She bent down to pick the furry little thing and walked to a nearby gazebo.
" Hello little cutesy, what's your name? " she chatted along with the purring cat as they sat.
" Let me name you, " she spoke, placing the cat on her lap as she settled on an armchair. " I'll call you MOXI. How is that? " she asked excitedly.
The cat looked at her and purred, which she assumed to be that the cat liked the name, a name with no meaning...
She petted the cat as she continued to speak to it, " Do you know Moxi, I really think that something is wrong with me. I guess I have some huge problems, as I don't even feel that I'm close with my crush like I'm with Mr. T. How weird is that? Who the hell feels like that, towards two damn different people? Something is really wrong with me Moxi, isn't it? " she asked and kissed the cat.
' Yeah, something is really gotten into her head! You have more than enough problems but you tend to talk about this crap! ' her subconscious sighed and continued to watch the nuisance.
....
Brenden sat quitely behind the gazebo listening to all of Mel's banter and confusion.
" Is something wrong with you or me? " he sighed and went into the gazebo.
He entered just to see her kissing the cat.
' What the hell is going on??? ' he frowned and glared at the damn cat. ' Why am I even angry at the poor cat? Poor??? definitely not! '
" What were you doing with a cat? " he asked, still glaring at the cat.
" Nothing, just... Wait, what are you doing here at this hour? " She asked, startled by his sudden appearance. He shrugged it off.
"By the way, do you know whose cat this is cause' I don't remember seeing a cat here, in the mansion. " She said as he got near her.
" I don't know," he said sitting down beside her. " Why are you still awake? "
....
Skylar got into the garage to find his bike.
" Ah, here you are! " he exclaimed and put in the keys. The engine roared to life, loudly.
" I sure missed your growl, beasty," he muttered joyously and rode outside.
The path was a bit dusty as it was windy earlier and the tiers caused much more dust.
He didn't care much, all he wanted to do was to finish the deal for Amory, on time, unlike last time.
" Well, the last time was due to Brenden. He was the one who missed, clearly enjoying his time in Paris! "
He shook his head repulsively, as he remembered the reason Brenden came up with- he had got dust into his eyes while hacking in Paris!
Like, how believable is that? You should at least come up with a good excuse!!!
He grinned deviously, ' How about I make that excuse come true? '
He throttled the beast again and drove towards the gazebo.
....
Brenden and Mel sat talking, normally as though Amory had never spoken to Mel and he had never overheard her in the gazebo...
Just then a motorbike squealed to a stop and splashed a thick layer of dust right into the gazebo, where Brenden sat.
Brenden was fast enough to shield Mel from the dust, as a result most of it got into his eyes.
Skylar grinned mischievously and got off his bike.
" That's just a simple revenge for not hacking the camera last year around this time and to come up with the dumbest excuse. " he shrugged and froze, as he saw that Mel was glaring at him.
The cat was hell frightened and jumped off her and ran into the garden.
Brenden was trying his best to open his eyes but couldn't, he took off his glasses and tried to clean his eyes in vain.
" What the hell do you think you're doing? " She screamed at Skylar.
He gulped and chuckled, nervously, " I didn't know that you were present here, I only saw him enter... wait, what are you doing here, alone and with him? " he asked, looking suspiciously at her.
She stood there confused under his gaze, and her eyes widened at the realization, " What the hell do you think I am? I'm not like you alright! " she screamed throwing the glass on the table at him.
He dodged it and rubbed his hand, " Do you know that it could have hit my head if I hadn't blocked it? "
" Yes, it was thrown for that reason. " she snapped.
Brenden groaned, " It's not over yet, Skylar!!! "
Skylar grinned and left with his beasty.
....
" Are you alright? " Mel asked as Brenden still struggled to open his eye.
" It's alright, it's just dust, nothing more! " he shrugged when he felt a tug at his shirt. " What the..."
" Calm down and let me blow it for you. " She stood onto her toes and blew into his eye.
" Thanks, " he thanked as he opened his eyes and was flabbergasted by their closeness.
He could feel her breath, her face an inches away from his, suddenly he had the urge to...
NO!!! She is just a small girl...
Mel got onto her two left foot and slipped and fell on to him while he bent down to hold her, their lips grazed each other lightly...
Both of them froze at the most unexpected contact.
Mel pushed him away as soon as she gained her balance and he looked as though he had been electrocuted a thousand times.
Both of them opened their mouths at the same time, " I..."
" Let's forget it. It was just a mistake no big deal. " She said instantly and left.
He was still quite frozen, ' What the hell have I done? I was... it was really a mistake... what do I do now... '
....
Skylar laughed all the way to his base. He couldn't help but laugh as he remembered Brenden's face covered in the dust.
' Oh, it was a real calming sight for the eye! ' he grinned and got into DT syn.'s base.
" Ryder, hello. " he greeted as he went into the storage cabin beside the gun museum (only for his set of beauties...)
" Dragon " he greeted back, his eyes tired and sleepy.
" Wake up you sleepy head, we have to get these to DD syn. as soon as possible," he said putting an arm around his neck.
Ryder looked at him in confusion, " Aren't you delivering it? we did it last time. "
" Nah, we lost our chance. " he sighed sadly, " But it ok, let's just get these new darlings to Amory, she will let people handle with them. "
....
DD syn. base, Seattle:
Amory sat in her office, working over the ammunition delivery and the list of people who need them.
She chuckled as she saw most of the similar names, all of whom the world knew as simple and humble citizens of the US...
' My a*s. '
" Such a fool. " she hissed, as she remembered someone and sighed.
' I can still remember the time we spent together, the good times as we ran around the fountain, the tropical flowers, and the horse riding with you. But what do I do if you're no more? Anyways I will take avenge you, now and forever I will find that bloody Alpha! ' she pledged to herself.
" I will find you, Alpha! Much like kill you... "
....
White main mansion:
Erick looked at all the latest contracts and documents of the conglomerate.
He frowned as he remembered how he had met Brenden, 6-7 years ago.
....
Erick sat in the Heike family house, waiting to meet his old friend or rather, his late wife's best friend.
" Old man, I see that your limbs haven't worn out, yet " she greeted and sat down.
" Well, old ladies, like yourself, would try their best to not look old, while I celebrate my old age! " he flaunted and frowned, " Are you sure that he is my... grandson? "
She let the fun facade off and nodded, " Well, the DNA match... yours and his. Amory found it. "
" Are you... never mind, so where is he? " he asked, expectantly looking around.
The old lady Heike snapped her fingers and two maids went forward with a slight bow, " Yes, madam. "
" Get the boy whom the First Lady brought home that day," she said and turned back to Erick.
" Is he, by any chance, " he started.
" Yeah, he seems to be your elder son's child. We couldn't get any other DNA easily," she said.
Erick nodded and anticipated to see that boy.
Brenden descended the stairs, mid-hallway and nodded as a greeting.
His face stern and cold. The glasses a bit weird, but classic in the same, prim and proper formals.
" I'm Brenden. "
....
Mel ran into her room and shut it.
She had never thought about that, she sliped usually, but why there? Why the hell should it happen to her?
She groaned as she held her face in both her hands and screamed, " What the hell have you done, Melanie Lambert? He was supposed to be your brother and what about Mr. T? "
' Wait, there's nothing about Mr. T as I don't even know how he looks! ' she reasoned.
Well, it seemed reasonable as she had only seen him when she was emotionally down or when it was dark, really, really dark!
' Is that really necessary in this situation you little dumbo! You face-blind as*hole. ' her subconscious snapped.
' Did she really like Brenden? or was it just a stupid crush? Wait- it was just a crush!!!
' Did you just call me face-blind? ' she glowered.
Face-blind, seriously? Nah, I'm not!!! ( > . < )