Since people have asked for more, I give you more! Welcome to Chapter 2 of Worth More than That. This is actually my first fanfiction posted here, so thank you all so much for the kind reviews I've gotten so far. Thanks for reading :)
The dinner was already being served as Meg and Jo came to the table. Amy and Sei were bickering over something Jo could really care less about. Meg nearly exploded with excitement as she looked at the meal set up in front of her.
"Nice of you two to join us." Sei's mature voice came. Jo looked up at her across the table mildly glaring. Amy giggled.
"Shut up brat!" Meg yelled.
"Hey, I didn't say anything, Sei did…" Amy held her hands up like in defense. "Are you gonna tell her to shut up?"
"Amy, that's enough." Sei said, and Amy spun her head around and stuck her tongue out.
"Not fair! What if they were up there making out or something?!"
"What?!" The outburst came from Meg, whose face had turned as red as her hair. "You…you…" She shook with intensity.
"Amy..." Sei murmured, shaking her head.
Jo, who was an integral part of the conversation, simply seemed to grow even colder as she stared across the table at Amy. Her face hadn't changed from its nonplussed expression, but her crimson eyes burned into Amy like the fires of hell. She slowly put her fork down and returned it to the plate where food still lay. Then, never breaking eye contact with Amy, who had straightened up and sat in her chair unmoving, she got up from the table. Breaking the contact, she turned and walked to her room, the door behind it shutting with a slam.
"Amy…" Meg spoke quietly, her voice sounding hurt. She looked at her, pain in her blue eyes.
"Meg, I have to ask that you not cry." Sei said calmly. Meg looked at her, confused. "If you do, I'm afraid that Jo might end up shooting Amy. And that's not something I can allow."
"Ok. Fine." She sighed in defeat. She got up quietly and left from the table, but instead of heading to the room Jo was currently hiding, or sulking, or plotting in, she turned towards the door in a very uncharacteristically like way.
"Where are you going?" Sei asked, her voice carrying through the halls.
"Out." Meg replied, before shutting the door. Sei glared at Amy, who felt a little bad, and a little guilty, but nonetheless looked at her innocently.
"Sorry." She pouted. "But seriously- those two! You know it's gonna happen sooner or later."
"Let things happen on their own." Sei told her wisely. "Meg knows what she's getting into. As for Jo…well, whatever it was that she did must pretty much have been an open declaration of love right there.
"I just wanna see some action!" Amy grubbed, laughing. "Those two would make me so popular on the internet!"
"Amy." Sei said, giving her a look.
"Fine. I'll let them be. But when it happens, I make no guarantees." She cackled, then got up and left, presumably to blog about it or hack into some site for the joy she was feeling. Sei put her hand to her forehead, shaking her mildly amused face.
"Can you show me what happened?" Sei said after a minute
"Yeah." Amy said. "You actually want to see it?"
"I'm interested in this. If something were to happen, it would change the dynamics."
"What are you talking about? With the way Jo already acts it's like they're together. She does everything for Meg." Amy grumbled, pulling up the screen. "Never does anything for me, no, just glares all day and tells me to fix her stupid television, or tells me to send Jango out, and do I ever get a thanks, no, just another glare." She mumbled viciously.
"Did you say something?" Sei asked in a tone of voice that meant she knew exactly what is was that Amy had said.
"No." She said, annoyed. "Anyway, I have the feed if you want to watch it."
A grainy image showed up on the screen, showing the two figures. Amy and Sei watched as the previous scenario laid itself out in front of them. Amy laughed as Jo shot the T.V. and Sei simply turned to her with an amuse expression on her face.
"I wouldn't laugh so much if I were you. You know Jo's going to ask you to fix it." Amy stopped laughing after that. Sei, with a chuckle moved her attention back to the video feed.
The thing that surprised her the most was the fact that Jo let Meg hug her multiple times. As far as Sei was concerned, Jo detested any and all sort of physical affection. She had never been one for any sort of high five or handshake, and the fact that Meg could simply walk up and literally throw herself on Jo without any sort of repercussion or pushing away was a sight that in a strange way she felt a little bit ashamed at seeing. After all, Jo worked hard for her. And now viewing this was like looking straight into the girls mind.
"Amy, turn it off." She said, looking away. "I've seen enough." Amy's eyes looked confusedly at Sei, but she respectfully turned it off. Shutting the laptop down, and getting up to leave, Amy paused before her room, turning to look back at Sei
"Does it scare you to see that? Is that why you asked me to turn it off?"
"No. There's nothing to be afraid of. I suppose it's a little humbling, that's all."
"Humbling?" Amy asked incredulously. "Your mind works weird sometimes Sei." Amy laughed a little. Sei gave her a small smile.
"And Amy? I mean it. No putting it on the internet." The small girl laughed at her words, but nodded seriously agreeing that she wouldn't before disappearing into her room with the laptop she so clearly adored. "They really did have it coming." Sei murmured, before heading into the kitchen to see if poor Kyohei was okay, since he had left during the tense matchup at the beginning of the dinner, and upon seeing Jo's bloodstained outfit. Although, Sei mused, there really was no safe place to hide in the kitchen, but…that boy could fit his scrawny little body in somewhere.
Meg walked around the city, thinking only about what Amy had said. Her and Jo, together? The thought seemed like it could make sense. But did she love Jo like that? Did she want to put her heart, her body, her soul into something she didn't know would work or not? She and Jo had been together for she couldn't remember how long. The girl took care of her, made her feel safe. Watched over her like a protective guardian. But why? The thought stayed in her mind like the fiery stare of Jo's haunting red eyes
Jo sat staring blankly at the wall in her room. Sei walked in, knocking once. She looked at the red-eyed wonder in front of her and thought, a bit ashamedly, that it was her fault Jo ended up like this. Probably confused and conflicted. Probably too gung-ho to fight that she didn't even register the feelings Sei thought she was having. It was time to make up for that though.
"Jo. What exactly did happen?" Sei asked quietly. She was not one to tell Jo that she had been spying on her; rather, she figured she would see what exactly it was that Jo would tell her, if she would say anything at all. She feared that the second option would end up being the case as Jo remained facing towards the wall.
"Meg was crying. So I took care of it." Jo's voice was quiet, muted.
"You shot something." Sei clarified.
Jo turned to her, red eyes staring blankly. "The T.V." She sat up, sighing. "Something obviously was wrong with it."
"Jo, you can't just go around shooting things."
"Why are you in here?" Jo asked suddenly. The thought has crossed her mind ever since Sei entered. She couldn't even remember a time before when the girl had come into the small, yet comfortable room, at least, when Jo was in there on the premise to talk to her.
"What?"
"My room. You never come in here." Jo's eyes narrowed slightly. "What do you want?"
"Honestly? I want to make sure you're ok." Sei spoke hesitantly. Jo's eyes widened for the tiniest amount of time before they settled back to their usual look. She laid back down, turning back to the wall
"I'm fine. Meg already asked me about the mission, it was fine."
"No Jo, not the mission." Sei sighed. "You. You seemed upset at dinner."
"That's cause that brat never shuts up." Jo murmured.
"Jo." Sei's voice sounded pleading and Jo turned her head to look at her. "I know most of the time we only have a business-like relationship but…we live together in the same house, and believe it or not you are like my family, and I do care about your safety and well-being."
Jo did not completely grasp the message Sei was trying to get across. A family was not something she had ever had. But the idea of a family did not come across as something new to her. She had seen it. A man had a wife, and they had kids. Or sometimes a family was a group of people living together, if what Sei had said was right.
"Meg says you're our family." Jo told Sei. Sei smiled at the words, then got up from her seat on the bed.
"I'll let you be Jo, I'm sure you're tired." Sei was happy with the fact that her and Jo might have had an actual conversation that didn't result in Jo going to destroy something.
"Sei." Jo's voice came through. "Where's Meg?"
"She went out." Sei said. There was a beat before Jo sprang up and Sei looked at her fearfully.
"Tonight's the….!" Jo said, her voice showing the slightest hint of panic.
"Jo, I forgot. Can you go-" But Sei's voice died off as she saw Jo spring into action, getting dressed and strapping on her guns.
"Which way did she head?"
"I don't know. I'll go ask Amy to try and call her."
"Sei, of all the nights to let her go wander around, you had to…" Jo muttered as she followed the older girl out the door.
"Jo, believe me, I completely forgot that tonight was that night for the mission. We planned it weeks ago, and with all of the things going on lately, it just slipped my mind."
Jo opened the door to go outside. "Call me if you find her so I know where she is."
Sei nodded. "I will."
"And Sei? If she gets hurt, it's your price to pay. Understand?" Sei looked at the flaming red eyes in front of her, the pupils dilated and small as Jo's ferociousness took over.
"Completely…."She paused. "I hope you find her alright."
"You better hope I do." Jo muttered. The door slammed and she was off, red eyes gleaming in the streetlamp lit nights.
Ok so I know it's a bit of a cliffhanger, but hopefully you'll keep reading to find out what exactly is going on that's got Meg in danger (like thats a surprise though)..No worries though, the next chapter will have more Meg in it for all you Meg fans :)
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