Hey guys guess what I finally made it to Chapter 4. That's pretty good for me. (takes a bow but notices no ones clapping) Man you guys know how to make a girl feel special. Please Review me I've only had two reviews. I want to know if you like my story and if you want me to keep going. If I don't get any reviews I'm not going to write anymore (well at least anymore of this story), but if I get even one review I'll continue. So please please, please write me. Ok I think I begged enough ummm ok. umm oh yeah my e-mail is dizzy2070@yahoo.com.
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Oh yeah this *~*~*~*~*~* means flashback and this *~~~~~~*~~~~~* just means later that day.
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" Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Rose! Happy birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Her friends and sister sang loudly, making sure the whole restaurant could hear them. Rose just covered her face, blushing.
A waiter walked in and set a fairly large sized birthday cake in front of Rose. It was a chocolate cake with blue frosting and Happy 18th Rose written in red frosting (A.N. yummy heheheh).
" Come on Rose blow out the candles." Lucrezia called happily.
" I feel like a five year old." Rose voiced.
" Oh hush up and blow out your candles." Her sister said again.
" Don't forget to make a wish." Her friend Angel added.
" Ladies, ladies calm down let her take her time." Zechs Merquise said calmly.
Relena just sat the all regal and stiff with one small flaw. A black eye.
The girls sat back down and Rose blew out her candles.
" What did you wish for?" Angel asked anxiously.
" Its a secret, remember?" Zechs interrupted.
" Oh yeah. It wont come true if you tell." Angel stated matter of factly.
Rose didn't really wish for anything, she didn't have anything she really wanted to wish for. Her life was already miserable Jared Rogers made sure of that. She could tell by Zechs eyes that he knew she hadn't wished for anything, she owed him one.
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" Hey Lone Lieutenant. Happy Birthday." Jared said laughing.
" What do you want?" Rose said flatly.
" What no name calling today?"
" Shut up."
" Well any ways I ran into one of your old aquaitances." Jared had now gathered a small group about him. The thought of dirt on the Lieutenant was almost to much for their little minds to bear.
" Oh really." Rose said this more as a statement than as a question.
" Yeah, do you happen to remember a boy named, oh what was it?"
" Out with it idiot." Rose was beginning to run out of patience and very quickly.
" Umm ah oh yeah Derrick Lensherr."
Rose's eyes grew wide with fear. It felt as if her jaw had hit the floor. There was no way Jared could have found out....or was there?
The class has now erupted in laughter, but it wasn't long until the teacher came in and intervened.
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Rose had no happiness in this party. For once in her life she was truly scared for her safety and not the safety of others. Even the Eve Wars and the Mariemaia Uprising hadn't scared her this bad. She had protection against the enemy in those wars, she didn't have protection in the real war, her life. She didn't know why she was afraid of him so much, she couldn't remember why he scared her (A.N. Can you say Selective Amnesia?).
" Rose you ok?" Angel asked. Everyone, including Relena, looked over at Rose.
" Oh yeah I'm fine, I was just thinking."
" Don't think to hard, you my waste one of your few precious brain cells." Miaka said jokingly.
Rose just gave her an evil glare.
But even Rose couldn't fool Lucrezia. Her sister knew her to well.
" You sure you're ok?" Lucrezia said when they were out of earshot of anyone at the party.
" No."
" What's wrong Rose?"
" Derrick found me."
" Oh crap."
" That's what I was just thinking."
" After you're party we will come up with a plan. You may even have to leave Victoria."
" Like I care. But we will discuss the plan after you tell me about our parents."
" Ok"
" Now Sis, if you don't mind I have a party to get back to."
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After the party at the restaurant they headed over to Rose's dorm to do some further celebrating. But the celebrating wound down and everyone was tired, and Angel was getting ready to leave when she pulled Rose over to the side.
" What's all this non-sense about this Derrick dude? When Jared said his name you looked like he was talking about a ghost or something."
" Not exactly." Rose answered.
" What's that supposed to mean?"
" He was my fiancée`." Angel eyes grew wide with shock.
" And how old were you?"
" When my parents died it was in their will that I marry Derrick when I come of age. In Italy that age is 16," Rose could have sworn that Angel's jaw hit the floor. " A couple of days before the wedding Lucrezia got me accepted at the Academy and I took off. Luckily he never found out, until now. That was just a little over two years ago."
Angel stayed silent for a little while the spoke up.
" What are you going to do?"
" I don't know yet. Lucrezia and I were going to talk about it later. I'm sure Derrick is going to come looking for me."
" No Duh."
" I only have two options, fake my death, or fake a marriage."
" What about staying on the run?"
" He would eventually catch me again."
" True. Well you are not faking death because one: you would never get to be yourself again, two: you are not leaving me at this school alone."
" Well then that leaves the only option left. Fake marriage. And who pray tell are we going to use to pull this off."
" I have no idea."
" It can't be anyone from school because I would probably kill them before this ordeal was done."
"Wait a second. I know a couple of guys that probably could do it."
" Really?"
" Yeah. Hmmm let's see. Trowa can't, you would probably kill Wufei, Quatre just got engaged to Dorothy and everyone knows that, Duo wouldn't, he's to afraid to make Hilde mad. It would have to be Heero."
" Heero?"
" Yeah, he's the only one left."
" Heero wouldn't do it, even if you told him it was a mission (A.N sorry I just had to add that in:).
" Well you never know, I could ask."
" Ok whatever."
" Alright goodnight Rose."
Angel walked out and Lucrezia walked up behind Rose.
" What were you guys talking about?"
" Oh nothing. Hey Lulu how about a good bed time story?" Rose asked sarcastically.
Lucrezia just smiled and then led her into the living room.
" So what do you want to know?" Lucrezia asked as she sat down next to Zechs. ( A.N. ;) Cute couple alert)
" I want to know how and why they died. I know they weren't killed in a car crash because they were home when it happened."
" We were attacked."
" I know that, but by who?"
" The Earth Sphere Alliance. They bombed our area because our area was largely supportive of the colonies. Our parents and most of our neighbors were sweepers. Mom died, Dad died, Nana Florine died, a lot of people died. We were lucky."
" A lot of unnecessary blood was spilt." Zechs said continuing for her.
Rose felt as if her blood was boiling. Anger rose in her like steam, and bile attempted to come.
" Why didn't you tell me this. Why didn't anyone?"
" It was supposed to remain a secret, a cover up."
" Yeah I imagine. It was probably really hard to cover up a massacre though." Rose said this both sarcastically and angrily.
It was Zechs who spoke up next.
" Lucrezia and I need to go, but if want to contact us we will be at the Regional Hotel."
" Why don't you stay here?"
" Here? You don't have enough room for yourself let alone us too." Lucrezia laughed. Rose looked around.
Oh yeah she thought to herself.
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For once I remembered the whole dream.
Someone softly spoke to me, the voice said soothing words of comfort, but I couldn't be comforted. My Mama and Papa were not here.
I heard people next to me say things like bombs, attacking, and surprised. I didn't quite understand them. I tried to ask the voice what was going on but the voice just hushed me. I became hysterical, I wanted answers. I felt something prick my arm and it soon got dark.
I had happy dreams of my parents and my sister. We were at a park and that girl Angel was there. I met her at the park, we had a lot of fun. Suddenly the sky got dark and demons appeared around me. They began pushing me and shoving me around. The I realized I wasn't dreaming anymore, people were really moving around me. I opened my eyes to a bright light and gritty sand. I closed my eyes tight to block out the harmful things. I opened them again this time slowly, letting my eyes adjust. I got to my feet and walked out of a door. I was in a building of some sort that had a sign that said ' BOMB SHELTER,' but I didn't know what that meant.
The world outside was dark and scary. The sky was overcast yet it was still bright outside. When I walked out a little further I noticed where the light was coming from. There were fires littered all over the ground. There were also charred remains of buildings, bones, and torn flesh scattered all over. I felt bile rising in my throat, but I tried to hold it down. No use getting sick to my stomach right now.
I walked down my street towards my house. It scared me what I saw. My house burned nearly to the ground. There were a few walls but the other than that it was all ashes. I walked through where my front door used to be. I then walked through the rest of the house looking for anything, while walking past the mostly burnt piano I saw a bit of gold. I ran over and picked it up. It was my mom's gold locket. I opened it. It had my sister and I on one side and my parents on the other side. My mother never took this locket off, it was a family heirloom that had been passed down for centuries.
I suddenly was struck with a vision of my mother sitting at the piano softly stroking the locket, knowing the end was near. A single tear fell from her eyes as she mouthed " I love my girls."
I broke down in tears and crawled into one of the remaining corners. I stayed there for two days clutching the locket. I didn't move until I felt a shadow fall over me and I could smell the scent of violets, I knew then that my sister had come home.
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Rose woke with a start and instantly reached for her neck, and happily found the locket still there. The tears came spilling down her cheeks. Rose now wished she hadn't learned the truth. Sometimes, she realized, the truth hurts to much.
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The next day Rose got up, left her dorm and walked to her first class.
" A neutron star can be the size of a sugar-cube but it still can weigh a few billion tons."
The teacher droned on like that for a few minutes. Rose was usually fascinated by this stuff but now it held no value to her, her mind was on other things. Just then the teacher was interrupted.
" Excuse, Mr. Lotina could you please send Rosalita Noin down to the office?"
Mr. Lotina nodded to Rose then answered " She's on her way."
Rose got up and walked out.
What could it be. It cant be Lucrezia she left this morning.
Rose walked into the office.
" Hi you called me down?"
" Your name?"
" Rosalita Noin."
" Rose?" A male voice said from behind her.
Rose's eyes grew wide. (A.N its surprising how many times she can get surprised in the amount of 2 days, oh her poor heart.)
No it cant be.
" Excuse me do I know you?" Rose said turning around. She knew exactly who it was.
" Its me Derrick."
" Derrick can it be you?" Rose said forcing a smile.
" Its been a long time."
" Yeah I guess it has."
" Are you free for lunch?"
" Um....let me check," Rose leaned over by the computer the office lady was using " Can I use this?"
" Sure."
Rose whispered to the lady " Please give me a good reason not to go please."
Obviously the lady saw the nervous look on Rose's face, for she said, I am sorry young man, but MS. Noin is extremely busy today."
Rose mouthed a silent 'Thank you.' The lady just winked.
After school Rose hurried home, she locked her door and jumped into the shower. She needed a nice hot shower.
Oh how am I going to get out of this.
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" Heero please. Do it as a late birthday present."
" No."
" Think of it as a mission."
" I am not falling for that."
" Please Heero, all you have to do is pretend you're her husband until her fiancée` leaves." Angel said.
" You almost had me convinced until you said fiancée`." Heero said sarcastically. (A.N The 'Perfect Soldier' can do sarcasm :0) )
" Ha ha."
" Why doesn't she just go with him?"
" She's afraid of him. She thinks he'll hurt her."
" I can't do anything thing for her."
" Yes you can !!" Angel yelled.
" This conversation is over." Heero turned and walked out the door."
" Darn that man is impossible."
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" Ok I will pick you up at seven."
" Alright Derrick I'll be ready." There was no way out of it. She couldn't run, and she couldn't just break it off. She remembered why she was afraid of him, he was extremely abusive and he would use all his force to get to her. There was nothing she could do.
She walked to her closet and searched for something to wear.
About an hour later her doorbell rang. She felt like an iron clamp had just grabbed a hold on her stomach.
The doorbell rang again.
" Coming." She grabbed her jacket then opened the door. " Hi Derrick."
" Hi Rose. You look great."
Rose had on jeans, a blue tank top, and boots, she didn't look great, she just looked normal.
" Thanks." She muttered.
" You ready to go?"
" Yeah." This is going to be one long night.
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Rose was right it was a long night. Derrick took her to an outdoor cafe` by a river. It was a beautiful night and stars lit the night sky. It was a beautiful night and it would have been really romantic if she wasn't here with Derrick. She felt like a hostage.
" So why did you leave?" Derrick asked attempting to break the silence.
" I got accepted to the academy, I couldn't turn them down. I was so excited I forgot to mention it." Rose lied.
" You got so excited you forgot our wedding?"
" I was sixteen, I wasn't looking forward to a life-time commitment. I'm sure you felt the same way."
" No I didn't. I wanted us to be together." He said angrily. He reached over the table and grabbed her arm. " You left because you didn't want to marry me, didn't you?"
" I.....uh..."
" Didn't you?" He tightened his grip.
" Uh. Derrick you're hurting me."
" Well I'm going to see to it that you marry me. This week before I leave."
" I can't. I have school."
" Screw you're school, you're going to be my wife and bearer of my sons. Of course we will only have sons. There is no need for worthless daughters." He rambled on.
" You *chauvinist pig." Rose said trying to hide her fear. But of course Rose was scared. She was really scared, and she could tell that she was losing the blood flow to her arm, she couldn't feel it anymore.
" Please someone help me!" She screamed.
" Shut up you wench." He slapped her across the face.
No one came to her rescue.
" Please help me!" She screamed louder.
" Shut your face."
Suddenly an angel spoke (A.N ok not really but you get the idea).
" Take your hands off my wife."
Rose's jaw literally hit the ground. Derrick eye's widen.
" If you value your life and you wish to live until tomorrow, I suggest you let go." The man said.
Derrick let go and the blood rushed to the depraved parts of her arm.
" I'm sorry I...I..didn't see a ring." Derrick stammered.
"That's because I took it to the shop to get resized." the man stated. " Now go before I decide to hurt you."
Derrick left that instant and Rose turned around to thank her savior. She nearly fainted for her savior was none other than Heero Yuy.
* Chauvinist means sexist
Hehehehehehe how do you like that ending. If I get a review I'll write the next chapter.
Chapter 5 Rose finds out why Heero saved her , and Heero finds out why Derrick wants Rose so badly, and Derrick does something none us would expect.
Oh by the way, if you were confused read The Origins of Angel Maxwell. These are sister stories, and they follow along the same lines.
Well got to go and if you missed it the first time my e-mail is dizzy2070@yahoo.com.
