Hello again! Here's the third chapter to this little one. ..Well to tell
you the truth by the time I'm done with this I think it will be a *big*
little one. I've got big plans for my baby.
By the way I want to thank you guys for all the support I'm getting for
this fic. I've found that I have some really loyal readers and I'm really
happy that you took the time to read this. Oh and to a few of my
readers..hehe. If this is the "new crack" I had no idea that a drug could
look this good! ^_^ Well I can tell you that this will keep going, but to
those who asked for lemon, I can't oblige you here. "Everything in its
proper place at the proper time." Uh..not to mention I've never written one
of those anyway and I'm definitely *not* going to start here. Enough said,
let's go!
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~ ~Alien: Continued 2~ ~
"I can't believe it!"
Heero stared at me in shock. "What?"
I glared at him. You know exactly what. The two of you have been all over each other for weeks, and you haven't asked him?"
My quiet friend turned a wonderful shade of crimson and cringed. In an attempt to pull on his imaginary cloak of indifference, he shrugged. "I just haven't had the time."
I bristled. I'm usually pretty nice to my friends, but I can't stand denial. "My foot Heero.."
If anything his blush got worse.
I studied his cowering for out of the corner of my eye as I shoved books into my locker. "You're scared." I stated thoughtfully, feeling a wave of sympathy wash over me. "Why Heero? You both know you like each other."
He grimaced at me. "Duo is..." He gestured with his hand searching for the right word. "Exuberant. Cheerful." then pausing to think for a moment. "*Lively*"
I nodded. "Yeah so?"
I received the end of a pointed glare and felt the need to shrink away. Heero is very giving with his glares'o doom, as Duo has taken to calling them. He'll glare at anything for so much as just breathing if you give him the chance. I, though was just frustrated enough to straighten up and give Mr. Yuy the tongue-lashing he deserved.
"You introduced me to one of your friends, why can't you date one of mine?" I said as gently as I could but with an undercurrent of steel.
Blue eyes narrowed even more. "That is *not* the same thing. You don't know what you're asking."
I stood firm, staring straight back at him. At that moment I felt like the epitome of defiance. I was bearing the weight of a full blast deathglare and I had not yet crumbled. It was exhilarating in a way. I smiled softly. It was something Duo had told me to do.
// "Heero's just big on intimidation. He won't hurt you unless severely provoked." He rubbed his head from where Heero's hand had made its mark earlier. "I've learned that if you smile it really throws him of guard." He grinned at me and batted his eyes. "Just like that."//
Now my smile could never have the same impact as Duo's, but it did do me a big favor in causing Heero to lighten up. He grunted in annoyance. "Duo told you to do that."
I chuckled softly and shouldered my bag. "Yes he did." Softening my gaze to what has been called by my family as pathetically pleading, I looked at Heero. "Please think about it Heero. It could never hurt for you to ask." I smile at the stunned look on his face. The pleading look can never be withstood. Another mental point went in my direction. I turned and began walking away. Over my shoulder I took one last glance and smiled. "It's amazing the answers you receive if you just ask."
***
Summer had given in to fall, and I had watched with delight as the leaves slowly changed from green to scarlet and gold. It was nothing like where I had lived on the West Coast where the weather was mild most of the time. My parents were gone continuously, and I found myself most often in the capable clutches of my "New" family. Heero was over almost every day, Wufei lived with me, and Duo often sprang through the door at random (and usually when you least expected him) Except for Friday evenings when he had Debate club.
Heero's sisters were also at my house a ton of the time. For some reason they had developed a strong attachment to my cousin, and hung all over him when they got the chance. He often ranted about this when they left, but he didn't mean it. When the girls were over he was most gentle with them and never said a cruel word to them. Heero said he was better with his sisters than *he* was. Duo usually followed this comment by saying that Wufei would make a great mother..It was quite funny.
My grades were excellent. My english grade was near perfect and as for physics I was working hard to maintain the high 80's range, but I enjoyed the subject to the fullest. Math though was once again my struggling point and I usually had to have Heero explain it out to me, which only made me more confused, so he ended up dragging me to Trowa's on a near daily basis. There I would be severely humbled in my math skills and feeling like a damned idiot when I left. It was unnerving.
It was a night like any other. My friends and I were sprawled all over my house, and Duo was raiding my fridge. I can't quite remember what he said that was so funny but the next thing I knew my house had erupted in hysterics and I was doubled over with tears in my eyes. The house from then on was in chaos, and no matter how composed I tried to make myself I just couldn't get my math done, and Heero wasn't helping me. He could hardly get a word out. He'd take one look at Duo, who'd waggle his eyebrows, and the boy would collapse laughing. I'd never seen Heero in such a non-serious mood. Of course him starting to laugh would start the whole house up again, so I threw up my hands in exasperation while in mid chortle.
I noticed Heero had gotten up and pulled on his coat. He was breathing deeply to compose himself, and when he looked at me and jerked his head toward the door I knew exactly what he wanted.
Managing to mold myself into the appearance of semi calm I picked up my stuff and headed toward the door. Heero was glancing at the others who shook their heads.
"Sorry Hee-chan" Duo chirped "But that boy creeps me out to the point of no return."
Wufei nodded in agreement. "I have no reason to go over there anyway, and I don't want to overwhelm him." He grinned at Heero "I'll keep this braided idiot company." He grabbed Duo by the braid and gave it a hard yank, which caused the boy to yipe. He smirked even more at Heero's glare. "Go on you two. The sooner you leave the sooner you get back." He then picked up his book and turned his back to the door.
As we stepped out into the chilly air I looked to Heero, feeling a hint of the giggles creeping up again, but this time I was almost positive they were from nervousness. A few weeks of my being over every night still could not break me of the strange fluttery feeling that rose in my stomach every time we went over there. "Heero should we wait to go over there?" I had caught the traces of laughter still lingering around Heero's mouth and eyes. I felt the inexpressible need to burst out laughing again. "Maybe..till we're a little more calm?"
Heero appraised me silently, good humor pulling at his mouth. Then he strode full of purpose down the walk with me in tow.
Mrs. Barton opened the door for us with a strained smile. She still couldn't see the reason we came over, and she definitely couldn't picture her son having friends. She was always cordial with us, but never more than that.
We were ushered into that all too clean dining room where we sat across from each other and waited. Trowa came down in his usual silent manner and sat down in his customary place next to Heero and directly across from me...never once looking at us. Catching the twinkle in Heero's eyes, I choked on a laugh and opened my book. "Um.Here." I said. "It's these four over here." I pointed to the book. "I'm having a bit of a problem with these."
Heero let out a strangled snort, which he changed into a sort of cough, but when he caught my eye again it all fell apart. Heero ended up head in his hands, back and chest heaving, and I in tears laughing into my arms on the table. Trowa just sat there. His hands moved from the table to his lap as he sat the staring off into nothing. Patiently waiting for us morons to calm down.
Heero looked up trying to force himself into even a ghost of his usual attitude. "G-gomen." He gasped for a moment before trying again. "I'm sorry. I know you're probably getting annoyed with us."
Trowa for a fraction of a second froze.
Heero continued not noticing. "We don't mean to be an annoyance."
Trowa blinked for a moment and then reached for a pencil.
I could barely breathe so amazed was I. Heero hadn't noticed it, so busy was he apologizing for his strange behavior, but I saw it clear as day. A reation...Trowa had a *reaction* For a moment his world and ours collided. For a brief moment Trowa had been *there.*
I began trying to focus on my math, planning on telling Heero about my discovery afterwards. Forcing my rebellious mind to comply I stared down at the paper, quickly getting confused. I voiced my opinion and Trowa restarted the problem, going through all his work, his checks, and his diagrams. Still I couldn't see it. I couldn't see the difference between what I had done and what he did. "..Wait a moment!" I cried in frustration grabbing Trowa's hand.
The boy started, shoving forcibly away from the table. Then within the blink of an eye he was up and out the door.
The room hung in stunned silence.
Heero moved first, blinking slowly and rising to his feet grabbing his coat off the back of his chair. He looked at me expectantly. I rose also and we headed out, we didn't even see his parents on the way out. It was as if the house was empty.
On the walk back outside I pulled on Heero's coat for him to stop. "What happened in there?" I asked quietly, feeling at a loss.
His sigh was barely audible and a wisp of steam emanated from his mouth a slight breath. "I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you."
"Tell me what."
Cobalt eyes looked at me sadly. "No one *ever* touches Trowa." He glanced down. "He won't allow it. Not even his own parents."
I gaped in shock. "Why?"
"I don't know. It's just another of his quirks I guess."
It was unreal. He couldn't be touched? It was something I couldn't imagine. My family was very close. We often shared hugs and kisses. Before Iria left the two of us would curl up on the couch and watch movies. We were, more often then not, wrapped in the same blanket sharing a bowl of popcorn. How could you live in a world without human touch? Or any contact at all? Was Trowa so far from the "known and constant universe" that I so loved? It posed an interesting question.
Instantly I was reminded of what had also occurred inside the Barton house. "Hey Heero did you see what happened tonight?"
"Hai, he walked out."
I glared at him. "No the other thing. When we were laughing?"
"Nani?"
I groaned. "In english Heero I can't understand you."
"G- I'm sorry." He ducked his head. "What did you mean?"
"You mean you didn't see it?" I huffed.
"I could see that we were annoying him." He said in mild exasperation picking up the pace to me house.
"That's the point!" I cried. "We *were* annoying him."
My Japanese neighbor stopped. "..He..reacted."
I nodded "Yes he *did*. Then you said sorry because we were acting like idiots."
Heero looked at me, eyes wide with surprise and shock. "It was communication."
My smile was nearly splitting my face. "Yes, he was shocked when you said that. It was like he couldn't believe that we could tell what he was feeling." I thought for a moment. "Could he be getting used to us? Or maybe just us to him." I shook my head in confusion. "I really don't know. Being around him is like a puzzle in itself. I feel like I'm learning a whole different language."
"..I know what that is like." Heero stated softly, then after a moment's quiet "What do you want to do?"
"Yet again I don't know." I said, once again over-whelmed be my insecurities. Did I want this to go farther? Were we inserting ourselves where we really weren't welcome? "I don't know if what we've even seen so far is right." I stated. "He didn't ask for our help, and maybe if he doesn't want to communicate..Maybe we shouldn't bother." My voice sounded feeble and weak to my ears. It wasn't like me.
"Yet there is math." Heero had stopped at my door, his hand on the handle his eyes turned inward. Maybe he was going through the same battle as I?
From inside I could hear Duo laughing. His warm rich tone filled with happiness. I could see Heero's eyes flicker upon hearing it. The darkness around us seemed to get thicker. Here we were, moments from the familiar and fun, and yet with Trowa..only houses away from the unreal. I could feel the balance tipping in my heart. Looking back to Heero, I could see his grip on the handle tighten. His head turning even more when another burst of Duo's vibrant laughter could be heard. He wanted to be in there, but he was still making this my decision, my call. He wasn't about to bring others into it, or make Duo worry. He wanted an answer to his silently posed question before we stepped back into the familiar. I smiled softly at him, not knowing if he could see it on my face. ".Yes" I said my voice just above a whisper. "There is math."
***
^_^ Ohhh...Well now kiddies how was that one? Hehe. So what do you think is going to happen? Do you think Quatre is going to pull our silent Trowa out of his shell? ...You think so? Hmmmm...Well just you wait pets. Quatre is going to have to reach a little farther than he dares to go. It'll be hard on them I can promise you that.
I'm really quite amazed that this story is going so well. It beat out one of my others first chapter..*sob* Oh well. Here's a shameless plug. Go read my other stories. Go read them and tell me what you think. Uh..well at least read Wild Hunt. You'll like it. Um, I think you will at least. Ahahahahaha! *laughs manically* ...okay...I think I'm done.
Disclaimer:: With all the times that I've said I don't own them..you'd think people would get the picture by now, don't you agree?
~ ~Alien: Continued 2~ ~
"I can't believe it!"
Heero stared at me in shock. "What?"
I glared at him. You know exactly what. The two of you have been all over each other for weeks, and you haven't asked him?"
My quiet friend turned a wonderful shade of crimson and cringed. In an attempt to pull on his imaginary cloak of indifference, he shrugged. "I just haven't had the time."
I bristled. I'm usually pretty nice to my friends, but I can't stand denial. "My foot Heero.."
If anything his blush got worse.
I studied his cowering for out of the corner of my eye as I shoved books into my locker. "You're scared." I stated thoughtfully, feeling a wave of sympathy wash over me. "Why Heero? You both know you like each other."
He grimaced at me. "Duo is..." He gestured with his hand searching for the right word. "Exuberant. Cheerful." then pausing to think for a moment. "*Lively*"
I nodded. "Yeah so?"
I received the end of a pointed glare and felt the need to shrink away. Heero is very giving with his glares'o doom, as Duo has taken to calling them. He'll glare at anything for so much as just breathing if you give him the chance. I, though was just frustrated enough to straighten up and give Mr. Yuy the tongue-lashing he deserved.
"You introduced me to one of your friends, why can't you date one of mine?" I said as gently as I could but with an undercurrent of steel.
Blue eyes narrowed even more. "That is *not* the same thing. You don't know what you're asking."
I stood firm, staring straight back at him. At that moment I felt like the epitome of defiance. I was bearing the weight of a full blast deathglare and I had not yet crumbled. It was exhilarating in a way. I smiled softly. It was something Duo had told me to do.
// "Heero's just big on intimidation. He won't hurt you unless severely provoked." He rubbed his head from where Heero's hand had made its mark earlier. "I've learned that if you smile it really throws him of guard." He grinned at me and batted his eyes. "Just like that."//
Now my smile could never have the same impact as Duo's, but it did do me a big favor in causing Heero to lighten up. He grunted in annoyance. "Duo told you to do that."
I chuckled softly and shouldered my bag. "Yes he did." Softening my gaze to what has been called by my family as pathetically pleading, I looked at Heero. "Please think about it Heero. It could never hurt for you to ask." I smile at the stunned look on his face. The pleading look can never be withstood. Another mental point went in my direction. I turned and began walking away. Over my shoulder I took one last glance and smiled. "It's amazing the answers you receive if you just ask."
***
Summer had given in to fall, and I had watched with delight as the leaves slowly changed from green to scarlet and gold. It was nothing like where I had lived on the West Coast where the weather was mild most of the time. My parents were gone continuously, and I found myself most often in the capable clutches of my "New" family. Heero was over almost every day, Wufei lived with me, and Duo often sprang through the door at random (and usually when you least expected him) Except for Friday evenings when he had Debate club.
Heero's sisters were also at my house a ton of the time. For some reason they had developed a strong attachment to my cousin, and hung all over him when they got the chance. He often ranted about this when they left, but he didn't mean it. When the girls were over he was most gentle with them and never said a cruel word to them. Heero said he was better with his sisters than *he* was. Duo usually followed this comment by saying that Wufei would make a great mother..It was quite funny.
My grades were excellent. My english grade was near perfect and as for physics I was working hard to maintain the high 80's range, but I enjoyed the subject to the fullest. Math though was once again my struggling point and I usually had to have Heero explain it out to me, which only made me more confused, so he ended up dragging me to Trowa's on a near daily basis. There I would be severely humbled in my math skills and feeling like a damned idiot when I left. It was unnerving.
It was a night like any other. My friends and I were sprawled all over my house, and Duo was raiding my fridge. I can't quite remember what he said that was so funny but the next thing I knew my house had erupted in hysterics and I was doubled over with tears in my eyes. The house from then on was in chaos, and no matter how composed I tried to make myself I just couldn't get my math done, and Heero wasn't helping me. He could hardly get a word out. He'd take one look at Duo, who'd waggle his eyebrows, and the boy would collapse laughing. I'd never seen Heero in such a non-serious mood. Of course him starting to laugh would start the whole house up again, so I threw up my hands in exasperation while in mid chortle.
I noticed Heero had gotten up and pulled on his coat. He was breathing deeply to compose himself, and when he looked at me and jerked his head toward the door I knew exactly what he wanted.
Managing to mold myself into the appearance of semi calm I picked up my stuff and headed toward the door. Heero was glancing at the others who shook their heads.
"Sorry Hee-chan" Duo chirped "But that boy creeps me out to the point of no return."
Wufei nodded in agreement. "I have no reason to go over there anyway, and I don't want to overwhelm him." He grinned at Heero "I'll keep this braided idiot company." He grabbed Duo by the braid and gave it a hard yank, which caused the boy to yipe. He smirked even more at Heero's glare. "Go on you two. The sooner you leave the sooner you get back." He then picked up his book and turned his back to the door.
As we stepped out into the chilly air I looked to Heero, feeling a hint of the giggles creeping up again, but this time I was almost positive they were from nervousness. A few weeks of my being over every night still could not break me of the strange fluttery feeling that rose in my stomach every time we went over there. "Heero should we wait to go over there?" I had caught the traces of laughter still lingering around Heero's mouth and eyes. I felt the inexpressible need to burst out laughing again. "Maybe..till we're a little more calm?"
Heero appraised me silently, good humor pulling at his mouth. Then he strode full of purpose down the walk with me in tow.
Mrs. Barton opened the door for us with a strained smile. She still couldn't see the reason we came over, and she definitely couldn't picture her son having friends. She was always cordial with us, but never more than that.
We were ushered into that all too clean dining room where we sat across from each other and waited. Trowa came down in his usual silent manner and sat down in his customary place next to Heero and directly across from me...never once looking at us. Catching the twinkle in Heero's eyes, I choked on a laugh and opened my book. "Um.Here." I said. "It's these four over here." I pointed to the book. "I'm having a bit of a problem with these."
Heero let out a strangled snort, which he changed into a sort of cough, but when he caught my eye again it all fell apart. Heero ended up head in his hands, back and chest heaving, and I in tears laughing into my arms on the table. Trowa just sat there. His hands moved from the table to his lap as he sat the staring off into nothing. Patiently waiting for us morons to calm down.
Heero looked up trying to force himself into even a ghost of his usual attitude. "G-gomen." He gasped for a moment before trying again. "I'm sorry. I know you're probably getting annoyed with us."
Trowa for a fraction of a second froze.
Heero continued not noticing. "We don't mean to be an annoyance."
Trowa blinked for a moment and then reached for a pencil.
I could barely breathe so amazed was I. Heero hadn't noticed it, so busy was he apologizing for his strange behavior, but I saw it clear as day. A reation...Trowa had a *reaction* For a moment his world and ours collided. For a brief moment Trowa had been *there.*
I began trying to focus on my math, planning on telling Heero about my discovery afterwards. Forcing my rebellious mind to comply I stared down at the paper, quickly getting confused. I voiced my opinion and Trowa restarted the problem, going through all his work, his checks, and his diagrams. Still I couldn't see it. I couldn't see the difference between what I had done and what he did. "..Wait a moment!" I cried in frustration grabbing Trowa's hand.
The boy started, shoving forcibly away from the table. Then within the blink of an eye he was up and out the door.
The room hung in stunned silence.
Heero moved first, blinking slowly and rising to his feet grabbing his coat off the back of his chair. He looked at me expectantly. I rose also and we headed out, we didn't even see his parents on the way out. It was as if the house was empty.
On the walk back outside I pulled on Heero's coat for him to stop. "What happened in there?" I asked quietly, feeling at a loss.
His sigh was barely audible and a wisp of steam emanated from his mouth a slight breath. "I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you."
"Tell me what."
Cobalt eyes looked at me sadly. "No one *ever* touches Trowa." He glanced down. "He won't allow it. Not even his own parents."
I gaped in shock. "Why?"
"I don't know. It's just another of his quirks I guess."
It was unreal. He couldn't be touched? It was something I couldn't imagine. My family was very close. We often shared hugs and kisses. Before Iria left the two of us would curl up on the couch and watch movies. We were, more often then not, wrapped in the same blanket sharing a bowl of popcorn. How could you live in a world without human touch? Or any contact at all? Was Trowa so far from the "known and constant universe" that I so loved? It posed an interesting question.
Instantly I was reminded of what had also occurred inside the Barton house. "Hey Heero did you see what happened tonight?"
"Hai, he walked out."
I glared at him. "No the other thing. When we were laughing?"
"Nani?"
I groaned. "In english Heero I can't understand you."
"G- I'm sorry." He ducked his head. "What did you mean?"
"You mean you didn't see it?" I huffed.
"I could see that we were annoying him." He said in mild exasperation picking up the pace to me house.
"That's the point!" I cried. "We *were* annoying him."
My Japanese neighbor stopped. "..He..reacted."
I nodded "Yes he *did*. Then you said sorry because we were acting like idiots."
Heero looked at me, eyes wide with surprise and shock. "It was communication."
My smile was nearly splitting my face. "Yes, he was shocked when you said that. It was like he couldn't believe that we could tell what he was feeling." I thought for a moment. "Could he be getting used to us? Or maybe just us to him." I shook my head in confusion. "I really don't know. Being around him is like a puzzle in itself. I feel like I'm learning a whole different language."
"..I know what that is like." Heero stated softly, then after a moment's quiet "What do you want to do?"
"Yet again I don't know." I said, once again over-whelmed be my insecurities. Did I want this to go farther? Were we inserting ourselves where we really weren't welcome? "I don't know if what we've even seen so far is right." I stated. "He didn't ask for our help, and maybe if he doesn't want to communicate..Maybe we shouldn't bother." My voice sounded feeble and weak to my ears. It wasn't like me.
"Yet there is math." Heero had stopped at my door, his hand on the handle his eyes turned inward. Maybe he was going through the same battle as I?
From inside I could hear Duo laughing. His warm rich tone filled with happiness. I could see Heero's eyes flicker upon hearing it. The darkness around us seemed to get thicker. Here we were, moments from the familiar and fun, and yet with Trowa..only houses away from the unreal. I could feel the balance tipping in my heart. Looking back to Heero, I could see his grip on the handle tighten. His head turning even more when another burst of Duo's vibrant laughter could be heard. He wanted to be in there, but he was still making this my decision, my call. He wasn't about to bring others into it, or make Duo worry. He wanted an answer to his silently posed question before we stepped back into the familiar. I smiled softly at him, not knowing if he could see it on my face. ".Yes" I said my voice just above a whisper. "There is math."
***
^_^ Ohhh...Well now kiddies how was that one? Hehe. So what do you think is going to happen? Do you think Quatre is going to pull our silent Trowa out of his shell? ...You think so? Hmmmm...Well just you wait pets. Quatre is going to have to reach a little farther than he dares to go. It'll be hard on them I can promise you that.
I'm really quite amazed that this story is going so well. It beat out one of my others first chapter..*sob* Oh well. Here's a shameless plug. Go read my other stories. Go read them and tell me what you think. Uh..well at least read Wild Hunt. You'll like it. Um, I think you will at least. Ahahahahaha! *laughs manically* ...okay...I think I'm done.