Cafe Meeting

[Jack]

Jack sat in the cafe, thoughtlessly eating his breakfast while he daydreamed. Like always, he was more concerned with the big scientific projects he was mulling over. He had some new ideas for the Mall, and that excited him more than the lousy grub that had been in the food cabinet. He was grumpy, he never liked mornings. As if to make things worse, he heard people coming into the cafe. He glanced at Ruby and Ebony blankly.

"Oh, that's just great!", Jack mumbled to himself sarcastically. "Can't a scientist get some peace around here?", he asked to nobody in particular. He rolled his eyes and turned his chair around with annoyance. Then he bent his head back down in thought and self absorbtion

[Ruby]

Ruby took a sip of her water, glancing over at Jack.

"You know I can hear you perfectly." she said to him with a smile of amusement.

[Jack]

Jack froze as soon as he heard Ruby speak, then he relaxed into a slightly smarmy smile that he hoped was hidden from her. Underneath his sarcastic expression, a light blush blumed on his cheeks. He was always a little sensitive to being caught and called out so directly.

"Ok...you've got me!", Jack admitted. He turned back around, hoping that his embarassment wasn't showing. "Um...so what's all of this about?", he managed to say. "Why's everyone meeting in the cafe?", he asked. His words where soft, and he looked at Ruby meekly. He felt the awkward geekiness that he always try to hide well up in him a little more.

[Ruby]

Ruby couldn't help but be amused by Jack's reaction. She had decided after she had met Jack that she liked him(as a friend). Jack was nice enough and she found his 'geeky-ness' adorable.

"Don't blush too much dear Jack. I am not sure why there is a meeting. It's probably going to be something stupid again. Like last time when Amber called a meeting because someone kept forgetting to replace the toilet rolls." Ruby answered with an eye roll and a smile.

[Ebony]

Ebony walked into the cafe and smirked. "Well well well, another meeting, what's this one about?" She sat in a chair and smirked at Ruby. "I see you're occupied."

[twilightfire]

May walked into the cafe,listening to the others talk as she sat down.

[Amber]

"Sorry I'm late." Amber walked in, obviously distressed, even if she tried to cover it, almost successfully. She sat down, looking around and holding her son protectively. Bray was back....he was back, kept going through her mind, as she wondered how tro break the news.

[twilightfire]

"What took so long?" May asked Amber as she watched the young mother walk into the cafe with Bray Jr. in her arms. She tried to keep her voice soft, although it had unwillingly rised a bit.

[Amber]

"Uhmm.....something came up. Actually, someone. Bray is back," she answered, trying to sound casual and hide her nervousness.
She tooka deep breath and sat down, avoiding eye contact with anyone, she tried to seem busy with Bray jr, just for a few moments.

[twilightfire]

"Amber, Bray is dead," May said, trying to convince the young woman and herself. How could someone be back if they were presumed dead, it was just not possible.

[Amber]

Amber blinked a few times, and then a smile came upon her face as she looked up. "May, I'm not seeing things, not even at this hour and after a sleepless night. He's in the hall. And if you don't believe me, ask Salene. She's running around the Mall, waking up everyone who's still asleep by her yelling."
As she spoke the way, the reality slowly kept sinking in, but still what the man had told her, remained puzzling and hurt her. He had left....why had he left and why was he back now, why not earlier?
"I should never have left you" his words still kept echoeing in her head.