Unexpected visitors.
A loud knock bellowed through the wooden door. Trowa and Duo stopped as they looked at it confused. Duo looked to Trowa, giving a bit of a weird look. Trowa walked to the door as he opened it up. A tall, thin and lanky girl stood next to a boy who was pretty fair and had black hair that was tied back into a tight pony tail. The girl had light brown hair that fell down to the midst of her back. Her blue eyes looked to Trowa, as she bent down and bowed some what.
"..Trowa Barton I presume?"
She asked as she stood straight up and smiled at him.
"..Yes.." Trowa nodded.
"..It's me Relena."
The girl said pointing to the boy next to her
"...and Wu-fei."
Trowa's eyes lit up as he moved to the side letting the two friends inside. Closing the door behind them, the two people walked to the living room as they were followed by Duo and Trowa.
"..It's been along time Trowa"
Wu - fei said as he sat down on the couch looking to Relena, who too sat down.
Trowa nodded
"...Yes. So what brings you guys here?"
"Well actually we were to inform you all that Quatre is due to be back at his mansion and that we are in search of more Gundam Pilots." Relena said as she crossed her legs.
Just then the balcony door swung open as Heero and Kim came in. Heero had Kim on his back as if he was giving her a piggy-back-ride. Heero stood there not saying anything as he looked to Relena. Relena looked back to him and smiled,
"...Hello Heero"
Heero nodded as he took Kim into his bedroom closing the door behind him. Relena watched Heero. Her face which had a smile on it was now disfigured into a frown. Relena looked to her lap where she thought of the possible reasons why Heero only nodded to her, with out saying anything. It's been about 2 years since the encounter with Dacan. Everyone has changed since then and have become more open and different.
Ashley walked out of the kitchen with the apron still on. She had a hold of a try with cookies on it. Walking to the people in the living room she set the try on the coffee table. Looking to Relena and Wu - fei, Ashley smiled.
"..Oh hey!..you guys made it" Ashley said as she took a seat next to Duo.
"..Yes. "
"Did you have trouble finding the place?"
"...No" Relena replied.
Trowa looked to Duo. Duo then looked to Ashley. He leaned into her and whispered
"...You knew they were coming?"
Ashley nodded,
"..Yeah they called for directions here. They told me who they were. They said that they knew you guys and that they were looking for pilots. I volenteered, sorta."
"WHAT!?"
Duo stood up as he looked to Relena and pointed to Ashley
"Your seriously not considering letting her pilot a Gundam are you?"
Relena nodded
"..Yes we have 4 new Gundams. We need some one to pilot them and we have made replicas of your old ones that were destroyed after the Dacan incident.
Steph, Heero, Kim and Quatre walked out as they looked to the crowd in the living room.
Relena looked to Kim and Steph smiling.
"It looks like we found our other 2 pilots"
Steph looked to Relena perking a brow.
"Pilots?...as in air plane pilots?" she asked as she sat down next to Trowa.
"..No Gundam pilots. You'd pilot huge armed mechas. With a high energy level and up to date weapons along with armor that is almost impossible to penetrate.
"..Okay! count us in" Kim and Steph cheered as they smiled.
"So that's what a Gundam is. Nice to know eh?" she said and winked at Duo. His mouth dropped and stared at her in disbelief.
"We're going to Japan!!!!!!" Kim shouted repeatedly as she jumped up and down. Then her head started to hurt again.
"Heero." she said dazed.
"Yah."
"Catch me." Kim said just before she collapsed. Heero caught her before she hit the floor and rolled his eyes.
" You have got to stop doing that. I'm never letting you drink again. I am the one that will always have to take care of you."
Relena was not pleased at this display of kindness and possible affection that Heero showed to Kim but she never showed it.
Trowa stood up as he looked to Relena.
"With all due respect Ms. Relena, but...do these girls have what it takes?"
"Of course they do. They'll go through rigorous training and plus we would like to see more females on the armed forces."
Relena replied as she looked to Heero,no being able to keep her eyes off of him.
Duo looked to the cookies. Smiling he grabbed a couple in his hand and made a dart out to the balcony as her closed the door behind him. Ashley jumped up as she ran after him banging on the balcony door she yelled at him
"..DUO YOU IDIOT. THATS FOR THE GUESTS. NOT TO FILL YOUR GUT!!"
Ashley jumped up and down as she tried the get the door open but couldn't. Duo stuffed the cookies into his mouth as fast as he could while keeping Ashley on the other side of the glass.
Relena looked at Ashley and Duo dumbfounded.
"...Uh?" she pointed to them in abit of shock
"..Are they always like that?"
Steph laughed
"..Yeah...they kinda have a love hate relastionship going on. They both like each other but they're to stubborn to admit it."
Ashley and Duo still squablled by the door as Heero sat Kim down. Looking to Relena he kept a straight face
"...So when do we leave for Quatre's mansion?"
"Tomorrow at the soonest. We have to get your training done and get the Gundams bulit up to your likings."
Relena replied as she took a cookie and began to eat it slowly in an elegant mannor. I'll aslo be a pilot.
Wu-fei stood up as he looked to Steph and Kim
"..You guys better go get your stuff ready. We have a private plane leaving tomorrow morning at 10:00am. Heero and Quatre will escort you guys to your houses so you can get your stuff."
Heero and Quatre nodded in agreement.
"..And Ahsley will be escorted by Duo" Wu-fei said as he turned to the black haired girl.
Ashley stopped banging on the balcony door as she looked to Wu - fei and gave him a death glare. Duo opened the door. He put his hand on Ashley's shoulder and pushed her to the ground, catching her off guard. Duo jumped over Ahsley as he ran into his room and locked the door.
Ashley sat on the floor looking to Wu-fei
"...I'm going to kill him yet..."
Wu-fei Shrugged as he looked to Relena
"..Well Relena shall we go?"
Relena sat up as she smiled
"Yes..we have much to prepare for."
Relena looked to the 3 girls,
"...It was very nice to meet you girls. I'm glad that you guys are willing to help us out. I'll tell you about your mission once we get on the plane." Waving to the 3 girls she makes her way to the door. She then looks back to Heero.
"...It was nice to see you agian Heero."
Relena and Wu-fei walked out of the door as Heero stared to the door not saying anything. Kim walked over and smacked Heero in the back of the arm.
"...What's with her? How do you to know each other?" Kim asked in wondering.
Heero turned to Kim.
"...It's a long story. I was suppose to kill her before..."
"..Well why didn't you? I don't like her snub personality."
Heero smirked lightly.
"..She was raised like that. I really don't like her much eaither."
Ashley got up as she walked to Duo's bedroom door. Banging on it she frowned
"...Duo!..You have to take me home so I can get my stuff....NOW!" she yelled.
Duo's voice was heard from inside the bedroom.
"..Ask nicely" he said in a sooky way.
"Pleeeease Duo" Ashley said as she layed her hands on the door,putting her ear to it.
"Okay..thats better" Duo opened the door as he looked to Ashley. "..Lets go then."
Ashley threw her skirt up over her hips as she made her way to the door and put on her shoes. Duo and Ashley made there way out and down the stairs as the walked to her house.
Shortly after Kim, Heero, Steph and Quatre left as well. They were to meet back at the apartment in 2 hours.
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Kim and Heero walked into her house. Kim ran up stairs to pack her stuff as Heero looked around. Walking into the living room he looked to the walls. He examined some school pictures of Kim and her brother. This made Heero envious. He never really had a family to call his own. He was always alone and left with no friends becides the other piolets. Kim thumped down the stairs as she had a book bag straped to her back. Walking into the kitchen Kim left a note for her parents saying that she was going to Japan and that she would call.
Kim really didn't care that she would get in trouble. It's not like her parents could make her come home or anything. Japan was on the other side of the world. Kim looked to Heero and frowned when she saw thw sad expression on his face.
"You Ok?" she cautiously asked Heero.
"Yah. Um... Nice house."
"Thanks, I guess. Anyway let's split."
"Yah. Want to go and get some dinner?"
"Yah!!!!"
With that Kim and Heero made their way out of the house. Kim locked up after they left. They caught the bus and headed towards "..Cheeche's " restaurant on the harbour.
Meanwhile,
~*~*~*~*~*
Duo and Ashley where in her room. Ashley took her clothes out of her dresser as she stuffed them in her dufflebag. Duo looked to a picture of a tall ma. He had dark hair and a moustache. He had a little girl at the age of 10 on his shoulders. They were leaning into the camera giving the victory sign with their fingers. The little girl on his shoulders smiled wide. Her hair was as black as the night sky.
Ashley looked over her shoulder as she looked to Duo.
"..Oh...uh that's me and my dad..." she said as she zippered up her dufflebag.
Duo turned to Ashley.
"...Where is he to now?" he asked, tilting his to the side.
"..He's gone...." Ashley looked away as she then looked to a small crystal dolphin that sat on her dresser.
"...He gave me that before he died."
She spoke with a low voice and a smile crossed her face as if the conversation didn't bother her but it did.
Ashley's cat Skyler walked into her room as she jumped up and sat on Ashley's bag. Skyler looked up to Ashley with sad eyes as if she was wanting to come a long. Ashley bent down as she picked up the cat.
"....She's got to come with me Duo" Looking to Duo with hopeful eyes Ashley smiled.
"..Can she?"
Duo nodded. "..Sure I don't see why not."
"..Okay good" Ashley said as she held the black cat in one arm and picked up her duffelbag.
"I guess this is it..."
Ashley looked around her room once more before leaving. Closing her bedroom door she then walked down the stairs. Her and Duo walked out of the house and got in his car as they made their way towards the mall.
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At this time Quatre and Steph already had her stuff packed and were at the hockey arena watching an all stars hockey team play. This was the very first time Quatre had seen a hockey game. Steph was pointing out all the flaws as she tried to tell Quatre how the game worked and about all the different kinds of penalties you could get. Every time that someone would get a goal Quatre would jump from his seat and yell. Even though he never really had a favorite team to cheer for.
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Ashley and Duo walked into the mall as they came to a toy store. Ashley ran off into the teddy bear section as Duo watched her leave he shook his head.
"..Ah...girls and their stuffed animals."
Turning around Duo left the store and headed into a jewelary store. Yeah. everything was all nice to look at and all. but some of the prices were outragous. Duo walked down the small isle as he looked at a pendant inside a glass case. He leaned in to get a better look. Duo put his face right up to the glass.
A small pendant with a silver chain and a heart locket at the end. On the shiny sliver part of the locket was a whale that was engraved into it. This was now the time to start thinking about Christmas gifts seeing that it was getting close to that time of year once agian. Duo knew that he would be spending Christmas with his friends, Kim, Steph and of course the most important person.....Ashley.
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Kim and Heero sat in whit plastic chairs that were set up off to the side of the restaurant. The view was perfect. The waves crashed against the wooden dock and the water reflected the stars. The night sky above their head became clear without a cloud in the sky.
Kim sat eating her sushi as she chuckled lightly.
"...Boy Ashley would love to be here right now."
Heero looked at her and tilted his head to the side
"..Why do you say that?"
"Oh...she loves the ocean. Not only that but I'm eating her favorite."
Kim giggled as she took another bite before speaking agian
"..sushi!!"
She looked over to Heero who was looking out at the water.
"Thanks for inviting me." Kim blushed as she said it.
"It's nothing. I asked you out on Friday and since we'd probably be training, I decided to take you out tonight. Is that OK?" He asked the blushing girl.
"That's fine."
She said. He smiled at her with a kind, warm snile that she had never seen before. It kind of suprised her. She found it hard to look away from Heero so she just sat there and watched him.
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That morning around 12:00am, all the friends met back at the apartment. They all settled in for a long rest since they had to get up early the next morning. Ashley took over Duo's bed once again as Duo slept at the foot of it. Kim slept in Heero's bed and Heero slept streatched out over her stomach, snoring slightly. Quatre and Steph slept cuddled up to each other. Their dreams filled their heads slowly but surely. The moon became hazy and barely even seen. The sound of cars out side passed over the paved road. It began to rain. Ashley's eyes opened after having a nightmare. Her gaze set upon the clock in the dark room. It was 3:00am. Her eyes looked to the window as she watched the emptiness of the rain drops hit against the glass softly. Curling up in her bed she closed her eyes. A single tear rolled down her cheek. As it trickled down she spoke softly.
"...Dad....".
*Authors Note. Sorry about the mix up in chapters. I hope this makes more scense. Thanks Ashley for pointing it out. .^_^.
A loud knock bellowed through the wooden door. Trowa and Duo stopped as they looked at it confused. Duo looked to Trowa, giving a bit of a weird look. Trowa walked to the door as he opened it up. A tall, thin and lanky girl stood next to a boy who was pretty fair and had black hair that was tied back into a tight pony tail. The girl had light brown hair that fell down to the midst of her back. Her blue eyes looked to Trowa, as she bent down and bowed some what.
"..Trowa Barton I presume?"
She asked as she stood straight up and smiled at him.
"..Yes.." Trowa nodded.
"..It's me Relena."
The girl said pointing to the boy next to her
"...and Wu-fei."
Trowa's eyes lit up as he moved to the side letting the two friends inside. Closing the door behind them, the two people walked to the living room as they were followed by Duo and Trowa.
"..It's been along time Trowa"
Wu - fei said as he sat down on the couch looking to Relena, who too sat down.
Trowa nodded
"...Yes. So what brings you guys here?"
"Well actually we were to inform you all that Quatre is due to be back at his mansion and that we are in search of more Gundam Pilots." Relena said as she crossed her legs.
Just then the balcony door swung open as Heero and Kim came in. Heero had Kim on his back as if he was giving her a piggy-back-ride. Heero stood there not saying anything as he looked to Relena. Relena looked back to him and smiled,
"...Hello Heero"
Heero nodded as he took Kim into his bedroom closing the door behind him. Relena watched Heero. Her face which had a smile on it was now disfigured into a frown. Relena looked to her lap where she thought of the possible reasons why Heero only nodded to her, with out saying anything. It's been about 2 years since the encounter with Dacan. Everyone has changed since then and have become more open and different.
Ashley walked out of the kitchen with the apron still on. She had a hold of a try with cookies on it. Walking to the people in the living room she set the try on the coffee table. Looking to Relena and Wu - fei, Ashley smiled.
"..Oh hey!..you guys made it" Ashley said as she took a seat next to Duo.
"..Yes. "
"Did you have trouble finding the place?"
"...No" Relena replied.
Trowa looked to Duo. Duo then looked to Ashley. He leaned into her and whispered
"...You knew they were coming?"
Ashley nodded,
"..Yeah they called for directions here. They told me who they were. They said that they knew you guys and that they were looking for pilots. I volenteered, sorta."
"WHAT!?"
Duo stood up as he looked to Relena and pointed to Ashley
"Your seriously not considering letting her pilot a Gundam are you?"
Relena nodded
"..Yes we have 4 new Gundams. We need some one to pilot them and we have made replicas of your old ones that were destroyed after the Dacan incident.
Steph, Heero, Kim and Quatre walked out as they looked to the crowd in the living room.
Relena looked to Kim and Steph smiling.
"It looks like we found our other 2 pilots"
Steph looked to Relena perking a brow.
"Pilots?...as in air plane pilots?" she asked as she sat down next to Trowa.
"..No Gundam pilots. You'd pilot huge armed mechas. With a high energy level and up to date weapons along with armor that is almost impossible to penetrate.
"..Okay! count us in" Kim and Steph cheered as they smiled.
"So that's what a Gundam is. Nice to know eh?" she said and winked at Duo. His mouth dropped and stared at her in disbelief.
"We're going to Japan!!!!!!" Kim shouted repeatedly as she jumped up and down. Then her head started to hurt again.
"Heero." she said dazed.
"Yah."
"Catch me." Kim said just before she collapsed. Heero caught her before she hit the floor and rolled his eyes.
" You have got to stop doing that. I'm never letting you drink again. I am the one that will always have to take care of you."
Relena was not pleased at this display of kindness and possible affection that Heero showed to Kim but she never showed it.
Trowa stood up as he looked to Relena.
"With all due respect Ms. Relena, but...do these girls have what it takes?"
"Of course they do. They'll go through rigorous training and plus we would like to see more females on the armed forces."
Relena replied as she looked to Heero,no being able to keep her eyes off of him.
Duo looked to the cookies. Smiling he grabbed a couple in his hand and made a dart out to the balcony as her closed the door behind him. Ashley jumped up as she ran after him banging on the balcony door she yelled at him
"..DUO YOU IDIOT. THATS FOR THE GUESTS. NOT TO FILL YOUR GUT!!"
Ashley jumped up and down as she tried the get the door open but couldn't. Duo stuffed the cookies into his mouth as fast as he could while keeping Ashley on the other side of the glass.
Relena looked at Ashley and Duo dumbfounded.
"...Uh?" she pointed to them in abit of shock
"..Are they always like that?"
Steph laughed
"..Yeah...they kinda have a love hate relastionship going on. They both like each other but they're to stubborn to admit it."
Ashley and Duo still squablled by the door as Heero sat Kim down. Looking to Relena he kept a straight face
"...So when do we leave for Quatre's mansion?"
"Tomorrow at the soonest. We have to get your training done and get the Gundams bulit up to your likings."
Relena replied as she took a cookie and began to eat it slowly in an elegant mannor. I'll aslo be a pilot.
Wu-fei stood up as he looked to Steph and Kim
"..You guys better go get your stuff ready. We have a private plane leaving tomorrow morning at 10:00am. Heero and Quatre will escort you guys to your houses so you can get your stuff."
Heero and Quatre nodded in agreement.
"..And Ahsley will be escorted by Duo" Wu-fei said as he turned to the black haired girl.
Ashley stopped banging on the balcony door as she looked to Wu - fei and gave him a death glare. Duo opened the door. He put his hand on Ashley's shoulder and pushed her to the ground, catching her off guard. Duo jumped over Ahsley as he ran into his room and locked the door.
Ashley sat on the floor looking to Wu-fei
"...I'm going to kill him yet..."
Wu-fei Shrugged as he looked to Relena
"..Well Relena shall we go?"
Relena sat up as she smiled
"Yes..we have much to prepare for."
Relena looked to the 3 girls,
"...It was very nice to meet you girls. I'm glad that you guys are willing to help us out. I'll tell you about your mission once we get on the plane." Waving to the 3 girls she makes her way to the door. She then looks back to Heero.
"...It was nice to see you agian Heero."
Relena and Wu-fei walked out of the door as Heero stared to the door not saying anything. Kim walked over and smacked Heero in the back of the arm.
"...What's with her? How do you to know each other?" Kim asked in wondering.
Heero turned to Kim.
"...It's a long story. I was suppose to kill her before..."
"..Well why didn't you? I don't like her snub personality."
Heero smirked lightly.
"..She was raised like that. I really don't like her much eaither."
Ashley got up as she walked to Duo's bedroom door. Banging on it she frowned
"...Duo!..You have to take me home so I can get my stuff....NOW!" she yelled.
Duo's voice was heard from inside the bedroom.
"..Ask nicely" he said in a sooky way.
"Pleeeease Duo" Ashley said as she layed her hands on the door,putting her ear to it.
"Okay..thats better" Duo opened the door as he looked to Ashley. "..Lets go then."
Ashley threw her skirt up over her hips as she made her way to the door and put on her shoes. Duo and Ashley made there way out and down the stairs as the walked to her house.
Shortly after Kim, Heero, Steph and Quatre left as well. They were to meet back at the apartment in 2 hours.
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Kim and Heero walked into her house. Kim ran up stairs to pack her stuff as Heero looked around. Walking into the living room he looked to the walls. He examined some school pictures of Kim and her brother. This made Heero envious. He never really had a family to call his own. He was always alone and left with no friends becides the other piolets. Kim thumped down the stairs as she had a book bag straped to her back. Walking into the kitchen Kim left a note for her parents saying that she was going to Japan and that she would call.
Kim really didn't care that she would get in trouble. It's not like her parents could make her come home or anything. Japan was on the other side of the world. Kim looked to Heero and frowned when she saw thw sad expression on his face.
"You Ok?" she cautiously asked Heero.
"Yah. Um... Nice house."
"Thanks, I guess. Anyway let's split."
"Yah. Want to go and get some dinner?"
"Yah!!!!"
With that Kim and Heero made their way out of the house. Kim locked up after they left. They caught the bus and headed towards "..Cheeche's " restaurant on the harbour.
Meanwhile,
~*~*~*~*~*
Duo and Ashley where in her room. Ashley took her clothes out of her dresser as she stuffed them in her dufflebag. Duo looked to a picture of a tall ma. He had dark hair and a moustache. He had a little girl at the age of 10 on his shoulders. They were leaning into the camera giving the victory sign with their fingers. The little girl on his shoulders smiled wide. Her hair was as black as the night sky.
Ashley looked over her shoulder as she looked to Duo.
"..Oh...uh that's me and my dad..." she said as she zippered up her dufflebag.
Duo turned to Ashley.
"...Where is he to now?" he asked, tilting his to the side.
"..He's gone...." Ashley looked away as she then looked to a small crystal dolphin that sat on her dresser.
"...He gave me that before he died."
She spoke with a low voice and a smile crossed her face as if the conversation didn't bother her but it did.
Ashley's cat Skyler walked into her room as she jumped up and sat on Ashley's bag. Skyler looked up to Ashley with sad eyes as if she was wanting to come a long. Ashley bent down as she picked up the cat.
"....She's got to come with me Duo" Looking to Duo with hopeful eyes Ashley smiled.
"..Can she?"
Duo nodded. "..Sure I don't see why not."
"..Okay good" Ashley said as she held the black cat in one arm and picked up her duffelbag.
"I guess this is it..."
Ashley looked around her room once more before leaving. Closing her bedroom door she then walked down the stairs. Her and Duo walked out of the house and got in his car as they made their way towards the mall.
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At this time Quatre and Steph already had her stuff packed and were at the hockey arena watching an all stars hockey team play. This was the very first time Quatre had seen a hockey game. Steph was pointing out all the flaws as she tried to tell Quatre how the game worked and about all the different kinds of penalties you could get. Every time that someone would get a goal Quatre would jump from his seat and yell. Even though he never really had a favorite team to cheer for.
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Ashley and Duo walked into the mall as they came to a toy store. Ashley ran off into the teddy bear section as Duo watched her leave he shook his head.
"..Ah...girls and their stuffed animals."
Turning around Duo left the store and headed into a jewelary store. Yeah. everything was all nice to look at and all. but some of the prices were outragous. Duo walked down the small isle as he looked at a pendant inside a glass case. He leaned in to get a better look. Duo put his face right up to the glass.
A small pendant with a silver chain and a heart locket at the end. On the shiny sliver part of the locket was a whale that was engraved into it. This was now the time to start thinking about Christmas gifts seeing that it was getting close to that time of year once agian. Duo knew that he would be spending Christmas with his friends, Kim, Steph and of course the most important person.....Ashley.
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Kim and Heero sat in whit plastic chairs that were set up off to the side of the restaurant. The view was perfect. The waves crashed against the wooden dock and the water reflected the stars. The night sky above their head became clear without a cloud in the sky.
Kim sat eating her sushi as she chuckled lightly.
"...Boy Ashley would love to be here right now."
Heero looked at her and tilted his head to the side
"..Why do you say that?"
"Oh...she loves the ocean. Not only that but I'm eating her favorite."
Kim giggled as she took another bite before speaking agian
"..sushi!!"
She looked over to Heero who was looking out at the water.
"Thanks for inviting me." Kim blushed as she said it.
"It's nothing. I asked you out on Friday and since we'd probably be training, I decided to take you out tonight. Is that OK?" He asked the blushing girl.
"That's fine."
She said. He smiled at her with a kind, warm snile that she had never seen before. It kind of suprised her. She found it hard to look away from Heero so she just sat there and watched him.
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That morning around 12:00am, all the friends met back at the apartment. They all settled in for a long rest since they had to get up early the next morning. Ashley took over Duo's bed once again as Duo slept at the foot of it. Kim slept in Heero's bed and Heero slept streatched out over her stomach, snoring slightly. Quatre and Steph slept cuddled up to each other. Their dreams filled their heads slowly but surely. The moon became hazy and barely even seen. The sound of cars out side passed over the paved road. It began to rain. Ashley's eyes opened after having a nightmare. Her gaze set upon the clock in the dark room. It was 3:00am. Her eyes looked to the window as she watched the emptiness of the rain drops hit against the glass softly. Curling up in her bed she closed her eyes. A single tear rolled down her cheek. As it trickled down she spoke softly.
"...Dad....".
*Authors Note. Sorry about the mix up in chapters. I hope this makes more scense. Thanks Ashley for pointing it out. .^_^.
