By West Wind
Disclaimer: I have no claim to any of the GW characters. Only thing that is mine is the story line and any non GW characters.
Author's Notes: Thanks for the encouraging reviews. I am planning on posting two chapters tonight, and I hope to have the story finished this weekend. ~Enjoy!
Marimeia walked into Heero's office while she was waiting for Lady Une to finish with her meeting. Heero was sitting at his desk working on his computer.
"Heero, do you have a moment to talk?"
"Give me a second," he replied as he finished what he was typing before giving her his attention.
"When you think of me what do you think of?" she asked.
Heero looked at her funny.
"I mean, what is your perception of me?" she continued.
"Your Marimeia," he replied as if that would answer her question.
"But what does that mean to you?" asked a flustered Marimeia.
Heero was unsure where this line of questioning was going. In the many years he had known her, she very rarely became flustered and always had a secure sense of who she was or wanted to be.
"You are," he slowly started as he summarized his perception of the girl before him, "a young woman who has come through hardships, found a family, accomplishes what she sets her mind to do, and whose future is before her."
A slight smile played at her lips at the description, but it still was not what she wanted to know.
"What are you feelings toward me?" she entreated.
Once again Heero stared at her unanswering. It was a question he had not thought about. Since moving in with Relena, Marimeia has been a constant part of his life. He cared for her happiness and safety. She was one of his friends.
Marimeia placed her hands on Heero's desk and leaned toward him.
"Heero, will you go out on a date with me?"
Heero froze and had a mild shocked look on his face. He had known about Marimeia's crush on him when she was younger, but he though she had outgrown it. He knew whatever he said would hurt her so he tried to pick his words carefully.
"Marimeia, I am not right for you."
"How do you know?"
"There is a large age difference."
"So…"
"I care for you, but I just don't have those kind of feelings for you."
"But, you could if you gave it a try."
Heero let out a sigh at her persistence. He had hoped that a little dissuasion would make her give up on the idea, but he should have known better.
"No!" he said firmly.
She said nothing but looked him in the eye. He could see the pain and anger building there. He hatted to be the cause of her pain, but it had to be this way. She turned and stormed out of the room bumping into Trowa in the hall. He caught her arm and asked her if everything was alright. She mumbled she was fine and pulled out of his grasp before continuing down the hall. Trowa watched her go wishing there was something he could do to help, but somethings one has to work out and experience for ones self. He turned back to Heero's office and knocked on the door before entering.
A bewildered Heero sat at his desk while Trowa took the chair before it, and they started one of their conversations that Relena found both amusing and annoying. Trowa and Heero always seemed to communicate so well with looks, movements and few words.
"Marimeia…" said Heero.
"I saw."
"She …"
"I know. Relena," he added at his friend's unasked question.
"How long?"
"Few months."
Heero looked out the door as if trying to see if she was o.k.
Trowa shrug his shoulders then added, "but she will survive."
Heero shook his head at the awkwardness of the situation.
"You could have," said Trowa.
Heero glared at him.
"You're the last person I would have expected that from," commented Heero dryly.
"Her choice."
"She will forget about me at college."
Trowa gave Heero a "Maybe" look then handed Heero the package he came to delivering and left.
"Why did you do that? I just wanted to know if he was attracted to me. You shouldn't have asked him for a date. You knew he would say no. Well what did you expect?" Marimeia demanded of herself. "Did you think he would declare his love for you and catch you up in a passionate kiss like they do in stories?"
She shook her head as a small part of her whispered yes,
but she knew better. At least now he had an idea bout her feelings for
him. She would just wait, she might get him to fall for her yet. Only time
would tell.