Mind Games
By Queen of Sarab
Chapter 2
Celeste took a pull off her cigarette, keeping one eye out for stalking school officials. Getting kicked out would not help too much with keeping a low profile. Celeste grimaced just thinking about the lecture her sister would give her if she attracted so much attention to them.
A noise from the door startled Celeste into shoving her cigarette behind her, blocked from view of the door. Tensed, she prepared herself for the worst- and only Duo came out.
"What, did you come to lecture me too?" Celeste said bitterly, taking a defiant drag off her cigarette.
"Actually I was going to ask if I could bum one," Duo grinned.
Celeste raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "You smoke?" She looked at him with interest, probing his mind slightly. All she'd gotten from it before were the same type of feelings she had felt from Quatre earlier...but Duo's feelings were unresolved- and directed towards Heero. Heero's mind had been a jumble of confusion she couldn't pick one specific thought out of, but Duo's thoughts had been clearly and completely on Heero.
As they were now.
"Not usually," Duo replyed. "But hey, life sucks, so why not shorten the agony a little."
"Right...the whole 'Heero' thing."
Duo looked up sharply. "Excuse me?"
"You know, the whole thing you have for Heero," Celeste shrugged.
"How did you know about that?" Duo asked suspiciously.
"Oh...just a feeling." Celeste fluttered her eyes innocently, and Duo grinned.
"You know, 'Flare', those things can kill you..." he mocked innocently.
Celeste hit him playfully. "Thanks for the advice, Braid-boy."
"Ha, ha, ha."
They fell into a comfortable silence. Celeste pulled at her cigarette thoughtfully, glancing occasionally at the small boy leaning against the wall next to her. Duo's mind was a place of stormclouds and sunshine somehow coexisting in one little space.
She loved it.
If only she could do something for his little Heero dilemma...Celeste stared annoyed at a small piece of broken glass glittering on the ground, suddenly overcome with the urge to smash something. Oh, yeah, Aurora would love that...Celeste rolled her eyes in supreme annoyance. She could just imagine it- Aurora telling her how she needed to "control" her feelings better. Well, at least she showed her feelings....
Celeste shook herself out of her thoughts, flicking the last of her cigarette onto the pavement beneath her. Flipping her hair over her shoulder, she stretched gracefully against the wall...and stopped. With a mischievous grin, she turned to Duo.
"Hey, Braid-boy, wanna take a ride?"
Duo looked at her with curiosity. "What?"
Celeste dangled a set of keys in front of him with a wolfish grin. "I stole my sister's keys."
"Uh, don't we have classes?"
"What's your point?"
Duo sighed. "Heero's gonna kill me...."
"I'm taking that as a yes," grinned Celeste, grabbing Duo's arm. "C'mon."
By Queen of Sarab
Chapter 2
Celeste took a pull off her cigarette, keeping one eye out for stalking school officials. Getting kicked out would not help too much with keeping a low profile. Celeste grimaced just thinking about the lecture her sister would give her if she attracted so much attention to them.
A noise from the door startled Celeste into shoving her cigarette behind her, blocked from view of the door. Tensed, she prepared herself for the worst- and only Duo came out.
"What, did you come to lecture me too?" Celeste said bitterly, taking a defiant drag off her cigarette.
"Actually I was going to ask if I could bum one," Duo grinned.
Celeste raised an inquisitive eyebrow. "You smoke?" She looked at him with interest, probing his mind slightly. All she'd gotten from it before were the same type of feelings she had felt from Quatre earlier...but Duo's feelings were unresolved- and directed towards Heero. Heero's mind had been a jumble of confusion she couldn't pick one specific thought out of, but Duo's thoughts had been clearly and completely on Heero.
As they were now.
"Not usually," Duo replyed. "But hey, life sucks, so why not shorten the agony a little."
"Right...the whole 'Heero' thing."
Duo looked up sharply. "Excuse me?"
"You know, the whole thing you have for Heero," Celeste shrugged.
"How did you know about that?" Duo asked suspiciously.
"Oh...just a feeling." Celeste fluttered her eyes innocently, and Duo grinned.
"You know, 'Flare', those things can kill you..." he mocked innocently.
Celeste hit him playfully. "Thanks for the advice, Braid-boy."
"Ha, ha, ha."
They fell into a comfortable silence. Celeste pulled at her cigarette thoughtfully, glancing occasionally at the small boy leaning against the wall next to her. Duo's mind was a place of stormclouds and sunshine somehow coexisting in one little space.
She loved it.
If only she could do something for his little Heero dilemma...Celeste stared annoyed at a small piece of broken glass glittering on the ground, suddenly overcome with the urge to smash something. Oh, yeah, Aurora would love that...Celeste rolled her eyes in supreme annoyance. She could just imagine it- Aurora telling her how she needed to "control" her feelings better. Well, at least she showed her feelings....
Celeste shook herself out of her thoughts, flicking the last of her cigarette onto the pavement beneath her. Flipping her hair over her shoulder, she stretched gracefully against the wall...and stopped. With a mischievous grin, she turned to Duo.
"Hey, Braid-boy, wanna take a ride?"
Duo looked at her with curiosity. "What?"
Celeste dangled a set of keys in front of him with a wolfish grin. "I stole my sister's keys."
"Uh, don't we have classes?"
"What's your point?"
Duo sighed. "Heero's gonna kill me...."
"I'm taking that as a yes," grinned Celeste, grabbing Duo's arm. "C'mon."