Regretting Nothing - Part 11
Disclaimer: I promise I won't try to be cute here. =^._.^= That's a deformed cat. Anyway, I don't own Gundam Wing.
Author's Note: Relena just got caught. Big surprise there, like I would write it without her getting caught. Anyway, it was only a matter of time. Relena isn't at the hospital she got two days off after the night she saw Dorothy. Everyone now knows her new identity. But, all of them have agreed that it would probably be a good idea to find out more than just barging into her life. Does that make them out of character? Or logical? I'll let you decide. Back to the story.
Sidney Marquette was in her one bedroom apartment in Georgetown. She was restless and paranoid. She also couldn't sleep. The nightmares that haunted her from childhood were still present. For some unknown reason, they had intensified, and came more often. Making it unbearable for Sidney to go to sleep. That was one of the reasons why she didn't mind working odd hours in the emergency room. She took shifts most people wouldn't have taken.
Sidney took lots of coffee, basically anything that had caffeine in it to avoid going to sleep. There were days when such behavior took it's toll. However, Sidney never showed it. She didn't want to be thought of as weak. After all, Sidney was model she knew the tricks of hiding dark circles under her eyes or getting rid of the puffiness. Sidney no longer cried after a nightmare, she had outgrow that. She did anything to pass the time when she should have been sleeping. She was reading, listening to music, or practicing Tai Chi or yoga. In the garage, Sidney kept her sports equipment. She also read the newspapers, but she didn't own the television. It was in the newspaper where she found out that she had a three year old niece, Lena. Sidney didn't know how to react to having her niece named after her. Or rather, Relena. She clipped the announcement of Lena's birth, and saved it among her files.
Sidney kept her apartment neat. Despite the fact it only had one bedroom, it was spacious. Her kitchen was large and spacious, but she could only cook certain foods. No one was perfect after all. She had pictures of Chris and Angie, but never of herself. There were a few candid shot of her with either Chris or Angie, or both. She also had a training pole, to practice her hand coordination in the living room. The door to her room was a sliding door out of an Asian designed. So, the furniture looked at like something out of the Bombay Company. Exotic and beautiful. Sidney was known for having excellent taste. Even though she no longer modeled, she still dressed in a simple sophisticated style. Except for a few pieces of her wardrobe, most of it was solids. She still had a lot of casually clothes, which were her favorite things to wear. She was wearing a sweater with the name of Excelsior on it, and a pair of well worn jeans. She had taken out all her earrings, and her class ring. These were the only pieces of jewelry she wore for the most part.
There was also something else in her apartment that she kept.
Every doctor was required to have a psychological evaluation. Sidney had to do it for the Physician Fliers and Saving Grace. There were prescriptions given to her for mild depression and insomnia. However, since they gave her prescriptions, they assumed the problems were solved. She kept the prescriptions in the drawer, but never had them filled. Sidney didn't want to think that she needed drugs to survive. Besides, the nightmares were that bad. At least that's what she tried to convince herself.
* * *
Lady Une and Millardo decided to divide everyone on into teams or dispatch an individual to do some questioning. The first place to ask questions would be at Relena's alma mater, Excelsior University. It would be soon enough before they would be able to assemble a dossier on Sidney Marquette. They all soon found out that she was the model whose face was practically everywhere for a short time.
They assembled almost all the pictures and video shots of Sidney Marquette. Duo scheduled for the viewing of all the material he and Quatre had gathered up.
"Wow. I mean wow. Talk about hiding in plain sight. Sidney Marquette did shoots all over the world. However, the reason she was able to keep her identity a secret was the fact that she never duplicated the same look for every shoot that she did. Some of the looks were downright remarkable," said Duo.
"It's amazing how makeup, hair dye and styles, contacts, and different clothes can do. It was as if she became a different person for each of the fashion shoots," added Quatre. Duo and he started to show the pictures (which was quite a few, but not all of them) in the form of a slide show. They made sure to put the pictures in chorological order. So, that they could see Sidney's evolution so to speak. Duo really liked the assignment that was assigned to him. They started the slide show. The first few shots were Relena with her naturally hair color, but with different makeup. Those were considered rare shots of Sidney Marquette. Duo wasn't the only one to notice how beautiful her body was, however he was the only foolish enough to comment on it in the same room with Millardo and Heero.
"I also have to say, I never noticed she had a body like that. Mother Nature was very kind to her. According to some of the fashion commentaries, the most distinctive feature she has are her legs. I'd have to agree with them on that one," commented Duo with a look of appraisal at the pictures. This earned him a glare from Millardo. But, this time, Heero was truly speechless. Not quiet, but totally and utterly speechless.
'She is doing what I never thought she would ever do. I never expected this. She's bold. It's like I never even knew her in the first place,' thought Heero while at the same time he betray no expression on his face.
"I questioned the guy who first scouted Relena, Randy McCoy. He said that she was going to the height of her modeling career. But, she quit. Actually, she never bothered to renew her contract with the Beaumont Agency. You'll never guess where she was scout, and why she was there. She was one of the malls in British Columbia near the university. Relena was shopping for new clothes, apparently she outgrew the ones she was wearing. Relena shot up a good five inches more after she left," informed Quatre.
"Wait, that woman's as tall as me!" exclaimed Wufei.
"My sister was one of the most photographed women in the world," said Millardo in disbelief. He didn't think his baby sister was bold enough to do some of the shoots that she was required to do.
"Why was she modeling in the first place? Whomever, Relena has become, she still strikes me as person who doesn't do things without a reason," this came from Noin. Noin always had good insight during the meetings.
"That's where we come in," said Trowa, he and Wufei were the ones who went over to Excelsior to ask questions about Sidney Marquette. Wufei went with Trowa because he didn't want to work with the "loud" Duo. Heero worked by himself with his laptop.
"Yes. Her major was medicine. Which according to the school expense records, it's the most expensive major. However, since she didn't start to model until after she was going to Excelsior they had no problem letting her do it. The counselor we talked to said that Sidney or Relena was running out of money. So, they allowed her to stay without kicking her out, most of the students don't work, but they have wealthy parents who pay for everything. Which means, the students are expected to be especially focused," said Wufei.
"According to the guidance counselor, she said that Relena was the class valedictorian for several quarters, but there was hard competition. So, Relena in the end was the class salutatorian, but she was only beaten by a quarter of a point," reported Trowa.
"Relena must have worked harder than anyone at that school. She did everything on her own," said Millardo in a soft voice. He was have the sinking feeling that his sister wasn't just fine, but that she didn't need him anymore. In fact, that she did better without any of them, then she ever did with them. He was seeing new dimensions in his baby sister that he didn't think possible. 'Maybe, I should stop calling her my "baby" sister,' he mused. She was definitely a woman now. If she didn't attract attention before, she was doing it now. This made Millardo have uncomfortable thoughts.
"That does mean that she wouldn't have to renew the contract once she had graduated," said Sally.
"What did you find out, Heero?" asked Lady Une.
"I did some research about the Physician Fliers Program. Relena was recruited out of her school. It is a non-profit organization. Relena was especially recruited because she had the piloting skills that they needed also," said Heero.
"Wait…did you just say piloting skills?" asked Quatre.
"Yes, not anything we mobile suit pilots should be concerned about, but she has license to pilot small planes and helicopters," answered Heero, "Relena did her service in this order: South Africa, India, China, and Honduras."
"According, to her school records, she can speak over half a dozen languages," said Quatre, "I think it would be very useful, if your traveling around the world like that."
"There's also something else, the people at Beaumont said," added Duo quietly. He wasn't sure if he wanted to say it out loud.
"What?" asked Millardo. Duo looked at Quatre who nodded at him. Duo gulped and decided he might as well say it now that he said something.
"They said that Relena had to be heavily insured because of the fact that she kept doing dangerous thrill seeking actives. Which runs the gambit of swimming with the sharks to rock climbing," Duo winced waiting for some kind of reaction from Heero or Millardo or both.
"Apparently, Relena has lost her mind," said Millardo. This would have been funny had he not been scowling. There was now a lot of tension in the air. Why was she putting her life in jeopardy needlessly?
"What happens now? Should we go forward?" asked Quatre.
"Of course. We have to," answered Heero.
"I just had a thought. Relena has outsmarted us all," said Duo.
There was nothing anyone could say to that.
* * *
Sidney decided that it was about time she took a vacation. She hadn't had really one since Spain the week prior to graduation. But, even that was a working vacation. She also wanted to get out of the D.C. area for awhile. Now when Sidney went on vacation, she usually ended up dragging Angie or Chris along with her. This time it wasn't any different. The three of them had decided to go to Prince Rupert Island to see Angie's folks. Chris invited Steve to come along. Since, the vacation was planned in short notice, Sidney and Chris decided that renting a plane would be the best idea. So, that meant that Sidney would be piloting.
Sidney was packing the night before she left. She left that at the last moment because it gave her something to do since she couldn't sleep. She had hoped that her nightmares would stay away during the vacation. Sidney had a lot of planning to do, but she was the sort who could never do a thing while on vacation, even if she had planned for it. Either way she wanted to get away for awhile, before she had to face all of them. Especially Heero.
Disclaimer: I promise I won't try to be cute here. =^._.^= That's a deformed cat. Anyway, I don't own Gundam Wing.
Author's Note: Relena just got caught. Big surprise there, like I would write it without her getting caught. Anyway, it was only a matter of time. Relena isn't at the hospital she got two days off after the night she saw Dorothy. Everyone now knows her new identity. But, all of them have agreed that it would probably be a good idea to find out more than just barging into her life. Does that make them out of character? Or logical? I'll let you decide. Back to the story.
Sidney Marquette was in her one bedroom apartment in Georgetown. She was restless and paranoid. She also couldn't sleep. The nightmares that haunted her from childhood were still present. For some unknown reason, they had intensified, and came more often. Making it unbearable for Sidney to go to sleep. That was one of the reasons why she didn't mind working odd hours in the emergency room. She took shifts most people wouldn't have taken.
Sidney took lots of coffee, basically anything that had caffeine in it to avoid going to sleep. There were days when such behavior took it's toll. However, Sidney never showed it. She didn't want to be thought of as weak. After all, Sidney was model she knew the tricks of hiding dark circles under her eyes or getting rid of the puffiness. Sidney no longer cried after a nightmare, she had outgrow that. She did anything to pass the time when she should have been sleeping. She was reading, listening to music, or practicing Tai Chi or yoga. In the garage, Sidney kept her sports equipment. She also read the newspapers, but she didn't own the television. It was in the newspaper where she found out that she had a three year old niece, Lena. Sidney didn't know how to react to having her niece named after her. Or rather, Relena. She clipped the announcement of Lena's birth, and saved it among her files.
Sidney kept her apartment neat. Despite the fact it only had one bedroom, it was spacious. Her kitchen was large and spacious, but she could only cook certain foods. No one was perfect after all. She had pictures of Chris and Angie, but never of herself. There were a few candid shot of her with either Chris or Angie, or both. She also had a training pole, to practice her hand coordination in the living room. The door to her room was a sliding door out of an Asian designed. So, the furniture looked at like something out of the Bombay Company. Exotic and beautiful. Sidney was known for having excellent taste. Even though she no longer modeled, she still dressed in a simple sophisticated style. Except for a few pieces of her wardrobe, most of it was solids. She still had a lot of casually clothes, which were her favorite things to wear. She was wearing a sweater with the name of Excelsior on it, and a pair of well worn jeans. She had taken out all her earrings, and her class ring. These were the only pieces of jewelry she wore for the most part.
There was also something else in her apartment that she kept.
Every doctor was required to have a psychological evaluation. Sidney had to do it for the Physician Fliers and Saving Grace. There were prescriptions given to her for mild depression and insomnia. However, since they gave her prescriptions, they assumed the problems were solved. She kept the prescriptions in the drawer, but never had them filled. Sidney didn't want to think that she needed drugs to survive. Besides, the nightmares were that bad. At least that's what she tried to convince herself.
* * *
Lady Une and Millardo decided to divide everyone on into teams or dispatch an individual to do some questioning. The first place to ask questions would be at Relena's alma mater, Excelsior University. It would be soon enough before they would be able to assemble a dossier on Sidney Marquette. They all soon found out that she was the model whose face was practically everywhere for a short time.
They assembled almost all the pictures and video shots of Sidney Marquette. Duo scheduled for the viewing of all the material he and Quatre had gathered up.
"Wow. I mean wow. Talk about hiding in plain sight. Sidney Marquette did shoots all over the world. However, the reason she was able to keep her identity a secret was the fact that she never duplicated the same look for every shoot that she did. Some of the looks were downright remarkable," said Duo.
"It's amazing how makeup, hair dye and styles, contacts, and different clothes can do. It was as if she became a different person for each of the fashion shoots," added Quatre. Duo and he started to show the pictures (which was quite a few, but not all of them) in the form of a slide show. They made sure to put the pictures in chorological order. So, that they could see Sidney's evolution so to speak. Duo really liked the assignment that was assigned to him. They started the slide show. The first few shots were Relena with her naturally hair color, but with different makeup. Those were considered rare shots of Sidney Marquette. Duo wasn't the only one to notice how beautiful her body was, however he was the only foolish enough to comment on it in the same room with Millardo and Heero.
"I also have to say, I never noticed she had a body like that. Mother Nature was very kind to her. According to some of the fashion commentaries, the most distinctive feature she has are her legs. I'd have to agree with them on that one," commented Duo with a look of appraisal at the pictures. This earned him a glare from Millardo. But, this time, Heero was truly speechless. Not quiet, but totally and utterly speechless.
'She is doing what I never thought she would ever do. I never expected this. She's bold. It's like I never even knew her in the first place,' thought Heero while at the same time he betray no expression on his face.
"I questioned the guy who first scouted Relena, Randy McCoy. He said that she was going to the height of her modeling career. But, she quit. Actually, she never bothered to renew her contract with the Beaumont Agency. You'll never guess where she was scout, and why she was there. She was one of the malls in British Columbia near the university. Relena was shopping for new clothes, apparently she outgrew the ones she was wearing. Relena shot up a good five inches more after she left," informed Quatre.
"Wait, that woman's as tall as me!" exclaimed Wufei.
"My sister was one of the most photographed women in the world," said Millardo in disbelief. He didn't think his baby sister was bold enough to do some of the shoots that she was required to do.
"Why was she modeling in the first place? Whomever, Relena has become, she still strikes me as person who doesn't do things without a reason," this came from Noin. Noin always had good insight during the meetings.
"That's where we come in," said Trowa, he and Wufei were the ones who went over to Excelsior to ask questions about Sidney Marquette. Wufei went with Trowa because he didn't want to work with the "loud" Duo. Heero worked by himself with his laptop.
"Yes. Her major was medicine. Which according to the school expense records, it's the most expensive major. However, since she didn't start to model until after she was going to Excelsior they had no problem letting her do it. The counselor we talked to said that Sidney or Relena was running out of money. So, they allowed her to stay without kicking her out, most of the students don't work, but they have wealthy parents who pay for everything. Which means, the students are expected to be especially focused," said Wufei.
"According to the guidance counselor, she said that Relena was the class valedictorian for several quarters, but there was hard competition. So, Relena in the end was the class salutatorian, but she was only beaten by a quarter of a point," reported Trowa.
"Relena must have worked harder than anyone at that school. She did everything on her own," said Millardo in a soft voice. He was have the sinking feeling that his sister wasn't just fine, but that she didn't need him anymore. In fact, that she did better without any of them, then she ever did with them. He was seeing new dimensions in his baby sister that he didn't think possible. 'Maybe, I should stop calling her my "baby" sister,' he mused. She was definitely a woman now. If she didn't attract attention before, she was doing it now. This made Millardo have uncomfortable thoughts.
"That does mean that she wouldn't have to renew the contract once she had graduated," said Sally.
"What did you find out, Heero?" asked Lady Une.
"I did some research about the Physician Fliers Program. Relena was recruited out of her school. It is a non-profit organization. Relena was especially recruited because she had the piloting skills that they needed also," said Heero.
"Wait…did you just say piloting skills?" asked Quatre.
"Yes, not anything we mobile suit pilots should be concerned about, but she has license to pilot small planes and helicopters," answered Heero, "Relena did her service in this order: South Africa, India, China, and Honduras."
"According, to her school records, she can speak over half a dozen languages," said Quatre, "I think it would be very useful, if your traveling around the world like that."
"There's also something else, the people at Beaumont said," added Duo quietly. He wasn't sure if he wanted to say it out loud.
"What?" asked Millardo. Duo looked at Quatre who nodded at him. Duo gulped and decided he might as well say it now that he said something.
"They said that Relena had to be heavily insured because of the fact that she kept doing dangerous thrill seeking actives. Which runs the gambit of swimming with the sharks to rock climbing," Duo winced waiting for some kind of reaction from Heero or Millardo or both.
"Apparently, Relena has lost her mind," said Millardo. This would have been funny had he not been scowling. There was now a lot of tension in the air. Why was she putting her life in jeopardy needlessly?
"What happens now? Should we go forward?" asked Quatre.
"Of course. We have to," answered Heero.
"I just had a thought. Relena has outsmarted us all," said Duo.
There was nothing anyone could say to that.
* * *
Sidney decided that it was about time she took a vacation. She hadn't had really one since Spain the week prior to graduation. But, even that was a working vacation. She also wanted to get out of the D.C. area for awhile. Now when Sidney went on vacation, she usually ended up dragging Angie or Chris along with her. This time it wasn't any different. The three of them had decided to go to Prince Rupert Island to see Angie's folks. Chris invited Steve to come along. Since, the vacation was planned in short notice, Sidney and Chris decided that renting a plane would be the best idea. So, that meant that Sidney would be piloting.
Sidney was packing the night before she left. She left that at the last moment because it gave her something to do since she couldn't sleep. She had hoped that her nightmares would stay away during the vacation. Sidney had a lot of planning to do, but she was the sort who could never do a thing while on vacation, even if she had planned for it. Either way she wanted to get away for awhile, before she had to face all of them. Especially Heero.