Blissful Ignorance

Chapter #1: Bad Days Get Worse.









AN. NEWLY REVISED!! YAY!!!?okay?just so ya? know?I don?t own anything to do with G-Wing?and I?m making no profit?although I do get a perverse joy at putting them all through embarrassing stuff?Aw?the fun of screwing with the lives of characters that can do nothing about it!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH-cough-choke-cough?.

















The Library was quiet, just as all libraries should be. Small groups of high school students sat here and there enjoying the wonderful opportunity to increase their education. That is, every thing was picture perfect until one blonde student happened to glance up at the time. The silence was broken.





"Oh, Crap!" Relena moaned out loud to herself. The Asian kid beside her looked up sharply. His some of his dark hair had worked its way out of his tight ponytail and his reading glasses had fallen long on hiss nose.





"Relena. Really, this is the library. Keep. It. Down." Wufei said in a tight voice. He quickly shoved his glasses back up and blew the long bangs back out of his eyes.



Relena sighed. 'Why I had to get the guy with the obsessive streak for a partner on this project?' She questioned herself. Wufei really was a nice guy under all his?er?gruff facade. And normally Relena didn?t mind working with him, at least she knew with him as a partner they?d both be working hard to achieve an A, but at times like this, she really wished his was less uptight.



Relena looked back over at the object that had caused her to groan in the first place.





?I?ve got to go now Wufei, Milli wanted to leave early today after his last class. As it is I?m almost 5 minutes late! I?ll give you a call about this?ummm?later!? He didn?t even glance up at her as she gathered up her piles of books and papers and pens and?other assorted items that no prepared High Schoolers was ever without. And of course she didn?t carry a book sack or briefcase. No, Relena was convinced that she didn?t need one.



Relena, because she was in such a hurry to some how avoid her brother?s wrath, unfortunately wasn?t paying attention to where she was headed. Wufei glanced up from his book in time to see Relena come into direct danger of colliding with a boy who seemed to be trying to balance text books and read something in his hand while waling. Wufei tried to warn her, he really did, but it was too late. He had to admit though; it was a truly spectacular crash. Papers and books and pens flew everywhere.



"Oh, crap...." she moaned for the second time in as many minutes. Her backside hurt from the fall. She quickly stood up and looked around, all her papers were now drifting aimlessly all over the library.



?Note to self: Pay attention to Milli and get a bag. This can not happen again.?



Well, standing here talking to herself wasn?t getting the stuff picked up. She bent down to start gathering the books closest to her up and didn?t notice that the person she had ran into was doing the same thing. She saw stars when their heads smacked together. Again, Relena ended up on her back sided. She let out a yelp of pain and tried to focus on the person causing her so much misery. Her eyes met with a deep sea of Prussian blue.



Only one person has eyes like that...



'Heero Yuy...great...this is my lucky day'


"Um, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going." She said with a gulp. He didn't say a word. Just watched her with those bottomless blue orbs of his.



He?ll probably think I'm too dangerous to be near now. But at least he?ll be thinking of me.'



Relena nervously started to stack her books when his gaze became too much. In life every girl meets one guy who they know will forever be out of their reach. Heero Yuy was that guy for Relena. She shared over half her classes with him, had since Jr. High, yet she was sure he didn?t even know her name.



?Here, I think these are yours.? He voice was flat as he handed her an untidy stack of papers. She took them with trembling hands.



?Thanks?? He was already standing and moving deeper into the library. Relena watched him go for as long as she dared then continued her clean up efforts. She certainly didn?t notice the extra paper mixed in with her own; neither did she miss the weight of one of her books from the pile she struggled to balance.



















Heero Yuy made his way to the back of the library while trying to rub the lump on his forehead. That girl really needed to pay more attention to where she was going. He walked over to the table by the window where a boy wearing a long black trench coat sat.



?Why the teachers haven?t caught that idiot is beyond me. That trench is a dead ringer for suspicious activity.?



?Hi buddy! Did you come for any of my special papers?? The boy asked once Heero was close enough to talk to at a whisper.



?No, Duo. You know I don?t need to cheat.? He sent Duo a glare that would have made anyone else shut up immediately?but not Duo. He was immune to ?The Death Glare? because he?d been receiving them since he was 2.

Duo opened his coat and rummaged around in one of it?s many inside pockets until he found what he wanted. He held out a long sheet of paper that looked to be a print out of test scores.



?Well, as of your last trig. test you?ve fallen 2 points of a percent. No good buddy, not good at all.? Duo waved the paper right under his nose. Heero felt his anger growing. Did this idiot know nothing about privacy? He was already having a bad day, and breathing in the same oxygen as Duo was making it worse.



?Let me see that!? He snatched at the paper. Duo pulled it away quickly and shoved it back into his coat.



?Nope? He smugly told his friend. He knew Heero was very close to beating him up right now, but his friend was so easy to tease that Duo couldn?t help himself.



?Duo? Okay that tone meant Heero was at the line that Duo didn?t want him to cross.



?Boys, stop fighting. Heero you never pay any attention to me anymore. And what were you doing with that girl.? The blonde girl who the boys had been ignoring up until now moved closer to Heero and draped her arm around his chest. Duo almost gagged at her whining tone. What ever his friend saw in her was definitely lost on him. He disliked Dorothy Catalonia with a passion.



??don?t know? Heero mumbled. Ignoring the hand that reached up to stroked the side of his face.



?Her names Relena, and you?ve shared most of your classes with her since 7th grade.? Duo felt it was his job to inform his friend in his apparent lapse of memory.



?Well I don?t like her. I?ve never liked her in fact. She?s such a little miss prissy.? Dorothy sniffed and tried to move closer to Heero. He shrugged her off and sent her a glare. She knew he was against public displays of affection.



?Coming from the Empress of the Drama queens.? Duo murmured under his breath. Dorothy calling anyone a Miss Prissy was like the pot calling the kettle black.



?I heard that! Heero make his stop.? Dorothy whined again.



??? Heero signed and left the table. He had witnessed these fights before. Those two would never know he was gone.



?Heero make your girl go away. She?s getting on my nerves.? Dorothy and Duo engaged in a battle of glaring menacingly at one another.



?Heero, why do you have to give such an uncouth ruffian the time of day?? Hate practically dripped off her tongue.



?Who are you calling uncouth?? Duo narrowed his eyes a bit.



?Why you of course!?



?Heero!?.Hey where?d he go?? Duo broke eye contact to look around for his absent friend.



?Dude, he left a while ago.? A near by student looked up to answer Duo?s question.



?You drove him away!? Dorothy pointed an accusing fingerer at the boy nest to her.



?Me? You started it with your comment about Relena!?



?No??



?YES??

















Relena hurried to her brother?s class all the while trying to gather her wits more firmly about herself.



?I know I ran into him?but I don?t think he was paying attention to were he was going either! He didn?t have to be so rude! Erg?he makes me so mad?and he doesn?t even know I?m alive?imagine how mad he?d make me if he just knew my name? Or talked to me at all??? She let her thoughts fade out when she realized were they were going.



?It?s just a stupid crush?why want it go away? Come on Rellie, you have more important things to think about?like convincing Milli that he can?t be mad at you because?because?I?m his little sister?and I can make big puppy eyes??I have to come up with a better solution to my problems than that??



Relena stepped in the door and saw that her brother was indeed waiting for her. He gave her an impatient smile and started to gather his coat and briefcase.



?Your late, Relena.? Milliardo Peacecraft, her beloved brother, taught literature at Cinq High. He was known for his twill sports coat with the leather patches and the pipe he always carried around in the class, although he didn't smoke it.



"Sorry, Millie. I ran into someone, and picking up my books took a minute." She told him by way of explaining and then held her breath.



"Well, as long as you?re not injured. Now we must go or we'll be late. " He motioned for her to follow him out the door. Relena sighed in relief. No lecture on promptness tonight! Her brother obviously had other things on his mind for which she was grateful.



Relena looked over the load of homework she had as Milli drove them to the small house the called home a few blocks for the school. Tonight, Milliardo was going out with some of his old high school friends and Relena was going to baby-sit their five-year-old daughter. There was no way she could get all of her work done before the weekend started.



'Like this day could get better.' She thought as she followed her brother into the house.











AN: Because LACH has been going on for a year?and to celebrate those almost 200 reviews?I?m going back and making this story so much better?I hope you all enjoy these changes.



Revised: 2/26/03

Looks cute so far. ^__^ Where's the rest? **poke poke**

When will Heero bring back her book? And I can't believe Duo's selling test answers! **gasps** Bad Duo!!!


~Rose

CHAPTER 2: The W on my chest.









You should be informed: During the production of this fiction no one was killed or maimed in any way, shape, form or fashion. The authoress does not own anything, and is making no money from this at all. In fact she is losing money because instead of writing, she should be out looking for a job. This has been a public serves announcement.

















This was supposed to be an easy task. Watch a five-year-old angel for 3 hours. Relena had always loved children because of their innocent outlook on life. She loved the way they had such imagination and joy in their hearts. So baby-sitting was going to be easy and fun and totally worth not getting all her homework done, right?





Wrong?




"The W on my chest doesn't stand for Wonder Woman! Hilde, you have to come help!" Relena shrieked in to the phone. She was nervously yanking at the cord while trying to pace back and forth.



?Why couldn?t Milli have a cordless phone in the kitchen like normal people??


"Relena, how much could one five-year-old do?" Hilde laughed at her friend?s overreaction. She had three small nieces and they were relatively good children.



Relena looked around at the destruction that seemed to follow in little Sylvia Noventa's wake. One of the curtains was half way hanging off the window, and she thought she saw the tale-tail signs of peanut butter smeared on the stairwell wall.



"You have no idea, Hilde...She's already broken three vases and finger painted the whole kitchen. She won't eat anything I fix and pulled all the film out of the video's..." Relena named off just a few of the child's exploits.



"You have to be kidding...? Right?" Hilde sounded a little doubtful that one child could cause all that trouble.

A loud crash sounded in the background followed by Relena?s shout of, ?No! You can?t use the shelf as a ladder! You?ll---Hilde, I?ll call you back---fall down and hurt your self?? Hilde pulled the phone away from her ear and stared at it for a moment. If definitely sounded like Relena wasn?t over exaggerating?maybe she should go over there and help her out. Hilde signed and picked up the phone when it rang again.



"You owe me Lena...You so owe me." She said before her friend could say anything.



"Thank you, I promise I'll make it up to you!" Relena?s voice was filled with relief in knowing that she wouldn?t be alone with the little she-monster anymore. She hung up the phone before Hilde could change her mind.

Milli was going to kill her. The brat had destroyed his favorite video documentaries. Although, come to think of it, Relena wouldn't miss them, in fact she wouldn't even mourn. But her brother would act like a member of the family had died. Relena put her head into her palms and tried to figure out how she was going to explain half the things that had been destroyed tonight to her brother. Suddenly, the quiet in the room took on an ominous feel, and Relena realized that she couldn't hear Sylvie breaking thinks in the next room anymore.



'Oh no! How long has it been since that last crash?' she thought as she got up. Relena began to look around the house for the little girl but Sylvie was nowhere to be found. She began to feel panic flutter up in her chest.



"Sylvie, if you don't come out right now I'll...well I don't know what I'll do but you won't like it!" No little demon child popped out of the closet or bathroom cabinet. Okay. So now she was headed for a full-blown panic attack. The sound of Hilde pulling up outside was music to Relena?s ears. Surly Hilde would be able to find the girl.



"Hilde! What am I going to do? Milli and the Noventa's will be home soon!" Relena lamented to her friend. She was really worried that Sylvie might have some how gotten outside somehow.



?But the doors were all locked?she couldn?t have unlocked it either?I mean the chain is even above my head.?



"Don't worry Relena, she has got to be here somewhere." Hilde tried to reassure the distraught girl, "Look, you clean up the mess and I'll look for her this time. You?re sure all the doors were locked, so she couldn?t get out?" She asked.



Relena bit her lip and worriedly glanced around, ?I thought it was locked, I mean when I checked them after she went missing they were all locked?? Hilde glanced nervously at her friend.



?Relena, I hate to say this, but remind me never, ever, to let my children stay with you longer than an hour.?



Relena rolled her eyes but agreed with Hilde.



?Okay, if you?re finished making me feel worse I think I?ll go clean the paint from the floor.







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Hilde silently creped about in one of the upstairs bedrooms, trying not to alert the hiding girl to her presence. From the exaggerated neatness of the room she could only guess that it belonged to Relena?s brother. She doubt that Relena had searched every hard for Sylvie here because the utter lack of chaos in the room seemed to testify that the little girl had never hidden here. After looking under the bed and in the small closet, Hilde noticed a doorway in the back corner of the room slightly ajar. She approached the door and found that it hid a narrow flight of stairs. She assumed as she climbed the badly creaking stairs that they went up to the attic.



?I bet Relena didn?t think to check the attic?I mean what child enjoys sitting in the dark??


When she got to the top Hilde could see a faint light coming form beneath the doorway. She smiled to herself as she pushed the door open.



?Bingo!?



Lying on an old rag rug in the center of the room Hilde found Sylvie asleep. It looked like she had been playing with Relena?s old Barbie Dolls. Her light blonde curls surrounded her giving her sleeping face an innocent look.



'Even devils grow angle wings when they sleep I guess? I wish I had my easel.' Hilde thought as she tried to memorize the scene for future reference. With a smile she bent down to pick the blonde child up.



'Oh my God you're so heavy.' Hilde tried to wake the child up, but once asleep Sylvie didn't wake easily. She was about to give up when she saw headlights pull into the driveway below.



?I hope Relena has a bright idea about how to explain the mess down there, or how you got up here, because I can?t carry you down all those stair, that?s for sure.?



Hilde glanced that the sleeping girl nervously.



?Don?t move from that spot. I?ll be right back with someone to carry you down.?



Then she hurried down to tell Relena she had found the girl.







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"I never want to do that again!" Relena exclaimed to Hilde later after everything was over and the Noventa?s were finally gone. She was laying face down on her bed where she had collapsed moments before.



"Yeah, but she was cute asleep." Hilde remarked with a smile at the memory. ?And she seemed to really like you a lot from the way she cried when she had to go home.?



"I guess. Until I saw that she pulled Barbie's head off and put in on Ken's body." Relena answered in chagrin. ?And the only reason she wanted to stay was because she feeds off my frustration and fear.?



Hilde just laughed at her friend. " Hey, I think I'm going to go before Mr. P finds those tapes, alright.? She said as she grabbed her coat. Relena managed to raise her head up a fraction to glare at her friend.



"Sure leave me,? Relena murmured bitterly.



"Yep, what are true friends for?" She bent and hugged Relena before running out her bedroom door. Hilde had just made it out the door when over her shoulder she heard Milliardo voice raised in what could have been called panic...or at least something very close to it.



"Relena! What happened to my tapes on Life and eating habits of the Gipsy Moths?"







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The next day was Saturday. Relena awoke early to see the sun was still low in the sky. She stretched and debated on weather or not she should get out of bed. It didn?t take her long to decide to be a lady of leisure and lay around in bed for a few more hours, though. Relena was just drifting off to sleep again when the phone rang.



"Err..., Go away!"



Ring


"I said go AWAY!"



Ring



Ring



Ring



"Okay, Okay. I don't know why I had Milli put a line in for me...? Relena reached for her hot pink Hello Kitty ? phone with a groan.



"Hi Rellie! What's up?" Cathy chirped form the other end of the line.



"Relena you sound like your not awake! It's noon." Hilde teased.



'Great, a three way...And there?s no way in hell that it?s even past 10'



" Hi, guys. I was sleeping in." Relena told them as she rolled over on her back and looked out the window again. Okay?so maybe the sun was a little higher than she had first thought.



"I guess you were right Cathy." Hilde stated with a sigh.



"Yep! Pay up!" Cathy?s tone was full of gloating.



"What are you talking about?" Relena demanded. She didn?t like them talking as if she wasn?t there.



"Oh, I bet Hilde 5 bucks you would forget we were coming over to help you make those posters for the uniform debate on Tuesday. "



Relena moaned. "Oh, crap! I did forget. When were you guys supposed to come over?" She sat up and swung her legs out of bed.



"12:30" They answered in unity.



"Okay, I'll be ready but I need poster paper, Could you pick up some? I'll pay you back?"



The girls agreed to pick up the paper and Relena hurried into the bathroom. After a quick shower and a change of clothes, Relena headed down to the kitchen to wait for her friends and make snacks.



Milliardo was sitting at the table, in his blue p.j?s, staring mournfully at his documentaries when she walked in.



"Gee, Milli I'm sorry that happened." Relena said, trying to sound as truthfully as she could. She gave her big brother a big hug and preceded to tell him they were having guests soon.



Milliardo finally looked up from his ruined tapes. "If your friends are coming over, I had better go change into something more suitable for guest." He slowly got up and with one last mournful glance toward the ruined videos; he shuffled out of the room.



Relena sighed as he left the room. "Really, it's not like his best friend died or something."



By the time Relena had all the snacks ready, the girls arrived. The rest of the day was spent writing slogans for the up coming debate.











Revised 3/03/03

Chapter 3: Be our Hero, Heero!





NEWLY REVISED!!! I don?t own Gundam!!




A/N I don't own Gundam Wing or its characters. Those that I have borrowed will be returned after the fic with no damage. Although they might be a little embarrassed by the roles they had to play.



Wufei: YEAH! Like making other kids stuff me in Lockers!! Injustice!!



Ghost: sigh......But it's funny WuFei...And this is a romantic comedy....At least I have Sally save you before you die of suffocation.



Wufei: DON'T CALL ME WUFIE. You're just as bad as that braided baka. And having that weak onna save me is INJUSTICE.



Ghost: *snaps fingers. Two big guys swarm Wufei and slam him into the locker that appears by magic*



Wufei:*mumble sounds*



Ghost: I might let you out at the end of the chapter...if you can mind your manners. Now...On with Chapter 3!!!



















It was a bright and beautiful Saturday morning and Heero was enjoying a day without teachers, or girlfriends, or idiot guys with long braids, or clumsy blondes that didn?t watch where they were going?to say the least he was having a wonderful day just laying around and watching TV. Then his doorbell rang...and rang...and rang. With a murmur about uninvited guest that just wouldn?t take the hint of an unanswered door, he heaved himself off of the couch.



?I?m coming, I?m coming.? He yelled out. Heero reached forward and yanked open the door?only to almost slam it shut again. The only thing keeping him from slamming the door was the foot that the unwanted guest shoved inside.



'No not him.' Heero shut his eyes tightly, ?I was having a relaxing day, and then I fell asleep on the couch. This is a nightmare. Duo isn?t standing in front of me??



But when he opened his eyes he could still see that stupid grin.



"Hi-ya buddy!! What?s up? Been a long time since I came to visit, and I know you won?t take the time to have fun on your own. Always studying." The youth wrinkled his nose in disgust as he shoved the rest of the way into the house.



"Duo." Was all Heero said as he watched Duo plop down on his couch and begin to watch TV.



"OH! I love this show! Have you seen the episode where Mulder and Scully meet these green eyed Vampires? Or the one where they find that guy that eats peoples spleens?or liver?or something like that?" Duo looked lost in thought for a moment before shrugging his shoulders, ?Anyway, I have no idea you liked the X-files!?



Heero glared at him from where he was still standing by the open door. With any angry sigh he closed the door quietly. Slamming it would have made him fell better, but Heero desided that waiting until he could kick Duo out would be more satisfying. He sat down in the chair farthest away from Duo.



"What do you want Duo?" He asked the youth who had been his life-long irritant and neighbor. If Heero were to be truthful with himself he?d admit that Duo was also one of his greatest friends, but Heero had never felt the need for that much honesty.



"Umm?well I just came over to see what you were doing is all, buddy." Duo made himself more comfortable on the couch." But if you?re handing out favors, I could use one."



"I should have known." Heero rolled his eyes and shifted to face the TV.



"Now wait, before you jump to conclusions, hear me out. You know that the school board is talking about instituting uniforms this year, right?" Heero nodded. ? Well, someone had the idea of letting the students express their opinion on the subject with a vote. Not that the vote will change what the School board decides?but it?ll let them know what the students want.?



?And that has something to do with me?how?? Heero turned purposely-blank eyes toward Duo.



"What I'm trying to say ..." Duo leaned forward a bit, "Is....Heero, be our hero! I want you to join that campaign against uniforms."



"No." Heero deadpanned and went back to watching TV.



Duo looked shocked for a moment. "What? NO? Just like that?"



"Just like that." Heero replied.



Duo began to stand up from the couch when one of his feet knocked over Heero?s stack of library books. He was distracted for a moment by the title of one of the brightly colored covers.



'Oh...what have we hear?' Duo smirked as he picked it up.



"Passion's Last Flame" he read aloud, " Oh, Heero, I didn't know you enjoyed...such...a wide range of reading marital." He held it up for the other boy to see.



Heero?s eyes widened when he saw the picture of two people standing in a rather provocative position. Duo pulled the book back and flipped toward the middle. "'Oh Marsha how I love you. You are my cherry Blossom!'"



Duo's voice changed to high and squeaky, "'Charles, you would do anything for me right?'

'Yes, Cherry Blossom, anything for the one I love'"


Duo couldn't hold in his laughter anymore. He bent over at the waist and grabbed his stomach. He was laughing so hard tears poured from his eyes. Heero used Duo?s lack of self-control against him and yanked the book away.



"It's not mine." He insisted. Duo, of course, ignored him.



"What kind of line is that? 'Anything for the one you love?'"



"I said it's not mine." Heero said with more force.



"Sure buddy." Duo stated laughing again. Heero glared daggers at the laughing boy. He grabbed up his books and started to go through his homework in order to find something extra hard to hit Duo with. It was then he noticed his English essay was gone.



"I remember now?" He spoke aloud, forgetting for a moment that Duo was still there.



"What? You remember checking it out?" Duo whipped tears from the corners of his eyes.



"No, you dope! I remember bumping into that blonde girl. I was in a hurry to get away from her before she really caused me a lot of damage so I just grabbed stuff. She must accidentally grabbed my essay for English."



"Hmm....so what are you going to do about it?" Duo asked smugly.



"I don't know." Heero glared.



"I'll take that as a plea for help...Let's see how would you go about getting your paper from Relena Dorlian. Do you think she?s pretty?? He asked suddenly.



?What does that have to do with it?? Heero looked at Duo strangely.



?Well it?s just that I think she?s much prettier than your current girlfriend...those eyebrows freak me out every time I see her. It's like wakening up from the same nightmare twice. Like AHHHH!!! AHHHH!!!...But you'd know that if you actually---"



"Get to the point Duo!" Heero was quickly loosing patience with the braided youth.



"Okay, okay...My point is...You ran into Relena, who is a very pretty girl, and I just happen to have her number." There was an unholy gleam of mischief in Duos eyes that Heero didn't like.



"Give it to me. I have to call for my paper. It's due on Monday!" Heero tried to hide his desperate look behind a blank face.



"If you'll be our Hero."



"No. I will not be black mailed"



"Then I guess you can take your chances."



"I guess I will. I mean I could always just look it up in the phone book.? Heero reminded Duo smugly.



?You could if the number was listed.? Duo replied.



?Then how do you have it, huh?? Heero raised one eyebrow.



?I have my ways.? Duo flipped his hair over his shoulder in a haughty gesture.



?Well, I guess I?ll just explain to the teacher that I lost it in a collision. You did say that she was in most of my classed right? I?ll get her to back up my story.? Heero was willing to take the chance of turning in a late paper if that meant he could get out of helping Duo out with this stupid uniform thing. Truth be told, he hated being in the limelight. He had always been a bit shy and the thought of getting up in front of the whole school assemble to champion the anti-uniform campaign gave him butterflies in his stomach.



"Well, I have to be going then. There are a lot of people who need to know about the great reading you enjoy." Duo stood up and headed for the door.



"You wouldn't." Heero said in a cold voice. If looks could kill, his glare would have sent Duo six feet under.



"Heero, buddy, this is nothing personal. It's business." Heero had the sinking feeling that he had just been had.















Relena sighed, and looked around at the mess her room was in. All the supplies from the now finished posters cultured the floor and the bed and the dresser and the desk...who knew six posters would take that much junk to make?



"Hey, Lena. I need help with English. Could you throw in some free tutoring in exchange for my free artwork?" Hilde asked from her half reclined position on the bed.



"Okay. I guess I owe you one." Relena said as she fished her homework out from among the clutter.



"More than one, if I heard right. Baby-sitting help...hmm...A new all time low." Cathy teased.



Relena took the teasing well as she flipped through her homework.



?What do you need help with exactly?? She asked Hilde.



?Umm?that stuff about poetry?I can?t seem to grasp the meaning of onomatopoeia and how to find it.? Hilde screwed up her face to show her disgust.



?Oh, okay. I can help with that.? Relena flipped toward the chapter that covered poetry but stopped when a couple of neatly typed pages fell out of her textbook. She picked it up and eyed it couriusly before dropping it as if it would bite her. Quickly, with the feeling of dread beginning to twist her stomach Relena went through all of her books to see if she?d gotten anymore papers or books that didn?t belong to her. Sure enough, she was missing her newest novel.



"Guys, I can?t believe this! He has my book, I just know it!! And what am I supposed to do with these papers?I?m pretty sure Heero has to turn them in on Monday. Oh, God?he has that book?." Relena blushed at the thought of Heero looking at the cover and laughing at her for reading stuff like that.



"Which one was it?" Cathy asked.



"Passions Last Flame." Relena all but moaned the title out in embaressment.



"Oh, that one was good!" Hilde said with a dreamy look.



"Yeah, but would you want a guy looking at it?" Relena asked before burying her face in her hands.



"On second thought...I feel sorry for you." Cathy and Hilde patted her back sympathicily.



"And I have his English paper too." Relena reminded them.



"OH! Lets read it!!" Hilde squealed and reached for the papers in Relena?s lap.



"No, I mean, we can't do that." Relena said as she held them away from the grasping girl.



"Then you have to call him so he want worry that he lost them." Cathy suggested with a knowing smile.



"I can't do that either!" Relena spoke with surprise, "He?s dating Dorothy, and doesn?t even know I breath the same oxygen tat he does everyday. I can't just call him!"



"Well you could bump into him, calling can't be that different." Hilde pointed out.



"Hilde!" Relena moaned. ?you know that was an accident! And I?m sure he thinks I?m a danger to siciotey now.?



"I think what Hilde's trying to say is...he's just a human Relena. He won't bite." Cathy tried to comfort the moaning girl as best she could.



Just then the phone rang. Relena waited a moment in silence to see it Milli would answer it or if she would have to stop her pity party to do the job. The ringing stopped. Relena sighed and went back to feeling sorry for herself and the strange situations she seemed to always stumble (quite literly it seemed) into. But it wasn?t to be. From the bottom of the stairs she could hear Milli calling.



"Relena its some boy for you! Said his name was Heero Yuy!" Relena wished the floor would swallow her. After all being eaten by Linoleum had to be better than talking to Heero Yuy.


A/N Hi-ya!! I see you made it to the end of the chapter. *still can hear Wufei trying to get out.*

See ya soon in chapter 4

I'm pretty sure this is the first story of your's that i've read! and it's really cute! i'm eagerly awaiting the HeeroXRelena pairing because for some reason, the idea of Heero and Dorothy really makes my stomach churn. Not that i don't like Dorothy, cause i do. just not her and Heero together. Anywho, i really really like it and i can't wait for more posts!

~Tsukiyo

Chapter 4: What's a girl to do?



A/N I don't own Gundam Wing or its characters. Those that I have borrowed will be returned after the fic with no damage. Although they might be a little embarrassed by the roles they had to play.

















Relena slowly reached for the phone as cautiously as if she were reaching for a poisonous snake. She could feel the butterflies flying figure 8's in her stomach.



"Hello?" Her voice was questioning.



"Do you have my paper?" The deep voice demanded on the other end on the line.



Relena felt irritation at his apparent lack of manners, "Well, I see someone?s mother never taught them about manners at all." Relena replied with sarcasm coating her voice. She no longer felt those butterflies dancing in her stomach, because her rising angry was effectively killing them.



"What do you mean? What does that have to do with my paper?" Heero sounded slightly clueless.



'I bet no one has ever spoken to him like that' Relena surmised from his attitude. "Well it's common to at least say hello before stating your business when talking on the phone."



"You're a fine one to tell ME about how to act, if you had never RAN over me we wouldn?t even be having this conversation." Heero pointed out bluntly.



Relena just sniffed at that comment, ?I wouldn?t have ran into you if you had have been watching too, and we wouldn?t be having this conversation if you had watched what you grabbed!? She informed him hotly. He didn?t reply. The phone line was silent for quite a long time; both of them trying to out wait the other.



"I'm waiting." Relena said after what seemed like ten minutes. Hilde and Cathy were laughing so hard behind her that tears streamed down their checks.



There was silence again over the line then Relena heard Heero sigh and give in, "Hello, my name is Heero Yuy. I'm calling to see if you have my English paper?" His voice sounded strained to Relena. She decided not to push the matter by gloating.



"Hello Heero Yuy, I?m happy to say that I do have your lost paper. I?d also like to know if you have my book?" Relena replied.



"Yes, I have the book in question. I?ll need the paper on Monday, if you don?t mind." His voice was full of false politeness.



Relena thought for a moment. "Why don't we meet in the library before school? I have to hang some posters up anyway." Heero agreed that that was a good idea and they managed to set a time without much more fighting. When Relena finally hung up the phone she was ready to scream.



"He is the single most irritating person on the planet!" She declared in a rush, ?How and why did I EVER want HIM to notice ME?!?? Hilde and Cathy exchanged glances over her bowed head.



"Come on, you know you still think he?s cute." Cathy said knowingly.



Relena thought about denying it, but that would have added more fuel to the proverbial fire. So instead she threw a stuffed bear at Cathy. That started a stuffed animal free-for-all, until the girls heard a motorcycle outside.



"My brother?s here!!" Cathy yelled from under the pile of stuffed animals Relena had buried her under with the help of Hilde.



Relena and Hilde let the other girl up and followed her down stairs to let the teen in. Trowa was Cathy?s twin brother, but in a twist of fate different family members had separated them at birth when their mother died. He was much taller than his sister and quiet.

Relena opened the door to find him leaning casually against the porch railing, his helmet propped on his hip. She smiled and waved him inside the house.



?Hi, Relena.? He spoke softly as he passed her.



?Hi, Trowa. Did you come to collect Cathy?? She asked him.



?Yeah, this is our weekend to go out and spend some time together.? He replied as he caught sight of Cathy pulling her shoes on. Hilde was holding out her coat so she wouldn?t have to look for it.



?I?m almost ready to go! Just give me a minute!? Cathy called out. Trowa just shrugged and moved to sit down. He reclined on the couch and watched Relena out of the corner of his eye. His sister was the only one who noticed his action though.



?Okay, I?m ready!? Cathy bounced up from her seat. She went and hugged the other girls then pulled Trowa out the door.



?Bye Relena.? She yelled over her shoulder.



?Bye guys!? Relena waved to their departing backs.





The two girls decided to go back up to Relena?s room where they could work on Hilde?s understanding of certain poetry related concepts.





"It's strange, you know Lena," Hilde said after they had been at it for some time. "Trowa is her twin, yet they have different last names."



Relena nodded, "I think that?s because Cathy was raised by an aunt while Trowa was raised by a cousin? I don?t know...I forgot how she explained it all." Relena shook her head, and decided not to think about it. So what if the Bloom/Barton family was strange, she didn't think hers was so normal either. 'I mean, what normal college guy would raise his 5 year old half-sister? Milli even gave up becoming a college professor for me!'



Hilde pushed the text book away." I think its time for me to go on home. I have to pick up dinner for the hungry horde and my cousin Lu Noin is coming back from Italy. You know, I told you she's been living there? Well, I think the school boards asking her to teach Italian and French at school while Ms. Ryle takes maternity leave." Hilde sounded very excited about her cousin teaching at Cinq High.



"I'm happy for you Hilde." Relena said as she patted Hilde's back, ?Tell your aunt that I can?t wait to meet her!? Hilde nodded and left soon after that.

















The next day when Relena arrived at school she took her time pulling out the six brightly colored posters from the back of Milli?s SUV and heading into the library. She smirked as she walked in 10 minutes late for her meeting with Heero Yuy.



?This is payback for being rude on the phone Saturday?unless he?s planning on making me wait too??


Relena eased through the library door and looked around. It was completely empty of people. Obviously Heero had had the same idea as she had.



?Oh well, I guess while I?m waiting I can put up some of these posters. After all, there?s no since in wasting my time. That ought to show him!?



With determination Relena began to look around the room for the best possible place for her message to be read. She finally desided to put one over both doorways and another over the librarian?s desk. The only problem with that is she couldn?t reach up that high.



?I guess I?ll have to use a chair?or that step latter Ms. Howle keeps around here somewhere?? After a bit of looking Relena desided that the latter was MIA and that a chair would have to do. So she went about dragging one of the heavy wooden chairs that all libraries seem to have over below the door.

It was a very awkward position that Relena found herself in, trying to balance with her arms lifted high above her head holding the poster in place and the tape clamped tightly in the corner of her mouth, so it isn?t any wonder that when Heero suddenly decided to open the library door that she over balanced. Relena gave a frightened ?eep!? as the door swung open. She felt her chair teeter a bit before gravity maliciously grabbed hold of her body. As for Heero, he had planned on coming in late o pay her back for the whole phone conversation. The sight of Relena teetering on the edge of the chair wasn?t what he had been expecting. Her shocked little scream sent him moving without thought. He managed to catch her arm as the chair tipped backwards and pulled. The forward momentum that caused sent them both sprawling on the floor outside of the library. For a moment neither moved. Relena tried not to notice that his hands securely held her hips in place on top of his body, or the fact that his warm breath on her cheek sent chills up her spine.



?You can get off me now.? Heero spoke quietly from under her.



?I can?t until you let me go.? She whispered back. As if he noticed where his hands where for the first time, Heero jerked them away. Relena hasted to sit up and look around aware but his face.



?Are you okay? The fall didn?t hurt you?? Heero asked gruffly as he stood up.



?No, I?m not hurt, but how about you, you were the one that landed on the floor.? ?With me on top of you.? She added silently.



?I?m fine.? He reached up and shoved his bangs out of his eyes in an agitated gesture, ?What in the world were you even doing up there??



?Well, you where late so I desided to put up some posters for the uniform thing. But the spot I picked was too high up?? She shrugged and let him fill in the rest of the story. She didn?t know why he should even care.



?Next time you decided to play chimp, ask for some help.? Heero picked up the fallen chair and put it back at the table she had dragged it from.



?Hey! I need that!? Relena told him indignantly.



?Ask Ms. Howle for the latter during second period.? Came his deadpan reply, ?Now give me my English paper.? Heero held out his hand and just looked at her. Relena glared back at him and toyed with the idea of just folding her arms.



?But he did at least save me from falling, so I suppose I?ll give in?this time? She walked over to the pile of books and papers she?d carried in (No, she hasn?t gotten that bag to carry them all in yet.) and fished his paper out. She turned but didn?t hand it to him. Heero raised his eyebrow questioning her refusal to hand it over.



?Not until I see my book.? Relena informed him. He rolled his eyes and reached into the neatly organized green bag at his feet. (someone at least learned his lesson) He held out her book and she handed him his paper. Without another word he left the library. Relena watched him go with a small frown wrinkling her forehead.

















?So you fell on him again?? Cathy asked disbelieving over lunch.



?Well, the first time I ran into him, so technically this is the first time I?ve fallen on him.? Relena informed her, as if it mattered.



?But he made you wait that long, then tried to kill you by knocking you off your chair?? Hilde asked, insulted on Relena?s behalf.



?I don?t think it?s that dramatic, but it was so very embarrassing!? Relena felt her cheeks heating up even as she spoke, ?And I didn?t get to put them up at second period because Ms. Howle was no where to be found. Now that I think about it?do any of us even know what she looks like? Have you ever seen her before? Is she even ever there??



All three girls thought about that for a moment. It was strange to realize that no one could remember talking to the librarian. Their suspicions of school wide conspiracy were cut short though by a short blonde boy who walked up.

?Oh, Hi, Quatre.? Cathy said to the Principle?s son. He was her twin brother?s best friend, so she knew him well enough.



?Hi Cathy, Relena, Hilde.? Quatre nodded at the girls and sat his tray down on their table.



?Ms. Une told me you were in charge of the pro-uniform debate Relena, I?d like to see if I could help if you don?t mind. May I sit down?? Quatre indicated the empty set beside Cathy.





?Of course you can sit down, Quatre! We don?t mind at all.? Relena replied. ?Finally, a polite boy!!?



Why do you want to help us out?? Hilde asked him as he sat down.



?I need more credit in debate class to tell the truth.? Quatre blushed slightly.



?Well I?m glad you?re going to help us.? Cathy declared, ?We need some one who can help us put up posters and a guy to wear the boy?s uniform later on. I was going to make Trowa do it but he refused.?



?I know, he told me yesterday.? Quatre smiled over at his friend?s sister.



?Well, I?m glad you?re going to help out. In fact I could use your help right now! I need the step latter that Ms. Howle uses in the library, but I can?t find her anywhere?or ever remember seeing her for that matter. Do you know where she can be found?? Quatre?s face was the picture of comical confusion as he thought her question over.



?You know, I don?t think I?ve ever seen her either. I wonder if she?s ever real??



?Welcome to the Twilight Zone.?













?The Principles son has joined the campaign.? Duo fretted later. Heero never looked up from working on his history homework.



?Heero, buddy? Are you listing to me?? Duo waited. Heero didn?t look up. After awhile Duo sighed. ?I give up! You never talk, and you ignore me! Me?The Great God of Cheating, Shinigami!!? Duo looked extremely proud of himself for coming up with such a cool self-styled nickname.



?That?s God of Death.? Heero said from behind his textbook.



?Huh??



?Shinigami means God of Death. Your using is wrong.? Heero told him in frustration.



Duo made a face. ?Death?Cheating, who cares? It sounds cool!? Heero shook his head at the deleabrate butchering Duo was giving to the Japanese language.



?Duo, GO. HOME!? Heero commanded finally putting his book down.



?But?you need my help!!? Duo said in surprised shock. Heero fought the urge to strangle Duo with his braid.



?Believe me when I say I?ll get more work done without you here.? Heero said with extreme patients. His hands itched to throw the boy out himself but he reminded himself that Duo would certainly make a lot of noise if that happened and Heero?s father would then be disturbed from his work. Heero drew in a deep breath.



?If you leave now I promise to work on all that uniform stuff tomorrow with you, okay?? He told Duo.



Duo must have known the good deal he was getting because he left without a peep.



?I think I might have just promised my soul to the devil?but at least I have some quiet now.? Heero mused, then promptly got back to work.













?What?s this I hear about you and a boy on the library floor today??



Relena and Milliardo were having dinner out tonight. When it was Milli?s turn to cook, they usually did. Relena felt her cheeks flush for like the 10th time that day.

?Milli, can you help me write my speech fro tomorrow?? Milliardo took a bite of his meal.



?It?s a long, twisted story.? Relena told him, hoping he?d get the hint and back off.



?Ah, one of those. Well,? Milliardo checked his watch, ?I have plenty of time.? Relena sighed at her brother?s actions. Then she launched into the retelling of the first library crash and every thing else that had transpired since Friday.



?He really is very rude.? Relena repeated again at the end of her tale.



?You probable seem rude to him too.? Milli commented dryly.



?What? I never did one rude thing to him.? Relena looked offended. ?Except running into him, yelling at him on the phone, trying to be late to make him mad, falling on top of him, refusing to give him his paper?okay so maybe I was a little rude.?



?Well, one could argue that running into him, chewing him out on the phone, purposely being late, and not thanking him for saving you could be considered a bit rude.?



?Errrr?Wait?I didn?t say thank you did I??



Relena finally admitted to her brother, ?Okay, so I was a little rude. But HE was more rude!?



?But you were rude first.? Milli pointed out.



?Whose side are you on, anyway?? Relena complained.



?I was just pointing out---?



?Milli,? Relena interrupted with a scrawl, ? If you weren?t my big brother I?d really dislike you.?





?And I love you too, Relena.? He reached over and tweaked one of her braids like he used to do when she was little. Relena glared at him but secretly she was smiling.







Revised 3/10/03

Geh! I love children, they taste like chicken! :razz:

Poor Milliardo's documentaries. **snickers** At least Sylvia had some taste... ^__~

ANYWAY, may I suggest posting each chapter as a new topic? That way people are notified when there is a new one....and replies/reviews aren't mixed in with your chapters. If you want people to be able to find other chapters of your fics more easily, there are 2 ways. They can click on the # of posts link under your name and get a listing of topics and replies you've done, OR, you can use the html/BB coding to provide links to the other chapters. It's pretty easy to do - I mean, there are, I'm sure better ways if I was a programmer genius or something, but since I'm not....this is what we have to work with. SO, to make a link to an old chapter, follow these instructions when typing text into the message body:

[url=http://<fill in the link to your fic chapter here>] This text will show up as a hyperlink [/url]

If you do that, you end up with a link that says "This text will show up as a hyperlink" and people can click on it to launch a new window with your chapter in it. This is especially useful in 2 ways (and I'm telling you how I use it on other boards using similar software):

1) Your current chapter will have links to your previous chapters, so new readers will have no trouble finding past chapters as the traffic here, hopefully, grows.
2) You can go back and edit older chapters with links to the new ones so that if someone 'stumbles' on an old chapter, they can click to go to the newer ones more easily.

The first usage is more likely and probably the best use of your time, but I do both....

Just thought I would help out... I'm off to read the next chapters!

Love,
Rose

Okay, nice stab at the "Anything for the one you love" ya cracked me up with that line. And *lol* getting eaten by linoleum was better than talking to Heero? **grins** Oh yes...yes indeed....I think I'll like the next chapter.

~Rose

Gah! The pizza boy??? Only if he has prussian blue eyes, a wild mop of brown hair, and an insatiable urge for...RELENA! :razz: Get them together. **pokes author**

Love,
Rose

I like it so far. This situation was like Bumping To Your Mate the Movie. Its getting interesting, but I can't believe Heero doesn't know Relena's name from their Jr. and highschool together. Who would've guessed Heero was those punk guys?

Oh well, its still good.

And now for my daily quote.

You never know what will happen next, dsestiny has already been chosen for you.