PART FIVE
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My heart keeps telling me
Make up your mind about what you mean
You've been holding back for too long
You know it makes good sense
Best of lovers are the best of friends
I guess that we should have known all along
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The door creaked protestingly as it was cautiously opened.
"Eh?" Rudely jerked out of her thoughts, Lina hurriedly sat up on her bed, brushing away a couple more tears and turning to glare fiercely at the intruder.
Her eyes widened as they met the warm blue ones of the guy who'd been in her thoughts the entire day.
"Gourry?"
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Trying to hide her momentary discomfiture, the sorceress narrowed her eyes at the blonde swordsman.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you it's impolite to enter a girl's room without knocking first, jellyfish brains?!?"
She prepared to fry him to a crisp. "Fire--"
"Lina."
"—what?"
He stepped forward, daringly stretching out a finger to gently trace the damp trail on her face. "You're crying."
For a moment, she was too stunned to react.
He sat down next to her on the bed, looking at her, his blue eyes filled with concern. "Lina…tell me what's wrong. Did I do something to make you angry?"
She shook her head emphatically. "No…no, Gourry, it's nothing…"
He was still looking at her. "Um, anyway…"
She looked enquiringly up at him, waiting for him to finish his sentence, noticing that he looked a little embarrassed. "Well?"
"Er…I got these for you." He produced a beautiful bunch of flowers from behind his back with the proud air of a magician pulling a bunny from a hat, handing it to Lina and waiting anxiously for her reaction, holding his breath. He could just feel the fireball coming.
Lina gaped. "Oh…they're beautiful…"
In a rare fit of emotion, she threw her arms around the swordsman and hugged him. "Gourry…thank you…"
His face lit up with an overjoyed smile.
Lina looked up at Gourry, smiling softly. "Gourry…I – "
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"Miss Lina?" Amelia knocked on the door. "Shouldn't we be leaving soon? Mr. Zelgadis is getting impatient, and – "
She poked her head around the door, eyes growing as wide as saucers when she saw the scene before her – Lina, with a bunch of flowers in her hand and her arms around Gourry, both smiling happily at each other.
On seeing Amelia, the pair sprang apart, eyes wide.
"Oh…I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to interrupt you two…" Amelia ran off, presumably to report all the juicy details to Zelgadis, giggling happily.
Lina sighed and slapped her forehead. Why did this always have to happen to her? And just as she'd been about to –
"Lina," Gourry broke into her train of thought. "What were you saying…?"
The red-haired sorceress opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she was interrupted by a familiar voice from the doorway.
"Hello, Lina!" Xelloss strolled into the room, his perpetual grin firmly in place. "How is everyone?"
She narrowed her eyes at him. "What do you want, Xelloss?"
The purple-haired Mazoku waved a hand airily. "Oh, I just popped by to say hi…"
"Yeah right…so what're you really here for?"
She felt the words coming even before he said them.
"Sore wa himitsu desu!"
And with that, he cheerily exited the room.
Rolling her eyes, Lina grumbled under her breath. Of all the bad times to be interrupted…and twice too…
"Lina," Zelgadis poked his head into the room. "Hurry up, will you?"
The chimera caught sight of the flowers and Gourry. "Oh…oops."
A pillow hit him squarely in the face.
Make that three times.
Author's note:
And a big thank you to Harmony as well for reviewing! =)
