Chapter 3
Relena was beginning to wonder where Jessie was. She was gone over an hour and Relena wasn't getting anywhere with this human stone. She paced the kitchen as she sipped at some coffee. It was now pouring rain out and it was getting dark. Finally, Relena saw the impossibility of this whole thing and she mumbled something about hopping the first bus for the slums. She pulled her stuff together into her suitcase and waited in her room for Jessie to come home. When she heard the door open then slam shut from the wind, she walked downstairs in her overcoat and long pants and sweater. Jessie was shaking off the rain and before Relena could say anything Heero stormed into the hall. He was glaring down at Jessie and by the looks of it, it seemed as if he was going to hit her. Relena saw it coming and quickly ran down the stairs and stood before him. She glared at his icy face and knew that she had finally met her match in a fight.
"Don't you touch her." Though Jessie was annoying, she still couldn't stand the thought of a woman being beaten by a man. It was unthinkable to her, but Dorothy had told her it was natural and that it was okay. That was a load of bull. Heero glared past her at Jessie. Relena blocked his vision once again.
"Don't touch her," she repeated in a low monotone voice. She gave him clear warning, but he only stared down at her with a cruel coldness.
"You think that I would do such a thing? That I would hit her? I would never harm a defenseless woman," he said coldly. Relena felt some of the air leaving her sails, but she continued to glare.
"Fine, but if a person comes home after being drenched in rain, cold, and tired, I would think that the last thing they would want is someone charging them like a bull let into an arena!" Heero glared down at her, focusing only on her now. She actually had the guts to stand up to him? That was new. He decided he was going to enjoy this because it wasn't often he met someone who could stand against him. Jessie was weak and Heero was surprised by the sudden and emotionless thought.
It angered him in fact.
"I have the right to be upset with her if I want."
"You don't have any right! No one has a right to yell at anyone because they were a little late."
"A little! She was hours past the time that she was supposed to be home."
"Maybe her car broke down on the side of the road, or maybe she was delayed in traffic. Then there's always the possibility that she took longer then she expected!"
"Why are you defending her? She should have called, or…"
"Or what? What if she didn't have access to a phone? Huh? Maybe she…"
"You are interfering in a matter that doesn't concern you!"
"Yes it does! She's my cousin! I have every right!" Heero's eyes narrowed.
"Are you really?"
"What?" The question caught her by surprise.
"Are you really her cousin?" Relena should have felt smug and turned to smirk at Jessie, saying the jig was up, but instead, she felt a bit of dread wash over her. It was strange and mostly unwelcome.
"Of course we're cousins you idiot of a man! I haven't seen Jessie in a long time and I was hoping for a nice stay with her, but if I had known she had hooked up with a jackass, I would have just stayed in the states! If not, stayed on a doorstep on the streets somewhere! It's better than staying here!" Relena turned around to Jessie.
"I don't care what you say, I'm leaving, I can't stand this asshole anymore. He's been driving me nuts ever since I got here!" Relena began to brush by Heero, but his hand flew out and caught her arm. She was shocked at first, but then she felt her muscles tense. His glare could have killed a person right on the spot, but Relena was so unreasonably furious at the moment, she could have knocked him down with a single glance, but unfortunately, both were evenly matched. Relena looked down at her arm and glanced back up at him. He didn't seem to get the hint so she tugged at her arm to break loose, but he still wouldn't let go. Finally Jessie came to her rescue.
"Please, Relena. Stay." Relena turned around and smiled a little and shook her head.
"Sorry, I'm going to head for a hotel somewhere. If not, I've got some friends I want to see here as well. With this asshole in the house, I can't survive!" Relena began to turn, but she noticed that Heero still had her arm. She glared at him and reached up to pull off his hand, but it wouldn't relent. Finally, she stated plainly for him to let her go.
"It's raining out." Relena shrugged and pulled again, still no release.
"I'm leaving tonight, even if it kills me!" She wrenched her arm from his grasp and sped up the stairs.
"It just may," mumbled Jessie as she ran up after her 'cousin.' She reached her room and saw that Relena had already packed.
"I thought we had a deal!" whispered Jessie fiercely. Relena glanced up at her as she pulled on her boots.
"Sorry, no deal is worth that gorgeous son of a bitch." Relena pushed back her hair as she tied one shoe. "Don't worry, I won't mention the deal to him, we're cousins as far as he knows, but I'm outta here, hun. Sorry." Relena picked up her suitcase and began to walk out, but Jessie's arm shot out and blocked the door.
"Please… I am begging you. Please stay." Relena hesitated and stopped dead in her tracks and dropped her suitcase.
"Hey, what's wrong? You never sounded this desperate before," said Relena with some concern. "That jerk doesn't beat you, does he?" she asked quietly. Jessie shook her head.
"I can't stand it anymore. He's always so cold. Never talks unless he has to. I can't take it. At least with you here, I can talk to someone other than a human wall. Please stay." She was lonely! Relena was shocked at the thought of it. Jessie only wanted someone to talk to. Relena's eyes softened a little, but she picked up her suitcase once again.
Jessie almost broke down in tears, but she stopped herself when Relena turned and put it back down on the bed and opened it to unpack once again. Jessie smiled genuinely and ran up to Relena and throwing her arms around her neck.
"Thank you so much!" She hugged her tightly and Relena knew that if she didn't get some air soon, she would faint. Finally, Jessie released her and she ran out of the room without another word. Sighing, Relena turned to her suitcase.
She was almost done when she felt someone standing behind her. Slowly she stopped unpacking and turned to her book on the table and picked it up. She got up and laid down on the bed and began to read. He continued to stand there.
"What do you want?" she finally asked, not standing his presence anymore.
"You're not leaving," he said plainly. Well, it was obvious, wasn't it?
"You're lucky that my cousin can convince so well." Relena turned back to her book, but he remained where he was.
"How did you know about that account for the Tetsu family?" he asked in a monotone voice. Relena only spared him a glance.
"I studied to become an accountant at one point or another."
"You stopped." It was a statement, not a question. Relena only nodded.
"Yeah. I stopped learning a while ago. Heero, if there is something you need just say it so that I can get back to reading," she said impatiently. Heero nodded in recognition and turned to leave. "Oh and I'm sorry for accusing you of hitting Jessie. That was out of place and I shouldn't have done that," mumbled Relena quietly. Heero paused and glanced back at her, but she seemed so interested in her book, that it was almost as if she hadn't said anything, but she had and they both knew it.
Jessie was leaving. It was Wednesday and Relena found that she was not looking forward to spending the next four days alone with that cold man. She had to admit that he wasn't completely stone, but he did a damn good imitation of it. She waved as Jessie drove out of the driveway and headed down the road. Heero only stood there with his hands in his pockets, staring after Jessie's car. Relena turned around and walked back into the house, but Heero stopped her by grabbing her arm in a vice like grip.
"What are you two up to?" Relena was bewildered.
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean. You two are up to something." Relena shrugged.
"Think what you'd like, but I'm going to go in and make myself a cup of coffee. Want some?" she asked innocently. She turned for the door and Heero let her go amazingly. She breathed a sigh of relief. Hopefully, she could avoid him as much as possible. She stood in the kitchen, fixing the coffee, when Heero walked in and sat down. He was staring at her. She could feel his eyes boring into her back. She turned around and smiled sweetly.
"Well, the coffee is going to be ready in a little bit, help yourself, I'm going to go upstairs and finish my book. Goodnight." She began to walk past him despite what she had said earlier of having the cup of coffee.
"Are you going to do this the whole time she's gone?" Relena stopped and smiled.
"As long as I can keep it up," she admitted.
"Tell me why you would want to avoid me." Relena smiled.
"First of all, you're not the world's best conversationalist, second, you are rather cold in every way, third…"
"Every way huh?" Was that amusement in his eyes? He looked different like that. Better and twenty times more handsome. She was shocked by the slight change.
"Y… yes. Every way possible. Now… I'm going to go finish my book and…"
"I don't think I'm all that cold." Relena let out a laugh.
"That's definitely a lie! You're cold and heartless and nonhuman and…" He cut her off by grabbing her arms and pulling her against him. His eyes were dark as he stared into her eyes.
"Do I feel cold right now?" he asked darkly. He was quite the opposite. He was… warm, so amazingly warm, or maybe it was her, she couldn't tell. She knew she was blushing, but she was surprised as in to why. Heero was so warm and so masculine; it was like it was her first time to be held like that. Now that she thought of it, it was kind of her first time.
None of the other men she had been with had held her in such a way. It was strange. Relena started to lean back, but Heero stopped her.
"I'm not all that cold Relena. You have yet to learn that," he whispered. Relena looked up startled into his eyes. They were deep ocean blue at that very moment. It was coming, she could feel it. A kiss as hot as a desert in the middle of the day. She could already feel its heat before their lips even met. Their lips never did meet; the doorbell rang, interrupting the moment. Relena jumped back and walked quickly out of the kitchen. With some frustration at herself and at Heero, she yanked it open and glared at the person at the door.
"What is it?" she yelled. The person seemed to go into shock.
"Uh… I think I've got the wrong address. I'm sorry to inconvenience you…" The young man around Heero's age turned back around and prepared to leave, but Heero appeared from behind Relena.
"Duo, what are you doing here?" he asked calmly. Duo spun around and smiled at his friend.
"Man, I thought I was going crazy!" he commented as he walked back up the stairs to the door. Relena let him in apologetically.
"You're at the right house. I'm sorry I snapped at you, I am just tired, that's all," apologized Relena. She turned away and began to make her way up the stairs. Duo and Heero stared after her and Heero noticed how Duo was staring at Relena's lower area and he glared at his friend. Duo gave an innocent shrug as they made their way into the living room.
"She is one good looking babe. What ever happened to Jessie?" asked Duo as he took a seat on the couch.
"Relena is Jessie's cousin from the states." Duo raised his eyebrows.
"How long she staying? I'd sure like to get to know her better." Heero hated that strange feeling in him as Duo mentioned that.
"She's staying for another week, that's all," he snapped a little too quickly. Duo put his hands up as if to surrender.
"Hey, I didn't mean any disrespect, I was just commenting on how nice she looked." Heero was satisfied with that.
"So, why are you here?" asked Heero.
"Well, I was driving by and I was wondering how my good old buddy Heero was doing." Heero didn't believe him for a moment.
"You're TV broke down during the soccer game, didn't it?" he asked as if in routine.
"Yeah! That stupid piece of junk is never going to work properly! I should have thrown it in for a piece of scrap a long time ago!" Heero rolled his eyes and motioned to the TV in the corner.
"Be my guest," he mumbled as he glanced at the paperwork on the table. Suddenly, it didn't seem as welcoming as before. His mind was somewhere upstairs. He shook his head to clear it when Duo's loud voice yelled.
"That was not illegal! Open your eyes you big idiot! Geez! You shouldn't even be on the field!" Heero rolled his eyes as the usual evening was about to take place. He prepared for the others to show up. For some odd reason, his other few friends always managed to show up exactly when Duo did. Twenty minutes later, all the others had arrived and were sitting or jumping on the couches and chairs in front of the TV set. Wufei, Quatre, and Trowa. It was surprising to see that men as quiet and reserved, as the three could be so involved with soccer. They all groaned as a pass was intercepted.
Quatre actually cursed and threw everyone off track into a brief shocked moment. Suddenly, the phone rang and Heero continued to look at the paperwork, but Duo glanced up in annoyance.
"Hey, Heero, your phone's ringing. Heero! Phone!" Duo looked back at the TV. "Oh, come on! That was pathetic! Get that ball! Get it! That's it!" Heero rolled his eyes and got up to answer the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi, is Lovely there?"
"I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number."
"Really? She told me that this was the number. Oh, stupid me, I'm sorry, I mean is Relena there? This is her friend Candy… er… Hilde." Heero received odd looks from the others and he shrugged in helplessness.
"Yes, hold on a moment please." Heero walked up the stairs quietly to Relena's room. The door was shut. He knocked quietly and opened it a little.
"Relena?" She lay on her bed quietly sleeping. The beauty that lay before him entranced him. Why couldn't Jessie look like an angel when she was asleep? The thought surprised him. He walked over and knelt next to her bed, examining her face.
"Relena?" he whispered into her ear. She sighed and leaned more towards his voice. Heero reached up and shook her shoulder. She responded by rolling the other way, taking his hand with her. His hand was crushed beneath her and he was losing his balance very quickly.
He gasped at the heat that was rushing into his face. He tried to dislodge his hand, but it was held tight. He couldn't let Relena wake up with him like this, but it was too late, her eyes popped open and they widened when she glanced down at his hand and then up at him. Instead of slapping him or screaming, she smiled a little and reached up slowly to cup his cheek. He was hypnotized, that must have been it. He lowered his head slowly, not resisting the urges that he felt to taste her lips. Relena moaned slightly and shifted so that she held his hand tighter to her chest. Heero felt his neck going red as well, but he didn't have the strength or courage to let go of this lifeline. Finally, Relena smiled a little and let him go. All in good time, she thought.
"That was nice," she whispered. Heero didn't respond, he only began to lean forward bit by bit. He wanted more of that sweetness. He was warm all over when he kissed her and he wanted that warmth again. It was unlike anything he had ever felt before. Relena avoided it by asking what he had come up for and he remembered the girl on the phone.
"Some girl is asking for you on the phone. Her name is… Candy… uh, Hilde, I think." Relena's eyes sparkled with delight as she sat bolt up and ran down the stairs at lightening speed. She stopped to glare when she saw Duo standing on the phone having a long and flirtatious conversation with her friend. Relena walked up and glared at Duo, holding up a hand and twitching her fingers back in forth in a gesture to hand over the phone.
"I gotta go, babe. I hope we can meet sometime. Jessie never told me that her cousin had connections with nice sounding women." Relena rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone.
"Hilde!" she cried. Her cry caught the guys in the living room attention and they all turned around to stare at the girl clad only in a t-shirt and boxers. The t-shirt read, 'This ain't a one night stand baby because you're going to be here all week long.' Duo gulped after he finished reading it and he quickly turned back to the living room and sat down, blushing greatly.
Relena's face was bright and suddenly began to turn red with frustration. She did not look happy at all.
"What do you mean, she's trying to take over my position? You and the other girls said yourselves that you would take care of it for me!"
"I'm sorry, Lovely, but this Brittany slut just waltzed in and started to take over the whole block, I think she's going for city domination. Even I'm getting beat pretty badly for this one." Relena glared at nothing for a moment.
"Honey, we're all sluts, now hold on, I'll be there in a few minutes." She hung up and turned to face some men with jaws dropped. At the word slut, they all turned around to gaze at her cautiously. She only smiled innocently and ran upstairs to where Heero was waiting outside her room. She hesitated, but then ran for her door. Heero's arm shot out and caught her before she could go any further. Quickly, he pulled her in and didn't let her go.
"What are you doing?" she asked annoyed. Heero only bowed his head as he pulled her back up against his chest. She felt so good to be there. Almost like it was natural. It never felt like this with him with Jessie. He hooked his arm around her waist and squeezed her against him even more. She gasped at the heat he radiated. He wasn't cold at all! In fact, he was making her burn from inside.
"H…Heero, I…" He lowered his head and he nibbled at her ear a little. She was so damn good. He had to do this, just once. He saw that she was restraining herself. He lowered his lips to her neck.
"I can't… Jessie…" The name stopped him cold. He couldn't do it. Not with Jessie still his girlfriend. Slowly, like a child giving up a piece of candy, he let her go and stepped away. Relena's face was flushed as she turned and bolted for her room. She quickly began to dig through her stuff in her drawers.
"What are you doing?" asked Heero sharply. She was leaving. Because he was going out with her cousin and he had kissed her instead of Jessie. She was leaving him. Heero's heart skipped a beat.
"I have some business to take care of. I'll be back in an hour." Relena grabbed her coat and stuffed some money in her pocket. She turned around and stared at Heero's face. She smiled reassuringly.
"I'll be back. One of my friends here is having some trouble at work and I need to go help her. Don't worry. I'll be back soon." She raced out of the room and down the stairs. Her car was parked outside and she was gone within a few seconds. Heero watched from her window as she took off. He looked out of the hills and down below the downtown city.
Relena was beginning to wonder where Jessie was. She was gone over an hour and Relena wasn't getting anywhere with this human stone. She paced the kitchen as she sipped at some coffee. It was now pouring rain out and it was getting dark. Finally, Relena saw the impossibility of this whole thing and she mumbled something about hopping the first bus for the slums. She pulled her stuff together into her suitcase and waited in her room for Jessie to come home. When she heard the door open then slam shut from the wind, she walked downstairs in her overcoat and long pants and sweater. Jessie was shaking off the rain and before Relena could say anything Heero stormed into the hall. He was glaring down at Jessie and by the looks of it, it seemed as if he was going to hit her. Relena saw it coming and quickly ran down the stairs and stood before him. She glared at his icy face and knew that she had finally met her match in a fight.
"Don't you touch her." Though Jessie was annoying, she still couldn't stand the thought of a woman being beaten by a man. It was unthinkable to her, but Dorothy had told her it was natural and that it was okay. That was a load of bull. Heero glared past her at Jessie. Relena blocked his vision once again.
"Don't touch her," she repeated in a low monotone voice. She gave him clear warning, but he only stared down at her with a cruel coldness.
"You think that I would do such a thing? That I would hit her? I would never harm a defenseless woman," he said coldly. Relena felt some of the air leaving her sails, but she continued to glare.
"Fine, but if a person comes home after being drenched in rain, cold, and tired, I would think that the last thing they would want is someone charging them like a bull let into an arena!" Heero glared down at her, focusing only on her now. She actually had the guts to stand up to him? That was new. He decided he was going to enjoy this because it wasn't often he met someone who could stand against him. Jessie was weak and Heero was surprised by the sudden and emotionless thought.
It angered him in fact.
"I have the right to be upset with her if I want."
"You don't have any right! No one has a right to yell at anyone because they were a little late."
"A little! She was hours past the time that she was supposed to be home."
"Maybe her car broke down on the side of the road, or maybe she was delayed in traffic. Then there's always the possibility that she took longer then she expected!"
"Why are you defending her? She should have called, or…"
"Or what? What if she didn't have access to a phone? Huh? Maybe she…"
"You are interfering in a matter that doesn't concern you!"
"Yes it does! She's my cousin! I have every right!" Heero's eyes narrowed.
"Are you really?"
"What?" The question caught her by surprise.
"Are you really her cousin?" Relena should have felt smug and turned to smirk at Jessie, saying the jig was up, but instead, she felt a bit of dread wash over her. It was strange and mostly unwelcome.
"Of course we're cousins you idiot of a man! I haven't seen Jessie in a long time and I was hoping for a nice stay with her, but if I had known she had hooked up with a jackass, I would have just stayed in the states! If not, stayed on a doorstep on the streets somewhere! It's better than staying here!" Relena turned around to Jessie.
"I don't care what you say, I'm leaving, I can't stand this asshole anymore. He's been driving me nuts ever since I got here!" Relena began to brush by Heero, but his hand flew out and caught her arm. She was shocked at first, but then she felt her muscles tense. His glare could have killed a person right on the spot, but Relena was so unreasonably furious at the moment, she could have knocked him down with a single glance, but unfortunately, both were evenly matched. Relena looked down at her arm and glanced back up at him. He didn't seem to get the hint so she tugged at her arm to break loose, but he still wouldn't let go. Finally Jessie came to her rescue.
"Please, Relena. Stay." Relena turned around and smiled a little and shook her head.
"Sorry, I'm going to head for a hotel somewhere. If not, I've got some friends I want to see here as well. With this asshole in the house, I can't survive!" Relena began to turn, but she noticed that Heero still had her arm. She glared at him and reached up to pull off his hand, but it wouldn't relent. Finally, she stated plainly for him to let her go.
"It's raining out." Relena shrugged and pulled again, still no release.
"I'm leaving tonight, even if it kills me!" She wrenched her arm from his grasp and sped up the stairs.
"It just may," mumbled Jessie as she ran up after her 'cousin.' She reached her room and saw that Relena had already packed.
"I thought we had a deal!" whispered Jessie fiercely. Relena glanced up at her as she pulled on her boots.
"Sorry, no deal is worth that gorgeous son of a bitch." Relena pushed back her hair as she tied one shoe. "Don't worry, I won't mention the deal to him, we're cousins as far as he knows, but I'm outta here, hun. Sorry." Relena picked up her suitcase and began to walk out, but Jessie's arm shot out and blocked the door.
"Please… I am begging you. Please stay." Relena hesitated and stopped dead in her tracks and dropped her suitcase.
"Hey, what's wrong? You never sounded this desperate before," said Relena with some concern. "That jerk doesn't beat you, does he?" she asked quietly. Jessie shook her head.
"I can't stand it anymore. He's always so cold. Never talks unless he has to. I can't take it. At least with you here, I can talk to someone other than a human wall. Please stay." She was lonely! Relena was shocked at the thought of it. Jessie only wanted someone to talk to. Relena's eyes softened a little, but she picked up her suitcase once again.
Jessie almost broke down in tears, but she stopped herself when Relena turned and put it back down on the bed and opened it to unpack once again. Jessie smiled genuinely and ran up to Relena and throwing her arms around her neck.
"Thank you so much!" She hugged her tightly and Relena knew that if she didn't get some air soon, she would faint. Finally, Jessie released her and she ran out of the room without another word. Sighing, Relena turned to her suitcase.
She was almost done when she felt someone standing behind her. Slowly she stopped unpacking and turned to her book on the table and picked it up. She got up and laid down on the bed and began to read. He continued to stand there.
"What do you want?" she finally asked, not standing his presence anymore.
"You're not leaving," he said plainly. Well, it was obvious, wasn't it?
"You're lucky that my cousin can convince so well." Relena turned back to her book, but he remained where he was.
"How did you know about that account for the Tetsu family?" he asked in a monotone voice. Relena only spared him a glance.
"I studied to become an accountant at one point or another."
"You stopped." It was a statement, not a question. Relena only nodded.
"Yeah. I stopped learning a while ago. Heero, if there is something you need just say it so that I can get back to reading," she said impatiently. Heero nodded in recognition and turned to leave. "Oh and I'm sorry for accusing you of hitting Jessie. That was out of place and I shouldn't have done that," mumbled Relena quietly. Heero paused and glanced back at her, but she seemed so interested in her book, that it was almost as if she hadn't said anything, but she had and they both knew it.
Jessie was leaving. It was Wednesday and Relena found that she was not looking forward to spending the next four days alone with that cold man. She had to admit that he wasn't completely stone, but he did a damn good imitation of it. She waved as Jessie drove out of the driveway and headed down the road. Heero only stood there with his hands in his pockets, staring after Jessie's car. Relena turned around and walked back into the house, but Heero stopped her by grabbing her arm in a vice like grip.
"What are you two up to?" Relena was bewildered.
"What do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean. You two are up to something." Relena shrugged.
"Think what you'd like, but I'm going to go in and make myself a cup of coffee. Want some?" she asked innocently. She turned for the door and Heero let her go amazingly. She breathed a sigh of relief. Hopefully, she could avoid him as much as possible. She stood in the kitchen, fixing the coffee, when Heero walked in and sat down. He was staring at her. She could feel his eyes boring into her back. She turned around and smiled sweetly.
"Well, the coffee is going to be ready in a little bit, help yourself, I'm going to go upstairs and finish my book. Goodnight." She began to walk past him despite what she had said earlier of having the cup of coffee.
"Are you going to do this the whole time she's gone?" Relena stopped and smiled.
"As long as I can keep it up," she admitted.
"Tell me why you would want to avoid me." Relena smiled.
"First of all, you're not the world's best conversationalist, second, you are rather cold in every way, third…"
"Every way huh?" Was that amusement in his eyes? He looked different like that. Better and twenty times more handsome. She was shocked by the slight change.
"Y… yes. Every way possible. Now… I'm going to go finish my book and…"
"I don't think I'm all that cold." Relena let out a laugh.
"That's definitely a lie! You're cold and heartless and nonhuman and…" He cut her off by grabbing her arms and pulling her against him. His eyes were dark as he stared into her eyes.
"Do I feel cold right now?" he asked darkly. He was quite the opposite. He was… warm, so amazingly warm, or maybe it was her, she couldn't tell. She knew she was blushing, but she was surprised as in to why. Heero was so warm and so masculine; it was like it was her first time to be held like that. Now that she thought of it, it was kind of her first time.
None of the other men she had been with had held her in such a way. It was strange. Relena started to lean back, but Heero stopped her.
"I'm not all that cold Relena. You have yet to learn that," he whispered. Relena looked up startled into his eyes. They were deep ocean blue at that very moment. It was coming, she could feel it. A kiss as hot as a desert in the middle of the day. She could already feel its heat before their lips even met. Their lips never did meet; the doorbell rang, interrupting the moment. Relena jumped back and walked quickly out of the kitchen. With some frustration at herself and at Heero, she yanked it open and glared at the person at the door.
"What is it?" she yelled. The person seemed to go into shock.
"Uh… I think I've got the wrong address. I'm sorry to inconvenience you…" The young man around Heero's age turned back around and prepared to leave, but Heero appeared from behind Relena.
"Duo, what are you doing here?" he asked calmly. Duo spun around and smiled at his friend.
"Man, I thought I was going crazy!" he commented as he walked back up the stairs to the door. Relena let him in apologetically.
"You're at the right house. I'm sorry I snapped at you, I am just tired, that's all," apologized Relena. She turned away and began to make her way up the stairs. Duo and Heero stared after her and Heero noticed how Duo was staring at Relena's lower area and he glared at his friend. Duo gave an innocent shrug as they made their way into the living room.
"She is one good looking babe. What ever happened to Jessie?" asked Duo as he took a seat on the couch.
"Relena is Jessie's cousin from the states." Duo raised his eyebrows.
"How long she staying? I'd sure like to get to know her better." Heero hated that strange feeling in him as Duo mentioned that.
"She's staying for another week, that's all," he snapped a little too quickly. Duo put his hands up as if to surrender.
"Hey, I didn't mean any disrespect, I was just commenting on how nice she looked." Heero was satisfied with that.
"So, why are you here?" asked Heero.
"Well, I was driving by and I was wondering how my good old buddy Heero was doing." Heero didn't believe him for a moment.
"You're TV broke down during the soccer game, didn't it?" he asked as if in routine.
"Yeah! That stupid piece of junk is never going to work properly! I should have thrown it in for a piece of scrap a long time ago!" Heero rolled his eyes and motioned to the TV in the corner.
"Be my guest," he mumbled as he glanced at the paperwork on the table. Suddenly, it didn't seem as welcoming as before. His mind was somewhere upstairs. He shook his head to clear it when Duo's loud voice yelled.
"That was not illegal! Open your eyes you big idiot! Geez! You shouldn't even be on the field!" Heero rolled his eyes as the usual evening was about to take place. He prepared for the others to show up. For some odd reason, his other few friends always managed to show up exactly when Duo did. Twenty minutes later, all the others had arrived and were sitting or jumping on the couches and chairs in front of the TV set. Wufei, Quatre, and Trowa. It was surprising to see that men as quiet and reserved, as the three could be so involved with soccer. They all groaned as a pass was intercepted.
Quatre actually cursed and threw everyone off track into a brief shocked moment. Suddenly, the phone rang and Heero continued to look at the paperwork, but Duo glanced up in annoyance.
"Hey, Heero, your phone's ringing. Heero! Phone!" Duo looked back at the TV. "Oh, come on! That was pathetic! Get that ball! Get it! That's it!" Heero rolled his eyes and got up to answer the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi, is Lovely there?"
"I'm sorry, I think you have the wrong number."
"Really? She told me that this was the number. Oh, stupid me, I'm sorry, I mean is Relena there? This is her friend Candy… er… Hilde." Heero received odd looks from the others and he shrugged in helplessness.
"Yes, hold on a moment please." Heero walked up the stairs quietly to Relena's room. The door was shut. He knocked quietly and opened it a little.
"Relena?" She lay on her bed quietly sleeping. The beauty that lay before him entranced him. Why couldn't Jessie look like an angel when she was asleep? The thought surprised him. He walked over and knelt next to her bed, examining her face.
"Relena?" he whispered into her ear. She sighed and leaned more towards his voice. Heero reached up and shook her shoulder. She responded by rolling the other way, taking his hand with her. His hand was crushed beneath her and he was losing his balance very quickly.
He gasped at the heat that was rushing into his face. He tried to dislodge his hand, but it was held tight. He couldn't let Relena wake up with him like this, but it was too late, her eyes popped open and they widened when she glanced down at his hand and then up at him. Instead of slapping him or screaming, she smiled a little and reached up slowly to cup his cheek. He was hypnotized, that must have been it. He lowered his head slowly, not resisting the urges that he felt to taste her lips. Relena moaned slightly and shifted so that she held his hand tighter to her chest. Heero felt his neck going red as well, but he didn't have the strength or courage to let go of this lifeline. Finally, Relena smiled a little and let him go. All in good time, she thought.
"That was nice," she whispered. Heero didn't respond, he only began to lean forward bit by bit. He wanted more of that sweetness. He was warm all over when he kissed her and he wanted that warmth again. It was unlike anything he had ever felt before. Relena avoided it by asking what he had come up for and he remembered the girl on the phone.
"Some girl is asking for you on the phone. Her name is… Candy… uh, Hilde, I think." Relena's eyes sparkled with delight as she sat bolt up and ran down the stairs at lightening speed. She stopped to glare when she saw Duo standing on the phone having a long and flirtatious conversation with her friend. Relena walked up and glared at Duo, holding up a hand and twitching her fingers back in forth in a gesture to hand over the phone.
"I gotta go, babe. I hope we can meet sometime. Jessie never told me that her cousin had connections with nice sounding women." Relena rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone.
"Hilde!" she cried. Her cry caught the guys in the living room attention and they all turned around to stare at the girl clad only in a t-shirt and boxers. The t-shirt read, 'This ain't a one night stand baby because you're going to be here all week long.' Duo gulped after he finished reading it and he quickly turned back to the living room and sat down, blushing greatly.
Relena's face was bright and suddenly began to turn red with frustration. She did not look happy at all.
"What do you mean, she's trying to take over my position? You and the other girls said yourselves that you would take care of it for me!"
"I'm sorry, Lovely, but this Brittany slut just waltzed in and started to take over the whole block, I think she's going for city domination. Even I'm getting beat pretty badly for this one." Relena glared at nothing for a moment.
"Honey, we're all sluts, now hold on, I'll be there in a few minutes." She hung up and turned to face some men with jaws dropped. At the word slut, they all turned around to gaze at her cautiously. She only smiled innocently and ran upstairs to where Heero was waiting outside her room. She hesitated, but then ran for her door. Heero's arm shot out and caught her before she could go any further. Quickly, he pulled her in and didn't let her go.
"What are you doing?" she asked annoyed. Heero only bowed his head as he pulled her back up against his chest. She felt so good to be there. Almost like it was natural. It never felt like this with him with Jessie. He hooked his arm around her waist and squeezed her against him even more. She gasped at the heat he radiated. He wasn't cold at all! In fact, he was making her burn from inside.
"H…Heero, I…" He lowered his head and he nibbled at her ear a little. She was so damn good. He had to do this, just once. He saw that she was restraining herself. He lowered his lips to her neck.
"I can't… Jessie…" The name stopped him cold. He couldn't do it. Not with Jessie still his girlfriend. Slowly, like a child giving up a piece of candy, he let her go and stepped away. Relena's face was flushed as she turned and bolted for her room. She quickly began to dig through her stuff in her drawers.
"What are you doing?" asked Heero sharply. She was leaving. Because he was going out with her cousin and he had kissed her instead of Jessie. She was leaving him. Heero's heart skipped a beat.
"I have some business to take care of. I'll be back in an hour." Relena grabbed her coat and stuffed some money in her pocket. She turned around and stared at Heero's face. She smiled reassuringly.
"I'll be back. One of my friends here is having some trouble at work and I need to go help her. Don't worry. I'll be back soon." She raced out of the room and down the stairs. Her car was parked outside and she was gone within a few seconds. Heero watched from her window as she took off. He looked out of the hills and down below the downtown city.