Legolas:Hannah does not own the song "Hopelessly Devoted". Read it! (Be prepared for some major angst...)
````~*Hopelessly Devoted*~````
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~Guess my heart isn't the first to be broken~
She didn't know why her mind was reeling like this. Her memories of the Guyana Highlands started exploding. Her false dreams shattered. Seeing them together like that made her know that she had been left behind.
~My eyes aren't the first to cry~
Inside, her heart was wrenching in sobs. Her mind was furious. She didn't know why she felt so betrayed. She just felt so... confused. The way he had saved her so many times, held her so close, their hands grasping one each other's ... it had filled her with thoughts of love. But it seems she was wrong. He was with Allenby again. Not that Allenby bothered Rain that much, she was such a sweet girl...so fun loving, so carefree. Even more a reason for Domon to be with her.
~I'm not the first one to know~
~There's just no getting over you~
But Rain didn't want to give up. Not just yet. She stared for a while at the two, sparring, laughing it up, coming to close for comfort. Allenby was clinging onto Domon's arm as she dragged him to the nearby restaurant. Rain looked down and walked away slowly into the night.
~You know I'm just a fool~
Who's willing to sit around and wait for you~
'Stop being jealous. Why am I being jealous?!' Rain screeched inside her mind. She couldn't place together why she was jealous of her best friend having some fun. She decided it was best just to wait for Domon to get back to the boat... she knew that Hoi and Min would lift her spirits. A smile lifted the corner of her mouth as she brushed past crowds of people.
~But baby can't you see~
~There's nothing else for me to do~
She yelped as she stepped into a muddy puddle, splashing mucky water all over her legs. She looked like an abstract painting, and she was blushing hard as she stomped off to the boat. She reached the pier and was in for a surprise when she saw Domon smiling as he said goodbye to Allenby, guarding the entrance to the boat. She frowned and hid behind a nearby crate. He waved to Allenby and turned his back. His cape rippled through the air. Rain slowly sneaked up to the boat, getting chilled as the mud began hardening on her legs. She was almost glowing red as she stepped onto the boat, brushing past the old man, who didn't bother to look up. Hoi was the first to press his face against the window and point to her. She smiled and waved. 'Ugh,' Rain thought as she grabbed the handle. 'The first thing I'm going to do is wash off.' The boat didn't have a tub, of course, but a wash basin to wipe off dirt. She twisted the knob and was greeted by two giddy youngsters. They smiled and almost squeezed her leg, but before that, Min pointed something out.
"Rain! You're all dirty!" Rain smiled as she plucked them off of her, and responded that she needed to go to bed. But not before Domon noticed her painted legs. He snobbishly cocked his head.
"What happened to you?" Domon snorted. Rain just shook her head.
"I've had a long night, that's all. Good night, Hoi,Min." She said as she padded them atop their heads. She didn't even speak to Domon. She hastened off to bed and completely forgot about washing up. Either that, or she didn't even want to see Domon. She just...had too much on her mind that night. And also knew he would only make things worse.
~I'm hopelessly devoted to you~
But she couldn't get him out of her head. All night, she thought about when Domon actually let down his defenses and cared for her....like that one time she was sick in the Guyana Highlands. That was the first thing she thought of when she thought him actually being 'sweet'. But now...he seemed to not even notice her.
~But now there's no where left to hide~
~Since you pushed my heart aside~
Since she didn't want to waist any more time on these thoughts, she slipped out of bed. She pulled on her pink dress, and decided to leave off her jacket. She gazed at her small clock. It was only midnight. She pulled open her bedroom door, and saw Hoi and Min's door open. She peeked inside. She gaped at what she saw. She smiled.
~I'm outta my head hopelessly devoted to you~
The man she had been thinking about was leaned up against a wooden wicker chair, nodded off into a light sleep. Two children where tucked into bed, smiling softly as their sheets rose up and down. She smiled as she turned. She opened the old creaking door to the outside of the boat, only to be greeted by the old man.
"What are you doing up at this hour?"
~Hopelessly devoted to you~
~Hopelessly devoted to you~
~My head is saying fool, forget him~
"Uh-nothing. I just couldn't sleep," Rain yawned. The old man smiled and directed for her to sit down next to him on an old crate. He cast his line out into the ocean. Rain sat down. She bit her lip and smiled as he pulled on his line to discover that a fish had eaten his bait and swam away.
"Oh well," he said in a perky tone. "There are plenty of other fish in the sea." Those words echoed endlessly in the long halls of Rain's mind. 'There are plenty of other fish in the sea,' she repeated to herself.
"How true," she said aloud. She blushed a tad and covered her mouth. The old man smiled and leaned back. She looked up at the stars.
~My heart is saying don't let go~
"But good ones are hard to catch," the fisherman said. "And by the time you figure that out, it'll be too late. The fish will swim away, out of your grasp." Rain's eyes softened. He knew what was going on.
~Hold onto the end, that's what I intend to do~
"Thanks," Rain said as she smiled at the man and stood. "That's just what I couldn't figure out." Her bare feet scuffed silently along the wooded boards. She yelped when she stepped on a piece of glass that was from a collection of remains of an old bottle. She bit her lip as she hobbled inside and sat at the table. She crossed her leg and examined her foot. Blood began seeping out in small streams where there was a deep wound. 'Great. Just what I needed.' Rain sighed. She went to a small pile of tissues on the kitchen counter downstairs, and plucked one out. She held it against her foot and smiled. She remembered one time when she was a child, Domon had stepped on a sharp rock and cut his foot. She was the first one to rush in and 'save him.' She laughed a bit. The oddest things could remind her of him in so many ways.
~I'm hopelessly devoted to you~
And now, she thought, she wouldn't let him get away.
~Since you pushed my love aside~
Even if he did love Allenby, Rain wouldn't give up.
~But now there's no where to hide~
He would always be deep down in Rain's heart. As a friend, as a fighter, as a secret love.
~I'm outta my head~
~Hopelessly devoted to you~
Rain wrapped a tissue tightly around her foot, and pulled it into a knot. She stumbled into the hallway that led to her room. She looked once more into Hoi/Min's room.
~Hopelessly devoted to you~
She grabbed a sheet that had rolled off of Hoi an Min's bed. She draped around the shoulders of the man who was crumpled onto the chair next to the bed. She smiled.
~Hopelessly devoted to you~
She wasn't going to let him get away.
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Whee! Angst! Romance! Yay!!! Thanks so much, Shadow. GREAT fic idea!!!! See, people!! I WILL use your ideas!! Okay, I'm VERY sorry if this was OOC. It's kinda like the manga in a way; Allenby really DID go to dinner with Domon, and Rain starts to get sad and schtuffs. Yeah. Tell me what you thought of this chapter!!! I hope you guys like it!
Legolas:Of course they didn't. These are FLUFF readers. Your just serving up a bunch of angst. Ugh.
Me:Shut up. Oooh, review away! Or no update! Eeee! See ya'!
--Sailor Hannah(P.S. The next chapter will use Miss Daydream's idea, "Bring Me To Life" by Evanesence. I agree, it TOTALLY matches the show! ^___^ And I also found a song that is EXACTLY like the first chappie to this story...It's called "All The Lights Went Out" by Marcy's Playground. Listen to it...you will see!!! That means to look forward to a maybe part two....)