The Meaning of Beautiful
By: Gypsy Tollamer
Gypsy: happy Friday people! Spring break ends this Sunday! Wah! I've done absolutely nothing! I've been sick, went shopping, saw a bunch of movies, and did a lot of schoolwork. I think I'm done ranting and raving now. I'm trying to make this fic a little lighter because it's just a little too dark I think. I don't want you guys to read it and go over dose on Prozac because of me…. Oh well. PLEASE REVIEW!
Quatre rolled over the next morning. When Quatre opened his eyes he saw Duo fast asleep in his bed. For some reason his heart didn't feel so heavy. I mean he still felt weak and depressed but not as much as he had felt yesterday. He struggled to sit up and after 5 minutes of sweating he did. Quatre looked around. The room was as clean as could be everything had been put away. Quatre saw something he hadn't before. A small box wrapped in pretty light blue paper with a ribbon on it. Quatre reached over and picked it up. It was surprisingly heavy for a little box. He looked at the tag and he tried to focus his eyes enough to read to delicate print.
"To: Quatre, From: Trowa." He whispered.
"Trowa?" he thought. "Catherine's brother?" Quatre's face lit up in a smile. Trowa, the gorgeous Trowa had given him a gift. He ripped the paper off and opened the box. He gasped.
It was a beautiful snow globe with a large angel in it. She was holding what seemed to be the earth in her hands and little angels were on clouds surrounding her. It was beautiful. The base looked like a giant cloud.
"How beautiful." He whispered. He turned it over to see if it had a key where it could play music. Quatre turned the knob. The song is played was Ave Maria. It was as beautiful to hear as it was to see.
"You're awake." A voice said. Quatre jumped but held on to the snow globe thankfully. It was Duo. His hair was un braided and all rumpled. Duo sat up and swung his legs over the bed. He checked the bag hanging on the IV rack by Quatre's bed. "You're not done yet." He stated before walking to his dresser and getting his hairbrush.
"What happened?" Quatre asked.
"You don't remember?" Duo asked. "Meiren died and you were locked in the tank."
"Oh I remember that." Quatre said shuddering. He could smell the steel walls and the cold creeping up his neck and he could see the evil look on Dorothy's face.
"Then you were hysterical so they sedated you when you came to the next day you were even worse. Dr. Treize had to hold you done so Sally could sedate you." Duo said. "You seemed terrified."
"I don't remember that." He said. "When did Trowa come?"
"Yesterday afternoon. You were sleeping so he just left you the present he got you." He said looking at the snow globe in Quatre's hands. "It's pretty."
"Beautiful." Quatre said.
"Maybe you'll be allowed to get out of bed today." Duo said running the brush through his thick chestnut hair.
"Maybe." Quatre said. "How's Iris and Catherine and everybody else?"
"Wufei got sent home yesterday." Duo said happily. "He said he'd come back to visit but he was so happy when Treize told him that he could go home with his grandparents."
"I'm happy for him." Quatre said.
"Iris came by and saw you." He said. "Catherine's okay I guess. She's not that happy here."
"When do they think she'll get to go home?" Quatre asked.
"Probably not for another year." Duo said.
"A year?" Quatre asked. "That long?"
"Catherine's been here for 4 years already what's one more to her?" he asked. "She can barely survive here, let alone in the real world."
Nurse Une came in through the door.
'Quatre!" she said happily. "You're awake."
"Yes ma'am." he said.
'Duo it's time for breakfast." She said. Duo smiled and through on his robe.
"Can I go like this?" he asked.
"Put on some slippers." She said.
Duo grabbed his snoopy slippers and ran out the door braiding his hair as he went.
"I'm sorry about the past 2 days." Quatre said.
"It's not your fault. You went through a traumatic experience." She said walking towards Quatre's bed. "Dr. Kushrenada is going to come talk to you later today."
"Okay." Quatre said flipping the snow globe upside down and shaking it before turning it over. There was no snow in it. There was glitter in it that fell on the angels.
"That's very pretty. Did Catherine's brother bring it for you?" she asked.
"Yes." Quatre said not taking his eyes off the angels.
"Can you set it down while I talk to you?" She asked. Quatre nodded and handed it to her and she set it on the dresser. "Quatre why are their scratches all over your body?"
Quatre looked down and raised his pajamas sleeve. He could see the scratches were slowly healing. They still hurt.
"She does it when I don't listen." He said. "I try to make her stop but that only makes her more angry."
"Dorothy?" Une asked.
"Yes." He said looking at his hands.
"Quatre you're going to have to start psychiatric counseling on a daily basis until you are permitted to leave the clinic." She said.
He nodded.
"Are you hungry?" she asked.
"Can I eat with everyone else?" he asked.
"I don't see why not." She said smiling and putting the stopped in the IV tubing before unhooking him from it. "You'll have to finish this bag when you come back."
"Ok." He said pushing the covers back.
Nurse Une set a tray in front of the empty seat by Iris.
"Quatre's coming to breakfast." She said.
"Good for him." Catherine said. Quatre entered the cafeteria and slowly walked to the table where his friends were sitting. He sat slowly.
"We've missed you." Iris said patting Quatre's arm.
"Thankyou." Quatre said picking up his fork.
"Will you be okay?" Nurse Une asked Quatre.
"Yes ma'am." He said. "I'll get a hold of you if I need help."
"Your sister came to see you yesterday." Iris said. "I met her, she's nice."
"Iria?" he asked. "The tall one with blonde hair?"
"Yup." Catherine said. "Trowa and I talked to her as well. Trowa wants to be a surgeon too."
"Really? Trowa?" Duo asked. "I'd give anything to have your hot brother's hands operating magic on me."
"What about Heero?" Iris asked.
"He works magic on me with out cutting me open." He said. "And besides Trowa likes Quatre."
"He came to see you too." Iris said to Quatre taking a huge swig of her orange juice.
"I know." Quatre said. "He left me a present."
"It's this gorgeous snow globe with angels in it." Duo said. "Really nice."
"I'm glad he likes you." Catherine said softly. "Do you like him?"
"Maybe, I haven't really talked to him." Quatre said eating the last bite of toast on his plate.
'Quatre I know you hate jam, can I have yours?" Duo asked. Quatre nodded and slid his packet of strawberry jam to Duo.
Quatre looked around. The room seemed lighter just like his heart.
"Maybe today will be better as a whole." He thought smiling and drinking his orange juice.
"Some one's in love." Iris thought affectionately.
End of chapter 16
By: Gypsy Tollamer
Gypsy: happy Friday people! Spring break ends this Sunday! Wah! I've done absolutely nothing! I've been sick, went shopping, saw a bunch of movies, and did a lot of schoolwork. I think I'm done ranting and raving now. I'm trying to make this fic a little lighter because it's just a little too dark I think. I don't want you guys to read it and go over dose on Prozac because of me…. Oh well. PLEASE REVIEW!
Quatre rolled over the next morning. When Quatre opened his eyes he saw Duo fast asleep in his bed. For some reason his heart didn't feel so heavy. I mean he still felt weak and depressed but not as much as he had felt yesterday. He struggled to sit up and after 5 minutes of sweating he did. Quatre looked around. The room was as clean as could be everything had been put away. Quatre saw something he hadn't before. A small box wrapped in pretty light blue paper with a ribbon on it. Quatre reached over and picked it up. It was surprisingly heavy for a little box. He looked at the tag and he tried to focus his eyes enough to read to delicate print.
"To: Quatre, From: Trowa." He whispered.
"Trowa?" he thought. "Catherine's brother?" Quatre's face lit up in a smile. Trowa, the gorgeous Trowa had given him a gift. He ripped the paper off and opened the box. He gasped.
It was a beautiful snow globe with a large angel in it. She was holding what seemed to be the earth in her hands and little angels were on clouds surrounding her. It was beautiful. The base looked like a giant cloud.
"How beautiful." He whispered. He turned it over to see if it had a key where it could play music. Quatre turned the knob. The song is played was Ave Maria. It was as beautiful to hear as it was to see.
"You're awake." A voice said. Quatre jumped but held on to the snow globe thankfully. It was Duo. His hair was un braided and all rumpled. Duo sat up and swung his legs over the bed. He checked the bag hanging on the IV rack by Quatre's bed. "You're not done yet." He stated before walking to his dresser and getting his hairbrush.
"What happened?" Quatre asked.
"You don't remember?" Duo asked. "Meiren died and you were locked in the tank."
"Oh I remember that." Quatre said shuddering. He could smell the steel walls and the cold creeping up his neck and he could see the evil look on Dorothy's face.
"Then you were hysterical so they sedated you when you came to the next day you were even worse. Dr. Treize had to hold you done so Sally could sedate you." Duo said. "You seemed terrified."
"I don't remember that." He said. "When did Trowa come?"
"Yesterday afternoon. You were sleeping so he just left you the present he got you." He said looking at the snow globe in Quatre's hands. "It's pretty."
"Beautiful." Quatre said.
"Maybe you'll be allowed to get out of bed today." Duo said running the brush through his thick chestnut hair.
"Maybe." Quatre said. "How's Iris and Catherine and everybody else?"
"Wufei got sent home yesterday." Duo said happily. "He said he'd come back to visit but he was so happy when Treize told him that he could go home with his grandparents."
"I'm happy for him." Quatre said.
"Iris came by and saw you." He said. "Catherine's okay I guess. She's not that happy here."
"When do they think she'll get to go home?" Quatre asked.
"Probably not for another year." Duo said.
"A year?" Quatre asked. "That long?"
"Catherine's been here for 4 years already what's one more to her?" he asked. "She can barely survive here, let alone in the real world."
Nurse Une came in through the door.
'Quatre!" she said happily. "You're awake."
"Yes ma'am." he said.
'Duo it's time for breakfast." She said. Duo smiled and through on his robe.
"Can I go like this?" he asked.
"Put on some slippers." She said.
Duo grabbed his snoopy slippers and ran out the door braiding his hair as he went.
"I'm sorry about the past 2 days." Quatre said.
"It's not your fault. You went through a traumatic experience." She said walking towards Quatre's bed. "Dr. Kushrenada is going to come talk to you later today."
"Okay." Quatre said flipping the snow globe upside down and shaking it before turning it over. There was no snow in it. There was glitter in it that fell on the angels.
"That's very pretty. Did Catherine's brother bring it for you?" she asked.
"Yes." Quatre said not taking his eyes off the angels.
"Can you set it down while I talk to you?" She asked. Quatre nodded and handed it to her and she set it on the dresser. "Quatre why are their scratches all over your body?"
Quatre looked down and raised his pajamas sleeve. He could see the scratches were slowly healing. They still hurt.
"She does it when I don't listen." He said. "I try to make her stop but that only makes her more angry."
"Dorothy?" Une asked.
"Yes." He said looking at his hands.
"Quatre you're going to have to start psychiatric counseling on a daily basis until you are permitted to leave the clinic." She said.
He nodded.
"Are you hungry?" she asked.
"Can I eat with everyone else?" he asked.
"I don't see why not." She said smiling and putting the stopped in the IV tubing before unhooking him from it. "You'll have to finish this bag when you come back."
"Ok." He said pushing the covers back.
Nurse Une set a tray in front of the empty seat by Iris.
"Quatre's coming to breakfast." She said.
"Good for him." Catherine said. Quatre entered the cafeteria and slowly walked to the table where his friends were sitting. He sat slowly.
"We've missed you." Iris said patting Quatre's arm.
"Thankyou." Quatre said picking up his fork.
"Will you be okay?" Nurse Une asked Quatre.
"Yes ma'am." He said. "I'll get a hold of you if I need help."
"Your sister came to see you yesterday." Iris said. "I met her, she's nice."
"Iria?" he asked. "The tall one with blonde hair?"
"Yup." Catherine said. "Trowa and I talked to her as well. Trowa wants to be a surgeon too."
"Really? Trowa?" Duo asked. "I'd give anything to have your hot brother's hands operating magic on me."
"What about Heero?" Iris asked.
"He works magic on me with out cutting me open." He said. "And besides Trowa likes Quatre."
"He came to see you too." Iris said to Quatre taking a huge swig of her orange juice.
"I know." Quatre said. "He left me a present."
"It's this gorgeous snow globe with angels in it." Duo said. "Really nice."
"I'm glad he likes you." Catherine said softly. "Do you like him?"
"Maybe, I haven't really talked to him." Quatre said eating the last bite of toast on his plate.
'Quatre I know you hate jam, can I have yours?" Duo asked. Quatre nodded and slid his packet of strawberry jam to Duo.
Quatre looked around. The room seemed lighter just like his heart.
"Maybe today will be better as a whole." He thought smiling and drinking his orange juice.
"Some one's in love." Iris thought affectionately.
End of chapter 16