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Disclaimer: Do we really need to go through this again?

The Fifth Wheel - Chapter 2

By the time Duo and I got back to the others, I was feeling better. There was no sign of Sally, but that was a good thing. Even though I consider her presence a blessing (Damn, I'm turning into a sap), I didn't want to ruin my newly-restored contentness by seeing her with that asshole again.

Sorry, it slipped.

The rest of our little outing went by uneventful, not counting when Heero 'accidentally' bumped me into the lake, and yelled 'Don't mess with the koi!'. Not until after I had a nice amount of teeth marks did I realize he meant the fish.

It was evening by the time we got home, and the crisp night air was chilling my skin. I decided to take a little walk into town, because we all know where my thoughts go when I have nothing to occupy me. So I put my jacket on and started walking toward the main streets.

Of course, going to town is a little depressing due to the fact that when you're single, all you see are couples. But then again, I once heard someone say that when you're part of a couple, all you see are hookers. [1] I laughed out loud as I thought of that, and got a few odd looks.

I stopped at a Chinese take-out place for something to eat. I rarely eat take-out, usually preferring homecooked meals, but I was hungry and it was the first place I saw. Plus, it was Chinese.

I was sitting on a bench on the street corner, quietly eating an egg roll when I heard a shout somewhere to my left. I turned my head, just to catch a glimpse of the large object that was flying fast towards my head.

***

I opened my eyes slowly. I remembered getting hit in the head rather hard, but suprisingly my head didn't hurt, and when I ran my fingers across my scalp I felt no injuries. I looked around, everything was blurry, but it was slowly coming into focus. What I saw shocked me.

There I was, lying in a large four-poster bed, with Sally laying in my arms, a graceful smile playing her lips as she slept quietly.

Of course, it was just a dream. I stared at the other Wufei; he was smiling and running his fingers through Sally's hair, which was let down and was flowing freely around her face. I wish I knew what the felt like...

Realizing that in a sense I was getting jealous of myself, which is a pretty odd thought, I continued to just sit and watch as dream-Sally stirred and slowly woke up. Her and dream-Wufei shared a soft good morning kiss, then just sat in eathothers arms.

Suddenly the image faded and everything around me went black. Then, a burry image appeared around me and, just like last time, came into focus little by little. What I saw this time shocked me as well, but it also broke my heart.

Sally was sitting alone in a bed with a bruise on her cheek, crying quietly. After more inspection, I dicovered she also had bruises on her left arm, about the size of fingerprints. Anger rose up in me, threatining to kill anyone who had harmed the blonde beauty.

But my anger was quickly replaced by concern and sorrow for the girl on the bed, whose quiet sobs were getting more loud and heart-wrenching by the moment. I badly wanted to gather the woman in my arms and comfort her, but I found that I couldn't move in this dream world.

I couldn't take it anymore! I couldn't bear to see Sally like this and not be able to do anything! I wanted to wake up! Fast!

The door to the bedroom opened, and Sally screamed.

***

My eyes snapped open and I ubruptly sat upright. Bad idea. Pain whirled in my head, causing me to get dizzy and lay back down.

"Hey man, are you okay?"

I looked up at the fuzzy face in front of me. It was a teenager around my age, maybe a little younger. "What happened?" I asked groggily.

"Well my girlfriend got mad at me," The boy said, pointing to where a pretty brunette stood a couple of feet away, "and she chucked a rock at me. I ducked and it nailed you in the head."

The girl walked up to me. "I'm so sorry! I never meant to hurt anybody, he just makes me so mad sometimes and...I'm really sorry!"

I sat up, slowely this time, and put a hand to my head. "It's all right." I said, fingering the wound on my forehead. When I brought my hand in front of me, there was a little blood covering my fingers.

"Oh, let me!" The girl said, getting a tissue out of her purse and dabbing it at my forehead. I stood still as she put medicine on it and bandaged it.

I raised an eyebrow. "Got a whole first aid kit in there?" I asked, motioning to her purse. She laughed.

"Well when your boyfriends a clumsy knucklehead, you have to come prepared." She said and just smiled at the 'hey!' she got from the boy.

I laughed. "Thanks." I just then noticed how dark it was. "It's getting late, I should get going."

"Okay, and again, I'm really sorry!" The girl said, still looking a little upset at herself.

"Think nothing of it." I said and stood up. I smiled at the two and said goodbye.

"Bye!" they both called after me.

I looked back at them to see them holding hands and walking away. I sighed and remembered my weird dream. One minute it was the best dream I've ever had, then the next thing I know it's the worst. I didn't get it.

Was it just a dream? Or was it something else?

TBC...

[1] A comedian said that. i forget his name though -_-