I'm going to skip the disclaimer. I think you've got it by now. Here's the next part. I'm a little tired, so I'll skip the intro too. Quick note: This story pretends that Heero and Relena were never involved with eachother at all. Here it goes.
Quatre and Duo are back at Horton Plaza. They sit and watch the bustle of people shopping in the horrendously crowded mall. They also hope to see Heero and try to cheer him up.
"Zechs was sneaking around Heero's apartment earlier. I think he knows we where at the party." Quatre comments quietly.
"Yeah, I think that might be why Heero hustled us outta there. He could have explained a little." Duo is still miffed, even after a full breakfast.
Suddenly Heero appears at their table. Duo and Quatre are so relieved that he is ok that they don't even notice at first that he's smiling. "Heero! You're alright!" Quatre cries out.
"Now what was the big idea, dragging us out of there and disappearing like that? Your manners are slipping." Duo crosses his arms and tries to look down his nose at Heero.
"Sorry, I had to be somewhere."
"Yeah, but we didn't. I was enjoying myself."
"Of course you were, there was enough food to satisfy you. Next time, I'll let Zechs kill you."
"At least you'll be polite about it."
"You call leaving you to be shot polite?"
"You can't kill the God of Death."
"I'm sure he'd be glad to take you up on that."
Quatre suddenly jumps in. "Stop! We shouldn't be fighting eachother!" Duo and Heero look at Quatre, then at eachother. Duo sighs exasperatedly and puts his hand to his forehead.
"Quatre, we weren't fighting. We were discussing courtesy."
"Still, we have to stick together. Something might come up that will require all our combined strength."
Heero regards the small blonde for a moment. "What do you know that you aren't telling us, Quatre?"
"Nothing! It's just that the colonies have been doing their own thing for a while, and the Earthsphere probably will want to stop that. We should get closer to the Peacecafts too."
Surprisingly, it was Heero that volunteered. "I'll take of that part."
Duo is the first to recover from shock. "Um, Heero, Dorothy won't even talk to you, remember?"
"Dorothy's not a Peacecraft."
"Then how...?" Duo is cut of as a slightly timid looking girl approaches.
"Excuse me, would one of you be Mr. Heero Yuy? Miss Relena sent me."
Heero turns to smirk at the others. "See? It's in the bag." He turns back to the girl. "I'm Heero Yuy. We'll go someplace were we won't be overheard." He waves at the astonished pair and hails a cab.
"Hn, you'd think he had this all planned out or something." Duo mutters. Quatre isn't listening. He's just glad he didn't have to say anything about what's really happening.
The cab Heero hailed has reached his apartment complex. Heero and the girl go up to his apartment where he pours her a cup of coffee. Neither of them notice Zechs down the hall.
"What did Relena say?" he asks the girl intently. She looks more than a little nervous.
"She accepts your proposal, Mr. Yuy. She wants to know how soon your marriage may be."
"Tell her to come tonight to the abbey on Laurel Street.* I know a friar there that can marry us."
"Very well. I'll tell her."
"Good. Here, for your trouble." He hands her a couple bills.
"Oh no, I couldn't, this is what I get paid to do."
"At least take some for the cab home."
"Well, if you insist..."
"I do. Take it."
"Thank you." The girl walk out of the apartment and shuts the door. Heero leans back on his couch for a minute, then takes out his laptop to work on.
As the girl leaves the apartment, Zechs recognizes her and goes to her.
"Lani, what where you doing with the pilot?" he demands of the frightened girl. She thinks fast and comes up with an alibi.
"I was bearing a message for Miss Relena, sir. She didn't want to go near him herself."
"What did the message say?"
"Only to stay away from her."
"Very well. You can go home now. Here's some money for the cab."
Lani stares at him, wondering why everyone's being so generous today. "Thank you, sir."
-To Be Continued...
*Yes, fellow San Diegans. I know there's no abbey on Laurel Street. However, where is an abbey in San Diego?
Another chapter and still loads to go. Oi ve. Anyway, reviews are nice, I love reviews. Flame this, bash this, glomp this, I don't give a flying **** but please review!
-TBS
Quatre and Duo are back at Horton Plaza. They sit and watch the bustle of people shopping in the horrendously crowded mall. They also hope to see Heero and try to cheer him up.
"Zechs was sneaking around Heero's apartment earlier. I think he knows we where at the party." Quatre comments quietly.
"Yeah, I think that might be why Heero hustled us outta there. He could have explained a little." Duo is still miffed, even after a full breakfast.
Suddenly Heero appears at their table. Duo and Quatre are so relieved that he is ok that they don't even notice at first that he's smiling. "Heero! You're alright!" Quatre cries out.
"Now what was the big idea, dragging us out of there and disappearing like that? Your manners are slipping." Duo crosses his arms and tries to look down his nose at Heero.
"Sorry, I had to be somewhere."
"Yeah, but we didn't. I was enjoying myself."
"Of course you were, there was enough food to satisfy you. Next time, I'll let Zechs kill you."
"At least you'll be polite about it."
"You call leaving you to be shot polite?"
"You can't kill the God of Death."
"I'm sure he'd be glad to take you up on that."
Quatre suddenly jumps in. "Stop! We shouldn't be fighting eachother!" Duo and Heero look at Quatre, then at eachother. Duo sighs exasperatedly and puts his hand to his forehead.
"Quatre, we weren't fighting. We were discussing courtesy."
"Still, we have to stick together. Something might come up that will require all our combined strength."
Heero regards the small blonde for a moment. "What do you know that you aren't telling us, Quatre?"
"Nothing! It's just that the colonies have been doing their own thing for a while, and the Earthsphere probably will want to stop that. We should get closer to the Peacecafts too."
Surprisingly, it was Heero that volunteered. "I'll take of that part."
Duo is the first to recover from shock. "Um, Heero, Dorothy won't even talk to you, remember?"
"Dorothy's not a Peacecraft."
"Then how...?" Duo is cut of as a slightly timid looking girl approaches.
"Excuse me, would one of you be Mr. Heero Yuy? Miss Relena sent me."
Heero turns to smirk at the others. "See? It's in the bag." He turns back to the girl. "I'm Heero Yuy. We'll go someplace were we won't be overheard." He waves at the astonished pair and hails a cab.
"Hn, you'd think he had this all planned out or something." Duo mutters. Quatre isn't listening. He's just glad he didn't have to say anything about what's really happening.
The cab Heero hailed has reached his apartment complex. Heero and the girl go up to his apartment where he pours her a cup of coffee. Neither of them notice Zechs down the hall.
"What did Relena say?" he asks the girl intently. She looks more than a little nervous.
"She accepts your proposal, Mr. Yuy. She wants to know how soon your marriage may be."
"Tell her to come tonight to the abbey on Laurel Street.* I know a friar there that can marry us."
"Very well. I'll tell her."
"Good. Here, for your trouble." He hands her a couple bills.
"Oh no, I couldn't, this is what I get paid to do."
"At least take some for the cab home."
"Well, if you insist..."
"I do. Take it."
"Thank you." The girl walk out of the apartment and shuts the door. Heero leans back on his couch for a minute, then takes out his laptop to work on.
As the girl leaves the apartment, Zechs recognizes her and goes to her.
"Lani, what where you doing with the pilot?" he demands of the frightened girl. She thinks fast and comes up with an alibi.
"I was bearing a message for Miss Relena, sir. She didn't want to go near him herself."
"What did the message say?"
"Only to stay away from her."
"Very well. You can go home now. Here's some money for the cab."
Lani stares at him, wondering why everyone's being so generous today. "Thank you, sir."
-To Be Continued...
*Yes, fellow San Diegans. I know there's no abbey on Laurel Street. However, where is an abbey in San Diego?
Another chapter and still loads to go. Oi ve. Anyway, reviews are nice, I love reviews. Flame this, bash this, glomp this, I don't give a flying **** but please review!
-TBS