"Riley." Alex replied, wrapping his arms around her, returning the hug. "Hey." He added, with a sincere tone of happiness. "Thanks Jess." He smiled as the barrista brought his coffee over for him and placed it in front of him. He picked up the steaming cup and sipped on it. "Yeah, I've been good... Busy! Very busy." Alex explained to her as she took a seat beside him.

[i]"I've missed you, Alex."[/i]

"I've missed you too." He replied, sincere in saying but still amazed that they were living in the same city and meeting at the same tiny coffee shop. "And how have you been? You've changed since I last saw you." As Riley began replying Alex's phone began to ring from his jacket pocket. "Oh, just hold on one sec there, Riley." He began as he whipped out his phone and checked the name, it was Archer. Archer was Alex's best friend in the city of Seattle, a real geek and computer whiz who was also very handy at hacking. Alex called him the "Hacking Houdini" and in return, Alex was "Action Man", like the action-figure. Archer knew everything about Alex's past. In fact he personally looked for and found Alex with a proposition, bring down the people who had done this and were, presumably still producing genetically modified soldiers.

"Hey. Archer, what's the story?" He asked. It was hard to make out what was being said on the other side of the phone because Alex only made noises of approval and acknowledging. The conversation went on for only two or three minutes before it ended. "Alright then. Well, we'll see what we can do about it later. Yep. Bye." Sliding his phone back into his pocket he averted his gaze back to Riley, "Sorry about that." He laughed, "This friend of mine helping me with some stuff and he thinks he's onto something." Adjusting himself in his seat Alex turned his body so one of his legs was crossed over the seat and he rested on the back of the chair with his arm. 

"So yeah... What's new with you?"