ok yay new chapter posted in the same day! yeah while on bedrest i wrote this baby up too so ill post this along with the latest chapter.


Chapter 8: The Real Reason Why

There was an unwelcomed silence that found itself into Phoenix's apartment once he finished his story. He had half expected Trucy to beg him to continue or Apollo to ask a question.

He was only greeted with silence; Trucy and Apollo seem to be having some sort of telepathic communication among them. Both had distrait looks on their faces. He stared at them curiously before Trucy nodded her head to Apollo; he raised an eyebrow waiting to hear what was going on. Trucy took a deep breath before she asked her father "Daddy do you mean this locket?" Proceeding to show phoenix the very same locket he gave to Maya seven years ago. Shocked; Phoenix shot out of his seat and asked franticly "Trucy where did you get that?" Apollo answered before she had the chance. "Mr. Wright there's a reason we had that photo."

He sat back down as Apollo continued. "When I saw that photo on your desk I realized something….That she was the same person me and Trucy ran into about two months ago." Trucy took over continuing the story. "We were leaving the detention center when it happened. Polly had turned the corner and bumped into someone, that someone being Miss Maya, they both fell to the floor but me and Polly helped her up and once we did she introduced herself to us and I introduced Polly and I to her since, Polly stood there staring at her." "Ok ok I'll tell the rest." Apollo interrupted before Trucy had the chance to embarrass him more. He cleared his throat before starting once again. "After she left Trucy noticed something on the floor and it was the locket. She looked familiar to me but at the moment I couldn't put my finger on it. It wasn't until A few weeks later while Trucy and I were investigating that I found out something about that locket."

Trucy interrupted "He means we found something. But it's true the witness we were interviewing saw the locket and asked where I got it. I told him that some woman we meet weeks earlier dropped it and I decided to keep it for safe keeping." By now Apollo and Trucy decided to take turns telling the story. "I asked him why he wanted to know. He told me that he had made and sold it to someone but not to Maya but to you Mr. Wright. He said that you came in and placed a special order for the locket." "By then Polly started to get this theory that you might have known her and given it to her but he wouldn't tell me why." "The guy told me something else. He said that you had come in last minute and wanted to change what you initially wanted engraved on it. After he told me that I got the idea you knew her." "What was it, Polly you never told me that." Staring directly at Phoenix he said "I Love you. That's what he told me you had wanted on the locket at first but that you must have changed your mind and had him engrave an M." Trucy had gasped before she looked at her father and asked "Daddy is that true?"

He had sat quietly listening to the story Trucy and Apollo had just finished telling him. Halfway through it he had closed his eyes in an attempt to hide his overwhelming emotions. He took a deep breath before he decided to acknowledge Trucy's question. "Yeah it is Trucy. I wanted the locket to say I love you because I did love her. I still love her to this day. I was planning on telling her on her birthday but at the last minute I told him to change it." Trucy had taken off the necklace and handed it to Phoenix asking him to tell them more. "Well why didn't you Mr. Wright?"

Phoenix chuckled to himself before answering "Because Apollo I got scared. I had loved her for a while but then I started thinking what if she didn't think of me that way. Our friendship would have been screwed and I couldn't afford to lose her." "So after she left did you ever try to contact her Mr. Wright?" "No not really. About six months after she left, I was planning on visiting her to tell her but that case happened. She called me for everyday for about a week after that but I was too ashamed of myself to answer them. I was afraid of what she would think and since I didn't pay the bill that month my phone got cut off. After that we lost contact entirely…. I always told myself to just go up to Kurain and say Hi and tell her. Its seven years later and now I can't bring myself to do it. She's older now who's to say she hasn't gotten married or something, had kids... I couldn't do it…."

Trucy and Apollo looked at the now saddened Phoenix. He was staring at the locket with such compassion, a sad smile on his face. "Daddy?" "Mr. Wright?"

Snapped out of his thoughts he looked towards a concerned Apollo and Trucy. "I'm Fine." They knew he was lying he was most certainly not fine. "She was really pretty. Looked well had a beautiful smile on her face. She was gorgeous Mr. Wright. I can see why you love her." He smiled knowing what Apollo was trying to do. "Mind telling me what she looked liked?"

Apollo had proceeded to tell phoenix in great detail about Maya. With every passing word a picture was starting to paint its self in his mind. All the childish immature things he had pictured were replaced by beauty, sophistication, maturity, wisdom, all the things he knew she would be. All the things Mia had told him that she was bound to be.

It was around six, Apollo Trucy and Phoenix were all sitting watching steel samurai when the doorbell rang. "I'll get it." Phoenix declared making his way to the door. Upon opening it he was surprised by who was behind the door. He was about to say something to his guest until he was knocked out. A punch to his face was all it took to knock him down. He could hear the shouts of Trucy and Apollo as they rushed to his aid. Before he lost consciousness he heard a loud laugh coming from the person at the door the last thing Phoenix could smell was the strong aroma of coffee and a voice that said "Just so you know you had that coming…Trite."


ok truth be told i had so much trouble deciding who would be at the door when phoenix when to answer it. but i finnally decided on Godot thought it would be funnier. i mean come on! when you open the door you dont expect to get punched in the face do you?...plz tell me you dont get punched... haha but yeah the idea came to me due to a friends experience i feel so bad for doing that...