~*~ The Shadow Room ~*~
~*~ 10:47 PM ~*~
Sally pushed another bottle toward her friend. Both women looked stressed and alcohol seemed to be the answer. Sally sat between the two people who mattered most in her world: Wufei, her lover and Noin, her best friend.
"Here, drown it," Sally said to Noin.
"What? Drown what?" Noin asked, blinking at the bottle of beer.
"Pain, anger, sorrow, drown the feelings," the Chinese woman said, playing with her braided twists.
"Woman?" Wufei asked groggily, "Why… Why… Why do you in… insist on…?" Wufei's head hit the bar top with a loud thud.
"Wu-Wu? Are you okay?" Sally giggled.
"Nataku…" Wufei murmured. Sally stroked his head and smiled at her passed out lover.
"I don't know what he sees in her," Noin said, tipping back her bottle.
"I did that background check that I suggested at lunch," Sally told her, turning her attention away from Wufei.
"And…" Noin asked impatiently.
"Her father, Baron Alexander McDaley, was one of the advisors to King Peacecraft. He died along with King and Queen Peacecraft in AC 182…" Sally slowly recited from memory.
"I don't care about her father! I want the dirt on the little hussy herself!" Noin cut in.
"Alright, cool it, Lu! After her father died, she went to live with her diplomat uncle, Clayton Writsworth. He was the Ambassador to France, I think. He raised her to be the aristocratic lady that she would have been."
"Oh great! Anymore?"
"Yeah, it was rumored that Baron McDaley arranged to have Trey wed to Zechs, but after the whole Peacecraft family was presumed dead, the rumor was pretty much forgotten."
"Oh, damn it!" Noin said, slamming her drink against the bar. The sound and vibration woke up Wufei.
"No, Treize! Don't stick that there!" Wufei screamed, waking up with a jolt. He looked at his surroundings and the two women giving him odd looks.
"Anyway..." Sally said, choosing not to comment on Wufei's out burst, "There's always the chance that the rumor wasn't true. Or maybe they forgot. I mean, they were only children at the time, and with their parents gone, and no one to remind them, how are they going to remember?"
"Knowing Zechs," Noin sighed, "It's written on the inside of his mask."
"But Lu," Sally said optimistically, "He doesn't wear his mask anymore."
"Onna," Wufei whined, "I want to go home!"
~*~ 10:47 PM ~*~
Sally pushed another bottle toward her friend. Both women looked stressed and alcohol seemed to be the answer. Sally sat between the two people who mattered most in her world: Wufei, her lover and Noin, her best friend.
"Here, drown it," Sally said to Noin.
"What? Drown what?" Noin asked, blinking at the bottle of beer.
"Pain, anger, sorrow, drown the feelings," the Chinese woman said, playing with her braided twists.
"Woman?" Wufei asked groggily, "Why… Why… Why do you in… insist on…?" Wufei's head hit the bar top with a loud thud.
"Wu-Wu? Are you okay?" Sally giggled.
"Nataku…" Wufei murmured. Sally stroked his head and smiled at her passed out lover.
"I don't know what he sees in her," Noin said, tipping back her bottle.
"I did that background check that I suggested at lunch," Sally told her, turning her attention away from Wufei.
"And…" Noin asked impatiently.
"Her father, Baron Alexander McDaley, was one of the advisors to King Peacecraft. He died along with King and Queen Peacecraft in AC 182…" Sally slowly recited from memory.
"I don't care about her father! I want the dirt on the little hussy herself!" Noin cut in.
"Alright, cool it, Lu! After her father died, she went to live with her diplomat uncle, Clayton Writsworth. He was the Ambassador to France, I think. He raised her to be the aristocratic lady that she would have been."
"Oh great! Anymore?"
"Yeah, it was rumored that Baron McDaley arranged to have Trey wed to Zechs, but after the whole Peacecraft family was presumed dead, the rumor was pretty much forgotten."
"Oh, damn it!" Noin said, slamming her drink against the bar. The sound and vibration woke up Wufei.
"No, Treize! Don't stick that there!" Wufei screamed, waking up with a jolt. He looked at his surroundings and the two women giving him odd looks.
"Anyway..." Sally said, choosing not to comment on Wufei's out burst, "There's always the chance that the rumor wasn't true. Or maybe they forgot. I mean, they were only children at the time, and with their parents gone, and no one to remind them, how are they going to remember?"
"Knowing Zechs," Noin sighed, "It's written on the inside of his mask."
"But Lu," Sally said optimistically, "He doesn't wear his mask anymore."
"Onna," Wufei whined, "I want to go home!"
