Ringing her hands to gather as paced a pay telephone on her way out of
the ladies restroom, a temptation to call Heero's school took hold of
her. She looked at the phone thoughtfully.
'I could just call and see if he left.' She thought.
"Annaleen why did you call to check up on me?" He was annoyed,
"I was oh so worried about you my darling." She batted her eyes like a
princess of some sort.
Annaleen swatted the air, making her imagination to stop bothering her,
and continues back to the table where Trowa & Dorothy Catilonia-Barton
was waiting for her.
She was not Heero's baby sitter, she was his wife. And he was not a
child, she wouldn't have married him other wise.
-------
Copeland walked off of the shuttle. His dark blue pin striped suit made
him looked distinguished. He walked casually to the Air & Space port's
nearest men's restroom.
"Hey you dropped this." A young lady who looked nervous held up a peace
of paper to him.
Copeland felt a lump in his throat, how could he have dropped that?! And
he was one of the terraformation's finest agents!
"Thank you," He said coldly taking the paper and tucking it in to his
jacket's in side pocket.
"Have we mat before? You look like some one I know." She took a step back
words, "never mind. I'm probably mistaken." If he was some one she knew, she
didn't want to get reacquainted.
The only people she knew where soldiers and her family. Some how she felt like
she should be on the run from both.
Copeland just glares a second more at her before disappearing in to the
men's room. Midie turned and started to look around.
She'd taken a flight from the Australian Air port here and now was lost
to where to go next. She'd taken the cheapest flight here, so may be the
next step was to fined a job.
She inwardly laughed. Where could she go to find a job?
Setting down on a bench, which was already crowed with men & women from different races,
she tilted her head back and stared at the flight manifest.
There was a listing of flights, times terminals, there where even a few shuttles listed.
She'd just gotten to earth, should she go back to space so soon? The thought was tempting.
A man walked out of the men's rest room where Copeland had disappeared.
This young man how ever had uncombed hair, blue jeans, a green tank top
and boots on.
Heero went up an escalator, where he'd find the terminal for his flight
back home, beautiful Karelskaya.
--------
The clock at the restaurant stuck eleven but the three adults paid no mind
to it, they continue to laugh.
"I'm surprised Heero didn't tell me about that one." Annaleen sipped her
glass of wine.
Dorothy raised a forked eye brow, "I can't imagine him telling any one."
Annaleen shook her head while Trowa poured more wine in to each of their
glasses, "He tells me almost any thing. He has a great laugh & scents of
humor you know."
Trowa grind, he had rarely ever heard Heero laugh, but he could imagine him haveing a good sents of humor.
Annaleen frond thoughtfully as she realized that the man she knew was
most defiantly different from the one they knew.
No dought Heero was serious, cold and focused when at work, just like he was three years ago
when she'd first met him.
They didn't know how he liked to hear jokes, go off in the country side to have picnics, or lesson
to classical music. That he loved Beethoven best of all musicians.
"It's your turn to tell a tall tail on Heero." Dorothy smirks, "You must
have some wonderful stories to tell." She clasped her hands to gather and
rubbed them in delightful anticipation.
Annaleen laughed and searched her memory for the right story.
"There was his first day at law school. He'd been out of college for only six months
and was excepted to a prestigious law school. We'd only friends at that
time, but I was going to make that change. Unfortunately I picked the
wrong day, Heero was in a terrible mood when he came back to his
apartment after class. He didn't know that I was going to be at his
place, he didn't even know that I could get in to his place," She giggled
nervously, this was more of a tall tail on her self really. "I must have
forgotten who I was dealing with be cause before he unlocked his door to
come in he knew and uninvited guest was in his apartment-"
--------
Another flight took off and she was still sitting there staring up at the
flight manifest. She'd been there for hours just staring up there trying
to think of some thing. But she was out of ideas & places to run.
"Midie Une?" A male voice asks, the owner of the voice placed his hand on
her shoulder. She jumped up and slugged him in the cheek.
"Wow, I deserve that." He stepped back, Midie planted her feet firmly on
the ground and got ready to fight. What did this jerk want with her?
He looked as if he'd had a ruff life to trod as well, the left side of his
face was covered in burn scars.
"Let me restart. My name is Stan Alder, I'm looking for a miss Midie Une."
"What would that have to do with me?"
"Either you are Midie, or you're related to her. You have too much of a resemblance to be any thing less then twins."
"What, do you want?" Her tone was lethal.
"My friend Patrick Hanly is in some trouble. I heard you're an ace computer hacker and could help him out."
Midie lessened intently as Stan went on to explain further. They walked
out of the Air & Space port together. How could she refuse a job at a time like this?
--------
"Excuse me but I must ask that you leave. It's past closing time." The waiter look embarrassed
and had a weak smile on his face.
Trowa glanced at his watch.
Dorothy laughed, "Sorry sir, we hadn't realized the time."
"Oh, we'll leave right away. Sorry sir." Annaleen adds, she was as
embarrassed as the waiter. She was also very flustered. It was after
midnight and Heero had never shown up.
Another waiter came up to the group, "Sir there's an emergence telephone
call for you."
Annaleen & Dorothy stiffen and looked at each other, could it be about
Heero? The thought ran threw all three of their minds.
Trowa fallowed the waiter to a phone and the women staid in their seats
at the table. Annaleen toyed with the napkin on her lap.
"Don't worry your self." Dorothy offers comfort, "he detected you in his
apartment and apprehended you." She was half teasing.
Annaleen smiles weakly, "yes, but not with out getting hurt first."
'But he's not facing me, he's battling with terrorists.' She thinks to
herself. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"I'm needed at Head quarters." Trowa announces. "I can drive you home
before taking Dorothy home."
Annaleen opened her eyes, "No I can drive myself." She stud up, her legs
where wobbly and she nearly fell into the table.
"You sure?" Trowa asked as he read the bill.
"Yes. And I'll take care of that too. You better hurry and get your self
to HQ." She smiled and took the bill.
Dorothy nods, "just have them put it on our tab Annaleen." She turns to
Trowa to ad, "lets go to head quarters."
Trowa frowns at her. "I may be of help." Dorothy says with delight. Trowa
continued to give a look that said she wasn't coming with him.
-------
"Remember to only use your code names while doing field work. This
mission is dangerous not because of emanate danger to the Earth sphere,
but because of the danger you're in." Une was stander erect with one hand
on her hip. Her almond shaped brown eyes stared hard at each of the three
preventers standing on the other side of her desk.
Sally's hand was on the door nob, "understood. There won't be an
heroics." She opened the door and let Trowa & Duo walk out of the office
before she fallowed suit.
"Why are the Terriformation officers working on this?" Duo asks once he
and the others where out of Une's hearing range.
"The public thinks that they're working on the colonization of Mars, you
have to handed to Relena for being so deceptive, some preventers fall for
this front." Trowa muses out lowed.
Duo looked a little confused and scratched his head, "seriously, what's
going on? What's Noin and Ralph up too?"
Sally patted Duo on the back, "the great god of death can't figure it
out?" She smiled teasingly.
"Fine mock me, but remember who has your back." Duo glares.
"There's a duel meaning in 'terriformation,' just think about who is
responsible for it and when it was established." Trowa states as he grabs
some files from his desk.
Duo counted up on his fingers, "there's Relena, Noin, Ralph,-"
"Zechs," Sally adds.
"What, what's that mad man doing-"
"Remember that mad man saved our lives and the earth during Marimaia's
sedge." Trowa corrects Duo's attitude.
"Then you mean......." a smile spread across his face, "I get it now! Come
on lets go. This mission has already gotten exiting!"
Sally crossed her arms in front of her chess, "We're not suppose to be
rushing off to our deaths Shinagami."
--------------
Shadows flickered across her face and in front of her eyes as she drove
down the lane. Tree branches seamed to reach out, as if they where
stretching arms trying to grab her up.
Annaleen's mind reeled with thoughts of what had happened to Heero,
of why Trowa had to report back to head quarters. If some thing was wrong
with Heero Trowa would have told her, wouldn't he?
Dorothy seamed to have known some thing the whole evening.
She wouldn't hide information about Heero would she?
She felt sick, Trowa & Dorothy had been her friends for years, she must
have been reading some thing in that wasn't there. She trusted the
Bartons with her life. Heero did as well quite literally when he was
working as a Preventer. So She forced herself to push it out of mind.
She pulled up in to the apartment complex and she turned her keys to let
the motor die.
Slowly she gathers her purrs and coat out of the passenger seat,
took off her seat belt and started up the stares to the second
story.
A light flickered off in a window. It was Heero's & her's bedroom window.
She sighed with relief. Heero was here, he was safe, and he was home.
She felt like storming in and give a peace of her mind, standing her and his
friends up like that!
She went to unlock the door, but as soon as her hand touched the door knob the door came open.
She gasped and took a step back.
That was wrong, Heero would not have left the door unlocked much less cracked open.
She turned and ran to her car. Desperately she unlocked her car door and
got in, then locked the car up again. Her body quacked with fear.
That couldn't have been Heero who turned the light out! Then who...
Frantically she tried to think, but only one thing came to mind was,
"I'm not just a law student." Heero had said.
"A soldier, yes I know. I'm not afraid of you." She retorted.
"I work with Preventers." He said not braking eye contact with her.
"You're mother left your father because he was a police officer, being a
Preventer is more dangerous then just an under cover cop."
Tears streaked down her face, yes mother had done this many times.
Come home and then run away because she was afraid of Shadows, of criminals,
people she didn't know, or even know if he was really there.
She would not run away. Not from Heero and who he is. The fact that Heero
had enenies ment that he needed her to stand by his side.
She unlocked her car and got out, "lets try this again." She whispers.
Walking slowly back up the stars her ears where perked and she heard
every creaking board, the wind blowing in the trees, the genteel
wrestling of leaves.
The door was still open. Non of the lights where on and she didn't bother
changing that. Her eyes didn't have to adjust much scents it was dark out
side as well.
She tip toed to make sure she didn't step on any of the books or sofa cushion
that where scattered on the flour.
The kitchen had broken glass all over the counters and tile flour, it took her a few
moments to recognize the broken shards of glass as being her fine china.
She winced, those where given to Heero & herself by Sally for a wedding
gift.
She could see that the kitchen window was open, lessening intently she
realized that no one else was in the apartment, who ever had been here
must have been gone now.
Slowly she went to grabe the phone in the bed room, but she stoped herself.
No that wouldn't be wise. She took the cellphone out of her purs and started back out the door.
----------
Driving in to the apartment complex Heero recognized some of the cars in
the guest parking aria to be from Preventer's Head quarters.
Quatre came running up to him frantically, "Heero! You're safe!"
The blond young man gave Heero a bear hug.
"What is going on here?" Heero heard himself ask, his mind how ever was a
fog. Normally he might have shoved Quatre away, but this wasn't a normal
situation other wise Quatre wouldn't have been embracing him.
Was Annaleen hurt? Heero's mind flashed back to the lady at the airport,
had she read the paper, had he slipped up some how and Annaleen been
harmed because of him?! Mindlessly Heero walked up the stares.
"Where's Annaleen? Is she hurt?"
Quatre had to run to keep up with Heero, "she is in side and she is fine.
But we didn't know what happened to you. Where have you been Heero?"
Wufei stud out side of the apartment's door, it was closed. Wufei glares
at Heero, "don't go in."
"Don't make a big fuss guys, it's 1 A.M. we can not have the neighbors
waking up and poking around here so lets just-"
"Shut up Quatre," Heero gave his death glare to Wufei, "move."
There was an icie tension in the air.
Wufei moved slowly, "You don't want to go in there." He mumbled.
---
In side Annaleen was on her knees staring at some thing in her hands. It
looked like a photograph.
"Annaleen..." Heero whispers before grabbing her up in to his arms.
The abrupt hug shuck her out of her trance and she stared up at him.
"Unforgivable..."
"Are you harmed?" He understood now why Ralph would let Anasten get off
rather then let Chris be harmed.
If he'd known Annaleen was in danger he would have sent her as far away
from him as he could though he couldn't bare to be away from her for a second longer then ever necessary,
she was what kept him going every day. Each and every day.
She pulled out of his arms and stud up. "I...I understand you're work.
You think I don't cause I was able to ignore the war and go to school...But I know more then you think.."
He was going to say some thing but she wasn't finished.
"-You try to be a super hero not because of an ego, but because you have to.
You work undercover to stop the bad guys. And some times they hit home."
She screamed- "I CAN EXCEPT THAT!"
Her tone went back to normal, "I love you, and I won't run from you, or your past, or who ever might be
your enemies. Cause I love you I have stand by you."
Tears ran down her cheeks, "what do you do in return?"
He was mute.
"THIS! THIS is what you do!" She threw the photograph in to his face.
Heero turned away from her and walked over to the lamp, flicking the light on
he saw what had Annaleen angered. In the photo was him, with Relena Dorlian.
Not talking, not hugging or walking inocently, but making out.
His arms wrapped around her slender waist, they where kissing,
both their tops absent.
"Annale-"
"Stop right there." She let her tears flow freely as she glared at him.
She took a few calming deep breaths, "I'm staying at a friends house to
night. I'll call you in the morning before you go off to classes. Be home
if you care." She walked in to their bed room and closed the door.
Heero walked out of the apartment. Wufei and Quatre looked at him.
It would have been very low if they said 'told you so' there for nether of them
did, they just stud there in salients.
"She was scared to death when she called." Quatre says meekly after three
or four minutes went by. "But by the time we got here she'd found this," Quatre
handed an envelope and letter to Heero.
"It was taped to the center of your bed." Wufei ads in discuss. Of all
the places to put such a note. Heero understood Wufei's contempt when he
finished reading the letter which went like this;
"He loves me, he loves me not. How many times I said this to my self when
he was mine. Now we're in the same boat.
Our dearest doesn't know the meaning of faithfulness. I'll do you and I both
a favour and teach him a lesson, what do you think of that pretty Annie?
All ways yours, His first love."
The penmanship of the letter was smooth, written in fine cursive.
"Can you get the match for the handwriting?" Heero asks.
"It will be easier if we knew who your 'first love' is." Quatre states, his
nose & cheeks where a slight shade of pink from blushing.
Wufei shook his head at Heero, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
"This lady might be dangerous for you, Annaleen and Miss Relena." Quatre
ads, trying to drag a name out of Heero.
"I never-" He walked to his car and got in. He made himself comfortable.
the ladies restroom, a temptation to call Heero's school took hold of
her. She looked at the phone thoughtfully.
'I could just call and see if he left.' She thought.
"Annaleen why did you call to check up on me?" He was annoyed,
"I was oh so worried about you my darling." She batted her eyes like a
princess of some sort.
Annaleen swatted the air, making her imagination to stop bothering her,
and continues back to the table where Trowa & Dorothy Catilonia-Barton
was waiting for her.
She was not Heero's baby sitter, she was his wife. And he was not a
child, she wouldn't have married him other wise.
-------
Copeland walked off of the shuttle. His dark blue pin striped suit made
him looked distinguished. He walked casually to the Air & Space port's
nearest men's restroom.
"Hey you dropped this." A young lady who looked nervous held up a peace
of paper to him.
Copeland felt a lump in his throat, how could he have dropped that?! And
he was one of the terraformation's finest agents!
"Thank you," He said coldly taking the paper and tucking it in to his
jacket's in side pocket.
"Have we mat before? You look like some one I know." She took a step back
words, "never mind. I'm probably mistaken." If he was some one she knew, she
didn't want to get reacquainted.
The only people she knew where soldiers and her family. Some how she felt like
she should be on the run from both.
Copeland just glares a second more at her before disappearing in to the
men's room. Midie turned and started to look around.
She'd taken a flight from the Australian Air port here and now was lost
to where to go next. She'd taken the cheapest flight here, so may be the
next step was to fined a job.
She inwardly laughed. Where could she go to find a job?
Setting down on a bench, which was already crowed with men & women from different races,
she tilted her head back and stared at the flight manifest.
There was a listing of flights, times terminals, there where even a few shuttles listed.
She'd just gotten to earth, should she go back to space so soon? The thought was tempting.
A man walked out of the men's rest room where Copeland had disappeared.
This young man how ever had uncombed hair, blue jeans, a green tank top
and boots on.
Heero went up an escalator, where he'd find the terminal for his flight
back home, beautiful Karelskaya.
--------
The clock at the restaurant stuck eleven but the three adults paid no mind
to it, they continue to laugh.
"I'm surprised Heero didn't tell me about that one." Annaleen sipped her
glass of wine.
Dorothy raised a forked eye brow, "I can't imagine him telling any one."
Annaleen shook her head while Trowa poured more wine in to each of their
glasses, "He tells me almost any thing. He has a great laugh & scents of
humor you know."
Trowa grind, he had rarely ever heard Heero laugh, but he could imagine him haveing a good sents of humor.
Annaleen frond thoughtfully as she realized that the man she knew was
most defiantly different from the one they knew.
No dought Heero was serious, cold and focused when at work, just like he was three years ago
when she'd first met him.
They didn't know how he liked to hear jokes, go off in the country side to have picnics, or lesson
to classical music. That he loved Beethoven best of all musicians.
"It's your turn to tell a tall tail on Heero." Dorothy smirks, "You must
have some wonderful stories to tell." She clasped her hands to gather and
rubbed them in delightful anticipation.
Annaleen laughed and searched her memory for the right story.
"There was his first day at law school. He'd been out of college for only six months
and was excepted to a prestigious law school. We'd only friends at that
time, but I was going to make that change. Unfortunately I picked the
wrong day, Heero was in a terrible mood when he came back to his
apartment after class. He didn't know that I was going to be at his
place, he didn't even know that I could get in to his place," She giggled
nervously, this was more of a tall tail on her self really. "I must have
forgotten who I was dealing with be cause before he unlocked his door to
come in he knew and uninvited guest was in his apartment-"
--------
Another flight took off and she was still sitting there staring up at the
flight manifest. She'd been there for hours just staring up there trying
to think of some thing. But she was out of ideas & places to run.
"Midie Une?" A male voice asks, the owner of the voice placed his hand on
her shoulder. She jumped up and slugged him in the cheek.
"Wow, I deserve that." He stepped back, Midie planted her feet firmly on
the ground and got ready to fight. What did this jerk want with her?
He looked as if he'd had a ruff life to trod as well, the left side of his
face was covered in burn scars.
"Let me restart. My name is Stan Alder, I'm looking for a miss Midie Une."
"What would that have to do with me?"
"Either you are Midie, or you're related to her. You have too much of a resemblance to be any thing less then twins."
"What, do you want?" Her tone was lethal.
"My friend Patrick Hanly is in some trouble. I heard you're an ace computer hacker and could help him out."
Midie lessened intently as Stan went on to explain further. They walked
out of the Air & Space port together. How could she refuse a job at a time like this?
--------
"Excuse me but I must ask that you leave. It's past closing time." The waiter look embarrassed
and had a weak smile on his face.
Trowa glanced at his watch.
Dorothy laughed, "Sorry sir, we hadn't realized the time."
"Oh, we'll leave right away. Sorry sir." Annaleen adds, she was as
embarrassed as the waiter. She was also very flustered. It was after
midnight and Heero had never shown up.
Another waiter came up to the group, "Sir there's an emergence telephone
call for you."
Annaleen & Dorothy stiffen and looked at each other, could it be about
Heero? The thought ran threw all three of their minds.
Trowa fallowed the waiter to a phone and the women staid in their seats
at the table. Annaleen toyed with the napkin on her lap.
"Don't worry your self." Dorothy offers comfort, "he detected you in his
apartment and apprehended you." She was half teasing.
Annaleen smiles weakly, "yes, but not with out getting hurt first."
'But he's not facing me, he's battling with terrorists.' She thinks to
herself. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.
"I'm needed at Head quarters." Trowa announces. "I can drive you home
before taking Dorothy home."
Annaleen opened her eyes, "No I can drive myself." She stud up, her legs
where wobbly and she nearly fell into the table.
"You sure?" Trowa asked as he read the bill.
"Yes. And I'll take care of that too. You better hurry and get your self
to HQ." She smiled and took the bill.
Dorothy nods, "just have them put it on our tab Annaleen." She turns to
Trowa to ad, "lets go to head quarters."
Trowa frowns at her. "I may be of help." Dorothy says with delight. Trowa
continued to give a look that said she wasn't coming with him.
-------
"Remember to only use your code names while doing field work. This
mission is dangerous not because of emanate danger to the Earth sphere,
but because of the danger you're in." Une was stander erect with one hand
on her hip. Her almond shaped brown eyes stared hard at each of the three
preventers standing on the other side of her desk.
Sally's hand was on the door nob, "understood. There won't be an
heroics." She opened the door and let Trowa & Duo walk out of the office
before she fallowed suit.
"Why are the Terriformation officers working on this?" Duo asks once he
and the others where out of Une's hearing range.
"The public thinks that they're working on the colonization of Mars, you
have to handed to Relena for being so deceptive, some preventers fall for
this front." Trowa muses out lowed.
Duo looked a little confused and scratched his head, "seriously, what's
going on? What's Noin and Ralph up too?"
Sally patted Duo on the back, "the great god of death can't figure it
out?" She smiled teasingly.
"Fine mock me, but remember who has your back." Duo glares.
"There's a duel meaning in 'terriformation,' just think about who is
responsible for it and when it was established." Trowa states as he grabs
some files from his desk.
Duo counted up on his fingers, "there's Relena, Noin, Ralph,-"
"Zechs," Sally adds.
"What, what's that mad man doing-"
"Remember that mad man saved our lives and the earth during Marimaia's
sedge." Trowa corrects Duo's attitude.
"Then you mean......." a smile spread across his face, "I get it now! Come
on lets go. This mission has already gotten exiting!"
Sally crossed her arms in front of her chess, "We're not suppose to be
rushing off to our deaths Shinagami."
--------------
Shadows flickered across her face and in front of her eyes as she drove
down the lane. Tree branches seamed to reach out, as if they where
stretching arms trying to grab her up.
Annaleen's mind reeled with thoughts of what had happened to Heero,
of why Trowa had to report back to head quarters. If some thing was wrong
with Heero Trowa would have told her, wouldn't he?
Dorothy seamed to have known some thing the whole evening.
She wouldn't hide information about Heero would she?
She felt sick, Trowa & Dorothy had been her friends for years, she must
have been reading some thing in that wasn't there. She trusted the
Bartons with her life. Heero did as well quite literally when he was
working as a Preventer. So She forced herself to push it out of mind.
She pulled up in to the apartment complex and she turned her keys to let
the motor die.
Slowly she gathers her purrs and coat out of the passenger seat,
took off her seat belt and started up the stares to the second
story.
A light flickered off in a window. It was Heero's & her's bedroom window.
She sighed with relief. Heero was here, he was safe, and he was home.
She felt like storming in and give a peace of her mind, standing her and his
friends up like that!
She went to unlock the door, but as soon as her hand touched the door knob the door came open.
She gasped and took a step back.
That was wrong, Heero would not have left the door unlocked much less cracked open.
She turned and ran to her car. Desperately she unlocked her car door and
got in, then locked the car up again. Her body quacked with fear.
That couldn't have been Heero who turned the light out! Then who...
Frantically she tried to think, but only one thing came to mind was,
"I'm not just a law student." Heero had said.
"A soldier, yes I know. I'm not afraid of you." She retorted.
"I work with Preventers." He said not braking eye contact with her.
"You're mother left your father because he was a police officer, being a
Preventer is more dangerous then just an under cover cop."
Tears streaked down her face, yes mother had done this many times.
Come home and then run away because she was afraid of Shadows, of criminals,
people she didn't know, or even know if he was really there.
She would not run away. Not from Heero and who he is. The fact that Heero
had enenies ment that he needed her to stand by his side.
She unlocked her car and got out, "lets try this again." She whispers.
Walking slowly back up the stars her ears where perked and she heard
every creaking board, the wind blowing in the trees, the genteel
wrestling of leaves.
The door was still open. Non of the lights where on and she didn't bother
changing that. Her eyes didn't have to adjust much scents it was dark out
side as well.
She tip toed to make sure she didn't step on any of the books or sofa cushion
that where scattered on the flour.
The kitchen had broken glass all over the counters and tile flour, it took her a few
moments to recognize the broken shards of glass as being her fine china.
She winced, those where given to Heero & herself by Sally for a wedding
gift.
She could see that the kitchen window was open, lessening intently she
realized that no one else was in the apartment, who ever had been here
must have been gone now.
Slowly she went to grabe the phone in the bed room, but she stoped herself.
No that wouldn't be wise. She took the cellphone out of her purs and started back out the door.
----------
Driving in to the apartment complex Heero recognized some of the cars in
the guest parking aria to be from Preventer's Head quarters.
Quatre came running up to him frantically, "Heero! You're safe!"
The blond young man gave Heero a bear hug.
"What is going on here?" Heero heard himself ask, his mind how ever was a
fog. Normally he might have shoved Quatre away, but this wasn't a normal
situation other wise Quatre wouldn't have been embracing him.
Was Annaleen hurt? Heero's mind flashed back to the lady at the airport,
had she read the paper, had he slipped up some how and Annaleen been
harmed because of him?! Mindlessly Heero walked up the stares.
"Where's Annaleen? Is she hurt?"
Quatre had to run to keep up with Heero, "she is in side and she is fine.
But we didn't know what happened to you. Where have you been Heero?"
Wufei stud out side of the apartment's door, it was closed. Wufei glares
at Heero, "don't go in."
"Don't make a big fuss guys, it's 1 A.M. we can not have the neighbors
waking up and poking around here so lets just-"
"Shut up Quatre," Heero gave his death glare to Wufei, "move."
There was an icie tension in the air.
Wufei moved slowly, "You don't want to go in there." He mumbled.
---
In side Annaleen was on her knees staring at some thing in her hands. It
looked like a photograph.
"Annaleen..." Heero whispers before grabbing her up in to his arms.
The abrupt hug shuck her out of her trance and she stared up at him.
"Unforgivable..."
"Are you harmed?" He understood now why Ralph would let Anasten get off
rather then let Chris be harmed.
If he'd known Annaleen was in danger he would have sent her as far away
from him as he could though he couldn't bare to be away from her for a second longer then ever necessary,
she was what kept him going every day. Each and every day.
She pulled out of his arms and stud up. "I...I understand you're work.
You think I don't cause I was able to ignore the war and go to school...But I know more then you think.."
He was going to say some thing but she wasn't finished.
"-You try to be a super hero not because of an ego, but because you have to.
You work undercover to stop the bad guys. And some times they hit home."
She screamed- "I CAN EXCEPT THAT!"
Her tone went back to normal, "I love you, and I won't run from you, or your past, or who ever might be
your enemies. Cause I love you I have stand by you."
Tears ran down her cheeks, "what do you do in return?"
He was mute.
"THIS! THIS is what you do!" She threw the photograph in to his face.
Heero turned away from her and walked over to the lamp, flicking the light on
he saw what had Annaleen angered. In the photo was him, with Relena Dorlian.
Not talking, not hugging or walking inocently, but making out.
His arms wrapped around her slender waist, they where kissing,
both their tops absent.
"Annale-"
"Stop right there." She let her tears flow freely as she glared at him.
She took a few calming deep breaths, "I'm staying at a friends house to
night. I'll call you in the morning before you go off to classes. Be home
if you care." She walked in to their bed room and closed the door.
Heero walked out of the apartment. Wufei and Quatre looked at him.
It would have been very low if they said 'told you so' there for nether of them
did, they just stud there in salients.
"She was scared to death when she called." Quatre says meekly after three
or four minutes went by. "But by the time we got here she'd found this," Quatre
handed an envelope and letter to Heero.
"It was taped to the center of your bed." Wufei ads in discuss. Of all
the places to put such a note. Heero understood Wufei's contempt when he
finished reading the letter which went like this;
"He loves me, he loves me not. How many times I said this to my self when
he was mine. Now we're in the same boat.
Our dearest doesn't know the meaning of faithfulness. I'll do you and I both
a favour and teach him a lesson, what do you think of that pretty Annie?
All ways yours, His first love."
The penmanship of the letter was smooth, written in fine cursive.
"Can you get the match for the handwriting?" Heero asks.
"It will be easier if we knew who your 'first love' is." Quatre states, his
nose & cheeks where a slight shade of pink from blushing.
Wufei shook his head at Heero, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned."
"This lady might be dangerous for you, Annaleen and Miss Relena." Quatre
ads, trying to drag a name out of Heero.
"I never-" He walked to his car and got in. He made himself comfortable.