Heero turned around at the sound of feet, hoping with all his being that it would be Relena, "Relena! I'm so glad you're here!" he then glanced at Darcie, "Who's your friend?" he looked her up and down, she was even more of a goddess than Relena.

Relena knew it would happen, she had told herself it would. It still hurt, though - more so than she had expected. "This is Darcie. She's even better than I am at tennis. Why don't you two play a game and get acquainted while I practice?"
"No, Relena, that's okay, I -"

"That would be great!" Heero easily forgot about little old Relena.

"Heero man! How come you always get the girls?" an attractive man with a long braid exclaimed, glancing at the girls and winking.

"Duo, this is Darcie." Duo knew that tone. He was going to hook up with her, but that didn't matter. She wasn't his type, the other one, though, with the blond hair, she looked shy. Perhaps neither was his type. Oh well. The blond one looked lonely and hurt. Probably some girl Heero had just ditched when he met her friend over there.

"And who is this beauty queen over here?" He asked, winking once again at Relena, hoping to cheer her up. She smiled a little, but she then became even more withdrawn.

"That's Relena." He left it at that. Relena wanted to cry, but she couldn't let them see her.

"Um, would one of you gentlemen mid taking Darcie home," she used the sweet approach, though it took all her finely trained masking abilities to hide the tears in her eyes, "I'm afraid I'm a bit tired."

"Sure." Heero replied. Duo knew that look on Relena's face. He had seen it many times, and being the person her was, he wanted to help her, but she had already gathered her stuff and rushed away.

"Hey, wait up!" he called after her. She sure was fast. He finally caught up to her at her car, and immediately noticed the tears she was trying to hold back tears. He simply turned her around and looked her straight in the eyes. "Listen. I barely know you, and I realize that, but I just want you to know that I will listen if you need to talk, and I would like to become friends," that was all it took, and she was in his arms crying. He simply hugged her and whispered calming words in her ears.

'What am I doing?' she thought. She never cried in front of people! Especially people she didn't know. But he was there, and she couldn't take it anymore. "I'm so sorry. I can't believe I just did that. I never cry," she wiped her eyes, "Why did you follow me?"

Duo was wrong. She wasn't shy, and she definitely was his type. "Ah, babe," she blushed. That was a good sign. She thought he was cute, "I can tell when people are hurtin', and you -" he squeezed her shoulder, "are hurtin'!"

She just sighed, "Darcie is so beautiful, and I just wish I were, too."

"Relena, you're - so much more beautiful than she is." He leaned towards her, but left her room to pull away, but she just closed her eyes and slightly brought her head up. That was all he needed. He kissed her, at the same time pulling her closer to him. He didn't expect what happened next. While putting her arms around his neck, she deepened the kiss. Damn, but was she good at this. He pulled away breifly and she opened her eyes, confusion evident.

"What?"

"What about Heero? It's obvious you like him."

"I don't know. All I know is that I feel even closer to you than him, but -"

You can tell it's only friendly, right?" when she lookeed down and nodded, he continued, "Me too. So, Since dary -" she giggled, "What?"

"Darcie, not Dary."

"Oops! Oh well. Darcie is riding with Heero, I have no one to ride with."

"I can ride you home."

Duo grinned, "Thanks."