Chapter 2
Relena wasn't very awed by the new residence that she was to stay in for a few weeks. She smiled as she walked around the car to get her bags out. She had packed all her decent clothing and a few of the stuff she used for her 'job.' She had told her friends about her job and they envied her. Unlike what she made Jessie believe, it wasn't just her who ran that whole end of the city, it was also some of her friends too. They all seemed to share a place there. Each good at one thing or another.
Various people. For instance, Cathy was there for being a night of loving. Hilde was there for a hard and wild night. Noin was there for commanding. Amazingly, some men liked to be ordered about. They thought it must have been utterly kinky. Relena always wondered about that. Dorothy was there always when a man wanted to wrestle out some of his aggravation. Relena always wondered if Dorothy would die one day. She had seen the bruises and Dorothy had only laughed it off, saying she didn't mind them at all. All of them encouraged Dorothy to watch out when she came back sometimes badly bruised and sore. Relena ordered the others to look out for her friend while she was away. Natria, well, she did the wonders of everything. Men were always surprised at the stamina she had and if they wanted to go at it for a long time, well, they went to Natria. It was incredible, but Relena could handle any and all guys. What would be so difficult about this one?
Slowly, she walked up the stairs to the small house and saw that it was rented to the 'happy' couple. Relena smirked as she reached up to ring the doorbell. She wore a nice pair of kaki tan pants and a rosy red sweater. She wore penny loafers as well and a gold chain with a heart locket on it. She looked like a whole new person. The door opened and Jessie stood before her.
"May I help you?" she asked nicely with a stale smile. Relena didn't like her. Not one bit. Any woman that would do this to her guy just to break up is a coward and Relena couldn't stand liars, but a yen was a yen. Instead of glaring at her, Relena smiled and put up her act she wouldn't take down for another week.
"Hi, I can't believe you didn't recognize me, but then again, it's been so long! It's me! Relena! You're cousin from the states!" Jessie's eyes widened in shock and her eyes swept over Relena once, twice, and yet again.
"Oh my god," she whispered. Then giving herself a mental shake, she smiled weakly and welcomed Relena into the house. As she shut the door, she called into one of the rooms, which Relena presumed was the family room, to her boyfriend.
"Heero, my cousin is here!" she yelled. Relena winced at the high pitch voice. She heard a mumbled reply and she felt a shiver run down her spine. It was a cold and hard voice. One that was not meant to be toyed with.
"Heero! Get in here this instant! I want you to meet my cousin. It's been ages since I saw her last!" Relena new it was only less than two days ago and smiled ironically. Finally, Heero had the courtesy to finally show up in the doorway. What Relena found took her breath away. He was gorgeous. How could Jessie ever want to get rid of such a wonderful looking man? Then Relena saw why. He was cold and withdrawn and didn't even show the slightest bit of interest in anything, until he stepped closer into the light of the hall. He nodded coldly as Relena raised her eyebrows to mock him. She could already tell that she was not going to like the stay there at all. Gritting her teeth against a sigh of frustration, Relena picked up her suitcases and asked Jessie with a false smile which way to her room. Jessie kindly showed her with even more false sense of courtesy. Relena followed, leaving Heero down below to stare after them as they went up the stairs. Jessie turned a corner and showed her their room and her own next door. Jessie stood inside the room as Relena began to unpack. She crossed here arms in an impatient gesture.
"All right, I'm going to supposedly leave Wednesday for a meeting in downtown Tokyo. I won't be back until Saturday. I'm expecting that by the time I get back, you'll be through with the job and I'll come home around five in the evening. When I get home, you be in that bed with him. Do you understand?" she said icily. Relena smirked and shrugged as she continued to put away the clothes.
"When do I get paid?" she asked cockily.
"After you successfully finish your job." Relena glared.
"Hey, I want some payment in advance. A girl's gotta have something to rely on you know." Jessie rolled her eyes and threw 100,000 yen at her from her pocket. Relena smiled.
"Glad you saw it my way." Relena picked up the crumpled money and stuffed it into her drawer. The room was plain and boring. She looked around bleakly. That was when she noticed that Jessie was still standing there.
"Do you mind?" she growled. The look did all she wanted. Jessie left quickly. Relena was beginning to resent this job and the woman who had asked her to do it. Jessie reminded herself never to stand idly while Relena was around. Slowly, she made her way down the stairs, where Heero had returned to the living room. He sat on the couch working on some figures for his job, but he refused to look up as Jessie sat down to pick up a newspaper.
"I want her out of here by Tuesday." Jessie nearly dropped the paper.
"What? B…but… I can't… I can't…." Heero didn't bother to look up.
"She's out by Tuesday. If you don't do it, I will and believe me, I won't be as gentle about it." Heero looked up then and Jessie saw that he meant it. Great, Relena and Heero would have been perfect for each other. They both meant what they said.
"Heero, she's my cousin. I haven't seen her in years. I can't believe you'd make me do such a thing!"
"Well, you're not as close as you seem. Because if you were, you'd be upstairs right now, talking to her." It was a reasonable observation, but Jessie was ready for it.
"She's tired and she wanted to change her clothes." Heero's eyes narrowed a little, but he turned back to the figures on the papers spread out in front of him.
"She's gone Tuesday. You got that Jessie?" Jessie put on the worst glare she could come up with.
"Heero, you're being so unreasonable. Please, let her stay for a week or two. Please?" I don't get to see her and I leave in two days again and I won't be back until later, so I want some time with her after I get back too." Heero was silent for a long time.
"If she is here after a week, I'm going to kick her out," he finally mumbled. Jessie smiled thankfully and ran forward and pecked Heero on the cheek, which he brushed her off like an annoying fly.
"Why are you so uncomfortable with Relena? I thought you would get along nicely with her, but you seem to hate her and you've not even spoken a word to her."
"I don't like her," he said simply. Jessie stiffened. This was going to be tough. Maybe in another day or two he would come around.
Relena walked down the steps of the house and she found a note on the kitchen table and read that Jessie had gone to the store to get some groceries and would probably be back in a little while. Relena smiled. So, Jessie was already at it. Leaving her and Heero home alone, without any supervision. She smiled, and wondered where the little darling could be now. She wore a tight T-shirt and a pair of short jeans. She made her way into the small living room and found him pouring over some papers. Quietly, she walked around the back of the chair and leaned over to look at his work, bringing her dangerously close to touching him. She knew that he was aware of her presence, but he chose to ignore it. She smiled to herself and she knew that her perfume was filling his mind now with lovely thoughts. In a low voice, she whispered.
"What are you doing?" Heero didn't move, but only continued to look up the figures. Relena glared in frustration. She straightened.
"You know, it's kind of polite to answer a question." Heero continued to work. Relena rolled her eyes and flung herself down on a couch in front of the coffee table between them. She looked up at the ceiling. Only the tick of the clock kept her company and the clicks of the small machine that Heero was typing figures into. Slowly, Relena turned her head and with half closed eyes, examining the papers. Her eyes twinkled when she recognized the work.
"So, you're working on some accounts," she commented. Heero continued on relentlessly. Relena was becoming annoyed, but instead of commenting on Heero's behavior, she got up and walked to one side of the table and eyed the papers. One of the particular papers had red marks all over it of a red pen and it was obvious that there was a certain problem for that account and Heero was saving it for a while later.
"May I?" she asked as she reached for the paper. Heero, quick as lightening, snatched up the paper and put it on the furthest side. Relena glared at him.
"The problem was that the computer had put all the figures in the wrong order, that's why you were having a hard time finding the balance." Heero shifted a little and kept his head bowed as he penciled in some more figures. "The Tetsu family shouldn't be paying 5,000 yen a month, it was supposed to be 15,000 yen instead." Heero ignored her still.
"If the first monthly figure was switched around with the fifth monthly figure, I'm sure your answer would work out a lot better." Still no acknowledgement. Relena glared over at Heero and got up slowly and turned around to leave the room. Mumbling under her breath, "Pigheaded, ass." Then she walked into the kitchen. After she had left, Heero looked up at the door and back at the paper she was commenting on. Slowly, he picked it up and looked it over. He felt surprised when he realized that she was right. It was amazing, she had practically nailed it right on the head. He glanced up at the door that she had disappeared through.
Without a second thought, he returned to his papers.
Relena wasn't very awed by the new residence that she was to stay in for a few weeks. She smiled as she walked around the car to get her bags out. She had packed all her decent clothing and a few of the stuff she used for her 'job.' She had told her friends about her job and they envied her. Unlike what she made Jessie believe, it wasn't just her who ran that whole end of the city, it was also some of her friends too. They all seemed to share a place there. Each good at one thing or another.
Various people. For instance, Cathy was there for being a night of loving. Hilde was there for a hard and wild night. Noin was there for commanding. Amazingly, some men liked to be ordered about. They thought it must have been utterly kinky. Relena always wondered about that. Dorothy was there always when a man wanted to wrestle out some of his aggravation. Relena always wondered if Dorothy would die one day. She had seen the bruises and Dorothy had only laughed it off, saying she didn't mind them at all. All of them encouraged Dorothy to watch out when she came back sometimes badly bruised and sore. Relena ordered the others to look out for her friend while she was away. Natria, well, she did the wonders of everything. Men were always surprised at the stamina she had and if they wanted to go at it for a long time, well, they went to Natria. It was incredible, but Relena could handle any and all guys. What would be so difficult about this one?
Slowly, she walked up the stairs to the small house and saw that it was rented to the 'happy' couple. Relena smirked as she reached up to ring the doorbell. She wore a nice pair of kaki tan pants and a rosy red sweater. She wore penny loafers as well and a gold chain with a heart locket on it. She looked like a whole new person. The door opened and Jessie stood before her.
"May I help you?" she asked nicely with a stale smile. Relena didn't like her. Not one bit. Any woman that would do this to her guy just to break up is a coward and Relena couldn't stand liars, but a yen was a yen. Instead of glaring at her, Relena smiled and put up her act she wouldn't take down for another week.
"Hi, I can't believe you didn't recognize me, but then again, it's been so long! It's me! Relena! You're cousin from the states!" Jessie's eyes widened in shock and her eyes swept over Relena once, twice, and yet again.
"Oh my god," she whispered. Then giving herself a mental shake, she smiled weakly and welcomed Relena into the house. As she shut the door, she called into one of the rooms, which Relena presumed was the family room, to her boyfriend.
"Heero, my cousin is here!" she yelled. Relena winced at the high pitch voice. She heard a mumbled reply and she felt a shiver run down her spine. It was a cold and hard voice. One that was not meant to be toyed with.
"Heero! Get in here this instant! I want you to meet my cousin. It's been ages since I saw her last!" Relena new it was only less than two days ago and smiled ironically. Finally, Heero had the courtesy to finally show up in the doorway. What Relena found took her breath away. He was gorgeous. How could Jessie ever want to get rid of such a wonderful looking man? Then Relena saw why. He was cold and withdrawn and didn't even show the slightest bit of interest in anything, until he stepped closer into the light of the hall. He nodded coldly as Relena raised her eyebrows to mock him. She could already tell that she was not going to like the stay there at all. Gritting her teeth against a sigh of frustration, Relena picked up her suitcases and asked Jessie with a false smile which way to her room. Jessie kindly showed her with even more false sense of courtesy. Relena followed, leaving Heero down below to stare after them as they went up the stairs. Jessie turned a corner and showed her their room and her own next door. Jessie stood inside the room as Relena began to unpack. She crossed here arms in an impatient gesture.
"All right, I'm going to supposedly leave Wednesday for a meeting in downtown Tokyo. I won't be back until Saturday. I'm expecting that by the time I get back, you'll be through with the job and I'll come home around five in the evening. When I get home, you be in that bed with him. Do you understand?" she said icily. Relena smirked and shrugged as she continued to put away the clothes.
"When do I get paid?" she asked cockily.
"After you successfully finish your job." Relena glared.
"Hey, I want some payment in advance. A girl's gotta have something to rely on you know." Jessie rolled her eyes and threw 100,000 yen at her from her pocket. Relena smiled.
"Glad you saw it my way." Relena picked up the crumpled money and stuffed it into her drawer. The room was plain and boring. She looked around bleakly. That was when she noticed that Jessie was still standing there.
"Do you mind?" she growled. The look did all she wanted. Jessie left quickly. Relena was beginning to resent this job and the woman who had asked her to do it. Jessie reminded herself never to stand idly while Relena was around. Slowly, she made her way down the stairs, where Heero had returned to the living room. He sat on the couch working on some figures for his job, but he refused to look up as Jessie sat down to pick up a newspaper.
"I want her out of here by Tuesday." Jessie nearly dropped the paper.
"What? B…but… I can't… I can't…." Heero didn't bother to look up.
"She's out by Tuesday. If you don't do it, I will and believe me, I won't be as gentle about it." Heero looked up then and Jessie saw that he meant it. Great, Relena and Heero would have been perfect for each other. They both meant what they said.
"Heero, she's my cousin. I haven't seen her in years. I can't believe you'd make me do such a thing!"
"Well, you're not as close as you seem. Because if you were, you'd be upstairs right now, talking to her." It was a reasonable observation, but Jessie was ready for it.
"She's tired and she wanted to change her clothes." Heero's eyes narrowed a little, but he turned back to the figures on the papers spread out in front of him.
"She's gone Tuesday. You got that Jessie?" Jessie put on the worst glare she could come up with.
"Heero, you're being so unreasonable. Please, let her stay for a week or two. Please?" I don't get to see her and I leave in two days again and I won't be back until later, so I want some time with her after I get back too." Heero was silent for a long time.
"If she is here after a week, I'm going to kick her out," he finally mumbled. Jessie smiled thankfully and ran forward and pecked Heero on the cheek, which he brushed her off like an annoying fly.
"Why are you so uncomfortable with Relena? I thought you would get along nicely with her, but you seem to hate her and you've not even spoken a word to her."
"I don't like her," he said simply. Jessie stiffened. This was going to be tough. Maybe in another day or two he would come around.
Relena walked down the steps of the house and she found a note on the kitchen table and read that Jessie had gone to the store to get some groceries and would probably be back in a little while. Relena smiled. So, Jessie was already at it. Leaving her and Heero home alone, without any supervision. She smiled, and wondered where the little darling could be now. She wore a tight T-shirt and a pair of short jeans. She made her way into the small living room and found him pouring over some papers. Quietly, she walked around the back of the chair and leaned over to look at his work, bringing her dangerously close to touching him. She knew that he was aware of her presence, but he chose to ignore it. She smiled to herself and she knew that her perfume was filling his mind now with lovely thoughts. In a low voice, she whispered.
"What are you doing?" Heero didn't move, but only continued to look up the figures. Relena glared in frustration. She straightened.
"You know, it's kind of polite to answer a question." Heero continued to work. Relena rolled her eyes and flung herself down on a couch in front of the coffee table between them. She looked up at the ceiling. Only the tick of the clock kept her company and the clicks of the small machine that Heero was typing figures into. Slowly, Relena turned her head and with half closed eyes, examining the papers. Her eyes twinkled when she recognized the work.
"So, you're working on some accounts," she commented. Heero continued on relentlessly. Relena was becoming annoyed, but instead of commenting on Heero's behavior, she got up and walked to one side of the table and eyed the papers. One of the particular papers had red marks all over it of a red pen and it was obvious that there was a certain problem for that account and Heero was saving it for a while later.
"May I?" she asked as she reached for the paper. Heero, quick as lightening, snatched up the paper and put it on the furthest side. Relena glared at him.
"The problem was that the computer had put all the figures in the wrong order, that's why you were having a hard time finding the balance." Heero shifted a little and kept his head bowed as he penciled in some more figures. "The Tetsu family shouldn't be paying 5,000 yen a month, it was supposed to be 15,000 yen instead." Heero ignored her still.
"If the first monthly figure was switched around with the fifth monthly figure, I'm sure your answer would work out a lot better." Still no acknowledgement. Relena glared over at Heero and got up slowly and turned around to leave the room. Mumbling under her breath, "Pigheaded, ass." Then she walked into the kitchen. After she had left, Heero looked up at the door and back at the paper she was commenting on. Slowly, he picked it up and looked it over. He felt surprised when he realized that she was right. It was amazing, she had practically nailed it right on the head. He glanced up at the door that she had disappeared through.
Without a second thought, he returned to his papers.