AN: I am going through a horrible tramour and I don't know what to do. All my grammar is gone. I have a constant writer's block. In face I think there are 5 walls guarding the writing part of my brain and I JUST CAN'T GET THROUGH, if you know what I mean. If ne of you want to see the next chapter soon then please review and give me inspiration to write the next chapter. BTW, if you know how to get past a permanent writer's block, please tell me before I forget how to read. Thankyou! ^_^
Chapter 5 – I don't have time
Heero jumped into his room through the window and checked to see if anyone was there. He flopped on his bed in exhaustion. His head was just as exhausted as his body. He was still wondering why he had cared so much for the girl. It wasn't right, this wasn't what he needed. Was this what they called love? No! He wasn't allowed to have any of it. He planned to get on with his life, but love would be something he could never handle.
The door slightly opened and a wide eyed Katie walked into the room.
"Mum's been looking for you! She's real mad," snapped Katie walking bravely infront of Heero.
"So?" aslked Heero unamused.
"Well, she said once she gets her hands on you..."
"Hands on me?"
"Its an expression. Duh! Don't you know anything? Anyway, she's going to..."
"Punish you," said Cassie from the doorway.
Katie nodded furiously before running to her mum's side. George appeared next to his wife. Heero sighed. He was like a little puppy dog following his wife everywhere. He adored her and didn't want to let her out of his sight. It made him feel sick. If this was love, he didn't want any of it!
"And what will you do?" asked Heero calmly.
"You won't have lunch until you apologise and agree to do the chores for a whole week," said Cassie sternly.
"I don't need you to feed me. I can make my own food or buy it!"
"And where will you get the money?"
"I work as a teen model."
"Without my permission?" screamed Cassie suddenly very angry. Katie smirked evilly at the doorway.
"I don't need your permission."
"Well, guess what juniour? Your grounded and I will make sure the door is locked and you don't jump out the window. You know how I will do that? You'll go to the attic so it will be too high for you to jump and I'll lock you in. Until you apologise, you don't get to do anything or be anywhere," said Cassie satisfied.
Heero nodded gravely but inside him he almost felt like laughing, though he never showed it on his face. If this woman knew what he went through, a jump from the attic would barely hurt him. He could play along with her game until tomorrow. He walked towards his drawers to get his weapons. For now he was unarmed and he felt very strange.
"No you don't. You don't get your guns yet. I'll bring your stuff up," said Cassie.
Heero nodded again and followed George out the door.
"See! I told you she would punish you! No one messes with my only mum," exclaimed Katie as she rushed to the others to tell them the "good news".
"So mum's gonna starve him until he apologises?" asked Harry.
"That's right. She is going to starve him to death," exclaimed Johnathan on the other side of Harry.
"Maybe not."
At that moment Cassie ran past the group with a drawer full of guns and swords and other weapons.
"Mum. Those are Heero's! What are you going to do with them," asked Harry curiously.
"I'm throwing them away now that Heero is safely locked in his attic. He's harder to deal with than other children his age," said Cassie and quickly ran to the garbage.
Heero stood in his room. It was dark and gloomy, something that welcomed him more than white, clean rooms. He checked his watch. He didn't have his laptop and Cassie was taking a long time to get to his room.
"Are you scared? I hope you are! Mummy locked me in here once and I apologised straight away. So, are you scared?" asked Katie behind the door.
"I like this place more than my old bedroom," said Heero.
"What?" screamed Katie in frustration. She wanted him to get punished. Then she smirked again and asked him the next question: "Aren't you hungry? Mum just announced she won't feed you dinner either. In fact she won't feed you until you apologise!"
Heero turned away from the door in disgust. What was this woman doing? Training him? This was no way to treat an "ordinary school child"! Of course he wasn't one, but to her he was.
"Are you starving yet?" asked Katie.
"I only eat if someone insists. I can go about without eating if I want to. Its just a waste of time and it bothers me," answered Heero not knowing whether he was entertaining or testing himself.
He heard an annoyed gruff from the other side of the door and stomping as Katie ran back to her mother to tell her the knew news.
Heero shrugged. He needed to get his laptop and he was almost sure what Cassie had done with his guns and weapons. Luckily he was smart enough to take the computer chip out of the laptop before letting Cassie touch it. All the information he needed was in the chip so he didn't need to worry. But unfortunately he needed his guns which were no where in sight.
He looked out the window and checked the height. If he jumped from the attic he would probably dislocate his leg which wasn't too much of a problem.
The family was sitting around the dinner table. Suddenly they saw something fall quickly past the window and there was a loud thump on the ground. Cassie jumped up with George and Katie running after her. She raced out into the lawn and saw Heero lying on the ground. His face was twitching disturbingly.
"You are suicidal! I need to get you to a doctor as soon as possible," exclaimed Cassie suddenly full of concern.
Suddenly Heero jumped up, ignoring the scream from Katie when she saw the knee popped out in the wrong place on Heero's leg.
"Where are my guns. I want my laptop now, and I can fight you if I want," said Heero in his monotone voice.
Katie sniggered and George stood up infront of Heero. He was much taller than the boy and looked much stronger.
"Maybe this will knock a little sense into you," said George bringing his hand up.
"No George! That is child abuse," exclaimed Cassie. Before she could stop George's hand striked down on Heero's face.
Heero didn't fall off his feet or even shudder a move like a normal boy would. He plainly turned his head back at George and hit him in the stomache with his undislocated knee.
"One for one. No hard feelings," said Heero.
Cassie shrieked and ran to her gasping husband. Katie ran up to Heero angrily. She slapped him on the hand repeatedly, until Heero realised she was trying to hurt him and pulled away.
"Go away," said Heero.
He began walking towards the rubbish bin, barely paying attention to his knee. Katie looked around helplessly and suddenly grabbed onto Heero's dislocated leg and pulled him back. She heard a crack as she pulled the leg and shuddered in disgust, but she couldn't let him get to his guns.
Heero collapsed on the ground and cursed silently. He turned around and grabbed Katie by the arm, peeling her off his leg. He drew her up to his face and glared at her angrily.
"Don't do that again," said Heero angrily before throwing her behind him onto the grass where she burst into tears. Heero grabbed his head angrily.
"You people are so agrivating," he growled before reaching into the bin to grab his guns. He glared back at Cassie and pointed his gun at her. She whimpered and fell on her knees shaking in fright.
"I'll come back tomorrow and I expect 500 000 dollars for a new laptop. You shouldn't have brought this onto yourself," said Heero angrily.
He sighed and dropped down onto the grass. He grabbed his leg and took in a deep breath before he began adjusting his knee. Katie watched in shock while Heero barely showed any pain on his face. Only the growls gave him away. With a disgusting click the knee was back in place. He slowly moved his leg around. It was pretty much intact. He didn't look back but just ran, ran out of the lawn, away from the stupid mansion.
Heero grew breathless as he reached the top of the hill he sat at just hours ago with Ami. He didn't know why he came here. It was stupid to go here but he didn't seem to notice where he was going, as long as it was opposite the mansion.
"Heero" a voice called out.
Heero turned to see Ami walking towards him. He cursed silently and turned to her. He didn't want to see her. He sighed. It would be better to tell her now than wait.
"I saw you run away from your mansion and I decided to follow you. I'm sorry if I am disturbing you," said Ami smiling.
"Ami. Go away," said Heero calmly.
"What?"
"You can't understand and you can't help. I don't like it when I am with you. It bring strange emotions I didn't want to have. You can't stay! I don't want you to go anywhere near me. You've done enough damage already. Next time I am in trouble, you can't help me. Just go away!"
Ami looked at Heero shocked. Just hours ago he had been so nice to her. Just hours ago he had say with her on this hill without saying anything horrible. Why was he suddenly so horrible? She slightly bowed in surrender.
"You are right. I can't understand. You tell me I can't this and I can't that! Well guess what? You aren't any better than me. In fact you are much worse than me. You can't get hurt emotionly, you can't be normal, you can't smile, and... and... you are cold hearted! You can't feel love. You can't possibly know what LOVE is! You are horrible," whispered Ami wiping away her tears.
Heero stared at her silently. She nodded again and turned away, brushing away the tears that started pouring down her face. She looked back and raced down the hill, giving out hiccups as she tried to stop her unstoppable tears.
Heero sat back on the hill.
I did the correct thing didn't I? She mentioned love, what was this love? thought Heero before he settled himself on the grass. It seemed like he had to leave soon. Ami would bother him too much.
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Heero woke with a start, finding himself on the hill he had fallen asleep of the other day. He checked his watch, 8:30. He would still make it to school in time. He felt in his pocket to check his chip was still there. Luckily it still was. He could insert it in one of the school computers at lunch time. As he got up he felt a pang in his leg. It was a little swollen but he forced himself to get up anyway. He didn't have time to waste.
He took a step and collapsed, rolling down the hill. He hit the concrete with a thud, bumping into who else but... Katie!
"You!" they screamed at eachother.
Heero got up and began running towards his school. Katie was running fast at his heals. Heero cursed himself. He wasn't as strong as he though he was. His leg was aching and it gave in, causing him to collapse on the ground again. Katie didn't see it coming and tripped over him, flying across the concrete. She fell with a loud crack and began screaming blue murder and muttered something under her breath when she saw Heero's mocking face.
Heero got up again, for the 3rd time at least and began walking towards the school. Katie got up and raced after him. She jumped infront of him and blocked his way. A huge sweat drop went down Heero's face. He wasn't about to fall over again. He was getting sick of it.
"Heero, are you really a model?" asked Katie looking over him.
Heero nodded angrily.
"Really?"
Heero nodded again, trying to get past her.
"Then I would like you to accept my apology. I know how hard it is for model's to cope with everyday life and I would just like to say. After yesterday's great performance I think you are really cool and I won't bother you again. Ok?" asked Katie.
Heero nodded again sweatdropping. Katie nodded too and raced off. Heero sighed. Why did his stupid day have to start like this. He walked into the school grounds, mentally jumping up and celebrating for the fact that he actually made it inside the school.
Suddenly someone grabbed him by the tshirt and pinned him to the wall.
"What do you want?" snapped Heero angrily.
Makoto had him pinned to the wall and was ignoring his throbbing leg completely. She glared at him making him death glare back at her. She shifted her feet uneasily. Usually boys cowered when she glared at them but Heero seemed to be different.
"What did you do to her?" exclaimed Makoto.
"Who?" asked Heero stupidly.
"Amichan! She doesn't want to talk to anyone, and we know she was with you yesterday. What did you say to her?"
"I said I didn't have time for her and she is disturbing me."
"After all she has done you haven't once thanked her?"
"..."
"How could you do this to her?"
"Simply that. She brought it onto herself. She could have taken it easily. I told her I couldn't keep seeing her because I didn't want her to change me, which she was doing in some ways."
Makoto's face twitched and let go of Heero. A few people stopped and stared but one glare to them sent them right back to what they were doing. She stormed across the halls and finally disappeared within the crowd.
If one more person tried to stop me I will punch them in the face thought Heero as he limped towards his first class.
Damn leg. I will hit you if you don't stop throbbing. thought Heero blocking off the pain.
That's better thought Heero, walking properly now.
A huge face popped infront of his face and without a second to think Heero punched it straight in the nose. The braided American screamed in shock and fell on the ground.
"Heeero!" whined Duo getting up from his strange position. "You know Ami chan is crying. Maybe you want to calmher down?"
"Shut up!" screamed Heero walking past the stupid Baka and back out of the school.
"Duo, are you alright?" asked Hotaru rushing towards the dumstruck boy.
Duo rubbed his nose angrily and began laughing like a phsychomaniac. He put his hands on his hips and looked at Hotaru in the strangest way.
"Now that is what happens when someone tried to punch the great Shinigami. Nothing!" exclaimed Duo.
Saturn slappen him on the arm making Duo shrieked.
"Ok, I think something is wrong with Heero. I'm going after him. Want to come?" asked Duo beaming.
"I think this is a best friend thing. I shouldn't come along. Plus, you gotta punch him back for punching you," said Hotaru sneakily before turning on her heels to walk to her classroom.
Duo shrugged.
"Whatever the lady wants," he said out loud to no one in particular.
