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Emma had seen Jack earlier that day and naturally, given her power, if she touches you then she copies the power of who she touches. Emma had given Jack a hug before she left and her hands reached around to Jack's back as they hugged. In doing so, Jack's power was copied. Emma was growing to be quite fond on seeing Jack, even as a prawn. She was still the same person that she met on that subway platform. Not human as she was then, but her heart and mind were still the same. Emma loved every moment she got to spend and get to know Jack. And she is just as beautiful as a prawn as she was a human. The end of the bestowal hadn't changed the way Emma felt abour her at all. And she hoped that Jack had continued to feel the same way.

After seeing Jack, Emma went to the park to do her usual workout of running and yoga stretches and maybe would get some walking in too. She was having a great day. She was thinking about what she would do later. Maybe she would call and talk to Jack and see if she wanted to make any plans. Maybe she'd come over and they could have dinner and watch a movie, or something like that. She wanted to be bold and ask her out on a date officially.

Emma's thoughts continued to dwell on that as she started her run around the park. She was doing pretty well now. She had managed to get a decent time on her runs and found that she wasn't getting as winded as she used to. Slowly, but surely ahe was getting back into shape. Plus, her kickboxing lesson's from Blaine were also helping. "I need to call him later and set up another couple of lessons to do this week.", Emma thought to herself. She ran by the usual guys with their dogs. Sometimes there would be a really pretty golden retriever that would run along side of her from time to time, but she never saw an owner for him. He was way too nice to not have one though so she figured he just must live close to the park and frequented there often.

Finally after about 4 laps around the park and a slow jog around the fountains, Emma decided to sit on a park bench to take a break before she layed her mat out for yoga. Heck, it was such a nice day out, Emma even thought about stretching out on her yoga mat afterwards and taking a nap like that cool gargoyle lady that she had seen here a little while back. She looked really comfortable and a nap on a day like today didn't seem like a bad idea.

Emma sat on the bench for a little while as she waited for her heartbeat to slow down some. She took little sips of water from her bottle now and then as she just watched the people around her.

Emma finished her stretches after a few minutes and rolled her mat up so as to go walking around the park some more. Maybe. Or she might go for another run or something. Emma wasn't quite sure on what she wanted to do yet.

But she did notice that the gargoyle like lady has relaxed quite a bit and it seemed like she was drifting off into a nap. Emma noticed that her water bottle was getting quite low and would need to be refilled. It would be the perfect excuse to go over and touch the lady.

With her rolled mat on her shoulder and an excuse in hand, Emma walked over toward the sunbathing and dozing lady. Emma's hands began to tingle and it grew in intensity the close she got. Emma then quietly and gently touched the calf of the gargoyle lady's left leg. She hoped she wouldn't wake her, but was ready just in case she did. Maybe she would be a heavy sleeper.

She also looked around in case the lady friend came back from wherever she went. She wasn't looking for trouble unless she had to. She just wanted to copy a power and be on her way.

Emma's eye caught a couple not too far away. She watched them for a few moment and saw that one left and the other stayed laying on the blanket. She noticed that she had grey toned skin, wings, and had horns. "Why do all of those components together make me think of a gargoyle?", she thought to herself. Emma was starting to see more and more diversity in the types and kinds of powers people around New York had. And she thought that gargoyle-like lady and what appeared to be her girlfriend (based on how they were laying beforehand) were incredibly cute.

Yet, she found herself wanting to find a way to go over and copy the woman's power. She hadn't ever passed on a power like that before and thought it might be an interesting one to have for a little while. With her power and understanding how it worked, she often times had urges to collect powers a couple at a time that she found interesting or mystery ones. When she would bestow powers to people, sometimes it was by accident and other times, she was just curious as to what she got; although she wouldn't think twice about bestowing one if you ticked her off or where rude to her. There were times when she did get some enjoyment out of it, but others it was just out of sheer curiousity. She wondered if she would ever be able to tell what a power did once she copied it without having to see it or bestow it. Maybe if she kept working at it, she eventually would get there.

Emma kept watching them as she schemed a plan and excuse to touch her and copy her power. There were dog owners nearby playing frisbee. Maybe she could intercept it or maybe she would play like she was gonna run some more and "accidentally trip". An even better idea came to mind. She could pose as someone needing directions. She just needed the right moment.

Emma was careful not to stare, but continued her yoga stretches and poses to masquerade her watching. Emma's powers might not have been directly beneficial to her, but she was rather enjoying herself with learning and controlling it. She was always trying to think of ways to test her limits.

Emma nodded as she heard Jack tell her that she would have to be more familiar with her to know her back story. Emma looked back at her and saw some color in her cheeks. She didn't know if that was from her or just from the weather today, but she hoped that Jack was liking Emma's attempt at flirting.

Jack said that any decent person would have made sure she was okay. Emma laughed as she saw Jack wink and said, "Maybe so, but I'm glad it was you. And I'd love to get to know you better and see you more. That is, if you'd like to as well and would allow me to." Emma looked at Jack in her beautiful eyes and bit her bottom lip, slightly nervous, but still smiling at Jack.

As they walked, she felt a difference in tension as she lead Jack, realizing that the other lady had unfortunately stepped on a bottle cap with her bare feet. Emma asked, "Are you alright? Did you cut yourself or anything?" She had to make sure Jack was okay.

As they walked into the foyer from outside, Jack commented about how nice the place was. Emma said, "Yeah, it is a nice place to live. I tried to find somewhere decent for me and my Mom after we left. It was the least I could do for her and make sure she has a better life now than before."

As Emma climbed the stairs, her soaked clothes pulled and rubbed against her skin, sticking to her more and showing more of her curves. As they reached the second floor, Emma walked down the hall and just a few doors from the stairwell, Emma stopped, grabbed keys from her pocket and unlocked the door. She opened it and stepped through. "This is my place.", she said to Jack, "Please, make yourself at home. Would you like that soda first or should I go ahead and get you clothes and a towel for a shower?" Emma looked over at Jack, her wet clothes hanging on her. Emma's thoughts wandering to Jack and the hot shower. Emma smiled and blushed a little as she slightly stared at Jack.

The bar counter and open kitchen area were to their right as they walked through the doorway. It as well as the entrance area had tile floors. The kitchen had white counter tops and cabinets, but all of the appliances were black in color. It had enough space for two decently sized people to work in there together comfortably.The living room was directly in front of them. It had soft, tan carpetting and had a black cloth living room suite. The couch was against one wall with the coffee table in front of it. The tv and entertainment center was against the opposite wall and the love seat was against the adjacent wall with an end table between the couch and love seat. Pictures of Emma and her Mom were hung on the wall, mixed in with other floral, bird, and musical wall decor. The hallway to the left was the way to Emma's room and bathroom and the hallway to the right of the kitchen lead to her Mom's room and bedroom. The utility/laundry room was also off of that hallway.

Emma paid for her few items and thankfully they put them in a cold items bag. This would help keep them cold while she was on her way home--I mean tailing Blaine to see just what the heck she did to him. Emma saw him through the door look curiously at the crow and pigeon on the ground and then start to walk off, kinda briskly.

Emma walked out the door and saw the direction that Blaine was walking in. She hurriedly took off in that same direction, carrying all her bags. What did she think that today would have been a good day for this again? Oh, right because she thought she would have at least gotten to go home to drop off her groceries before this happened, but not today. Emma really needed to learn how to control this thing. Or just give up caring and you get whatever you get and she goes on about her day.

Emma finally managed to close the gap some that had grown between her and Blaine. She needed to get close enough to hear if he said anything, but enough distance to not notice her. Maybe he would let her know something soon. Emma tried to keep up with him as best as she could. He had some really big strides and he was walking pretty quickly. To where, she didn't know, but she would find out.

Emma smiled at Jack, but then she noticed the sudden change in color at the mention of her home state. Emma paused her walking for a moment, still holding Jack's hand. "Yeah, I'm from Renton. That's not too terribly far from Mount Vernon, but did I upset you? What happened in Washington to make you go all purple? Bad memories? I have bad memories of there too. My dad perpetually cheated on my Mom and it was emotionally devastating on the both of us. It felt like she cried all the time, but she always stayed with him for me. She didn't want to break apart our family when I was little. Eventually, I convinced her to leave and we came here after I turned my dad into a cat. But I'm never going back there. Ever."

Emma realized she had ranted and apologized, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to go off like that. I just really hate what he did. And I didn't mean to pry. I just noticed that it made you suddenly really unhappy." Emma squeezed Jack's hand a little and rubbed her hand slightly with her thumb. She did so to try and comfort Jack and help her feel better.

Emma started back walking at a slower pace than before. Just as she got to the escalators, she heard Jack say something deprecating about herself, attempting to be humorous about it. She replied softly and sweetly, while looking into Jack's eyes, "Of course I did. It may have been briefly, but that doesn't change the way you've treated me. You've been so kind and thoughtful of me and you genuinely seem to care about me and my well-being. You're still you, no matter what you look like. If I had a girlfriend who treated me the way you're treating me now, I'd think I was the luckiest woman in the world. I truly mean that."

As Emma and Jack stepped off of the escalator and up to the street level, Emma noticed that it was still raining some, but not hardly as much of a downpour as it was earlier. And then Emma heard Jack ask her the weirdest question about soda. Emma laughed slightly and said to Jack, "Yeah, I have some in the fridge at the house. I could fix you something to eat as well if you're hungry. I always stay pretty stocked up with groceries at the house. So there's lots of things to choose from."

Emma walked along, still holding Jack's hand. After a couple blocks, Emma then turned right onto another street and took a left on the second street on that block. Emma's apartment building was the third one down. She told Jack, "I share an apartment with my Mom, but she's gonna be gone for a few days. So it'll be just us. Make yourself at home."

She opened the door to the building and let Jack go in first. The foyer area was decorated with modern accents. There was a black sleek table with a crystal lamp sitting on top. The tiles were white and appeared to look like faux marble. The walls were a beige color with pictures of landscapes and flowers hung around the room. It wasn't an expensive apartment building to live in, but it wasn't run down and cheap like some of the others were. Emma dug into her savings some to make sure that she and her Mom had a decent place to live. "It's not much further, I promise.", she said as she made her way to the stairs and up to the 2nd floor.

Emma nodded and told Zoe, "Yeah, I should get going too. I'll text ya later to see where ya wanna meet. I gotta catch up to Blaine and see about him training me. I miss my kickboxing classes."

Emma then quickly ran ahead of Zoe so as to catch up with Blaine. She had more questions to ask him. Like if he would train her and how to reach him so they could train together. Emma ran from the back of the store with her arms full, trying not to drop anything while she scouted Blaine out from amongst the people.

Emma finally spotted him and ran up to him. Her hand tingling steadily, but she paid it no mind. She was trying to get his attention before he left. She placed her hand on the middle of his back, thinking that he would feel it, pause for a second and turn to see that she had touched him. But that was not the case. By that time, her hand had stopped tingling, but she then started to pat at his back. Still no response from him. That was really weird. Most people would have felt someone touching their back and turned to see who it was.

Finally, she called out to him, "Hey Blaine, you didn't feel me patting your back to get your attention? I was gonna ask you a few more questions about training and how we could reach each other to meet, but you left. That is if you wouldn't mind training me, that is?" Emma hoped that he would agree to train her. She really did need to get back into her daily workouts. So far she had been stuck doing her yoga inside the apartment, but she knew she really wanted to maybe visit Central Park sometime and practice her yoga there.