My Heart Will Go On
Chapter six: Secrets
Jennet woke up the next morning and turned over so see Jim lying next to her, staring at her. "How long have you been staring at me?" she asked looking at him and brushing his bangs from his eyes. Jim leaned in and kissed her hand as it passed over his face.
"Long enough." He said rapping an arm around her waist as she turned back over and cuddled up by his chest. She intertwined his fingers with hers. "How are you feeling?"
"Okay I guess. I'm still worried about what happened last night when I saw…you know."
"Hey its going to be okay. We'll get to the bottom of this."
"We?"
"I asked the Preventers to help us." Jennet's eyes lit up and she looked into his eyes.
"Did you really?" she asked.
"Yeah." He said blushing.
"O Jim! She yelled and through her arms around his neck and kissed him. "I am so proud of you."
"Hey if I knew you would act like this I would have done it along time ago." He said kissing her nose. "Well look I have to go talk to Gene but I'll be back latter."
"I won't be here. Hilde is taking me shopping today."
"O then I'll see you later."
"Okay bye."
"C ya baby."
**
"Please Duo?"
"Hilde I'm busy."
"Please? Pretty please with sugar on top?"
"Babe…"
"Duo?" Hilde said in a sexy voice sitting down in his lap and looking into his eyes. "Please?"
"Fine."
"Thank you thank you thank you!" she said jumping up and down and running towards the garage.
"The things I do for that women. Hey if you scratch her up you will be so screwed." Duo stopped and thought for a minute (audience stars in shock) "And I mean that in the most literal sense possible." He called watching her drive out of the garage in his brand new convertible. He waved at her as she drove away, "I'll never see that car again." He smirked, "And I wouldn't have it any other way." He walked over to his desk and picked up the phone. "Hey Quatre you busy today? Good that's what I was hoping to hear…listen I have a very interesting idea…"
**
"Come on Jennet it'll be fun." Hilde said dragging Jennet towards the hair solon.
"Yeah it'll be fun." Catharine said walking in.
"I don't know guys I'm not a big fan of changing hair colors. I like my hair."
"We didn't say that you had to change we just think that you should let a professional do it. I mean for the ball- its so much fun Relena hires a man to come in and do all of our hair its so much fun." Catharine squealed.
"Speaking of which aren't we hear to get a dress for me. The ball is tomorrow in case you have forgotten."
"O my gosh I almost forgot we need to get you a dress."
"Come on lets get going." Hilde said pulling her towards a store, "Lets shop!"
**
"Duo why are we doing this again?" Quatre asked as Duo dragged him through the store.
"So we can find out what the girls are wearing to Relena's ball tomorrow."
"So this has nothing to do with Hilde."
"Are you nuts it has everything to do with Hilde." Quatre just shook his head,
"Hey look they're over there." Quatre whispered.
"Sweet!" Duo hid himself behind a rack of cloths. Quatre stood next to him, Duo looked at him. "Quatre get down!" Duo said and yanked on his jacket.
"Why?"
"Cause they'll see you."
"So?"
"Shh! Keep it down," he looked at Quatre, "You obviously don't go shopping much with girls do you?" Quatre looked at him in a horrified manner.
"Of course I have remember how many sister I have?"
"Oh yeah. But still they see us and we will be caring their bags for the rest of the day." Quatre's face paled.
"Oh no."
"Don't worry pal we will just stay down."
**
"Jennet what do you think about this one?" Hilde said holding the dress up to Jennet. "No I don't think so." Hilde said shaking her head. "What about this one?" Hilde voice drowned out, when Jennet felt a pair of eyes on her. Jennet turned her senses on and tried to locate the direction it was coming from. "Jennet? Jennet? Hello?"
"What?"
"You were ignoring me."
"Oh I'm sorry Hilde…" Jennet turned around and saw the familiar braid of Duo behind a rack of dresses. "But I think I know how to make it up to you." She said turning back around and pointing towards the dress racks.
"I have an idea." A sly smirk appeared on her lips. "Come on." The two headed towards the other side of the store.
**
"Darn I lost sight of them." Duo said.
"What? They're right there." Quatre whispered, pointing towards Catharine and Sally.
"Not them Hilde and Jennet."
"They probably went into the dressing rooms."
"Or maybe there right behind you?" Hilde whispered in Duo's ear.
"Yeah maybe there right…behind…us." The two of them stood up slowly and turned around.
"Busted." Duo said.
"Yep and your personal punishment will come later tonight. But now the two of you will have to carry my bags." Hilde handed her bags to Duo and he grunted and followed her towards the Catharine and Sally.
"Are they always like this?" Jennet asked Quatre.
"Most of the time." Jennet shook her head, when she felt the pair of eyes on her again. Jennet turned around and looked around again. "Jennet are you alright?" Quatre asked putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Hmm? O I'm fine." Taking her bags Quatre extended his arm. "Shall we join the others?"
"Of course." Jennet said taking his offered arm and headed towards the other girls. A man emerged from behind the dress rack,
"Be careful Jennet…I'm watching you."
**
"What is it?" Jennet asked looking at the food carefully.
"It's a new invention here on Earth called Pizza." Duo informed her.
"Pizza?" Jennet looked at it. "It looks nasty."
"But it tastes great." Hilde said.
"I think I'll grab a salad." Jennet said and looked through the menu. She smirked a little to herself.
"What?" Quatre asked her.
"I can't remember the last time I read English." She smiled again at him. Once again Jennet felt a pair of eyes on her and she turned around looking for the source.
"Jen are you alright?" Quatre asked taking her hand in his. Jennet shook her head.
"Quatre I would really like to leave somethings wrong." Jennet said looking at the crowd.
"What do you mean?"
"I feel like someone is watching me." Quatre looked around and saw no one.
"They are just probably admiring your beauty." Quatre said giving her hand a gentle squeeze.
"I would feel a lot better if that was it." Jennet whispered in his ear.
"Come Jen I'll buy you that salad."
"Okay." Jennet and Quatre stood up and headed over to the salad bar. A man wearing deep black sunglasses bumped into her knocking Jennet over,
"Sorry." He said lowering his sunglasses and looking at her. Jennet gasped as the man walked away to afraid to move.
"Jennet are you alright?" Quatre asked shaking her. "Who was that? Jennet talk to me?" Jennet shook her head to clear her thoughts.
"I'm fine." She said standing up
"Your sure?" Quatre looked at her still shaking form as the others walked up. "I think we better go home." The others nodded and headed towards the cars.
**
"I don't get it." Heero murmured scratching his head.
"Get what?" Trowa asked.
"How this works." Heero said gesturing towards the Outlaw Star. "She said it was powered by a life force."
"Hey did Quatre give you the blueprints that he found on board. Anyway these are them." Heero took them and began to look over them. Murmuring numbers and calculations to himself.
"This thing is amazing…its more advanced then the Gundams."
"Is that even possible?" Wufia asked leaning over the blue prints.
"It is now."
"And I can guaranty that it is much more advanced then them." Jim said coming out of the cockpits of a Leo suit rubbing his oil covered hands on a rag, he walked over to the table and pulled out his laptop and typed in a couple of things the Leo roared to life.
"Hey you did it. We thought that thing would never work again." Trowa said. Heero leaned over Jim's shoulder watching the information lay out come over his screen. Jim frowned and shook his head and walked back over to the Leo climbing back in he began to work on it some more.
"O my god." Heero whispered.
"What is it?" Wufia asked.
"According to this the Leo is almost as efficient as a Gundam."
"You're kidding?" Trowa asked.
"I wish I was and it's going up."
"If it keeps going up it become as efficient as a Gundam."
"Hey guys what's going on?" Jennet asked as she and Hilde came into the room.
"That boy of your has just made a miracle by making that Leo over there working."
"He got it to work?" Hilde asked shocked. "But I couldn't even do that." Jennet shook her head.
"Hey show off get down here before they have your remodel the entire mobile suit force." Jennet called up into the Leo. Jim popped his head out, wiping his hands on a rag he came down from the Leo as every one else came into the room. Jennet ran up to him and through her arms around him and placed a small kiss on his lips. Quatre watched them and a felt a twig of jealousy go through him. He quickly shook it off.
"Hey I was wondering if one of you could give me a tour of the Outlaw Star." Quatre watched as Jennet and Jim exchanged looks.
"Um sure." Jennet said. "Come on." She and Jim started heading towards the ship.
**
"The other girls watched as Jim came down from the suit and entered the ship with Jennet and Quatre.
"Isn't he a hottie?" Hilde asked watching him in his tight shirt.
"You said it sister." Catharine said.
"Does this make you feel inferior of what?" Duo asked the boys standing with him who all shook their heads. "This is gonna be a long couple of months."
**
They slowly entered the ship. "Any place that you wanna see especially?"
"Yeah the cockpit would be could." Jim and Jennet exchanged nervous glances.
"Um okay." Jim looked at Jennet and nodded and then headed towards the cockpit with Jennet close behind.
"Well this is the cockpit not much to see lets go." Jennet said and began to pull Quatre out of the room.
"I would like to look around if that's alright." Quatre said walking around the room. He stopped in front of a tube filled with lots of strange liquid. "What's that for?" he asked pointing towards it.
"Um…" Jennet said looking at Jim nervously. Quatre looked at them.
"I think I'll just take a look at it." He said walking towards it.
"NO!" Jennet and Jim said at the same time jumping in front of him. Quatre looked at them strangely.
"What's the mater with you two? I'm just gonna take a look."
"Well you see um…" Jim began.
"Um…" Jennet began. "Well…" the two looked at eachother again.
"Well what?"
"Um…" Jennet said. Suddenly she just through her arms around his neck and kissed him. At first Quatre just stared at Jim who was sending him death glares, previous history showing that death glares were not a good thing (Relena and Heero relationship but that's another story) his first instinct was to pull away. But the way her small body fit into his just felt so right. His mind began to argue, 'come on pull away Jim is gonna kill you.' 'He will not.' 'Will too.' 'Will not.' 'Look it doesn't matter cause your ending this now!' just then Jennet slipped her tongue into his mouth making rational thought fly out the window much less even a complete thought. He closed his eyes letting his emotions take over.
Jennet just stood their arms rapped around Quatre kissing him. For a while she knew that he wouldn't respond but when he did she was totally unprepared for it. He rocked her world. She felt Jim tap her shoulder and she ended the kiss. Quatre just stood there and slowly opened his eyes and looked at her with a dazed expression. Jennet giggled.
"Um what where we doing again?" Quatre asked.
"We were just about to go back and get some dinner…remember Quatre?"
"Oh yeah." He said looking around,
"Come on Quatre." Jennet said taking his arm and leading him out of the cockpit. Jim glared after them, sighed and followed them.
**
Jennet ran down the hall and into her room. Seconds later she heard to male voices out in the hall arguing about her. Suddenly the door flew open and Gene stormed in. he glared at his little sister for several minutes. Then in an icy tone he spoke,
"You kissed him!"
"It was the only way to keep him for looking at Melfina's chamber."
"You kissed him!" Duo stopped in the hallway.
"Yes I kissed Quatre." Duo took off down the hall to where the boys were staying.
"Quatre?"
"Preventers Winner." Jennet told him.
"O so now you're using there first names too. And kissing them-"
"Well I'm sorry I really didn't feel like explaining to him the purpose of Melfina's chamber when they already think that we are amazing. Not to mention that it would but Mel in danger do you realize they haven't even gotten to the stage where they have androids walking around."
"But you kissed him!"
"And it worked." She glared at him, "He wasn't even able to make a complete thought, not to mention that he totally forgot what we were talking about."
"She's got a point Gene." Jim said.
"You were there! And you didn't stop her?!"
"Gene it worked she led him out of the Outlaw and he didn't even know what hit him. If I remember correctly he didn't even remember anything about the ship." Gene razed and eyebrow to his little sister that shrugged her shoulders,
"He its not my fault that he fell for it."
"Jennet what would we do with out you?"
**
"So Quatre find anything of interest in the Outlaw Star?" Heero asked. Quatre blushed,
"Actually I don't remember."
"Don't remember?" Trowa asked in concern.
"Yeah I remember going into the cockpit talking to Jennet about something and then every thing goes dark and fuzzy then we are back outside the cockpit again."
"In other words you were checking out other things besides the cockpit." Duo said winking at his friend as he bounced into the room.
"What is that suppose to mean baka." Duo snagged an apple from the tray in the middle of the room. He took a big bite and spoke,
"I was passing by Jen's room on my way down here and Gene was yelling at her for it. And its seems to me that Jim isn't to happy about it either."
"Hey she kissed me I didn't do anything." Quatre said holding his hands up defensively.
"Sure…" Heero said
"But then of course you did nothing to stop it." Trowa added.
"Would you if she was kissing you?" no one spoke. "That's what I thought." Quatre said and sat down. "I'm in deep aren't I?"
"You have no idea." Duo said patting him on the soldier. "I'm just waiting for Gene to come in through that door and beat you."
"Thanks Duo I feel so much reassurance, look I'm gonna go get something to eat." Quatre got up and went out the door.
**
Jennet lay on her bed thinking. 'Why did I kiss him? There was another option, but why did I do it.' Jennet growled.
"You know the cafeteria makes really nasty food." Jim said coming into the room. He looked at Jennet and frowned, "Hey what's the matter?" Jennet looked at Ashia sprawled out over the couch and then patted the spot next to her on the bed.
"Nothing really, I'm just nervous about the ball tomorrow." She said shaking her head, 'I hate lying!'
"Hey don't worry about it. I'll be there and I bet that dress that you bought will look great on you."
"I hope so." Jennet frowned again.
"And I bet Mr. Winner or rather QUATRE will be there." Jim said in an icy tone and getting up off the bed.
"Jim…" Ashia awoke and looked at the couple.
"I think I'll go find Gene and Melfina." She said quickly and left.
**
Quatre walked down the hall trying to get Jennet's kiss out of his head when Ashia ran into him. "Sorry Mr. Winner." She said sweetly and headed back down the hallway. Quatre walked back down the hall and came across Jennet's room,
"Now is a good as a time as any to talk to her about that kiss." He stopped cold when he heard to voices arguing on the other side of the door. He leaned in and listened.
**
"That was low Jim and you know it."
"Well excuse me. I just thought that my girlfriend wasn't suppose to kiss other guys."
"It wasn't like I planed it. What did you want me to do let him continue asking questions about how Melfina's life power ran the ship. I'm sorry but I don't want to endanger her life."
"BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO KISS HIM!"
"WHAT WAS I SUPPOSE TO DO? LET HIM LOOK AROUND THE SHIP?" they both took several deep breaths to calm themselves. "I'm sorry." She whispered. Jim looked at her and gave a soft smile.
"Hey I should be the one apologizing you have a lot on your mind with Marvin showing up. Just tell me Jennet did that kiss mean anything to you?" Jennet walked over to him and placed her arms around his neck.
"Jim listen to me carefully. I have a whole plan worked into this. You see Quatre- Mr. Winner has some what of a thing for me and if I get close to him maybe he can get the others to let us go. Then we can go back to the way things used to be."
"I must say that that is a very smart plan indeed." He gave her a soft kiss on the nose.
"Now lets see how we can recharge the ship so we can make it look like it runs on fossil fuels."
**
Quatre stood in the hallway mouth wide open, wishing that he hadn't stopped to try to talk to Jennet. His mind slowly turned. 'Melfina is the life force that runs the ship! Jennet is using me?' that one stung his heart, but he shoved it away, 'it doesn't matter it was my job to protect her anyway, now lets go fine Melfina we have some experimenting to do.' He tried to smile but his heart ached in pain.
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Chapter six yeah! All done, I hope you guys like it. Well there are only a couple more chapter to go till its all done. Poor Quatre its so said what happened to him, makes me wanna cry don't worry there will be a happy ending,
~ Jennet