California or Bust! - Chapter Ten:
Recovery Day Blues
Mia awoke the next morning around six am.She sat up in bed and stretched. She looked at the lump at the end of her bed, which was Duo, sleeping soundly, half on Mia's bed and half on a chair. Mia smiled and put her feet over the edge of the bed. When she tried to stand up, she failed miserably and had to hold onto the bed for support.
"What the. . . " Mia muttered as she pulled herself back into bed. "Guess I can't walk yet. . . " She crawled over to the end of her bed and whispered ito his ear. "Hey babe. It's a beautiful morning."
Duo opened his eyes and grinned at Mia. "feeling better babe?"
"Well besides the factor that I can't stand, pretty damn good." Mia replied.
Duo looked scared. "You Can't stand?!"
"Nah" said Mia. "I think I'm too weak."
"Well do you need anything?" Duo asked, concerned.
"Well there is one thing," Mia grinned psychotically, wrapping her arms around Duo's neck.
Duo looked puzzled. "So you're not angry with me?"
Mia pulled herself closer to him. "nope, I was just beating myself up for nearly killing you and when I do that I block myself off from the outside world."
"That's good," Duo purred before pulling Mia in closer and frenching her. Mia quickly broke it off. "Huh?"
"Not write now, I'm too tired" Mia explained. Duo nodded in understanding and pulled Mia close to him. Mia snuggled into hi arms and fell asleep.
LI walked into the room around nine o'clock am to check on Mia. When she opened the door she saw Duo hugging a sleeping Mia with a finger up to his lips. Li nodded in understandment and left the room quietly.
Duo brushed Mia's hair out of her face. "You're so beautiful…"
"No I'm not," Mia said, opening her eyes.
"You're awake?!"
"I'm a light sleeper," Mia explained.
"Oh, sorry," Duo apologized.
"Its all right. I quite like to be woken up by you," Mia smiled
Duo returned the grin. "God I love you. . . " Duo trailed off.
Mia smiled "I'm sorry for yesterday," she said as her smile turned to a frown.
Duo looked concerned. "Mia? You ok?"
Mia sniffed. "Yeah. . . . ." then she just broke out sobbing.
"Whoa! Mia! Babe! Chill!" Duo said, trying to calm Mia down.
Mia stopped sobbing but let the tears just silently roll down her face.
Duo hugged Mia tightly. "Shhh. . . . . . It's okay babe. . . We're both all right ant that's all that counts."
Mia sniffed. "Okay. . . I guess you're right. . ."
Duo put hi arms around Mia's waist and turned her to face him. "of course I'm right," he smirked.
Mia put her arms around his neck. "Sure, whatever you say. She mumbled before kissing Duo.
An hour later, Em walked into Mia's room to find her and Duo making out on the bed.
"so this is recovery, eh?" Em said to no one in particular.
Mia jumped away from Duo. "EM KNOCK!"
"Well you guys should really put up a sign. 'Sex in progress; DO NOT DISTURB!" Em commented.
"EMILY!" Mia screeched.
Em smirked. "I'll leave you two alone now. Don't go losing your virginity Mia." Em taunted, leaving the room before Mia killed her.
Em was standing on the balcony when Wufei came outside. Em turned away angrily.
"Look onna," Wufei began, "I never meant to stare but it was, well kinda hard not to. . ."
"And what's that supposed to mean?!" Em asked angrily.
"Well. . . it's just. . . " Wufei blushed.
"Spit it out Chang!" Em yelled.
"Youlookedsodamnhot. . " Wufei blurted out, turning a dark shade of crimson.
Em blushed and Wufei, whom was highly embarrassed, headed for the door.
"WAIT!" Em yelled, stopping Wufei by standing in front of him. "I wanted to apologize. . ."
Wufei raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
Em took a deep breath. "I'm sorry!"
Wufei gave her a triumphant smirk. "That's what I wanted to hear," he replied before leaning towards Em and french kissing her.
Em turned a lovely shade of red while Wufei whispered, "I love you Nataku,"
And left.
Rebi was sitting and watching TV in the girls room when Trowa walked in.
Trowa walked up to Rebi. "Close your eyes."
"Okay. . " Rebi mumbled, closing her eyes.
Trowa clipped a silver necklace around Rebi's neck. He then put his hands around her waist. "What do you think?"
Rebi gasped. "It's beautiful Trowa! Thank you!"
Trowa smiled. "You're welcome."
"Now how should I thank you. . . hm. . . "Rebi muttered thoughtfully, wrapping her arms around Trowa's neck.
Rebi grinned and kissed Trowa as Trowa blushed and kissed her back. Rebi removed Trowa's shirt and continued kissing him.
Em walked through the balcony door on the girls side and stared. "Uh. . . Rebi?"
Rebi blushed and moved away from Trowa. "I was… rehearsing Shakespeare! Ya, that's it!" she covered.
Em shook her head. "Whatever Rebi…" she lift the room quickly.
Kio was browsing through the souvenir's in the gift shop when she bumped into Heero.
"Ooops. Oh Hiya Hee-Chan," Kio smiled.
(Quick grab a Camera!)
"Hello Kio," Heero greeted monotonously.
"Whatcha getting'?" Kio asked.
"Nothing, just browsing," replied Heero
"Same. We shouldn't go back to our rooms for a while, I'm sure the others are doing more than 'relaxing'" said Kio.
"Thanks for the warning," said Heero.
"No prob," replied Kio "But we should head back pretty soon."
"All right," agreed Heero. "I'm just going to finish looking around."
Li and Quatre wee busying themselves with cleaning up the guy's room.
"Hey! I know!" called Li. "We could watch a movie!"
"All right," said Quatre. "As long as it isn't as sad as 'Pearl Harbor'. POOR BETTY!" He wailed.
"Don't worry" confirmed Li. "We'll watch… how about 'Spirit'."
"Okay!" said Quatre.
After and hour, the two had long forgot about the movie and were kissing each other.
Quatre pulled away from Li. "Oh my god! I'm sorry!"
"What?" Li asked, puzzled.
"Oh - my - god! I am so sorry! I didn't know what I was doing!" Quatre yelled.
"WHAT ALREADY?!" Li yelled back.
"I was kissing you, and then… I PUT MY HAND UP THE BACK OF YOUR SHIRT!!!" Quatre bawled. "I am such a… such a …. Such a guy!"
"Well I'd hope you're a guy!" Li said.
"I'm so sorry Li! Quatre sniffled.
"Don't worry Quatre. That's normal for guys to do. Don't have to spaz attack," Li said.
"But… but…" Quatre sniffled.
"It's all right. Now c'mere!" Li grinned and pulled Quatre into a french kiss!
At around 4 o'clock, Li went to Mia's room to announce that they were all going out for dinner. She found a sign on the doorknob that read 'QUIET! DO NOT DISTURB!' LI knocked on the door cautiously. "Mia?"
There was much shuffling on the other side of the door and Mia yelled, "Hang on Li! I don't think you wanna see me shirtless!"
"I did not need to know that," Li muttered from the other side of the door.
Mia opened the door only a crack as Duo was still getting dressed. "Yeah?"
"I just thought you'd like to know that we're going out for dinner," Li announced. "And we're leaving in two hours./ BY the way, you look much better, a little flushed maybe, but much better!" Li smiled knowingly.
"I'll be there, I gotta get ready though so see you later," Mia said.
The group got all dressed up fancy because they were going to a fancy restaurant.
They had just arrived at the restaurant. Duo had his arm around Mia's waist and she was smiling.
"Now guys, let's not make this anything like the last restaurant," Li announced.
"Yes boss!" Mia announced, saluting.
They all split up and went to their separate tables to order.
Mia and Duo were holding each others hands over the table.
"God, I never want to leave you," Dou said.
Mia sighed. "We have to live for the moment or we'll lose it forever."
Duo grinned. "In that case…" he trailed and whispered something in Mia's ear.
"DUO!" Mia screeched. "They'll hear us!"
"Not if we're sleeping in the other room," Duo gave her the puppy-dog eyes. "Pleeease Mia? You said o live for the moment!"
Mia sighed and solemnly agreed.
"YAY!" shouted Duo.
Quatre and LI chatted excitedly about the next day's plans.
"Universal Studios TM sound like so much fun!" Quatre yelled.
"Yeah! It's great fun!" Li replied happily
"Thank you again for all of your hospitality Lisa," Quatre thanked.
Li waved it off. "It's no problem Quatre," she smiled.
"I'm having a wonderful time!" added Quatre.
Rebi was blowing bubbles in her milk.
"What are you doing?" Trowa asked.
"Acting childish! It's fun!" replied Rebi. "You should try it!"
Trowa shrugged and began to blow bubbles into his mild. They both laughed loudly.
Trowa gently touched Rebi's face. "God how I love you…"
Rebi kissed his hand. "Ditto…"
Wufei and Em sat at the same table. Em wasn't facing him.
"Nataku?" Wufei asked worriedly.
"Why do you call me that?" Em asked coldly, still not facing Wufei.
"Because… I love you…" Wufei muttered, no louder than a whisper.
"Really?" Em asked, her eyes filled with hope and she was now looking into his.
Wufei's eyes softened. "Of course. Would I lie to you?"
Em smiled as her eyes filled with tears of happiness. "I don't know." She stood up and hugged Wufei. "Thank you…"
Wufei hugged her back silently.
Heero and Kio were talking to each other about nothing in particular.
"We will have to leave eventually… " Heero started.
Kio's eyes filled with tears. "I know…. But we'll have to go on…" she sniffed.
Heero wiped a tear off of her cheek. "Don't worry. I'll be back someday."
"You promise?" Kio asked
Heero smiled. "I promise."
Everyone headed back to the hotel and Mia and Duo weren't heard from until morning.
End Chapter Ten
Recovery Day Blues
Mia awoke the next morning around six am.She sat up in bed and stretched. She looked at the lump at the end of her bed, which was Duo, sleeping soundly, half on Mia's bed and half on a chair. Mia smiled and put her feet over the edge of the bed. When she tried to stand up, she failed miserably and had to hold onto the bed for support.
"What the. . . " Mia muttered as she pulled herself back into bed. "Guess I can't walk yet. . . " She crawled over to the end of her bed and whispered ito his ear. "Hey babe. It's a beautiful morning."
Duo opened his eyes and grinned at Mia. "feeling better babe?"
"Well besides the factor that I can't stand, pretty damn good." Mia replied.
Duo looked scared. "You Can't stand?!"
"Nah" said Mia. "I think I'm too weak."
"Well do you need anything?" Duo asked, concerned.
"Well there is one thing," Mia grinned psychotically, wrapping her arms around Duo's neck.
Duo looked puzzled. "So you're not angry with me?"
Mia pulled herself closer to him. "nope, I was just beating myself up for nearly killing you and when I do that I block myself off from the outside world."
"That's good," Duo purred before pulling Mia in closer and frenching her. Mia quickly broke it off. "Huh?"
"Not write now, I'm too tired" Mia explained. Duo nodded in understanding and pulled Mia close to him. Mia snuggled into hi arms and fell asleep.
LI walked into the room around nine o'clock am to check on Mia. When she opened the door she saw Duo hugging a sleeping Mia with a finger up to his lips. Li nodded in understandment and left the room quietly.
Duo brushed Mia's hair out of her face. "You're so beautiful…"
"No I'm not," Mia said, opening her eyes.
"You're awake?!"
"I'm a light sleeper," Mia explained.
"Oh, sorry," Duo apologized.
"Its all right. I quite like to be woken up by you," Mia smiled
Duo returned the grin. "God I love you. . . " Duo trailed off.
Mia smiled "I'm sorry for yesterday," she said as her smile turned to a frown.
Duo looked concerned. "Mia? You ok?"
Mia sniffed. "Yeah. . . . ." then she just broke out sobbing.
"Whoa! Mia! Babe! Chill!" Duo said, trying to calm Mia down.
Mia stopped sobbing but let the tears just silently roll down her face.
Duo hugged Mia tightly. "Shhh. . . . . . It's okay babe. . . We're both all right ant that's all that counts."
Mia sniffed. "Okay. . . I guess you're right. . ."
Duo put hi arms around Mia's waist and turned her to face him. "of course I'm right," he smirked.
Mia put her arms around his neck. "Sure, whatever you say. She mumbled before kissing Duo.
An hour later, Em walked into Mia's room to find her and Duo making out on the bed.
"so this is recovery, eh?" Em said to no one in particular.
Mia jumped away from Duo. "EM KNOCK!"
"Well you guys should really put up a sign. 'Sex in progress; DO NOT DISTURB!" Em commented.
"EMILY!" Mia screeched.
Em smirked. "I'll leave you two alone now. Don't go losing your virginity Mia." Em taunted, leaving the room before Mia killed her.
Em was standing on the balcony when Wufei came outside. Em turned away angrily.
"Look onna," Wufei began, "I never meant to stare but it was, well kinda hard not to. . ."
"And what's that supposed to mean?!" Em asked angrily.
"Well. . . it's just. . . " Wufei blushed.
"Spit it out Chang!" Em yelled.
"Youlookedsodamnhot. . " Wufei blurted out, turning a dark shade of crimson.
Em blushed and Wufei, whom was highly embarrassed, headed for the door.
"WAIT!" Em yelled, stopping Wufei by standing in front of him. "I wanted to apologize. . ."
Wufei raised an eyebrow. "Well?"
Em took a deep breath. "I'm sorry!"
Wufei gave her a triumphant smirk. "That's what I wanted to hear," he replied before leaning towards Em and french kissing her.
Em turned a lovely shade of red while Wufei whispered, "I love you Nataku,"
And left.
Rebi was sitting and watching TV in the girls room when Trowa walked in.
Trowa walked up to Rebi. "Close your eyes."
"Okay. . " Rebi mumbled, closing her eyes.
Trowa clipped a silver necklace around Rebi's neck. He then put his hands around her waist. "What do you think?"
Rebi gasped. "It's beautiful Trowa! Thank you!"
Trowa smiled. "You're welcome."
"Now how should I thank you. . . hm. . . "Rebi muttered thoughtfully, wrapping her arms around Trowa's neck.
Rebi grinned and kissed Trowa as Trowa blushed and kissed her back. Rebi removed Trowa's shirt and continued kissing him.
Em walked through the balcony door on the girls side and stared. "Uh. . . Rebi?"
Rebi blushed and moved away from Trowa. "I was… rehearsing Shakespeare! Ya, that's it!" she covered.
Em shook her head. "Whatever Rebi…" she lift the room quickly.
Kio was browsing through the souvenir's in the gift shop when she bumped into Heero.
"Ooops. Oh Hiya Hee-Chan," Kio smiled.
(Quick grab a Camera!)
"Hello Kio," Heero greeted monotonously.
"Whatcha getting'?" Kio asked.
"Nothing, just browsing," replied Heero
"Same. We shouldn't go back to our rooms for a while, I'm sure the others are doing more than 'relaxing'" said Kio.
"Thanks for the warning," said Heero.
"No prob," replied Kio "But we should head back pretty soon."
"All right," agreed Heero. "I'm just going to finish looking around."
Li and Quatre wee busying themselves with cleaning up the guy's room.
"Hey! I know!" called Li. "We could watch a movie!"
"All right," said Quatre. "As long as it isn't as sad as 'Pearl Harbor'. POOR BETTY!" He wailed.
"Don't worry" confirmed Li. "We'll watch… how about 'Spirit'."
"Okay!" said Quatre.
After and hour, the two had long forgot about the movie and were kissing each other.
Quatre pulled away from Li. "Oh my god! I'm sorry!"
"What?" Li asked, puzzled.
"Oh - my - god! I am so sorry! I didn't know what I was doing!" Quatre yelled.
"WHAT ALREADY?!" Li yelled back.
"I was kissing you, and then… I PUT MY HAND UP THE BACK OF YOUR SHIRT!!!" Quatre bawled. "I am such a… such a …. Such a guy!"
"Well I'd hope you're a guy!" Li said.
"I'm so sorry Li! Quatre sniffled.
"Don't worry Quatre. That's normal for guys to do. Don't have to spaz attack," Li said.
"But… but…" Quatre sniffled.
"It's all right. Now c'mere!" Li grinned and pulled Quatre into a french kiss!
At around 4 o'clock, Li went to Mia's room to announce that they were all going out for dinner. She found a sign on the doorknob that read 'QUIET! DO NOT DISTURB!' LI knocked on the door cautiously. "Mia?"
There was much shuffling on the other side of the door and Mia yelled, "Hang on Li! I don't think you wanna see me shirtless!"
"I did not need to know that," Li muttered from the other side of the door.
Mia opened the door only a crack as Duo was still getting dressed. "Yeah?"
"I just thought you'd like to know that we're going out for dinner," Li announced. "And we're leaving in two hours./ BY the way, you look much better, a little flushed maybe, but much better!" Li smiled knowingly.
"I'll be there, I gotta get ready though so see you later," Mia said.
The group got all dressed up fancy because they were going to a fancy restaurant.
They had just arrived at the restaurant. Duo had his arm around Mia's waist and she was smiling.
"Now guys, let's not make this anything like the last restaurant," Li announced.
"Yes boss!" Mia announced, saluting.
They all split up and went to their separate tables to order.
Mia and Duo were holding each others hands over the table.
"God, I never want to leave you," Dou said.
Mia sighed. "We have to live for the moment or we'll lose it forever."
Duo grinned. "In that case…" he trailed and whispered something in Mia's ear.
"DUO!" Mia screeched. "They'll hear us!"
"Not if we're sleeping in the other room," Duo gave her the puppy-dog eyes. "Pleeease Mia? You said o live for the moment!"
Mia sighed and solemnly agreed.
"YAY!" shouted Duo.
Quatre and LI chatted excitedly about the next day's plans.
"Universal Studios TM sound like so much fun!" Quatre yelled.
"Yeah! It's great fun!" Li replied happily
"Thank you again for all of your hospitality Lisa," Quatre thanked.
Li waved it off. "It's no problem Quatre," she smiled.
"I'm having a wonderful time!" added Quatre.
Rebi was blowing bubbles in her milk.
"What are you doing?" Trowa asked.
"Acting childish! It's fun!" replied Rebi. "You should try it!"
Trowa shrugged and began to blow bubbles into his mild. They both laughed loudly.
Trowa gently touched Rebi's face. "God how I love you…"
Rebi kissed his hand. "Ditto…"
Wufei and Em sat at the same table. Em wasn't facing him.
"Nataku?" Wufei asked worriedly.
"Why do you call me that?" Em asked coldly, still not facing Wufei.
"Because… I love you…" Wufei muttered, no louder than a whisper.
"Really?" Em asked, her eyes filled with hope and she was now looking into his.
Wufei's eyes softened. "Of course. Would I lie to you?"
Em smiled as her eyes filled with tears of happiness. "I don't know." She stood up and hugged Wufei. "Thank you…"
Wufei hugged her back silently.
Heero and Kio were talking to each other about nothing in particular.
"We will have to leave eventually… " Heero started.
Kio's eyes filled with tears. "I know…. But we'll have to go on…" she sniffed.
Heero wiped a tear off of her cheek. "Don't worry. I'll be back someday."
"You promise?" Kio asked
Heero smiled. "I promise."
Everyone headed back to the hotel and Mia and Duo weren't heard from until morning.
End Chapter Ten