finally! chapter four is uploaded! i am so happy! the exams are done for and i can write all i want!... so here it is... please r&r!
Miriallia can't stand what is happening around her. She cannot make out why Mia was so weird and why was Fllay helping her and the worst thing was, they are asking Rey to help them ruin things for her and her friends. She just stood outside the café window as a random of thoughts run like a crab inside her head. She did not even realize that it was already raining and she was soaking wet.
"Why… what is their problem? Why are they doing this?" she asked herself over and over again.
She wanted to tell her friends, she wanted to run to one of their houses just to tell them about it but somehow, she cannot move from the spot where she have been standing. Later on, she became numb. She felt so cold and cannot move a muscle. All she feels was how much she hates those witches. Suddenly, her vision was a blur and soon enough, she collapsed.
Luckily, a pair of strong arms caught her just in time before she hits the ground.
"Miriallia! Miriallia!" the guy called her name. Still, she did not respond and he knew he had to take her to a safe place but call it a twist of fate; he wants to rescue a girl whom he doesn't even know where her address is.
He propped his gym bag on one shoulder and lifted the girl gently. He went straight to his house and his mother was shocked to see her son bringing home an unconscious girl.
"DEARKA!" his mom said hysterically.
"Relax mom… she passed out can't ya see? She needs help…" Dearka said.
His mother chose not to ask him questions at this very moment and so she directed him to the guest room where he can lay down Miriallia.
Dearka laid her down the bed. "I'm gonna change mom, my clothes are wet…" he said before going out.
"Alright, I'll take care of her…" Mrs. Elthman said and Dearka left the room.
She changed Miriallia's wet clothes with her daughter's old ones and after she did, she went down to prepare some tea. Dearka was already at the kitchen by then, nibbling on a chocolate chip cookie.
"So tell me… what happened?" his mother asked sternly.
"Well… you see, she's my classmate and I passed her by when all of a sudden, she collapsed." Dearka started to explain as he took small bites on his cookie.
"I see… go check on her okay? I'll try calling her house to make sure her parents know about this." Dearka's mom said and proceeded to the living room.
"Okay… her names Miriallia Haww!" Dearka called out as he climbed up the stairs.
Eventually, Miriallia woke up. She looked at her surroundings and failed to recognize its familiarity. The room was covered in flower-printed wallpapers and was a little bit roomier than her room. By then she knew she was somewhere else. She looked at her clothes and realized that it was not hers. Suddenly, Dearka came in while finishing the remains of his cookie.
"DEARKA ELTHMAN!" Miriallia shouted in shock.
"Uh… yeah." Dearka uttered.
"Where am I? What am I doing here?" Miriallia demanded for an answer.
"Uhm… well… you're in my house… I was-" he was saying when Miriallia cut him off.
"Why you perverted creature! Why am I here in your house?" Miriallia said feverishly.
"Hey! Don't start accusing me! You passed out, didn't you know? I was walking along after practice when I saw you standing outside Neptune Café… it was even pretty weird of you to do so when it was raining." The blonde coordinator told her.
Miriallia was trying to recall in her memory what he was saying. Dearka continued his story.
"And then you suddenly collapsed and good thing I caught you. I brought you here cause I dunno where the heck you live!" Dearka said to her and crossed his arms.
Miriallia fell silent and she felt blood rushing to her cheeks. "He… he helped me? He did that… instead of letting my lie down the streets…" she thought to herself.
Dearka noticed it and blushed a bit too. He looked at the opposite direction so that she won't see him blushing.
"Uh… my mom's calling your house… she was the one who changed your clothes and not me." Dearka said to break the utter silence.
"Hmm… I-I guess I owe you big time Dearka." Miriallia said, still feeling a bit embarrassed of being saved by someone who is so unlikely to do such a thing.
Dearka nodded. "I'm going down so you can rest for a while… I'll call you when your mom calls." He said before leaving the room.
"A-uhm… Dearka?" Miriallia called out.
"Yup?" he responded.
"T-thank you" she muttered.
Dearka was surprised. "Well I didn't know you knew how to express gratitude!" he teased mockingly.
Miriallia scowled. Dearka quickly took his joke back. "I was just kidding Miriallia!… so uhm… see ya later." He said and went out of the room.
"So… he's not as bad as I thought…" she said to herself and smiled. "How weird can things get… the eccentric Dearka Elthman… helping me? And the worst… talking seriously?" she chuckled to herself as she laid down the bed and rested her head on a soft pillow.
Meanwhile, Athrun was in his room, making something out of scrap steel materials when his mother entered.
"Athrun darling, aren't you coming down for dinner?" Lenore Zala asked her son.
Athrun looked up and smiled. "I'll go down momentarily mom."
His mother smiled back and left his room. Athrun made something that's shaped like a ball and it was colored with rainbow colors. He chose to call his creation a haro. Unexpectedly, his cellphone received a message.
"Odd…" he muttered for he rarely receive messages for his phone was also rarely turned on.
It was from Cagalli. "Hey Athrun… thanks for walking me home… I know Kira just forced you to do so and you really didn't have to. I got your number from him by the way… so thanks... I appreciate the effort." It read.
Automatically, a smile crept upon Athrun's face. He was grateful of that simple message that Cagalli has sent him.
FLASHBACK"You know, you really don't have to do this, I bet Kira was just playing a joke." Cagalli said, stopping.
"No, it's fine with me." Athrun said.
"No… you already walked me home before… I don't want you to think I'm taking advantage of your kindness…" Cagalli said, insisting that he can go home now.
Athrun did not want to go home. For some unknown reason, he was drawn to her and wanted to spend some more time with her.
"I said it's okay with me Cagalli… and don't worry, I don't think like that." He said certainly.
They continued walking again. "Did I offend you or something? I was just trying to be considerate… I don't wanna be a bother." Cagalli said.
Athrun smiled. "No you're not. And you did not offend me, I know what you mean by that." He said.
Cagalli smiled at him too. "Are you trying out for varsity tomorrow?" she asked him.
"Yup… Kira and the guys are planning to do so too… how about you?" Athrun replied.
"Well… Shiho and I are planning to try out for the soccer team while Milly, Nat and Lacus want to try out for badminton." Cagalli told him.
"Really? You're into soccer? That's nice…" Athrun said to her.
"Why, you rarely see a girl dig soccer games, do you?" Cagalli said to him mockingly.
Athrun chuckled. "Well… sort of… I think you'd do good." He commented.
Cagalli was flattered. "You think so?"
"Uh-huh… I know you'll make it… plus, Badgiruel likes team players who know how to do their thing." Athrun said to her.
"Alright, I'll take that as an advice… thanks Athrun." Cagalli said and smiled.
Athrun smiled back and a moment of silence followed and they realized that Cagalli was already home.
"Thanks a lot Athrun… I owe you." Cagalli said before going in.
"No problem… it's absolutely fine with me." Athrun said, gripping the strap of his backpack.
"See you tomorrow then! Bye…" Cagalli said.
"Yeah… bye." He answered.
He started to walk away when Cagalli called out to him. "Take care on the way home!"
Athrun turned red and turned around to see her waving at him. He waved back. "Thanks!"
END OF FLASHBACKAthrun replied to her: "You're welcome Cagalli… take care…"
Meanwhile, back at the Elthman residence, Dearka was watching t.v. when Miriallia entered the family room.
"Hey… what's up?" Miriallia asked him while standing outside the door.
"Nothing… just watching t.v." Dearka replied.
"I'm going now, my mom's waiting for me outside… thanks a lot Dearka." She said.
"Oh… nah, don't mention it." He said and stood up, walking her out of the door.
"No, I really should thank you." Miriallia insisted and smiled.
He grinned and sighed. "So… uhm… bye! I'll see you tomorrow and tell everyone that you collapsed!" he said.
"You will what?" Miriallia hissed.
"Just kidding… you should lighten up, you know… you look cute when you do so." He said, trying not to blush.
"I'll take that as a compliment. Bye." She said and went out.
Meanwhile, Cagalli was using the Internet for quite a while and Kira was about to call Lacus. He barged inside her room.
"Hey Cagalli… can I use the phone for a while?" he asked.
"Why?" Cagalli said in between chews of her chips.
"I just need to call someone…" Kira said, hoping she wont ask who will he be calling.
"Fine." Cagalli said and disconnected the Internet.
"Thanks a bunch sis!" Kira said and planted a small kiss on his sister's cheek.
He went out of the room in a lot happier mood. Cagalli was puzzled of his weird behavior.
"What's up with him?" she asked herself and proceeded to just play some music.
Kira punched in Lacus' phone number and waited for her to pick up.
"Hello?" her voice echoed from the other line.
"Hey Lacus… it's me, Kira." He said.
"Oh! Hello Kira… so… why did you want to talk to me?" Lacus asked nervously.
"Uhm… well… I just want to ask you something…" Kira started, trying not to sound nervous.
"Go ahead" she said to him.
"You see… uhm… a while ago, I bumped into Ms. Badgiruel and she told me if I can recruit a muse for the varsity team." Kira explained.
"So… you're asking me to help you find someone? Okay I'll do it!" Lacus said gratefully.
"No! What I mean to say is that… uhm… can you do the job? I mean… I… I want you to do it. I know you can." Kira elucidated.
Lacus was in shock. "W-wait a sec… you're asking me to do it?" she asked.
"Uhm… yeah… if it's okay…" Kira said, hoping she'd do it.
"I'll try… but… why me? You can pick Cagalli…" Lacus said uncertainly.
"Well… uhm… Ms. Badgiruel appointed me as an escort and I… uhm… I just want you to be my partner." Kira said, trying to simplify things.
"Huh?" Lacus said, feeling excited and flattered.
There was silence. "Oh… okay. I understand. I'll do it then… if you want to." Lacus said.
"Really? Thanks a lot Lacus! Thank you!" Kira said, feeling a lot more happier than ever.
Lacus chuckled. "Sure thing… uhm, I have to go now… my mom's calling me… see you tomorrow Kira… bye." She said.
"Okay, thanks again… bye." Kira said. After they both hung up, he started jumping up and down.
Cagalli was a bit irritated by the noise he had been making in his room and so she barged in without knocking.
"God Kira! What's up with you? You're acting so strange you know…" Cagalli said to him.
"Don't mind me sis, I'm just… happy!" he said and shoved her out of the room and closed the door.
"What a rude way to send me out…" Cagalli said as she walked back to her room.
Meanwhile, Natalie cannot get the thought of Nicol walking her home out of her head. She just can't get it out and she was certain she was feeling something different for Nicol.
Nicol, on the other hand, was playing the piano in the music room of his house. For quite sometime, he always played sad songs but now, he was into a different tune.
"Could it be?" he asked himself. "I'm falling for her…"
As for Shiho, she was going through some old stuff of hers when suddenly, Miriallia called.
"You are so not gonna believe me Shiho!" she said frantically.
"Huh? Why?" Shiho asked.
Miriallia told her the whole story, including the part where she got rescued by Dearka and all that. For a while, Shiho was silent.
"So… you mean to say they will be using Rey to start out their plans with me?" Shiho asked through gritted teeth.
"I'm not sure… we don't want to be jumping to conclusions." Miriallia said.
"But I bet that's their plan… and they are not going to succeed!" Shiho said, determined to bring them down.
"So… we'll tell the others tomorrow?" Miriallia asked her.
"Definitely. We'll tell them…" Shiho said. All of a sudden, her mood changed from angry to giddy.
"Hey wait a minute… you got rescued by Elthman you say? Ooh… I bet something happened!" Shiho teased.
"Oh shut up Shiho, you're malicious! It's not like that… it's his mom who did entertain me back there." Miriallia said defensively.
"For real? Gosh… and to think I thought Dearka knows how to handle peers… especially girls!" Shiho said.
"Well… he did talk to me for quite a while…" Miriallia said.
"Oh my gosh! You have a boyfriend!" Shiho shrieked in excitement.
"Shut up with the boyfriend thingy Shiho… it's not like that! You are so gonna get it tomorrow if you don't stop…" Miriallia warned.
"Fine I'll stop… but I smell something fishy." Shiho pressed in.
"Whatever you say…" Miriallia said, trying to shrug off the topic.
Miriallia wanted to get back at her and thought of a naughty idea of doing so. "Tell me Shiho… what's the real deal between you and Yzak? You seem to be enjoying the company in math class…" Miriallia said mockingly.
"Yeah right… I'm trying to beat him Milly, not get to be with him!" Shiho said.
'As if! Well… maybe… you're into Rey! Aren't you?" Miriallia shot at her.
"Stop it will you? Guys are dumb…" Shiho said with certainty.
"Really now… I bet you'll eat your words when you get yourself a boyfriend sooner or later…" Miriallia said.
"In your dreams Miriallia dear…" Shiho said.
Miriallia laughed at her. "Listen, I have to go, I need some rest… see you." She said.
"Okay, rest well… bye!" Shiho said and they both hung up.
It was an early start for peer pressure. The girls surely can handle it but some circumstances are really not that avoidable.
Fllay was talking to Mia about their plans.
"Here's what you have to do Mia… if you really wanna get Athrun Zala, you need to earn his trust. Pretend to be nice, to be good… get everybody's trust and you'll get what you want. No one can resist someone who seems all-perfect. The moment you get them rolling at the palm of your hand, you can ruin them one by one…" Fllay told her wickedly.
"I like how you think Fllay… I'll do it… starting tomorrow…" Mia said.
"But remember, you leave Clyne and Yamato to me." Fllay hissed.
"Of course… you can count on it." Mia assured her.
They just conversed over the phone about their wicked plans that barely has sufficient reason to be done.
THE NEXT DAYEveryone was surprised by the change in Mia Campbell's attitude. She seemed nice, harmless and approachable. She even treated Momotani like a little kid as she gave him chocolate bars to munch on so early in the morning.
"What's she planning to do now?" Natalie asked herself as she watched her from a distance.
Miriallia already told them about what happened and they clearly are not fooled by her sudden attitude change. Cagalli and Shiho were already flaring up in rage and wanted to badly to throw a chair at Mia's head. Lacus was not speaking until something crossed her mind.
"So if she's planning to ruin us once and for all… why must she act so nice? And what are her motives in doing so?" Lacus asked her friends.
"That's what we are supposed to find out…" Cagalli said.
"Yeah. We have to find the reasons behind all these stuff before she makes another move…" Shiho said.
"Any ideas?" Natalie inquired.
"Well… do you think… they can help?" Miriallia said, pointing at Kira and the guys' direction.
"Uh, those guys? Gimme a break…" Shiho said disapprovingly.
"Hey… not a bad idea… I'll ask my brother and see what he can do…" Cagalli said.
"Seriously… you're doing that? You think they'd believe us?" Natalie asked uncertainly.
"We'll give it a shot… but if not, we take matters in our own hands." Cagalli said.
"I agree with Cagalli… we should try any possible way to prevent them from ruining us." Lacus said.
They all agreed to seek the help of the boys. Cagalli called Kira and the others to join them for a while and told him all about what have been happening.
"Just as I suspected… that grouch is up to no good." Yzak said in agreement.
"Uh-huh… and it's impossible for her to be so nice after being such a bitch this past few days…" Dearka said.
"Yeah… I think that she's up to no good and you know, she has to be taught a lesson." Nicol said.
"Guys… I have a brilliant beyond brilliant plan." Athrun said as he glanced at Mia, trying to be good.
"And what is it Zala?" Kira asked him.
"Well… if they wanna play… we play along… and investigate at the same time." Athrun suggested.
"Hmm… not a bad mind you got there, Zala…" Yzak said and smirked.
"So you guys are helping us?" Cagalli asked.
"Count us in Cagalli." Kira assured them.
they will be planning to counter-attack Mia and Fllay... will they succeed? what will be happening next? teehee... tune in you guys.. sorry to keep you hanging! please review! thanks!