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Part 1: The Sweetest Voice
Relena Peacecraft-Yuy walked into her sixteen-year-old daughter's room. Heeray Lena's room was a mess. She had her headphones on and she was writing musical notes. The sweet, harmonious sound of her humming was easy on the ears. A book of sloppily scribbled words was on her desk. Heeray Lena had not yet noticed her mother standing in the doorway.
Relena listened to her daughter hum. Why had she never noticed that she could sing? Oh, that's right. Heeray Lena refused to sing anywhere in public, let alone for her megastar mother.
" MOM!!" Another loud voice yelled. Relena turned toward her son. Jay was looking mangled as usual as his unruly hair kept falling in his face. Relena shushed him. He looked confused, then heard his quiet sister singing. He rolled his eyes. As if she could feel his eyes, Heeray Lena looked up. She took off her headphones.
" Is there something I could get for you?" Heeray Lena asked. Her wild bangs fluttered in her eyes. Unlike her brother, she didn't fight the inevitable. They were going to fall in her face whether she cared.
" First, I need you to get a clean room for me. Heeray Lena Peacecraft-Yuy, this is a pigsty. You own two rooms in this house and that's all I ask you to clean. Please do me that favor and clean this one. I don't even want to set foot in your studio room because I know it looks like shit." Relena took a breather. Heeray Lena just stared with her lazy eyes at her mother. The staring contest went on with Jay standing in the middle.
" I'm gonna be over here, aiight?" Jay stepped from between mother and daughter. Relena huffed and turned to storm off. She got halfway to her room before Heero stopped her.
" Where's the fire?" He groaned. Relena shook her head.
" It's your hardheaded daughter. She so stubborn it's unbelievable. She has talent, but she doesn't want to share it with anyone. Plus that room looks like the Finger of God touched it. Heeray Lena is one impossible girl!" Relena slammed the door to her room. Heero shook his head.
" I think Relena has finally met her match."
A week later, Heeray Lena, dressed in her school uniform, walked in the music room of St. Mary's School for High Achievers. She dropped her bag and walked to the large piano. It was a grand piano that was made of glass. It looked highly breakable. Heeray Lena smirked and sat down. Lifting the cover off of the keys, she fingered them. The keys seemed to fit her hands perfectly. She played a scale, then started on Moonlight Sonata, a song by Beethoven. Her fingers flew over the keys. She was so involved in the piano that she didn't hear Richie Wilson, her boyfriend walk in. He fingered a plastic bag in his pocket. When Heeray Lena finished her, a dull clapping was heard.
" That was excellent, Heeray. Why don't you ever take up singing or something? Afterall, your mother was one. You should uphold the family business."
" Shove your foot in your mouth, Rich. You are high and I'm sick of listening to you. When are you going to get off of that stuff? You're a smart boy. Don't be a retard by using that stuff." Heeray Lena said. Richie just smiled lopsidedly. Heeray Lena tried to go around him, but he pulled her into a kiss. Heeray Lena loved kissing him when he was high, because she liked it rough, but now he smelled of alcohol. She pushed away from him.
" You've been drinking, Rich. I'm going to call your mother." Heeray Lena tried again to pass him. Richie grabbed her, his eyes drooping.
" No, she'll kill me. I can't take the yelling. I'll stop. I promise." He pleaded, trying to stand straight up. Heeray Lena looked at him. She shook her head. Why did she believe everytime he said that that he would actually change? Why did she have to be so damn gullible? Why did she keep going back to the one thing that she should walk away from?
Relena came home from the record studio. She heard that voice again. It was Heeray singing. Following the sound, she ended up in Heeray Lena's studio room. Her daughter was once again so immersed in her work that she didn't notice her mother. She was singing something that Relena had never heard before. She knew that Heeray Lena could write her own songs, but this one she sang with so much feeling, it was scary.
" I'm signing her whether she likes it or not." Relena said. Then she reconsidered, seeing that Heeray was only sixteen. Maybe she didn't want to become a star yet. But she had the sweetest voice that Relena had ever heard. It was sultry and strong. It was too strong for someone her age to have. Relena as Heeray stopped singing and her deep Prussian blue eyes met hers.
" What are you doing?"
" Watching you. What are you doing?"
" Practicing for the talent show."
" Why didn't you tell me there was a talent show?"
" Because I didn't necessarily want you to come."
" How could you not want me to come? When is it, Heeray Lena?"
" Tomorrow." Heeray Lena said, getting up.
" I'll be there." Relena walked off, leaving Heeray Lena in her guilty wake.
AN: Yes, this is the prologue, I guess. But I'll call it Part 1. But anyway, Heeray Lena is younger than Jay, whose real name is Heero Jr., but they call him Jay! See ya!
Part 1: The Sweetest Voice
Relena Peacecraft-Yuy walked into her sixteen-year-old daughter's room. Heeray Lena's room was a mess. She had her headphones on and she was writing musical notes. The sweet, harmonious sound of her humming was easy on the ears. A book of sloppily scribbled words was on her desk. Heeray Lena had not yet noticed her mother standing in the doorway.
Relena listened to her daughter hum. Why had she never noticed that she could sing? Oh, that's right. Heeray Lena refused to sing anywhere in public, let alone for her megastar mother.
" MOM!!" Another loud voice yelled. Relena turned toward her son. Jay was looking mangled as usual as his unruly hair kept falling in his face. Relena shushed him. He looked confused, then heard his quiet sister singing. He rolled his eyes. As if she could feel his eyes, Heeray Lena looked up. She took off her headphones.
" Is there something I could get for you?" Heeray Lena asked. Her wild bangs fluttered in her eyes. Unlike her brother, she didn't fight the inevitable. They were going to fall in her face whether she cared.
" First, I need you to get a clean room for me. Heeray Lena Peacecraft-Yuy, this is a pigsty. You own two rooms in this house and that's all I ask you to clean. Please do me that favor and clean this one. I don't even want to set foot in your studio room because I know it looks like shit." Relena took a breather. Heeray Lena just stared with her lazy eyes at her mother. The staring contest went on with Jay standing in the middle.
" I'm gonna be over here, aiight?" Jay stepped from between mother and daughter. Relena huffed and turned to storm off. She got halfway to her room before Heero stopped her.
" Where's the fire?" He groaned. Relena shook her head.
" It's your hardheaded daughter. She so stubborn it's unbelievable. She has talent, but she doesn't want to share it with anyone. Plus that room looks like the Finger of God touched it. Heeray Lena is one impossible girl!" Relena slammed the door to her room. Heero shook his head.
" I think Relena has finally met her match."
A week later, Heeray Lena, dressed in her school uniform, walked in the music room of St. Mary's School for High Achievers. She dropped her bag and walked to the large piano. It was a grand piano that was made of glass. It looked highly breakable. Heeray Lena smirked and sat down. Lifting the cover off of the keys, she fingered them. The keys seemed to fit her hands perfectly. She played a scale, then started on Moonlight Sonata, a song by Beethoven. Her fingers flew over the keys. She was so involved in the piano that she didn't hear Richie Wilson, her boyfriend walk in. He fingered a plastic bag in his pocket. When Heeray Lena finished her, a dull clapping was heard.
" That was excellent, Heeray. Why don't you ever take up singing or something? Afterall, your mother was one. You should uphold the family business."
" Shove your foot in your mouth, Rich. You are high and I'm sick of listening to you. When are you going to get off of that stuff? You're a smart boy. Don't be a retard by using that stuff." Heeray Lena said. Richie just smiled lopsidedly. Heeray Lena tried to go around him, but he pulled her into a kiss. Heeray Lena loved kissing him when he was high, because she liked it rough, but now he smelled of alcohol. She pushed away from him.
" You've been drinking, Rich. I'm going to call your mother." Heeray Lena tried again to pass him. Richie grabbed her, his eyes drooping.
" No, she'll kill me. I can't take the yelling. I'll stop. I promise." He pleaded, trying to stand straight up. Heeray Lena looked at him. She shook her head. Why did she believe everytime he said that that he would actually change? Why did she have to be so damn gullible? Why did she keep going back to the one thing that she should walk away from?
Relena came home from the record studio. She heard that voice again. It was Heeray singing. Following the sound, she ended up in Heeray Lena's studio room. Her daughter was once again so immersed in her work that she didn't notice her mother. She was singing something that Relena had never heard before. She knew that Heeray Lena could write her own songs, but this one she sang with so much feeling, it was scary.
" I'm signing her whether she likes it or not." Relena said. Then she reconsidered, seeing that Heeray was only sixteen. Maybe she didn't want to become a star yet. But she had the sweetest voice that Relena had ever heard. It was sultry and strong. It was too strong for someone her age to have. Relena as Heeray stopped singing and her deep Prussian blue eyes met hers.
" What are you doing?"
" Watching you. What are you doing?"
" Practicing for the talent show."
" Why didn't you tell me there was a talent show?"
" Because I didn't necessarily want you to come."
" How could you not want me to come? When is it, Heeray Lena?"
" Tomorrow." Heeray Lena said, getting up.
" I'll be there." Relena walked off, leaving Heeray Lena in her guilty wake.
AN: Yes, this is the prologue, I guess. But I'll call it Part 1. But anyway, Heeray Lena is younger than Jay, whose real name is Heero Jr., but they call him Jay! See ya!
