by Neon Fantasy
Disclaimer: Normal disclaimer applies, I can't be bothered repeating what I have stated on my other chapters :razz: , its slack I know
Chapter 4
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" --- " - Speaking
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"See ya at lunch Duo," a girl with short, bright, red hair said as she and another girl started heading to class.
"Hey wait, are we eating in the cafeteria today?" Duo called out to them.
The other girl with short black hair turned around and called back, "Well Ofcourse, we usually go there for food when it's lunch time."
"Well the last time I went there, you two weren't even around. I'm just hoping I won't be ditched again that's all. After all, I can't imagine a life without the seeing you?re beautiful, charming young faces," Duo sarcastically commented.
Both of the girls just laughed and poked their tongues out at him, "Just be sure not to be late again like last time and you might happen to find us there alright?" The black haired girl smiled as she said this. Turning her back on him once more she and her friend started rushing to their next class.
Duo just smiled and headed into his class, whistling to himself as he walked over to his rightful seat at the back left corner of the room. He hated doing business studies; he still ponders on the reason why he even picked it in the first place. He folded his arms behind his head and leaned back on his chair, stretching his feet over the desk. To his surprise, he was actually early to class for a change since no one was in the room yet. It wasn't until a minute or so later that other students were starting to enter the room.
Dorothy had made her entrance along with Midii following close behind. They made their way to their rightful spots in the middle of the room. As Dorothy pulled out her chair she noticed Duo at the back of the room and looked at him from the corner of her eye. He had his eyes closed as he sat and whistled to himself, 'How can he just sit there like that with his feet on the desk'. Midii took her spot beside Dorothy's desk and glanced up at her in question. Dorothy was just standing there.
"Hey you braided moron, put your feet on the floor where they belong!" Dorothy yelled to him.
Duo raised an eye brow at her in question and asked in sarcasm, "I'm sorry, were you talking to me?"
"Well who else in here has their hair done up in such long a braid, have some consideration for school property and put your feet on the ground."
"You forgot to say please."
"I shouldn't have to say please! People would like to do their work on clean desks, not ones which are dirty from your shoes and smell of your foul feet."
"You know, I should be honored that such a stuck up, 'know-it-all' like you takes the time to point out faults over such small things like this. You hate me so much yet you still talk to me and watch every move I make just to make a scene for yourself."
Dorothy was furious at his statement and what's more she had no comeback either which annoyed her even further.
"Wow, miracles do happen. It's not everyday that 'you' are the one lost for words."
Dorothy just glared at him with the best death glare she could do and sat in her seat roughly, facing her back to him. Duo just smirked and closed is eyes once again.
Relena entered after that argument and took her seat in the front row. Since the teacher wasn't there yet she decided to do a bit of writing. Taking out her black notebook she turned to a blank page and began doing just that.
Quatre entered the class room at that moment, along with a pair of girls who had latched themselves onto each of his arms. They were arguing to each other as they were trying to steal Quatre for themselves. This little performance wasn't going unnoticed by the rest of the class either. Duo just watched in amusement while Dorothy felt like she was going to be sick.
"Come sit with me Quatre," the girl with curly blonde hair asked him as she traced her index finger over the back of his neck.
Quatre stiffed at the touch and wanted to pull away but the other girl with glasses pulled him closer to her as she snuggled into him further saying, "As if he wants to sit with you, he would much prefer to sit with me."
"What! You have got to be kidding; he would have more sense then to sit with a four eyed, 'know-it-all'!"
"Hmph, better a 'know-it-all' then a freckled faced, dumb blonde!"
Taking this opportunity to escape, Quatre edged his way out of their grip and quickly moved away from them as they fully started mouthing off at each other. Sighing in relief that he could at finally let the blood flow through his arms freely he noticed Relena a few tables away. Walking over to her he smiled and greeted, "Hi Miss Relena."
Hearing his voice she quickly closed up her notebook and looked up at him, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
"I'm sorry, was I disturbing you?"
Relena shook her head but then noticed three boys walk into the room. The one who entered first had short, messy, dark brown hair with prussian blue eyes. The one behind him was a lot taller and had mustard brown hair which covered half of his face and beside him was a chinese boy with slick black hair and black eyes.
"Wufei!" Midii called out in excitement as she quickly headed over to the chinese boy. Wufei just watched her as she come over and wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him passionately.
Relena quickly lowered her gaze and started fiddling around with her golden buttons, needing something to distract her thoughts.
Quatre got a little confused with the way she was acting but then suddenly felt a presence right behind him. Slowly turning around his blue/green eyes met prussian blue.
"Who are you?" The boy asked him in a gruff voice, his eyes narrowing at him.
"Quatre, Quatre Raberba Winner. Nice to meet you." Quatre greeted as he continued staring into the boy's eyes, "May I ask what your name is?"
The boy raised an eyebrow at him and replied, "Heero Yuy."
Quatre smiled at him and noticed the taller boy standing beside Heero at that moment.
"Hi," Quatre greeted the taller boy.
The boy beside Heero glanced over at him with his emerald green eyes and nodded his greeting.
Suddenly their teacher had finally entered the room, he was looking very annoyed as well, "Sit down everyone," the teacher said as they started handing out sheets to everyone.
"Well I better sit down now, it was nice talking to you Heero and....?"
"Trowa Barton," the boy added as he passed Heero and headed to the back of the room.
"Nice meeting you Trowa," Quatre called out to him, "See you Relena," Quatre finished as he started heading to the back of the room, taking a seat next to Duo. Heero remained still as he continued glaring at the blonde's back but then turned his gaze over to Wufei and Midii. Midii had just ended the kiss between herself and Wufei and made her way to her seat as to not annoy the teacher any more then what they already were. Wufei did the same and headed off his rightful spot at the back of the room, passing Relena's desk as he did so. Heero watched him as he passed and looked back down at Relena. She kept her head low and kept herself from looking at Heero.
"Please sit down Heero," the teacher said as he tried keeping in his frustration.
Heero watched over Relena a little longer before he headed to the back of the room. He sat with the other two boys which he had entered with but kept a steady eye on Relena. They were sitting on the other side of the room from Duo and Quatre but as the teacher started going through what they were going to learn for the lesson Quatre noticed Heero was still watching over Relena.
He pondered over this for a while but when the teacher had finished talking with the class and finished handing out worksheets to everyone he went up to Quatre and handed him extra sheets, "I'm Mr. Walker, you will need to get these done when you can, as soon as possible will be good." Mr. Walker talked a little more with Quatre over what he would have to know and catch up on but kept it fairly brief before heading to his desk, rubbing his light brown hair in frustration. ?Geez, what?s up with him today?? Duo pondered. As their business studies teacher left Duo took this opportunity to speak, "Hey there Quatre, my name is Duo Maxwell."
Quatre looked over to him and smiled, "Pleasure to meet you Duo."
"I must say, your entrance here was quite amusing." Duo mentioned with a smile.
Quatre looked at him with a confused expression until Duo pointed over to the two girls he had walked in with earlier.
"Oh," was all Quatre could say as he felt his cheeks flush a little.
"So, how many other girls have you hooked yourself up with?" Duo said grinning at him.
"What!" Quatre's eyes widened at that question while Duo was loving every minute of this.
"Hahaha, kidding, kidding. You looked like you were going to die right there and now. I was thinking of saving you if it got too overrated."
"Duo!"
"Hey can't you take a joke."
"I don't class that as being very funny," Quatre pouted, trying his hardest not to flush anymore than what he already was. It was bad enough that those girls were trying to pry into his personal life last lesson; he didn't need anymore of this from others too.
Silence suddenly grew between them from there as Quatre tried to start on work, but it seemed that Duo wasn't going to let him.
"Ok ok, I'm sorry. But by the way, nice how you stood your ground with Heero."
"Huh?" Quatre said as he looked back over to Duo again.
Duo raised an eyebrow at that remark and said, "What? Couldn't you tell what he was doing?"
Quatre just stared back with a blank expression over his face.
Duo shook his head but smirked at the boy, "You are very naive aren't you?"
Quatre had no idea what this guy was rambling on about, if he spoke clearer sentences then maybe he could take into account what he was trying to say, "What do you mean naive?"
"Heero didn't want you talking to Relena that's what I mean. He was trying to stare you down with that 'death glare' of his but you didn't flinch at all. Not to mention you were being so polite to him."
"Is that why he was standing right behind me?" Quatre stated more to himself then Duo as he looked over to Heero.
Duo nodded and leaned in a little more to Quatre as he softly spoke, "I would advice you not to try that again. He might have let you off easy because you are new but don't try that again on him, or even the other two for that matter."
"You mean the two who entered with Heero?"
"Yeah, Trowa Barton and the chinese guy?s name is Wufei. Try to stay clear of them so that you won't try to cause anymore trouble."
"What trouble?"
'What is it with this guy?' Duo just sighed in annoyance as to how naive this guy was but he smiled at how nice he was at the same time. You never met too many people which always looked for the good in others, and for that he decided that Quatre should hang out with him and his friends.
The bell went sometime after their conversation. Everyone started heading out the room and as Quatre got up from his seat Duo went up to him and asked, "Hey, would you like to eat lunch with me and my gang?"
Quatre looked up at him and smiled replying, "Yeah that would be great!"
"Alright! At least 'this' time if I happen to be ditched I won't be alone," Duo smirked as he started whistling again with Quatre looking at him in question again.
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Upon entering the cafeteria Quatre couldn't believe how crowded it was, he couldn't believe how many students actually went to this school. Then again it was pretty big so it would only seem right to have so many students here.
"Don't worry, most of them just come to eat and head straight out again. It will die down in no time."
As Duo said this he guided Quatre over to the beginning of the line to get a tray for their food and just wait around until it was their turn to get food.
"Geez, I'm starving, hurry up already," Duo mumbled to himself as Quatre just smiled back. He was trying to wonder if he really should get something to eat or not, he did after all have a very large breakfast and he wasn't exactly hungry at the moment but since Duo went through the trouble of bringing him here he thought that he might as well get something.
When it was finally their turn Quatre couldn't believe how much the guy ate. His tray was packed with sandwich rolls, hot chips, a large serving of pasta and salad from what Quatre could see. Duo smiled back at him when he was done grabbing his food but as he looked down at Quatre's tray he almost wanted to laugh.
"Don't you eat or something?"
Quatre had only gotten himself an apple. He blushed a little at how ridiculous that might have looked, compared to everyone else who had served themselves earlier, they had gotten a descent meal for themselves, unlike what he had gotten himself, "I had a big breakfast this morning."
"Oh," Duo replied as he still grinned at him. Duo guided Quatre over to the table where he and his friends usually sat. The two girls Duo had talked to earlier were already sitting there.
"Well, you?re both here this time, lucky for us huh?" Duo said as he nudged Quatre. As they both sat down, one of the girls replied, "Nice of you to show yourself this time Duo," the girl with black hair said. As she said this, Duo looked about there table then started looking over the cafeteria. The two girls just watched him with confusion until he asked, ?Hey where are the others??
?They have to go to music,? the girl with bright red hair answered.
Shrugging it off Duo started digging into his food; Quatre just stared at the way he was eating. Taking notice of there being a new person at their table the two girls looked back over to Duo with questioning glances.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you. Quatre, meet Hilde and Mariemaia. Hilde, Mariemaia, this is Quatre Waberna Winner."
"Raberba Winner, Duo," Quatre corrected as he smirked at him.
"Same difference." Duo commented.
"Nice to meet you Quatre, I hope Duo here hasn't been too much of an annoyance," Hilde said smiling at him.
"Hey that wasn't very nice," Duo said as his mouth was full of mashed up chips. Hilde shook her head at the sight while Mariemaia raised an eyebrow at him, Quatre just smiled.
"Actually he has been such good company, very social I must say."
"Haha yes. You might be saying that now but I would like to hear you say that again after a week," Mariemaia stated as she giggled at Duo poking his tongue out at her.
Quatre smiled at the way the three of them got along. He could tell that they have been friends for a long time. He was glad that he had finally met some descent people too. So far the only people he had met were girls who were love struck over him and guys who had a grudge against him over it. At least Duo, Hilde and Mariemaia were treating him like they would for each other, and not judging him over appearances or first impressions so he couldn't help but feel thankful for the kindness they were giving him.
As he sat there quietly eating his apple, he started looking about the cafeteria as Duo, Hilde and Mariemaia conversed with each other. Looking around at the different groups he could probably tell the most popular groups from the least popular, it was such a shame that things had to be divided like that. But what shocked him was the table with no occupants on it bar one person.
"Relena?" Quatre accidentally said out loud, causing three sets of eyes to focus on him.
"Huh? What did you say buddy?" Duo asked.
"Oh, sorry about that. I was just curious about why Relena was sitting on her own that's all."
Hilde and Mariemaia turned their heads to the direction of where Relena was sitting. She had already finished her lunch and looked to be writing in that black notebook again.
"How do you know her?" Mariemaia asked as both girls turned back around.
Looking over at her, Quatre replied, "I had met her yesterday, why?"
"Another word of advice," Duo started, "Don't try associating with her, she's bad news Q-man."
"Bad? How is she bad?"
"Believe me Quatre; you can make better friends then to be one with her."
"But why is she bad?"
"Look Quatre, there is this little system here that runs like this, depending on who you associate with you sometimes gain new friends but gain new enemies as well. Like us for example, since you are talking with us at the moment, anyone else who had a grudge against us would hate you if you tried being friends with them. Is this making sense?"
"So... What you?re trying to say is, if anyone associates too much with Relena, they will be hated by the whole school?"
"That's right; with the things that have been said about her, I can understand why. She isn't even accepted within Sylvia?s group anymore. She use to hang out with them you see, but with the things that have been going on between them Relena has just; stopped hanging out with them and with that, the other girls can?t stand her now. She?s a bitch anyway, just like the other four."
"Duo! Don't be so mean! She hasn't been like that for ages now," Hilde butted in.
"Oh come on! She has been like that for years, what makes you think she has changed? She is just like that because she pities herself."
"But, for a couple of months now she has hardly been the person she was. I mean, she never hardly talks or associates with anyone anymore, she never smiles, she actually does work in her classes now as well," Mariemaia pointed out.
"Not much good it is doing her since she has bummed around all her high school years, now she is totally struggling. I know I shouldn?t have been doing this but while I was at the teacher?s desk in English I looked over the teachers records on our marked work in right, and when I looked at her marks they were the lowest in the class. Some things were even set at zero," Duo said as he started on his pasta, "She's not passing that subject and I doubt if she is passing any others."
Hilde and Mariemaia didn't continue on any further. They haven't exactly been on good terms with her but they couldn't help but feel sorry for her as well. After all, people can change and they could definitely tell that she had changed, but the question that still hung around their heads was if whether or not it was a good or bad thing that she was like this.
Quatre didn't say anything as he continued looking over at Relena; he couldn't believe what he had just heard. Relena never struck him as being someone who was hated by so many people. 'Is this the reason why she seems so withdrawn from everyone?' He thought that she was acting that way in front of him because he had tried prying into her personal life so suddenly or over the things he had said to her mother yesterday. Maybe the fact that she had no friends was the reason why she was so depressed. But what happened to his sister? They were together at the airport, so he thought that maybe they were close. Looking around the room he found his sister sitting with Sylvia and the others, Heero and his friends were there too. Dorothy was talking to Sylvia while Midii was moving her hand up and down Wufei?s chest. Meiran trying to talk to Trowa, though he didn?t look to be saying much and Heero looked to be watching something. Following his gaze, Quatre found that he was watching Relena again, 'What are they to each other?' He started thinking. He noticed the same thing happening in business studies earlier as well.
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Music was Quatre's next class, Mariemaia offered to show him the way since it was her next class too. As they entered the room, Quatre noticed that the class was indeed a pretty small one, including himself and Mariemaia, Quatre counted eight people in the class. It was to be expected though since most of the people in this class would be hoping to start a band up after finishing school or something, you can't exactly follow up on a subject like this if you weren't exactly interested in it. Quatre was still surprised that he was allowed to do this subject though. It was his father who chose the subjects which would be best for him to do, for their business and everything once again. He had no idea what it was he had picked for him though, until he picked up his timetable today that is. But then again he wasn't complaining that he could do music, he enjoyed every moment he spent with playing musical instruments and wasn't about to spoil it now.
Scanning the class for anyone he may recognize he was stunned to find Relena was here. For a big school with so many students enrolled here he seemed to keep seeing her everywhere he went.
"Would you like to sit with us Quatre?" Mariemaia asked him as she pointed over to where two boys sat. One of them had blonde hair which was parted to each side but had a few loose strands fall over his face and the other boy sitting beside him had short, curly, dark brown hair.
"Their names are Alex and Mueller. You didn?t get the chance to meet them at lunch. They can be dorks sometimes, like Duo but they are really nice."
Quatre smiled at the offer but kindly said, "Um, would it be ok if I sat over here," Quatre said as he pointed over at the empty seat where Relena sat.
Mariemaia smirked and shrugged at him, "Well, you are welcome to sit with us when ever you want ok?" And with that she headed over to where her friends were and sat beside Mueller.
Quatre started making his way over to where Relena sat and seated himself beside her. She didn't even notice that he was there. Watching her from the corner of his eye he noticed that she was once again writing in that black notebook again. The more he watched her, the more curious he was starting to get over it. What was it about her that made him insist on being near her? She obviously didn't seem to like him around her; in a way he could see why she is friends with Dorothy. But like Dorothy, she was hiding something deep inside of her which he still hasn't been able to figure out yet. He still vividly remembered the sadness in her eyes when he had met her. It didn't suit her one bit, she had the appearance of such a bright and cheerful girl, instead it?s like another presence has taken her over.
"Alright, lets get started with today?s lesson," the female teacher said out to the class as she closed the door of her room. Quickly looking over her role book she looked over at Quatre and asked, "You must be Quatre Winner, correct? I am Mrs. Baker."
Pulling his eyes away from Relena, Quatre brought all his attention towards the teacher.
"It is required that you have to learn a specific instrument to do this course, are you familiar with any instruments?" The teacher asked as she sat herself at the front of her desk.
"Yes, um the piano and violin are the instruments I am most familiar with," Quatre replied.
Mrs. Baker smiled at his response and hoped off her desk. She turned around and walked into a room which was to the left of her desk, it looked to be a hallway with a few extra rooms to the sides; Quatre assumed that it was where students could go for instrument lessons and probably where all the instruments are kept. She quickly returned and closed the door behind her. In her hands she held a violin with her, "Let me hear you play."
Quatre nodded and got up from his seat. He accepted the violin and placed the bottom of the violin under the crook of his neck. ?It's been a while since I?ve done this,? he thought as he positioned his fingers more comfortably over the fingerboard. Taking a deep breath he raised the bow and let it gently slide across the strings, allowing the room to fill with a harmonious melody. Some of the other students who were quietly chatting earlier had stopped when they heard Quatre playing; even Relena stopped what she was doing and raised her head to find Quatre in front of the class. She had to admit he was good; in fact he seemed like a professional player. The melody seemed to cleanse your mind and help you relax. She had to admit that she wouldn't mind hearing this for the rest of her life, at least nothing would ever bother her as he played. Quatre had kept his eyes closed as he played the music across the room but started bringing it to an end as he let the last note echo out and die in sound before reopening his eyes once again. Once he lowered his instrument everyone in the class applauded him, while Mariemaia stood from her seat and whistled at him, "Whoo hoo, you go Quatre! Encore, encore!" Quatre couldn't help but blush at her words and blush at the applause he was getting, but he was grateful that even Relena was clapping for him as well. Handing his instrument back to the teacher, he was surprised to see that she had tears in her eyes.
"Hehe I'm sorry, I can never help myself when I hear such sweet melodies like that," she said as she wiped away at the tears forming in her eyes, "You wouldn't mind playing the piano for us now would you?"
"No I don't mind, I would love to," Quatre said as he headed over to the other side of the room where the piano sat. He actually surprised himself when he played the violin just now. He hadn't been able to practice his violin for a while now, since he had always been so busy with their family business. It was going to be interesting to see how he might go on the piano.
As he seated himself he closed his eyes and focused his thoughts on a song he should play. Lowering his hands he guided his fingers to their rightful keys let a new melody fill the room. Relena was stunned, not only could he play the violin like an actual musician but he could play the piano just as well too.
Quatre didn?t play the piano for as long as what he did with the violin but it was still a very good piece and received got another round of applause from everyone, to his relief Mariemaia wasn't whistling this time but she was clapping very rapidly, her claps were over powering the whole class?. Mrs. Baker was totally stunned at the way he played, "Oh you are a natural Quatre. Have you been receiving private sessions by any chance?"
"Um, yes I use to. But I haven't had the time to play any instruments for a while now, I'm sorry if I was a little rusty."
"Oh nonsense, you did great, I enjoyed that very much. Oh, that reminds me, please take a seat Quatre."
Quatre nodded and went back to his seat with Relena and Mrs. Baker looked towards her, "Are you ready to do your practical yet Relena?"
Relena glanced up at her but lowered her gaze quickly as she shook her head in response. Mrs. Baker just raised and eyebrow at her and said, "Relena, how are you expected to pass if you won't do any of your practical assignments? You won't pass just by doing the theory."
Relena didn't answer.
Knowing that her constant nagging wasn't sinking in Mrs. Baker went to her marks book and wrote down another zero on Relena's work progress. It saddened her doing this since she knew Relena had a lot of potential but for some reason she had suddenly lost her will to do anything anymore.
"Everyone, get your books out please," she called out as she headed over to the board to write down some notes. Everyone did as she said and got out their books, Quatre got out his book and was ready to write down what the teacher was writing but as he waited he looked over at Relena again and noticed her sad expression. He was hoping that Duo wasn?t right about how Relena was progressing in school but if she did that in every class, then maybe he wasn?t too wrong after all. ?Why would she want to go so badly in her classes??
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Opening the door to his bedroom, Quatre placed his bag on the desk and started removing all his books. It felt good being back home again, although he had a lot of work to catch up on if he was to keep up with everyone in his classes. Picking up his diary he glanced over what he had to do and looked back at his books once again. He figured that he could finish it all within a night if he worked hard enough; working under pressure for short deadlines was one of his specialties, no thanks to their business. Funny how he always blamed their business over things he despised.
Looking over at his alarm clock, the time read three-forty five. Not really in the mood to start on school work right away he decided he might go out for a run. At least with school work he could give himself the right to put it off for a while, not like the paper work he had to do immediately every time he got it handed to him. Walking over to his closet he got out a pair of dark blue shorts and a long red tank-top. He quickly changed into it and put on a pair of sneakers before heading out.
Dorothy had just returned home and started up the stairs since she wanted to go to her room, until she caught sight of Quatre heading towards her.
Quatre made his way to the stairs and saw Dorothy staring at him.
"Good afternoon Dorothy. Sorry that I didn't get the chance to talk to you at school today."
"Don't worry, I'm not." She blurted.
Quatre was a little hurt by her comment but didn?t show it as he walked past her and headed down the rest of the stairs. Dorothy watched as he reached the bottom and started heading to the kitchen. She knew he had been working out, his bare arms revealed a bit of muscle within them and his chest wasn?t exactly flat either. 'You know I don't really get the time to do things like that,' Quatre said to her while they were talking at the airport when she made the comment on him exercising. 'Hmph, don't try insulting my intelligence Quatre.'
Quatre reemerged again and started making his way to the front door.
"Quatre!" Dorothy called out to him, "Shouldn't you be doing homework first before doing things like that, you have a lot to catch up on you know." He should be confined to his room for a few nights with the amount he would have to do; knowing how much he would have to do she would love to just sit and watch him stress over it, it would serve him right.
Quatre stopped in his tracks and looked up at her, "Yes that's true but I can do it later. Don't worry it will be done, but thank you for being so concerned."
Dorothy glared at him when he said that, Quatre on the other hand just smiled his usual smile at her and waved his goodbyes before disappearing out the door, 'How dare he twist my words like that!' She cursed to herself and with that she stomped her way to her room and slammed the door shut.
Throwing her bag to the ground she sat down at her dressing table chair and started roughly brushing through her hair. The knots which she was brushing through so roughly were going unnoticed by her at the moment; the pain was nothing compared to how she was feeling.
As she was brushing, her eyes started drifting towards her reflection. Staring at herself in the mirror she started feeling moisture form in her eye lids. "No," she whispered as she tightly closed her eyes shut. What ever she was trying to hold back wasn't working since she felt a tear slid down her face. "NO!" She suddenly screamed as she threw her brush with all her strength into the mirror, causing it to crack and allowing some shattered pieces to fall to her dressing table.
Rushing to her bathroom she quickly turned on the cold water tap and started rubbing the ice cold water over her face, hoping it would calm her down, not to mention freeze the tears within herself as well. "I am strong," she chanted to herself as she kept washing her face, "I am strong."
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Quatre knew his exact location as to where he wanted to go, the park he had passed earlier that day looked so appealing to him that he couldn?t resist not going there. It was a good day to be out and about as well, the sky was clear and there was a mild breeze which helped keep him cool as he jogged. It took him around twenty to twenty five minutes to finally reach it, he wasn't about to stop though, he thought that he might as well run around the whole park and see how long he could last. He was no cross country runner but he could run a fair distance without stopping, after all, he had other reasons of doing this besides keeping fit.
He had no idea how much of the park he had ran through before he started loosing his breath. The park was huge, there seemed to be no end to how far it went as you looked out towards the distance, this was probably some public park for the whole city or something. The fun part of all this was still to come though, 'Which direction did I come from again?' Quatre couldn't be bothered thinking about it at the moment though, he needed to rest. He slowly made his way towards the closest tree to him and leaned against it as he began taking in deep breaths. Looking down at his watch he read that the time was close to four thirty now. Leaning his head back against the trunk of the tree, he closed his eyes and allowed himself to hear the sounds of nature around him. The birds chirping, the sound of leaves blowing against the wind, he smiled at the peace he could receive just by standing there; he should come here more often. Quatre suddenly opened his eyes as he sharpened his hearing, he could have sworn he heard something which wasn't just from the breeze. He could faintly hear someone singing. With curiosity taking him over he started following the singing voice, he wanted to hear where to was coming from. He was getting closer since the voice was slowly beginning to become clearer, he recognized that it was a female singing and what a beautiful voice it was too.
The voice was definitely close to where he stood, to his dismay though, the voice stopped before he could even find it. He knew he was close though, so he began looking about the area. As he was about to walk around a trunk of a large tree he noticed someone?s arm on the opposite side. Not wanting to disturb them he remained where he was and leaned against the tree. The sleeve of the person?s arm looked like the sleeves of his school uniform. Pushing that thought away he heard the person flipping through some paper, the sound only lasted for a couple of seconds though before they started singing again.
I know I can be a little stubborn sometimes
A little righteous and too proud
I just want to find a way to compromise
Cos I believe that we can work things out
I thought I had all the answers never giving in
But baby since you've gone I admit that I was wrong
All I know is I'm lost without you I'm not gonna lie
How my going to be strong without you I need you by my side
If we ever say we'll never be together and we ended with goodbye
Don't know what I'd do I'm lost without you
I keep trying to find my way but all I know is I'm lost without you
I keep trying to face the day I'm lost without you
Quatre remained silent as he heard the girl's lyrics. She had such a beautiful voice but her song seemed so depressing. He knew what it felt like being alone, although, he envied the girl for at least finding someone who understood her, even if it only lasted for a little while. He had never gotten the privilege of having someone understand him, though he knew that it was partly his fault as well.
How my ever gonna get rid of these blues
Baby I'm so lonely all the time
Everywhere I go I get so confused
You're the only thing that's on my mind
Oh my beds so cold at night and I miss you more each day
Only you can make it right no I'm not too proud to say
All I know is I'm lost without you I'm not gonna lie
How my going to be strong without you I need you by my side
If we ever say we'll never be together and we ended with goodbye
Don't know what I'd do I'm lost without you
I keep trying to find my way but all I know is I'm lost without you
I keep trying to face the day I'm lost without you
The girl stood from where she was sitting on the grass, leaning her back against her side of the tree. She looked up at the sky for a brief moment before lowering it again and hugging herself tightly.
If I could only hold you now and make the pain just go away
Can't stop the tears from running down my face
Oh
All I know is I'm lost without you I'm not gonna lie
How my going to be strong without you I need you by my side
If we ever say we'll never be together and we ended with goodbye
Don't know what I'd do I'm lost without you
I keep trying to find my way but all I know is I'm lost without you
I keep trying to face the day I'm lost without you
Tears were starting to fall down her face at this moment, her legs had lost their will stand now. Collapsing onto her knees she held one arm firmly around her while the other tried to brush away the tears falling from her face. Looking up towards the sky once more she spoke out the last line of her song.
I'm lost without you...
Quatre lowered his head and felt about ready to cry himself. He could hear the girl on the other side of the tree sobbing quietly. He could never stand a girl crying, it took him all his strength start walking away from her. If he were to show himself it would show no consideration for her feelings. The area was isolated so she would have wanted to be alone to express her feelings through song. He knew that being alone while feeling like this was the best thing someone could do for them, letting them get out what ever they were hurt inside about was the best medicine for everything.
The girl started settling down a little, it was so weak of her to be crying like this. Everything about her was weak and she couldn't stand it, but no matter how much she wanted to remain strong in everyone's eyes she felt as though she was betraying herself for not being who she was. She knew that shouldn?t be ashamed about herself but she would be lying if she said that she didn?t hate her life.
As she picked up her black notebook a page from it suddenly blew out causing the girl to go into shock. She quickly tried to reach out for it but missed it as the wind blew it away from her grasp. Jumping for it, she finally got hold of the stray paper and held it to the ground, but as she picked it up she noticed a tall figure walking away. Noticing the familiar colour of their hair before disappearing from her sight she stared at the last sight of the figure before whispering, "Quatre?"
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Author's Note: The song was by Delta Goodrem - Lost Without You. It took me forever to find a song for this
If anyone knows of good depressing, heart broken sorts of songs I would really appreciate it. There will be a fair few songs featured in this since Relena expresses her feelings through songs in my story Anyway how was it? Too long :razz: I would admit that, but in a way I couldn't exactly shorten it and it wouldn't work right if it was 2 chapters. Please review, and thanks for reading I will work on Chapter 5 soon, might take a while though, depends on how much study I plan to do for mid year exams
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