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Chapter 26
Gathered around in a back booth at the Last Chance bar, the six bikers were drinking and laughing happily while making toasts to their new found success.
"To Chance and Duo, without you two this wouldn't be possible." Trowa said with a small smile on his face. All of them laughed and clinked their beer mugs together.
"Heh, okay, enough of that corny stuff." Chance laughed as a light blush tinted her cheeks. She suddenly felt a hand entwine with hers from under the table, and when she looked over she was greeted by the sight of Duo smiling at her and saw him give her a wink. Smiling back, Chance held onto the offered hand firmly as she turned her attention to what her brother was saying.
"So, guys... What are we gonna call our team now? You guys still gonna be the apocalypse?" Chase asked suddenly as he made himself comfortable leaning against Heero's strong frame.
Heero wrapped his arms around his love's shoulders and paused to think for a moment. "Ya know.. I really haven't thought of it.. Jay didn't say anything about us being one team or not or about renaming the team..."
"That might be worth taking some time to think about.." Wufei pointed out lightly as he took another sip from his beer. "We need to come up with something before Tuesday."
Suddenly Duo snorted and stood abruptly from the booth. "Eh, we'll worry about that later, for now let's just enjoy the night." He then held out his hand towards Chance. "Care for a dance? The D.J.'s about ta start up the party." he asked, his eyes gleaming mischievously.
Chance smiled up at Duo and nodded. "Sure, you go on and try ta get the d.j. ta play some good songs, I'll be right with you as soon as I finish this." She lifted up her half empty beer mug.
Duo returned her smile and gave her a saucy wink before trotting off towards the d.j..
When the braided biker was out of sight, Trowa and Wufei began to get out of the booth. "We're going to go see if there's a pool table empty in the game room, we'll catch you guys later." Wufei stated before he and his lover walked away and disappeared into the gathering crowd on the dance floor.
Chase watched them go for a moment, and was about to take the last sip of his beer when he felt something kick him lightly from under the table. His teal eyes looked up curiously to meet Chance's determined stare. He knew what that meant. she wants to talk about something... "Heero, would you see if Casey got in a new shipment of rum for me, please?" He asked his lover sweetly.
Unable to resist those sparkling teal eyes and that innocent look, Heero gave the pale young man a slight smile and nodded. "Sure, I'll be back soon."
The twins watched Heero slide out of the booth and walk off towards the bar.
When she was sure that he couldn't hear them, Chance looked at her counterpart seriously before getting straight to the point. "Have you told him yet?"
Chase looked at her curiously. "Told who what?"
Chance groaned loudly in frustration. "Quatre... Have you told Heero the truth yet?" She asked again, purposely stressing his real name.
He winced slightly at the sound of his true identity and cast his glance down to the smooth black table top. "No..."
"Damnit, Quatre, your birthday is a week away!" Chance realized that she was talking a bit too loudly, so leaned in forward and began to whisper. "You need to tell him soon before you have to go back! I don't know if I'll ever be able see you again after you inherit your father's company, what makes you think you'll ever be able to get away to see Heero! He needs to know the truth, or do you want to just vanish from his life completely?" She knew that she sounded harsh, but she had to make him realize the seriousness of the situation.
And he did realize it. "Oh god... I.. I've been so caught up with everything that I completely forgot how much time has past..." His face grew paler and he began wringing his hands in a cocktail napkin. "I... I don't want to go back, Chance! I'm happy here! I'm happy with Heero, with you.. Duo.. Trowa, Wufei... I don't want to go back to that hell hole..." He looked over where Heero was chatting lightly with Casey at the bar, and it took everything he had not to shed tears. "What am I going to do?... I won't have any real control over the company... My father will still have power of attorney, all the decisions will still be made by him, I'm just gonna be a puppet..." Quatre looked up at the woman that he considered to be his one real sister, a lost and helpless look on his face. "Chance.. Is... Is there anything that can be done? Anything at all?"
The pained look on his delicate face made her heart ache. "Quatre..." She paused for a moment when she saw Duo join Heero at the bar. :There is a way, my brother... But.. I don't know if I can...: She looked back to her brother and forced one of her grins onto her face. "Hey.. We'll come up with something, don't worry, okay? For now just worry about how yer gonna break the news to Heero. You better do it soon too. He might not react too well if he finds out by any other way.' She pointed out.
"I know, I know... I'm afraid to though.. What if he feels betrayed?" he asked in a whisper, now casting a nervous glance towards his lover at the bar.
"He more than likely will, Quatre, but if you explain it to him he'll understand. Heero thinks logically, he'll understand your reasons for doing this."
He nodded sadly and let out a deep sigh. "I'll tell him... Before the races.. I need a day or two to come up with what I'm going to say to him..."
Chance frowned, but agreed with it. "Alright, but the longer you put it off the harder it's gonna be.. Just remember that."
"Remember what?"
Startled, the twins look up to see Duo and Heero stepping up to their booth. Seeing Quatre grow pale, Chance coughed slightly and grinned evilly. "Remember that Heero's weak point in racing is that he is slower coming out of the turns. Especially on turn two and four on the local track." She stated smugly while nudging at her twin's leg with her boot under the table.
Heero's eyes grew wide before they narrowed in annoyance. "Not all the time..." He grunted as he held out a large bottle of rum and two shot glasses to Chase.
Chase took the offered objects quickly and blushed deeply, too embarrassed and ashamed to look at Heero's face.
Heero instantly noticed the sudden change in his behavior, and he briefly wondered what had changed his mood so quickly, but before he could wonder for long the sound of Duo clearing his throat caught his attention.
"Excuse me, but I do believe that you owe me a dance." The braided biker stated with a grin as he once more held his hand out in offering to Chance.
Chance couldn't help but smile and in one large gulp she finished off her beer and sat her mug on the table before placing her hand in his. "Lead on, lover."
With that Duo pulled her to her feet and instantly hooked his arm with hers and walked her to the dance floor. The moment they stepped onto the floor the music started thumping through the speakers. Duo gave Chance an evil smirk as his hand slid down her back gently, causing her to shiver slightly. Chance glared at him lightly, but couldn't stop the smile that was creeping onto her lips. She reached out to let a finger trail down the front of his black mesh shirt as she slowly began swaying her hips in time with the beat of the music. The long haired biker licked his lips and placed his hands on her hips, moving in sync with her as he stared into her burning teal eyes. Her hands would ghost down his arms and chest gracefully, still keeping in time with the music as she felt Duo's hands do the same.
It wasn't long before they were dancing together in a way that made all of the other people stop and take notice. The way Chance moved into Duo's touches as he guided her along making every effort to keep some sort of contact with her slender form looked very provocative. They matched each other move for move and it was clear in their eyes the passion they felt for one another. It was nearly erotic they way they kept stealing kisses and caresses every chance they got, but they didn't seem to care about the people gathered around them.
At one point a tall muscular man was able to get in close and cut in between the two dancing motocross riders in the attempts to dance with Chance. Duo recognized him as one of the men that Chance used to tease and dance with on their past visits to the bar, and for an instant he began to worry that Chance would choose to go back to way things were before they had gotten together.
:Did I get my hopes too high again...: he thought in dismay as Chance kept dancing. He was about to turn his attention to the bar when he saw that Chance's eyes, that were closed to the guy cut in, suddenly opened once the guy tried to touch her.
She had been caught up in her dance, but something didn't feel right when she felt a hand touch her side. :Hey.. That's not Duo..: Chance quickly opened her eyes and looked to see Duo standing a few feet away looking like he felt betrayed. It was then that she noticed one of the regulars at the bar trying to get her to dance with her. She glared at him and gracefully spun herself around him and stopped in front of Duo. Not giving Duo time to react, she reach out to pull him close and kissed him deeply and quickly before she let go of him and resumed dancing.
Duo could only stand there and blink in confusion for a moment before he came to his senses and grinned brightly. It only took seconds before he was back dancing with her, almost giving the guy she dismissed a smug look.
Again and again a brave man or a seductive woman would try to cut in and tear the two apart, but each time they were left standing bewildered while Chance and Duo kept dancing as if nothing happened. They couldn't keep their hands off one another as the music filled them and directed their moves, and the crowd cheered them on.
From their booth Chase couldn't help but smile brightly at the scene that unfolded on the dance floor. He snuggled up closer to Heero and move in close to whisper into his ear. "This is right isn't it?"
Heero held on tighter to the smaller biker and nodded before he looked away from his two friends dancing and regarded his love. "Yes, everything is how it should be..." He then leaned forward and softly kissed Chase's pale forehead.
Chase smiled back but he quickly looked away when his twin's words echoed through his head. :Damnit.. I have to tell Heero.. But how can I? I'll lose him for sure if I tell him I've been lying to him all this time...:
Then his inner voice finally spoke out. :Better to lose him knowing that you were honest to him than disappear and break his heart.. If you do that you'll never get him back...:
Chase knew the voice was right, he had to tell Heero some how and soon. :Maybe.. Maybe Chance will be right and everything will work out... I have to try... If I lose... No, no if's I can't think like that. Chance wants me to be strong, I can't let this get to me. My name isn't Winner for nothing damnit: With that thought firmly in place, he turned back towards Heero and reached out. He gently took hold of Heero's chin and had him face him. Heero's deep cobalt eyes looked at him questioningly, but his question was cut off when Chase took his lips in a passionate kiss.
It took a moment, but soon Heero began to return the kiss just as passionately, and he was nearly amazed that he was being this open. :I never would have done anything like this in public before... But then again never had anyone who loved me completely... God Chase is perfect... Can't believe he's real..: His thoughts became fuzzy as the kiss continued.
Chase kept his lips locked to Heero's almost desperately as he moaned softly. :God.. Don't wanna lose this... Don't wanna lose him... Sunday... I'll figure out what to tell him tomorrow, then I'll get him alone on Sunday... And just hope for the best.:
The two parted from the kiss and Heero smiled and petted back the silky black hair. "I love you, Chase." he called out over the loud music.
Chase smiled back. "Quatre..." He corrected in a whisper, knowing that he couldn't hear him...
"What?"
"You too! I love you too..." Chase then quickly snuggled next to him and rested his head on Heero's strong shoulder.
But as Heero held onto his love tightly, a puzzled look stole over his features. :Did... Did he just say Quatre?...:
He never thought to tell Chase he could read lips...
Never saw the need to.
TBC
oh my.
guess sunday is the day.
or maybe not..
Mahahaha
Later!