Sattelite heart (Robert)

[Melody Swann]

"For God's sake, this is the last time I'm gonna save her sorry ass.." Melody mumbled as she walked through Chinatown with deliberate pases, while she was waiting for her phone to ring and have her roommate tell her that it was all fine and she didn't need to come back with her groceries in a rush, like some psycho on speed. When her phone finally rang, Melody was very grateful that she wasn't in an all too busy crowd. because that would mean that it would be weirder, to see her fuming. "Yeah?" She listened to what her room mate said and cursed under her breath. "THAT is your ermengency? What is wrong with you? I have a life too, you know? And you're perfectly able to get high and drunk on your own." She said loudly, before putting down her phone and brushing a strand of hair out of her face, as she turned around and bumped into someone, making her blush scarlet.

"I'm incredibly sorry!" She said, as she dropped to her knees and picked her bags she had dropped back, not looking at they guy she had bumped into, too embarrassed and too flushed to even want to look at him, scared he would be mad at her. She slowly got back up and cleared her throat. "I'm really sorry, I'm so clumsy."

[Robert Alexander Lovelace]

It was chilly for L.A. and Robert had to remember to breathe so that folks could see the small puffs of air in the evening that were expected from those who breathed. He saw a brunette talking on a cell phone, well screaming into it but with folks today it was pretty close to the same thing. "That's okay, Miss. No harm done." he said as he smiled down on her. He poured on a bit of the Lovelace charm to soothe the way, it never hurt in any case.

"Here let me help you." he said as he dropped to his knees gracefully and collected items that tried to roll into the street. "There we go. I think that is everything." he said smoothly as he gently placed the last few items in the bag, "You look like you could use a cup of tea. I happen to know a tea shop not far from here." he added congenially. "If you would like, we could go there while you collect yourself a bit."

[Melody Swann]

Melody had barely even noticed that it was chilly, because she was too busy getting to and from places. She was dressed warm though, with leather gloves on, that still allowed her to use her phone properly, with those moveable finger-caps, so that, if you really wanted, you could pull them down and use your phone with your bare fingers, it was really easy and actually something that helped. Especially since she was basically using her phone 24/7. When she heard a male voice tell her that it was okay and that no harm was done, she peered up through her eyelashes at him.

When he helped her, she smiled warmly at him, very grateful he wasn’t mad at her or anything. ”Thank you.” She said as she looked at him and listened to what he said, realizing he was right. She’d been running all over town and hadn’t sat down all day, she’d even been eating her lunch while she’d been walking. ”If you bring it like that, it would be rude to say no.” She said, with a smile on her face, as she pulled her bag high on her arm and relaxed a bit. ”I can’t believe today’s been as busy as it is, so, it’s really welcome to drink tea, even though it’s with a complete stranger that I bumped into.” She laughed slightly and held out her hand. ”I’m Melody.”

[Robert Alexander Lovelace]

Offering his arm to her in a gentlemanly fashion Robert smiled at the woman and nodded, "My name is Robert. Its a pleasure to meet you, Melody. The restaurant is just around the corner here." he said as they walked the few steps and he paused to hold the door open for her.

Sliding in after her, he scanned the room and nodded to their hostess as they were seated at a booth. Looking at her he smiled and ordered oolong tea from the waitress that passed them, "I know how busy life can be. Especially when you are trying to get everything done at once and you have folks tugging at you." he chuckled good naturedly and raised his cup of coffee to her, "They have an amazing tea service here." he added as he paused to order for himself then looked to her when it looked like she had made her choice.

[Melody Swann]

Melody smiled at Robert when he offered his arm and in the way he did it, made her feel how her heart sped up a little. It also made her very happy she didn't blush easily and that he was making it so easy to just relax. So, she linked her arm with his and smiled. "You too." She said to him, as she nodded, about the restaurant. When he held open the door for her, she smiled even brighter, really charmed by this man she just barely even knew and walked inside.

When they got seated at a booth, she still felt her heart beat a few beats faster than usually and ordered lemon tea for herself, before nodding again. "Yeah, especially today when everyone's all lovey-dovey and everything and I'm just like 'hey, it's Thursday!'"

[Robert Alexander Lovelace]

Once he had her relaxed and calmed down he leaned back a bit, then stirred a bit of honey into his tea. He'd gotten so involved in vampire politics that it was nice to be able to not get dragged into every spat, right or turf war for a change. He tended to neglect his own needs far too much and it was starting to show a bit with how tired he was. Not that he was ever messy, but the lines around his eyes showed how many days he'd burned the candle at both ends. Diana was feeling the need to do something and chomping at the bit and he just prayed he had enough energy and resources to deal with the after effects of whatever scheme she came up with.

The woman in front of him was a welcome change from all that and apart from being busy, like most women in this day an age, she seemed pretty nice. Certainly more polite than most. Of course his standards were quickly being outstripped given that he was 67 years old but then he was a youngin' compared to everyone else. Though the way they were acting he wondered if their brains had begun to atrophy. Turning his thoughts to Melody he chuckled and shook his head, "I usually stick to flowers myself. I hate chocolate. The smell makes me nauseous." he said with a shake of his head and a quick reassuring smile, "My children are grown thankfully so I don't have to worry about flowers filling the halls or chocolate." he chuckled as he raised his cup and sipped it as he looked over the rim at her, "I take it you are not a fan of the holiday?"