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Tweak says, "what have I done"

Noah (sweven) wrote in genome_project,
@ 2012-05-07 18:55:00

Entry tags:

cait baines, may 2012, noah riley, prompt table 1

Who: Cate Abernathy & Noah Riley
What: Running into each other
Where: corner grocer, East New York, Brooklyn
When: May 7th, 2047
Rating: TBD

It was Monday evening and the sun was still shining. The sidewalks were flooded with people, coming home from work, going to work, basking in the rare vitamin D, and asking for change. Noah held Evie on his left hip and had Ruby tagging along to his right, a tiny hand wrapped around her father's belt loop, so she wouldn't be swept away in the current of bodies. They wove expertly through the crowds and slipped into the dark, unnamed grocery store they frequented. The shelves were only about shoulder height, but the shop was big enough to have a relatively wide selection of goods - and the cashiers knew the girls, and would let them help bag. And it was usually empty of other people - a blessed thing in this city.

Ruby, her hair cut sharp at the chin, skipped ahead in the tutu and Batman shirt she'd dressed herself in this morning before school. Noah set Evie down, so she could follow her sister toward the milk aisle. He adjusted his tinted glasses and checked his pockets quickly to make sure he'd brought along his cigarettes and wallet. The hard squares he felt through his work pants told him he had. - He'd just gotten off work and had relieved Laney of the girls, so she could get ready to head in for her nightshift. He didn't mind. He liked taking them shopping. They did most of the work.

"Don't forget the macaroni, Rube," he reminded his daughter, raising his voice over the short shelves, where he saw her little head bouncing by.

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dysphagia
2012-05-07 11:56 pm UTC (link)

It'd been some day, that was for sure. Cate had discovered several things during the previous hours that one would not soon forget. For one, she learned that her new job was tedious and full of the type of people she severely disliked. For another, it was a long seven hours from start until finish, with minimum alone time and a small, half hour break at 10:30 to cut her day in 'half'. Last, the subway system was confusing and she hated it.

And okay, she'd maybe also discovered that she was now in the lives of two people from her former life-- the one she thought she'd left behind. And she was okay with it. David made her feel young again. Stupid, too. But young and it was just so good to see him. In fact, she was still smiling about it, all the way to the small grocery store on the corner of her very long street (she lived about 7 more blocks down).

She only needed to pick up a few items. Namely milk, bread and juice (y'know, the essentials). The few dollars in her pocket were bound to be enough, and it would last her the week until her first paycheck. So! She headed towards the dairy section, stopping short to let a small child in a discombobulated outfit dart right in front of her. Kids. Where were the parents?

"Don't forget the macaroni, Rube." Oh. There he was. Typical. A man. Cate turned her head to glance, inconspicuously, toward the voice. The shelves were only so high, and she could see the back of his head perfectly. But. That was it. Giving up, because she wasn't quite as nosy as she used to be, she beelined it to the fridge door and pushed it open. Milk.

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sweven
2012-05-08 12:12 am UTC (link)

Much taller than Ruby's head, a gathering of red hair moved through the aisle toward the fridges in the back with the click of heels on tile following her. Noah raised his eyebrows, tilting his hat up by its brim, as he rounded the corner. Ruby was busy checking out gallons of ice cream through the glass, her hands spread and making prints in the condensation. The redheaded woman was opening the cooler full of milk. She was wearing a tailored gray dress suit that looked like something out of an old movie. It was cut wide around her neck and fell just above her knees. It was hard to miss, too, the perfect hourglass shape her figure cut against the dim lights reflecting in the glass.

"Ruby Roberta, grab some milk, would you? I wasn't planning on staying the night here." Noah stood at the intersection, where the bread aisle ran perpendicular to the fridges of milk and eggs. He leaned carelessly on a display of soup cans, giving his daughter a look that told her to get a move on. Evie was padding around the redheaded woman, looking up at her curiously. "Jesus. Leave her alone, Eve. She'll be out of your way in a minute. Don't act like your mother in public. I've told you."

	dysphagia 2012-05-13 06:10 pm UTC (link)
	Rude to this man, yes. Cate could do that. Rude to the daughter? That just seemed mean. She put on a smile and completely changed her demeanor to that of a friendly woman. "Nice to meet you, Evie. My name is Cate. What's your Daddy's name?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)