A/N: For those of you who know Cowboy Bebop like the back of your hand, a new character from the series is being introduced in this chapter. Shin from episode 26 is officially in the story. If you forgot what he looks like, I think you can google him. Anywho, read this chapter to find out what he was in the story. Enjoy!
Faye walked out of she and Spike's condo wearing a short, white sundress, white high heels and huge sunglasses. She took Julia's apron with her so that she can drop it off at the city dump. She felt incredibly bad. And she loved it.
As she was clip clopping down the street, she accidentally dropped the apron, making her stop in her tracks and turn around. She bent to pick it up when a large, tan hand covered the apron. Faye slowly looked up to see an incredibly handsome man with dark spiky hair and dark green eyes.
"Excuse me, miss. Did you drop this?" The man looked into Faye's face and, though he recognized her, pretended not to, to eliminate any awkward feelings.
"I…I did. Thank you so much."
The two stood, looking at each other, as if they'd known each other from somewhere.
"This is a little strange, don't you think?" The man finally said, smiling an extremely gorgeous smile.
"Yes, it is." Faye smiled back. "I'm Faye Valentine."
"Ah. The singer. By the way, your concert was great." The man said, shaking her hand, firmly.
"Thank you very much, Mister….?"
"Nielson. Shin Nielson."
Faye covered her mouth with her hand. For the first time in her life, she felt star struck herself. "Shin Nielson??"
The man nodded, chuckling, as if he'd experienced this once before.
"You are…the best comedy screenwriter ever."
"Nah…" He said, shaking head as if he were trying to hide the tiny bit of arrogance he possessed.
"No, really. I've loved ALL of your movies."
"Thank you, thank you. I'm actually trying to take some time off. My daughter…she just turned 5 and I haven't spent very much time with her. So, I'm taking off at least a year or so to devote to her."
"Ah…" Faye nodded, placing her hands upon her hips.
"You see, her mother and I broke up about 2 years ago and our relationship isn't….let's just say our relationship isn't exactly a great one."
Faye giggled, covering her mouth. "Okay."
Shin smiled at Faye again, making her blush. "I'm sorry, it's just been a while since I've been in the company of a beautiful woman."
Faye's smile spread from ear to ear. "Thank you, Mr. Nielson."
"I can say that, right? I know you have this kick ass boyfriend. I hope this isn't a trap or anything to see what a guy like me would say to a woman like you."
"Of course not…and what do you mean a woman like me?" Faye asked curiously.
"I don't know. Famous…beautiful…lots of money…crazy buff boyfriend."
"Ah…it's not what it's cracked up to be."Faye shook her head as she looked down at her white wristwatch. "I've really gotta go, if that's alright."
"Go right ahead! You don't need my permission."
"Okay. It was nice talking to you. Buh bye." Faye walked off into the direction she was going before she and Shin bumped into each other, ready to throw this rag of an apron in the trash.
Shin watched Faye walk away, sighing. "What a perfect creature."
"Daddy! Come on! We're going to be late!" An alluring little girl with long black, silky hair and dark green eyes, wearing a yellow sundress ran from around the corner, pulling on the bottom of Shin's pant leg.
"Okay, Suri." Shin looked down at his 5 year old daughter, then back up at the direction in which Faye walked off and sighed.
As Faye began her walk home from the city dump, she found herself not being able to her Shin Nielson out of her head. He was so gorgeous, so nice, funny and friendly. But this was silly, she thought. She just met this guy. How could she be thinking about him? Why is she thinking about him? The love of her life was at home, waiting for her return. She brushed it off and began walking home faster, thinking about Spike and how desperately she wanted to see him.
"SPIKE! I'M HOME!" No answer. "SPIKE!"
Faye walked into their bedroom to see Spike, half sleep, staring at a picture of him and Julia.
"Spike, what are you doing?"
"Dwelling upon my torturous past."
Faye immediately snatched the photograph from Spike's hands and threw it onto the dresser. Spike sat up, due to this gutsy move.
"What the hell was that for?"
"Spike, do you know how insulting that is? For…for me to come home and you're in bed, staring at a picture of your ex girlfriend? Why have you been acting this way, lately? It's like this Julia thing is this on and off mood swing for you."
"Julia is NOT a thing, Faye!"
"I don't care what you wanna call it." Faye turned around the leave the room.
"You promised me that you wouldn't make me feel as if I were competing with her. And that's exactly what you've done for the past two days."
With that, Faye left the room, slamming the door behind her.
That night, Faye sat on the couch in the living room, watching an old western film. All of a sudden, she felt two huge hands grab her by the waist. She turned around the see Spike on the other side of the couch.
He walked around the couch and beside her. "I'm sorry for acting the way I've been acting." He whispered into her ear. "I hope you can forgive me for my shortcomings."
Faye looked into his flawless two toned eyes. She nodded yes as he wrapped his arms around her waist once more and pulled her closer to him, caressing her lips with his. The couple fell backwards onto the couch, making nonstop love throughout the night.
Faye and Spike lay on the couch, entangled together in sheer nakedness. Faye lied awake, watching her lover peacefully sleep. Oh, how handsome he looked when he slept. He was flawless.
"Uh…Joooooliaaaaa…." All of a sudden, Spike began to stir in his sleep.
"Jooooooliaaa…..JOOOOOLIAAAAAA!!"
Faye's heart collapsed more and more every time he blurted out Julia's name. Each blow was so hard, it was making it harder for Faye to breathe. She ran out of the den and into she and Spike's room. She couldn't take it any longer. Her lover was longing for someone else. A dead woman. A dead woman who cheated on him. A dead woman who LIED to him. She lied on her huge bed, weeping and wondering what in the world she was going to do.
