Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing or any of the Characters although I wish I did.
Chapter Two:
This is the way the ladies dance…
"You have all been called here today, to learn how to dance," Master O was cut off by Wuefi.
"I will not dance. Only the weak dance." Wuefi's answer to that comment was a hard punch to the gut; Wuefi fell onto his knees. "Jag," he wheezed. "I never knew you could punch like that."
"Ya' well now you do. Get up weakling, and hold you anger, only the week show anger," Jag said imitating his favorite fraise.
"Anyway, on with lessons. Boys ask a lady to dance… Duo, where are you going?" Master O asked.
"Uh… Good question. But I don't know the answer," Duo looking like a puppy that had just eaten someone's shoe and gotten in trouble.
"Well that's no reason to skip dancing lessons is it now?" Master O said.
"No sir," Duo said slumping his shoulders.
"Now do you all know how to waltz?" Everyone nodded yes.
"Okay, now to put you into pairs. Duo and Melissa, Trowa and Sara, Wuefi and Cindy, Quatre and Abby, Heero and Jag, Now I'll just watch and correct little things," Master O said as he turned on the music.
"I'd rather be on a mission," Jag mopped.
"Think of it this way, we're off some other place and we're all alone," Heero said looking deep into Jag's dark brown eyes.
"Heero what are you thinking?" Jag asked
"Nothing, nothing," Heero said ripping his gaze off of her.
"Ready to make these amateurs, look like they don't know a thing about dancing?"" Jag asked, smiling.
"Let's do it," Heero said putting his I'm going to win smile on. Then the Heero spun Jag out with one arm then Jag came gracefully into his arms. "You know you could be prettier if you tried."
"What are you trying to pull on me, Heero?" Jag asked as she put one leg over top of Heero's and leaned toward Heero's face.
"Nothing, why do ask?" Heero said as he made Jag lean back, she elegantly arched her back, then the song ended. Everyone in the room clapped, for they all had been watching Heero and Jag dance.
"That was beautiful, I think you two should try figure skating. Now you two run along to the arena," Master O said turning to the rest of the class.
After they were out of the room Jag burst out. "What are you thinking? Why you may as well kissed me!" Jag said turning to look her right in the eyes.
"That could be arranged… you know I will," Heero said moving closer to her face.
"Get away. You know I don't like it when you do that," but she was suddenly made silent, because Heero leaned over to kiss her. Jag tried to get free on his grasp, but it was to hard. So she did the next best thing from getting away, she fainted. "Jag, you can stop acting. I just…" Heero looked down, away from her.
Jag looked into his eyes. "What is it? I have hurt you, I'm sorry," but Heero had let go of her and was running down the hall. "Oh Heero, I didn't mean to hurt you."
"
"Hold me," Heero just hugged Duo.
Duo who had never seen Heero cry let alone hug anyone other than Jag, didn't know what to do so he just patted his back. "Well a… I think you live, what happened? Let me guess you tried to get her attention again," Duo looked down at his friends tear stricken face. Heero just looked at him with his eyes that were full of water, which made him look like a sad puppy.
Melissa got up and left Duo with a corrupt Heero. "I think I'll stop by and see how Jag's doing." Melissa knew that Jag would be at the arena. "I'd better hurry if I wont to steal a minute with Jag. What I am going to say to her? Oh well." Melissa looked out on the rink and saw Jag skating. "She looks so peaceful. She looks like she hasn't a care in the world. She's right out of a lovely dream, beautiful as a rose. Yes she to is afraid to show her emotions. She once showed her emotions then one day she was hurt worse than I could ever fix. She cried just like Heero. I guess that's why they understand each other. If only she wasn't afraid of love. Melissa back on track, stop letting your mind wonder." Melissa walked out onto the rink, "Hey Jag, would you mind taking a walk with me?"
"Sure no problem," Jag skated over to her friend. "So why did you call?"
"Well it's about Heero. You must have done something to hurt him, badly. Like enough to make him cry!"
"Really, well I guess Wuefi is going to be able to bug someone else for once. Melissa I gotta' run so ah… see ya' later. Bye," Jag looked like she was about to cry.
"There I done what I can. Now it's up to you Jag MayDay. Good luck, angel."
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"Trowa," She just gave him a look that told him everything.
"Its alright, you'll be okay," sitting her down on a bench, Trowa looked into her eyes. "Now is it really that bad?"
"Oh Trowa, hold me," Jag just gave him a hug, Trowa hugged her back.
Trowa gave her a kiss on her forehead, sitting on the bench he pick her up in his arms. "She is so light, and beautiful. She has hurt and return she hurt herself. Sometimes I wonder what she thinks…"
"Trowa," Jag's muffled voice continued. "I know what I have to do its just…"
"I know, you just have to do go and do it. I it make you feel better I'll come with you," Trowa looked down into Jag's eyes.
"That's okay Trowa I think I can do it on my own but if you wont to walk me there that would alright with me," Jag looked into his eyes trying to find a answer.
"Alright I'll walk you to his quarters, come on," Trowa put her on her feet.
"Thank you," Jag who was regaining her composure. "You wouldn't mind keeping this quiet?"
"No problem," Trowa gave her a rare smile. "You know we are a team we have to help each other. Now lets go and see what we can do about Heero!"
"Lets go!" Jag smiled in return.
Jag walked up to the place where Heero was sitting crying. Immediately Duo and Melissa got up and left. Jag sat down be side Heero and rubbed his back, she didn't say word, Heero's head lowered into her lap and he just kept crying. Slowly Heero's sobs became less frequent, when his sobs were much gentler; Jag took him in her arms and held him. Heero just hugged her. Jag thought "I must have really said something to hurt him like this." Heero tightened his grip every now and then soon he fell asleep. "I'll just take you back to your room so that you can sleep." Jag lifted the tried boy, she walked to his room, opened his door, laid him on his bed. "Good night Heero," Jag kissed him. She silently walked to the door and shut it.
"So," Jag nearly jumped out of her skin. "How is the happy couple?"
"Melissa you scared me. And no I don't like him the way you are thinking!" Jag looked at her friend.
"Then why did he cry, like that? I haven't seen him cry like that since he hurt his knee when he was three!" Melissa looked into her friends' eyes.
"He tried to kiss me! All I did was say no! And you know what the day before that he came into my quarters with only his shorts on! And don't mean those spandex ones I mean his tighty-whites! If you were me would you have tried to get away!" Jag had not told her friend every thing.
"Oh Jag's being a naughty girl! And Jag, I know you don't like it when you are kissed. But sometimes you just have to let him show his emotions for you. Look I know you like him deep down inside, way beneath it all," Melissa said in a half dreamy voice turning to leave.
"Melissa you're not telling me something," Jag said as her friend fiddled with her fingers. "Let me guess, you are going out again?"
"Yes, and I wont tell who I'm gong with, because that for me to know and you to find out!" Melissa smiled. "I think you and Heero should go out! In fact I'll see that you two do!"
"Melissa! NO!" Jag, who was secretly longing to go out with Heero for ages.
"Bye," Melissa teased leaving Jag in her room
"Doctor J I think I have a way to under stand Jag's emotions," Melissa looked at his old face.
"What is it Melissa?" Doctor J started typing on his computer.
"I think that if you get Heero and Jag to go out, you can probably get Jag to stay here. But I'm only the peanut gallery talkin'," Melissa tilted her head to the side.
"No, no Melissa I think your idea might work…" Doctor J wandered around his office. "Alright Melissa here's the plan…"
"Melissa why are you leading me to Heero's room?" Jag gazed at her trying to figure out what she was thinking.
"Well… I can't tell!" Melissa felt guilt take over her.
"Is that so? Well I have definitely read you wrong. See I thought you were trying to set me up with…" Jag looked for Melissa reaction.
"No! I can't let you… Oh crapers I said too much," Melissa turned her eyes away from Jag because she was crying. "Just go and see Heero, please."
"Melissa," Jag tried to comfort her.
"Just go," Melissa ran off.
"Jag I'll see what's wrong with Melissa, you go on with your business," Duo startled Jag.
"Fine," Jag walked up to Heero's door and opened it. "Hi Heero." No answer. "What cha' doin'?" Still no answer, Jag sat down on the bed beside Heero, he kept on typing on his computer.
The silence was kept for many minutes until Heero said. "You are here on matters that I do not concern me."
"I know but … if it's still about the dance, look I'm sorry. I'm just a tiny bit confused, and no one will listen," Jag put her head on her knees.
In the back Heero's mind he was crying to, Heero put his hand on her shoulder. "I thought you had no emotions, you didn't feel anything… just like me."
Jag looked up from her knees. "Heero you know what, we are both humans. It's the human nature is to have emotions. If you keep hiding them inside, they'll eventually blow up in your face."
There was a long silence then Heero spoke once again. "I know, but during this time you have to hide your emotions or they'll be used against you. Now look at me, hear me, understand me, we must be strong, strong together, strong alone, we must be the perfect soldiers. Soldiers without emotion, without mercy, without the human nature. So be strong and believe."
"I know it's just…never mind," Jag looked back down at her knee's, Heero returned his focus to his computer. When Melissa walked in.
"So what's shaken?" Melissa watched Heero
"Nothing," Heero's quickly took his hand and gaze off of Jag.
"Well Doctor J told me to tell you that you two are to be on the dance floor in fifteen minutes. Just t thought you'd like to know. Oh and you might want to wear something else both of you," Melissa turned around and left Heero's room.
"Then I'll see you on the dance floor," Jag was getting ready to leave.
"Wait I'll come with you," Heero got up from his computer.
"Well you may want to change out of those spandex shorts of yours," Jag teased.
"I will just be a minute," Heero headed for his closet.
"You'd better hurry, because I would like to change too you know," She looked down at her T-shirt and low-rise jeans. When Heero came out he was in a tuxedo; Jag was stunned by his change in dressing.
"Now off to your room," the two walked down the hall, and any who saw them saw two friends chatting happily.
"Now you just wait there, and don't you dare come in while I'm changing!" Jag turned around and closed the door. "Oh he looks like a boy out of one of my dreams, silent, stunning and calm. Now I think I'll wear this," Jag thought as she took out a tight fitting red dress. "Now for my hair, I'll let it down," her straight, brown, shoulder length hair made her look like a spring morning rose, icy red and young. She walked out of the room and Heero was taken aback by her beauty.
"You look stunning," Heero's blue eyes looked over her in her simple yet striking dress. "The dress is beautiful, but she shames it with her beauty."
"Now off to the dance floor I guess," Jag tried not to look at the young man walking beside her.
When they arrived they found the five doctors, and the rest of the pilots standing in the darkened room. Jag who was extremely interested in the way Melissa looked at Duo.
"Now that you are all here we thought you may want to know why," every one shock their heads yes. "Well we thought that since other teenagers your age like to dance we thought you would like to dance too."
Jag felt Heero's hand slip from her shoulder to her hip, but instead of pushing it off, she let it be remembering what her friend had said. "Sometimes you just have to let him show his emotions for you. Look I know you like him deep down inside, way beneath it all."
"So have fun," doctor J ended his speech.
Melissa looked up at Duo and Duo looked back down at her. "What a pair of lovesick teenagers!" but little did Jag know that she and Heero looked like a pair of love stricken teenagers.
The first song started to play and it was a waltz. Heero gently guided Jag around the floor, both graceful, both looked like a fairytale, both emotionless outside but inside were wired with emotions. For anyone watching Heero and Jag closely enough would see that they were both scared of love yet love had found them both.
While Heero and Jag danced around the floor, Duo and Melissa gradual danced for the door and wondered out on to an artificial garden.
Soon the song ended, much to soon for Heero to enjoy. The next song began to play and it was a modern day jive. Jag was delighted because she could jive better than anyone could and Heero was the best male dancer there was.
By the time the end of the dance rolled round Heero and Jag were well worn out but they didn't show it. "Let's take a walk in the garden," Heero gestured.
"Fine," Jag who was quite enjoying herself was suddenly startled by a new fear, a kiss. The two young teenagers walked through the doors and headed for the maze where Heero planned to scare Jag beyond her wits, by giving her a kiss.
Meanwhile Duo and Melissa were off in the green house kissing.
"Duo I can't think of words to say," Melissa murmured while Duo was kissing her neck.
"Then don't say anything," Duo's lips came up over her lips performing the perfect kiss that even Jag would be jealous of.
The next morning Jag awoke to find herself sleeping on her bed. She rolled over to see Heero sleeping peaceful on the floor. "How peaceful he looks when he sleeps. I know today is going to be hell… but I still can't remember what happened. I'd better get this prince of sleepers to bed." Jag gently leaped over Heero and picked him up looking at the time. "It's two o'clock in the morning and I think I might just want to cheek on my friend Melissa," Heero mumbled in his sleep. "Ya we'd better get you to bed." After dropping Heero off in his room where he laid still, Jag headed to her friend's room. "Well here we are let's see if my suspicion was right," She looked inside her room but no one was there. "Now let's check Duo's room," which was right next to Melissa's room. "Not here ether. I bet they are in the garden," she headed to the garden. Jag crept into the green houses silently and found Duo and Melissa kissing. Then Duo picked up Melissa and carried her toward the exit, Jag hide under a table. Following Duo in the shadows of night, she saw them enter Melissa's room and Duo came out and went to his room to stay. "Well I don't think I want to go to bed, I'll go and sleep by the pond for the rest of the night."
At Five o'clock Jag rose again and headed for the gym. "Oh what a wonderful morning, oh what a wonderful day. I've got a wonderful feeling everything is going my way," Jag sung to herself as she entered the gym. "That's odd no one's here. I guess I'll warm up and head for the ice."
Melissa roused from her dream that had been so wonderful, only to see the face of Duo Maxwell sitting by her side.
"It's time that you got up," Duo teased. "It's ten o'clock in the morning!"
"Is it really?" Melissa asked.
"Yep and it's well time that you had breakfast, some have been up for hours, like Jag she's been up since five in the morning!" Duo got out some clothes for Melissa.
"Thank you Duo. Where is Jag anyway?" Melissa stretched and yawned.
"Jag is figure skating, last I saw her. But she could be off doing something else by now," Duo turned around as Melissa changed.
"I have to find Jag, I'm not hungry for breakfast. Duo can you help me find Jag?" Melissa looked back at the American boy.
"Sure, let's start at the skating rink."
When they got there they found Jag figure skating with Trowa. "That's odd I thought Heero was her partner!" Duo exclaimed.
"He is. I think Trowa is showing Heero some different moves. I hope," Melissa craned her neck to get a better view.
"Ya' well they look they're going to kiss or something," then Heero walked up to them.
"What's up?" Heero sat down and began to take his skates off.
"Aren't you going to practice?" Melissa looked down at Trowa and Jag who were skating together.
"I'm all done Jag is just finishing up. Oh you are probably wondering why I'm not skating with Jag. Well Trowa needed to have a good skate and Jag is the best trainer for anything!" Heero turned his attention to Duo who was shifting his feet.
"Uh Melissa let's go and find some breakfast," Duo headed for the exit.
"See ya' later, got to run!" Melissa ran for the door. Heero walked back down to the ice rink.
"Jag I think I'm done my skating for now," Trowa skated off the rink and was gone. Jag gracefully skated over to the side of the rink where Heero stood.
"So what do you do around here for fun?" Jag took off her skates.
"Well there is swimming and skating, weight training, virtual reality, and the best thing do is laser tag," Heero said plainly.