Push the door, I'm home at last and I'm soaking through and through

This is a Reunion Sidefic.  I begged and pleaded for a chance

to write this section because I really thought this pairing

was truly intriguing.  I think they really make a nice

couple together. 

And since this is another unusual pairing, I'd like to enter

it into the 'Strange Pairings' contest too.  Are we allowed

to enter more than once?

Title: Thank You

Author: Rhina

Pairing: 11 x S

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WARNING: yuri overtones, language, sap

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Dedication: This is dedicated to Mel and Christy who wrote

the fabulous Reunion!  God Bless them both!

Disclaimer: I don't own them or any G Boys (darn!) and the

song "Thank You" is by Dido and is really a touching song.

lyrics

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Push the door, I'm home at last and I'm soaking through

and through

then you handed me a towel and all I see is you

and even if my house falls down now,

I wouldn't have a clue because you're near me 

~~~ September AC 198 ~~~

"Come on car, come on," coaxed Une, gripping the steering

wheel tightly in her firm grasp.  "I just want to get home!"

Peering through the car's window at the dark clouds overhead,

Une pressed down on the gas pedal of the jeep, inching further

forward in the bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic.  There was

nothing worse in her organized mind than having forgotten her

umbrella and have the threat of ominous rain overhead.  She

glanced at the briefcase on the seat beside her.  There was no

way she could afford to let the contents become even damp,

but the rapidly darkening sky was looking like it might

defeat her efforts.

"Come on," huffed Une, sparing a dark glare for the drivers

around her, "we're nearly to my exit!  Don't stop right there!"

With an irritated snap, she switched off the babbling twit on

the radio who was cheerfully predicting the largest downpour

on record this fall.  Une glanced once more at the case on

with its precious cargo and then back at the darkening sky. 

As her foot tapped the floorboard impatiently, the other

gently nudged the gas bringing her that much further forward.

With a sigh relief, she reached the exit and raced forward

down the ramp.  She flicked down her turn signal and she

heard it tick frantically as she waited for a pause in the traffic

to allow her left hand turn.

"Nooooo….  Hold off a little longer," moaned Une under her

breath as the first fat drops of rain splashed against the

windshield as she finally made her turn.

Speeding down the street, she pushed the jeep in her hurry to

beat the downpour of rain threatened with each splatter against

the windshield.  Bigger and bigger drops plunked against the

glass, covering more and more area.  In defiance of the rain,

Une refused to turn on the wipers, concentrating on urging

the jeep ever faster forward.

With a sigh of relief, Une turned in to the driveway of the

house she shared with Sally.  Smiling slightly with relief at

having beat the rain, which had continued to only splatter

occasionally, she let the jeep purr into its parking space

beside the house.

Turning off the jeep and removing the key from the ignition,

she grabbed her briefcase from the seat beside her. 

Just as she began to open the door of the jeep, the dark sky

opened and loosened down the contents of the overfull dark

clouds.  It pounded against the roof of the jeep and covered

the windshield, creating a wall of pouring water between

herself and the door to the house.

"Well, shit," grumbled Une, snarling slightly at the cascade

of rain barring her previously dry path of twenty yards to the

door.  "I swear we're building a garage – starting tomorrow!"

Taking a deep breath, she braced herself and flung open the

jeep's door.  With a quick dash, she ran from the jeep to the

house.

It only took moments for Une to cross the space, but that was

long enough to soak her to the skin.  Pushing slicked down

hair back from her eyes, she slid her key into the door's lock. 

Before she could even turn the key, the door was pulled open. 

Unceremoniously, Une was dragged in from the downpour

and the door was slammed resolutely against the torrents of

weather outside.

"I just knew you'd get caught in this," grumbled Sally as she

quickly peeled off Une's jacket and shoes without

protestations.  "I told you it was going to rain and that you

needed to come home soon."

"Yes ma'am," mumbled Une with a small smile.  No matter

how many times it had happened, Sally's overwhelming

concern for her well-being always amused Une.  Amused her

and pleased her to no end, but she never dared to share the

pleasure it gave her – not yet anyway.

'It's as if I was a naughty little girl or something,' thought

Une with something akin a giggle while Sally continued to

lecture on a seemingly endless stream of Une's faults.  With

the simple act of being cared for in way never afford her

before, Une basked in Sally's affectionate care and allowed

herself to smile with thoughts that warmed her from within

as much as the removal of her damp clothing warmed her

from without.

Efficient hands stripped away everything but her thin shirt

and practical skirt before leaving to fetch a warmed towel. 

Fresh from the dryer, the warm fluffy bath sheet was rubbed

vigoroursly against Une's silky hair and damp clothes and

bared skin. 

Satisfied that her 'patient' was reasonably dry, Sally handed

Une a long terry cloth bathrobe that had also been warmed

in the dryer.  Gratefully Une accepted the warm garment and

slipped it on over her clothes, wrapping it tightly around her

narrow waist.

"Put this on and come sit down," commanded Sally.  "You

need to get something hot in to you before you get sick."

Choking slightly, Une managed to contain the sharp retort as

she tightened the belt on the thoughtfully warmed robe.  She

rubbed her cheek against the collar, admiring the soft feel and

sighing as the warmth permeated through her clothes.

In an attempted display of meekness, Une followed Sally in

to the kitchen and took a seat at the comfortable oak table that

dominated the eating area.  As she sat down, Sally lowered a

tea tray on to the table and handed Une a steaming cup.

"I know that tea is not your favorite, but this herbal one has

some added vitamins that I think you could use," lectured

Sally, defying Une to refuse the cup.  "Besides the fact that it

is caffeine free and we both know you could use less of that!"

"Are you my friend or my doctor?" commented Une with a

single raised eyebrow.  She sipped the steaming drink

delicately.  She had to admit that this wasn't half as bad as the

last time Sally had pushed one of those noxious brews

called 'tea' on her.

"Both," responded Sally promptly.  "You and I are well

aware of how hard you've been working lately and how bad

that is for you."

With a sigh, Sally plopped down in the chair beside Une and

turned to face her friend.  "I'm worried about how hard

you've been working.  It's not healthy.  And then you do

something as foolish as try and dash between raindrops…. 

It's a small miracle you aren't sicker than you are!"

Amused, Une smiled at Sally.  "Is there something in those

test results from that 'mandatory physical' I was forced to

endure last month that I should know about?"

"No," replied Sally, turning away from Une to gaze out the

large picture window on the drenched emerald green world. 

The beauty of the world outside the window, no matter the

weather, always seemed to take her breath away and provoke

those thoughts of the other beauty in the world she knew of. 

She knew there was no easy way to explain the reason for her

concern to Une.  It had everything to do with the feelings

boiling deep inside her, feelings that she knew went far beyond

the comfortable friendship they had built together. 

There's no easy way to bring about those types of discussions

with someone when you never want to considering losing

their friendship.  So instead, you bury the thoughts as best you

can and struggle on.  And then those traitorous feelings end

up displaying themselves at the worse time.

It's funny how these things had never occurred to her before. 

Perhaps it had taken watching Duo and Wufei come together

to bring to light the feelings buried deep inside her.  She knew

that she should follow the wonderful the example they had

shown for how to be a friend, but she was too scared. 

Someday….

"Sally?" queried Une, looking at the thoughtful face of her

housemate.  Something seemed to be troubling her normally

vibrant housemate, being quiet without voicing an opinion

was so unlike her.

Une watched her idly twist a long strand of golden hair

around her finger.  Sally was wearing it loose and down at

the moment and that was the way that Une preferred it.  She

loved the humanity and softness it brought to those graceful

features.  It made her blue eyes even bluer, giving her an

almost ethereal look.

For awhile Une had realized that her feelings for Sally were

rapidly approaching something that went a bit beyond that

friend and roommate boundary.  And all it took was one smart

comment from Duo about watching the 'love oozing from

her gaze' when Sally was around to wise up to what was

going on in her heart.  Some days these emotional things were

harder to identify that she realized.

With a start, Sally came back to herself and gave Une a rueful

smile, dragging Une away from her own contemplations. 

"Just wool gathering I guess."  Her smile became mischievous,

lighting her blue eyes.  "Trying to come up with a fool-proof

plan to make you work less and take more care of yourself."

Une chuckled into her teacup.  "Now that would take some

heavy thinking."

Sally joined her laughter and stood and stretched, Une's

admiring gaze following the graceful movements of the lithe

form. 

"How about some dinner then?" asked Sally, her gentle smile

caressing Une's elegant face.

"Sounds like a plan," said Une, setting aside her teacup and

preparing to stand.  "Let me help you."

Sally reached over and placed her hands squarely on Une's

shoulders, holding her to her seat.  Gentle hands reached up

and tucked a loose strand of hair behind Une's delicate ear. 

"You just stay right there and take care of yourself for once."

Slightly startled by the highly intimate gesture, but pleased

at the same time.  Une reacted to the action by increasing the

intimacy between them.  Moving forward slightly, she leaned

her forehead against Sally's, watching bright blue eyes widen

with surprise.  "Perhaps I'd rather you take care of me."

Silence stretched across the room as blue eyes gazed into

brown and the fast beat of two restless hearts counted time

as their thoughts chased down the same line. 

'Maybe she really does love me…..'

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C & C?!

^_^

Rhina