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~Relena Peace
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Chapter Six:

"So how do you and Heero know each other?" Relena said crossly as she and Duo moved away from the bar to find a nice table
in the corner to sit at. "You forgot to mention that you knew him when I told you who my boyfriend was."

The club's loud music and colorful lights swirled about them, making the room look much larger than it was and giving the
illusion of a huge rave. Duo sat down, lost in the colorful lights and dancing people.

"Duo." Relena said snapping him back into reality. "I asked you how you and Heero know each other. Aren't you going to
answer me?"

"We're old enemies." Duo said vaguely, trying to avoid a direct answer. When he looked up at her and saw her penetrating
stare a muffled growl came from his throat and he decided to elaborate. "A while back we were involved in a business deal
that went bad. The insurance guy gave us a bad deal and schemed us on all of the money. Heero blamed me because I hired
the guy, and I blamed Heero because he was the one who was supposed to go over all of the contracts and handle the money."
He frowned. "We never settled things. Just stayed enemies I guess."

Relena gave an inward sigh. "Well, then it's neither of your faults. So I don't see a problem with you two making up."
She turned her head sharply in his direction when he gave a rude snort. "Do you have something to say Duo? Or do you just
like to make rude noises?"

Ignoring her sarcastic manner Duo gave a rude reply. "No, I do have something to say. Heero Yuy and I are never going to
make up, even if we did agree that it was neither of our faults about the deal." His eyes narrowed on the pretty girl
sitting across from him. "And it's your fault Relena."

"Mine?"

"Yeah," Duo let his eyes travel to her chest. "you. Because you never let me know you were taken." He looked directly in
her eyes. "Even if Heero and I came to terms he'll never forgive me for sleeping with you." He smirked. "Even if it was
the best I've ever had in my life."

Giving a catty smile Relena giggled. "Oh well, boys will be boys." Lifting her head and turning in her seat Relena watched
the people mill about, dancing to the rave music and twirling with the dazzling lights. "Duo, do you want to dance?"
Relena turned back to Duo and smiled. "Come on, it'll be fun!"

Duo looked over at the bar, Heero was staring straight at him. "I better not Relena. Heero wouldn't appreciate it." He
let his eyes travel back to her. "I thought you said he was a bouncer."

Relena nodded. "I did. But he's also the bar tender. See, on the weekdays he's a bouncer. It's Friday, considered a
weekend. So he does bar tending." She shrugged. "It's a living." Jumping up she caught the eye of a guy walking by.

"Well Duo, if you're not going to dance I am." Walking over to the guy who stopped to admire Relena's curves she chatted
with him only a moment before the two of them walked into the dance floor. Duo stopped looking in their direction when she
was lost in the fast moving crowd.

"Mind if I join you handsome?" A voice said a few minutes later. Looking up Duo saw a short pretty girl in black leather
pants and a starkly blue halter top. Her short hair and teasing smile was too much for Duo to reject. "Sure," He said
gruffly pulling out a chair. "have a seat."

Not having to be told twice the female sat down perkily and winked at Duo. "So, what's a hot thing like you doing in a place like this alone?"

Duo laughed. "Isn't that supposed to be my line?" He was rewarded by a smile. "I'm not here alone." He said after a
moment. "I'm here with a friend, she went off dancing with some dude."

"I'm Hilde by the way." The girl said extending a hand. "Nice to meet you."

"I'm Duo, Duo Maxwell." Duo put his hand in her's and shook. Man, she has small hands. "You're small." He said after a
moment of just staring at her. "I know that's a little blunt but..."

The girl just laughed and brushed it off. "I know I'm short. It's in my genes. I'm not as young as my height suggests
though. I'm eighteen."

"I'm twenty one." Duo smiled looking her over, glad that she was eighteen. If he wanted to date her it'd be legal. But
then the numbing reminder of him being a vampire kicked in and he inwardly cursed himself. "Do you come here often?" He
said trying to keep the conversation flowing.

"No." The girl said half amused. "It's only my third time here. I don't like some of the people so I tend to avoid this
place. But lately the chick I don't like hasn't been here. So I decided to come." She scooted her chair closer to Duo.

"You're cute."

"You're blunt."

"I try to be." She said giving a cocky smile.

That made Duo laugh. He liked this girl. She had spunk. "So what is the name of the chick that you seem to dislike."

"Relena Peacecraft." Hilde said rolling her eyes. "She thinks she's all that and she runs the joint."

"That's because I do." Came Relena's voice from behind Hilde. Looking up from Hilde Duo saw fire in Relena's eyes. "I
thought I smelled something rotten in here. Now I know it's you." Her eyes narrowed. "Don't you have something better to
do than mess around with my guest?"

Hilde looked wide eyed at Duo. "You're with her!?" She wined. Giving a sigh she stood. "Okay then, fine. I'll leave."
She glared at Relena. "You don't run the whole town you know. I'm still welcomed other places."

"What a scrub." Relena spat sitting down when Hilde was out of sight. "That girl isn't going to get anywhere in life.
What's wrong with you?" She said noticing Duo glaring at her.

"I was beginning to like that girl."

"Oh...I'm sorry."

"Shut up Relena." He said. "You know, ever since I met you my life has sucked."

"You weren't saying that last night." Relena challenged. "Lighten up Duo. It'll take a while but you'll get used to the
night life."

"I don't want to."

"Suffer." Relena's eyes narrowed. "Like it or not this is life. You wanted to live, and this is what you get from that.
I only did what you asked me to do." Her eyes softened, she gave an exasperated sigh. "I know how you feel. When I was
first transformed I hated myself and Mel Summers for it. It's hard to adjust. But don't worry. You'll find your place in
the night life. It might not be the same as mine, pretty lights and sequence are better to look at for me then some kind of
midnight waitress job. Your future in the night may be far different than mine." Taking Duo's hand in her's she tried to
catch Duo's gaze but he avoided her. "I know what you're going through. You're going to hate me for a while. I understand
that. But please, at least try to adjust. Besides," She let go of his hand and stood up. "You're stuck like this for the
rest of your life."

"Forever." Duo quietly said. "I'm stuck like this forever." He looked up at Relena. "Do you know how long that is?"

Relena bowed her head. "Yes, Duo, I do. It's damned long. But that's why you have to make the best of it. You just can't
keep wallowing like you are. You have to gain some Vampire pride. I have. I'm happy being what I am. I'm glad."

"But don't you have any regrets?" He groaned. "Family, friends? Anything?"

Relena thought for a moment, still looking down. "Being a Vampire is actually a wonderful thing Duo. You should see it as
a gift, the gift of eternal life." She looked over at him from staring at the grain in the table. "The only regret I have
right now is not meeting other Vampires. It gets lonely sometimes." Stretching she looked back out at the dance floor.
"I'm going to go back dancing. Want to join me?" Seeing Duo shake his head no Relena knew he wanted to be in his own
thoughts. "Alright then Duo. I'll leave you be."

The rest of the time spent at the club was Relena dancing and Duo lost in thought. 'Maybe I should gain some pride in what
I am. Maybe it's my destiny.' He finally concluded. 'After all, in a way, this could be a gift like Relena said. The gift
of life. I have to learn to use it well and make the most of it.' His stomach felt better after finally being able to sort
out some of his thoughts. And Duo had a new outlook on Vampires. One, that was more positive. 'Besides,' he thought
giving a weak smile to himself. 'I'm always going to have the body of a twenty four year old. It could be a good thing.'

The walk home was chilly. Relena finally got Duo to open up and chatter with her. The conversation first started out
strained, since Duo wasn't much into talking. But he remembered that he wanted to make the most of it and didn't think that
hating Relena was a good way to start that. So giving up he talked, and, to his surprise, enjoyed talking to her quite much.

"You're very wise for your age." He commented, zipping up his jacket tight around him. "It's kind of weird though. I
still think of you as seventeen, not an older women." Relena laughed. "I'm not trying to be funny." Duo smiled. "It's
true though. Even though you live the life of a wild teenager you're still smart about things. Even if you don't know it.
I can tell."

Brushing off the comment Relena looped her arm in his. "Duo," Resting her head on his shoulder she slowed down her pace to
match his. "Did you even realize, that I am always going to be much older than you. But look much younger?" Her sparkling
eyes laughed at him as she stared into his face, which was now looking down on her. "Doesn't that seem kind of funny?"

"Yes." He mused. "It does."

They turned to walk in the driveway of Relena's rented house when they both stopped suddenly. Duo looked around suspiciously. "Something doesn't feel right." He let his eyes graze every bit of the front yard. "I've never felt this,
but I just know. Something here isn't how it was when we left it."

Relena stopped searching the yard with her own eyes to look back at Duo. "That's your Vampireness in you. I have a gift to
tell when something is terribly wrong, and a few other gifts." She took a few steppes towards her front door and noticed
that it was unlocked, it was locked when they left it. "Your gifts will mature with age, most likely you'll find that you
have others." She bent down to examine the door. "That's odd." Her voice spoke out a little confused. "There is no sign
of forced entry but the door is unlocked. I never gave out my.."

"Someone's inside." Relena looked up at Duo, he was looking past her in the building, as if he could see through the walls.
"Someone's in there." He said again. Standing up Relena kept her eyes on her friend.

"Tell me Duo, are we in danger?" She spoke almost silently her voice barely above a whisper. He tore his eyes away from
the house to look at Relena. She was staring intently at him.

"I don't know." He finally said flatly. "I can only tell that there is someone inside..I can feel someone in there." His
hand shot up to his face and he held onto his forehead. "It hurts too much to keep it up." Shaking his head he closed his
eyes until his breathing was back down to normal. Then he looked back up at Relena, then past her at the house. "I can't
sense it anymore. I can't sense anything at all."

"It's your power. It's too premature to be able to use for so long. It'll come and go." She turned around and put her
hand on the front door.

"Wait!" Duo grabbed her hand and spun her back around to face him. "Didn't you hear what I said earlier? Someone is in
there. We don't know if it's safe to go in there or not."

Pulling out of Duo's grasp Relena answered him. "Duo, we are Vampires. Vampires are stronger than normal humans. If there
is a robber or someone inside and they try to hurt us we can easily take them down. Not only that but there are two of us.
How many presents did you sense inside?"

"One." He said understanding where she was going with this. "Alright," Reaching past her he turned the knob and pushed
the door open. "But still, be careful."
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~Relena Peace