
"And you Suzuka? Yeah that's right, I haven't forgotten about asking you!"
"Well, I'm just being lazy, and sitting around the house making sure that Gene and Jim are properly fed, washed, and just plain' healthy. Hey, someone has to do it! So what are you up to these days Mel?" Suzuka said, drinking her coffee.
"Um, I was just promoted to an Investigator (1) in the department, which means that I can now work in the field solving cases instead of doing the paperwork for others behind a desk. Um, yeah that's about it," she said.
"Wait, if you were just promoted, how did you get time off so soon?"
"Well, I was supposed to fill in for Jacky, because she was going on vacation, but she had to cancel, and she told me that I needed some time off. Apparently I have been working to hard for this promotion, and if I didn't take this time off, she was going to take it away, blah blah blah.... Oh, sorry, Jacky's my boss," she said, seeing the looks of confusion in the people sitting before her. But when the looks continued to stay on their faces, she realized that something was amiss. She followed their looks to a person standing behind her. Her first thought was that it was Gene. But this person was the one person she hoped to every God she knew that she would never see while she was here in Rostract. She turned her head fast, hoping against hope that he hadn't seen her. But from the pained look on Suzuka's face, he had. And from the look of slightly controlled anger on Jim's face, he was headed towards them.
"Hello Suzuka, Jim. How are you? Where's Gene? Was he too busy to join you today?" He said the word 'busy' as if it disgusted him. "And who might this be?" He asked, coming around so he could see Melfina's face.
Melfina tried to hide her face in her hand, but it was too late.
"Oh. Hello Melfina," he said, very softly and gently, as if just by speaking to her, she would break.
"Christopher," was all Melfina could say. And judging by the quick pained look, the coldness of that one word cut straight through him. Melfina didn't care.
"It's good to see you again."
"I wish I could say the same, Christopher, but I've decided that I wasn't going to lie to anyone anymore," she said, taking a drink of her water, and getting up to leave.
"Suzuka, Jim, it was nice to see you guys again. I'm going home now; no thank you Suzuka, I'll walk; and I will talk to you guys tomorrow," she said, opening the door to the little cafe, and shutting it right in Christopher's face. She was already two streets away when he caught up to her.
"Melfina, stop!" He said, grabbing her elbow. She quickly pulled her arm back, as if to slap him, but thought better of it.
"Why should I?" She said, continuing to walk.
"Can I talk to you?"
"I don't see what we have left to say to each other Christopher. I thought we said all we could that day."
"Come on Mel, don't be this way. Don't treat me like I'm the bad guy!"
"Damnit Christopher! You are! Okay, you are the bad guy here. You let your parents talk Gene, the one person I love more than life itself, into thinking that you and I slept together, and that we were going to get married because you got me pregnant. You drove him away from me! Gods, you drove him away from Jim and Suzuka, and at a time when Jim needed Gene to be around! He was gone for a long time, Christopher! In the month before I left, do you know that we had to put Jim in the hospital because he wouldn't eat, and he almost killed himself? Why did you do that Chris? Why would you want to make so many people miserable? Gods, go away from me Christopher, you've caused me enough heartbreak and trouble to last me three lifetimes! And stay away from Jim and Suzuka, or Gods help me, I will kill you this time. There will be no hesitation, and from what I hear, that little bitch of a sister won't be there to stop me this time either," Melfina said, as she started to run. It had begun to rain. Christopher just stood there, transfixed on the running figure of the woman he loved. He couldn't figure out what she saw in that Gene, but he would make her see that she should be with him, not Gene. He would do whatever it took to have her. Nothing would stop him from having her.
Melfina didn't stop running until she got to the front door of her house. She was lucky she could unlock the door, she was shaking so badly. But just as she got the door opened, she heard footsteps behind her.
"Gods, what do you want now?" She asked, turning around. But what she saw behind her made her gasp. It was Gene. And before she knew it, she was in his arms, and she was kissing him. She was kissing him as if he was water, and she had just returned from the desert. Gene pushed her against the open front door, and when he found it open, he half-carried her inside, and pushed the door closed with his foot. But when the door slammed against the frame just as a roll of thunder followed a bolt of lightening almost immediately, he let go of Melfina and stepped back. He realized what he was doing. They were both breathing heavily. Gene could see that Melfina was crying. He put his left hand of her face and wiped away the tears he found there. He gave her a soft smile, turned and left abruptly. It took Melfina a minute to realize what had just happened. But the shock of it hadn't kicked it yet, so she calmly shut the door, went over to the couch, layed down, and cried herself to sleep, only to dream of Gene and pray that he was dreaming of her.
Which of course he was.
Just a note, what I mean by an INVESTIGATOR, is a Crime Scene Investigator. They are the people who gather the evidence when a crime happens. Goddess forbid, if someone should kill someone else, these are the people who would gather the clues to find the killer to bring the killer to justice. Good people to have, no? I hope you liked it!
