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my full disclaimer I am honestly too lazy to write it again.
Gracious Living
Chapter 1
"Relena!" Miriam called "Hurry up! We don't want to be late!"
Relena bolted down the stairs her hands clumsly trying to put on an earing. "I'm sorry!" She called "I had no idea what time it was!" She finally caught up with the other girls Miriam, Caroline, and Brooke stood in the doorway in a neat little circle. They were the very image of college prep-dom. Dressed in pleated skirts, sweater sets, and pearls.
Brooke Graham flashed her all American girl smile at Relena "You look just Peachy!" She squealed "Is that charm bracelet Cartier?"
Relena looked at the gold bracelet dangling on her wrist and panted "I don't know. I got it as a gift."
"Well it's darling!" Brooke exclaimed. "Come on girls, lets get a move on!"
Brooke was the quintessencial Hamptons girl. She lived in a silver spoon world of country clubs, yachts, and cheerleading practice. She was preppy from the Tods shoes she bought in Malibu to the tip of her frighteningly perky ponytail, she was perfect pep to the hilt. Relena couldn't dislike her, even though she sometimes wanted to. Brooke was a nice girl, just a bit sheltered. In a way Relena envied her, Brooke lived in a rose-tinted world that she would never see.
The girls all piled into Miriam's massive SUV and headed towards the city. The ride was anything but silent. Relena let the bubbly giggles about Harvard boys and Prada bags gently fade into the background as she stared out the window and admired the scenery. New England was very beautiful in the fall.
The giggling had not subsided when they arrived at the circus. In fact it wasn't until the ring master called out "Ladies and Gentlemen!" That the last snicker faded away. "I give you the amazing Catherine and her brother Trowa in an act that defies nature! Ms. Catherine will now throw knives at her only beloved brother Trowa Barton!"
Relena's jaw nearly dropped to the floor. As the pair entered the ring, Relena felt a flurry of butterflies in her stomach. There he was, a gundam pilot standing about twenty feet away from her. 'God does that bring back memories!' Relena thought to herself.
The whole show seemed like a blur, Relena was drowning in her own thoughts. She thought about how much time had past since she's seen him, it had been years. 'Would he even recognize me?' she wondered. Her mind drifted from one pilot to the other as she pondered what had become of all the pilots. Had they gone home? Gotten normal jobs? Had nervous breakdowns and ended up lithium freaks in an institution? Her imagination ran rampantly. She hadn't minded at first until her mind began to drift to one pilot in particular....Heero Yuy.
After the show Relena made up a story about needing to find the bathroom and agreed to meet up with the girls in a while. They had wanted to check out the game tents that surrounded the circus because Brooke was just dying to win a giant teddy bear. Relena meanwhile creeped away in search of Trowa's dressing room.
Relena had lucked out, it was much easier to find than she had expected. Gently she knocked on the door, "Trowa?" She called, her voice was weak and barely above a whisper.
"Come in Catherine." She heard a response from within the trailer.
Relena stood paralyzed for a moment, unsure whether she should run away or open the door. Thankfully she was one step ahead of herself and her hand had already begun to turn the doorknob. "This isn't Catherine." She said softly.
"Then who is-" Trowa stopped mid-sentence his mouth was wide open as he stared at the petite figure in the doorway "Relena!" He exclaimed with surprise.
Relena smiled rather sheepishly "Uh, surprise?" She said as if she where asking him.
Trowa's expression changed, he smiled warmly at her "It's good to see you." He said quietly. "Come in, sit down, we have a lot to talk about I suppose."
Relena let out a sigh of relief, she was glad Trowa was happy to see her. She took him in for a moment, nothing much about him seemed to have changed except he seemed more friendly now, more open, and he had certainly said more than she had ever heard previously.
They talked for a while. The subjects of their conversation varied from past memories to recent accounts. Relena had enjoyed their conversation immensely. It was nice to talk to someone who understood that part of her life.
"So," she asked "Have you heard from any of the other pilots?"
Trowa nodded "Quatre has returned home, I hear his company is going quiet well. We keep in touch. Duo has been working odd jobs moving around quiet a bit, and Wufie is here in Boston. I think he works at a martial arts school around here, and I am almost possitive he goes to school in the area."
"And what about," Relena hesitated for a moment, "Heero?" That last word felt like a stone rolling off of her tongue.
Trowa shook his head "I haven't heard anything about him, he just, disappeared." Relena's heart plummeted. "Oh." She said in a barely audible voice.
Trowa sensed her disapointment "I'm sorry." He said.
"No, it's fine." She replied. She sensed the silence around them, it made the air thick and unbearable. "I should probably get going, I'm supposed to meet my ride soon," She pulled a piece of paper and a pen out from her purse "Here's my number if you are staying here for a couple of days maybe you can call and visit. It's been very nice seeing you."
Trowa smiled and waved as she got up "I'll be here for a couple more days, I'll see what I can do." He replied.
"Great!" She said, and hurried out the door.
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Muffin Peterson pranced around the common room handing out invitations to all the girls her voice rang across the room "Ladies we have a mixer with a bunch of colleges in Boston! I'm not taking no for an answer, everyone is going! They'll be Harvard boys and coctails there!" She practically sang.
Muffin or "The Gracious Mascot" as the other girls jokingly refered to her had enough energy to run a nuclear power plant. She was the ultra bubbly ultra perky Beverly Hills princess. She made Brooke look like a dead- beat, and that wasn't easy. In truth Relena wasn't to keen on Muffin, she just seemed so fake, but she kept her thoughts to herself and silently accepted the invitation.
Relena turned Emma desperately searching for words she said the first thing that came to mind "So what are you gonna wear?" By the time she realized what she was saying it was too late. Emma's eyes already widdened with terror. The blood drained from her already pale face as she stuttered "I-I, I don't know."
Relena felt shame creep up on her like a spider crawling up her back.'Poor Emma,' She thought to herself 'This party must sound like a death toll to her, especially after her expierences with that awful guy. And they had to be guys from Harvard, didn't they? Why couldn't they be from Amherst? or Brandies? Or any place but Harvard?'
"I'm sorry," Relena stumbled "That was totally inappropriate of me, I can't appologize enough, I hope I didn't upset you...."
"It's ok," Emma replied "It's really ok."
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Heero watched Relena silently through the window. She and the other girls were dressing up for some sort of an event. He watched as she pulled her hair up and brunette girl clasped her necklace. She looked beautiful, her body gently accentuated by the mint green satin of her dress "No Yuy!" He muttered to himself "Stop it! She is your mission, and nothing more. Remember that. And what would you do with the former Queen of the World, anyways?" A voice inside him whispered "You couldn't afford her, not to mention someone who has killed hundreds of others like you have doesn't deserve that. She's heaven, and your filth! Remember that! Now focus!"
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Relena smoothed out her dress and looked in the mirror, she picked up a couple of hair pins and started to do her hair. All the girls were getting ready for the mixer. The bathroom door was open and through the mirror she could see what was happening in the next room. Emma was sitting on her bed looking rather forlorn. The layers of sheer fabric from her dress scattered around her like an eatherial mist. That particular shade of dusty rose was very becoming on her Relena noticed.
In front of her where Veronica and Georgia trying to cheer her up. Their efforts unfortunately were fruitless. Emma was shaking with fear and dread. Lydia was in the doorway modeling a simple lilac dress. Her cartoonish gestures finally managed to crack a smile out of Emma. Relena was relieved 'Atleast she's not completely hopeless.' She thought.
After taking on final look in the mirror she walked back to her room. All the girls were dressed very prettily. Veronica wore a dress that expressed her wild side (which Relena was now more than familiar with) it was a red coctail dress that came down to her knees with a scandelously low neckline. Georgia wore a bright flowered dress, and Lydia wore a simple violet dress. Relena now stopped to admire Emma's attire. She hadn't seen anything quiet like it. The style looked like something from the 1920s. Layers and layers of sheer fabric gathered under chest with a fabric rose.
"You look great!" She exclaimed "All of you. Emma I love your dress!"
Emma smiled uneasily, she would have rather looked godawful "Uh, thanks."
"You look so pretty Relena!" Georgia said with her bright southern comfort smile.
"Come on we better hurry downstairs Ms. Prince is gonna take a group picture."
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Duo grumbled some rather colorful language under his breath as his boss handed him a pile of glasses to be put at the bar. 'Of all the jobs in Boston I had to be working at this stupid snooty hotel with it's stupid snooty coctail lounge. And they're stupid snooty parties that happen every frickin day! Where all the cool jobs? Why couldn't I be a bouncer at a club or something?....' His thoughts trailed off.
He tried to focus on putting away the glasses as quickly as possible there was very little time left before the scheduled party would arrive. His efforts however where fruitless. 'The Harvard and Mt. Holyoke Mixer?' Duo thought 'What kind of name is that? Who calls a party "a mixer"? How lame can you get? And with colleges, I mean college bashes are supposed to have cool names! The only reason I'd ever go to college would be for parties! And I wouldn't want to go to something called a mixer....'
"Duo!" The voice of his boss rang so loud he nearly shattered the glasses "Hurry up for Christ's sake! They'll be here any minute!' And back to work it was for poor Duo.
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The girls all went their separate ways as they entered the coctail lounge. Veronica headed straight to the bar to get drinks for her and her friends, Emma and Relena headed towards an unoccupied table, the rest of the girls drifted towards small cliques of boys from the Harvard fencing team and crew team.
Relena didn't really feel like talking to anyone, somewhere in the back of her mind she knew that no one could match a certain pilot that shall remain nameless. She also really wanted to keep Emma company, who looked like she was headed for execution.
She put her hand on Emma's shoulder and softly said "Relax, nothing is going to happen." Emma looked up at her with a forced smile "Ok."
Duo popped up from under the bar, his gaze was met by a female's rather exposing neckline. He turned bright red for a minute and then fully stood up to meet a pair of sparkling brown eyes. "Hi!" The dark haired girl exclaimed "Can I get a gin tonic and two mimosas for table uh-" She looked back and squinted "Table four?"
"Yea, I'll have 'em right over there sexy!" He replied with a wink. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
As she sat back down at her table Veronica looked around. Suddenly her face was overcome by a look of pure shock "Oh my god! Relena this is nuts!" She explained "It's Bobby Drake! Jesus! He and I went to highschool together! How the fuck did he get into Harvard? I mean his family was rich but no one could pay Bobby's way into Harvard! Sure he was bright, but that kid had a discipline record from here to the nearest space colony." She laughed for a moment "I bet he's on the fencing team, he was pretty quick with his reflexes. You guys, I gotta go and catch up I'll talk to you later!" She jumped from the table and bolted towards her old friend.
Emma wrapped her arms around herself as she looked at Relena "Is it just me or is it freezing in here?"
Relena looked at Emma puzzled for a moment. It was not cold in the room, on the contrary it was very warm. "I don't think so." She replied. Something about Emma was very strange, Relena couldn't quiet put her finger on it. She had no time to think for she was interupted.
"Here are your drinks la-OH MY GOD RELENA!" Duo exclaimed, nearly dropping the tray in his hand.
Relena looked up to meet the wide violet eyes of a certain braided pilot. "Duo!" She replied with an equal surprise. "You work here?" Her stomach plummeted. This was the price of peace. Duo, who fought for the world was now reduced, to a waiter. It wasn't a stretch of the imagination, now that she thought about it. He did skip out on quiet a few years of school while he was a pilot, and after the war why would anyone need a guy who could run a gundam?
"Sure do princess." Duo replied in a lack luster tone "Here are your drinks. I better get going before the boss kills me." He started to turn away when he felt Relena's hand on his shoulder.
"Wait!" She said "We have so much we could catch up on. I think it would be a shame if we didn't. Let me write down my phone number, Trowa is town for a while and maybe we can all get together, I heard Wufei is here too..." She trailed off.
"That would be nice princess." Duo said, a half-hearted grin crossed his features. "Come to the bar in a little bit and give it to me. I gotta get the rest of these drinks out, you would be surprised at how pissed off customers can get when they don't have their drinks!" With that Duo turned away and rushed off.
'So that's what happened to her.' Duo thought to himself as he proceeded with handing out Cosmopolitians and glasses of wine. 'What did you expect?' A voice in his head chimed 'Of course she would go to college. What did you think she'd do become a waitress? Face it Maxwell, you're not like her. She probably had tudors making sure she was on track in school or something, besides unlike you she could actually afford college....' Duo's punitive concience droned on and on about him being a failure, thankfully he had learned to ignore it.
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"Relena," Emma addressed her quietly "I think I'm going to go home now. I'm really tired."
Relena raised an eyebrow "It's only eight thirty."
"I know," Emma answered "But I'm completely whiped out. I can barely stay awake. I'll talk to you later, okay?"
Relena sighed, "Ok, goodnight.
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Heero opened the window silently and crept into the moonlit room. His eyes wandered to Relena. She looked like an angel sleeping there, her hair spread around her liking a golden aura. He reached over and gently touched her face. He didn't know what he was doing there, but it somehow felt right. Suddenly he heard a rustling to his left.
Emma sat up in her bed and looked around, there was a shadowed figure sitting on the edge of Relena's bed, a man. Without thinking she screamed "Relena! Oh my god Relena! There's a burgler in our room!" Heero cursed under his breath.....
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Dum dum dum.....Cliff hanger! Alright thanks so much to everyone who reviewed the first chapter. I know it was a little boring, but this one is slightly more exciting I think. PLEASE Review. I want to know what you think. I also need ideas so leave comments. Thanks so much bye!
Chapter 1
"Relena!" Miriam called "Hurry up! We don't want to be late!"
Relena bolted down the stairs her hands clumsly trying to put on an earing. "I'm sorry!" She called "I had no idea what time it was!" She finally caught up with the other girls Miriam, Caroline, and Brooke stood in the doorway in a neat little circle. They were the very image of college prep-dom. Dressed in pleated skirts, sweater sets, and pearls.
Brooke Graham flashed her all American girl smile at Relena "You look just Peachy!" She squealed "Is that charm bracelet Cartier?"
Relena looked at the gold bracelet dangling on her wrist and panted "I don't know. I got it as a gift."
"Well it's darling!" Brooke exclaimed. "Come on girls, lets get a move on!"
Brooke was the quintessencial Hamptons girl. She lived in a silver spoon world of country clubs, yachts, and cheerleading practice. She was preppy from the Tods shoes she bought in Malibu to the tip of her frighteningly perky ponytail, she was perfect pep to the hilt. Relena couldn't dislike her, even though she sometimes wanted to. Brooke was a nice girl, just a bit sheltered. In a way Relena envied her, Brooke lived in a rose-tinted world that she would never see.
The girls all piled into Miriam's massive SUV and headed towards the city. The ride was anything but silent. Relena let the bubbly giggles about Harvard boys and Prada bags gently fade into the background as she stared out the window and admired the scenery. New England was very beautiful in the fall.
The giggling had not subsided when they arrived at the circus. In fact it wasn't until the ring master called out "Ladies and Gentlemen!" That the last snicker faded away. "I give you the amazing Catherine and her brother Trowa in an act that defies nature! Ms. Catherine will now throw knives at her only beloved brother Trowa Barton!"
Relena's jaw nearly dropped to the floor. As the pair entered the ring, Relena felt a flurry of butterflies in her stomach. There he was, a gundam pilot standing about twenty feet away from her. 'God does that bring back memories!' Relena thought to herself.
The whole show seemed like a blur, Relena was drowning in her own thoughts. She thought about how much time had past since she's seen him, it had been years. 'Would he even recognize me?' she wondered. Her mind drifted from one pilot to the other as she pondered what had become of all the pilots. Had they gone home? Gotten normal jobs? Had nervous breakdowns and ended up lithium freaks in an institution? Her imagination ran rampantly. She hadn't minded at first until her mind began to drift to one pilot in particular....Heero Yuy.
After the show Relena made up a story about needing to find the bathroom and agreed to meet up with the girls in a while. They had wanted to check out the game tents that surrounded the circus because Brooke was just dying to win a giant teddy bear. Relena meanwhile creeped away in search of Trowa's dressing room.
Relena had lucked out, it was much easier to find than she had expected. Gently she knocked on the door, "Trowa?" She called, her voice was weak and barely above a whisper.
"Come in Catherine." She heard a response from within the trailer.
Relena stood paralyzed for a moment, unsure whether she should run away or open the door. Thankfully she was one step ahead of herself and her hand had already begun to turn the doorknob. "This isn't Catherine." She said softly.
"Then who is-" Trowa stopped mid-sentence his mouth was wide open as he stared at the petite figure in the doorway "Relena!" He exclaimed with surprise.
Relena smiled rather sheepishly "Uh, surprise?" She said as if she where asking him.
Trowa's expression changed, he smiled warmly at her "It's good to see you." He said quietly. "Come in, sit down, we have a lot to talk about I suppose."
Relena let out a sigh of relief, she was glad Trowa was happy to see her. She took him in for a moment, nothing much about him seemed to have changed except he seemed more friendly now, more open, and he had certainly said more than she had ever heard previously.
They talked for a while. The subjects of their conversation varied from past memories to recent accounts. Relena had enjoyed their conversation immensely. It was nice to talk to someone who understood that part of her life.
"So," she asked "Have you heard from any of the other pilots?"
Trowa nodded "Quatre has returned home, I hear his company is going quiet well. We keep in touch. Duo has been working odd jobs moving around quiet a bit, and Wufie is here in Boston. I think he works at a martial arts school around here, and I am almost possitive he goes to school in the area."
"And what about," Relena hesitated for a moment, "Heero?" That last word felt like a stone rolling off of her tongue.
Trowa shook his head "I haven't heard anything about him, he just, disappeared." Relena's heart plummeted. "Oh." She said in a barely audible voice.
Trowa sensed her disapointment "I'm sorry." He said.
"No, it's fine." She replied. She sensed the silence around them, it made the air thick and unbearable. "I should probably get going, I'm supposed to meet my ride soon," She pulled a piece of paper and a pen out from her purse "Here's my number if you are staying here for a couple of days maybe you can call and visit. It's been very nice seeing you."
Trowa smiled and waved as she got up "I'll be here for a couple more days, I'll see what I can do." He replied.
"Great!" She said, and hurried out the door.
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Muffin Peterson pranced around the common room handing out invitations to all the girls her voice rang across the room "Ladies we have a mixer with a bunch of colleges in Boston! I'm not taking no for an answer, everyone is going! They'll be Harvard boys and coctails there!" She practically sang.
Muffin or "The Gracious Mascot" as the other girls jokingly refered to her had enough energy to run a nuclear power plant. She was the ultra bubbly ultra perky Beverly Hills princess. She made Brooke look like a dead- beat, and that wasn't easy. In truth Relena wasn't to keen on Muffin, she just seemed so fake, but she kept her thoughts to herself and silently accepted the invitation.
Relena turned Emma desperately searching for words she said the first thing that came to mind "So what are you gonna wear?" By the time she realized what she was saying it was too late. Emma's eyes already widdened with terror. The blood drained from her already pale face as she stuttered "I-I, I don't know."
Relena felt shame creep up on her like a spider crawling up her back.'Poor Emma,' She thought to herself 'This party must sound like a death toll to her, especially after her expierences with that awful guy. And they had to be guys from Harvard, didn't they? Why couldn't they be from Amherst? or Brandies? Or any place but Harvard?'
"I'm sorry," Relena stumbled "That was totally inappropriate of me, I can't appologize enough, I hope I didn't upset you...."
"It's ok," Emma replied "It's really ok."
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Heero watched Relena silently through the window. She and the other girls were dressing up for some sort of an event. He watched as she pulled her hair up and brunette girl clasped her necklace. She looked beautiful, her body gently accentuated by the mint green satin of her dress "No Yuy!" He muttered to himself "Stop it! She is your mission, and nothing more. Remember that. And what would you do with the former Queen of the World, anyways?" A voice inside him whispered "You couldn't afford her, not to mention someone who has killed hundreds of others like you have doesn't deserve that. She's heaven, and your filth! Remember that! Now focus!"
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Relena smoothed out her dress and looked in the mirror, she picked up a couple of hair pins and started to do her hair. All the girls were getting ready for the mixer. The bathroom door was open and through the mirror she could see what was happening in the next room. Emma was sitting on her bed looking rather forlorn. The layers of sheer fabric from her dress scattered around her like an eatherial mist. That particular shade of dusty rose was very becoming on her Relena noticed.
In front of her where Veronica and Georgia trying to cheer her up. Their efforts unfortunately were fruitless. Emma was shaking with fear and dread. Lydia was in the doorway modeling a simple lilac dress. Her cartoonish gestures finally managed to crack a smile out of Emma. Relena was relieved 'Atleast she's not completely hopeless.' She thought.
After taking on final look in the mirror she walked back to her room. All the girls were dressed very prettily. Veronica wore a dress that expressed her wild side (which Relena was now more than familiar with) it was a red coctail dress that came down to her knees with a scandelously low neckline. Georgia wore a bright flowered dress, and Lydia wore a simple violet dress. Relena now stopped to admire Emma's attire. She hadn't seen anything quiet like it. The style looked like something from the 1920s. Layers and layers of sheer fabric gathered under chest with a fabric rose.
"You look great!" She exclaimed "All of you. Emma I love your dress!"
Emma smiled uneasily, she would have rather looked godawful "Uh, thanks."
"You look so pretty Relena!" Georgia said with her bright southern comfort smile.
"Come on we better hurry downstairs Ms. Prince is gonna take a group picture."
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Duo grumbled some rather colorful language under his breath as his boss handed him a pile of glasses to be put at the bar. 'Of all the jobs in Boston I had to be working at this stupid snooty hotel with it's stupid snooty coctail lounge. And they're stupid snooty parties that happen every frickin day! Where all the cool jobs? Why couldn't I be a bouncer at a club or something?....' His thoughts trailed off.
He tried to focus on putting away the glasses as quickly as possible there was very little time left before the scheduled party would arrive. His efforts however where fruitless. 'The Harvard and Mt. Holyoke Mixer?' Duo thought 'What kind of name is that? Who calls a party "a mixer"? How lame can you get? And with colleges, I mean college bashes are supposed to have cool names! The only reason I'd ever go to college would be for parties! And I wouldn't want to go to something called a mixer....'
"Duo!" The voice of his boss rang so loud he nearly shattered the glasses "Hurry up for Christ's sake! They'll be here any minute!' And back to work it was for poor Duo.
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The girls all went their separate ways as they entered the coctail lounge. Veronica headed straight to the bar to get drinks for her and her friends, Emma and Relena headed towards an unoccupied table, the rest of the girls drifted towards small cliques of boys from the Harvard fencing team and crew team.
Relena didn't really feel like talking to anyone, somewhere in the back of her mind she knew that no one could match a certain pilot that shall remain nameless. She also really wanted to keep Emma company, who looked like she was headed for execution.
She put her hand on Emma's shoulder and softly said "Relax, nothing is going to happen." Emma looked up at her with a forced smile "Ok."
Duo popped up from under the bar, his gaze was met by a female's rather exposing neckline. He turned bright red for a minute and then fully stood up to meet a pair of sparkling brown eyes. "Hi!" The dark haired girl exclaimed "Can I get a gin tonic and two mimosas for table uh-" She looked back and squinted "Table four?"
"Yea, I'll have 'em right over there sexy!" He replied with a wink. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
As she sat back down at her table Veronica looked around. Suddenly her face was overcome by a look of pure shock "Oh my god! Relena this is nuts!" She explained "It's Bobby Drake! Jesus! He and I went to highschool together! How the fuck did he get into Harvard? I mean his family was rich but no one could pay Bobby's way into Harvard! Sure he was bright, but that kid had a discipline record from here to the nearest space colony." She laughed for a moment "I bet he's on the fencing team, he was pretty quick with his reflexes. You guys, I gotta go and catch up I'll talk to you later!" She jumped from the table and bolted towards her old friend.
Emma wrapped her arms around herself as she looked at Relena "Is it just me or is it freezing in here?"
Relena looked at Emma puzzled for a moment. It was not cold in the room, on the contrary it was very warm. "I don't think so." She replied. Something about Emma was very strange, Relena couldn't quiet put her finger on it. She had no time to think for she was interupted.
"Here are your drinks la-OH MY GOD RELENA!" Duo exclaimed, nearly dropping the tray in his hand.
Relena looked up to meet the wide violet eyes of a certain braided pilot. "Duo!" She replied with an equal surprise. "You work here?" Her stomach plummeted. This was the price of peace. Duo, who fought for the world was now reduced, to a waiter. It wasn't a stretch of the imagination, now that she thought about it. He did skip out on quiet a few years of school while he was a pilot, and after the war why would anyone need a guy who could run a gundam?
"Sure do princess." Duo replied in a lack luster tone "Here are your drinks. I better get going before the boss kills me." He started to turn away when he felt Relena's hand on his shoulder.
"Wait!" She said "We have so much we could catch up on. I think it would be a shame if we didn't. Let me write down my phone number, Trowa is town for a while and maybe we can all get together, I heard Wufei is here too..." She trailed off.
"That would be nice princess." Duo said, a half-hearted grin crossed his features. "Come to the bar in a little bit and give it to me. I gotta get the rest of these drinks out, you would be surprised at how pissed off customers can get when they don't have their drinks!" With that Duo turned away and rushed off.
'So that's what happened to her.' Duo thought to himself as he proceeded with handing out Cosmopolitians and glasses of wine. 'What did you expect?' A voice in his head chimed 'Of course she would go to college. What did you think she'd do become a waitress? Face it Maxwell, you're not like her. She probably had tudors making sure she was on track in school or something, besides unlike you she could actually afford college....' Duo's punitive concience droned on and on about him being a failure, thankfully he had learned to ignore it.
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"Relena," Emma addressed her quietly "I think I'm going to go home now. I'm really tired."
Relena raised an eyebrow "It's only eight thirty."
"I know," Emma answered "But I'm completely whiped out. I can barely stay awake. I'll talk to you later, okay?"
Relena sighed, "Ok, goodnight.
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Heero opened the window silently and crept into the moonlit room. His eyes wandered to Relena. She looked like an angel sleeping there, her hair spread around her liking a golden aura. He reached over and gently touched her face. He didn't know what he was doing there, but it somehow felt right. Suddenly he heard a rustling to his left.
Emma sat up in her bed and looked around, there was a shadowed figure sitting on the edge of Relena's bed, a man. Without thinking she screamed "Relena! Oh my god Relena! There's a burgler in our room!" Heero cursed under his breath.....
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Dum dum dum.....Cliff hanger! Alright thanks so much to everyone who reviewed the first chapter. I know it was a little boring, but this one is slightly more exciting I think. PLEASE Review. I want to know what you think. I also need ideas so leave comments. Thanks so much bye!
