Years: 2020
Location: Prospect Park, NYC.
Time: Early Afternoon
āSo I work for an organization that looks after time travel, time travelers and history discrepancies. As I told you, any time travel, how insignificant it may seem, can have dire consequences.ā Amelie would unconsciously twirl the end of her hair as she listened closely to everything Jason was saying - only stopping, and biting the corner of her lip, when he pointed at her.
When the two approached the coffee stand Amelie ordered a French Vanilla Cappuccino, but before she could paid for it Jason would pay for not only his drink, but hers as well - causing Amelie to smile.
āThanksā sheād say, before taking a sip and once again walking further into the park.
āLet me give you two examples of time travelersā¦ā Jason began, causing Amelieās eyebrows to perk up with interest. However, it didnāt take long for the look on her face to go from enthusiastic to dejected.
She listened intently as he spoke and the emotion in his tone and downcast expression forming on his face made her assume the story hit close to home for Jason. āTempus agents got to her, but way too late for it to matter.ā
The two would walk in silence for a while until Amelie finally found the nerve to speak, albeit a bit nervously at first.
āIā¦I usually donāt like to assume thingsā¦but it seems as if that story was a bit personal for youā¦ā
Sheād take a sip of her drink before looking over and up towards Jason.
āā¦and Iām sorry. That must have been awful to experience, but I want you to know Iām not as reckless in regards to time traveling as you might think after that stunt I pulled in 1927ā
Amelie sighed and held her head down for a moment in an attempt to hide her flushed cheeks behind her long hair as she remembered that night.
A gust of wind would promptly push her hair away from her face and sheād quickly use her free arm to prevent her hair from wildly flying all over the place.
āMy momā¦ā sheād reluctantly begin, as the wind died down.
āā¦she died when I was only five. I essentially lost my father that night too, since my motherās death led him to try and hide in a downward spiral of addiction. Even with the support of my grandparents and extended family, I felt alone. I ended up losing myself in my hobbies to fill the void - one being books, I absolutely love to read, and history is one of my favorite subjects.ā
As the two made their way onto one of the parkās bridges Amelie would walk over to the railing and lean over it - looking out at the water. Sheād wait for Jason to do the same before speaking up again.
āEven before I discovered my powers to say that I liked history would be an understatement. Did you know this park is over 150 years old? Itās original budget, all the way back in the 1860s, was 300,000 bucks. But it ended up costing nearly 10 million dollars! Fun fact.ā Amelie smiled softly and then took a few more sips of her drink while taking in the view of Prospect Park Lake
āSeriously though, I have enough respect for history to not be completely reckless. Despite it still probably being ill advised, I did my research on that Speakeasy and picked a time where I knew my performance would be brief and the main historical event of record for the night - the feared drive-by - would still occur. I, nor my friend, would go back into any time period without research, nor do we have a careless attitude about changing major events in the past.ā
Sadness began to express itself on Amelieās face as she leaned down and rested her head on one of her arms while holding her cappuccino cup out over the water with the other.
āDo you know how many times I thought about what it would be like to go back and see my mother? Watch how she cared for me as a child, or even poke a hole in her tire to prevent her from getting in that car that night - saving her life and subsequently saving my fatherās life as wellā¦.ā
A gust of wind would once again blow over them, but Amelie would make no attempt to stop her hair from blowing in the wind this time.
āIāve thought about it a lot, but Iāve never done it - nor would I. My grandma says I have my momās smile and artistic bentā¦but I take her word for it, I donāt go back and see for myself. I want you to know you can trust us, you can trust me, to not ever have a reckless god complex in relation to time travel or our powers. I donāt even fully understand my powers yetā¦.ā
Her voice would trail off quite a bit for the last sentence of her proclamation, making it only partially audible.
Amelie would look out over the water as she listened to Jason and the sounds of nature around them.
Silence would eventually occur between them again and stay around for a brief moment before Amelieā s stomach grumbled and caused her to pout.
āI havenāt eaten anything in soooo long!ā sheād complained dramatically, as if she hadnāt eaten for days.
āOh, the boathouse! Unless thereās a wedding or some other special occasion, the restaurant there is open every day from Lunch and dinner!ā Amelie would take one final sip of her Cappuccino before throwing the cup in a nearby trash can and playfully pulling on Jasonās sleeve.
āThis way! Itās right over thereā sheād say with a smile - pointing to the building on the other side of the lake, before bouncing her way over the bridge and towards the boathouse with Jason following closely behind her.
Once there sheād notice the patrons seated at the tables outside eating and would begin to bounce with excitement.
āNice, itās open!ā sheād say aloud, waiting impatiently for Jason to catch up to her.
After several seconds heād appear beside her and sheād grab his arm and begin to lead him inside, however before they reached the hostess sheād realize she was still holding onto his arm and quickly let go - apologizing for her eagerness.
It took only a few minutes for them to be seated outside and served their drinks and a menu.
āFoooood!ā Amelie let out dramatically to herself, before instantly becoming embarrassed and holding the menu over her cheeks and she looked at Jason over the top of the Menu. āSorry, Iām justā¦hungry. I love food! Who doesnāt love food?ā
After figuring out what she wanted to order Amelie would put the menu down and pull out her phone to take a picture of the boathouse and the lake. Once she was doing taking pictures she'd put the device down and look over towards Jason - a question for him suddenly popping into her head.
āSo, does the woman I saw you with in 1927 know youāre here? Did you tell her about talking to me or that you were meeting me today?ā
Before he could respond the waiter would come back to get their orders. Amelie would only speak up again once the waiter had left to go place their orders inside.
āAs much as I didnāt like not telling her, I didnāt say anything about meeting you today to my friend. I knew sheād probably talk me out of it, but I wanted to comeā¦I really wanted to talk to you again.ā