Episode 029



Air Date: Tuesday May 21 2002



One: sorry about the long wait... I had my grandma die, then finals, and then driving lessons.

Two: now that school's out I have more time to write.

Three: anyone going to shoujo con this summer?



Scene One



Even though it was storming out Scarlet and Micah where outside their tent. They had on their rain coats and they had their flash lights, and a jar of honey.

They tip-toed to Pearl and Umi's tent. Scarlet took the lid off the honey and handed it to Micah to hold. Then Scarlet gently pealed back the flap of the twin's tent, and then began pouring the thick honey all over their sleeping bags.

Then the two girls hurried off back to their own tent when they then burst out giggling.

"In the morning the ants will be all over them!" Micah said as she then slapped a hand over her mouth to muffle the giggles.

Scarlet fell over laughing. "That'll show that Pearl not to mess with us!"

"We're the queen of tricks, however did they think they could beat us?" Micah said as she shook her head.

"I don't know. This really didn't know what we had in store for them," she said as she patted the jar of honey.

The two girls then satisfied, snuggled up in their honey-free sleeping bags and fell asleep to the pitter patter of the late night rain.



Scene Two



Lilly sat on a now soaked log, her eyes staring straight at Nozomi and Menz's tent. Her never moved, she didn't blink, and her eyes seemed deep yet empty. Her breathing was slow, almost none existent. She seemed to be in a trance, like a zombie. She was soaked through and through, her dark blue satin shorts and tank top clung to her skin. Her hair was drenched and stringy, dripping with water.

Soon Heero joined her on the log holding and umbrella. "Why are you sitting here?" He asked finally.

"I like the rain. The rain at night in the summer calms me like a mother's lullaby." She replied, her eyes and body still trance like.

"So you usually sit in the rain and stare into space?" Heero asked.

"Yes. It's very peaceful. Almost romantic." She replied.

Heero closed his umbrella. "I never thought if it as romantic before."

"I think silence is very romantic. And so is water." She replied.

Heero blinked, she was beautiful and deep. Strange though.

She then turned her head to look at him, her eyes finally like eyes once more. "Have you ever been kissed in the rain?"

Heero shook his head.

"It's something you will never forget," she replied as she leaned closer to him, her lips so close to his.

There was a moment of hesitation on Heero's part, but it soon slipped away as the tide lapping on the sand. His lips met hers and in that moment he found himself lost, lost in her lips, her eyes, an the sound of the rain.



Scene Three



Nozomi rolled over in her sleep. The sound of the rain faint in the back of her head as she slipped back into a deep sleep. She found herself in her dream standing at the ocean, watching the rain fall into it and be swallowed up. Soon she felt as if she were a drop of rain falling into the ocean, only as she hit the water she felt she was drowning. Was it she had to drown before could become part of it? She didn't understand, and as she reached her hand up for Heero to help her out, he didn't offer her his hand. Instead he stared past her, even more lost than she was.

Suddenly she woke up with a jerking start, sweat dripping off her forehead she let out a sigh of relief.

"I'm going to the bathroom." She muttered to Menz.

"I know." Menz replied as she closed her eyes again.

Nozomi nodded. She left the tent and walked barefoot on the wet sand. She stumbled in the dark, but soon found herself standing at the waters edge. She watched the rain drops fall into the ocean and become part of it. Soon the rhythmic movement of the waves made her sleepy, so tired she let herself drop into the water like the rain. And again she was drowning, the sand and salt water made her throat sting and her eyes burn.

She reached out a hand but knew deep in her heart Heero wouldn't help her. He was lost. Very lost. But all of the sudden a hand reached out for hers, she tried hard to get a good look at whoever it was, a guy, yes, but who?