Company Please? (Shiloh.)

[Miranda Suery]

It had been a while since Miranda saw Shiloh, possibly one of the few friends she had from Hammel, and in general really. Shiloh was a bit rough around the edges, but once you could get past her snooty exterior, you could see the inner nerd. Besides, the girl with the blue eyes had a soft spot for those that were pretty, well dressed, had manners, and took care of themselves. Miranda had all of these things. Plus, she was a great listener, mostly due to the excessive amounts Shiloh would talk. Still, she smiled a lot around the girl and was ready to admit she missed her.

There was a small coffee shop in the University and the two had decided to meet there. Miranda thanked the cashier for her bottle of green tea and made to sit on one of the plush couches, shaking the drink before opening it. Doing so reminded her of the time her and Shiloh had gone drinking together. No one would ever guess, but Miranda was quite the riot once she had a few drinks in her, and was actually pretty fun. It wasn't something she did often, and since she would be working in a club come the new year, she wasn't really in the business of making a fool of herself in public anymore. Maybe at home later.

Shiloh had been texting her off an on, going on and on about her own life and all that she wanted to catch up on. Miranda knew by catch up she meant she wanted to rant and rave about her life in general, and the brunette was more than ready to hear all she had to say.

Soon the girl with the stunning blue eyes and raven hair could be seen, and Miranda raised a hand subtly to signify her presence. She had always been a little bit jealous of the other girl, who actually had hips and a curvy figure. Mira was already a bean pole, Shiloh just made it look all the worse when they were together. Still, she tucked away the little green monster of envy and put her bag on the ground, making room for her extravagant friend.

[Shiloh Brooks]

Shiloh had finally gotten back in contact with her old friend Miranda. She couldn't believe it had been a few months since Shiloh had last heard from or seen the other girl. Miranda was one of the few people Shiloh stayed friends with after she graduated from Hammel, and Miranda was one of the few people who have ever been able to see Shiloh's true self. The nerd that came out under the beautiful swan.

So when Miranda had reached out to Shiloh about meeting her at the small little coffee shop in the University, Shiloh couldn't say no. The other girl used to be one of Shiloh's good friends. One of the few girls who could actually stand Shiloh, and not be too jealous.

After finishing her Psychology lecture, Shiloh made her way over to the coffee shop, she had only been here once or twice before, and wasn't really one to drink coffee, but she would never pass up the chance to tell Miranda about what was going on in her life. Plus Shiloh wanted to know what was going on with the other meta as well.

As Shiloh entered the coffee shop she could feel all the other students' eyes fall onto her. It wasn't like she was dressed up or anything, she was simply in a jean and black tank top combo. But it honestly didn't matter what Shiloh wore, it was her smell that attracted people mostly. Yes, she knew she was beautiful, but she also knew that manipulating her pheromones would get her attention as well. And she loved the attention. She loved almost any type of attention she could get.

The raven haired girl then noticed the timid brunette sitting on one of the couches, and and flashed her a smile. "Miranda!" The blue eyed siren called out to her friend. She went over to her friend, and gave the brunette a tight hug. "I missed you hun!" Shiloh seemed to purr at the other girl. "Just give me one second, sweetie," and just as quickly as Shiloh jumped Miranda she was off getting coffee from the bartista.

Ordering her coffee, Shiloh smelt the nervousness off of the younger college boy who was serving her. She leaned forward, twirling her hair playfully as she made small talk with the nervous boy as he made her coffee. Finally when the coffee was finished and presented to her, Shiloh released a small spritz of a lust filled pheromone into the air, "How much?" Shiloh purred seductively.

Returning to Miranda, Shiloh was all smiles. "Free coffee!" She giggled, sticking her finger into the whip cream, and licking it off of her finger. Placing her coffee onto the small table, Shiloh plopped down next to Miranda, "So how have you been Miranda darling? Have you found yourself a wonderful man yet?" She asked playfully.

[Miranda Suery]

Miranda visibly winced as her friend called out to her. Almost everyone’s eyes, who were on Shiloh, now averted their gaze to her, and a light pink hue rose to her face. Really? Did Shiloh really have to do that? She stood to embrace her old friend, and a peaceful smile crossed her face. Damn that pheromone manipulation of hers, she hated being controlled. At least Shiloh actually liked her, and didn’t use it on purpose on Mira. At least that’s what the petite brunette hoped for anyways.

If there was one thing she wasn’t jealous about, it was the side effects of Shiloh’s powers, and Miranda noted her extra shiny hair and face. No amount of makeup could cover that up.

From the corner of her eye, Miranda saw Shiloh play her game with the cashier, and she shook her head, sipping at her bottle of green tea. “Next time you can save a spot for me, maybe get me a free coffee too?” She teased, a small smile on her face. Not that she really condoned using others with ones abilities, but Shiloh was just a big kid on the inside that wanted what she wanted when she wanted. And Mira didn’t really see the harm in a free cup of coffee, if that’s how the pheromone manipulator wanted to get her kicks.

She grimaced at the question. “Wonderful man? Here? Name one,” she said, looking into the deep blue pools that were Shiloh’s eyes. Mira had missed their banter, and undoubtedly, the man eater had at least one, if not more, young men wrapped around her little finger. She wouldn’t have asked Miranda about her own love life if she didn’t have something she desperately wanted to share. Sometimes Shiloh could be a little over dramatic about things.

[Shiloh Brooks]

Shiloh giggled at her friend as she picked up her cup of coffee and drank from it. "Did you want a cup?" She asked teasingly, knowing her friend wouldn't say yes, since she was already drinking what looked like green tea.

The raven haired girl flipped her hair as her friend asked her to name a wonderful man. "It depends on what type of guy you're looking for Mira," Shiloh said with a smirk on her face, she pulled a compact mirror and oil wipes out of her face and began working on removing the access amount of oil on her face. "Argh. I love this power so much, but the amount I sweat is disgusting!" She said with a huff, as she continued to pat her face.

"So men..." She said slamming her compact shut, and turning her attention back to Miranda, "You know how I like my men Mira, and what I like to do with them..." She giggled. "There's this Hammel Recruiter, that is so yummy..." Shiloh said with a small purr, thinking about the man she met at the lake. "His name is Tim Lyne," she giggled, and flipped her hair again.

Shiloh stopped to think again, taking a sip from her coffee again, "Then there's this guy named Matt, he's a football player, absolutely gorgeous! Tall, beautiful, and built like an ox! I think I'm in love!" She giggled, her pheromones expressing a small amount of lust she felt just thinking of Matt. She hoped it wouldn't make any of the other students around her lust after her.

"So be honest Mira, have you met anyone? There are so many good looking guys at this school!" Shiloh kind of squealed like a school girl.

[Miranda Suery]

“Next time Shi,” she said with a smirk, shaking her bottle of green tea. She already had a drink, coffee would just make her stomach upset after having this – too much caffeine.

Mira watched her friend go through her makeup routine, suddenly thankful for her light, relatively problem free skin. “Yeah, it sort of is,” she said with a smirk, half joking, half serious. Shiloh wouldn’t know the wiser.

Men, it was always about men. Sometimes it was about women, but Shiloh had a particular hook on men that she didn’t have with women. Maybe it was the whole pheromone thing? Mira listened intently as Shiloh spoke of her latest prey men. Tim Lyne, sounded nice enough, but if he was a recruiter, didn’t that make him old? That was pretty creepy. Then again, she had recently run into Rhys... “That reminds me of Rhys,” she interrupted, knowing that Shiloh would like this feedback. “He’s a recruiter now too.”

Then she started to talk about Matt and Miranda had to keep her face straight. Shiloh was no doubt talking about the same Matt who had flirted with her during, in between, and after class. She also knew he was a pheromone manipulator, which explained why Shiloh was more interested than normal.

The grey eyed girl was secretly condemning Shiloh to hell as she went on and on about Matt, making Mira’s blood boil. She could have any damn guy in the world, so why him? Was she wrong to think that she had stood even the slightest chance with him? Seeing Shiloh now had confirmed she was indeed wrong.

“Love is a strong word,” Miranda said thoughtfully, her eyes growing dark as she suddenly felt the urge to kiss Shiloh. Pheromones Mira reminded herself, glad to know that’s all Shiloh wanted from the boy.

Squealing like the school girl she was, Miranda smiled forcefully. “Not at this school no,” she decided to say, ignoring Matt completely. And not anywhere else, she should have added. Romance just didn’t seem to be in the cards for her. Not now anyways.

“So who are you going to pick?” She asked, looking Shiloh over. “Or are you going to toy with them both?” She further probed.

[Shiloh Brooks]

Shiloh's rambling came to a full halt when Mira brought up Rhys, she couldn't help but smile happily at her friend. "Oooh!" She said happily, "Who's he?" She said with a giggle, gently prodding her friend with her elbow. "Someone special?" Shiloh didn't mean to sound sarcastic and rude, it was just the way her tone naturally was, and she hoped that Mira wouldn't take offence to it. She also thought with the friendship the two of them shared, she only assumed Mira would be used to her by now. "It's always so much more fun when they're older, and are in a place of power," She said thinking of her run in with the recruiter at the Lake.

When Miranda commented on Shiloh's usage of love, a little red flag went up in Shiloh's mind. Miranda had never commented on her usage of that word before when it came to other people, but when she used it with Matt, Miranda seemed to be irked by it. But she continued on, "Love! Mira! Love!" She couldn't help laughing as the words fell out of her mouth, "You know me and love, we don't mix, but this seems close," She said with a wink.

"He's a pheromone manipulator too!" Shiloh said in an excited whisper to her friend, "Like me!" She said a little bit louder, "I thought I was the only one, it's nice to meet someone else that has the same power as you," She couldn't help but smile as she thought back to Matt's arms around her. It felt so right, in so many ways.

When Miranda said that she couldn't and didn't find anyone attractive at the school, Shiloh gently shook her head, "You're expectations are too high," She started, somewhat lecturing the other girl. "There is someone out there for you, you just have to give them the chance to get close to you. You know?" She asked, her head tilting a little to the side, as she flashed Mira one of her beautiful smiles. "Sometimes you just have to let lose, and have fun!" She squealed again, taking a sip from her coffee.

That's when Mira asked her who she was going to pick. Shiloh knew it was a no brainer. "Matt, obviously." She said with a smile, and a wave of her hand. "A twenty eight year old recruiter isn't really someone I would keep around. But Matt..." She stopped to softly shake her head, "No that boy is something..." The raven haired girl let out a gentle sigh, and starred off into space. "His smells... His arms... He's... Just so... Beautiful..." She giggled, turning her attention back to Miranda. "Oh Mira, he's just something else! And a football player to top it all off!"

Shiloh then frowned softly and gently patted Mira's leg, "But don't worry Mira, you'll find someone like Matt one day, I know you will. And you'll be happy too!" She said, innocently and sincerely smiling at her friend.

[Miranda Suery]

Miranda rolled her eyes, “No Shiloh, Rhys from school, I ran into him at the new bookstore the other day,” she said, absolutely loving how the other brunette immediately jumped to conclusions. Tempted to roll her eyes again, she shook her head instead. “He is just a couple years older than we are, I’m not about to get all hot and heavy with a guy from high school,” she said. Not with someone she knew anyways. If she were to meet someone who attended the high school now, well, that was a totally different story. But Shiloh didn’t need to know how easy she was. It was always the shy types.

Suddenly regretting wanting to hang out with her sole friend, Miranda kept her mouth shut about Matt in general. Surely he would know better than to fall for a girl like Shiloh right? Although she really wouldn’t blame her if he did. At least he had some kind of defence; every other boy was total mush around her. “Congratulations,” she said, although the way Miranda used the word, it was like she was at a funeral.

“Fun and university aren’t supposed to go together,” Miranda said matter of factly, sipping at her bottled green tea. How was she supposed to get close to anyone when she had a full course load to deal with? Shiloh was taking easy subjects, to Mira at least, whereas the force field manipulator spent most of her waking hours either studying, reading, or writing papers. Most of the guys here weren’t interested in anything serious anyways, and although the brunette did enjoy the occasional fling here and there, she simply didn’t have the energy for it at the moment.

But then Shiloh kept on talking about Matt, and she sighed deeply. “Have you slept with him yet?” She asked, bluntly. Mira didn’t know the boy very well, but she had a feeling he got around. Maybe they had more in common than she originally thought. “I don’t need an oaf like Matt to make me happy,” she said, obviously lying, but she didn’t want to act differently about the situation. Matt was just going to be used by Shiloh. Hell, they could use each other up ‘til they got bored, and then Shiloh found a new toy, it’s how she operated.

“We should go out to a club soon,” Miranda said, trying to change the subject to something she would actually enjoy. Shiloh was a sucker for partying. She swore though, if she even thought about inviting Matt, Mira would come up with some excuse for not showing up. She would be very, very ill that evening.