Life at Cinq High (8) revised

[Hitomi Lei]

Life at Cinq High: Chapter 8: Thou Shall Not Steal









I don?t own Gundam Wing. But that shouldn?t surprise any of you. There were no Heero/Relena love scenes. That in its self should tell you I don?t own it?.



















Relena was getting ready for school the day after the ?Pasta Incident.? Weeks earlier she had convinced Milli to buy a sample of the uniform the school board was considering for Cinq High. Since she needed to do laundry badly it looked like she?d be wearing that today.



Relena checked her reflection in the mirror. The knee length black skirt complemented her long legs, while the white button down shirt covered by the red knit vest gave her a scholarly elegance. Relena smiled at her appearance.



?And who said these uniforms would make me look like a dork?? Relena smiled and smoothed her front down with her hands, checking for any wrinkles that had hidden from her earlier. She turned from the mirror and caught sight of her sling lying were she?d pitched it the night before.



?I wonder if I can get by without that stupid sling today? It?s been?lets see?one, two, three days. He said a week and a half. I have at least the half part done. And it feels better.? she thought as she picked up the offensive lump of cloth off her floor.



?Relena! Don?t forget your sling! And you?d better come down soon or we?ll be late!!? Milliardo yelled up the stairs as if guessing her intentions.



?Well I guess that answers my question.? Relena reluctantly began to pull the ugly, ding-white apparatus over her head.



?Why did it have to be white? This thing already looks dirty! If I have to wear it anymore it?s going to totally turn the color of mud.? Just when she had successfully wrestled it into a comfortable position over her shoulder the phone rang.



?Err?Hilde if that?s you and you make me late?? Relena rushed across the room to answer her phone. She blindly tripped over dirty laundry and a shoe, but other wise made it to the phone in time.


?Hello.?



No one answered her.



?Hello? Is anyone on the line?? She asked. Heavy breathing echoed loudly over the line. Relena pulled the phone away from her ear to stair at the receiver. When she listened again all she could hear was a dial tone. Relena slowly replaced the phone in its cradle.



?Was that some prank call? Or was it something to do with?? Chills ran up and down her arms. She didn?t want to finish the thought. Her room seemed darker now.



?Relena!?



?OKAY! I?m coming!?



?No. I refuse to think every little thing is a threat against me. Probably some little kid playing hooky today.? Relena picked up her homework and headed downstairs where an impatient Milliardo waited by the door. She tried to force the phone call to the back of her mind, but try as she might it still nagged at her right below the surface.





















She arrived with her brother at school twenty minutes before the bell rang. Relena headed for her locker grateful for the extra time she had this morning.



?I like walking the halls when it?s not so over crowed and it?s quiet. No one rushing me?I can take my own sweet time.?



But when she got there, and saw who waited for her, Relena almost turned around and headed to her homeroom with out her books.



?Why God do they insist on doing this??



Dou saw her, unfortunately before she could disappear back around the corner, ?Hi Rellie! What?s up!??



She slowly came toward her locker waving to the boy and his silent companion half-heartily.

?I didn?t know you got here so early in the morning guys.? She commented.



Duo?s grin was so wide Bozo would have been proud and maybe even a bit envious too. He was wearing his trademark black trench coat and Relena had to hide a small smirk. That boy was someone who would never change. Heero, predictably, glared at her as she approached her locker. Relena desided to ignore him and his ?Death to all humanity? glare for the moment. After all for the first time in months she had enough time to spare to straiten her locker and make sure her books were in order.

She balanced her homework assignment on her hip and reached for the combination hooked on the grey metal door. It came off into her hands without the required code-combination. Relena frowned slightly. That shouldn?t have happened. No one had that combination but her and she didn?t remember leaving it off yesterday. She brought the lock up for a closer look. The paint was scratched all off of one side of it and the dial was bent.



?Relena?? One of them asked her, but she wasn?t sure which one. Absently she handed her homework to one of them.



?My locker has been messed with. I think someone must have broken into it.? Relena slowly opened the door of her locker. Everything was gone. All her books for class and from the library, and all the pictures Hilde had drawn for her over the years. It was so thoroughly cleaned out that not even the sticker that read ?PRINCESS? was left on the wall. Only a messily scrolled note tacked to the inside of the door that read:



IT?S NOT RIGHT TO STEAL. STAY AWAY FROM HEERO YUY!



Relena quickly slammed the door shut. She leaned against it, forgetting about the boys standing next to her. She didn?t know whether to laugh or cry. All the special things she had collected from three years in high school were gone and she was at lost as to how to get them back.



?Relena are you okay?? It was Heero?s voice next to her ear.



?Everything?s gone.? Her voice broke on the last part. Heero thought she was near tears but when she looked up he could see anger clearly written in her eyes.



?Some jerk took all my stuff. They even took my STICKER.? Her voice rose in volume the more she talked until she was almost yelling.



?Relena, calm down and tell us what?s wrong.? Duo tried to soothe her when he saw Heero?s eyes narrow. ?We can?t help you if we don?t know what?s wrong. ?



?Don?t you try to tell me to calm down, ?Relena swung around to face him, ?I?m not a child!?

She was losing control over her angry. She felt violated somehow, as if it were she and not the locker that had been broken into. Tears stung her throat. She almost let them fall, almost until Heero spoke.



?If you didn?t act like a child, people might treat you differently.? Heero?s voice was cold. Relena faced him again and noticed for the first time that he was the one holding her books. She reached over and yanked them from his grasp. Pain ripped through her arm as she almost fell. Heero reached out a hand to steady her. Relena flinched out of his hold when she was standing upright again.



?You?re a fine one to tell me about acting like a child. You act like you?re so bad with that glare of yours, but your not. You?re just a snob that can?t pass a test without D-? Heero?s hand clamped down on her words. Relena?s eyes were wide over his palm.



?There are some things best not said in anger Miss Dorlian. People find they regret them later when they?ve cooled down.? Heero had leaned in very close to whisper this to her. Relena stiffened at the feel of his warm breath on her cheek. Her heart was beating wildly as she stared into his eyes. Up close they didn?t look nearly as icy as before. They looked like a stormy, blue ocean?



The bell rang. The spell was broken but he didn?t let her go.



?Did some one brake into your locker?? Relena?s eyes were wide over his palm and she managed to nod.

Heero blinked then let her go. Relena stumbled back from him and grasp for breath. For a minute she?s thought he was going to kiss her. What really disturbed her was that she would have let him.



?Dou, I think Relena needs you to walk with her to the office to report her missing books.? Heero said stiffly.



?But Heero-?



?She doesn?t require both of us just for that.? Heero interrupted the braided boy as he was walking away. Duo looked at the locker, which he now knew was empty, then at Relena. She was looking at the ground. He sighed. Heero was getting farther way the longer Duo waited. When Relena still hadn?t looked up he desided to just do what the other boy had told him to.



?Come on, Rellie, the sooner we get this reported the sooner you can have your stuff replaced.? He told her.



?I?m sorry I yelled at you like that Duo, and I?m sorry for almost saying?you know.? Her voice was contrite. Duo grinned at her reassuringly.



?Don?t worry about it, princess, you were just shocked is all.?



?Still---?



?Nope, you?re not allowed to talk about it anymore! And if it makes you feel better I?ll be sure to get you another sticker.? He winked at her. Relena managed a laugh and felt better.



?Okay, I?ll hold you to that,? then, ?Do you think he?ll stay mad at me for long??



?One can never tell with Heero, but I think he was more angry at himself than at you. Oops here it is. I really can?t let Ms. Une see me right now?so I?ll just wait out here for you okay?? Duo told her as he opened the door. Relena looked at his questioningly.



?Don?t ask, long story.?



?Okay, I?ll see you later then.? She gave a little wave and disappeared inside.



















AN. Sorry it?s been such a long time?I was working this summer and then I started the 12th grade?and so has my faithful beta reader?so we?ve both been very busy. But the story is up dating now?and I hope the next one will be soon!!! Now, my beta hasn?t actually sent this chapter back to me?so I might revise it later on when she does?so bare with me minna-san, ne?



Love bunchies!!!!



The Purple Ghost







Revised 3/12/03