"Baby. How are you?" Blake asked her. "And what the hell have you done to
your hair and eyes?"
"I didn't think that you'd recognize me," she answered.
"Of course I'd recognize you. Like I could forget you even if I wanted to," he teased.
"Stop being mean to me," she whined and rested her head in the crook of his neck. He pulled her close and shut his eyes, just enjoying the face that she was there and that she was safe.
"Blake, please don't say anything about Manticore. Don't talk about me, or who we were ok? Well you can talk about you but don't say anything about me. I don't want them to know yet," she whispered into his neck. He looked down not understanding but nodded. He was used to doing what she told him to. She whispered some more instructions to him and then turned to introduce him to Alec, only to find herself looking at his retreating back.
"Alec!" she yelled. He kept walking, she yelled again and he stopped and turned around slowly. "Come here, I wanna introduce you to someone." He looked as if he was gonna decline but then she pouted and he had to smile. He walked towards them, wondering if it was possible for his heart to break even more.
"Alec, this is Blake. He was my CO back at Manticore." Blake looked down at her in surprise but then looked at Alec and held out his hand. Alec shook it. Her CO huh? Now that he was close to them he couldn't help but notice that they kind of looked similar. He just stood there looking from one to the other when Jade laughed. "Yeah, we're kinda related."
Blake looked down at her and smiled. "She's my baby sis."
"I'm not a baby," she sputtered.
Alec looked amused and relieved but then spotted Max. She had come next to them and was now looking at them in fascination as well. "Have you met Stacy yet?" he asked her.
She whirled around and said "No." She then turned back and asked them if they had another sibling. Blake looked at "Stacy" and she grinned back at him mischievously. "Yeah we do," he replied. Then he straightened up and said, "I had better go talk to Dix and ask him where I'm staying."
"I'll go with you" Max offered, wanting to get to know this new transgenic. Jade watched them walk away, obviously unhappy. She turned when Alec took her hand. She looked up at him questioningly.
"Max isn't a bad person," he said. Her expression told him everything he needed to know about what she thought of that comment. He couldn't help smiling at that then asked "do you wanna go to the cafeteria and get something to eat?"
"Yeah that'd be good," she replied.
"Yeah and this way I can introduce you to everyone at once." He stopped when he realized that she had stopped walking.
"I actually remembered that I have a lot of unpacking to do Alec, maybe some other time." He looked disappointed, why did she always freak out when he said that he'd introduce her to others, then he remembered her statement from so long ago. 'I hate it when people look at me.' He remembered thinking that that was stupid, everywhere she went she had people looking at her, she was just so damn beautiful. Even though half the time she didn't seem to realize that people were looking at her.
"You still don't like people looking at you huh?"
She looked surprised. She hadn't thought that he would remember that, but that wasn't it. "Yeah I still don't like it," she replied, hesitantly.
"You never seem to notice it though."
"Trust me, it comes from years and years of practice," she said, smiling.
"I'll help you unpack," he offered, not wanting to leave her side. She was gonna argue with him when she saw how determined he was. "OK," she said, "how bout you go get some food and then meet me at my apartment?"
"OK," he agreed happily, and went off whistling. She looked after him as he left, smiling to herself. She had really missed him.
. .
Max watched the two of them together, then as the blond introduced Blake to Alec. She didn't know what was wrong with her, somehow she felt really attracted to this X. Even more so than Alec. She had just met him and she wanted him. She shook her head trying to clear it, there was something seriously wrong with her. She walked up and looked at them, they really did look alike. She offered to go with him to talk to Dix, she just didn't understand the attraction. Oh well, she thought to herself grinning, it's not like he's bad to look at.
"Dix, this is Blake. He's new and he needs somewhere to stay," she said to the nomaly.
Dix looked up and smiled a greeting. "Hi Blake, can I just get you're designation? We're trying to get a database of who we have at TC, we need a record of what you can do and you're specialties."
"X5-696," Blake replied.
Dix straightened up, looking up at Blake in shock. "696?" he asked astounded. Blake just looked at him and then turned to Max.
"Could you excuse us please?" he said to her, giving her a charming smile. She smiled back and found herself walking away. Hold on she thought to herself, since when do I listen to other people? She looked back at Blake and wondered why Dix had made such a big deal about him. She walked back towards them but they seemed to have come to an agreement about something. "Max could you show Blake where he's supposed to be staying?" Dix asked her.
"Yeah ok." She walked with Blake for a while in silence then found her not able to contain her curiosity anymore. "What was that about?"
"Nothing," he replied smoothly. "Just asked him a favor." And kept walking. Max fumed, watching him walk away, no one was answering her questions these days and it was annoying her but she didn't want to offend Blake. She needed someone to talk to now that she had turned Alec away from her.
Dix watched them walk away, wondering at the request and at the identity of the person that he had just met. Well this is going to be interesting he thought to himself. What is Max gonna do now the big shots are here? He liked Max but she was just trying to kid herself when she said that they shouldn't fight, that they just had to negotiate. He thought about the new changes that were sure to happen.
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"I didn't think that you'd recognize me," she answered.
"Of course I'd recognize you. Like I could forget you even if I wanted to," he teased.
"Stop being mean to me," she whined and rested her head in the crook of his neck. He pulled her close and shut his eyes, just enjoying the face that she was there and that she was safe.
"Blake, please don't say anything about Manticore. Don't talk about me, or who we were ok? Well you can talk about you but don't say anything about me. I don't want them to know yet," she whispered into his neck. He looked down not understanding but nodded. He was used to doing what she told him to. She whispered some more instructions to him and then turned to introduce him to Alec, only to find herself looking at his retreating back.
"Alec!" she yelled. He kept walking, she yelled again and he stopped and turned around slowly. "Come here, I wanna introduce you to someone." He looked as if he was gonna decline but then she pouted and he had to smile. He walked towards them, wondering if it was possible for his heart to break even more.
"Alec, this is Blake. He was my CO back at Manticore." Blake looked down at her in surprise but then looked at Alec and held out his hand. Alec shook it. Her CO huh? Now that he was close to them he couldn't help but notice that they kind of looked similar. He just stood there looking from one to the other when Jade laughed. "Yeah, we're kinda related."
Blake looked down at her and smiled. "She's my baby sis."
"I'm not a baby," she sputtered.
Alec looked amused and relieved but then spotted Max. She had come next to them and was now looking at them in fascination as well. "Have you met Stacy yet?" he asked her.
She whirled around and said "No." She then turned back and asked them if they had another sibling. Blake looked at "Stacy" and she grinned back at him mischievously. "Yeah we do," he replied. Then he straightened up and said, "I had better go talk to Dix and ask him where I'm staying."
"I'll go with you" Max offered, wanting to get to know this new transgenic. Jade watched them walk away, obviously unhappy. She turned when Alec took her hand. She looked up at him questioningly.
"Max isn't a bad person," he said. Her expression told him everything he needed to know about what she thought of that comment. He couldn't help smiling at that then asked "do you wanna go to the cafeteria and get something to eat?"
"Yeah that'd be good," she replied.
"Yeah and this way I can introduce you to everyone at once." He stopped when he realized that she had stopped walking.
"I actually remembered that I have a lot of unpacking to do Alec, maybe some other time." He looked disappointed, why did she always freak out when he said that he'd introduce her to others, then he remembered her statement from so long ago. 'I hate it when people look at me.' He remembered thinking that that was stupid, everywhere she went she had people looking at her, she was just so damn beautiful. Even though half the time she didn't seem to realize that people were looking at her.
"You still don't like people looking at you huh?"
She looked surprised. She hadn't thought that he would remember that, but that wasn't it. "Yeah I still don't like it," she replied, hesitantly.
"You never seem to notice it though."
"Trust me, it comes from years and years of practice," she said, smiling.
"I'll help you unpack," he offered, not wanting to leave her side. She was gonna argue with him when she saw how determined he was. "OK," she said, "how bout you go get some food and then meet me at my apartment?"
"OK," he agreed happily, and went off whistling. She looked after him as he left, smiling to herself. She had really missed him.
. .
Max watched the two of them together, then as the blond introduced Blake to Alec. She didn't know what was wrong with her, somehow she felt really attracted to this X. Even more so than Alec. She had just met him and she wanted him. She shook her head trying to clear it, there was something seriously wrong with her. She walked up and looked at them, they really did look alike. She offered to go with him to talk to Dix, she just didn't understand the attraction. Oh well, she thought to herself grinning, it's not like he's bad to look at.
"Dix, this is Blake. He's new and he needs somewhere to stay," she said to the nomaly.
Dix looked up and smiled a greeting. "Hi Blake, can I just get you're designation? We're trying to get a database of who we have at TC, we need a record of what you can do and you're specialties."
"X5-696," Blake replied.
Dix straightened up, looking up at Blake in shock. "696?" he asked astounded. Blake just looked at him and then turned to Max.
"Could you excuse us please?" he said to her, giving her a charming smile. She smiled back and found herself walking away. Hold on she thought to herself, since when do I listen to other people? She looked back at Blake and wondered why Dix had made such a big deal about him. She walked back towards them but they seemed to have come to an agreement about something. "Max could you show Blake where he's supposed to be staying?" Dix asked her.
"Yeah ok." She walked with Blake for a while in silence then found her not able to contain her curiosity anymore. "What was that about?"
"Nothing," he replied smoothly. "Just asked him a favor." And kept walking. Max fumed, watching him walk away, no one was answering her questions these days and it was annoying her but she didn't want to offend Blake. She needed someone to talk to now that she had turned Alec away from her.
Dix watched them walk away, wondering at the request and at the identity of the person that he had just met. Well this is going to be interesting he thought to himself. What is Max gonna do now the big shots are here? He liked Max but she was just trying to kid herself when she said that they shouldn't fight, that they just had to negotiate. He thought about the new changes that were sure to happen.
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