Nope.. Own them, I do not... Love and cherish them... yea, that was me(
Jade skipped down the sidewalk toward her old friend. She stopped for a second when the wind rustled the air around her. The trees seemed to breathe and sway in their own hypnotic rhythm. She smiled and noticed that the slanting rays of the sun illuminated one single flower growing along the path. It was a small daffodil. She carefully plucked the tiny bit of life from the earth and smelled the fragrance. The wind came to caress her face again and the daffodil joined the trees in the sway. Jade smiled to the flower and straightened. A few strands of gold fell away from her hair and framed her face and she stood. "Tonight will be a good night." She resumed her journey towards the grizzled old tree.
It wasn't quite 6: 30 when she got there so she had time to just lean back against the tree and watch the sun dip lower in the sky. This is what Jade had come to love. Even if she was away from her family, even if she had forsaken her past, she would always have the soft wind in her hair and the sun on her face. That was enough in itself, but life had given her even more. And she was waiting for him.
Heero looked around for something suitable to wear in his closet. "Green tank top, green tank top, green tank top, jeans and spandex. I really got get some more variety in here." He sighed. He thumbed through another shelf and came up with something perfect. He held the black turtle neck up in front of him. "Yes, I think she'll like this." He slid the soft fabric over his head and ruffled his hair semi back into its place. The jeans would just have to do. 'Peppermints, huh? I didn't know I smelled like peppermints.' Smirking his way out of the room he went to go meet his past and future.
"Jeffery, did you do as we had planned?"
"Yes sir! I went, but there was no conclusive evidence to bring back to prove to everyone that she really is Relena Peacecraft. I tried, sir. I did manage to break her will though," He said with a malicious grin," You should have seen her when she saw the damaged to her precious little keepsakes. "
"Well I guess that will do for now, but I want that girl. I will have her and then I will have my bargaining chip."
"Yes sir!"
Jade spotted Hayden walking toward her from a good distance off. She smiled and waved at him happily. "Heeeeeey!" She walked over to meet the boy and was stunned by his looks. She knew he was hot... everyone knew he was hot, but when he tried it was just jaw-dropping. 'And he did it for me.' She thought.
"Hey Jade, where are we going anyway?"
"You'll see..." she grinned. They made their way over to Jade's black 67 Mustang. "Hm... I didn't know you liked classic cars." Hayden stated.
"Well then, you've still got some things to learn about me then haven't you?" she quipped. "Hop in." Together they drove out toward one of the main roads, but then Relena turned off on a private drive. It wound up and up around a mountain. Then she pulled into the parking lot of a small restaurant named Jill's. Relena grinned and popped out of the car glancing around. They were at the top of Dancing Bear mountain. The trees were cut away right in front of the restaurant so that there was a breathtaking view. The sun was just setting behind Blue Mountain casting it's famous blue shadow across the valley that held the school. Red-gold rays caught Relena's eyes and made them water. Heero stepped in front of the sun's last ray to block the offending light. He stood before her with light cascading across his body. He seemed an angel; something from a story, not a human that stood before her as the light created a silhouette of his body framed in glory. All she could do was stare as his silhouette was slowly erased when the light died behind the mountain.
"You alright?" he questioned her.
"Ehhm,,, FINE! Fine... I'm fine. Heh heh heh.." stumbling over herself and her thoughts she turned quickly to look at the small restaurant. 'Get a hold of yourself Relena.... Geesh.' A quick breeze blew by from below in the valley. Relena shivered in spite of herself. It was still summer but night in the mountains could still be a bit chilly.
Heero watched as Relena blushed a bit and he smiled quietly when she turned away. The wind whipped around him and traced over to her to blow her hair over her shoulder for a quick dance. She shivered so he stepped closer to be a better wind block.
Relena turned back to him and smiled, "Shall we?" she gestured at the quaint little building. He nodded, a quick bob of his head. The little building nestled on the mountains high cliffs welcomed the two new visitors with the smell of warm soup and fresh baked bread. Jade popped her head in and called out. "Jill! Hey Jill, I want you to meet one of my friends!" A plump older woman waddled into the room with a bit of flour smeared on her face. She smiled at Jade and hugged her for their usual greeting. A certain someone was missing; Jill looked around only to be greeted by the absence of her long time waitress. "Katelyn!!!! Get your butt out here! WE'VE GOT CUSTOMERS!" Jill yelled out into the back of the restaurant. She then turned to Jade and Hayden smiling as if she hadn't just busted each of their eardrums.
"Hey sweetie, how've you been? It's been a while since you've come back to see me. You really must come by more often; it's lonely without my favorite visitor." The older lady smiled up at her. She spotted Hayden and jumped a bit, startled, she had forgotten that she had yet another customer that night.
"Jill, this is my friend Hayden. Hayden this is Jill." Jade waved back and forth between the two introducing eachother. Hayden held out his hand to shake hers in the customary greeting. Jill looked down at his hand with a quirk of her eyebrow. Jade snickered a bit knowing what was coming next. Hayden, caught off his guard, was suddenly propelled forward into a massive hug from the chubby little lady. "Hey there sweetie. Why Jade he is just the cutest; nice choice if I must say so myself." She winked at Jade in a knowing way.
Jade's eyes widened a bit at the insinuation. "No, no, we're just friends, you see."
"Oh really? Funny, I thought we were on a date." Blinking, Relena just looked at Heero. She never thought he'd be so loose with that term or so open about it. After a few moments she got over her shock and grinned at him. "Yeah, I guess we are."
Jill watched the exchange with curious eyes. Not understanding completely she just gave up with a shrug. "Ahh well, which table do you want sweetie?"
Jade looked around and chose her favorite table by the window. It over looked the valley and a small meadow to the right with a few of the last flowers of the summer blooming. She felt so comfortable here. There was no way to describe it; it was just comfortable. She plopped down into an old rocking chair at the table. The way the restaurant was decorated may have been what appealed to her the most. There were no matching sets of anything. It was a hodge- podge of comfy old furniture and rich cedar ceiling beams. It just smelled homey.
Hayden sat on the opposite of her in his own comfy woven back wicker chair. Relena was staring out of the window comfortably resting her chin on her delicate little hand. She seemed happy here. He thought about that; he was glad that she could finally be happy somewhere in her life. She had been through too much. She had had to deal with too much for a girl of her age. It wasn't fair to her. His mind got off of that track when Jill came wandering over to their table.
"Whatcha want for dinner, hun?" Jill directed to Jade.
"Hm?" Relena jumped out of her daydreams when she heard Jill speak to her. "Oh, hmmm... well what do you have tonight?"
"I was just making some country fried steak and mashed potatoes and fried okra if you'd like that...." Jill considered carefully.
"Sounds wonderful!" Jade jumped at the chance to have some of her favorites from Jill. Knowing full well that Jade loved her country fried steak Jill grinned to see her excitement.
"And for you, sugar?" Hayden didn't know how he should react to all of these little pet names. It didn't really bother him all that much, but he wasn't used to people being so overtly friendly towards him. He just shrugged it off as a special trait of this petite woman and ordered the same. Jill nodded and grinned at the couple then turned to leave to go finish her cooking before it burned.
As soon as Jill got back to the kitchen Katelyn jumped out of the back. Jade snickered under her breath. Katelyn never moved that fast, Jill must have kicked her out of the kitchens. Sauntering over to the front she spotted Jade; her face lit up to see one of her favorite customers. Jade waved smiling at the girl. Really she didn't know why Jill kept Katelyn around. She was one of the nicest people, but she really wasn't much help around the store.
Katelyn slid over to their table grinning. Then she saw Hayden. Her eyes bulged a bit, then she got control of herself. "Hey Jade! I'm glad you came by today. It was getting boring around here... Who's your friend?" Katelyn eyed Heero.
"This is Hayden. He just transferred to Cerina, but we've been friends for a while. It was quite a surprise to find him there."
"But I thought you were friends from before that... why would it be a surprise?"
"Oh... well we sort of... lost contact for a while." Jade looked sadly at Hayden. He raised his eyebrows in question. She quickly recovered and went on, "But now he's here and we're back to being friends. I'm really glad we found each other again." Heero smiled at Relena and nodded to confirm her statement.
Katelyn sensed a little more than friendship in this happy little pair. Working off of some of her best judgement, she decided to leave the two alone for a while. She walked back into the kitchens after dismissing herself. Besides, she wanted to try some more of that yummy cobbler Jill had cooling on the stove.
As Katelyn left Relena's face fell from a glowing laugh to a more contemplative quiet. Heero watched this transformation take place on his princess. "Jade, are you alright?" Relena quickly snapped her head back up. She had been thinking about her room and what it could possibly mean to her safety and Kara's for that matter. 'Oh God, what if Kara had been there and had gone to see what was going on....' Her eyes widened with the revelation that her roommate would certainly have been in trouble due to her natural curiousity. But she didn't know if she should really tell Heero. What would he do? What would his reaction be?
Heero studied the emotions that danced across her face in waves. He became worried as they slowly flowed into worse thoughts. "Relena, what's wrong?"
She jumped at the use of her old name. He was worried for her. She blinked up at him. It was better to tell him anyway, right? 'I hope I know what I'm doing here.' "Something happened today... "she stalled uncertain.
"What happened? Are you alright?" his voice sounded a bit strained to her. Was he really upset that something had worried her?
"I'm fine... but my room's not." He looked at her perplexed.
"What?"
"My room.... It was torn apart. I don't know who did or why, but all of my old possessions are dismantled. Every piece that linked me to..." her voice dropped out.
In an instant Heero was by her side, holding her in a comforting embrace. She sat stunned. She felt like crying and like losing herself in him at the same time. How could he be so quick to care for someone when he had been through so much. He went through hell and he was worried because she had a few broken toys... "Thank you, Heero." He rocked back on his heels to look into her face.
"Are you alright Jade?" She nodded and smiled a weak smile at him. He wasn't reassured though. He knew she felt broken, just like her things. They were physical manifestations of her forgotten past. She had lost them because of someone. He was angry. Not just because of the attack on her things, but the implication of an attack on his Relena too. Someone could attack her while he wasn't there and he wouldn't be able to help her. She would be gone from his life again. An ache formed in his chest. He realized that he didn't want her to be taken away again. He would fight to keep her by his side. 'I lost her once.. of my own accord. I won't do it again.'
"Relena, I want you to come stay at my dorm for a while." Her head rocket up to look at him.
"What?" She was stunned. She knew he wouldn't take nicely to the threat, but come stay with him?
"I promised to protect you. That still stands. I don't want you to be there for a while, it could be dangerous." He explained. He needed to investigate that room and see if there were any clues as to why someone would do this. She was supposed to be unknown on campus. No one should know of her true identity.
"Maybe it was just a random attack." She tried to reason; thoughts were flying through her head. "Besides, I can't leave Kara in the dorm by herself. What if someone came again. What if she was there." Her forehead wrinkled in worry for her best friend. 'God, they could be there right now! Kara!'
"Calm down. Why would they want to harm Kara, there is no reason to. But just in case tell her to go stay with someone close to you." Relena nodded. "But until I have this figured out you are coming to stay with me..." he looked intently at her daring her to try to protest.
She studied him for a moment then nodded her assent.
"Here you are darlings!!" Jill popped out of the kitchen with their food. Katelyn dragged behind a little with a pitcher of sweet tea and two glasses. Jill plopped their food in front of them and smiled as she watched them expectantly. Heero didn't know what she was looking for so he just looked inquisitively at Relena. She, however, knew exactly what Jill was waiting for. Jade smiled and brought a piece of country fried steak to her mouth and happily chewed away. "Mmmmm...." She went back for more.
Jill grinned a huge satisfied grin. She loved it when people enjoyed her food. She waddled back to the kitchen with a quick smile and "Enjoy!" thrown back over her apronned shoulder.
Katelyn just walked to the front of the restaurant and plunked down at the door nearest the door to read one of her magazines. Heero watched her progress across the room and seeing her sit he knew that the topic just up for discussion was over.
Jade was still digging in with zeal to her fried okra when he looked back. Hayden tried to stifle a snicker, he was unsuccessful. Jade looked up like a perplexed chipmunk with cheeks full of delicious food and an okra seed on her lip. Hayden's snicker turned into a full-fledged laugh at the look on her face. She finished chewing and swallowed to glare at him.
"You missed something, princess. "he chuckled. He lifted his napkin up to her lips and wiped away the errant seed. Eyes widened at the intimate contact. He smiled at her and withdrew his hand. Searching for a new subject he found a question that had been bothering him for a little while. "Why is there no one else here? Isn't this a restaurant?"
Jade giggled a bit at the question. "Yea, it is. But Jill doesn't really have this place to make money. She's supposed to be retired. I think she just likes to have company."
"Right you are!" Jill called in from the kitchen. Jade grinned back at Hayden. "See.."
They finished dinner without any other instances. Hayden held the door open for Jade as she said her goodbyes to her friends and bowed out to the front porch.
"Ugh.... I'm stuffed. I thought we could get out of that cobbler...but noooooo!" Jade grinned to Hayden. He walked over to one of the log pillars and rested against it looking down at the valley. It really was nice out here. Jade walked over to him smiling and put her hand on his arm. "I'm glad you like it here, Heero." He gazed down at her and smiled. He nodded. He reached his arms around her and pulled her to him holding her tightly. He couldn't get enough of this since he had his first taste. Arms snaked around his waist to return the embrace. A sigh wafted down his chest. Heero looked down at Relena in question. She picked up her head to look back at him when she felt him move. She just smiled up at him. He smiled back down at her; a real genuine smile. It couldn't be more beautiful to Relena.
"Come on, let's go home." He told her giving her one last good squeeze. Reluctantly she let go of him to descend the small set of stairs.
Tonight had been at good night.
Ok that's it for now.... I know that I haven't done this in a while. I hope that some of my previous readers are still interested in my story. Sorry guys. I promise to start updating at least once every two weeks. Thanks for waiting.
Jade skipped down the sidewalk toward her old friend. She stopped for a second when the wind rustled the air around her. The trees seemed to breathe and sway in their own hypnotic rhythm. She smiled and noticed that the slanting rays of the sun illuminated one single flower growing along the path. It was a small daffodil. She carefully plucked the tiny bit of life from the earth and smelled the fragrance. The wind came to caress her face again and the daffodil joined the trees in the sway. Jade smiled to the flower and straightened. A few strands of gold fell away from her hair and framed her face and she stood. "Tonight will be a good night." She resumed her journey towards the grizzled old tree.
It wasn't quite 6: 30 when she got there so she had time to just lean back against the tree and watch the sun dip lower in the sky. This is what Jade had come to love. Even if she was away from her family, even if she had forsaken her past, she would always have the soft wind in her hair and the sun on her face. That was enough in itself, but life had given her even more. And she was waiting for him.
Heero looked around for something suitable to wear in his closet. "Green tank top, green tank top, green tank top, jeans and spandex. I really got get some more variety in here." He sighed. He thumbed through another shelf and came up with something perfect. He held the black turtle neck up in front of him. "Yes, I think she'll like this." He slid the soft fabric over his head and ruffled his hair semi back into its place. The jeans would just have to do. 'Peppermints, huh? I didn't know I smelled like peppermints.' Smirking his way out of the room he went to go meet his past and future.
"Jeffery, did you do as we had planned?"
"Yes sir! I went, but there was no conclusive evidence to bring back to prove to everyone that she really is Relena Peacecraft. I tried, sir. I did manage to break her will though," He said with a malicious grin," You should have seen her when she saw the damaged to her precious little keepsakes. "
"Well I guess that will do for now, but I want that girl. I will have her and then I will have my bargaining chip."
"Yes sir!"
Jade spotted Hayden walking toward her from a good distance off. She smiled and waved at him happily. "Heeeeeey!" She walked over to meet the boy and was stunned by his looks. She knew he was hot... everyone knew he was hot, but when he tried it was just jaw-dropping. 'And he did it for me.' She thought.
"Hey Jade, where are we going anyway?"
"You'll see..." she grinned. They made their way over to Jade's black 67 Mustang. "Hm... I didn't know you liked classic cars." Hayden stated.
"Well then, you've still got some things to learn about me then haven't you?" she quipped. "Hop in." Together they drove out toward one of the main roads, but then Relena turned off on a private drive. It wound up and up around a mountain. Then she pulled into the parking lot of a small restaurant named Jill's. Relena grinned and popped out of the car glancing around. They were at the top of Dancing Bear mountain. The trees were cut away right in front of the restaurant so that there was a breathtaking view. The sun was just setting behind Blue Mountain casting it's famous blue shadow across the valley that held the school. Red-gold rays caught Relena's eyes and made them water. Heero stepped in front of the sun's last ray to block the offending light. He stood before her with light cascading across his body. He seemed an angel; something from a story, not a human that stood before her as the light created a silhouette of his body framed in glory. All she could do was stare as his silhouette was slowly erased when the light died behind the mountain.
"You alright?" he questioned her.
"Ehhm,,, FINE! Fine... I'm fine. Heh heh heh.." stumbling over herself and her thoughts she turned quickly to look at the small restaurant. 'Get a hold of yourself Relena.... Geesh.' A quick breeze blew by from below in the valley. Relena shivered in spite of herself. It was still summer but night in the mountains could still be a bit chilly.
Heero watched as Relena blushed a bit and he smiled quietly when she turned away. The wind whipped around him and traced over to her to blow her hair over her shoulder for a quick dance. She shivered so he stepped closer to be a better wind block.
Relena turned back to him and smiled, "Shall we?" she gestured at the quaint little building. He nodded, a quick bob of his head. The little building nestled on the mountains high cliffs welcomed the two new visitors with the smell of warm soup and fresh baked bread. Jade popped her head in and called out. "Jill! Hey Jill, I want you to meet one of my friends!" A plump older woman waddled into the room with a bit of flour smeared on her face. She smiled at Jade and hugged her for their usual greeting. A certain someone was missing; Jill looked around only to be greeted by the absence of her long time waitress. "Katelyn!!!! Get your butt out here! WE'VE GOT CUSTOMERS!" Jill yelled out into the back of the restaurant. She then turned to Jade and Hayden smiling as if she hadn't just busted each of their eardrums.
"Hey sweetie, how've you been? It's been a while since you've come back to see me. You really must come by more often; it's lonely without my favorite visitor." The older lady smiled up at her. She spotted Hayden and jumped a bit, startled, she had forgotten that she had yet another customer that night.
"Jill, this is my friend Hayden. Hayden this is Jill." Jade waved back and forth between the two introducing eachother. Hayden held out his hand to shake hers in the customary greeting. Jill looked down at his hand with a quirk of her eyebrow. Jade snickered a bit knowing what was coming next. Hayden, caught off his guard, was suddenly propelled forward into a massive hug from the chubby little lady. "Hey there sweetie. Why Jade he is just the cutest; nice choice if I must say so myself." She winked at Jade in a knowing way.
Jade's eyes widened a bit at the insinuation. "No, no, we're just friends, you see."
"Oh really? Funny, I thought we were on a date." Blinking, Relena just looked at Heero. She never thought he'd be so loose with that term or so open about it. After a few moments she got over her shock and grinned at him. "Yeah, I guess we are."
Jill watched the exchange with curious eyes. Not understanding completely she just gave up with a shrug. "Ahh well, which table do you want sweetie?"
Jade looked around and chose her favorite table by the window. It over looked the valley and a small meadow to the right with a few of the last flowers of the summer blooming. She felt so comfortable here. There was no way to describe it; it was just comfortable. She plopped down into an old rocking chair at the table. The way the restaurant was decorated may have been what appealed to her the most. There were no matching sets of anything. It was a hodge- podge of comfy old furniture and rich cedar ceiling beams. It just smelled homey.
Hayden sat on the opposite of her in his own comfy woven back wicker chair. Relena was staring out of the window comfortably resting her chin on her delicate little hand. She seemed happy here. He thought about that; he was glad that she could finally be happy somewhere in her life. She had been through too much. She had had to deal with too much for a girl of her age. It wasn't fair to her. His mind got off of that track when Jill came wandering over to their table.
"Whatcha want for dinner, hun?" Jill directed to Jade.
"Hm?" Relena jumped out of her daydreams when she heard Jill speak to her. "Oh, hmmm... well what do you have tonight?"
"I was just making some country fried steak and mashed potatoes and fried okra if you'd like that...." Jill considered carefully.
"Sounds wonderful!" Jade jumped at the chance to have some of her favorites from Jill. Knowing full well that Jade loved her country fried steak Jill grinned to see her excitement.
"And for you, sugar?" Hayden didn't know how he should react to all of these little pet names. It didn't really bother him all that much, but he wasn't used to people being so overtly friendly towards him. He just shrugged it off as a special trait of this petite woman and ordered the same. Jill nodded and grinned at the couple then turned to leave to go finish her cooking before it burned.
As soon as Jill got back to the kitchen Katelyn jumped out of the back. Jade snickered under her breath. Katelyn never moved that fast, Jill must have kicked her out of the kitchens. Sauntering over to the front she spotted Jade; her face lit up to see one of her favorite customers. Jade waved smiling at the girl. Really she didn't know why Jill kept Katelyn around. She was one of the nicest people, but she really wasn't much help around the store.
Katelyn slid over to their table grinning. Then she saw Hayden. Her eyes bulged a bit, then she got control of herself. "Hey Jade! I'm glad you came by today. It was getting boring around here... Who's your friend?" Katelyn eyed Heero.
"This is Hayden. He just transferred to Cerina, but we've been friends for a while. It was quite a surprise to find him there."
"But I thought you were friends from before that... why would it be a surprise?"
"Oh... well we sort of... lost contact for a while." Jade looked sadly at Hayden. He raised his eyebrows in question. She quickly recovered and went on, "But now he's here and we're back to being friends. I'm really glad we found each other again." Heero smiled at Relena and nodded to confirm her statement.
Katelyn sensed a little more than friendship in this happy little pair. Working off of some of her best judgement, she decided to leave the two alone for a while. She walked back into the kitchens after dismissing herself. Besides, she wanted to try some more of that yummy cobbler Jill had cooling on the stove.
As Katelyn left Relena's face fell from a glowing laugh to a more contemplative quiet. Heero watched this transformation take place on his princess. "Jade, are you alright?" Relena quickly snapped her head back up. She had been thinking about her room and what it could possibly mean to her safety and Kara's for that matter. 'Oh God, what if Kara had been there and had gone to see what was going on....' Her eyes widened with the revelation that her roommate would certainly have been in trouble due to her natural curiousity. But she didn't know if she should really tell Heero. What would he do? What would his reaction be?
Heero studied the emotions that danced across her face in waves. He became worried as they slowly flowed into worse thoughts. "Relena, what's wrong?"
She jumped at the use of her old name. He was worried for her. She blinked up at him. It was better to tell him anyway, right? 'I hope I know what I'm doing here.' "Something happened today... "she stalled uncertain.
"What happened? Are you alright?" his voice sounded a bit strained to her. Was he really upset that something had worried her?
"I'm fine... but my room's not." He looked at her perplexed.
"What?"
"My room.... It was torn apart. I don't know who did or why, but all of my old possessions are dismantled. Every piece that linked me to..." her voice dropped out.
In an instant Heero was by her side, holding her in a comforting embrace. She sat stunned. She felt like crying and like losing herself in him at the same time. How could he be so quick to care for someone when he had been through so much. He went through hell and he was worried because she had a few broken toys... "Thank you, Heero." He rocked back on his heels to look into her face.
"Are you alright Jade?" She nodded and smiled a weak smile at him. He wasn't reassured though. He knew she felt broken, just like her things. They were physical manifestations of her forgotten past. She had lost them because of someone. He was angry. Not just because of the attack on her things, but the implication of an attack on his Relena too. Someone could attack her while he wasn't there and he wouldn't be able to help her. She would be gone from his life again. An ache formed in his chest. He realized that he didn't want her to be taken away again. He would fight to keep her by his side. 'I lost her once.. of my own accord. I won't do it again.'
"Relena, I want you to come stay at my dorm for a while." Her head rocket up to look at him.
"What?" She was stunned. She knew he wouldn't take nicely to the threat, but come stay with him?
"I promised to protect you. That still stands. I don't want you to be there for a while, it could be dangerous." He explained. He needed to investigate that room and see if there were any clues as to why someone would do this. She was supposed to be unknown on campus. No one should know of her true identity.
"Maybe it was just a random attack." She tried to reason; thoughts were flying through her head. "Besides, I can't leave Kara in the dorm by herself. What if someone came again. What if she was there." Her forehead wrinkled in worry for her best friend. 'God, they could be there right now! Kara!'
"Calm down. Why would they want to harm Kara, there is no reason to. But just in case tell her to go stay with someone close to you." Relena nodded. "But until I have this figured out you are coming to stay with me..." he looked intently at her daring her to try to protest.
She studied him for a moment then nodded her assent.
"Here you are darlings!!" Jill popped out of the kitchen with their food. Katelyn dragged behind a little with a pitcher of sweet tea and two glasses. Jill plopped their food in front of them and smiled as she watched them expectantly. Heero didn't know what she was looking for so he just looked inquisitively at Relena. She, however, knew exactly what Jill was waiting for. Jade smiled and brought a piece of country fried steak to her mouth and happily chewed away. "Mmmmm...." She went back for more.
Jill grinned a huge satisfied grin. She loved it when people enjoyed her food. She waddled back to the kitchen with a quick smile and "Enjoy!" thrown back over her apronned shoulder.
Katelyn just walked to the front of the restaurant and plunked down at the door nearest the door to read one of her magazines. Heero watched her progress across the room and seeing her sit he knew that the topic just up for discussion was over.
Jade was still digging in with zeal to her fried okra when he looked back. Hayden tried to stifle a snicker, he was unsuccessful. Jade looked up like a perplexed chipmunk with cheeks full of delicious food and an okra seed on her lip. Hayden's snicker turned into a full-fledged laugh at the look on her face. She finished chewing and swallowed to glare at him.
"You missed something, princess. "he chuckled. He lifted his napkin up to her lips and wiped away the errant seed. Eyes widened at the intimate contact. He smiled at her and withdrew his hand. Searching for a new subject he found a question that had been bothering him for a little while. "Why is there no one else here? Isn't this a restaurant?"
Jade giggled a bit at the question. "Yea, it is. But Jill doesn't really have this place to make money. She's supposed to be retired. I think she just likes to have company."
"Right you are!" Jill called in from the kitchen. Jade grinned back at Hayden. "See.."
They finished dinner without any other instances. Hayden held the door open for Jade as she said her goodbyes to her friends and bowed out to the front porch.
"Ugh.... I'm stuffed. I thought we could get out of that cobbler...but noooooo!" Jade grinned to Hayden. He walked over to one of the log pillars and rested against it looking down at the valley. It really was nice out here. Jade walked over to him smiling and put her hand on his arm. "I'm glad you like it here, Heero." He gazed down at her and smiled. He nodded. He reached his arms around her and pulled her to him holding her tightly. He couldn't get enough of this since he had his first taste. Arms snaked around his waist to return the embrace. A sigh wafted down his chest. Heero looked down at Relena in question. She picked up her head to look back at him when she felt him move. She just smiled up at him. He smiled back down at her; a real genuine smile. It couldn't be more beautiful to Relena.
"Come on, let's go home." He told her giving her one last good squeeze. Reluctantly she let go of him to descend the small set of stairs.
Tonight had been at good night.
Ok that's it for now.... I know that I haven't done this in a while. I hope that some of my previous readers are still interested in my story. Sorry guys. I promise to start updating at least once every two weeks. Thanks for waiting.