Entrance To My Heart
By: Moony
Chapter 2
Relena awoke with the dog asleep at her feet. She leaned up sleepily and looked at the clock. It now said nine o-clock
"Oh no!" Relena cried and jumped up. "I'm late for work!" She started to run to her room, but suddenly remembered... "Ugh, It's Saturday!" she walked back over to the couch. Sank was giving her an odd look. She fell back on her couch. After fifteen minutes of an unsuccessful attempt to get back asleep she got up and started fixing breakfast for three. She didn't think Duo left during the night. Sure enough Duo emerged from Hilde's room.
"I was trying to sneak out," he admitted to her.
"Oh you don't have to do that," Relena said. "Come here and have some breakfast." Duo seemed reluctant a first, but soon gave into Relena's offer. He came and sat at the table. Hilde came from her room a little later and seemed happy that Duo was still there. Relena finished breakfast and sat the plates down in front of them. She turned around to get the orange juice. She turned back and saw that Duo had already cleaned the plate. "Man you eat fast! Do you want some more?"
"Do I!" Duo replied and handed Relena his plate. Relena had suddenly lost her appetite and thought it a waist to leave the rest of the food just sitting there. She filled his plate with everything that was left and handed it back to him. She went back to her room and changed. She came back in gray kackies and a white dress shirt.
"I'm going for a walk," She announced and headed for the door.
"Do you want to take Sank with you?" Hilde asked.
"No I don't feel like picking up his 'messes'," Relena smiled and shut the door. She headed down to the elevator. Luckily it was fixed. She pressed the button and waited. The doors opened to revile a tall man in a suit. His hair was tumbled and his eyes were Persian blue. Relena stepped into the elevator. She started to press the button to the bottom floor, but when she saw it lit she pulled her hand back. She couldn't help feeling this man's stare. She was about to say something when the elevator stopped at the fifth floor. The doors opened and a blond haired man walked in.
"Hi Lena, long time no see!" he said cheerfully.
"Hi, uh..." Relena trailed off when the man's name didn't come to her.
"Quatre, What are you up to?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm going for a walk," Relena replied. The elevator stopped at the second floor.
"Here's my stop. I'm going to see a sick friend. Well good bye Lena," Quatre said as the doors to the elevator closed. 'Such a nice man. Maybe I should ask him out some time' Relena thought.
"It's dangerous to walk alone in this city," the man in the elevator suddenly said.
"Uh, I can take care of myself," Relena replied a little surprised at the man's remark. The doors opened to the last floor. Relena began stepping out, but her foot caught the carpet and she began to fall, but she was suddenly stopped by a hand gabbing her arm. She looked back and saw the man from the elevator had stopped her fall. She regained her balance and he let her go. "Thanks. I'm Relena Darilan," She said and stuck her hand out to him. He took it and shook it.
"I'm Heero Yuy," The man replied. "If you don't mind I would like you to accompany me to my work office to start out your walk. It's right up the street."
"Where?" Relena asked.
"It's the City law office. I would feel much better about your walk," Heero replied.
"Really? I work there and I've never seen you. What do you do?" she asked as they began to walk out of the building.
"I run it," He replied. Relena nearly fell again.
"You mean you're that Heero Yuy?" she exclaimed. His face twisted into something that looked like a grin, but quickly disappeared. "I've never seen you there."
"That may be because I go to work at six and leave at ten," Heero said. They were now to the office.
"I wish I was working today," Relena said as Heero unlocked the doors.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because then I wouldn't have to go on this blind date that my roommate sat up for me tonight," Relena explained.
"Well, you can if you want to," Heero said. They walked into the building.
"Hello Mr. Yuy," The security guard said as they walked in.
"Hello Greg. Miss Darilan will be working with me today, isn't that right Miss Darilan?"
"Um, yes," Relena replied. They headed over to the elevator. Heero pressed the button. The doors opened and they stepped in. "so why do you work on Saturday?" Relena asked.
"To get away from my wife," Heero said. Relena nearly fell down for the third time that day.
"I didn't know you were married," Relena said surprised.
"Well, I'm getting divorced," Heero said. The doors to the elevator doors opened. Heero stepped out and turned around and offered his hand to Relena. She knew exactly why and she blushed. She took his hand and stepped out. They released and began walking down the hall. "Relena I need you to help me today. I let my secretary off today and I need you to fill in."
"You're the boss," Relena said. "If you don't mind me asking who is your wife?"
"My secretary," Heero replied. Relena's mouth dropped. She quickly slammed her jaw shut before Heero noticed. They reached a door that had a plate on it that read 'Heero Yuy'. Heero unlocked the door. He opened it and waved Relena in. she went in and saw a desk with a little gold plate on it. It read 'Dorothy Yuy'. 'I've heard of her,' Relena thought. 'She's a bitch. Why would he ever want to marry her?'
"Does this mean that you'll be needing a secretary soon?" Relena asked.
"Is that an offer?"
"Well, it just depend on how today goes," Relena replied and she hoped it did go good.
"Relena I'll need you to go threw all my files and sort them out in alphabetical order, then go threw the files themselves and fix them," Heero ordered.
"Yes sir," Relena said. Heero went to the other door at the other end of the room and unlocked it. "Mr. Yuy?" Heero turned around.
"Yes?"
"What time will we be finished?"
"About ten I suppose," He went in. that was his office. Relena went to the secretary desk and picked up the phone to call Hilde and tell her that she wouldn't be able to make the date after all. She dialed her phone number.
"Hello?" Hilde's voice said.
"Hilde, this is Lena. I hate to do this to you," Relena lied. "But I won't be able to make the dinner tonight, you see I ran into one of my bosses, the head boss really, and he wanted me to work for him today."
"What!? Relena May Darilan how could you? What time do you get to leave? You might be able to still make it," Hilde complained.
"Ten," Relena said.
"Oh Relena! Well, he better be cute!" Hilde said and hung up the phone. Relena sat down the phone and went to the filing cabinet.
"Well," She sighed to herself. "Time to get to work." She pulled out the top cabinet and sat it on the ground and began to sort. She looked up at the clock. It said ten o-clock. She looked down. Then next time she looked up it was one and she was finished. She stood up. Her stomach growled. Going with out breakfast had now caught up with her. Heero emerged from his office and looked at her.
"All done," she said and smiled.
"Already?" Heero said surprised. "No wonder Wufei complements you so often."
"He does?" Relena asked. "And I thought he hated me."
"Would you like to go get some lunch?" Heero asked.
"Sure," Relena replied. "But, oh we'd have to stop at my apartment so I can get some money."
"Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it," Heero said.
"Are you sure?" Relena said uneasily.
"Of course," Heero said. "Now come on." He headed out of the office. Relena followed him. He locked the office door. She went on down the hall and pressed the button for the elevator. Heero walked over beside her. The elevator doors opened. They stepped in. They both reached for the bottom floor button. Relena looked at him and smiled. She took her hand back and let him press the button.
"So," Relena said as the elevator went down. "Where are we going to go?"
"I was thinking that outdoor café on thirty second street," Heero said as the doors opened at the last floor.
"That sounds good," Relena replied and they headed out. At the café Relena looked for the cheapest thing on the menu. The waiter came.
"Are you ready?" the waiter asked.
"Are you?" Heero asked Relena.
"Yes, you can go ahead and order," Relena replied.
"Yes, I'd like the oyster platter," Heero said plainly and handed the waiter his menu.
"Um, I'd like the Caesar Salad," Relena said and handed the waiter her menu.
"Very good. I'll bring them out quickly," the man said and left. Relena sipped her wine and looked out at the cars passing by. Relena felt Heero's stair.
"Hello Heero," a voice said. Relena turned and saw Dorothy Yuy.
"Dorothy," Heero said surprised.
"Yes and how rude of you not to introduce me to your little friend. Hello, I am Dorothy Yuy. Mr. Yuy's wife." She stuck her hand out to Relena. She was wearing white gloves.
"Uh, I'm Relena Darilan. I am just a friend of Mr. Yuy's and he was kind enough to take me out to lunch," Relena explained.
"Oh you don't need to explain to me. We're getting divorced, so it doesn't matter what he does anymore," Dorothy said heatedly.
"Dorothy leave," Heero said his voice seemed tired suddenly and very annoyed.
"Of course that's your answer to everything, just leave. You do it with me and you did it with your family."
"Leave now Dorothy," Heero's voice was rising.
"Of course Mr. Yuy. Any thing you say," She replied. A waiter came up.
"Are you joining them? Do you need a menu?"
"No," Dorothy turned. "My husband doesn't want me here." She walked off. Heero put his face in his hands. He looked as if he had aged twenty years.
"Did you love her?" Relena asked. Maybe that was why he was hurting so much.
"No. I don't know why I married her. I guess she just disillusioned me," Heero admitted. "I knew it was all fake when I walked in on her and another man. My father is very rich and I am the only child. She knew that when he dies I'd get that money and she'd be taken care of, but I guess I didn't satisfy all her needs after all. I don't want to be with a woman like that." Relena was flattered that Heero would tell her this, but at the same time she felt very sorry for him for having such a horrible wife.
"I'm sorry," Relena said and touched his hand. He looked up at her and into her eyes. "She doesn't deserve you. You're doing the right thing by divorcing her. Do you have the money now?"
"No. Thank God my father hasn't died yet. She won't get too much. Maybe my apartment if she's lucky."
"That's good. Have you filed for it yet?"
"No. We decided it late last night, well, I decided it."
"Then we'll go there next. Don't we do that at the law office?" Relena asked.
"Yes, but I'll have to wait until Monday," Heero said.
"Oh," Relena said thoughtfully. "Do you want away from her until this is all settled?"
"What do you have in mind?" Heero asked.
"You'll stay with me. My roommate won't care and..." Relena said, but she was cut off by the waiter sat their food down in front of them.
"I'm afraid I've lost my appetite," Heero said calmly and pushed his plate away after the waiter left.
"I'm not that hungry any more either," Relena agreed.
"Then lets get out of here," Heero said and got up.
"Yeah," Relena replied and got up. "We'll go back to your home. You'll get you clothes and come to my apartment."
"Yes," Heero took her hand. "Thank you Relena."
"No problem Mr. Yuy."
"No it's Heero," Heero said strongly. He put down some money on the table. He lead her over to the side of the street and a called a cab over.
"Forty- sixth avenue please," Heero ordered.
"Yes sir."
They reached the apartment building. They went in. Relena saw her landlord, Lady Une. She thought about going and griping the woman out now, but then she noticed the woman had a man with her. He was very tall and had chestnut hair. She decided that her complaints would just have to wait.
"Relena?" Heero said. Relena looked back at him. He was holding the door of the elevator open waiting for her.
"Oh," she cried and ran to the elevator. She pressed the button to her floor and the elevator jerked upward. "I'm going to go and check out my apartment and make sure everything's okay. You go and get your stuff. My apartment number is 773. I'm going to unlock the door and give you the key okay?" Relena explained.
"Are you sure?" Heero asked.
"Positive." The elevator doors opened. She ran out and to her room she unlocked it and ran back to the elevator. "Here." She shoved the key in his hand. She ran back before he could object. She went back to her apartment. She could believe what she was doing. She walked in. Hilde was not there. She looked at the clock. It was three o-clock.
"Oh, Lena what are you doing?" she asked herself. Sank came up to her. "You just met the man to day for heaven's sake and what is Hilde going to say? Oh I think I just got myself in a big mess!" Relena cried and felt like falling apart. Her face suddenly softened. "But I feel something with him. He seems so alone, like he needs some one right now and God knows I need some one too. Maybe we are meant to do this after all. I hope I don't screw this up." She ran to her room. She threw her dirty cloths in her hamper quickly. 'I suppose that I'll just have to sleep on the couch,' she thought. She heard the door open. She ran out of her room. Heero had a suitcase with him. He seemed very uneasy about this. "Come with me," she said and motioned to her room. He came into her room. "This is where you'll sleep."
"But where will you sleep?" Heero asked.
"Oh, I'll just sleep on the couch. I usually do any ways," Relena smiled.
"I'm not sure about this, Relena. I don't want to be a dilemma for you," Heero said and sat his suitcase down.
"You are not I promise," Relena replied. "Now make yourself at home." Relena left the room and went into the front room. She saw her answering machine light blinking. She pressed the button to hear the messages.
"Lena," A voice said. "This is Lou. Millardo and I want you to come and see us some time. I have just had your first nephew. Call me back okay? I'll see you later, bye."
"Who was that?" Heero asked.
"Oh, that was my sister-in-law. She just had her first kid and she wants me to see it and no doubt set me up with some one. My whole family is hell bent on my getting married."
"My family was exact opposite when it came to Dorothy. I see what they mean now. This divorce should really please them."
"How long were you married to her?" Relena asked and gestured for him to sit down beside her on the couch. He did.
"We've been married for, um, three years," Heero said.
"And no children?" Relena asked surprised.
"She hates kids. That should have been my first sign right there. I want kids. I think they can be great, but she doesn't want anything to do with them," Heero sighed.
"How horrible. I want kids, but that takes a man first. No way am I raising a kid alone. Too many kids have only one parent already."
"Yeah," Heero agreed. Sank came up to Relena and rested his head on her knee.
"This is the only kid I have right now and from the looks of him, it's feeding time," Relena smiled and got up. Heero's eyes followed her. She walked into the kitchen and pulled the dog food out of cabinet. She pored some in the dog's bowl and put it back. She returned to the couch and was about to say something when Hilde burst into the apartment with Duo and a woman. Relena stood up.
"Relena!" Hilde said surprised. "I thought you were going to... Oh, who's this?" Hilde shot the good-looking man a smile.
"Oh this is Heero Yuy, my boss," Relena explained.
Hilde's smile grew even more. "OH," she laughed.
"Who is that?" Relena asked and pointed to the woman behind Duo.
"Oh," Hilde grabbed the girl's hand and pushed her forward. "This is Cathrine. She's one of our neighbors. She lives with that sweet man down stairs, Quatre."
"Really?" Relena smiled a little disappointed that Quatre was taken. "I'm Relena Darilan, you can call me Lena." She stuck her hand out to the girl. She took it and smiled.
"Hello," Cathrine smiled and took Relena's hand. They shook.
"What brings you up here?" Relena asked.
"Oh, just making a friendly call that's all. I wanted to invite you to dinner. You see I live with my brother and his, uh, friend, Quatre and he was telling me and my brother about how he saw you in the elevator and how lonely you looked. Well, I ran into Hilde here and asked if I could invite all of you face to face," Cathrine explained.
"That would be wonderful," Relena smiled.
"Good then it's set. I'll see you tonight at six. Our apartment number is 347. I better get back and get everything ready!" Cathrine said. "Good bye!" she left the apartment.
"Hey Relena you didn't tell me you had a boyfriend," Duo said. "I wouldn't have asked you about the date thing if I had known."
"Oh," Relena blushed. "He's not my boyfriend. He's just my friend."
"Oh," Duo replied.
"Hilde I need to speak to you alone," Relena said and headed to Hilde's room.
"What is it Lena?" Hilde asked after the door was closed.
"I've asked Heero to stay here with us, because you see his," Relena said but was cut off.
"You What! Oh no! I asked Duo to stay here!" Hilde said.
"What?" Relena whispered. "Oh no." Relena thought for a moment and Hilde sat on her bed trying to figure out what to do. "He'll be sleeping in here with you won't he?" Relena asked.
"Uh, yeah..." Hilde said.
"Then it shouldn't matter. I mean he has a room. I'm letting Heero have mine and I'll be sleeping in the front room," Relena explained.
"You're right," Hilde smiled.
"But didn't you just meet Duo yesterday?" Relena asked.
"Didn't you just meet Heero today?" Hilde shot back.
"Okay you win," Relena smiled.
"No, he and I were best friends when we were little until he moved. We just uh, decided to become more than friends last night," Hilde smiled.
"I heard," Relena laughed.
"You did! Oh, my gosh!" The two burst out laughing.
"You're going to tell me everything about this guy," Relena said.
"And you're going to tell me about this guy!" Hilde laughed.
"Okay, but we better get back out there before they start wondering," Relena said and headed to the door. She opened it. "Don't scare Heero tonight with your uh, noises tonight okay?" Hilde threw a pillow at Relena. Relena shut the door and let it hit the door and laughed. She walked back in the front room and saw Heero and Duo watching baseball.
"I'm telling you the Cubs are the best!" Duo cried.
"No, it's the Braves," Heero replied. "Just look at them. They're kicking Cub ass!"
"What ever," Duo said. Relena knew the two would be pretty good friends. She and Hilde always fought over things like that.
"Well, Duo it looks like we're going to be roomies huh?" Relena smiled. The two looked at her.
"You mean you're going to let me stay? How cool!" Duo said.
"Uh, Relena, are you sure you want me to stay? I mean if Duo's..." Heero asked. Relena shook her head.
"It's still fine. You guys are great. This apartment gets real dull with only two people in it. Oh, but one major rule," Relena said.
"We're all ears," Duo said.
"Leave the toilet seat down!" Hilde said as she entered the room. Relena laughed.
"Is that it?" Heero smiled.
"Oh one more thing," Hilde said. "If you buy beer you have to let Relena and me have at least one."
"Well you guys can let Hilde have my half," Relena said and sat down in the easy chair.
"That's fine with me. I really don't like beer," Heero said.
"That's even better!" Duo laughed. "More for me!"
"And me!" Hilde said and gave Duo a look and sat on his lap. She whispered something to him and he smiled. Relena didn't even want to know. She smiled at the two. She was pretty sure that it wouldn't be too long before she'd need to look for a new roommate. Hilde got up with Duo's hand in hers. "We're going to go out for a little while. We'll be back in time for the dinner. Don't worry. Bye" Hilde and Duo left. Relena and Heero sat and watched the baseball game with out a word. It was in the eighth, so it wasn't long until the game was over. Relena got up and went into the kitchen to fix herself a drink.
"Do you want one?" She asked Heero who was flipping threw the channels.
"Sure, thanks," he said and stopped on an action movie. Relena came back and handed him his drink.
"How old are you, Heero?" Relena asked suddenly.
"Uh, I'm twenty eight," Heero replied. "How old are you?"
"I'm twenty four, but I'll be twenty five in September," Relena replied. She was about to say something when they heard a woman's voice up stairs.
"Oh, Andres. You are so wonderful. So much better than my crummy husband!" the woman said. Relena looked over at Heero. She saw his jaw tighten and it looked like the glass he was holding was about to break in his grip. Who was that?
"Heero?" Relena asked. "Are you okay? Who is that?"
"It's Dorothy," Heero replied.
"You live above me?" Relena asked out loud, but she already knew the answer. Then it dawned on her. Last night the voices she heard. That was Dorothy and Heero. She stood up and grabbed Heero's hand. "Come on, we're leaving," She said and took his cup and sat it down on the coffee table. He reluctantly stood up and followed her out the door. They went to the elevator. Relena pushed the down button. The doors opened. "Come on Heero. We're going to have some fun."
By: Moony
Chapter 2
Relena awoke with the dog asleep at her feet. She leaned up sleepily and looked at the clock. It now said nine o-clock
"Oh no!" Relena cried and jumped up. "I'm late for work!" She started to run to her room, but suddenly remembered... "Ugh, It's Saturday!" she walked back over to the couch. Sank was giving her an odd look. She fell back on her couch. After fifteen minutes of an unsuccessful attempt to get back asleep she got up and started fixing breakfast for three. She didn't think Duo left during the night. Sure enough Duo emerged from Hilde's room.
"I was trying to sneak out," he admitted to her.
"Oh you don't have to do that," Relena said. "Come here and have some breakfast." Duo seemed reluctant a first, but soon gave into Relena's offer. He came and sat at the table. Hilde came from her room a little later and seemed happy that Duo was still there. Relena finished breakfast and sat the plates down in front of them. She turned around to get the orange juice. She turned back and saw that Duo had already cleaned the plate. "Man you eat fast! Do you want some more?"
"Do I!" Duo replied and handed Relena his plate. Relena had suddenly lost her appetite and thought it a waist to leave the rest of the food just sitting there. She filled his plate with everything that was left and handed it back to him. She went back to her room and changed. She came back in gray kackies and a white dress shirt.
"I'm going for a walk," She announced and headed for the door.
"Do you want to take Sank with you?" Hilde asked.
"No I don't feel like picking up his 'messes'," Relena smiled and shut the door. She headed down to the elevator. Luckily it was fixed. She pressed the button and waited. The doors opened to revile a tall man in a suit. His hair was tumbled and his eyes were Persian blue. Relena stepped into the elevator. She started to press the button to the bottom floor, but when she saw it lit she pulled her hand back. She couldn't help feeling this man's stare. She was about to say something when the elevator stopped at the fifth floor. The doors opened and a blond haired man walked in.
"Hi Lena, long time no see!" he said cheerfully.
"Hi, uh..." Relena trailed off when the man's name didn't come to her.
"Quatre, What are you up to?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm going for a walk," Relena replied. The elevator stopped at the second floor.
"Here's my stop. I'm going to see a sick friend. Well good bye Lena," Quatre said as the doors to the elevator closed. 'Such a nice man. Maybe I should ask him out some time' Relena thought.
"It's dangerous to walk alone in this city," the man in the elevator suddenly said.
"Uh, I can take care of myself," Relena replied a little surprised at the man's remark. The doors opened to the last floor. Relena began stepping out, but her foot caught the carpet and she began to fall, but she was suddenly stopped by a hand gabbing her arm. She looked back and saw the man from the elevator had stopped her fall. She regained her balance and he let her go. "Thanks. I'm Relena Darilan," She said and stuck her hand out to him. He took it and shook it.
"I'm Heero Yuy," The man replied. "If you don't mind I would like you to accompany me to my work office to start out your walk. It's right up the street."
"Where?" Relena asked.
"It's the City law office. I would feel much better about your walk," Heero replied.
"Really? I work there and I've never seen you. What do you do?" she asked as they began to walk out of the building.
"I run it," He replied. Relena nearly fell again.
"You mean you're that Heero Yuy?" she exclaimed. His face twisted into something that looked like a grin, but quickly disappeared. "I've never seen you there."
"That may be because I go to work at six and leave at ten," Heero said. They were now to the office.
"I wish I was working today," Relena said as Heero unlocked the doors.
"Why?" he asked.
"Because then I wouldn't have to go on this blind date that my roommate sat up for me tonight," Relena explained.
"Well, you can if you want to," Heero said. They walked into the building.
"Hello Mr. Yuy," The security guard said as they walked in.
"Hello Greg. Miss Darilan will be working with me today, isn't that right Miss Darilan?"
"Um, yes," Relena replied. They headed over to the elevator. Heero pressed the button. The doors opened and they stepped in. "so why do you work on Saturday?" Relena asked.
"To get away from my wife," Heero said. Relena nearly fell down for the third time that day.
"I didn't know you were married," Relena said surprised.
"Well, I'm getting divorced," Heero said. The doors to the elevator doors opened. Heero stepped out and turned around and offered his hand to Relena. She knew exactly why and she blushed. She took his hand and stepped out. They released and began walking down the hall. "Relena I need you to help me today. I let my secretary off today and I need you to fill in."
"You're the boss," Relena said. "If you don't mind me asking who is your wife?"
"My secretary," Heero replied. Relena's mouth dropped. She quickly slammed her jaw shut before Heero noticed. They reached a door that had a plate on it that read 'Heero Yuy'. Heero unlocked the door. He opened it and waved Relena in. she went in and saw a desk with a little gold plate on it. It read 'Dorothy Yuy'. 'I've heard of her,' Relena thought. 'She's a bitch. Why would he ever want to marry her?'
"Does this mean that you'll be needing a secretary soon?" Relena asked.
"Is that an offer?"
"Well, it just depend on how today goes," Relena replied and she hoped it did go good.
"Relena I'll need you to go threw all my files and sort them out in alphabetical order, then go threw the files themselves and fix them," Heero ordered.
"Yes sir," Relena said. Heero went to the other door at the other end of the room and unlocked it. "Mr. Yuy?" Heero turned around.
"Yes?"
"What time will we be finished?"
"About ten I suppose," He went in. that was his office. Relena went to the secretary desk and picked up the phone to call Hilde and tell her that she wouldn't be able to make the date after all. She dialed her phone number.
"Hello?" Hilde's voice said.
"Hilde, this is Lena. I hate to do this to you," Relena lied. "But I won't be able to make the dinner tonight, you see I ran into one of my bosses, the head boss really, and he wanted me to work for him today."
"What!? Relena May Darilan how could you? What time do you get to leave? You might be able to still make it," Hilde complained.
"Ten," Relena said.
"Oh Relena! Well, he better be cute!" Hilde said and hung up the phone. Relena sat down the phone and went to the filing cabinet.
"Well," She sighed to herself. "Time to get to work." She pulled out the top cabinet and sat it on the ground and began to sort. She looked up at the clock. It said ten o-clock. She looked down. Then next time she looked up it was one and she was finished. She stood up. Her stomach growled. Going with out breakfast had now caught up with her. Heero emerged from his office and looked at her.
"All done," she said and smiled.
"Already?" Heero said surprised. "No wonder Wufei complements you so often."
"He does?" Relena asked. "And I thought he hated me."
"Would you like to go get some lunch?" Heero asked.
"Sure," Relena replied. "But, oh we'd have to stop at my apartment so I can get some money."
"Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it," Heero said.
"Are you sure?" Relena said uneasily.
"Of course," Heero said. "Now come on." He headed out of the office. Relena followed him. He locked the office door. She went on down the hall and pressed the button for the elevator. Heero walked over beside her. The elevator doors opened. They stepped in. They both reached for the bottom floor button. Relena looked at him and smiled. She took her hand back and let him press the button.
"So," Relena said as the elevator went down. "Where are we going to go?"
"I was thinking that outdoor café on thirty second street," Heero said as the doors opened at the last floor.
"That sounds good," Relena replied and they headed out. At the café Relena looked for the cheapest thing on the menu. The waiter came.
"Are you ready?" the waiter asked.
"Are you?" Heero asked Relena.
"Yes, you can go ahead and order," Relena replied.
"Yes, I'd like the oyster platter," Heero said plainly and handed the waiter his menu.
"Um, I'd like the Caesar Salad," Relena said and handed the waiter her menu.
"Very good. I'll bring them out quickly," the man said and left. Relena sipped her wine and looked out at the cars passing by. Relena felt Heero's stair.
"Hello Heero," a voice said. Relena turned and saw Dorothy Yuy.
"Dorothy," Heero said surprised.
"Yes and how rude of you not to introduce me to your little friend. Hello, I am Dorothy Yuy. Mr. Yuy's wife." She stuck her hand out to Relena. She was wearing white gloves.
"Uh, I'm Relena Darilan. I am just a friend of Mr. Yuy's and he was kind enough to take me out to lunch," Relena explained.
"Oh you don't need to explain to me. We're getting divorced, so it doesn't matter what he does anymore," Dorothy said heatedly.
"Dorothy leave," Heero said his voice seemed tired suddenly and very annoyed.
"Of course that's your answer to everything, just leave. You do it with me and you did it with your family."
"Leave now Dorothy," Heero's voice was rising.
"Of course Mr. Yuy. Any thing you say," She replied. A waiter came up.
"Are you joining them? Do you need a menu?"
"No," Dorothy turned. "My husband doesn't want me here." She walked off. Heero put his face in his hands. He looked as if he had aged twenty years.
"Did you love her?" Relena asked. Maybe that was why he was hurting so much.
"No. I don't know why I married her. I guess she just disillusioned me," Heero admitted. "I knew it was all fake when I walked in on her and another man. My father is very rich and I am the only child. She knew that when he dies I'd get that money and she'd be taken care of, but I guess I didn't satisfy all her needs after all. I don't want to be with a woman like that." Relena was flattered that Heero would tell her this, but at the same time she felt very sorry for him for having such a horrible wife.
"I'm sorry," Relena said and touched his hand. He looked up at her and into her eyes. "She doesn't deserve you. You're doing the right thing by divorcing her. Do you have the money now?"
"No. Thank God my father hasn't died yet. She won't get too much. Maybe my apartment if she's lucky."
"That's good. Have you filed for it yet?"
"No. We decided it late last night, well, I decided it."
"Then we'll go there next. Don't we do that at the law office?" Relena asked.
"Yes, but I'll have to wait until Monday," Heero said.
"Oh," Relena said thoughtfully. "Do you want away from her until this is all settled?"
"What do you have in mind?" Heero asked.
"You'll stay with me. My roommate won't care and..." Relena said, but she was cut off by the waiter sat their food down in front of them.
"I'm afraid I've lost my appetite," Heero said calmly and pushed his plate away after the waiter left.
"I'm not that hungry any more either," Relena agreed.
"Then lets get out of here," Heero said and got up.
"Yeah," Relena replied and got up. "We'll go back to your home. You'll get you clothes and come to my apartment."
"Yes," Heero took her hand. "Thank you Relena."
"No problem Mr. Yuy."
"No it's Heero," Heero said strongly. He put down some money on the table. He lead her over to the side of the street and a called a cab over.
"Forty- sixth avenue please," Heero ordered.
"Yes sir."
They reached the apartment building. They went in. Relena saw her landlord, Lady Une. She thought about going and griping the woman out now, but then she noticed the woman had a man with her. He was very tall and had chestnut hair. She decided that her complaints would just have to wait.
"Relena?" Heero said. Relena looked back at him. He was holding the door of the elevator open waiting for her.
"Oh," she cried and ran to the elevator. She pressed the button to her floor and the elevator jerked upward. "I'm going to go and check out my apartment and make sure everything's okay. You go and get your stuff. My apartment number is 773. I'm going to unlock the door and give you the key okay?" Relena explained.
"Are you sure?" Heero asked.
"Positive." The elevator doors opened. She ran out and to her room she unlocked it and ran back to the elevator. "Here." She shoved the key in his hand. She ran back before he could object. She went back to her apartment. She could believe what she was doing. She walked in. Hilde was not there. She looked at the clock. It was three o-clock.
"Oh, Lena what are you doing?" she asked herself. Sank came up to her. "You just met the man to day for heaven's sake and what is Hilde going to say? Oh I think I just got myself in a big mess!" Relena cried and felt like falling apart. Her face suddenly softened. "But I feel something with him. He seems so alone, like he needs some one right now and God knows I need some one too. Maybe we are meant to do this after all. I hope I don't screw this up." She ran to her room. She threw her dirty cloths in her hamper quickly. 'I suppose that I'll just have to sleep on the couch,' she thought. She heard the door open. She ran out of her room. Heero had a suitcase with him. He seemed very uneasy about this. "Come with me," she said and motioned to her room. He came into her room. "This is where you'll sleep."
"But where will you sleep?" Heero asked.
"Oh, I'll just sleep on the couch. I usually do any ways," Relena smiled.
"I'm not sure about this, Relena. I don't want to be a dilemma for you," Heero said and sat his suitcase down.
"You are not I promise," Relena replied. "Now make yourself at home." Relena left the room and went into the front room. She saw her answering machine light blinking. She pressed the button to hear the messages.
"Lena," A voice said. "This is Lou. Millardo and I want you to come and see us some time. I have just had your first nephew. Call me back okay? I'll see you later, bye."
"Who was that?" Heero asked.
"Oh, that was my sister-in-law. She just had her first kid and she wants me to see it and no doubt set me up with some one. My whole family is hell bent on my getting married."
"My family was exact opposite when it came to Dorothy. I see what they mean now. This divorce should really please them."
"How long were you married to her?" Relena asked and gestured for him to sit down beside her on the couch. He did.
"We've been married for, um, three years," Heero said.
"And no children?" Relena asked surprised.
"She hates kids. That should have been my first sign right there. I want kids. I think they can be great, but she doesn't want anything to do with them," Heero sighed.
"How horrible. I want kids, but that takes a man first. No way am I raising a kid alone. Too many kids have only one parent already."
"Yeah," Heero agreed. Sank came up to Relena and rested his head on her knee.
"This is the only kid I have right now and from the looks of him, it's feeding time," Relena smiled and got up. Heero's eyes followed her. She walked into the kitchen and pulled the dog food out of cabinet. She pored some in the dog's bowl and put it back. She returned to the couch and was about to say something when Hilde burst into the apartment with Duo and a woman. Relena stood up.
"Relena!" Hilde said surprised. "I thought you were going to... Oh, who's this?" Hilde shot the good-looking man a smile.
"Oh this is Heero Yuy, my boss," Relena explained.
Hilde's smile grew even more. "OH," she laughed.
"Who is that?" Relena asked and pointed to the woman behind Duo.
"Oh," Hilde grabbed the girl's hand and pushed her forward. "This is Cathrine. She's one of our neighbors. She lives with that sweet man down stairs, Quatre."
"Really?" Relena smiled a little disappointed that Quatre was taken. "I'm Relena Darilan, you can call me Lena." She stuck her hand out to the girl. She took it and smiled.
"Hello," Cathrine smiled and took Relena's hand. They shook.
"What brings you up here?" Relena asked.
"Oh, just making a friendly call that's all. I wanted to invite you to dinner. You see I live with my brother and his, uh, friend, Quatre and he was telling me and my brother about how he saw you in the elevator and how lonely you looked. Well, I ran into Hilde here and asked if I could invite all of you face to face," Cathrine explained.
"That would be wonderful," Relena smiled.
"Good then it's set. I'll see you tonight at six. Our apartment number is 347. I better get back and get everything ready!" Cathrine said. "Good bye!" she left the apartment.
"Hey Relena you didn't tell me you had a boyfriend," Duo said. "I wouldn't have asked you about the date thing if I had known."
"Oh," Relena blushed. "He's not my boyfriend. He's just my friend."
"Oh," Duo replied.
"Hilde I need to speak to you alone," Relena said and headed to Hilde's room.
"What is it Lena?" Hilde asked after the door was closed.
"I've asked Heero to stay here with us, because you see his," Relena said but was cut off.
"You What! Oh no! I asked Duo to stay here!" Hilde said.
"What?" Relena whispered. "Oh no." Relena thought for a moment and Hilde sat on her bed trying to figure out what to do. "He'll be sleeping in here with you won't he?" Relena asked.
"Uh, yeah..." Hilde said.
"Then it shouldn't matter. I mean he has a room. I'm letting Heero have mine and I'll be sleeping in the front room," Relena explained.
"You're right," Hilde smiled.
"But didn't you just meet Duo yesterday?" Relena asked.
"Didn't you just meet Heero today?" Hilde shot back.
"Okay you win," Relena smiled.
"No, he and I were best friends when we were little until he moved. We just uh, decided to become more than friends last night," Hilde smiled.
"I heard," Relena laughed.
"You did! Oh, my gosh!" The two burst out laughing.
"You're going to tell me everything about this guy," Relena said.
"And you're going to tell me about this guy!" Hilde laughed.
"Okay, but we better get back out there before they start wondering," Relena said and headed to the door. She opened it. "Don't scare Heero tonight with your uh, noises tonight okay?" Hilde threw a pillow at Relena. Relena shut the door and let it hit the door and laughed. She walked back in the front room and saw Heero and Duo watching baseball.
"I'm telling you the Cubs are the best!" Duo cried.
"No, it's the Braves," Heero replied. "Just look at them. They're kicking Cub ass!"
"What ever," Duo said. Relena knew the two would be pretty good friends. She and Hilde always fought over things like that.
"Well, Duo it looks like we're going to be roomies huh?" Relena smiled. The two looked at her.
"You mean you're going to let me stay? How cool!" Duo said.
"Uh, Relena, are you sure you want me to stay? I mean if Duo's..." Heero asked. Relena shook her head.
"It's still fine. You guys are great. This apartment gets real dull with only two people in it. Oh, but one major rule," Relena said.
"We're all ears," Duo said.
"Leave the toilet seat down!" Hilde said as she entered the room. Relena laughed.
"Is that it?" Heero smiled.
"Oh one more thing," Hilde said. "If you buy beer you have to let Relena and me have at least one."
"Well you guys can let Hilde have my half," Relena said and sat down in the easy chair.
"That's fine with me. I really don't like beer," Heero said.
"That's even better!" Duo laughed. "More for me!"
"And me!" Hilde said and gave Duo a look and sat on his lap. She whispered something to him and he smiled. Relena didn't even want to know. She smiled at the two. She was pretty sure that it wouldn't be too long before she'd need to look for a new roommate. Hilde got up with Duo's hand in hers. "We're going to go out for a little while. We'll be back in time for the dinner. Don't worry. Bye" Hilde and Duo left. Relena and Heero sat and watched the baseball game with out a word. It was in the eighth, so it wasn't long until the game was over. Relena got up and went into the kitchen to fix herself a drink.
"Do you want one?" She asked Heero who was flipping threw the channels.
"Sure, thanks," he said and stopped on an action movie. Relena came back and handed him his drink.
"How old are you, Heero?" Relena asked suddenly.
"Uh, I'm twenty eight," Heero replied. "How old are you?"
"I'm twenty four, but I'll be twenty five in September," Relena replied. She was about to say something when they heard a woman's voice up stairs.
"Oh, Andres. You are so wonderful. So much better than my crummy husband!" the woman said. Relena looked over at Heero. She saw his jaw tighten and it looked like the glass he was holding was about to break in his grip. Who was that?
"Heero?" Relena asked. "Are you okay? Who is that?"
"It's Dorothy," Heero replied.
"You live above me?" Relena asked out loud, but she already knew the answer. Then it dawned on her. Last night the voices she heard. That was Dorothy and Heero. She stood up and grabbed Heero's hand. "Come on, we're leaving," She said and took his cup and sat it down on the coffee table. He reluctantly stood up and followed her out the door. They went to the elevator. Relena pushed the down button. The doors opened. "Come on Heero. We're going to have some fun."