A/N: This is dedicated to you, Circe!
Circe is a wonderful friend and writer. Without her help I couldn't get this on FF.N. I thank her lots!
Chapter Two
" She Likes Me, She Likes Me Not"
The next day Heero was sore, why, he couldn't remember. He sat up and felt his heart ache. He had an adrenaline
rush last night, using his heart for the first time was hard work! He and Jessica had fun, she would talk and he
would actually laugh! It was fun being with her. He sat up and got dressed then walked three doors down to the
right, to her room. He picked up his fist to knock on her door, before he realized what he was doing.
Heero was a little more used to this thing called 'love'. He actually gave Relina a teddy bear and a letter a little while ago. For Heero, that was a big accomplishment! Heero was about to turn away, when Jessica opened the door, and when she looked up at Heero she jumped. She didn't seem to be expecting him, then again neither did Heero.
She smiled at him, her eyes twinkled. "So, you missed me?" she asked still smiling. Heero didn't say anything as usual. Jessica looked smugly at his presents at her door. "I was going to report for my duty, would you like to join me?" Jessica asked holding up a laptop from behind her back
. "I thought you were a spy, aren't those things top secret?" Heero grunted.
"Yes, but I was going to have you walk me to the meeting place then leave you outside!" she winked and grabbed his hand. Heero was shocked but he ran when she pulled him down the hall. Then he only stopped when she slowed down to get in the elevator. It opened with a press of a button on her laptop.
She threw him into the elevator. Heero hit the wall, she stepped in walked right up to him, and kissed him on the cheek. Heero's mouth was fully open by now. Jessica smiled at him, then the door opened again and she stepped out. Heero was frozen against the wall, with his mouth still open. His blood was coursing though him like a raging river. His first kiss.
He didn't even have time to think because Jessica was holding the door and looking at him, still grinning, and asked if he was coming. Heero walked out and past her. He stepped into the fresh air and Jessica ran to catch up to him. "So, where is this meeting place?" asked Heero walking fast.
"Somewhere," she smiled teasingly
"What is this mission about," Heero said tonelessly.
"If I'd tell ya, I'd have to kill you," Jessica grinned. Heero grinned inside. He remembered how Relina found out too much about him and her out of all people, he couldn't kill. As if Jessica could kill him, yeah right. What if she didn't like him, Heero thought for the first time. 'She kissed me, on the cheek though.' He second thought.
Never had Heero had been confused on anything but his enemies, on the last war. It was a stupid one, 'Oh well, don't live in the past', Heero told himself.
Jessica turned down an alley and Heero followed until she said, "Stay here," she stepped into a phone booth pressed some numbers without picking the receiver up, and it transferred her up to a building. She stepped out of the booth into the window. She was so graceful.
Five minutes later she came back, "OK, Heero let's go I have a mission tomorrow, so we can hang out today!"
"I have a mission tomorrow too!" said Heero looking at the ground.
Jessica smiled at him. "Are you still fighting for the colonies?" she asked.
"Yes, not for White Fang but for the people of the colonies. We still have to protect the earth from ludicrous plans, like blowing up it up, which Zech tried to do!"
"I thought white Fang was no more," she said, looking confused. "I mean you beat them right?" she was completely confused now.
"Who's running things," stated Heero "There always has to be a leader," Heero finished. "White Fang will eventually some back, and no one wants military rule, so there is no Oz eater, they won't come back. Oz has it's few followers still, it was a big organization, they were after Relina. They won't come back; Oz isn't a threat anymore. Then there is the Roma-Fella foundation, they say that they are fighting for pacifist, but, they have a big useful army," Heero explained.
"Then is Relina in rule of the earth and someone else ruling in space?"
Heero grunted at that name but over looked it. "I would hope so," he replied. "Relina, is a good pacifist leader," he started walking.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"To see the rest of the Gundam boys, I need to ask them about their missions." Heero said tonelessly.
"Can I come?" she asked following him.
Heero turned around, 'What if Relina's there' he thought to himself. 'Would I make her jealous? Why would I care about silly love games' Heero argued with himself . "Sure as long as you don't make trouble."
Jessica would have taken this offensively but she know Heero enough now. "Heero, does that make me an enemy of yours or not?" she asked looking at him bumping into a woman, Jessica ignored her.
"An enemy is someone who endangers my life or my missions," he stated very seriously.
Jessica nodded. "Well, I'm not part of White Fang or Oz or Roma-Fella or another pesky rebellion. Do you know Howard and some crazy old scientist, that I think are dead?" she asked looking at Heero.
"Yes, I do, you are not an enemy of mine until you endanger my missions," Heero stated.
Jessica noticed how he didn't say life. She thought Heero was thinking she wouldn't do that. "Where are the rest of the boys?" she asked curiously.
"I think they are at a base in Nevada," Heero said getting on the bus; he paid for both of them, which was surprising. When they sat down, she looked around. Jessica saw a couple of teenagers that were talking and laughing. She envied them, what would her life be like if she was a normal kid? Heero could be normal too. It probably is less exciting, but at least you could be a teenager.
They looked over at them, Jessica smiled back. The girls looked past her, to Heero who was staring out the window. The boys however smiled back at Jessica. "Hi," one of them said.
"Hi," Jessica answered. Heero whipped around, Jessica thought he would just ignored them. The girls smiled at him, he didn't smile back. The boys looked afraid of Heero, they turned back to each other and talked among themselves
. Jessica frowned, "What's your problem?" she asked, annoyed.
Heero just grunted and stared back out the window. 'Why did I do that?' Heero asked himself, frustrated 'Could I be possibly jealous? No!' Heero was mad with himself. Deep down inside though, Heero thought that they deserved it.
They arrived at the plane station. Heero went into an office, hacked into a computer, and gave himself and Jessica first class. On the way to their gate, Jessica laughed at how easy Heero made everything look.
"What are you laughing at? "Heero grunted.
Jessica looked at him grinning and said, "Nothing," She continued laughing though.
Heero mumbled to himself. They finally arrived at where they collect the tickets. Heero handed him his and so did Jessica. The lady bowed them though. Jessica was shocked at their strange behavior. Then she remembered the computer
. "Heero, who did you say we were?" she asked catching up to walk beside him.
"Relina Peacecraft and a major Roma-Fella foundation leader's son,"
Jessica could have sworn she saw him half smile at his trickiness. "Oh really Heero, why didn't we just steal a craft from a base?"she asked, annoyed
"Is there one by," Heero said looking smug. He didn't know about the base about a half-hour away.
Jessica smiled. "Maybe, maybe not," she laughed.
Heero was shocked- how could he not know about a base that this girl did! He was outraged, maybe she was just trying to get a rise out of him. They stepped onto the plane and were bowed though again. Jessica heard one of the pilots say, "Where is their private plane?"
When they sat down (they had their own private section with a TV and it looked like a room from a private plane with beautiful curtains drawn around them. The chairs were so comfortable, they had their own refrigerator and play station and other things.) "Heero, did you train in outer-space?" Jessica asked.
"For the most part," answered Heero "I've been on Earth at training once or twice."
"I've trained mostly in space too, but some on Earth, more than once or twice. When did you start your training? I started minority at four," Jessica looked over at Heero to see if he was annoyed with twenty questions yet.
He wasn't, surprisingly, he looked like he was pondering that question. "I can't remember, I was too young. I started full out right away," Heero said looking out the window.
Jessica raised her eyebrows in surprise."You didn't have a childhood?" Jessica asked wondering. Heero grunted. "No, you didn't" Jessica smiled.
Heero looked over at her, he frowned, "I had a rough childhood, nothing like yours I bet,"
Jessica ignored his rude remark and felt sympathy towards him. "Tell me about it Heero," Jessica said firmly. Heero looked at her, he needed to let his past out, however his motto was forget the past, think about the future and do the present without mistakes.
Heero was surprised he had a motto, then again it was Duo's, but Heero liked it. Jessica soon learned that he did have an extremely hard childhood. So much that it made his fighting skills inhuman, that's because he had an inhuman life.
Jessica wanted to pity him, but she knew Heero wouldn't want it. She felt so close to him now, she could fell their souls melting into one. Her head ached from his story and made her sick to her stomach but she kept listening. She could almost feel all of his pain. Heero didn't cry he didn't even change his tone. Jessica felt like crying, but she didn't, she didn't show any sign of pain. Heero was depending on her as support, she can't give away.
In the end, Heero hung his head, Jessica took a deep breath and gave him a hug. Heero closed his eyes tight, he hated sympathy.
"Heero, this isn't pity, it's love. That's something you never got," Jessica tore herself away from him, holding his shoulders and looking into his eyes. For once in her life, she had nothing to say.
His eyes. Yes, it was his eyes that made her speechless. Heero followed his emotions (that was his motto) and right now they were so strong, stronger then ever. He lifted his hands slowly and placed them on her cheeks. He felt her soft face. She smiled at him, Heero, slowly but surly smiled back. Jessica was once told, if Heero smiles, run very fast, but this was a different type of smile.
Heero didn't feel like himself. He leaned forward, their lips met. Heero opened her lips with his tongue. Her lips were so soft, he never felt this close to anyone, as if their souls were bonding. Therefore, this is love, thought Heero. Heero felt around her mouth. All the passion was put into this kiss, more then Heero had every felt in his life. The passion is what made the kiss great. His insides were burning, Heero thought that it felt good. This was his first kiss ever, and they just met.
Heero pulled away, he was not to be coaxed
that easily. He wasn't a big sap; he was the perfect soldier. Jessica looked hurt, Heero wanted to explain to her,
but he had talked enough. He turned around, and looked down. 'Why?' he thought.