I Dreamed of Angels
Part Three B
On the south side of the city, another boy
could be seen sitting on a stool, lazily playing with some feathers that had
fallen on the ground. A look of boredom covered his features as he sighed and
blew the bangs off of his face.
"Quatre! It's your turn. Come up here so we
could set you up."
The boy simply looked up in defiance at the
lady who had called him.
"Why do I have to do this? I always play
the same part again and again and again. It's not fair!" he whined.
The lady looked at the pouting child with a
hint of amusement filling her face.
"It fits you perfectly." was the only
explanation she could give.
"No, it doesn't."
It looked like he was definitely going to
stick with his answer. He continued to sit on the stool with his arms crossed,
ignoring everything else.
All of a sudden, someone poked his back,
causing him to topple over the stool. When he turned around, he saw his friend
Duo grinning while trying to undo his braid.
"Hey pal! At least you get the good part.
Look at me. I have to be a girl."
Duo mumbled something incoherently and
suddenly realized the consequences of playing a girl even just for one play. He
would surely be teased until the day he died.
Resolved that the consequences were too
great, he decided that he really didn't want to play the part. It was just too
humiliating.
In reaction to his discovery, he quickly
faced the lady from across the room and did as Quatre had done. He crossed his
arms and it looked like he was not going to cooperate any time soon.
"What am I going to do with you kids?" the
lady reacted and raised her hands in defeat. In spite of this, she decided to
hold her ground as she explained the situation they were in.
"We can't cancel this play. I'm going to
get in trouble with your parents. The Christmas play will be in two days and
it's too late to change all your parts."
She looked at Duo pleadingly and said "Do
this for me, just once."
The answer she got was not something she
hoped for, but it was definitely something she expected.
"No! I am *not* a girl so I don't wanna
wear girly clothes."
"Duo, we had to give up our only available
girl because she had the flu. We can't possibly haul her back here to play Mary
when she's sick. Besides, that long hair of yours could fool anyone."
"But…" Duo started to open his mouth in
response, but a hand quickly clamped it down from behind.
"I think Duo's going to do it, or else..."
The owner of the hand gave Duo a quick look
and then released his grip on the now furious boy.
"Fine then! At least you and Heero get to
play kings. Why can't I be king? Kings are cool. I get to wear a crown and I
get to have lots of gold and..." he continued to babble, not caring if anyone
was listening.
"Thank you, Wufei." the lady said,
momentarily ignoring Duo's incessant talk. She then looked at Heero who was
patiently trying to convince Quatre to cooperate.
"Why don't you wanna do it, anyway?"
His question was firm, but he was not the
least bit annoyed at the other's reluctance.
"Umm, because I'm afraid of falling?"
Quatre answered while trying to conjure up his most winning smile.
The smile didn't work too well because even
before he could protest, Heero had already lifted him from the ground. Heero
shook his head in disbelief and secured the irrational boy on the rope that had
been set up earlier. He pulled on it and signaled for the others to get ready.
When he thought that Quatre was secure
enough, he screamed "One angel coming up!"
He pulled the ropes further and levitated
Quatre while the still annoyed angel continued to cross his arms and mope.