California or Bust - Chapter Twelve:
Depressing News
The group of ten retuned to the hotel around nine with about five times the amount of stuff they had brought with them.
Just as they had set thier things down, Mia's cell phone began to ring violently. "Hello? Mia speaking," she answered. "What? What do you mean? Oh. . . all right then. . . Yeah, I understand. . . Okay. . .talk to you later..." Mia looked extremly pale as she turned off the phone.
Rebi looked worried. "Mia? Are you okay?"
"That was my Aunt Liz," Mia began, "my grandpa, he's been in a home for the past five years, he died..."
Li clapped a hand to her mouth. "Oh god Mia, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay... Don't feel sorry for me..." Mia muttered as she left the room quietly. Rebi and Kio followed her.
"Why is she so upset?" Wufei asked.
"Mia's had quite a few close relatives pass away in the few past years. This was her last grandfather our of three," Li explained.
Wufei looked confused. "Three?"
Em nodded. "Yeah. One died when her dad was eight, another died when she was three, and then this one..."
"Oh dear...." muttered Quatre. "Poor Miss. Mia..."
Kio and Rebi re-entered the room. Rebi shook her head slowly. "She locked herself in the spare room. Refuses to come our. She just needs to be left alone I think..."
"Good. I'll just go cheer her up then!" announced Duo, leaving the room.
Duo knocked cautiously on Mia's door.
"Go away," came Mia's muffled voice from inside the room.
"Come on babe? I don't have to understand," said Duo.
Mia sniffed. "Kay, just a second..." she opened the door slightly, checking to see if anyone else was in the hallway. Then she un-did the chain lock and let Duo in.
"You all right babe?" Duo asked, looking worried.
Mia nodded. "I think so..." she sniffled again.
Duo hugged Mia close to him. "It's okay babe. Everything will be all right."
"No it won't...life sucks...." Mia mumbled as tears began to roll silently down her face.
"Shhhh...." said Duo, wiping Mia's tears away. "It's ok..."
Mia continued crying into Duo's shirt while he tried to comfort her.
The rest of the gang was sitting around the girls' room, talking.
"Mia's never been the one to talk much about her past," said Kio.
"What about you guys?" asked Heero.
"Well pretty much all had fairly normal pasts, and all moved to California when Mia did," expleained Rebi.
"And we already know about your guys' past," said Em.
Mia ended up crying herself to a deep sleep and Duo just carried her to the girls' room where everyone else was just watching TV. Duo held a finger to his lips to let them know Mia was sleeping.
"Cried herself to sleep, did she?" asked Rebi.
"Yeah," Duo nodded.
"Poor girl..." muttered Quatre.
"It's ok, she just needs a while to get over it," said Li
"So what are you guys doing in here?" questioned Duo.
"Nothing really," replied Kio. "Just watching TV."
"Oh really?" said Duo, raising an eyebrow and stting Mia gently on one of the beds.
"Yes really. Now shut up so we can finish watching the show," retorted Kio.
Duo shrugged and sat on the edge of the bed Mia was sleeping on.
About ten minutes later, after the show had ended, the gang decided on finding a few board games to play seeing as they were, well, bored.
Li pulled out a monopoly board as Mia slept on. Seeing as everyone knew the rules already, they set up the game.
"I call bank manager!" yelled Rebi, collecting all the money and handing it out accordingly.
A few hours later, they had played throught monopoly, Scatagories, and Scrabble, and were quite frankly bored with the board games business. It was now 3 o'clock am.
Kio yawned. "We'd better get to bed..."
Dow picked up Mia and headed for the door. "I'll take Mia to the spare room, she'll probably wake up later on in the night."
"All right then, see you tomorrow," said Em, stretching lazily.
The girls ushered the guys out of their room as they got ready for bed.
Mia awoke sometime around six am. She rolled over to see Duo sleeping on the bed beside her and smiled slightly. Mia slipped out of bed quietly, carefull not to wake Duo. She went over to the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face. She was shocked when she looked up and saw Heero standing in the doorway. "Heero!"
Heero looked over at Duo sleeping on the bed and then back at Mia. "He can't stay forever you know."
Mia looked supriesed that this was the topic of discussion. "I - I know that..."
"Then why do you love him?" asked Heero, though it sounded more like a statement. "You know it will only end in heart break."
"Why do you care? And what about you and Kio, hm?" asked Mia.
"She and I both know that I will have to learve," replied Heero monotonusly.
"Then why don't you just stay out of my life!" yelled Mia, shoving Heero out of the room and went to sit a corner, even sadder than she was before.
A few short hours later, everyone was awake and trying to stuff everything into their van.
"Okay, I think someone's gonna have to ride on the roof!" yelled Em as everyone laughed. "No, seriously!"
The gang managed to fit everything into the van, finding out that if they shoved things under the seats, they had more room than before.
"Lets waste our time by going to the arcade!" suggested Em.
"Sure. Sounds entertaining enough," remarked Wufei. "As long as they're not weak onna games!"
They headed offf to the arcade that was built into the hotel, with Em explaining each of the games to Wufei the entire way there.
"And then there's a kick-ass zombie one and-"
Em was cut off when Rebi yelled, "Enough already!" Everyone looked suprised. "Ooops, sorry."
They entered the not so crowded arcade (considering it was a week day).
"Hey! Dance dance revolution tm! That's Mia's fav! I'm gonna see if I can bribe her out of her room with it!" yelled Rebi, running out of the arcade.
The remainder seven of the gang bought some tokens and looked for a game that suited them. Kio and Heero were playing a gorey shoot – out game, Trowa had gone to prod Duo awake as he'd just found a basketball game, Em was kicking Wufei's butt in a combat game, and Li and Quatre were trying out the virtual sports.
Trowa entered the spare room as Rebi was attempting to get Mia to stop pouting.
"Come on Mia!" attempted Rebi. "They've got your favorite game! It'll be fun!"
"All right," replied Mia, her voice sounding cold and shallow.
"YAY!" yelled Rebi just noticing Trowa, attempting to wake up Duo. "Trowa! What's up?"
"I'm trying to get Duo up, " replied Trowa. "I found a game in the arcade he might like."
Mia seemed to stiffen at the mention of Duo's name and she walked swiftly out of the room. Rebi followed her looking puzzled, leaving Trowa to attempt to wake up Duo.
Rebi finally convinced Mia to try and have some fun.
"Just because you dragged me down here, doesn't mean I have to have fun," complained Mia. (or not…)
"Come on Mia! It'll take your mind off things!" said Rebi enthusiastically.
Mia sighed. "Fine. I'll TRY TO 'have fun'."
"YAY!" yelled Rebi, handing Mia some tokens.
Mia walked straight to one of her favorite games, a shoot – out one. She nailed pretty much every enemy.
"All right! Go for it babe!" called Duo, whom had just arrived. This caused Mia to miss, and she walked away not saying anything.
Rebi looked confused. "She's usually not this upset…"
Kio turned to glare at Heero. "What did you say?!" she hissed in a hushed voice.
"I just reminded her that we can't stay here forever and that her liking the baka is pointless," replied Heero.
"YOU IDIOT!" screeched Kio, slapping Heero hard on the face. "She's having a hard enough time as it is, and you're not helping!"
Heero shrugged. "I was just stating a fact."
Kio looked ready to kill Heero but instead of making a scene, she decided to go after Mia.
"MIA LET ME IN RIGHT NOW!" screamed Kio, pounding on the door of the spare room.
"NO!" choked Mia from inside.
"You know I'll bread down the door if I have to!" Kio yelled, grinning as she heard Mia un – do the locks. Kio entered Mia's room and went to sit on the bed. "You shouldn't be upset about what Heero said. He's just angry."
"I know…" mumbled Mia. "It's just… everything's so horrible for me right now…"
Kio stood up. "Now you listen to me. You've gotta live for the moment, 'cause you never know when it will be all over."
Mia smiled. "You're right Kio – chan. Sorry I've been such a jerk."
Kio smirked. "It's okay. With you, it's expected."
"Hey!" Mia complained as they both began laughing.
End Chapter 12
Depressing News
The group of ten retuned to the hotel around nine with about five times the amount of stuff they had brought with them.
Just as they had set thier things down, Mia's cell phone began to ring violently. "Hello? Mia speaking," she answered. "What? What do you mean? Oh. . . all right then. . . Yeah, I understand. . . Okay. . .talk to you later..." Mia looked extremly pale as she turned off the phone.
Rebi looked worried. "Mia? Are you okay?"
"That was my Aunt Liz," Mia began, "my grandpa, he's been in a home for the past five years, he died..."
Li clapped a hand to her mouth. "Oh god Mia, I'm sorry..."
"It's okay... Don't feel sorry for me..." Mia muttered as she left the room quietly. Rebi and Kio followed her.
"Why is she so upset?" Wufei asked.
"Mia's had quite a few close relatives pass away in the few past years. This was her last grandfather our of three," Li explained.
Wufei looked confused. "Three?"
Em nodded. "Yeah. One died when her dad was eight, another died when she was three, and then this one..."
"Oh dear...." muttered Quatre. "Poor Miss. Mia..."
Kio and Rebi re-entered the room. Rebi shook her head slowly. "She locked herself in the spare room. Refuses to come our. She just needs to be left alone I think..."
"Good. I'll just go cheer her up then!" announced Duo, leaving the room.
Duo knocked cautiously on Mia's door.
"Go away," came Mia's muffled voice from inside the room.
"Come on babe? I don't have to understand," said Duo.
Mia sniffed. "Kay, just a second..." she opened the door slightly, checking to see if anyone else was in the hallway. Then she un-did the chain lock and let Duo in.
"You all right babe?" Duo asked, looking worried.
Mia nodded. "I think so..." she sniffled again.
Duo hugged Mia close to him. "It's okay babe. Everything will be all right."
"No it won't...life sucks...." Mia mumbled as tears began to roll silently down her face.
"Shhhh...." said Duo, wiping Mia's tears away. "It's ok..."
Mia continued crying into Duo's shirt while he tried to comfort her.
The rest of the gang was sitting around the girls' room, talking.
"Mia's never been the one to talk much about her past," said Kio.
"What about you guys?" asked Heero.
"Well pretty much all had fairly normal pasts, and all moved to California when Mia did," expleained Rebi.
"And we already know about your guys' past," said Em.
Mia ended up crying herself to a deep sleep and Duo just carried her to the girls' room where everyone else was just watching TV. Duo held a finger to his lips to let them know Mia was sleeping.
"Cried herself to sleep, did she?" asked Rebi.
"Yeah," Duo nodded.
"Poor girl..." muttered Quatre.
"It's ok, she just needs a while to get over it," said Li
"So what are you guys doing in here?" questioned Duo.
"Nothing really," replied Kio. "Just watching TV."
"Oh really?" said Duo, raising an eyebrow and stting Mia gently on one of the beds.
"Yes really. Now shut up so we can finish watching the show," retorted Kio.
Duo shrugged and sat on the edge of the bed Mia was sleeping on.
About ten minutes later, after the show had ended, the gang decided on finding a few board games to play seeing as they were, well, bored.
Li pulled out a monopoly board as Mia slept on. Seeing as everyone knew the rules already, they set up the game.
"I call bank manager!" yelled Rebi, collecting all the money and handing it out accordingly.
A few hours later, they had played throught monopoly, Scatagories, and Scrabble, and were quite frankly bored with the board games business. It was now 3 o'clock am.
Kio yawned. "We'd better get to bed..."
Dow picked up Mia and headed for the door. "I'll take Mia to the spare room, she'll probably wake up later on in the night."
"All right then, see you tomorrow," said Em, stretching lazily.
The girls ushered the guys out of their room as they got ready for bed.
Mia awoke sometime around six am. She rolled over to see Duo sleeping on the bed beside her and smiled slightly. Mia slipped out of bed quietly, carefull not to wake Duo. She went over to the bathroom and splashed cold water on her face. She was shocked when she looked up and saw Heero standing in the doorway. "Heero!"
Heero looked over at Duo sleeping on the bed and then back at Mia. "He can't stay forever you know."
Mia looked supriesed that this was the topic of discussion. "I - I know that..."
"Then why do you love him?" asked Heero, though it sounded more like a statement. "You know it will only end in heart break."
"Why do you care? And what about you and Kio, hm?" asked Mia.
"She and I both know that I will have to learve," replied Heero monotonusly.
"Then why don't you just stay out of my life!" yelled Mia, shoving Heero out of the room and went to sit a corner, even sadder than she was before.
A few short hours later, everyone was awake and trying to stuff everything into their van.
"Okay, I think someone's gonna have to ride on the roof!" yelled Em as everyone laughed. "No, seriously!"
The gang managed to fit everything into the van, finding out that if they shoved things under the seats, they had more room than before.
"Lets waste our time by going to the arcade!" suggested Em.
"Sure. Sounds entertaining enough," remarked Wufei. "As long as they're not weak onna games!"
They headed offf to the arcade that was built into the hotel, with Em explaining each of the games to Wufei the entire way there.
"And then there's a kick-ass zombie one and-"
Em was cut off when Rebi yelled, "Enough already!" Everyone looked suprised. "Ooops, sorry."
They entered the not so crowded arcade (considering it was a week day).
"Hey! Dance dance revolution tm! That's Mia's fav! I'm gonna see if I can bribe her out of her room with it!" yelled Rebi, running out of the arcade.
The remainder seven of the gang bought some tokens and looked for a game that suited them. Kio and Heero were playing a gorey shoot – out game, Trowa had gone to prod Duo awake as he'd just found a basketball game, Em was kicking Wufei's butt in a combat game, and Li and Quatre were trying out the virtual sports.
Trowa entered the spare room as Rebi was attempting to get Mia to stop pouting.
"Come on Mia!" attempted Rebi. "They've got your favorite game! It'll be fun!"
"All right," replied Mia, her voice sounding cold and shallow.
"YAY!" yelled Rebi just noticing Trowa, attempting to wake up Duo. "Trowa! What's up?"
"I'm trying to get Duo up, " replied Trowa. "I found a game in the arcade he might like."
Mia seemed to stiffen at the mention of Duo's name and she walked swiftly out of the room. Rebi followed her looking puzzled, leaving Trowa to attempt to wake up Duo.
Rebi finally convinced Mia to try and have some fun.
"Just because you dragged me down here, doesn't mean I have to have fun," complained Mia. (or not…)
"Come on Mia! It'll take your mind off things!" said Rebi enthusiastically.
Mia sighed. "Fine. I'll TRY TO 'have fun'."
"YAY!" yelled Rebi, handing Mia some tokens.
Mia walked straight to one of her favorite games, a shoot – out one. She nailed pretty much every enemy.
"All right! Go for it babe!" called Duo, whom had just arrived. This caused Mia to miss, and she walked away not saying anything.
Rebi looked confused. "She's usually not this upset…"
Kio turned to glare at Heero. "What did you say?!" she hissed in a hushed voice.
"I just reminded her that we can't stay here forever and that her liking the baka is pointless," replied Heero.
"YOU IDIOT!" screeched Kio, slapping Heero hard on the face. "She's having a hard enough time as it is, and you're not helping!"
Heero shrugged. "I was just stating a fact."
Kio looked ready to kill Heero but instead of making a scene, she decided to go after Mia.
"MIA LET ME IN RIGHT NOW!" screamed Kio, pounding on the door of the spare room.
"NO!" choked Mia from inside.
"You know I'll bread down the door if I have to!" Kio yelled, grinning as she heard Mia un – do the locks. Kio entered Mia's room and went to sit on the bed. "You shouldn't be upset about what Heero said. He's just angry."
"I know…" mumbled Mia. "It's just… everything's so horrible for me right now…"
Kio stood up. "Now you listen to me. You've gotta live for the moment, 'cause you never know when it will be all over."
Mia smiled. "You're right Kio – chan. Sorry I've been such a jerk."
Kio smirked. "It's okay. With you, it's expected."
"Hey!" Mia complained as they both began laughing.
End Chapter 12