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1 Chapter Six
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Nosedive's alarm went off the morning after. He looked at the clock, nine in the morning. But his thoughts were elsewhere. Nosedive changed into day clothes and went to the Mess Hall.
The only people there were Angela and Wildwing. He sat down next to Angela, sandwiching her in between them. Angela looked over to her best friend.
"Are you okay Dive?" Angela asked.
"I'm okay Ang." Dive replied.
"Thank god, you had me worried for a while." Angela said.
Angela looked at the clock.
"Well, it's time for me to go. I promised Mallory I'd go to the mall with her for what promises to be a mix of a mall crawl with great shopping conditions." Angela said.
"How's Mal?" Dive asked. "I hope I didn't hurt her feelings."
"It wasn't you Dive, it was something else that made her upset last night." Wildwing replied.
Angela and Wildwing exchanged two quick kisses then Angela was gone. Nosedive watched his brother carefully, hoping to learn something. Wildwing sat back down, but Nosedive couldn't stop looking at him.
"What's that look for?" Wildwing asked.
"I'm studying you with Ang." Nosedive replied. "I wish I could do what you did with Angie."
"You will, someday, not with Angie, but with someone really special." Wildwing said.
"What was wrong with Mal that she was so pissed off at me?" Nosedive asked.
"It wasn't you, something reminded her of her past and it made her upset." Wildwing replied.
"Can you tell me about it?" Nosedive asked.
"It's up to Mallory, not us. Angie and I have agreed that we wouldn't, that she would be the one to, it's her past, and if she chooses to, she will." Wildwing replied.
"This sucks." Nosedive said. "Why wouldn't she tell me now?"
"She thinks it wouldn't register in your head, that it wouldn't make a difference to you." Wildwing replied. "It's up to her."
Angela and Mallory hit the major clothing outlets. While shopping, Angela decided to bring up Siphon.
"Mal, I've got a question." Angela said.
"What is it?" Mallory asked
"Are you going to tell Dive about Siphon?" Angela asked.
"I don't know the answer to that, Angie." Mallory replied, looking though the season's fashions.
"Well, if you and Dive move to the next level, after he confesses his feelings, you might want to let him know. Besides, he's going to ask questions about your past boyfriends." Angela said.
"You never had that problem." Mal said. "You and Wildwing have been dating off and on for a long time. You didn't have a boyfriend on the off times, did you?"
Angela looked away, blushing a little.
"You did!" Mal said, answering her own question. "Who was it?"
"Canard." Angela replied. "Wildwing knows and we didn't last long because I was still in love with Wildwing. We were and still are in love, like you and Siphon."
"So you're saying that I should tell Nosedive about Siphon?" Mal asked.
"Wildwing wanted to tell Nosedive, but I told him that you need to make the effort, not us. He wasn't my boyfriend." Angela replied.
"I guess you're right." Mal said.
"Tanya would have told you the same thing. Now let's head home." Angela said.
Mallory and Angela went home with their goodies. Mal couldn't stop thinking about what Angela had said while putting clothes way.
'You need to make the effort, not us.' Mallory thought, Angela's words ringing though her head. 'He's going to ask questions.'
More of Angela's words were ringing though her head as she put the rest of her new clothes in her closet. Then she headed for Nosedive's room, to talk to him. She knocked on his door.
"Who is it?" Dive asked.
"It's Mal." Mallory replied. "I want to apologize for last night."
"Door's unlocked, you can let yourself in." Dive said.
She opened the door and let herself in. She spotted Dive in the same spot she had left him last night.
"Did you get any breakfast at all?" Mal asked.
"I did." Dive replied. "I talked to Wildwing and Angela too. Then I returned here and played video games."
"Dive, I need to tell you something." Mal said as she sat down on the couch
"What's that?"
Mal took in a deep breath before starting her story.
"I was upset last night because something reminded me of someone from my past. He was my boyfriend." Mal replied.
"You're seeing someone on earth?" Dive asked.
"No, he was on Puckworld." Mal replied.
"What did he do to you, beat you? Rape you?" Dive asked.
"No, he killed himself." Mal replied. "His name was Siphon. We were so in love that nothing existed but us. We were in a relationship for almost a couple of years; we started dating before I even went into the military, no one else knew about him, not even my sister. We had plans to get married and have kids after my training. All those plans we had died with him the day he took his life." Mal explained.
The room went silent.
"I had come back to my apartment one Saturday after training. He was lying dead on my couch; he had blown his head off. On my coffee table, there were two letters, a suicide note, and a letter for me. In my letter, he told me why he shot himself, that he loved me forever and that he was sorry for not being completely open about everything. After the funeral and burial services, I went right back to training, working harder so I wouldn't have to think about his death. I later moved out of that apartment and into another one, right before the Saurians hit." She continued.
"Why'd he do it?" Dive asked.
"He saw his mother kill his father, and she turned the gun on herself. His mother had gone psycho. After that, he went to live with his grandparents, so he had a better life than me, because he lived with loving guardians." Mal replied.
"Mal, that's horrible." Nosedive said.
"I didn't want to tell anyone until last night." Mal said.
"Who else did you tell?" Dive asked.
"Ang, then she told Wildwing." Mal replied.
There was another few seconds of silence.
"Is this why you've always seemed to be heartless?" Dive asked.
"Yes. After that I though I'd never feel anything for anyone after Siphon's death. After being here for two years, I've come to realize that I've got feelings for someone, for you. And after his death I began to take things very seriously." Mal replied.
There was a long silence
"Do you have feelings for me?"
That caught him off guard, but was expecting that question.
"Yes." Dive replied. "I do."
Nosedive waited for a reaction, but didn't get one very quickly. She looked down to the floor.
"You're the most attractive duck on earth, I've never felt this way before, about anyone of my ex girlfriends." Dive said.
"You had girlfriends?" Mal asked, letting out a chuckle.
"Yes, I had a couple of girlfriends, but I was never in love with them, like I'm in love with you." Dive replied. "I never said anything because I thought that you would ask Duke out instead of me because I thought you'd find him more, attractive."
"Duke? I don't think so Dive. He's not my type." Mal said. "And besides, we're around the same age, so it won't matter."
They gazed into each other's eyes.
"What do we do from here?" Mal asked.
"Will you go out with me to a movie and dinner sometime?" Dive asked in reply.
"Yes. I will. Just name the time and the place and I'll be there." Mal replied.
"Coolella!" Dive said.
Mal surprised Nosedive with a kiss. He blinked twice before he actually participated in the kiss. After that, he smiled. Mal got up off the couch and was about to leave…
"Mal, wait!" Dive said.
"What is it?" Mal asked.
"Is tomorrow okay, for that movie?" Dive asked.
"Sure." Mal replied.
Mallory blew him a kiss, seeing that he had caught it, she left the room with a big smile displayed on her face for the entire world to see. Nosedive lay back on his couch, smiling. Everything was going to go great for him, now that Mallory was his girlfriend, a long awaited dream had finally became reality.
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The End
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Author's Note: I'm still thinking about a sequel to this story. I'll just wait and see how the reviews are and what people think of the story.
1 Chapter Six
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Nosedive's alarm went off the morning after. He looked at the clock, nine in the morning. But his thoughts were elsewhere. Nosedive changed into day clothes and went to the Mess Hall.
The only people there were Angela and Wildwing. He sat down next to Angela, sandwiching her in between them. Angela looked over to her best friend.
"Are you okay Dive?" Angela asked.
"I'm okay Ang." Dive replied.
"Thank god, you had me worried for a while." Angela said.
Angela looked at the clock.
"Well, it's time for me to go. I promised Mallory I'd go to the mall with her for what promises to be a mix of a mall crawl with great shopping conditions." Angela said.
"How's Mal?" Dive asked. "I hope I didn't hurt her feelings."
"It wasn't you Dive, it was something else that made her upset last night." Wildwing replied.
Angela and Wildwing exchanged two quick kisses then Angela was gone. Nosedive watched his brother carefully, hoping to learn something. Wildwing sat back down, but Nosedive couldn't stop looking at him.
"What's that look for?" Wildwing asked.
"I'm studying you with Ang." Nosedive replied. "I wish I could do what you did with Angie."
"You will, someday, not with Angie, but with someone really special." Wildwing said.
"What was wrong with Mal that she was so pissed off at me?" Nosedive asked.
"It wasn't you, something reminded her of her past and it made her upset." Wildwing replied.
"Can you tell me about it?" Nosedive asked.
"It's up to Mallory, not us. Angie and I have agreed that we wouldn't, that she would be the one to, it's her past, and if she chooses to, she will." Wildwing replied.
"This sucks." Nosedive said. "Why wouldn't she tell me now?"
"She thinks it wouldn't register in your head, that it wouldn't make a difference to you." Wildwing replied. "It's up to her."
Angela and Mallory hit the major clothing outlets. While shopping, Angela decided to bring up Siphon.
"Mal, I've got a question." Angela said.
"What is it?" Mallory asked
"Are you going to tell Dive about Siphon?" Angela asked.
"I don't know the answer to that, Angie." Mallory replied, looking though the season's fashions.
"Well, if you and Dive move to the next level, after he confesses his feelings, you might want to let him know. Besides, he's going to ask questions about your past boyfriends." Angela said.
"You never had that problem." Mal said. "You and Wildwing have been dating off and on for a long time. You didn't have a boyfriend on the off times, did you?"
Angela looked away, blushing a little.
"You did!" Mal said, answering her own question. "Who was it?"
"Canard." Angela replied. "Wildwing knows and we didn't last long because I was still in love with Wildwing. We were and still are in love, like you and Siphon."
"So you're saying that I should tell Nosedive about Siphon?" Mal asked.
"Wildwing wanted to tell Nosedive, but I told him that you need to make the effort, not us. He wasn't my boyfriend." Angela replied.
"I guess you're right." Mal said.
"Tanya would have told you the same thing. Now let's head home." Angela said.
Mallory and Angela went home with their goodies. Mal couldn't stop thinking about what Angela had said while putting clothes way.
'You need to make the effort, not us.' Mallory thought, Angela's words ringing though her head. 'He's going to ask questions.'
More of Angela's words were ringing though her head as she put the rest of her new clothes in her closet. Then she headed for Nosedive's room, to talk to him. She knocked on his door.
"Who is it?" Dive asked.
"It's Mal." Mallory replied. "I want to apologize for last night."
"Door's unlocked, you can let yourself in." Dive said.
She opened the door and let herself in. She spotted Dive in the same spot she had left him last night.
"Did you get any breakfast at all?" Mal asked.
"I did." Dive replied. "I talked to Wildwing and Angela too. Then I returned here and played video games."
"Dive, I need to tell you something." Mal said as she sat down on the couch
"What's that?"
Mal took in a deep breath before starting her story.
"I was upset last night because something reminded me of someone from my past. He was my boyfriend." Mal replied.
"You're seeing someone on earth?" Dive asked.
"No, he was on Puckworld." Mal replied.
"What did he do to you, beat you? Rape you?" Dive asked.
"No, he killed himself." Mal replied. "His name was Siphon. We were so in love that nothing existed but us. We were in a relationship for almost a couple of years; we started dating before I even went into the military, no one else knew about him, not even my sister. We had plans to get married and have kids after my training. All those plans we had died with him the day he took his life." Mal explained.
The room went silent.
"I had come back to my apartment one Saturday after training. He was lying dead on my couch; he had blown his head off. On my coffee table, there were two letters, a suicide note, and a letter for me. In my letter, he told me why he shot himself, that he loved me forever and that he was sorry for not being completely open about everything. After the funeral and burial services, I went right back to training, working harder so I wouldn't have to think about his death. I later moved out of that apartment and into another one, right before the Saurians hit." She continued.
"Why'd he do it?" Dive asked.
"He saw his mother kill his father, and she turned the gun on herself. His mother had gone psycho. After that, he went to live with his grandparents, so he had a better life than me, because he lived with loving guardians." Mal replied.
"Mal, that's horrible." Nosedive said.
"I didn't want to tell anyone until last night." Mal said.
"Who else did you tell?" Dive asked.
"Ang, then she told Wildwing." Mal replied.
There was another few seconds of silence.
"Is this why you've always seemed to be heartless?" Dive asked.
"Yes. After that I though I'd never feel anything for anyone after Siphon's death. After being here for two years, I've come to realize that I've got feelings for someone, for you. And after his death I began to take things very seriously." Mal replied.
There was a long silence
"Do you have feelings for me?"
That caught him off guard, but was expecting that question.
"Yes." Dive replied. "I do."
Nosedive waited for a reaction, but didn't get one very quickly. She looked down to the floor.
"You're the most attractive duck on earth, I've never felt this way before, about anyone of my ex girlfriends." Dive said.
"You had girlfriends?" Mal asked, letting out a chuckle.
"Yes, I had a couple of girlfriends, but I was never in love with them, like I'm in love with you." Dive replied. "I never said anything because I thought that you would ask Duke out instead of me because I thought you'd find him more, attractive."
"Duke? I don't think so Dive. He's not my type." Mal said. "And besides, we're around the same age, so it won't matter."
They gazed into each other's eyes.
"What do we do from here?" Mal asked.
"Will you go out with me to a movie and dinner sometime?" Dive asked in reply.
"Yes. I will. Just name the time and the place and I'll be there." Mal replied.
"Coolella!" Dive said.
Mal surprised Nosedive with a kiss. He blinked twice before he actually participated in the kiss. After that, he smiled. Mal got up off the couch and was about to leave…
"Mal, wait!" Dive said.
"What is it?" Mal asked.
"Is tomorrow okay, for that movie?" Dive asked.
"Sure." Mal replied.
Mallory blew him a kiss, seeing that he had caught it, she left the room with a big smile displayed on her face for the entire world to see. Nosedive lay back on his couch, smiling. Everything was going to go great for him, now that Mallory was his girlfriend, a long awaited dream had finally became reality.
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The End
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Author's Note: I'm still thinking about a sequel to this story. I'll just wait and see how the reviews are and what people think of the story.