The Man She Loved
Chapter Two: Past Times
A/N: I don't like this chapter much.
Trinity found it difficult to sleep that night, even in the warm embrace with Annick. Her thoughts were traverling back to meet her past, the first night her and Neo slept together, the first night her and Annick slept together when she was as drunk as a skunk. She told herself that she hated Neo with passion, a passion which was still burning. She also told herself that her love for Neo would never be the same. Though given time, it probably would.
Annick stirred and gently rose to pull the covers off of him. Trinity had already moved herself out of the bed and had packed her things ready for the mission. She knew that the goodbye would be tear jerking and heart breaking. She really thought that she loved this man...
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She cucked her duffle bag onto the floor and turned to give Annick a hug. Unexpectly, he brought his lips next to hers and kissed her as if she had never been kissed in her life before. It was amazing, the sensations she was feeling were fantastic. She snaked her arms around his neck, his arms around her waist. They stayed like that for a good five minutes. Though never that talk-a-tive, Annick was always there for her whenever she was in desperate need for a friend. They never really counted themselves as lovers. Trinity thought of them as best friends that could never be apart or sepertated for a long period of time. But here they were, Trinity going on a short mission without him.
As soon as she saw Neo glaring at them with intensive eyes, she ended the kiss and reached down for her bag.
''I'll see you soon'' Trinity spoke, tears in her eyes. She was finding it difficult to hold them back, nevertheless she continued to walk aboard the Neb and within a few minutes the doors had locked. Link was at the operators seat and gestured for her to come over.
''Yes?'' She spoke.
''Who was that guy you were kissing? I thought you and Neo...''
''Me and Neo? That cursed relationship ended ages ago. Get with the times Link'' She nearly chocked in her words. Who would of thought she'd ever say such a thing?
''Yes Mam'' Link said, rather embrassed.
Trinity walked out of the core and into her room. The memories of her and Neo's love making still lingered, and she swore she could smell the scent of him. Trying effortlessly to ignore the pains of what she had done to him, she removed herself from her room and jacked herself in, as planned.
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She had fixed the problem within an hour, and she was so damn greatful to not be teamed up with Neo. Her heart stops beating everytime she see's him...
When she arrived back in the Neb, Neo stood over her and frowned. She ignored the facial expression and got up from her seat, only to be stopped to walk any further by Morpheus.
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The following all came to a blur to Trinity, the words which Morpheus had spoken.
The Past...
Brown was the colour of Annick's hair, not very light, but the colour of horses manure as Trinity humously put it, not that Annick was offended. Annick was at least six foot tall, eleven shoe. His cute face resembled him to Neo. His facial features in particular and his strong muscles matched Neo's.
The first time he saw Trinity was when she had brushed past him in a corridor. She seemed to be in a hurry and took no notice of his presence, though he would of loved to chat but he could clearly tell there was no time for such thing. He'd then notice her around Zion, and her beauty marvaled him. He could tell her exhaustion from a mile away, it was clear, yet her beauty was shown through. He knew that she was fixed, word got around that the One had a lover whom went by the name 'Trinity'. So like Trin, he kept himself to himself and hardly muttered a word to anyone, especially after his parents death. When his and Trinity's realtionship progressed, Trinity didn't give a damn that he didn't communicate to her much, she was just happy to have a friend to confind in.
The REAL reason she became so close to Annick was because he was like Neo in so many ways. He was like a replacement..cuddling was the same, kissing, talking, even sex. It was hard to imagine such thing but true as it may be, she still couldn't get over the loss of Neo's love and devotion towards her. He had saved her life a number of times. He was her rock.
Their realtionship was doomed to start with, annomynous Zion livers stated in a well known tabloid named ''Zion Today''. At the time, this didn't bother Trinity in the slightest. Most of the assusations were jealously from teenage girls who had a crush on Neo. But looking back, the tabloids printed effected her in way that she would never forget. She was so glad to have Neo to help her cope...
Back in the present...
''Wha---'' Trinity stammered, unable to complete her sentence.
Morpheus sighed, knowing he will have to repeat the heartbreaking sentence all over again, just for Trinity to hear.
''Annick's dead. He was murdered Trinity. I'm so sorry...''