Think they have warranty for these things? (Mia)

[Jared Park]

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Growing up had always been a vague idea in the young Asian’s mind. Sure he’s almost halfway through being a teenager, but considering how he’s usually acting, it won’t take much to mistake him for a young teen, or a pre-teen even. He’s just a little too bubbly, easily excited and almost always has a dozen different questions for a very simple thing. It’s not like he’s doing it on purpose too; that’s just how he was brought up. Being the youngest in a huge clan (and by huge I mean really huge; he has five aunts and uncles from his father’s side, four from his mom, and a dozen more family friends from church), he was pretty much babied by the people around him. And while living alone in Vermont for about two years now had taught the boy a thing or two about independence, he’s still pretty much the young kid that he was when he first flew down the border and across the continent.

Like today, for example. He got a note from the office that a package from his father arrived. The boy rushed to the office and within minutes, he discovered that he’s been given a new remote-controlled helicopter. The boy squealed when he saw what was in the box, as he’s been wishing for it for quite the long time now. (Think two months). He wasted no time, setting the copter and remote in record time, as well as texting his best friend to meet him outside (because AJ simply can not miss this).

Instead of heading out though, the boy decided to go out and explore the school buildings with his new toy, darting out of the dorms and into the main buildings. He weaved through the classrooms, avoided the labs before finally choosing to go play in the library for some odd reason (because the noise of the copter won’t be that loud [/sarcasm]).

He was so busy making his toy fly above the shelves that he didn’t see where he was looking, bumping into someone and losing his toy plane somewhere within the next five or so book shelves. Worst part is he fell on the remote, and while the rest of it is still intact, the antenna was horribly mangled. “Oh no,” he said, lip quivering and eyes turning red, not bothering to stand up from the carpeted library floor.

[Mia Bell]

Mia was hiding out in a corner of the library, she found doing her writing was the best place to go. Seeing how when she was outside she was interrupted, though she hadn’t minded it at the time. There was just too many distractions and too many people being loud outside. In the library, all was quiet and sitting on the floor in the corner in a section that no one usually went to. It was easier for her to concentrate, considering she had a small attention span. She didn’t like staying in her room, she felt to confined and lonely. At least sitting in the library, she at least saw people even if she didn’t talk to them. She placed her notebook and pencil back in to her bag when she was done writing her letter to her family. This was the second letter she had written to them this week. She was listening to her ipod as she wrote the letter, another sign to people that she wanted to be left alone. The music drowned out all the other noise, considering she kept the volume pretty high.

She got up off the floor as she put her bag on her shoulder. She walked through the library, looking for the fiction section. She never explored the library; this was the first time she has been in it. But it was easy finding the section no one went into or the section you weren’t trying to find. She looked at her phone to see what time it was and while doing so she had bumped into someone else. She stumbled backwards and dropped her phone. She didn’t fall though, she looked at the person she had bumped into and found that he had fallen. “Oh I am so sorry. I should have been looking where I was going” She bit her lip wondering if he was okay. She kneeled down to the floor to see why the boy was distressed, as she turned off her ipod. Mia looked at the remote, she wasn’t sure what it went to, but the antenna didn’t look all too good. She scratched the back of her head and then looked at the Asian boy “I’m sorry. I should have really been looking where I was going.” She couldn’t offer to pay for it because she had no money at the moment.

[Jared Park]

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The boy just stayed on the ground for another minute or two, sprawled awkwardly with his lip quivering, caring not for the few students that passed by and gave him weird looks. He was sad about his remote control within the first few hours of having it, and he’d revel in it for just a bit longer. Heck, if he could give it a 21-gun salute, he probably would’ve.

“Don’t worry, it was my fault too,” he sniffed, finally sitting up, rubbing his eyes in an effort to prevent his tears from falling, “I should’ve been more careful. Sorry.” He saw what seemed like a phone from the corner of his eye, and seeing that the girl fell down too, promptly reached out for it and handed it to her. “This yours? Doesn’t seem like it was broken or anything.” His remote controlled toy’s nothing compared to a phone, that’s for sure.

Jared tried to straighten the antenna, but ended up breaking it into two with all the bending that he did. “Yeah. There goes the hope of getting it back together again.” Maybe he should just look for a technopath – he might know one or two in his History class – and have them take a go with it. Because most technopaths are mechanical geniuses too if we’re going by comic book lore right?

He was just about to leave when he remembered that his actual copter’s nowhere to be seen. “Err, do you remember where my toy went?” If the antenna wasn’t broken, he could’ve just turned the remote on and made it fly up, but since it wasn’t, well, god knows where it went. “Hopefully it didn’t go on top of those shelves.”

[Mia Bell]

Mia didn’t know how to react, or what to do. This was her first time in this kind of situation. Yeah she would babysit for one her neighbors but if something like this came up she would have just given them a piece of candy… Then everything would be better. She tilted her head wondering if that would work in this case too. She took out a blow-pop lollipop, it was green apple flavored. She did have a grape one if he didn’t like the green apple. She reached out her hand showing him the lollipop “Here, an ‘I’m sorry’ gift?” She hoped that worked, and hoped it would make him feel better.

Mia could already tell he had the mentality of a child, considering if it was anyone else she was sure they would be cussing up a storm right now and probably even yelling at her for what happened, but that would depend on the person. However, she doubted they would have seemed like they were about to cry over it. She gave him a warm smile “Even so I’m still sorry.” This could have been avoided like most things can be. But it was human nature to screw up every now and again. She shook her head “It’s fine, I’m not injured and neither are you. And Your remote can be replaced, neither of us can be.” She tried to reassure the boy it wasn’t as bad as it may seem.

Mia looked at her phone in the boy’s hand and nodded “yeah it’s mine. Thanks.” She reached out to take her phone from the boy. “Eh.. If you didn’t see it I’m sure I would have forgotten about it. “She scratched the back of her neck, knowing how true that was. Then her mom would have killed her for losing it, seeing how her parents didn’t really have the money to buy her a new phone. She had to be extra careful with it, even though she was already careful with all of her things. Mia bit her lip “Hmm, it can always be replaced?” She was talking about the remote, but she didn’t know much about these remote controlled toys all the kids seemed to have outside of her small, cold home. So she wasn’t sure if they could be replaced or not, though the whole set could probably be replaced. That is if he or his family had the money to replace it.


Mia looked behind her at the shelves and shook her head “No I don’t. I’m sorry… I wasn’t paying much attention to it..” Mia stood up and held her hand out for the boy to help him stand up “But I’ll help you look for it” She gave him another smile. “If it did we could always ask for a latter and get it..”

[Jared Park]

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Jared knew he shouldn’t be this upset over what happened to his toy. He’s not a five year old kid anymore after all. In a year, he’d be eligible for a license and he’d be able to drive around town. (If his dad decides to buy him one anyway, which was a big what if since not even his sister had a car until she turned 18). Two years after he’d be able to vote. (Not that he’s particularly up-to-date with politics; he says it’s too boring, especially when they’re almost always old white men arguing with other old white men). Give it another year and he’d be able to purchase and drink liquor legally (at least back in Canada anyway). He can’t have the same mindset when those things happen to him, can he? It just doesn’t seem right, and the boy knows it. He’s totally at odds with what to do.

Maybe he should start seeing Dr. Neville. Oh why, oh why do they have to grow up anyway?

The Vancouverite took a few deep breaths to calm himself down. His brother taught it to him a few years back since he’s just a little too sensitive and had a tendency to tear up with the littlest things. He perked up when the girl presented him with a lollipop, eyes going wide and mouth forming a big ‘O’. “For me?” he grinned, taking the candy and smiling sweetly, “You didn’t have to, but thanks.” Needless to say, it helped him calm down. Lots. “Ooh. Green apple. Nice.” The sour taste was a welcome change from the usual sickeningly sweet fruity flavours he usually got.

“That’s true. Hopefully Daddy bought the warranty for this.” He almost always buys it anyway, despite his mom and older brother insisting that it’s a waste of money since they usually don’t take advantage of it anyway. Hopefully he still didn’t listen to them this time. “Though it might take a few days for them to send the remote replacement.” That’s not counting the time it’ll take for him to send his dad an email and for him to read it even. “Are you good with electronics? Or at least do you know of any technopaths around who can help maybe?”

He flashed the girl another warm smile when she agreed to help him with his search. “I think there’s a step ladder somewhere along there,” he pointed to their right, “Give me one moment.” He ran to the edge of the hall for a bit, and when he came back, he had a white folded ladder in his arms. “Where do you think we should start?” he asked, hugging the ladder tightly to his body, “Oh, and I’m Jared by the way. Jared Park.”

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Ohemgee. Sorry this took forever Sky. u.u. I just had the whole block thing and it's not fun. Not fun at all. D:. Thanks for understanding.
- Jam

[Mia Bell]

Mia smiled at the boy that looked to be around her age as he took the lollipop, glad that it kind of took his mind away from his toy and how wrecked it was even if for just a bit. If anything, it seemed to have calmed him down. She really did know how to work with children, or teenagers with a child mentality. Of course that wasn’t something she would pull if it was her own child, she would totally have hugged him or her and tell them that they should have been more careful. She knew that money didn’t grow on trees and living in the small city she had lived in all her life you never got all the glamorous stuff to play with, like a remote controlled helicopter. “I’m glad you like green apple, it’s one of my favorite flavors. “ She shook her head “Nah, it’s cool. I have like a bunch of them anyways.” She winked at him, in a friendly way. She really only had two but she didn’t care, she did have a full bag in her room.

Mia nodded though she really didn’t care on the inside, she wasn’t going to show or tell him that. “Well let’s hope so. It would be a shame if he didn’t.” Now she was feelings a bit awkward and sad, considering it seemed like his family had a butt load of money to waste on things like toys that this boy seemed to break easily and often. She nodded and smiled “I’m sure the days will fly by and you wouldn’t even notice there had been a gap.” If that made sense. She tilted her head “Uh sort of.. I mean I’m good with computers, like I can fix a computer. But not like anything like this… Sorry. And no I actually don’t.. I’m kind of new here so I don’t know very many people to begin with.”

Mia blinked “Ah, wait!” She tried to stop him but he ended up going after the ladder anyway. She sighed and scratched her head. “The ladder is awesome.. But I think we should have found where your toy went before getting it, just so we wouldn’t have to drag or carry it around..” She didn’t mean to discourage the boy. “Why don’t we leave it here and come get it when we find it?” She looked at the many isles in the library that the toy could have ended up in. “We should just start with the closest isle and work that way..?” She smiled as he introduced himself. “I’m Mia, Mia Bell.” She disliked saying her first and last name, sounded too short.


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It's totally cool!! I understand <3

[Jared Park]

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“I like bubble gum the most, then blueberry and cherry. Green apple’s a little below the line, but it’s still above orange and pineapple. Those two are the worst,” replied Jared as he sucked on his candy treat some more, all smiles to Mia as they walked. He even made a disgusted face to show how much he hated the sour-flavoured ones. “I don’t tend to eat lollipops a lot though. They make me thirsty.” He’s not feeling thirsty just yet anyway, so there’s no need to raise the alarms. “I like M&Ms better. And Skittles. And Gummy Bears.” The Asian teen just loves his candy. Thank goodness he’s been trained by his older brother to brush (and floss) his teeth at least twice daily, so his dentist had been having no problems with him as of late. “Oh and Aeros. Aeros are the best.” He could feel his mouth water just a tad bit more thinking ‘bout the chocolate treat. “Sadly I don’t think they’re sold here in the States. A shame really.” One of the few things he misses about Canada, along with Tim Horton’s timbits and iced cappuccinos. “I like eating them while watching a movie. How ‘bout you, what’s your favourite candy?” His sister did teach him not to make a conversation all about himself.

The lollipop did wonders to the boy’s mood, and slowly but surely his disappointment over his plane’s virgin run was beginning to fade. “Oh it’s alright. Reece might probably be able to help me.” Unless he’s graduated already of course. He did perk up slightly when Mia told him she’s just new to the school. “Oh really? When did you arrive? How’re you finding it so far?” Jared remembered how he felt when he first came to the Institute. He was ecstatic, scared and overwhelmed. If Mia thinks the boy’s all over the place now, well he was much much worse back then. “You’re lucky to come in during the break. I did too, so I had time to relax a bit.” His other friends weren’t so lucky.

Jared simply shrugged and left the ladder leaning on the shelf they were just in. It didn’t really matter much to the Asian kid; as long as he’d get a chance to use it, they’re good. “Sure, let’s do that,” grinned Jared as he lead the way, “Nice meeting you Mia. And cute name. Bell.” He let out a little giggle in the end, but a sincerely amazed one, not one that would sound like he’s mocking her.

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Apologies again Sky. u.u.
- Jam

[Mia Bell]

Mia smiled, glad he wasn’t sad or upset anymore, seemed like candy was the cure for everything. “Ah I like grape and green apple.” Pretty much the only two flavors that were her favorite. “I don’t like orange and lemon. Those two are the worst for me.” She blinked “though if you really don’t like green-apple that much I have a grape flavored one?” Even though he was already eating the candy. “Oh Lollipops are my guilty pleasure..” Considering it was really the only candy she ate. “Ah I really don’t eat a lot of candy.” She liked keeping her body healthy, and eating less junk food than everyone else was one way to do that. She really didn’t get the junk food thing either; but that was because her parents were also health nuts and rarely had any junk food in the house. She didn’t think the junk food would agree with her stomach now, since she wasn’t used to it and she didn’t want to take that chance either. “Eh lollipops really. That and gummy bears, I like them too.” Those were the only candies she ever really had.

She didn’t know who Reece was but she was going to go with it. “Oh I’m glad you know someone who can help you.” Or least might be able to help him. She gave him a warm smile “I just arrived like two weeks ago?” today was July 21 right? She needed to keep better track of the days. “It’s alright.. It’s very different from my hometown.. I’m still getting used to everything.” She nodded “Yeah I’m glad I have time to get used to the place.” She was sorry for the others who manifested when the school wasn’t on break.

Mia followed him, she knew he probably didn’t care, but she figured it would be easier to talk if he wasn’t carrying a ladder with him. The girl followed him “You didn’t happen to see what direction it went into would you?” Considering her back was toward the plane when the boy lost control over it she didn’t see anything. Mia blushed a little “Ah thank you.” She didn’t know what else to say, she wasn’t used to people complimenting her last name. “It’s nice meeting you too.”