The Party and Hotaru's Plan
Serena woke up early the next morning feeling as giddy as she used when she was going to junior high school. It had been a long time since she and her friends had gotten together to do anything. This was certainly a special occasion. Everyone that was going to be going knew that this party was mainly to cheer Amy up. She remembered the conversation she had with Heero and the rest of her friend the night before she just hoped Hotaru's plan didn't backfire. Now came the hard part in the plan.
"Come on Amy its time to go!!" Serena yelled for the fourth time this morning.
"I'm not going!" came her reply.
Serena rolled her eyes and proceeded to climb the stairs to get her friend. Why was she making this so difficult? Amy knew that everyone wanted her there and frankly Serena thought that Amy needed some fresh air, considering Amy had hardly left the house in the last two weeks. As she reached the door Serena prepared herself to use any means necessary get Amy up, dressed, and to the party.
"Amy get up we need to be ready to go when Duo gets here." Serena called as she opened the door.
She looked toward the bed and found the blue-haired girl bunched up on the bed with the covers over her head. Serena could only shake her head at the sight of the smartest girl she knew acting like a petulant child who refused to do something because she couldn't have her way. Serena went to bed and poked the cover and was rewarded with a muffled grunt that sounded like someone saying 'leave me alone'. Serena poked the girl once more trying to get more of a reaction.
"Amy get up or we're going to be laaaaaaaaaaaaate!!!" Serena whined.
" You are going to be late. Not me, I'm not going." Amy replied as she removed the comforter from her head.
Serena narrowed her eyes when she heard this. Then her eyes brightened when she heard the doorbell. A mischievous grin spread across her face thought of another way to get her to get Amy up.
"Fine be that way but you are still going." Serena said as she set out an outfit for the blue-haired genius and walked out of the room.
When Serena reached the bottom of the stairs she immediately ran over to her boyfriend Duo. She threw herself into his arms and told him what was going on with Amy.
"She is just being too stubborn about this going to the party thing." Serena explained.
"Want me to go get her?" Duo joked.
" Yes.", was Serena's reply as she walked over to the couch and sat down.
"Are you kidding?!?!" He yelled looking at the blonde knowing that any girl who stayed with Heero as long as Amy had was some kind of danger.
Serena turned to her boyfriend and glared at him then she pointed at the stairs. Duo shrugged his shoulders and went up stairs wondering how he got himself into situations like this. Smiling, Serena calmly began to count backwards.
5……4……3……2……1
" DUO WHAT THE HELL ARE DOING IN HERE!! GET OUT NOW!!" came the screech from up stairs.
All at once a blur appeared from the stairwell followed closely by several pairs of shoes. One of which hit the braided blur in the head knocking him down in front of his girlfriend. Serena erupted in laughter at the sight of Duo trying to dodge behind the couch while being assaulted by flying shoes. Serena looked toward the stairs and found a red faced Amy glaring at her and her boyfriend. She also noticed that Amy was also wearing the outfit she had laid out for her.
"Serena why was your, soon to be dead, boyfriend in my room?" Amy asked in a dead monotone voice.
"Oh Amy I'm glad your up and ready to go." Serena said while she made her way to the front door, ignoring the looks Amy was throwing at her.
Amy continued to glare at her friend as she left her standing at the bottom of the steps. She let her shoulders sag in defeat knowing that now that she was up she wouldn't be able to avoid going to the party. Amy sighed and looked down before making her way to Duo's jeep. 'At least she pick something that I'm going to be comfortable in.' noticing Serena had picked a pair of khaki short and a blue short sleeve shirt. Amy sat in the back of the jeep and tried not to think about her problems.
~~~~~~ Amara's Car ~~~~~
"I can't believe that I agreed to this idea." Amara repeated to her sea green haired wife for the hundredth time.
"Oh get over it already Amara. I think it's a cute idea." Michelle replied turning on the radio.
They were already headed toward the park where they were going to have the party. Amara was in the driver's seat wearing a pair of jeans and a sleeveless shirt complaining about the plan concerning Heero And Amy. Her wife wore a simple aqua colored sundress. In the car that was following them Trista sat hold the small basket of food they had been able to make before they left. A small played across her lips as she listened to her friends argue over the same topic again. As they arrived at the park they saw that everyone had arrived save for Serena, Amy, and Duo. While they walked toward their friends they each shared hoped their plan would work without any problems.
'Good luck Heero.'
~~~~~ Heero's Apartment ~~~~~
He had been dressed for the last hour he simply chose not to rush into the plan his surrogate daughter came up with the night before. He released a small smirk when he thought about the plan and his and Amara's reaction. They were really alike in that one respect they were very protective of Hotaru. Heero glanced at the clock on the wall beside the bed. It read 12 o'clock he had better get on his way. As Heero made his way to the door he took the time to consider if he should bring the one thing that had caused him so much trouble in the first place. His eyes hardened as he thought of all he could lose and gain from just bringing that small item, it wasn't really a choice in the first place. He grabbed the small gift his keys and left. His circled around two main details the plan and he was finally going to see Amy again.
~~~~~~ Hotaru's Room ~~~~~~
" I hope Amy will at least talk to Heero-papa," the girl sighed again as she thought over her plan again.
It was true she did get some satisfaction from being able to help her 'papa', but a lot of today depended on Amy. Hotaru hoped everything would be worked out after today she missed seeing Amy and Heero happy and together. Hotaru shook her head to clear the line of thinking she was currently on. She should be happy she was going to a party and have a good time with her friends and she also got a little extra because of her plan. Hotaru laughed out loud when she remembered last night.
~~~~~ Flash Back ~~~~~
"Ummm I have an idea."
Everyone turned to look at the eight year old Hotaru who now had a blush rising on her face. Everyone present in the apartment turned and stared at the young purple-eyed girl wondering why she was blushing about her idea.
"Its ok Hotaru what your idea?" Trista said while a slight smirk played on her lips.
" Well, Heero-papa told all his friend that he was going to go the party and we know that the girls will not like it very much if he shows up, right? So why don't we give them a reason for why he's there." Hotaru suggested.
Everyone nodded agreeing with the child's idea so far but they still noticed that her blush had yet to leave her face.
"That is a good idea but why are you blushing Taru?" Heero asked.
When he asked that question Hotaru's blush increased and covered from her cheeks to her chin. She quick mumbled out her response and hoped that she wouldn't have to repeat herself. Her hope weren't heeded as everyone in the living room had confused looks on their faces.
"What did you say Hotaru?" Trista asked obviously enjoying herself. Hotaru gave her third mother a small glare thinking that she should have never told her secret. She looked up and realized that she had to tell her other parents her secret as well. 'I hope they don't go over broad about this.' "Well, there is this boy that…"
"WHAT BOY!!!!" Amara yells.
"I'll kill him." Heero says in a dead monotone while clenching his fist.
Their reactions immediately caused Michelle and Serena to fall over laughing making comments about how funny they looked. Trista was covering the small smile that graced her lips while Hotaru's blush increased. What a lot of people don't realize is that Heero have two things that are very important to them, one their friends and family and two their over protectiveness of Hotaru. The one thing that got the two of them worked up the most was the idea of their little girl dating.
"Honestly you two let the poor girl finish." Trista mock reprimanded Hotaru's father figures.
"What I meant was the guy like could take me and Heero-papa could go to the party without any problems." She finished hoping that they understood what she was trying to say.
"I don't get it Taru. What does this boy have to do with Heero going to the party and not being harassed by everybody?" Amara asked while scratching her head in confusion.
The young purple-haired girl sighed and shook her head. Hotaru left her position on the couch and went over to Heero and grabbed his hand. Then looked at her other father. Amara still had a confused look on her face. Hotaru sighed 'I knew she wasn't going to get it.'
"Heero-papa will you go with me to the party?" Hotaru said turning to look at her father.
This was met by five reactions in the small apartment:
A: The flash of a camera thanks to a giggling Michelle.
B: A smirk on Trista's face.
C: The sound of Serena squealing about how cute that looked.
D: The sound of a body falling to the floor.
E: Heero nodding to Hotaru's proposal and smirking at Amara lying on the floor unconscious.
~~~~~ End Flash Back ~~~~~
Hotaru was brought from her musing by the sound of a motorcycle's engine. A smile grew on her face as she ran down the stairs to the front door. She stopped at the door and checked for the house key and then threw the door open to see her father sitting on his bike looking at her holding a small dark purple helmet.
"Heero-papa!!!!"
"Ready to go to the party Taru?" Heero asked handing her the helmet.
Hotaru jumped on to the back of the bike put her helmet on and nodded.
~~~~ Tokyo Park ~~~~
Serena, Duo, and Amy arrived at the park to see the rest of their friends and their respective boyfriends. Amy couldn't help but feel slightly jealous of what her friends still had and she didn't. As she stepped out of Duo's Jeep she cast quick glances at everyone around her. Mina was sitting on the blanket that she and Quatre had brought, telling him about her ideas and hopes of becoming an idol. Not far them Makoto was carrying a basket of food and walking with her boyfriend Trowa who was nodding his head and talking about their plans to move in together.
"Onna where is that baka friend and that braided-baka?!"
Amy turned the voice and saw the only couple that constantly yelled and shouted at each other over anything. She watched as the raven-haired miko Rei quickly got in the face of her boyfriend and gave him a piece of her mind.
" She will be here any second NOW and WHO are YOU calling and ONNA!"
Amy shook her head at the display her friend was putting on. Then out of the corner of her eye she saw Serena move to talk to Rei.
"Gee Rei I didn't know you cared."
"MEATBALL HEAD WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!!!" Rei screamed as her attention centered on Serena.
'They'll always be the same.' Ami thought with an exaggerated sigh. Her attention was shifted once again with the arrival of Michelle, Amara, and Trista. The sight of Amara's arm around Michelle's waist made Amy realized how she was the only one without someone. Amy's eyes then fell as she tried to keep her tears from falling in front of her friends. She looked up just in time to see Trista coming toward her.
"Hello Amy. How have you been?"
"I am as fine as I can be Trista. Where is Hotaru? I thought she was coming with you guys?" was Amy's reply.
"She'll be here but her 'Date' said that he would bring her." Trista smirked when she saw Amy's eyes go wide.
"Date? I bet Amara had a fit about that." Amy said with a small smile playing across her face. But as quickly as it appeared it vanished at what Trista said next.
"We tried to get my brother to come but he had over plans for today."
"Good I don't want to see him. He's probably out with that blonde-haired bitch." Amy growled.
Trista was silent after this was said. She could hardly believe that Amy had said what she had. Didn't Amy realize just how much she sounded like Heero when she said that? 'I guess they each picked up part of the other's personality.' She also realized that their plan was going to be a lot harder to pull off than she originally thought. Trista knew she needed to change the course of the conversation quickly.
"Well let's go meet the others and try to have a good time." Trista said and locked arms with Amy as she walked toward the spot picked for the party.
~~~~~ Tokyo Park Entrance ~~~~~
Heero turned off his bike and looked at his watch. It read 2:30 the party had started thirty minutes ago so they weren't very late. He glanced behind him and helped Hotaru off the bike. The little girl was trying to hold her self back from running toward where the party was taking place. Heero could clearly see her excitement. He got off the Harley and touched the pocket in front of his jacket. The small box was still there he sighed and turned toward his 'Date'.
"Lead the way Hotaru." He said and offered her his arm.
"Okay Heero-papa." Hotaru replied with a big smile on face.
They entered the park and found the party simply enough. When they were with viewing distance Heero heard Hotaru start the giggle and let her run toward her friends trailing behind her. Makoto and Mina were the first of the group to see Hotaru coming toward the group.
"Hey guys Hotaru's coming this way." Makoto yelled at everyone.
Everyone turned and saw the girl running toward them. The girls stood and greeted their youngest friend. Hotaru was bombarded with hugs from everyone and introduced the their boyfriends. Hotaru also noticed that Amy was not with everyone else.
"Hey Hotaru where's your date and is he cute?" Mina asked trying to tease the younger purple haired girl.
Hotaru heard her question and answered by going up to Heero and grabbing his hand. They returned to the group and Hotaru had a small smirk on her face.
"Guys this is my Date." Hotaru said proudly and presented Heero to her friends.
The reactions to this were different and were divided into three separate reactions.
1: "OH MY GOD THAT'S YOUR DATE!!!!!" The girls said with their mouths hanging open in disbelief.
2: "WHAT!!!!" That was the guys reaction because he said he wasn't coming and slight jealousy at the effect it had on the girlfriends.
3: A camera flash followed by laughter thanks to Michelle, Amara, and Serena.
Everyone turned to the three laughing women and waited for an explanation about what was so funny. Seeing that their answer wasn't forth coming Rei turned to Wufei and asked what was the big deal.
"Onna he said he wouldn't come to this and here he is?" was his reply.
"What are you talking about? Who is that?" She asked forgetting about him calling her an onna
" Heero how are you doing man. I didn't expect to see you here?" came their answer in the form of Duo.
All the girls turned toward their significant others and spoke as one slowly narrowing their eyes.
"That. Is. Heero." They asked in a dead monotone voice.
The guys simply nodded. And watched the girlfriends turn toward the reason for their friend's suffering. The each glared at him wondering why he dared to show his face here. Heero met the glare with one of equal intensity. He knew that this would be their reaction toward him so he was prepared. Hotaru and Serena saw that the mood of the party had changed and tried to fix the situation.
"Leave my date alone he's only here because I asked him." Hotaru said with a small glare.
"Yeah come on guys this won't help anyone leave him alone." Serena said.
The girls began to back off when they heard the sound of footsteps approaching them. They all turned to see Trista standing there looking at all of them. But what drew their attention was the sight of Amy looking at through and directly at Heero with tears falling from her eyes. They locked eyes and thoughts spun around and through Amy's mind. 'What is he doing here? Why did he come? He looks exactly the same as when I left. Oh god how I miss him.'
Amy approached Heero with all these thoughts swirling in her mind. She stopped in front of him and looked at him trying to see if his eyes would give anything away. She couldn't see anything but the cold eye she remembered from when they first met. Amy felt guilt well up in her heart as the thought that she caused this change in him. She clenched her fists as her anger quickly made her lose that thought. He was the one who hurt her how dare he make her think she was to blame for this change in both of them.
"What the hell are you doing here Heero?" Amy asked in a cold voice. "Shouldn't you be out with that blonde bitch?"
Heero didn't know how to answer her in all of the time he had known her Amy had never been this angry at him. And it didn't surprise him that she still believed that he was with Relena. But the coldness in her voice shocked him the most it remind him too much of how he was in the past when his only care was his sister.
"I came to see you." Was his short reply. "We need to talk."
Amy eyes widen when she heard this. He wanted to talk. Of all the things he could possibly want he wanted to talk. The way he said it made it seem as if her leaving him hadn't affected him at all. This drove her anger to new heights. She clenched her fists even tighter to reign in her conflicting emotions. She had to stay in control or else she would lose everything just like before.
"There is nothing to talk about Heero. You hurt me by running around behind my back and seeing the other woman. I made my point clear. I loved you enough to let you go and be happy with someone else. So don't try to walk back to me when you have had you fill with that blonde woman. I WILL NOT BE A REPLACEMENT!" Amy finished raising her voice as she force herself to speak through the sobs she was producing.
"You aren't a replacement you never were Amy." Heero reply keeping his eyes locked on her form as it shook from her crying.
"Don't lie to me Heero. I was there that night I heard everything you and Duo were talking about." She answered in a small empty voice. Then she turned to Duo. "What did you say that night Duo? I remember it you said 'I didn't know you were such a ladies man.' You didn't deny it so don't lie to me I can't anymore."
She heard them that night but she wasn't there how could she have heard that? That thought kept running through his head. He clenched his fist realizing that he had no way of convincing her other wise. His fist relaxed and took a step toward her but stopped when her head snapped up and he saw her glare at him with tears still spilling from her eyes.
Amy glared at him as he tried to approach her. Her mind was in a constant battle with her emotions. Everything she had said showed him that he had no way of denying any of it. But she was driven by the fact that she had let him go to be happy so why was he still tormenting her. Her glare turned even colder with these thoughts she was trying to avoid hurting and he was the one who ended up hurt. She decided that it would not happen this time. She took a step toward Heero and closed the space between them.
"Amy what are you doing? Don't tell me you're forgiving him? " Rei asked staring at her friend's position next to the man who hurt so much.
"Shut up Rei." Amy said.
Amy looked at Heero and placed her arms around his neck. Heero' eyes widen at the contacted and felt Amy pull his head down and kiss him hard. He closed his eye and responded. Amy felt him begin to return the kiss and she responded in kind pouring all of her hurt and love into it. Then as suddenly as she began she stopped and felt hurt right hand strike Heero.
"It's over Heero. I won't be a replacement again." Amy said then she turned her sobbing form to Serena. " Take me home."
Serena nodded and led Amy away. The others were in hock by what happened in front of them. Some of them were thinking that Heero deserved worst while others just didn't understand what had happened.
Heero turned his head back toward the group taking in their reactions. He heard the sound of the jeep leaving and began to make his way to the park exit also. He stopped at the sound of his daughter's voice.
"I'm sorry Heero-papa." The young girl said through tears.
"Its not your fault Hotaru. Thank you for trying to help me." Heero said while wiping away her tears. "I had fun on our date we have to do it again soon."
Hotaru nodded her head and forced a small smile for her father. Heero continued to make his way to the exit after talking to her. The rest of the boy and girls began to leave as well.
"Rei would you let Hotaru stay the night with you tonight?" Trista asked.
"Sure." Rei replied after giving the older woman a quick questioning glance.
" Thank you."
Amara and Michelle exchanged glances both wondering what Trista had planned. When the other had left the three remaining women stayed to discuss what to do next.
"That didn't go very well." Michelle said.
"Its because they're both so stubborn. They deserve each other." Trista said as she picked up the box her brother had dropped during his talk with Amy.
"Well I'm going to find Heero and talk some sense into that boy." Amara said as she began to walk toward one of the two remaining cars.
"Good idea. Michelle and I will speak with Amy."
They all nodded to each other and left the park to talk to their respective family and friend.
Sorry it took so long but I have been busy with school and everything else. I'll try to get chapter 5 and 6 up soon.
Thanks to you guys who reviewed me.
