Wanna Bet?
Chapter three: A First Encounter with her Partner in Crime
Relena strolled along the long empty corridors, scanning imperiously for signs of illegitimate life. As head girl, she had a duty to enforce strict rules upon her fellow students, making sure that all were in dorm rooms by the specified 'ten-thirty' routine, lights out.
She shuddered as the howling, bitter wind escaped in from an open window and captured her thin frame with its vindictive, icy fingers.
Her Mary-sues clicked relentlessly against the polished stone floors as she sighed inwardly, letting her mind briefly wander to her first few days back at school, from the summer holidays. She had been so excited to receive the role of Head girl, but sadly, it had not been living up to her expectations. The only thing that was different from last year was that she was given more responsibilities and a couple of delinquent first years to tutor once in a while.
Who was Head boy this year? She hadn't yet received the news of who was to work alongside her this year, as her fellow head student. A buzz of excitement made its way, like electrostatic charges, through her body and she smiled in anticipation. Maybe if her colleague was a decent guy, which undoubtedly he was, being the Head boy and all; she could have an interesting few terms in Harrison College.
She was suddenly, literally knocked out of her reveries as she sharply rounded a corner, too lost in her thoughts to pay attention, and was abruptly lying on the cold, harsh ground, her head spinning from hitting the tough stone and the collision with the person who was now hovering around, staring down at her with blaming eyes.
"Hn, for a Head girl… you don't seem to set on keeping to the rules. I heard that when rounding corners, you were supposed to turn with a slow steady speed, oh and pay attention to where you are going." The cold and distant, deep voice told her, and startled by his words, Relena cast curious cerulean blue eyes to stare at the irritated boy hanging above her.
"What would you know about rules? Anyway, you too, should have been watching where you were going. What are you doing up so late at night anyway?" Relena protested, eyeing the tall boy in front of her with an untrusting suspicion.
Glancing quickly down to the black, leather strapped watch on his wrist, he cast her a weary look, "It's eleven o'clock. Hardly late, and I could ask you the same question," He looked irritated, brushing his arm out towards her and holding his palm out in a kind gesture; but the callous look on his face was telling her that he wasn't doing it out of politeness. "However, I happen to know what you're doing out here, seeing as I was sent out to find and assist you with your duties."
"What? Why were you sent out?" Relena answered, gratefully accepting his hand and watching him glare at her through piercing blue eyes as he helped her to her feet, making sure to let go quickly once she was standing.
Heero Yuy glowered at her, before rolling his eyes and pointing brashly to the shiny pin on his black woollen blazer.
"God, no…" Relena unknowingly whispered as she clasped a hand to her mouth and stared at the italic lettering on the shiny sliver badge… "You're head boy?"
"Don't get too ahead of yourself. I don't want to be working with you either, but unfortunately, there's nothing either of us can do, so… shall we?" His eyes narrowed viciously as he signalled to the hallway.
Silently, Relena nodded her head, and continued with her daily task of venturing down the darkened corridors. This time not so lonely, as a foreboding tension hung thickly in the air and an equally silent boy strode along next to her; cautious to avoid speaking and staring coolly down the halls.
She watched him from her peripheral vision; his dark unruly hair hanging casually before his piercing prussian blue eyes, which although they seemed relaxed, were in fact adamantly scanning along the corridors, flickering at every slight movement ahead. She studied how his posture was stiff and formal, his body never once released from its tense state, as if wary of finding itself in a sudden dangerous situation.
He suddenly folded muscular arms across a broad muscular chest and turned to stare at her with eyes as icy as the weather outside.
"Dr. Steiner wants us both in his office before registration tomorrow morning. Urgent matters." His voice was hushed yet monotonous, completely devoid of any emotion, and it baffled Relena to how anybody could be so… cold and impassive.
"Urgent matters?" she glanced down at a silver wristwatch, which was dangling, delicately from her wrist, notifying her that her session of posting the corridors was over.
"Yes. Urgent matters." He repeated, his large strides coming to a stop. Relena fell into place beside him.
"Umm… Okay, well, I'll see you tomorrow then." She replied, casually, ignoring his sharp glares and swiftly turning on her heel, towards her dormitory.
"Goodnight Darlian," he called after her, rather gently, however the greeting met her ears and she smiled, absently.
"Goodnight, Yuy." She countered, mocking his tone.
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"You!" Relena yelled as she barged into the room, like a hurricane, the wind around her carrying her long hair across her shoulders.
Tiffany squealed and jumped back, away from the infuriated girl, dropping her brush in the process.
"You knew about him!" Relena cried, throwing herself onto her bed and burying her face in her downy pillow.
"Huh?" Hilde asked, genuinely confused, coming to rest on Relena's bed. Relena raised her head from the pillow as she felt the bed sink down to one side.
"You knew that he was head boy! Didn't you?" She asked Tiffany, somewhat calmer now, although her eyes were still burning with an angry fire.
"Umm… yeah! But hey! I did you a favour; count yourself lucky." Tiffany replied prudently, draping her silken sheets across her slim figure as she shrunk down into her bed.
"A favour?" Relena protested.
"Yes, otherwise you wouldn't have talked to him, would you?"
Relena scoffed, her usually pale cheeks burning red, "I wouldn't call what we did tonight talking."
Hilde's eyebrows rose quickly to be covered be dark ebony bangs.
"Not that way, don't be crude," Relena grabbed her pillow and chucked it at her best friend, "he hates me."
Tiffany smiled secretively, "Well, looks like someone's losing their bets; Relena's target hates her, and well Hilde's has just recently – today in fact – officially become unavailable."
"What?" Hilde cried in indignation, "Unavailable? What – who?"
"Aimee Wright; he asked her out today, after his track meeting, I heard, and of course Aimee couldn't refuse. I mean, Duo Maxwell… who would refuse?" Tiffany answered astutely.
"Aimee Wright? That pompous bitch in my Economics class?" Relena asked, her mouth agape in shock.
"Yes, she's in our economics class. She's in my house too, Hunter house." Tiffany added, gazing smugly at her dorm mates.
"But… but she's… stunning." Hilde muttered, looking dismayed at her newfound knowledge.
"You set this whole thing up, Tiffany! That was totally unfair." Relena exclaimed, shaking her head in disapproval, "You made sure that I had a guy who hated me, and Hilde a guy who's currently dating a supermodel-like-student."
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"What the hell? I thought this was bad to start with, never mind throwing in all these damned twists!" Relena stormed into the bathroom, grabbing Hilde's shirtsleeve and tugging her in behind her. As soon as the pair stepped onto the cold floor of the room, they released heavy shudders as their bodies opposed to the cold air that was currently trying to tinge their skin with icy blue paint.
"Okay, Lena, calm with the profanities. That's so not like you, and its okay, I can do without the money," Hilde remarked whilst a sad look of dismay draped across her pretty face, and curtained her eyes with a dark and deep sorrow. She slumped heavily against the toilet's lidded seat and sank her head into her hands.
"Oh no, Hilde, you are not giving up already, are you?" Relena inquired, protesting to her best friend's gloomy manner, "You've never been one to give up so easily!"
Hilde sighed deeply, still not looking up, "What's the point Relena, I mean… Aimee Wright?" she pried her eyes from the cold tiled floor of the bathroom to stare distantly at her friend, the excited glimmer usually apparent in her sapphire blue eyes distinctly lost. "You said so yourself, she's a super-model-like-student, my modest looks couldn't even try to compare to hers."
Relena stared at her, feeling her own hope turning to ashes in her chest, however she couldn't give up, not yet. "Don't be stupid. Tiffany set this up, we have to get back at her and Hilde, you're gorgeous, I promise you…"
"Am not," Hilde objected, as she threw her friend an intense look, which screamed of her disbelief, "and what do you propose we do to get back at her? There's nothing we can do… I still can't believe this… Aimee… and to think I'd actually had my hopes set on him."
"Don't be ridiculous, we aren't supposed to fall in love Hilde, but I've got an idea, trust me, all we have to do is win this bet." Relena wrapped her arms around her scantily clad body, rubbing the silken nightdress that was trying, and failing to protect her from the cold.
Hilde shook her head in agitation and fingered the hems of her scabby pyjama top, "I can't do it. Maybe you could woo your boy, but Duo, he's such a player, and I noticed that he only goes for the best."
"What about Heero? You think he's that simple? No way, he's much fussier than Duo, and I heard he's got his sights set on Sylvia Noventa, yes the goddess of good looks and the richest most snobbish girl in this school." Relena complained, with a cry of indignation as she brushed her bangs fervently out of her adamant eyes.
"Fine, we may as well give it a shot… but Sylvia Noventa. I'm sorry Relena, you're way prettier than she is, honestly, but I wish you good luck anyway." Hilde said, rising from the toilet seat.
"You too," Relena muttered as they both left their conversation and the icy bathroom behind.
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Relena smiled, planning her revenge on her so-called friend, Tiffany, as she glanced down for the millionth time that morning to check the silver watch dangling on her slim, delicate wrist and noted the time.
"Half eight," she muttered to herself as she cast a weary look at the heavy mahogany door in front of her, finely decorated with the gold painted plate, which adorned the italic lettering, 'Principal'. "Aww stuff it, I'm going in, I don't care if I'm too early."
As she placed her hand upon the silver knob, however, she could feel it twisting beneath her hand, and it was not due to her influence. She gasped as she was suddenly face to face with her Principal, 'Dr. Steiner'.
"Miss Darlian, so nice of you to eventually join us," he half joked in his cheery manner, "I was hoping that when I stated you be here by twenty past, that you would be here by then. We'll have to rush this meeting now." He chuckled, but Relena could tell that he was telling her the truth, and that she had in fact, shortened their limited time for this meeting.
Relena stepped into the warm office, feeling a rush of blood flood embarrassingly to her face. "I'm terribly sorry," she stated as she shot a fiery pointed glance towards Heero, who was comfortably slumped in one of the black, plush chairs opposite the principal's desk, with an arm casually resting upon the armrest and a chilling smirk adorning his handsomely dark and perfectly chiselled face.
Relena sighed quietly, irritated by his tremendous good looks, and placed herself tensely into the chair beside him; her posture the exact opposite of Heero's as her hands rested neatly in her lap and her back was postured straight as she sat forward, wiling to hold onto every single word that left Dr. Steiner's mouth.
Dr. Steiner set himself calmly into his desk chair and brushed his snow-white, wispy hair out of his bright blue and cheery eyes, which glistened towards them happily. Relena had always found herself strangely appealed by her Principal's happiness and had always enjoyed having their brief discussions about the school year and the changes that they could make.
After straightening his navy and white chequered tie, he coughed lightly and shone his radian blue eyes onto the head girl and boy.
"Now, Relena, Heero, I'm sure that the pair of you are unaware of why this meeting has been called, but rest assured, the task will not be troublesome. In fact, I'm fairly sure that the two of you will enjoy this." He beamed at them, his bright eyes gleaming whilst he spoke, "I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but last semester, the school had two rooms fitted merely for the head girl and boy's own personal use-"
Relena released an astonished gasp as she stared at her headmaster in disbelief. 'My own room? This is going to be great, wait till Hilde hears about this.'
"These rooms are not situated too far from your original ones, and they are ingeniously fitted with your own private bathrooms - one for each of you of course – and of course, a shared common room, once again, only for the use of the two of you." He smiled, almost secretively before adding, "You may be able to get good use of that."
Relena's eyes widening shockingly and she cast a quick and furtive, sidelong glance towards Heero to see that he had a sheer look of disgust brazened across his face. 'Well, at least he has one emotion,' she thought, before grimacing, 'surely he can't mean what I think he does…'
"The pair of you are to be moved into your rooms be the end of classes today," The headmaster continued swiftly, as if what he had said, had insinuated nothing, "Don't worry," he added as Relena opened her mouth to object to his last statement. "I have excused you from your classes for today as I am positive in knowing that you will easily catch up… the both of you."
Heero shifted, somewhat now uncomfortably in the leather seat, and Relena frowned as the material squeaked beneath him.
"Okay, well now that that is sorted, you may leave. I have a lot of things to do." To emphasize his last point, his phone immediately started ringing and he rapidly picked up the receiver, holding it to his ear.
Relena stepped out of the room and felt her body immediately missing the warm conditions of the office, as her body prickled from the cold, her hairs standing quickly on edge.
Heero lingered behind her a few steps, and after a few corridors of walking, he met with a cheerful, platinum-blonde haired boy who clapped him fondly across the back, after throwing her a pleasant smile.
The sudden full impact of Dr.Steiner's words hit her at full force as she tossed her head over her shoulder to glance back at Heero, who was staring at her with a strangely confused and lost look amidst his stunning piercing blue eyes. However, once he met her gaze, they glazed over with a threatening darkness and he narrowed his eyes as he rested coolly against the corridor wall, nodding infrequently to his friend's words.
She was going to be spending the next seven months with that cold, insensitive, callous monster, and no matter how attractive he was, if he annoyed her with his silent and cocky attitude, she was going to strangle him… bet or not.
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