Regular disclaimers apply.
This story takes place in an alternate universe. So some of the pilot's pasts are different and at times they are very out of character. This story is very lightly based on the book A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks.
--------------- Means either a change in the POV or a scene change
The character's thoughts will be in bold
Prelude
By Ivy
"Odin! Get ready, Sarah is coming over for dinner." Heero groaned inwardly and made his way up the stairs to his room. He walked into his bathroom and pulled off his clothes. He stepped into the lukewarm bath that had had the maid draw for him.
The water was lavender scented and once Heero had settled in the tube, his muscles instantly relaxed. He picked up his bottle of shampoo and poured some into his hand. Heero lathered it up and ran it through his hair, massaging his head. He rinsed it out while he thought about his dad's new girlfriend, Sarah. He despised her. When she was around his father, she was the sweet kind person that anyone could love, but as soon as she was alone with Heero she would tell him of all the nasty things that she had planned for him and his father. From what she had said to Heero, Sarah was just after his father's money. Like the rest of the young girls that he dated. I wish that mother was still alive. If she were still around Heero's father would be like he used to. He would spend time with his son and take him places instead of just sending him. His mother had been the one to give Odin his nickname Heero, which he preferred to be called but after his mother died in a horrible car crash, his father had refused to call him Heero ever again. After the crash Mr. Lowe had pretty much locked himself in his office, only coming out for meals. He had cut his son out of his life, leaving Heero to do pretty much whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. At first Heero had been pleased with this but after time went by he wanted a normal father who took his son places. Heero had hated how he left him all alone but he had also understood why he cut everyone out. He didn't want to have to be reminded of Molly everywhere he went. Heero had stopped talking to his friends after the accident and he had forgotten what it was like to be truly happy. Sometimes he wondered if he could still love another human being. He had forgotten what it was like for someone to care for and love him.
Heero stood up and stepped out of the tub. He picked up his towel and wrapped it around his waist. He walked back into his room and over to the closet. He pulled out one of his nice tailored suits and placed it on the bed. Then he walked over to his dresser and pulled a pair of blue silk boxers and put them on. He then put on his slacks and was about to pull on his shirt when there was a knock at the door.
"Hold on a sec," Heero said as he quickly pulled on his shirt and buttoned it up. He stood up and answered the door.
"Mister Odin, Miss Sarah has arrived and your father would like you to be down stairs." Heero's personal butler, Niles, silently closed the door behind him and left Heero standing there. He quickly pulled on the rest of his outfit and hurried down the stairs. As he entered the dining room, he smoothed down his untidy brown hair. Sarah and his father were already seated at the far end of the table. Heero sat down across from Sarah.
"Hello Odin. How have you been?" Sarah asked in a sugary sweet voice that made Heero want to puke.
"Fine. And you?" Heero said politely trying not to let his disgust for her show in his voice.
Mr. Lowe reached over and took Sarah's hand in his and said "We have something important to tall you, Odin, but it will have to wait till after dinner." With that one of the servants came in and placed a plate in front of Heero's father. Then two more came in and placed plates in front of Heero and Sarah. Mr. Lowe smiled and began to eat his dinner. Heero looked curiously at his father what it could be that he wanted to tell him. Sarah caught his gaze and gave Heero a smug smile. Heero decided that he didn't want to hear what his father and Sarah had to say to him.
After they had finished with the three-course meal, Mr. Lowe stood up and hooked his arm through Sarah's. He led her into the parlor. Heero followed after them, half guessing from the look on Sarah's face what dad was going to tell him. Heero's father sat down on the high back couch and Sarah sat down next to him. Heero sat down in the black leather chair facing them.
"Odin, how would you like to have a new mother?" His father asked as he gave Sarah's hand a squeeze.
"What?!"
"Sarah and I have decided t get married. We plan to have our wedding in the spring. Aren't you happy?" Mr. Lowe asked seeing the look of disgust on Heero's face as he looked at Sarah.
"Yeah, sure I am." Heero said as he stood up and exited out of the room and made his way up the stairs to his room.
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Duo stared at the now empty side of his dorm room. Half the room was cleaned of everything. Some of Duo's mess of clothes was spilling over to the other side. He missed the presence of another person sitting in the room, someone who would listen to his endless stream of chatter. With no one to talk to, Duo was bored out of his mind. This was the second time that someone had moved to another dorm because they had found out his secret. Duo remembered clearly the first time it had happened. After the boy had moved out everyone had wanted to know why he did, but fortunately he hadn't told anyone his secret. But Duo was certain that this time he wouldn't be so lucky.
He looked up at his reflection in the mirror sadly. Why do they hate me for being different? Duo asked his reflection. He slowly parted his long chestnut hair and began to braid it. When he was done he stood up and squared his shoulders. He opened the door and made his way down to dinner.
When he reached the dining room he hesitated before entering, but he decided that he might as well get this over with. As he walked in the conversation stopped and everyone turned to look at him. Duo kept his head up and his eyes on the floor as he walked over to an empty seat at the end of the long table. Duo was sure that if there was enough room everyone would have gotten up and moved away from him.
Throughout dinner the boys around him kept giving him dirty looks and they ignored him. The guy sitting next to Duo talked very loudly the whole time to the guys surrounding him about Duo. Some of things they said about him really tore Duo up inside. He didn't know another human could cause him so much pain.
As soon as dinner was over Duo jumped out of his seat and quickly made his way and made his way up to his room. After locking the door behind him, Duo threw himself down on his bed and cried. He hadn't cried since when his mother had died when he was eight and then he had promised himself that he wouldn't cry ever again, but after those names that they had called him Duo couldn't hold back his tears.
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Heero sifted uncomfortably in the church pew. Heero hated being in churches. He felt that everyone could tell that he did not believe in God. Why would God let my mother die if he really existed? He asked himself as he watched a line of bridesmaids make their way to the alter. Suddenly the wedding march started and everyone stood up and turned to watch the bride walk down the aisle, everyone that is except Heero.
Heero spent the ceremony wondering what Sarah was going to do with him after she was finally married to his father.
At the reception Heero's father waved him over.
"Odin, Sarah and I have been thinking, and we think it's time for you to get away from here." His father handed him a piece of paper and Heero realized that it was a letter accepting him to a boarding school in New England.
"Isn't it wonderful!" Sarah exclaimed after seeing the look on Heero's face. Heero had a feeling that this was all Sarah's idea.
"Yeah, it's great. Thanks Dad," Heero said sarcastically as he turned and walked away from his father.
This story takes place in an alternate universe. So some of the pilot's pasts are different and at times they are very out of character. This story is very lightly based on the book A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks.
--------------- Means either a change in the POV or a scene change
The character's thoughts will be in bold
Prelude
By Ivy
"Odin! Get ready, Sarah is coming over for dinner." Heero groaned inwardly and made his way up the stairs to his room. He walked into his bathroom and pulled off his clothes. He stepped into the lukewarm bath that had had the maid draw for him.
The water was lavender scented and once Heero had settled in the tube, his muscles instantly relaxed. He picked up his bottle of shampoo and poured some into his hand. Heero lathered it up and ran it through his hair, massaging his head. He rinsed it out while he thought about his dad's new girlfriend, Sarah. He despised her. When she was around his father, she was the sweet kind person that anyone could love, but as soon as she was alone with Heero she would tell him of all the nasty things that she had planned for him and his father. From what she had said to Heero, Sarah was just after his father's money. Like the rest of the young girls that he dated. I wish that mother was still alive. If she were still around Heero's father would be like he used to. He would spend time with his son and take him places instead of just sending him. His mother had been the one to give Odin his nickname Heero, which he preferred to be called but after his mother died in a horrible car crash, his father had refused to call him Heero ever again. After the crash Mr. Lowe had pretty much locked himself in his office, only coming out for meals. He had cut his son out of his life, leaving Heero to do pretty much whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. At first Heero had been pleased with this but after time went by he wanted a normal father who took his son places. Heero had hated how he left him all alone but he had also understood why he cut everyone out. He didn't want to have to be reminded of Molly everywhere he went. Heero had stopped talking to his friends after the accident and he had forgotten what it was like to be truly happy. Sometimes he wondered if he could still love another human being. He had forgotten what it was like for someone to care for and love him.
Heero stood up and stepped out of the tub. He picked up his towel and wrapped it around his waist. He walked back into his room and over to the closet. He pulled out one of his nice tailored suits and placed it on the bed. Then he walked over to his dresser and pulled a pair of blue silk boxers and put them on. He then put on his slacks and was about to pull on his shirt when there was a knock at the door.
"Hold on a sec," Heero said as he quickly pulled on his shirt and buttoned it up. He stood up and answered the door.
"Mister Odin, Miss Sarah has arrived and your father would like you to be down stairs." Heero's personal butler, Niles, silently closed the door behind him and left Heero standing there. He quickly pulled on the rest of his outfit and hurried down the stairs. As he entered the dining room, he smoothed down his untidy brown hair. Sarah and his father were already seated at the far end of the table. Heero sat down across from Sarah.
"Hello Odin. How have you been?" Sarah asked in a sugary sweet voice that made Heero want to puke.
"Fine. And you?" Heero said politely trying not to let his disgust for her show in his voice.
Mr. Lowe reached over and took Sarah's hand in his and said "We have something important to tall you, Odin, but it will have to wait till after dinner." With that one of the servants came in and placed a plate in front of Heero's father. Then two more came in and placed plates in front of Heero and Sarah. Mr. Lowe smiled and began to eat his dinner. Heero looked curiously at his father what it could be that he wanted to tell him. Sarah caught his gaze and gave Heero a smug smile. Heero decided that he didn't want to hear what his father and Sarah had to say to him.
After they had finished with the three-course meal, Mr. Lowe stood up and hooked his arm through Sarah's. He led her into the parlor. Heero followed after them, half guessing from the look on Sarah's face what dad was going to tell him. Heero's father sat down on the high back couch and Sarah sat down next to him. Heero sat down in the black leather chair facing them.
"Odin, how would you like to have a new mother?" His father asked as he gave Sarah's hand a squeeze.
"What?!"
"Sarah and I have decided t get married. We plan to have our wedding in the spring. Aren't you happy?" Mr. Lowe asked seeing the look of disgust on Heero's face as he looked at Sarah.
"Yeah, sure I am." Heero said as he stood up and exited out of the room and made his way up the stairs to his room.
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Duo stared at the now empty side of his dorm room. Half the room was cleaned of everything. Some of Duo's mess of clothes was spilling over to the other side. He missed the presence of another person sitting in the room, someone who would listen to his endless stream of chatter. With no one to talk to, Duo was bored out of his mind. This was the second time that someone had moved to another dorm because they had found out his secret. Duo remembered clearly the first time it had happened. After the boy had moved out everyone had wanted to know why he did, but fortunately he hadn't told anyone his secret. But Duo was certain that this time he wouldn't be so lucky.
He looked up at his reflection in the mirror sadly. Why do they hate me for being different? Duo asked his reflection. He slowly parted his long chestnut hair and began to braid it. When he was done he stood up and squared his shoulders. He opened the door and made his way down to dinner.
When he reached the dining room he hesitated before entering, but he decided that he might as well get this over with. As he walked in the conversation stopped and everyone turned to look at him. Duo kept his head up and his eyes on the floor as he walked over to an empty seat at the end of the long table. Duo was sure that if there was enough room everyone would have gotten up and moved away from him.
Throughout dinner the boys around him kept giving him dirty looks and they ignored him. The guy sitting next to Duo talked very loudly the whole time to the guys surrounding him about Duo. Some of things they said about him really tore Duo up inside. He didn't know another human could cause him so much pain.
As soon as dinner was over Duo jumped out of his seat and quickly made his way and made his way up to his room. After locking the door behind him, Duo threw himself down on his bed and cried. He hadn't cried since when his mother had died when he was eight and then he had promised himself that he wouldn't cry ever again, but after those names that they had called him Duo couldn't hold back his tears.
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Heero sifted uncomfortably in the church pew. Heero hated being in churches. He felt that everyone could tell that he did not believe in God. Why would God let my mother die if he really existed? He asked himself as he watched a line of bridesmaids make their way to the alter. Suddenly the wedding march started and everyone stood up and turned to watch the bride walk down the aisle, everyone that is except Heero.
Heero spent the ceremony wondering what Sarah was going to do with him after she was finally married to his father.
At the reception Heero's father waved him over.
"Odin, Sarah and I have been thinking, and we think it's time for you to get away from here." His father handed him a piece of paper and Heero realized that it was a letter accepting him to a boarding school in New England.
"Isn't it wonderful!" Sarah exclaimed after seeing the look on Heero's face. Heero had a feeling that this was all Sarah's idea.
"Yeah, it's great. Thanks Dad," Heero said sarcastically as he turned and walked away from his father.