The Five Tat Fell Chapter 2

The Five That Fell Chapter 2

Call me…

                        The rain poured down as a lonely figure sat on a secluded bench in the park. "I swear to god I'm going to kill Duo." Trowa threw down his clown mask and screamed in frustration. "That is the last time I let Duo set me up with anyone." He threw his head back and couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle. "Guess that's the old Barton luck holding up."

~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~

                        Trowa walked up the stairs to his date's apartment. He was a little nervous but more than anything he was anxious. For the first time in his life Trowa had a date, and she was a very sweet girl by Duo's account. He finally reached her door and knocked. After what seemed like an eternity she opened the door with a big smile plastered on her sweet pixie like face. "Hello Sarah, you look absolutely ravishing tonight." Sarah stepped out from behind the door and Trowa's jaw hit the floor. She stood before him in a black leather mini skirt, red halter-top and black stiletto heels.

                        "I take it you approve?" She smirked at Trowa who was still at a loss for words. All shed did was take his arm and walk him down to her car. "I've got this great little Italian place in mind. I'm sure you'll love it." Trowa just nodded and stepped into her car.

The car ride was spent in relative silence. Sarah just hummed to the radio while Trowa just stared at her in awe. 'I'll have to thank Duo next time I talk to him.' Ten minutes into the ride they pulled up to the restaurant. Once inside the hostess sat them in a small booth in the corner and brought them some menus. "This place is really nice. How'd you find it?"

Her hands started to shake and her eyes welled up with tears. "M…my ex boyfriend took me here the night he," Trowa couldn't make out the last word; she just broke down and started sobbing uncontrollably.

He was frozen; 'What am I supposed to do?' Trowa grabbed her hand and tried to soothe her. "It's okay. I'm sorry I brought it up." For twenty minutes straight all Sarah did was cry and go on about her boy friend and how he wanted space. All Trowa did was bight his lip and occasionally tell her it was okay. The waitress came but turned tail when she saw Sarah's current state.

After another hour of her crying Trowa was anxious to leave. He looked down at his watch, "I'm sorry but I've got to go to work." She looked up at him with her swollen red eyes and sniffled. "You can come with me if you want, I work at the circus." She inexplicably shot up out of her chair and started for the door. "Where are you going?"

"It's my boyfriend, I just saw him out the window." She smiled back at him one last time and took off out the door and out of his life. 'I really have to kill Duo when I see him next.'

~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~~

            The rain continued its assault on Trowa's body as he looked up at the star lit sky. 'It could've been worse. She could have been a man.' Trowa got up off of his bench, picked up his mask and just started walking down the road. His legs started to take control and lead him down a deserted stretch of road. Every now and then a car would speed by but Trowa took no heed to them.

            Trowa's mind was running over his brief experiences with the opposite sex. 'Lets see there was that Middi girl. She got most of my friends killed and expected me to be grateful that she spared me.' He shook his head as the images of the young blond girl filled his head. 'And to think that was my most successful first date.' Then it hit Trowa, 'God, I suck when it comes to women.'

            As Trowa continued down the street another wayward soul was speeding down the road in her car. Inside the car she looked into the backseat and checked on her sleeping daughter. "so much like him," she mumbled. When she turned back around she saw a figure walking down the same street. Upon closer inspection she recognized the figure, "hey that looks like…it is, it's Trowa."

            The car came to a screeching halt in front of Trowa; as the window came down he recognized his former employer sitting in the drivers seat. "Lady Une, what brings you out here at this time of night?"

            "Oh, Marie wanted to go see her father again." Une nodded towards the now sleeping girl in the backseat. "You need a lift?" Trowa shrugged and opened the car door. "So where are you headed?" Trowa shrugged his shoulders again. "Whats wrong?"

            Trowa let out a heavy sigh, "Just contemplating the benefits of a celibate lifestyle." He put his head in his hands and started to laugh again. "Because after tonight, I'm really starting to consider it."

            Lady Une cocked an eyebrow at her former subordinate and chuckled silently. "Women problems?" Trowa nodded his head in response. "Let me give you some advice, a celibate life sucks! I should know. And secondly don't let Duo set you up again. He made me go out with this architect who was a complete nutcase. All he did durin dinner was prattle on about aliens and government conspiracies." She laughed heartily while she recalled the events of that particular evening.

            "At least you had dinner." Trowa shook his head in an attempt to get the droplets of water out of his still perfect hair. (What kind of hair gel does he use?) "My date just sat down and cried for about forty five minutes. Then she took off after her ex boyfriend. Hey I've got an idea, lets form the "I'm going to kill Duo for setting me up with a complete lunatic club."

            "Sure." Lady Une and Trowa shook hands and exchanged an awkward look after neither of the two broke the handshake. "So um where were you headed?"  

            "I don't know." Trowa noticed Lady Une periodically glancing into the rearview mirror trying to get a glimpse of the girl she considered her daughter. "You still miss him don't you?"

            Lady Une nodded heavy-heartedly. "I miss him terribly. But I have Mareimaia to remind me of him so it's not so bad." She tried her best to not let her emotions betray her false sentiment, but she knew he could see right through her. "So where can I take you?"

            "I've got a hotel room on earth but it's a thirty minute drive from here."

            "I don't live far from here. You can sleep on my couch tonight."

            The rest of the ride was spent in relative silence. The car finally stopped outside of a large condominium. "Wo this is really nice." Trowa and Lady Une stepped out of the car but dove back inside. "I'll get the girl." Trowa unbuckled her seatbelt and picked her up in his arms. Slowly he walked up to the front door with Mareimaia in hand.

            The door creeked open and revealed a very elegantly decorated interior. "Would you mind tossing her in her room? It's the second door on the left." Trowa nodded and carried the sleeping child into her room. As he left Lady Une caught herself staring at his ass. 'C'mon Une! Get it together.' A minute later Trowa came back out of her room. "How is she?"

            "Tired, although she did wake up long enough to look at me and call me fake Trowa." They both shared a chuckle and another uncomfortable silence. "I don't mean to be a pain or anything but do you have anything to eat. I haven't eaten anything other than cotton candy in the last ten hours."

            "Um sorry I don't." Lady Une searched through a mess of papers and then pulled out a Chinese menu. "But we could order something. You like Chinese?" Trowa nodded and Lady Une moved over to the phone. "You have any preferences?" He shook his head no and she dialed the phone. He couldn't really follow what she was saying as she was speaking in Chinese. Lady Une hung up the phone and sat down on the couch. "It'll be here in about twenty minutes."

            Trowa sat down in the adjoining chair. "I'm sorry. I never thanked you for the ride." He gave her a half smile, which she returned. For some reason Trowa found himself checking out Lady Une. 'Wow! I've never noticed before but she's really…what the hell am I doing?' He averted his eyes to the floor and kept quiet until the food came.

When the delivery boy arrived Trowa insisted upon paying. After dinner all that was left were the two fortune cookies. "That was really good, thank you." Lady Une picked up her cookie (the one facing her of course!) and cracked it open.

It is better to let things go. There is no sense in living in the past

Your lucky number is: 3

"You're welcome." Trowa picked up his cookie and crushed it in his palm. He unfolded the piece of paper and read it to himself silently.

Love is right around the corner. Just keep looking.

Your lucky number is: 11

"Weird," they both said in unison. Then, as if some foreign force was propelling them their lips came crashing down upon each other's. Their kiss lasted for well over a minute and was only broken by their need to breath. Trowa was the first to steady his breathing and locked his eyes with hers. "I've gotta confess, I've wanted to do that since we met in space."

"The why'd you stop?" Lady Une pulled him close and resumed their embrace. Her arms went around his neck while his hands roamed over her back. They sat there holding each other through the night.

And to think, most people don't take their fortune's seriously.