SHOW ME THE MEANING OF BEING LONELY

Disclaimer: I don't own GW

AN: I've decided to do this person, because NO ONE does her, it's all either Dorothy, Relena, or Noin,
never Cathy or Sally. This time, I'm gonna make Cathy shine ^^ THIS IS ALSO PRE-ENDLESS
WALTZ!!! IT TAKES PLACE BEFORE EP. 13, CATHERINE'S TEAR!!!!!!

Catherine Bloom bowed as she walked off the open ring and hid among the other performers. Trowa sat
down silently as usual on a crate near the lion. Catherine sat beside him, and smiled.

"Trowa, what's wrong? Something up?" She asked, smiling.

"No, nothing's wrong," Trowa replied, folding his arms over his chest, and then stood. "We don't have
any more acts. I'm calling it a night."

'Trowa…' Catherine thought painfully as he went to their shared trailer. She followed him, but knocking
on his door, she got no answer so she sat down on the couch.

[Show me the meaning of being lonely
So many words for the broken heart,
It's hard to see in a crimson love,
So hard to breathe,
Walk with me and maybe,
Nights of light so soon become,
Wild and free I could feel the sun,
Your every wish will be done]

Sighing, she opened up a long forgotten photo album. Flipping the pictures, she found the one she was
looking for. It was of her and her little brother. He also had spiky brown bangs and emerald green eyes,
just like Trowa.

'Maybe that's why I'm so protective of him,' she finally thought, shutting the book and laid down on the
couch. She soon fell asleep with the book cuddled in her arms.

*****

When Catherine woke up, she saw a note. It was the first thing that caught her attention, and when she
saw Trowa's scrawled hand writing, she gasped.

'My last grand stand…' Catherine read, and scrambled out of the trailer and to the tent, realizing she
hadn't changed out of her uniform the night before. She spotted a dark, looming shape ahead in the tent,
and smiled.

'So maybe he isn't going to do anything stupid, after all,' she thought, coming up to the Ring Leader.
When the lights came on though, she gasped as she saw a mobile suit.

"A GUNDAM!" People screamed, and as Heavyarms fired bullets at a plane, the tent came crashing
down.

"TROWA!" Catherine screamed, and ran back as a beam fell. 'No, what does he think he's doing?!'

[They tell me
Show me the meaning of being lonely,
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can't be there where you are,
There's something missing in my heart,
Life goes on as it never ends,
Eyes of stone observe the trends,
They never say forever gaze,
Guilty roads to an endless love,
There's no control,
Are you with me now,
Your every wish will be done]

Running outside the tent and towards HeavyArms, Catherine yelled, "Trowa, I know you're in there,
what do you think you're doing?!"

Getting no reply, she tried again, but was broken off by Trowa replying, "get out of here, Catherine, it's
not safe…CATHERINE!"

Behind her, Aries was getting up and raised its beam cannon at her. Gasping, Catherine back away, but
the sound of metal clanking and a large orange blob was before her. Looking up from her daze,
HeavyArms was blacking the bullets. Trowa brought out if arm knife and sliced the Aries, before kneeling
his Gundam and opening the cockpit door.

Catherine didn't think twice. One thought ran through her mind: 'I lost my younger brother once, I'm
not going to loose Trowa too!'

[They tell me
Show me the meaning of being lonely,
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can't be there where you are,
There's something missing in my heart,
There's nowhere to run,
I have no place to go,
Surrender my heart, body and soul,
How can it be you're asking me to feel,
The things you never show,
You are missing in my heart]

She ran up to the cockpit door and stopped in front Trowa, who still sat in his chair, looking forward.
Without hesitating, Catherine hit Trowa on the cheek. The force flew he his to the side, and after a few
seconds, he recovered, rubbing the sore spot.

"Guess I deserve that," he said lightly.

"Trowa! You're pathetic! Did you even think twice about your parents? How they would've felt? How
everyone else would if you died?" Catherine asked, crying. "Would you think about us? Having to deal
with your death and the sympathy? Did you even think about *me*?"

Sighing, Trowa placed a hand on Catherine's shoulder, and let her sob. They then returned to the circus'
base and said nothing along the way.

*****

Trowa and Heero sat in the large truck Trowa had, and Catherine leaned over Heero's side of the truck.

"You brainwashed my Trowa with all your thoughts," she said, smiling a bit. "I'll let you go off easy this
time, but don't think I'll let you do it again." She then jumped back and watched Trowa and Heero drive
away.

"I'm going to miss that boy. He could have been the best." The Ring Leader said, stroking his chin and
bread.

"We're his 'parents'. To have your kid grow up a great life, you got to let them go," Catherine smiled,
watching the truck disappear.

'Trowa, I know you'll come back.' Catherine thought, and a picture of her little brother flashed in her
mind. 'Because I won't let you go. I promise that. I promise to look out for you, because I couldn't to my
little Triton.' She turned and was ready to walk away when she glanced back over her shoulder at the
small truck.

'You've been alone too long. I don't want you to be sad anymore.'

[Tell me why I can't be there where you are,
Show me the meaning of being lonely,
Is this the feeling I need to walk with
Tell me why I can't be there where you are,
There's something missing in my heart]