Chapter 10
When Relena invited us to her party I was thrilled! This would be our big chance to make friends with other people! Maybe I would see Wufei there I thought. Then I shook my head. Two days had passed and we only had one more class till the end of the day. During fencing I had been chosen to go into all state finals with Dorothy and then Wufei and Quatre were chosen for the boys duo. Riona had been thrilled when she and Trowa had been chosen to do the floor routine together. Then afterwards we had math and a pop quiz I think I did a pretty good job but I saw a lot of people biting their nails and wringing their hands. During lunch instead of eating with Duo and g- boys we went to a cute little tea room with Relena, Hilde, and Dorothy. After that we went to music class and watched a movie on Beethoven. Now we have ridding class and I have to go to the boy's class along with Riona.
I went into the stables and brushed Artemis.
"So what are you planning on wearing to Relena's party?" asked Hilde brushing her own mare 'Firefly'. I shook my head. Hilde smiled and started putting on her bridle.
"Duo wants me to wear this completely ridiculous outfit that is like all black and so short!" she snorted in disgust and shook her head.
I laughed.
"So how bout you? I mean I think you should wear something impressive! Riona's been telling me about how Wufei is the only one how knows sign language and how you kinda have a thing for him!!" she said winking a me. I blushed. Riona walked up.
"Hiya Riona! Me and Hilde were just talking abut what were would wear to Relena's party." I signed. She nodded and turned to Hilde.
"Hotaru and me already have our dresses picked out and they're gonna be a surprise!" she said excitedly. Hilde shrugged and hopped on Firefly. I got up on Artemis,
"I'll meet you on the field, okay Riona?" I signed. She nodded and ran down to Naomi's stall. I passed the girls field and trotted out to the boys. Mr.Maquise came up to me on his stallion.
"Ms.Hatoru I would like you and Riona to demonstrate your jumping skills for the rest of the class, then we will all start on the races and don't worry I have notified the boys that if I catch word that anyone is bothering you or your horses they will have to answer to me. Ms. Noin told me of how well you and Riona rode in her class, by the way where is your friend?" he asked.
"Right here!!!" yelled Riona ridding up on Naomi. I smiled.
"Ms. Riona as I was just telling your friend I would like you both to demonstrate your jumping skills for the class"
"Sure, we'd be glad to!" she said. Zechs called up the class and we rode up to the first jump. Together we jumped of the ground and cleared the jump perfectly. Riona and Naomi went to the left and Artemis and I went to the right. We both went over three jumps then I jumped over the great brick wall she jumped at the same time except from the opposite direction. We landed perfectly and rode over to Zechs who was clapping. But Zechs was the only one clapping all the other boys were giving us dirty glares and the gundam boys weren't paying attention. After that we started on relay races that I must admit was lots of fun! Riona, Quatre and another boy from the class were a team. Me, Heero and the boys from yesterday who was so rude are a team as well. My team never was paired up with Riona's but we did an awesome job against the people we did pair up with. After riding Riona and I washed our horses down then ran up to our dorm. We had about three hours till the party.
"So what do you wanna wear for her party?" I signed to Riona. She just smiled and grabbed her purse.
"Riona!" I signed, grabbing my own. She just grabbed my hand and dragged me out the door. We took a taxi ride and stopped at 'Space Case' a really impressive dress shop.
"We wanna make a good impression right?" asked Riona. I nodded.
"Weeeeell…" she ran into the building and right up the flight of stairs. I ran after her. When I finally caught up to her she was hugging this women who looked to be in her 30's. I coughed.
"Hatoru I would like you to meet my aunt Makota! She designs these dresses!" Riona said. I gasped. Her aunt came up and hugged me then held me back and looked me up and down.
"I believe a high neckline would do well for her and maybe…" her aunt was cut of by Riona.
"Aunt Makota, please! This is my very good friend Hatoru!"
"Of course dear I already knew that!" she cried. Riona and I smiled.
"Now don't tell me! Your going to a party and you want to make a really good impression on the boys!" she said. Riona and I blushed. Her aunt started laughing.
"Girls I think I have the very thing for you! As long as you don't mind being Greek maidens!" she said. Riona and I looked at each other.
Twenty minute's later we were dressed in these really beautiful Greek dresses. Mine was a light golden color. The back was bare and the dress tied at the top and was connected to a jeweled collar. The dress had no sleeves and a white sash was tied like a loose belt around the middle. I also had jeweled wrist cuffs and a white sash to drape around my arms. Riona's was exactly the same except hers was a light pink and the sashes were a darker pink.
"Girls! Girls! You look beautiful!!" Aunt Makota cried. Riona and I twirled for each other.
"Thank you, thank you, Aunt Makota!" Riona cried hugging her. Aunt Makota grimaced.
"Riona my darling you're wrinkling the dress!" she cried. Riona laughed.
"How much do we owe you Aunt Makota?" Riona asked. Aunt Makota made a shocked face.
"Riona! My favorite niece, this is a present! For both of you!" she said her eyes twinkling. Riona and I both squealed and jumped up and down. Then I glanced at the clock.
"Were gonna be late!" I signed. Riona and I both bowed to her aunt and left. We ran out to a taxi and drove the driver crazy telling him to speed up. We reached our dorm an hour before the party and quickly put on some light make-up. I choose I light powder that had sparkles and put it on my eyelids. Riona helped me put on my mascara and eyeliner while I put on hers. We both choose to wear just a soft lip-gloss. Our shoes were these adorable Chinese slippers. Suddenly there was a knock on our door. Hilde, Dorothy, and a girl I had never seen before walked in all dressed up and ready to go.
"Hatoru this is Catharine" said Riona. Now I recognized her, she was Trowa's sister. Hilde was wearing a short black dress, Dorothy a light blue skirt and white blouse, and Catharine a pretty forest green dress.
"Where's Relena?" I signed.
"She's waiting for us at her house!" said Riona. We walked out and were escorted to a pink limo.
"Relena wanted us to arrive in style!" said Hilde. It took less than ten minutes to get there and when we did Riona and I were struck with awe. A huge mansion lined with sparkling lights and flowers towered in front of us. We all made our way into the house and were thrilled to see that it was even more beautiful then outside. Relena ran up to us and hugged us all.
"I'm so glad you came!" cried Relena. I looked around and felt dizzy; there must have been a million people in the dance hall.
"Did the boys show up?" Hilde asked. Relena smiled and nodded.
"Even Heero!" Catharine asked. Relena smiled even more. Riona and I looked at each other knowingly. Riona and I broke away from Relena and the rest of the girls only to be meet by Quatre.
"Good evening girls!" he said. Suddenly I had a brilliant idea. I took Quatre's arm and dragged him away leaving a very confused Riona.
"Was there something you wanted to tell me, Ms. Hatoru?" Quatre asked confused. I nodded and pointed to Riona then I looked around the room and spotted the brown haired clown and pointed to him. Then I pointed back to Riona and then pointed at my heart and batted my eyelashes. Quatre still looked confused so I took his hand and started dancing. I stopped and pointed at the two again. His eye lightened and he nodded.
"Sure! Yeah, that's a good idea!" he said. Then he walked off. A few minutes' later I saw a blushing Riona accept Trowa's hand and then they started to dance. I smiled and moved towards the wall. I still hadn't seen Wufei. Even if I had I wouldn't have had the courage to ask him to dance. I sighed and leaned against the wall. The song ended and I saw Trowa kiss Riona's hand. She blushed then excused herself and started my way I winced and desperately tried to get away because I just knew she would kill me! Suddenly the floor underneath me shook violently and I fell. The next thing I knew people were screaming and it seemed as if the whole world would fall apart. I picked myself up and ran over to the grand staircase. I started making my way up the steps but someone pushed me and I fell against the railing. The ground shook again and the railing broke. I screamed as I fell. The floor came up fast and I closed my eyes the next thing I heard was the sickening crunch as my arm broke. Tears clouded my eyes and I blacked out.
When I woke up dust was everywhere and explosions were still rocking the building but not as violently. I sat up and then screamed. I had forgotten about my arm. I sat there in tears cradling my arm. Suddenly I heard a really quiet noise. I listened harder and I heard it again. Someone was crying for help. I stood up and stepped over some glasses.
"Hello?" cried the voice. "Somebody help me!" I started to walk faster; it was Riona's voice! I crawled over a large piece of plaster and found Riona. She was lying on the floor one of her legs caught under a very large pillar.
"Riona!" I signed.
"Hatoru go get some help!" she cried. I nodded and turned. But all my hopes were dashed. A fire had started and now the door was blocked off. There was no way out. I kneeled down next to Riona and told her. She sucked in a large breath and smiled at me.
"Don't worry Hatoru, well get through this." She said. I leaned against the pillar and we waited. I watched, as the flames got larger. Right about now we could use some divine intervention! I thought.
When Relena invited us to her party I was thrilled! This would be our big chance to make friends with other people! Maybe I would see Wufei there I thought. Then I shook my head. Two days had passed and we only had one more class till the end of the day. During fencing I had been chosen to go into all state finals with Dorothy and then Wufei and Quatre were chosen for the boys duo. Riona had been thrilled when she and Trowa had been chosen to do the floor routine together. Then afterwards we had math and a pop quiz I think I did a pretty good job but I saw a lot of people biting their nails and wringing their hands. During lunch instead of eating with Duo and g- boys we went to a cute little tea room with Relena, Hilde, and Dorothy. After that we went to music class and watched a movie on Beethoven. Now we have ridding class and I have to go to the boy's class along with Riona.
I went into the stables and brushed Artemis.
"So what are you planning on wearing to Relena's party?" asked Hilde brushing her own mare 'Firefly'. I shook my head. Hilde smiled and started putting on her bridle.
"Duo wants me to wear this completely ridiculous outfit that is like all black and so short!" she snorted in disgust and shook her head.
I laughed.
"So how bout you? I mean I think you should wear something impressive! Riona's been telling me about how Wufei is the only one how knows sign language and how you kinda have a thing for him!!" she said winking a me. I blushed. Riona walked up.
"Hiya Riona! Me and Hilde were just talking abut what were would wear to Relena's party." I signed. She nodded and turned to Hilde.
"Hotaru and me already have our dresses picked out and they're gonna be a surprise!" she said excitedly. Hilde shrugged and hopped on Firefly. I got up on Artemis,
"I'll meet you on the field, okay Riona?" I signed. She nodded and ran down to Naomi's stall. I passed the girls field and trotted out to the boys. Mr.Maquise came up to me on his stallion.
"Ms.Hatoru I would like you and Riona to demonstrate your jumping skills for the rest of the class, then we will all start on the races and don't worry I have notified the boys that if I catch word that anyone is bothering you or your horses they will have to answer to me. Ms. Noin told me of how well you and Riona rode in her class, by the way where is your friend?" he asked.
"Right here!!!" yelled Riona ridding up on Naomi. I smiled.
"Ms. Riona as I was just telling your friend I would like you both to demonstrate your jumping skills for the class"
"Sure, we'd be glad to!" she said. Zechs called up the class and we rode up to the first jump. Together we jumped of the ground and cleared the jump perfectly. Riona and Naomi went to the left and Artemis and I went to the right. We both went over three jumps then I jumped over the great brick wall she jumped at the same time except from the opposite direction. We landed perfectly and rode over to Zechs who was clapping. But Zechs was the only one clapping all the other boys were giving us dirty glares and the gundam boys weren't paying attention. After that we started on relay races that I must admit was lots of fun! Riona, Quatre and another boy from the class were a team. Me, Heero and the boys from yesterday who was so rude are a team as well. My team never was paired up with Riona's but we did an awesome job against the people we did pair up with. After riding Riona and I washed our horses down then ran up to our dorm. We had about three hours till the party.
"So what do you wanna wear for her party?" I signed to Riona. She just smiled and grabbed her purse.
"Riona!" I signed, grabbing my own. She just grabbed my hand and dragged me out the door. We took a taxi ride and stopped at 'Space Case' a really impressive dress shop.
"We wanna make a good impression right?" asked Riona. I nodded.
"Weeeeell…" she ran into the building and right up the flight of stairs. I ran after her. When I finally caught up to her she was hugging this women who looked to be in her 30's. I coughed.
"Hatoru I would like you to meet my aunt Makota! She designs these dresses!" Riona said. I gasped. Her aunt came up and hugged me then held me back and looked me up and down.
"I believe a high neckline would do well for her and maybe…" her aunt was cut of by Riona.
"Aunt Makota, please! This is my very good friend Hatoru!"
"Of course dear I already knew that!" she cried. Riona and I smiled.
"Now don't tell me! Your going to a party and you want to make a really good impression on the boys!" she said. Riona and I blushed. Her aunt started laughing.
"Girls I think I have the very thing for you! As long as you don't mind being Greek maidens!" she said. Riona and I looked at each other.
Twenty minute's later we were dressed in these really beautiful Greek dresses. Mine was a light golden color. The back was bare and the dress tied at the top and was connected to a jeweled collar. The dress had no sleeves and a white sash was tied like a loose belt around the middle. I also had jeweled wrist cuffs and a white sash to drape around my arms. Riona's was exactly the same except hers was a light pink and the sashes were a darker pink.
"Girls! Girls! You look beautiful!!" Aunt Makota cried. Riona and I twirled for each other.
"Thank you, thank you, Aunt Makota!" Riona cried hugging her. Aunt Makota grimaced.
"Riona my darling you're wrinkling the dress!" she cried. Riona laughed.
"How much do we owe you Aunt Makota?" Riona asked. Aunt Makota made a shocked face.
"Riona! My favorite niece, this is a present! For both of you!" she said her eyes twinkling. Riona and I both squealed and jumped up and down. Then I glanced at the clock.
"Were gonna be late!" I signed. Riona and I both bowed to her aunt and left. We ran out to a taxi and drove the driver crazy telling him to speed up. We reached our dorm an hour before the party and quickly put on some light make-up. I choose I light powder that had sparkles and put it on my eyelids. Riona helped me put on my mascara and eyeliner while I put on hers. We both choose to wear just a soft lip-gloss. Our shoes were these adorable Chinese slippers. Suddenly there was a knock on our door. Hilde, Dorothy, and a girl I had never seen before walked in all dressed up and ready to go.
"Hatoru this is Catharine" said Riona. Now I recognized her, she was Trowa's sister. Hilde was wearing a short black dress, Dorothy a light blue skirt and white blouse, and Catharine a pretty forest green dress.
"Where's Relena?" I signed.
"She's waiting for us at her house!" said Riona. We walked out and were escorted to a pink limo.
"Relena wanted us to arrive in style!" said Hilde. It took less than ten minutes to get there and when we did Riona and I were struck with awe. A huge mansion lined with sparkling lights and flowers towered in front of us. We all made our way into the house and were thrilled to see that it was even more beautiful then outside. Relena ran up to us and hugged us all.
"I'm so glad you came!" cried Relena. I looked around and felt dizzy; there must have been a million people in the dance hall.
"Did the boys show up?" Hilde asked. Relena smiled and nodded.
"Even Heero!" Catharine asked. Relena smiled even more. Riona and I looked at each other knowingly. Riona and I broke away from Relena and the rest of the girls only to be meet by Quatre.
"Good evening girls!" he said. Suddenly I had a brilliant idea. I took Quatre's arm and dragged him away leaving a very confused Riona.
"Was there something you wanted to tell me, Ms. Hatoru?" Quatre asked confused. I nodded and pointed to Riona then I looked around the room and spotted the brown haired clown and pointed to him. Then I pointed back to Riona and then pointed at my heart and batted my eyelashes. Quatre still looked confused so I took his hand and started dancing. I stopped and pointed at the two again. His eye lightened and he nodded.
"Sure! Yeah, that's a good idea!" he said. Then he walked off. A few minutes' later I saw a blushing Riona accept Trowa's hand and then they started to dance. I smiled and moved towards the wall. I still hadn't seen Wufei. Even if I had I wouldn't have had the courage to ask him to dance. I sighed and leaned against the wall. The song ended and I saw Trowa kiss Riona's hand. She blushed then excused herself and started my way I winced and desperately tried to get away because I just knew she would kill me! Suddenly the floor underneath me shook violently and I fell. The next thing I knew people were screaming and it seemed as if the whole world would fall apart. I picked myself up and ran over to the grand staircase. I started making my way up the steps but someone pushed me and I fell against the railing. The ground shook again and the railing broke. I screamed as I fell. The floor came up fast and I closed my eyes the next thing I heard was the sickening crunch as my arm broke. Tears clouded my eyes and I blacked out.
When I woke up dust was everywhere and explosions were still rocking the building but not as violently. I sat up and then screamed. I had forgotten about my arm. I sat there in tears cradling my arm. Suddenly I heard a really quiet noise. I listened harder and I heard it again. Someone was crying for help. I stood up and stepped over some glasses.
"Hello?" cried the voice. "Somebody help me!" I started to walk faster; it was Riona's voice! I crawled over a large piece of plaster and found Riona. She was lying on the floor one of her legs caught under a very large pillar.
"Riona!" I signed.
"Hatoru go get some help!" she cried. I nodded and turned. But all my hopes were dashed. A fire had started and now the door was blocked off. There was no way out. I kneeled down next to Riona and told her. She sucked in a large breath and smiled at me.
"Don't worry Hatoru, well get through this." She said. I leaned against the pillar and we waited. I watched, as the flames got larger. Right about now we could use some divine intervention! I thought.