My Personal
Hell
Ch. 1:
Personal? What does that mean?
By:
SarahStarFlower
The
young woman frowned and studied her watch, anxiously. This had to go perfectly,
if they wanted to pull it off correctly.
Duo grinned and shot her a thumbs-up
sign. Her 'brother' for the day, was the braided pilot. It was quite funny,
especially since Duo had gone as far as wearing 4-inch boots and coloring his
hair blond. Relena's real brother, Milliardo, had somehow been talked into
dying his hair brown and braiding it. He was also sitting down to hide the fact
that he was so much taller than the real Duo Maxwell.
A gentle
hand touched her back, startling her, slightly. It was 'Noin' or actually, Hilde
with HIGH heels, that smiled at her when she turned around. "Relena, calm down,
this will go without fail."
Now,
Relena, or actually, Lt. Noin in a honey blond wig and a rather uncomfortable
dress, replied, "It better, or else Relena- err, Lt. Noin, will kill me! If I'm
still alive after Heero and the press finds out what's going on, that is."
Hilde or 'Noin'
smiled slightly and said, "Ah, don't worry, this will be fine, but god…Did they
have to pick DUO?!?"
Noin (I'm
using their real names for the sake of my sanity, as well as yours) smiled back
and said, "Why Noin, are you jealous?"
"NO! I'm
worried about Relena's reputation! Pretending she's in love with Duo! Ick! Who
knows what the politicians will think!"
"Yeah,
sure, Hilde."
Just then,
WuFei, dressed as himself, came in and said, "All right, whoever the heck is
playing Duo and whoever the heck is playing Relena better get ready, got it?"
Duo rolled
his eyes, "Why could I just play myself? And Hilde would have made the perfect
Relena!"
Hilde
slapped the back of his head, "Oh, you! I already explained this. If I played
the part of Relena, it would be too easy to guess I wasn't Relena! You know
what a terrible actress I am! And Noin didn't want to pretend to be in love
with you, and it wouldn't have worked if the Relena was taller than the Duo! So
we had to get Milliardo to play you!"
"Oh, yeah…If
you're such a terrible actress, how come you're acting as Noin?" asked Duo.
"BECAUSE! I'm
actually an ok actress, but I'm way too uncomfortable being the main character!"
In truth, Hilde was just too embarrassed about even pretending to be in love
with Duo. Of course, it didn't help that she actually was in love with the
braided pilot. Noin, however, was long past the embarrassment part, by now, and
she was willing to do ANYTHING to try and wake that damn platinum haired prince
up.
WuFei
cleared his throat impatiently, "Well, hurry up! Are you ready or not?"
"Sure am,
WuFei! Come on, NOIN!" with that, the hyperactive pilot grabbed Hilde's hand
and dragged her to the stage, almost falling over his 4-inch boots on the way.
The stage
was actually Relena's bedroom, with Trowa standing in the middle of the room, video
camera in hand. Quatre was making sure everything looked 'natural' and helping
the Maganacs figure out how the lighting should be. A young woman with soft
brown hair and eyes, along with a gentle smile, was standing next to Trowa.
Quatre
smiled at the five people who came in, and said, "Are all of you ready?"
The woman
standing next to Trowa, piped up, "We're ready. I think Trowa's got it."
Hilde
smiled and said, "Oh, I don't think we've met, yet! I'm Hilde Shidebaker,
playing Lucrezia Noin."
She smiled
back and said, "Nice to meet you, I'm a reporter for 'The Colony Inquirer'
tabloid. You can call me by the name JZero, my alias for the tabloids. Don't
ask me why I use one, I don't know!"
"Why are
you here?" asked Duo, looking confused.
JZero
grinned widely, "I'm here to let the world know about the hidden romance
between the Gundam Pilot Duo Maxwell and Relena Peacecraft. Even if it is just
a big fib. 'The Colony Inquirer' doesn't care, as long as we have steamy
pictures!"
Everyone
sweatdropped visibly, but didn't say anything.
"All right,
positions, everyone!" said Quatre, busily making sure that everything looked
natural. "Remember, this has to be realistic. Where's the photographer, JZero?"
JZero
rolled her eyes, "Oh, her. She'll be here."
As if on
cue, a girl with shoulder length black hair and eyes rushed in, toting a camera
bag. "OH! I'm SO SORRY I'M LATE! I'm Sarah, the camera woman you hired, from 'The
Colony Inquirer'." (Before you kill me, read the end A/N)
Quatre
shook his head, "Oh, we don't mind. But can you please hurry? We're kind of in
a rush."
"Of course,
of course, I'm so sorry, by the way!" said Sarah, digging through her bag and
pulling out her camera. "It's not my fault!"
"Yeah,
yeah, it's NEVER your fault, Sarah!" said JZero studying everything, one more
time. She smiled good-naturedly, "You better get some good pictures, though!"
Sarah
replied, confidently, "Don't worry! I always do!"
Noin took a
deep breath and sat on the bed, and grabbed the book set out for her. Milliardo
left the room and waited behind the door. Duo and Hilde quickly took their
places at the balcony. Trowa, JZero, and Sarah left as well, heading for the
tree behind Relena's bedroom.
~*~*~*~
"That's a
big tree," said Sarah, studying the sturdy oak. "She WOULD have a room on the
second floor, right?"
JZero
smacked the back of her head, and said, "Oh, you know perfectly well that we're
not climbing the tree!" She jerked her thumb in Trowa's direction. "He is!"
Trowa didn't
reply to this, but expertly jumped up to the top most branch of the tree.
Both of the
girls picked their jaws off the floor. JZero grinned, and said, "Heh. How about
that? Now, can you throw down the rope for us?" As soon as the words left her
mouth, a rope seemed to mysteriously appear before the two. They both grabbed
on and where about to climb up it, when the rope started pulling up. Sarah
shrieked and JZero seemed mildly surprised.
When they
reached the top, JZero jumped to the safest looking branch, while Sarah
continued to mutter under her breath about how she lost twenty years of her
life. Trowa said, in his usual, emotionless voice, "Hurry and get onto a
branch. You're heavier than you look."
JZero
leaned back in the tree and looked carefully through Relena's open window. The
tree was close enough to look right through the window into her room, and still
see everything perfectly. "Well, we couldn't have been too heavy if you pulled
both of us without breaking a sweat. God, I can just imagine how much training
you've gone through."
Trowa said
nothing, and hoisted the video camera, which had been carefully set down on the
branch, onto his shoulder.
Sarah
focused her camera, and said, "Give the word, J, and we'll start rolling."
She studied
her watch, then looked at the room. Everyone seemed pretty much ready. "All
right, go!" JZero tapped the button on the gizmo around her neck. As soon as
she did this, a red flash was released in three places. The balcony, Relena's
room, and the hallway outside of Relena's room.
~*~*~*~
Noin took a
deep breath and released it as she saw the red signal flash. She pretended to
read the book in her hands, a manga, actually, 'X/1999'. (Which is © by CLAMP)
Who would have guessed Relena was into this kind of stuff? She slowly turned
the page, and, as naturally as she could, changed positions to lay down on the
soft, blue sheets. Right then, a knock sounded from the door, and she said,
hoping to god that the voice changer worked properly, "Come in."
The door
swung open and Zechs strode into the room, his now brown bangs waving in front
of his eyes. "…Relena…"
"…Duo…"
Duo bit his
lip to stop the laughter that was threatening to escape. This was TOO much!
Hearing Milliardo say his sister's name THAT way was the funniest thing in the
world! He could still remember the look of disgust on Milliardo's face when
they asked him to pretend to be in love with Relena, his sister. Of course, he
was 'Duo' in this case. Duo quickly sobered, though, as he remembered that
after this…it was goodbye. He looked at Hilde through the corner of his eye.
She had one hand over her mouth, and she seemed like she was about to burst
into a fit of giggles. Her eyes were glittering with amusement, and her dimples
showed through the cover of her slim hands. The darkness of her hair was still there, although it was a bit of
a different color, thanks to the hair dye. Saying goodbye would be hard.
(Back to
the scene inside the room)
Milliardo
sat at the edge of Relena's bead, and stared into Noin's eyes, lovingly. "Relena,
it's been too long."
Noin set
down the manga, although she was dying to know what was about to happen. "Oh,
Duo, I know what you mean! It feels like an eternity, since you left this
morning."
Gulping
silently, Milliardo moved closer to the young woman and kissed her neck. "I
know what you mean, angel."
Noin tensed
up slightly, but continued acting. She placed her hand on the back of his neck,
and was about to bring her lips to his.
~*~*~*~
Quatre and
WuFei watched, amused, through the camera that had been set up so that they
could watch the scene. Suddenly, Quatre's head shot up, and he turned around.
Dorothy was standing, dripping wet. The black shirt she was wearing clung
tightly to her body, and Quatre gulped nervously. Her legs were in jeans, and
she looked less then pleased.
"D-Dorothy…What
are you doing here? Why are you so wet?" asked Quatre, quickly heading towards
the linen closet and pulling out a few towels. "Are you all right?"
She grabbed
the towels, and quickly started to dry herself. "To put it simply, Relena's
pool is evil, and you should never, EVER tease people who clean them."
"It would
figure a woman would do something like that!" muttered WuFei, who now seemed
more interested in the two blonds then in the little show Noin and Zechs where
putting on. He could always get a copy of the tape. This, however…
Quatre
frowned and said, "I'm sorry about that, do you know where the bathroom is?"
Dorothy
nodded, and moved to head there.
"Should I
get you some fresh clothes? I'm guessing you're about Relena's size?"
"Actually,
I'm a bit taller," she replied, not turning around.
The young Arabian
quickly headed towards the laundry room. He couldn't go into Relena's room,
right now, and he knew that Relena always had clean clothes in the dryer,
waiting to be taken out by a maid.
"Women, and
what they can do to perfectly sane men," said WuFei, to himself. Then, he
thought about this, and about Duo, and said, "And what they can do to already insane
men."
To Be Continued…
A/N:
1)
I hope you don't mind that I used you as an 'extra' in my
story, JZero! And yes, she will probably be back quite a few times, and a few
of my other friends will to. I probably won't, though.
2)
I'm enjoying this story, so far. It's fun, and I'm not quite
sure where it's going, as of now. ^_^ But I like it!
3)
A couple teasers- Where is Duo going? Why are they putting on
this show for the tabloids? Where is Heero and the REAL Relena? Why are they
pretending Duo and Relena are in love? Will Noin ACTUALLY kiss our silver-haired,
incredibly stubborn, prince? Hmm? I dunno! I'm just writing this as I go along!
Thank you, everyone, for reading this story! And I'm sorry
the first chapter was so short, the rest will be longer!
