Fancy Bumping Into You! - tags Mia

[Reggie Earle]

Armed with baskets full of baked goodies for her teachers and trainers, Reggie was wondering what exactly made her think she could do all this by herself.

She had taken about three trips already with the baskets and she still had about four more baskets to go. She couldn't ask RC for help because he was still in his orientation month and she really didn't want to bother him. The poor boy probably had way too many things on his plate right now.

Deciding to take a break with her almost empty basket in hand, Reggie headed over to the cafeteria and got sucked into walking down memory lane with half the staff in the kitchen. They were so happy to see her and enjoyed her baked goods. She managed to score a free hot dog and a tall cup of a really cold beverage.

Sitting down in a corner, Reggie waved down a few of her juniors she remembered. And then she saw the brightly colour haired Mia Bell she met quite recently at the lake. "Mia! Hi!" She placed the cup on the table before jumping up from her seat to wave the girl down. She clearly didn't care much for the ruckus she was making then.

[Mia Bell]

Mia walked into the cafeteria, she had just got done feeding her baby snake which had reminded her that she herself needed to eat. She spent so much time caring for others that she forgot to take care of herself. Of course, she also put other’s happiness before her own, which in turn also made her completely forget that she should be happy even if it meant being a little selfish at times. It wasn’t something she was too keen on changing either nor did she think it was something she could change about herself.

Mia grabbed herself a chicken salad and a bottle of water as well as a fork; yeah she was probably the healthiest girl at this school. She liked it that way, growing up with parents who were doctors and wanted all their children to be the healthiest they can be helped in that way. Besides wanting to be healthy she wasn’t sure she could stomach America’s fatty foods.

Mia spotted Reggie, a college girl she had became friends with, though she wouldn’t have been the only college friend she had. She smiled and waved back at the girl as she walked over to her. “Hey! What are you doing here?” She said as cheerfully as she could; she was happy to see her friend, she was always happy to see all her friends. It always made her day so much better.

[Reggie Earle]

In a rush, Reggie swooped down to pull Mia into a hug, squeezing the other girl tightly for a bit before releasing her, a grin widely plastered on the colour changer's face.

"Hi! I was visiting some old teachers of mine." Reggie explained, waving Mia down to sit with her.

"Ooh chicken salad. Healthy." The brunette giggled and sipped from her cup. "How are you? I haven't seen you in awhile." Like Mia, Reggie's thoughts on friends was exactly the same. That was probably why they got along so well!

[Mia Bell]

Mia didn’t hesitate to hug back, she liked hugging, she liked cuddling too; she was just a very affectionate person.

“Oh that’s pretty cool. So you were close to your teachers when you were a student here?” Mia didn’t think she would do the same, maybe Dr. Neville but that was it. Right now she wasn’t very close to any of her teachers, she would like to keep it that way. Mia sat down across from Reggie, bowing her head slightly in thanks for letting her sit with her. Mia would have normally just went back to her room.

Mia chuckled “Yeah, Having a mother for a doctor who is a health freak you kind of grow found of being healthy.” She was pretty sure any other teenager would have taken this chance from being away from the family to eat all the unhealthy stuff they could possibly eat. “I’m good, you know it’s still high school life can’t get any tougher than this… Yeah; we should totally get together more often. How are you doing?”

[Reggie Earle]

It was a good thing Mia was affectionate. They really did have a lot in common. Reggie was most definitely a hugger. And a cuddler. And a kisser. And a generally handsy person. She thanked her lucky stars RC didn't mind her affection either.

"I tried to be. They were all so important to me. I mean, I know without them, I wouldn't have gotten to where I am now." Reggie beamed.

Chuckling at Mia's forwardness, Reggie nodded. "I have the same thing with my parents but I like my junk food way too much to start going healthy." She giggled. "But I do run a lot. And swim and generally keep healthy after I pig out so, it balances things out." She nodded decidedly.

"Aww, you poor thing. High school will end soon enough. I got through it, so you would totally go through it too no problem." The chromokinetic grinned, her eyes disappearing into her smile.

"We really should." She nodded. "Oh I'm awesome. I don't know if I told you this already but I'm engaged." She blushed slightly before showing Mia the ring RC had given her. It was a simple band but it meant so much to her. "So that's the highlight of my life right now. I'm planning on bringing RC over to my parents soon to break the news. I mean, I've already told them about RC and they love him already so I'm hoping this wouldn't be too much of a shock." She smiled affectionately at the ring, a soft glow about her face.

"Oh, enough about me. Mia, how's your love life?" She chuckled teasingly, nudging her friend lightly.

[Mia Bell]

Mia nodded “That’s awesome, and totally understandable.” She felt the same way about Dr. Neville and her Uncle. They were both so good to her, and helped her a lot through things. It was actually because of Dr. Neville that she decided to become a Psychiatrist or something along those lines.

Mia smiled, “I don’t think my stomach could handle a lot of junk food. Though doughnuts are my guilty pleasure, I could pig out on those any day.” She nodded “yeah I workout also.” She had the muscle to prove it too, she went to the gym three times a week; it had become part of her schedule. She guessed that was the reason why a few certain men thought she was a lesbian; she chuckled at the memories.

Mia moved to rub her thigh as she ate her salad; not wanting to draw attention to the action. “Yeah, I just wished it could be a little easier.” Mia smiled; through the drama with Ravyn and Cameron that didn’t seem like it was ever going to end, and all the other problems of her past that she was still trying to go through and the red haired boy who stole her journal. She just wished it would all end.

Mia chocked a little on her food, she swallowed and took a sip of her drink before she gently took the girl’s left hand to get a better look at the ring. “It’s beautiful, I’m so happy for you.” She grinned “Can I help plan the wedding?” She knew she probably wouldn’t have a wedding herself, so she would be content with helping a friend plan her wedding. “It’s great that your parents like him. I don’t think I could even date someone my Uncle didn’t like…”

Mia blinked and blushed at the question. She wondered if she even had a love life. “Ah, Me and Cameron are dating now…” She gave the girl a sheepish smile; she really was trying not to see the negative sides in all of this. “Though, it seems Cameron’s ex is still into him… Which I find a little weird considering she broke up with him.” She had seen the sadness in her eyes at the retreat dance; she just didn’t get it. But if it really was going to upset the Ravyn this much then Mia needed to do something about it, she wasn’t the type of person to put her happiness before her friends. She just really didn’t want to stop dating Cameron.

[Reggie Earle]

Nodding with a bright smile, Reggie absolutely agreed at the awesomeness of her teachers. She was glad Mia understood. She of course didn't know that Mia didn't feel the same way about all the teachers but in time, Mia probably would understand where Reggie was coming from.

Laughing, Reggie felt like a total pig, talking to Mia about junk food. But hearing that she also took care of her body via workouts, an idea sparked in Reggie's head as to how they could definitely hang out more often. "Hey, why not we go to the gym together!" She suggested. "I don't know how you work out but I run and go to the gym every once in awhile. We should definitely set aside one or two days so we can do the workouts together!" She perked up.

Reggie smiled at Mia sympathetically. She didn't have such a hard time in school, except the whole skin colour changing incidents but even those weren't really so bad. It led her to meet her very first love.

Giggling and bubbling over with excitement at the prospect of having Mia help with the planning, Reggie nodded and immediately thought of another person whom she could definitely ask. She hoped Amber would say yes. "Yes! I was hoping you'd be up for it." Reggie breathed and nodded at Mia's statement. "I was a little iffy on that with my brother. But Carter's absolutely fine with it. I'm so glad."

The smile on Reggie's face grew when Mia revealed that she was dating the boy she had mentioned before. Her face turned a bit solemn when the brightly colour haired girl mentioned an ex. "Hmm..." Reggie tended not to pass judgement but if RC had an ex who broke up with him but is still in love with him, Reggie would probably be upset. "I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm sure Cameron wouldn't be dating you if he also held a torch for his ex right?" She asked, not knowing Cameron's backstory and whatnot.

[Mia Bell]

Mia didn’t mean to make the other girl feel like a pig, she was just naturally healthy. She didn’t care if people ate a bunch of junk food or not; it wasn’t her place to say anything and it wouldn’t be a stupid reason to not like someone. She grinned when Reggie voiced her idea “That would be awesome! I go to the gym Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays. And I run pretty much every morning; it’s how I wake up.” Though she doubted the girl would want to see her in the morning, she was not a morning person and could be a bit grouchy.

Even before Hammel, high school was very hard for Mia, ever since the events in her life. It was not a walk in the park but Mia was coming to terms with things. But she still couldn’t wait for her to be finished with high school. She desperately hoped college would be better.

“Awesome! When do you plan on having the wedding?” She was curious of how close or how far away the date was. “though I never been to a wedding so I’m not sure how much help I could be.” Even though she had never been to a wedding she was still very creative and figured, she could help out in that way. Mia was absolutely excited about this whole wedding thing; she had always wanted to go to one and now she was helping plan one. She was so happy for her friend; she was going to have to make a mental note to dye her hair before the wedding Mia didn’t want to make a scene with her pink hair.

“I don’t know… I really don’t know with Cameron… He never talks about it. But if his ex could still have feelings for him while she’s dating other people, couldn’t he?” She didn’t like the thought of being just another girl to Cameron, nor did she like the thought of him taking advantage of her like that. “There’s also the problem where said ex is a friend of mine…” She had completely forgotten about Ravyn when she had said yes to going on a date with the boy; she felt really bad about it. All of this was really making her start to think Cameron just wasn’t the guy for her, at least not someone she should be dating right now.

[Reggie Earle]

"Swell. This is fun! I've always wanted to be somebody's gym buddy! So glad it's you!" Reggie reached her hand over the table and squeezed Mia's with a huge grin. "I usually do my runnings at night though. It makes me sleep more soundly." She grinned and nodded slightly.

The question about the wedding had Reggie all pumped up. "I've actually not discussed it with my fiance yet. He's busy with orientation week and all. I want it to be an autumn wedding. The colours are just gorgeous, don't you think?" She paused for a bit and laughed at Mia's admittance. "Oh honey, don't worry. It's like every other event planning. Hire caterers, decorations, cake. Oh the cake is so important. And the dress. Oh gosh, I can't wait to go dress shopping. You will be my bridesmaid right?"

Reggie wouldn't even care if Mia brought her pink hair with her. She was a chromokinetic for goodness sake. Colour is her obsession! Mia could dye her hair a rainbow colour and Reggie would adore it wholly.

Mia's logic did have its merits but Reggie refused to see the bad in all this. Even if it was for Mia's sake, and not Cameron's. "Well tough luck for his ex because you are the one in his arms." When Mia mentioned the ex was her friend, Reggie pursed her lips. "I'm really sorry you're going through all this." Her bottom lip protruded slightly as she scooted closer to Mia. "But I'm sure you'll figure something out. I'm sorry I don't have any advice for you. I've...only been in this one relationship after my high school ex. I still think about him every now and again but for me, it was because he was my first ever love. And you don't forget your first love." Reggie smiled softly.

"Maybe you could talk to both of them? Clear the air?"

[Mia Bell]

“Yes! I have too, but I never knew anyone who went to the gym till now.” She always felt kind of lonely going to the gym by herself. But with Reggie she was sure to have some fun while working out. Mia grinned “well that’s alright, I doubt you want to be anywhere near me in the mornings.. I’m not a morning person.”

“Ohh, an autumn wedding sounds beautiful. Especially here in Vermont. Are you going to have the wedding outside then?” Mia was full of questions; she was a curious person, who wasn’t afraid to ask questions. “Oh dress shopping sounds fun! And I would love to be your bridesmaid!” She grinned; she was so happy right now and giddy she felt like she would be this way throughout the whole week. She couldn’t wait for this wedding; and it wasn’t even hers!

Mia couldn’t help but laugh a little at Reggie’s statement. “I guess you’re right.” That didn’t make it less harder on her, Cameron could still easily dump her and what if he was only dating her to get Ravyn Jealous? It wouldn’t be the first time he had used her…. Mia wrapped her arms around Reggie’s when she moved closer to her; it was nice having the comfort of a friend right now. “It’s fine, it’s nice just having the comfort.” Mia nodded “yeah I know you don’t, I can’t seem to forget about my first love either…” She sighed, why couldn’t this whole situation just be easier? Why couldn’t she be a mind reader? “Yeah I plan on talking to her about it.” Did she really want to bring up Ravyn to Cameron? After their last date? Maybe eventually she would, but she sort of wanted to have at least one date that was tension free.

[Reggie Earle]

Reggie nodded enthusiastically, agreeing completely with Mia. "We must have missed each other all the times we go to the gym!" She laughed lightly at Mia's self-assessment. "I guess it's a good thing you told me. My friends keep having to put a muzzle on me in the mornings." Which is true, Reggie was unsurprisingly a perky morning person. She believed she did her best work as the sun rose.

"I know." She sighed dreamily, leaning her head on her upturned palm. "Yeah, I think I will. Do we need a permit to have the wedding at the lake? Oh, I definitely have to discuss this with RC." She was probably getting ahead of herself but she really was just super excited to spend the rest of her life with the man she knew with all her heart that she loved. "Oh yay!" She squeaked at Mia's acqueiscence to being her bridesmaid. The wedding would most definitely be filled with the people Reggie adored and that was amazing!

Just as Mia wrapped her arms around her, Reggie did the same, cuddling Mia and sliding her hand up and down Mia's arm to comfort her. Her aversion towards PDA was thrown out the window when it came to friends.

"Yeah, and you can have all the comfort you need from me, honey." Reggie nodded.

"Okay. That's a start." The chromokinetic detached herself from Mia gently but kept close. "Let's talk about something else. I found this kitten the other day that I obviously couldn't keep because...dorm rooms, so not conducive for a kitten. She's brown with patches of white and she has the most striking blue eyes. I call her Socks because her two back paws are white but the front ones are brown." Reggie giggled before turning to look through her basket.

"I know, I know, you're healthy and stuff. But I'm heading back and I wanna empty the basket so you might as well take it because everyone needs something sweet to make their day!" Reggie beamed before going back to the subject at hand.

"So, I was thinking, about Socks...if you find someone who would take her in, could you call me?"

[Mia Bell]

“Yeah we must have, that’s really weird.” They must go at different times then, no one missed to miss the pink haired girl; it seemed like it was hard to miss Mia. At least that’s what everyone else said and she could only imagine; she did wish some people would just forget about her. Reggie wasn’t one of those people though. Mia smiled “Ah, I guess everyone is different when they wake up.” Some people were happy, others lazy, other grumpy, and yet others bitchy. Mia fell into the grumpy and bitchy category. It’s why she woke up a couple hours early to run, it woke her up and changed her mood entirely.

Mia shrugged and scratched the back of her head “I wouldn’t know if you would need one… You should totally talk to him about it. So you’re planning on having it this year or next year?” Mia was slightly jealous of the girl, though she knew she shouldn’t be, Mia was only sixteen. But she still believed there wasn’t any out there who would want to put up with the pink haired girl. Love, it was easy for some people to come by, harder for others; maybe Mia should become a nun. Reggie’s wedding reminded Mia of her parent’s story, they had met at Hammel and then got married shortly after they both graduated and they also went to the same college; both become doctors in medicine.

Mia didn’t care about PDA, if she wanted to do something she was going to do it. She didn’t care about the other people around her and what they thought about it. That was just how she was, she didn’t care about kissing people in public let alone somewhat cuddling.

“Thanks, Reggie. You’re a great friend.” Reggie was the only peer she felt like she could talk to about things like this. She had no problem talking to her uncle about it, to an extent. But she couldn’t talk to Ravyn about it, that wasn’t happening; and she had no one else to go to. She just wasn’t close to enough people.

“Aww, a kitten? How did you find her?” Mia wanted a kitty, but couldn’t because of dorm rooms.”I would totally keep her, but alas dorm rooms… Oh I can ask around, and I can totally ask my Uncle.” She really wasn’t sure if Liam was a cat person, but she knew he was an animal person it wouldn’t hurt to ask.

“Right now I feel like pigging out on ice cream.. What is this?” She looked at the bag wondering just what was in it. If she didn’t eat it she could always give it to someone else, maybe Cameron or Ravyn… She smiled at Reggie “thank you.”

“of course! Totally will call you!.” She was all about helping animals find homes.

[Reggie Earle]

"It's probably our timing. I'm usually there when it first opens and just as it closes." Reggie would have definitely remembered seeing the bright haired girl. "Indeed. I only get grouchy when I don't have enough sleep but I'm good at keeping to my sleeping schedule."

"Mmm." She hummed happily and when posed the question of when the wedding would be held, she giggled as she didn't actually know when it would actually happen. For all she knew, RC was planning on having the wedding in ten years time! Even so, Reggie knew she would still be as happy with RC if it was even twenty years. "We haven't settled that yet. Like I said, I don't want to burden RC yet about details since he's just starting at U of V. I'm just happy just planning what to wear and what the decorations would be." She smiled dreamily.

"Aww Mia, you're an amazing friend too. I don't know anybody else here who would gladly listen to me ramble on and on about a wedding that isn't even going to happen any time soon." She chuckled and patted Mia's hand.

The question about kittens had Reggie perking up immediately. More so than usual. "I found her in the drain. The poor thing was shivering and so teeny, I almost didn't see her if not for her loud meowing. And I totally know about dorms." She nodded solemnly.

"Oh my. Well, you should definitely eat this with ice cream! It's a cookies and cream brownie I made. I hope you like it!"

"Oh good." She checked her watch and winced. "Oh no. I've got class in twenty minutes. I totally lost track of time! It's been so good seeing you again. Call me! We can make dates and plans soon. Love you!" As she sped through her words, Reggie scrambled to get her stuff. With a kiss on Mia's cheek, she was off.

[OOC: :') Thassa a wrap! Thank you for threading with me Sky! ^^]