Lucas's Story

Lucas sat at the small table in his room playing solitaire. As he put the last card on the stack he sighed and leaned back in his chair as it tipped back and fell. He rubbed his head and cursed under his breath. He stood up and walked to the window and saw the fresh sunlight cover the landscape. He shook the pain from his fall off then looked over at Miles as he saw him still asleep and Lucas smirked a bit. He walked out of the room already dressed from about three a.m. He slid down the rail into the hall. He grabbed a glass of water then swallowed it in a single gulp.

He went where the others were and he sat down away from the others. He kicked his feet and looked at Elle. He kinda liked her a bit but he would never admit it to a single person. He pulled his deck from his jacket and set them up for a round of free cell. He kept glancing at the others and saw Erin was back " Thought she was gonna be gone for a few more days " he said to himself as he started playing his game. It was an awful hand as he growled and picked the cards back up. He went back to the breakfast station and grabbed a bowl of fruit. He took it back to the table and sat back down. He pulled a handful of blackberries and threw them into his mouth.

Jeong set her rice bowl down and got up. "I was gonna go check right now. My poor Sogdo was so battered..." she muttered, faking a sniffle. She looked at him and smiled. "Come on then. If they're done with him, we'll take him, if not, I'll call my boss and he'll bring a ride around." She looked at Lucas. "Hey, Lucas! If someone comes in with a mission for us, call or text me! You have my number, I know you do!" she called at him before heading to the Receptionist Desk.

"Ah, Ms. Moon! Your motorcycle is still being worked on." She was told, much to her grief. She pouted and sighed.

"Do tell me when he's done..." The Receptionist nodded and she went to the front door. "Time to call my agent..." She flipped open her phone and hit 3, her agent, Lulu was on speed dial. "Hi, Lulu! Mind bringing a ride around my apartment?... Thank you!" she chirped and waited.

Elle sipped from her orange juice as more and more people entered the room. First Jeong Ji, then Peyton-she guessed she had woken her- then Aaron and Faith joined Erin, Tristan and her. The group was happily chatting, other than Erin, who seemed somewhat annoyed. Elle didn't blame her. Before she changed, she hadn't been much of a morning person either. She was an everyday-for-the-rest-of-eternity kind of girl now.

Lucas walked in and sat down the long table, farther away from the group. She felt his eyes on her briefly, but she noticed when he dropped his gaze. She wasn't sure what she felt about him. She wasn't sure if it was friendship, or something more. She shoved her thoughts aside for the time being. The missions ahead were more important.

She listened to the quiet chatter and occasionally chimed in, but usually just kept to herself. She was thoughtful today. She didn't know why. Today was probably the day where she spent all of her time in the gym or swimming. A workout day. She enjoyed those, always quiet, but she wanted a partner. Elle dug into her breakfast and listened to the happy chatter of her fellow agents.

As usual, Cassandra wasn't sleeping at five o'clock in the morning. Since she could only ever manage a whole four hours, maximum, of sleep per night she had a tendency to use the time she should have been sleeping to play around with her computer. Like now, for instance, she was still sitting at her desk, tapping on the keys lightly with her fingertips and scrolling down each page she came to, in an attempt to cure her boredom as her room mate moved about in the room around her. After a few more minutes of this she felt her stomach growl in protest, causing her to realize it had been quite some time since she had eaten last, and she closed the browser and turned the computer off.

Her room mate, Skyler, tended to meditate at least once a week, which she was doing now. It was something Cassandra found easy to ignore as she got up from her chair with a sigh and, after placing her earphones in her ears, she blasted her music. She carried her iPod around as she found a simple outfit to wear for the day; a pair of dark-washed skinny jeans with a white belt and a black tank top to match her jeans, not bothering to shower for the second time within the hours as she knew it was a waste of water and time. Cassandra pulled on a pair of mismatched ankle socks, hardly noticing the blue and purple polka dots on one sock nor the green and white stripes on the other, before she shoved her feet in her plain white sneakers. She ran a brush through her long wavy golden hair before closing her laptop and tucking it into her bag as she left the room to go find something to eat, leaving Skyler to mutter in Korean to herself.

She took the stairs, as usual, but arrived to the cafe a mere two minutes after closing the door to the room she had to share. She said nothing as she walked in and found a seat, taking another few minutes to decide what on Earth she wanted to eat.. Finally settling on a piece of toast topped with strawberry jam and some yogurt, preferring to enjoy the simple things in life.

The 'techie' listened to the goings ons around her as she nibbled on her toast and spooned little portions of vanilla yogurt into her mouth, enjoying the mixture as her eyes glanced around. There was Faith and Aaron, the other 'techie's. The rest she didn't usually bother much with, preferring to stick to what she knew, though she was polite enough to them all.