Delicate Scents [Therese Lenoir]

[Jersey]

In the weeks that had followed Kallista and Peter's fight finally drawing to a finish, there had been minor tension and concern before it fell back into peace. That peace was something Jersey had gripped desperately, relaxing as it hadn't seemed to disappear lime the other periods had. She had returned to work with ease, no longer constantly in worry if one would attack the other while she dealt with customers all evening. She had picked up training in some manner, turning to testing her skills with a gun rather than a blade and hacking occasionally, and even spoke with a wraith that had granted her the chance to learn allurist abilities.

Although, afterwards, Jersey hadn't noticed the amount of change that took place until the news of Peter's new childe caught her attention. With Whit, whom she had mistaken for female, the minor annoyance slipped away once Peter cleared it up. Ivan hadn't created anything, as it hadn't been hard to tell, but as she learned her boyfriend had sired a woman... Well, it was easier to say that the blonde hadn't known what to think as her emotions clouded her logic. There had been annoyance, curiosity, paranoia, and hostility as she was introduced as an "old friend" and those emotions had translated those two words into something else in her head.

Peter was a literal person, she knew it and she was also possessive. That was something she'd learned through a silly conversation the two had once about what superhero they found attractive. It had taken her to see his reaction about Therese being a part of his past and present - about the fact the woman had been Lily's old friend that had diminish through the odd and strange emotions to let reason kick in. She'd tried her best to sooth him and after seeing how the woman had responded on Vedarian's board with the quip about how danger, Jersey had felt her lips twitch upwards slightly. "Sounded like something I would say."

She reached up to add a few more tubes of lip balm to the container, Jersey heard a bell chirp behind her."Welcome to Peppermint! She called out from her spot behind the shelves, straightening out the container after she noticed she'd knocked it crooked, "I'll be with you in a moment." The blonde stepped back to admire her handiwork before picking up her box of items and heading back to the backroom. The black heels she wore gave a soft, but distinctive click with each step she took and after she updated the inventory chart, she returned to the main area with a smile dancing across her lips.

Pausing and letting the smile falter for only a moment after her heel decided to go a bit to the left when she stepped down, Jersey wriggled her foot around before the shoe went back on properly. "At least I didn't fall that time." She thought and straightened up as she smoothed out the green blouse she wore with her denim skirt. There were a few heartbeats in the shop as she noticed a regular customer that waved to her in greeting and she returned the gesture before heading to the register as she found a redheaded woman waiting.

When the bell chimed again, Jersey tapped away at the register and silently willed for the machine to cooperate as she called out, "Welcome to Peppermint! cheerfully and managed not to exclaim 'aha' a moment later as she was able to complete the transaction.