Life at Cinq High: (15) revised
Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2003 1:26 pm
Chapter 15: Do You Love Me Truly?
NEWS FLASH: NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS FIC. I DON?T OWN G-WING. IN FACT I DON?T EVEN OWN THE LENT IN MY POCKET. NOW THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU SUSPEIOUS THAT I MIGHT WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF THIS. REST ASSURED THAT I?M MAKING NOT ONE PENNY.
Saturday dawned sunny and beautiful. The birds were using their voices to declare that to be alive was a simple joy. Nothing could mar this timeless scene. Well almost nothing.
-CRASH-
Relena sat up in bed, brought out of her dreamy half-asleep state by the loud noise. The sound of Milliardo using the most violent language she?d ever heard him utter followed. She got up and hurried to his bedroom to find him on the floor trying to clean up a broken figurine.
?Milli?? she questioned as she knelt beside her brother, ?What happened?? She noticed that he was wearing black suit pants and a dress shirt. There was a tie lying haphazardly on the floor across the room.
Her brother sat back on his heels and sighed, ?I was trying to tie that damn noose, and then I got frustrated and threw it across the room. I accidentally knocked over the little horse thing you got me for Christmas when you were 10.? Relena noticed for the first time that the pieces that she was picking up were indeed part of the little clay horse.
?Don?t worry about it, Milli, it was only a clay horse. Now, why are you up so early getting dressed up like this?? She went over and picked up the tie and motioned for him to sit down on the bed.
?Lu and I have a meeting with Father Jenis today. He?s her family?s minister and refuses to marry us unless he can council us first.? He watched her closely while he said this, but the only sign that she was upset was how tightly she pulled his tie around his neck.
?When were you planning on telling me about the wedding?? she asked quietly. Milliardo loosened his tie a bit, so that he could breath, before letting his hands wonder up to scratch the back of his head.
?Well, I was going to tell you last night, but then young Yuy took you out, and?I just?Relena?I want you to be happy for me?us---But I don?t want you to feel like your being replaced?I?just please understand that I?ve waited for her for so long?waited for you to be old enough?and you?re going to be leaving me in a few years and---? Relena stopped his worried, jumbled flow of words by kissing his cheek.
?I want you to be happy, brother, but I won?t lie and say that I?m not slightly upset with all these changes. But if you love her enough to marry her then by all means be happy.? Then she pointedly looked at the clock, ?What time did you have to be there??
His eyes widened and Milliardo jumped up, ?Oh hell, I was supposed to be there 15 minutes ago!? He quickly snatched his black jacket off the near by chair and ran out the door. Relena sat on his bed for a long moment after her brother had pulled away from the house.
?Change?can?t live with it?can?t live without it, it seems.?
Later that day Relena was sitting outside on her porch eating a green apple. She watched as a child from down the street rode by on his bike. Relena smiled as he waved at her as he passed.
?HI RELLIE!? He called out to her.
?HI! Did you get a new bike??
?Yep! It?s from my daddy!? His grin was wide and proud. Relena couldn?t help laughing at the little boy showing out in front of her house.
?I remember being 9. Milliardo was always taking care of me, teaching me. In fact, I never remember him dating at all. It was always him and me against the monsters under my bed and in the world.? She tossed her apple core toward the bird feeder to give the little robins a treat.
?I think maybe it?s time that we both had someone in our lives. Lu seems like a wonderful person and I believe that she loves my brother.? Relena sighed and stood up. She suddenly had the desire to go somewhere, to talk to someone.
Restlessly she went inside the house and climbed the stairs. As she neared her room she could here the phone ringing.
?Hold on! I?m coming, I?m coming!? she hurried into the room and caught the phone the 4th ring.
?Hello??
?I see you?re breathless again. Thinking about me?? His voice was deep and full of amusement.
?You just keep on dreaming Yuy.? Relena sat on her bed and flopped backwards into the scattered pillows.
?What are you doing today?? He asked after they?d exchanged some pleasantries.
?Well, Milliardo went to some kind of marriage counseling thing with Lu?s priest. I?m home alone?and very, very board.? She groaned out the last part.
?I didn?t know your brother was getting married.? He commented.
?Neither did I until this morning.? She retorted.
?Kinda a touchy subject, huh??
?You could say that.? She sighed, ?Hey, do you want to take me to the park?? she hoped that she wasn?t being to forward with him.
?Well, lets see. I was kind of busy---?
?Okay, forget I said anyth??
?But it?s not very important. When do you want me to pick you up?? He made the spilt decision to cancel his plans with Duo.
?Are you sure?? Relena asked him uncertain.
?I?ll be at your house in 10 minutes.? He hung up the phone before she could ask any more questions. Relena lay there for a moment before she sprang into a flurry of activity. She changed her clothes, brushed out her hair, and wrote her brother a note about her whereabouts with time still to spare.
?I guess this could be called a second date?I hope it goes better than last night.?
Heero watched her, as she swung high in the air. He should have known that when Relena said park she didn?t mean ?the lush grass, lots of trees, romantic walks kind of park?. No she?d meant ?the lots of loud noise and kids and sand kind.?
So here he was, standing behind her, pushing her back gentle to help her get high, surrounded by wiggling, barely human, monsters? and he was loving every minute of it.
?Come on, Heero! Push me higher!? She called out to him.
?Relena, if you get any higher you?ll fall out!? He laughed at her enthusiasm, and increased the pressure of his pushes a little.
?You?re no fun! I want to go high enough to touch the sky!? She threw back her head and laughed carefree. He continued to push her for a few minutes before his arms started to tire.
?Well, I think you?ve had enough flying for one day, I?m going to stop you now.? He caught the chains and stopped her forward movement. Relena yelp as she felt herself being thrown back against Heero.
?Heero?!?
?Shh, don?t you know I?d never let you fall?? He whispered in her ear. She turned her head slightly to look into his eyes.
?I know.? She replied. Their eyes were locked as if by some invisible bond and key. For a moment noting else mattered to them but the other. But all wonderful moments are made to be broken, or so fate seemed to think where they were concerned.
?Everywhere I go, you seem to turn up, Relena!? Cathy walked up with a little girl in tow, ignoring the fact that she?d just broken a romantic moment between the two
?Oh, hi Heero.? The little girl half hid behind Cathy?s pant leg and peeped out at the two strangers her cousin was talking to.
?Merimaia, don?t be so shy. These are nice people.? Cathy bent down and pulled the little girl from behind her. Relena knelt down too. ?This is Rellie, and that boy?s name is Heero. I go to school with them.?
?And Tro does too?? The little girl asked.
?Yeah, and Tro does too.? Cathy agreed.
?Hi, how old are you?? She asked the little red headed girl. Merimaia looked cautiously up at the only teen still standing before answering Relena.
?I?m this manys.? She held out two fingers. Merimaia looked very proud of herself for being so old.
?Wow, you?re big.? Relena showed the little girl that she was very impressed, ?Heero, isn?t she just darling?? Heero reluctantly knelt down too. The little girl turned her large blue eyes on him and blinked. Then smiled. Heero was won over without a fight.
?I guess so.? He grudgingly agreed, ?Do you want me to push you on the swing, kid?? He gruffly asked the little red head. Merimaia looked up at Cathy for permission before nodding her head. Heero took her hand and walked over to a swing that had just been vacated.
Relena watched the teen and the young child walk away before turning her attention toward Cathy.
?So how do you know her?? She asked.
?Oh, she?s Trowa?s cousin. I?m helping him baby-sit today.? Cathy replied with a smile.
?Trowa?s here with you?? Relena found it hard to imagine the spiky haired biker with a small child?or in a park for that matter.
?Yeah, I was parking the car. What are you doing here, Relena?? Relena turned in her swing to see the boy approaching. His black t-shirt and jeans seemed a bit out of place in the park full of pastel and bright colors.
?I made Heero bring me, because it was such a nice day!? She told him happily. Trowa looked around for Heero and caught sight of him pushing Merimaia a few swings down.
?Sounds like fun.? Trowa gave Relena?s back a gentle push to get her swing going again. Cathy, not wanting to feel left out, gave the kid in the swing next Relena?s a threatening look and a dollar. Soon Trowa was pushing both girls high in the air.
Heero noticed this, but there was no way he could stop Trowa from pushing Relena. And she seemed to be having a good time. He felt jealousy spring up, but he struggled to push it back down.
?Relena?s not mine, and even if she were I couldn?t order her around. I?m just going to have to try harder to let her know how much I like her.?
Well, I?m not very happy with this chapter?but I can see no other way to make it better. It wasn?t very funny, I know. It was more of a character development chapter. It also helped to move the plot on to the next part.
I hope it wasn?t too bad?anyway, let me know!
Oh and I?m glad you all like the revisions!!
Hitomi Lei A.K.A The Purple Ghost
NEWS FLASH: NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE PRODUCTION OF THIS FIC. I DON?T OWN G-WING. IN FACT I DON?T EVEN OWN THE LENT IN MY POCKET. NOW THAT MIGHT MAKE YOU SUSPEIOUS THAT I MIGHT WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF THIS. REST ASSURED THAT I?M MAKING NOT ONE PENNY.
Saturday dawned sunny and beautiful. The birds were using their voices to declare that to be alive was a simple joy. Nothing could mar this timeless scene. Well almost nothing.
-CRASH-
Relena sat up in bed, brought out of her dreamy half-asleep state by the loud noise. The sound of Milliardo using the most violent language she?d ever heard him utter followed. She got up and hurried to his bedroom to find him on the floor trying to clean up a broken figurine.
?Milli?? she questioned as she knelt beside her brother, ?What happened?? She noticed that he was wearing black suit pants and a dress shirt. There was a tie lying haphazardly on the floor across the room.
Her brother sat back on his heels and sighed, ?I was trying to tie that damn noose, and then I got frustrated and threw it across the room. I accidentally knocked over the little horse thing you got me for Christmas when you were 10.? Relena noticed for the first time that the pieces that she was picking up were indeed part of the little clay horse.
?Don?t worry about it, Milli, it was only a clay horse. Now, why are you up so early getting dressed up like this?? She went over and picked up the tie and motioned for him to sit down on the bed.
?Lu and I have a meeting with Father Jenis today. He?s her family?s minister and refuses to marry us unless he can council us first.? He watched her closely while he said this, but the only sign that she was upset was how tightly she pulled his tie around his neck.
?When were you planning on telling me about the wedding?? she asked quietly. Milliardo loosened his tie a bit, so that he could breath, before letting his hands wonder up to scratch the back of his head.
?Well, I was going to tell you last night, but then young Yuy took you out, and?I just?Relena?I want you to be happy for me?us---But I don?t want you to feel like your being replaced?I?just please understand that I?ve waited for her for so long?waited for you to be old enough?and you?re going to be leaving me in a few years and---? Relena stopped his worried, jumbled flow of words by kissing his cheek.
?I want you to be happy, brother, but I won?t lie and say that I?m not slightly upset with all these changes. But if you love her enough to marry her then by all means be happy.? Then she pointedly looked at the clock, ?What time did you have to be there??
His eyes widened and Milliardo jumped up, ?Oh hell, I was supposed to be there 15 minutes ago!? He quickly snatched his black jacket off the near by chair and ran out the door. Relena sat on his bed for a long moment after her brother had pulled away from the house.
?Change?can?t live with it?can?t live without it, it seems.?
Later that day Relena was sitting outside on her porch eating a green apple. She watched as a child from down the street rode by on his bike. Relena smiled as he waved at her as he passed.
?HI RELLIE!? He called out to her.
?HI! Did you get a new bike??
?Yep! It?s from my daddy!? His grin was wide and proud. Relena couldn?t help laughing at the little boy showing out in front of her house.
?I remember being 9. Milliardo was always taking care of me, teaching me. In fact, I never remember him dating at all. It was always him and me against the monsters under my bed and in the world.? She tossed her apple core toward the bird feeder to give the little robins a treat.
?I think maybe it?s time that we both had someone in our lives. Lu seems like a wonderful person and I believe that she loves my brother.? Relena sighed and stood up. She suddenly had the desire to go somewhere, to talk to someone.
Restlessly she went inside the house and climbed the stairs. As she neared her room she could here the phone ringing.
?Hold on! I?m coming, I?m coming!? she hurried into the room and caught the phone the 4th ring.
?Hello??
?I see you?re breathless again. Thinking about me?? His voice was deep and full of amusement.
?You just keep on dreaming Yuy.? Relena sat on her bed and flopped backwards into the scattered pillows.
?What are you doing today?? He asked after they?d exchanged some pleasantries.
?Well, Milliardo went to some kind of marriage counseling thing with Lu?s priest. I?m home alone?and very, very board.? She groaned out the last part.
?I didn?t know your brother was getting married.? He commented.
?Neither did I until this morning.? She retorted.
?Kinda a touchy subject, huh??
?You could say that.? She sighed, ?Hey, do you want to take me to the park?? she hoped that she wasn?t being to forward with him.
?Well, lets see. I was kind of busy---?
?Okay, forget I said anyth??
?But it?s not very important. When do you want me to pick you up?? He made the spilt decision to cancel his plans with Duo.
?Are you sure?? Relena asked him uncertain.
?I?ll be at your house in 10 minutes.? He hung up the phone before she could ask any more questions. Relena lay there for a moment before she sprang into a flurry of activity. She changed her clothes, brushed out her hair, and wrote her brother a note about her whereabouts with time still to spare.
?I guess this could be called a second date?I hope it goes better than last night.?
Heero watched her, as she swung high in the air. He should have known that when Relena said park she didn?t mean ?the lush grass, lots of trees, romantic walks kind of park?. No she?d meant ?the lots of loud noise and kids and sand kind.?
So here he was, standing behind her, pushing her back gentle to help her get high, surrounded by wiggling, barely human, monsters? and he was loving every minute of it.
?Come on, Heero! Push me higher!? She called out to him.
?Relena, if you get any higher you?ll fall out!? He laughed at her enthusiasm, and increased the pressure of his pushes a little.
?You?re no fun! I want to go high enough to touch the sky!? She threw back her head and laughed carefree. He continued to push her for a few minutes before his arms started to tire.
?Well, I think you?ve had enough flying for one day, I?m going to stop you now.? He caught the chains and stopped her forward movement. Relena yelp as she felt herself being thrown back against Heero.
?Heero?!?
?Shh, don?t you know I?d never let you fall?? He whispered in her ear. She turned her head slightly to look into his eyes.
?I know.? She replied. Their eyes were locked as if by some invisible bond and key. For a moment noting else mattered to them but the other. But all wonderful moments are made to be broken, or so fate seemed to think where they were concerned.
?Everywhere I go, you seem to turn up, Relena!? Cathy walked up with a little girl in tow, ignoring the fact that she?d just broken a romantic moment between the two
?Oh, hi Heero.? The little girl half hid behind Cathy?s pant leg and peeped out at the two strangers her cousin was talking to.
?Merimaia, don?t be so shy. These are nice people.? Cathy bent down and pulled the little girl from behind her. Relena knelt down too. ?This is Rellie, and that boy?s name is Heero. I go to school with them.?
?And Tro does too?? The little girl asked.
?Yeah, and Tro does too.? Cathy agreed.
?Hi, how old are you?? She asked the little red headed girl. Merimaia looked cautiously up at the only teen still standing before answering Relena.
?I?m this manys.? She held out two fingers. Merimaia looked very proud of herself for being so old.
?Wow, you?re big.? Relena showed the little girl that she was very impressed, ?Heero, isn?t she just darling?? Heero reluctantly knelt down too. The little girl turned her large blue eyes on him and blinked. Then smiled. Heero was won over without a fight.
?I guess so.? He grudgingly agreed, ?Do you want me to push you on the swing, kid?? He gruffly asked the little red head. Merimaia looked up at Cathy for permission before nodding her head. Heero took her hand and walked over to a swing that had just been vacated.
Relena watched the teen and the young child walk away before turning her attention toward Cathy.
?So how do you know her?? She asked.
?Oh, she?s Trowa?s cousin. I?m helping him baby-sit today.? Cathy replied with a smile.
?Trowa?s here with you?? Relena found it hard to imagine the spiky haired biker with a small child?or in a park for that matter.
?Yeah, I was parking the car. What are you doing here, Relena?? Relena turned in her swing to see the boy approaching. His black t-shirt and jeans seemed a bit out of place in the park full of pastel and bright colors.
?I made Heero bring me, because it was such a nice day!? She told him happily. Trowa looked around for Heero and caught sight of him pushing Merimaia a few swings down.
?Sounds like fun.? Trowa gave Relena?s back a gentle push to get her swing going again. Cathy, not wanting to feel left out, gave the kid in the swing next Relena?s a threatening look and a dollar. Soon Trowa was pushing both girls high in the air.
Heero noticed this, but there was no way he could stop Trowa from pushing Relena. And she seemed to be having a good time. He felt jealousy spring up, but he struggled to push it back down.
?Relena?s not mine, and even if she were I couldn?t order her around. I?m just going to have to try harder to let her know how much I like her.?
Well, I?m not very happy with this chapter?but I can see no other way to make it better. It wasn?t very funny, I know. It was more of a character development chapter. It also helped to move the plot on to the next part.
I hope it wasn?t too bad?anyway, let me know!
Oh and I?m glad you all like the revisions!!
Hitomi Lei A.K.A The Purple Ghost
