C h a p t e r t w o

" Alright, good luck, Miss Lacus, thank you for helping us out in our research," the nurse said, bidding her farewell.

The pink haired smiled, "no problem…." she said, then left the hospital, her chauffeur picking her up in the limousine. Her father had been really wealthy, and she was the heir to all of it, and was now the chairwoman of the Clyne Faction, which had many companies, mostly of clothing, and even produced war material at one time, but she shut it down after he had passed away.

"Welcome back, Miss Lacus, we've received invitation from Miss Cagalli about the party, and you are to get dressed as soon as we arrive home, then go to her mansion," her chauffeur, Jason said.

She smiled, "alright, I guess Cagalli would be angry if I didn't show up for my own party," she said sheepishly.

Jason smiled, "well, hurry and dress for the occasion, Miss Lacus, I'll await you in the limousine."

The door opened for her to leave, and she left, after saying thank you to the door man. She climbed the stairs to her room, and opened her large closet, then picked out something that she decided would be for the occasion. She wore her pink dress with a lavender sash, and lace at the ends, it was sleeveless as well, and with ribbons circling her arms in a flowing manner.

Lacus walked down the fleet of stairs, then went back into the limousine, "well, I'm ready Jason, how do I look?"

"Graceful and beautiful as you always do," he said, smiling.

They arrive in the Athha mansion, and was greeted by Cagalli's door man first, then the doors opened, revealing the blonde smiling at her.

"Welcome back Lacus! You look well!"

She smiled, "you do too, and I feel much better."

"A lot of people came, A LOT of people," she said, "all just for you! And we got all your favorite foods out too!"

Lacus smiled, "thank you."

"Hi Lacus! Welcome!" Miriallia greeted, along with Shinn, Athrun, Yzak, Fllay, Shiho, and Dearka.

"Wow… I had no idea you guys were coming! I thought it would've been a small get-together," she said.

"Oh, this isn't all of us, Murrue, Mwu, Andrew, and even Sai came," Athrun said.

"Don't forget my little brother, Kira."

Lacus' eyes widened with realization, 'Kira? So THAT'S where I heard it from! Is he Cagalli's brother? Or… was it just a guy with the same name…? I hope not…'

"Hey there, and I'm not the younger twin, silly."

She looked up and saw Kira at the stair case, looking down at them. Her eyes widened and she smiled, "Kira! So it is you!"

Cagalli blinked, "you two know each other already?"

Kira smiled, "yeah, I apparently saved her from getting attacked by a perverted man yesterday, and now I know that he didn't really hurt you… did he?"

Lacus looked down, "no…"

Cagalli frowned, "what?! You left the hospital?!"

The pink haired smiled nervously, "well… just for a bit…" she murmured.

The blonde became furious, "don't you ever do that again! You see what almost happened? You almost lost your virginity unwillingly! That's scary! And lucky Kira was there, you know that disease of yours takes affect at any moment!"

Kira stepped in, "now, now, don't be so hard on the girl, who could blame her? Did you see the weather yesterday? It was marvelous!"

Cagalli sighed, "yeah I guess… just don't do that again!"

Miriallia smiled, then pulled out a book, "I made a scrap book of the best pictures I've taken this year, they aren't the original photo's, but it's still great, most of them are all of you're friends, you are in a lot of them."

Lacus flipped through the pages, then stopped at a picture of her and her father, her eyes softening, "thank you… Milly… it's beautiful…"

Cagalli grinned, "this is mine, it's a ring, you're supposed to give it to the one you love, and if they accept it, then they love you back," she said, referring to what Athrun gave her once before.

She smiled, taking the ring, "I'll give it to someone special… but I haven't met him yet… you're lucky, Cagalli," she said.

The blond grinned, "you'll find him soon enough."

Kira walked towards her, "well, even though I haven't known you long, I got you this," he said, then held out a hair clip. It had two over lapping curves, and it was golden and shiny, sparkling.

She gasped, "wow… thank you…" She said, and immediately put it on, "it's beautiful…"

After receiving presents, Lacus' chauffeur put them in the trunk of the car, while she enjoyed the rest of the party.

Kira was often with Fllay, and Lacus wondered why, when Cagalli filled her in that Fllay was Kira's girlfriend.

"I don't see what he sees in her though, he's much too good for her, I mean, sometimes she can be quite spoiled and whiny… and when she sees him with other girls, she get really jealous."

"Well… I don't see why you should judge her, try to get to know her, Kira after all sees her for something."

Cagalli sighed, "why do I bother? From what I've seen her as, I don't ever want to get to know her," she said.

"So I guess Kira invited her?"

"Yep."

"Well, I'm going to go confront her, come if you wish," she said, then walked over to Kira and Fllay.

"Hi there, thank you for coming," she greeted.

Fllay smiled, "no problem, any friend of Kira's is a friend of mine, how are you?"

Lacus smiled warmly, "I'm good, despite all this heck, I feel better than how people think I might be feeling right now."

Kira smiled, "yeah, she's actually lucky, I've seen other patients in the hospital, they don't look to good."

Lacus looked away, an image of Stellar in her mind, "yeah…"

Kira noticed this, but decided to talk to her about it later, they chatted a bit more, until Lacus walked back to Cagalli.

"So? How is she? Is she how I described her?" Cagalli asked.

"Not at all, she's very nice," Lacus said, smiling, hiding the fact that the smile that Fllay gave her seemed fake and she suddenly began to latch onto Kira.

"Well, it's getting late, I better go," she said, bidding everyone a farewell, then leaving. Before she got into the limousine, she heard a voice call her.

"Lacus! … Miss Lacus!"

She turned and saw Kira running to her, "Kira..?"

"Uhm… I was... I was wondering if you'd like to come to the beach with us tomorrow, Cagalli I guess had forgotten to ask you," he said, rubbing the back of his head nervously.

She smiled, "of course, I'd love to come," she said, "and Kira?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you… I'm glad I met someone like you," she said.

Immediately, the boys face turned red, and she giggled, thinking of how cute it looked. She entered her limousine, "thank you, Kira, I'll see you tomorrow," she said.

He smiled, "yeah, and I'm glad I met you as well, bye."

She left, with Kira and the rest to clean up the remnants of the party. "Well, she's a nice a nice person," Kira said, smiling to himself. Fllay noticed this, but forced a smile, "yes... she is."

'Is she going to be a problem...?' Fllay thought to herself, but shook off the thought, continuing to sweep up the floor, ridding it of dirt and grime.

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Lacus brushed her long, pink locks, sitting on front of her mirror, staring at her reflection. She wondered why a lot of girls wanted to be her, when she was far from perfect.

Sure, she heard she was pretty, but she didn't think her personality was all that great. Wasn't it like everybody else's?

Removing the hair clip that Kira gave her, she set it down on the table, placing it down carefully as though it were fragile.

She sighed, then climbed into her large, silk and comfortable bed, pulling the covers over her, then closing her eyes. An image of Kira entered her mind. When he saved her from that pervert, and when he smiled at her. He had such a nice smile.

Her eyes opened, why was she thinking like this? 'No,' she thought to herself, 'he has a girlfriend already...'

She sighed, turning over onto her side, how she longed to have someone to love, but she knew she would find someone much, much longer than she had hoped.

'When will I find my Mr. Right?'