Chapter 12
Joey walked and walked. She didn't really know where she was going, but she had to get away from everyone.
She ended up at the beach. She sat down and pulled her knees up to her chest. 'Why did I have to slap Heero like that. He'll never forgive me- ever.' she thought to herself.
Joey watched the seagulls peck at the dead fish that was lying on the beach. She wonder why all these things were happening in the first place. 'Why cant they mind there own business?' she wondered as she fell asleep.
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Heero walked back downstairs to a wide eye Angel. Duo, Quatra, and Wufei were also with her with a puzzled look.
"So, what happened?" Angel asked, breaking the silence.
"Hn!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Angel getting upset. "We saw her take off. What did she say?"
"Hn!" said Heero walking away.
"Grrrr! I know that you care for her Heero! Don't turn your back on her when she needs you the most!" Angel yelled.
"She needs me? Yeah right. She doesnt want to be helped. I give up." Heero replied grabbing his coat and keys and walking out the door.
"Where are you going? You cant leave at a time like this!" Angel yelled after him, but he wasnt paying any attention. So she ran after him and slapped him across the face. "Will you wake up Heero? I know you care about her, and your hurting. We're all hurting, but you just can't turn your back on us...and her." Angel turned around and ran into the house and left a stunned Heero staring after her.
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Traveling down the highway at speeds up to 140 kph, Heero was thinking to himself. He needed to find Joey, talk to her and see if she would let him in and then maybe he could get her some help.
He got off the next exit did a U-turn and travelled back the other way. He got off and pulled over to the side of the road. 'If I was Joey and need time to myself, where would I go?' Heero asked himself. Just then it occurred to him that it could be the beach, so he drove to the beach.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Twenty minuets later, Heero found Joey sound asleep. He walked over to her and sat down next to her. He brushed the hair off her face and thought 'Why couldnt you just have told me?' He leaned over and gently kissed her cheek. Joeys eyes opened, looked at Heero and sat up.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I was going to ask you the same thing too." Heero replied.
"Why? Why do you care? Oh I see...you don't remember? Your like the perfect solder who doesn't give a damn." Joey spat. Heero winced.
"Look...I do care about you Joe. Probley more then you know and it hurts me to know that you are in so much pain. I want to help you. Cant you let me help you?"
"No! I'll help myself...and for now I want to be by myself, so Im going back to L2 for a bit, and I don't want you or anyone following me." She turned to look at him. "Got it?"
Heero looked at her and shook his head. "You know you need help. You need our help. You cant do this on your own."
"I don't need your help." She got up and walked away. Heero shaking his head, got up and went chasing after her. He grabbed her arm.
"Don't touch me Heero!" Joey yelled. Heero stared into her eyes, his eyes turning cold.
"I will do my best to damn well make sure you do NOT leave Quatra's property, until you get help."
Joey pulled her arm free and slapped him hard across his face. "You cannot make me a prisoner in that home. Your not my father. Fuck off Heero and leave me alone!" she shrieked at him, then turned around and started running.
Heero got into his car and followed Joey. He stopped his car, got out and grabbed Joey by picking her up and he put her in the car. She tried to struggle with him but he was too strong.
"Let me go!" she screamed.
"Sit there and shut up!" Heero yelled at her. "Your going back to Quatra's wether you like it or not!"
She sat there staring out the window as Heero drove back to the house. ~*~*~*~*~*~
When they got back, Joey quickly got out and marched into the house and to her room. Heero came in a short time later. He was met at the door by Angel.
"We cleaned out her room, and found all the razors. I don't know what to do with them. Quatra has a place where he can put them and lock them so she cant get her hands on them." She looked at Heero. "Are you ok? What happened?"
"She wants to go back to L2 and be on her own to solve this problem."
"What's this I hear?" asked Duo walking into the hall. Heero went to the sitting room and flopped down onto the sofa. Angel told Duo what Heero said.
"We cant let her go. We have to keep her here, where we can watch her and get her some help." Angel said.
"I've already tried." Heero said. "I don't feel that its right to keep her locked up in her room..."
"It's a perfect idea! Well...just until we can get her some help." Angel said. Duo nodded in agreement. "Ill go and talk to Quatra and let him know then." and Angel walked out of the room to look for Quatra.
Duo sat next to Heero. "Was it really bad?" Heero nodded.
"We'll get her some help. Tomorrow, I'll call Sally and let her know whats happening. She'll help us out. Then we'll all be alright again." Duo said, but Heero wasnt so sure.
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Joey was tearing up her room looking for her razors. She couldn't find them anywhere. She marched to the door and went to open it, but she couldn't. She pounded on the door.
"Hey! Let me out. You cant do this to me! Heero....! OPEN THE DOOR!!" she screamed, but noone heard her. "Bitches.." she muttered under her breath.
Joey walked backed to her bed and laid down and stared up at the ceiling. She kept thinking to herself 'I gotta get outta here.' She got up again, got her bag and threw everything into her bag. She looked at the time. It was 6:00pm. If she left now, she would be able to make it to the station to catch the ship that took of at 7:30pm.
She walked to the window, opened it and climbed out. She then crept slowly across the roof to the vine at the side of the house, and worked her way down to the grown. Then, carefully, she walked to the gate and slipped out.
Joey walked and walked. She didn't really know where she was going, but she had to get away from everyone.
She ended up at the beach. She sat down and pulled her knees up to her chest. 'Why did I have to slap Heero like that. He'll never forgive me- ever.' she thought to herself.
Joey watched the seagulls peck at the dead fish that was lying on the beach. She wonder why all these things were happening in the first place. 'Why cant they mind there own business?' she wondered as she fell asleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Heero walked back downstairs to a wide eye Angel. Duo, Quatra, and Wufei were also with her with a puzzled look.
"So, what happened?" Angel asked, breaking the silence.
"Hn!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Angel getting upset. "We saw her take off. What did she say?"
"Hn!" said Heero walking away.
"Grrrr! I know that you care for her Heero! Don't turn your back on her when she needs you the most!" Angel yelled.
"She needs me? Yeah right. She doesnt want to be helped. I give up." Heero replied grabbing his coat and keys and walking out the door.
"Where are you going? You cant leave at a time like this!" Angel yelled after him, but he wasnt paying any attention. So she ran after him and slapped him across the face. "Will you wake up Heero? I know you care about her, and your hurting. We're all hurting, but you just can't turn your back on us...and her." Angel turned around and ran into the house and left a stunned Heero staring after her.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Traveling down the highway at speeds up to 140 kph, Heero was thinking to himself. He needed to find Joey, talk to her and see if she would let him in and then maybe he could get her some help.
He got off the next exit did a U-turn and travelled back the other way. He got off and pulled over to the side of the road. 'If I was Joey and need time to myself, where would I go?' Heero asked himself. Just then it occurred to him that it could be the beach, so he drove to the beach.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Twenty minuets later, Heero found Joey sound asleep. He walked over to her and sat down next to her. He brushed the hair off her face and thought 'Why couldnt you just have told me?' He leaned over and gently kissed her cheek. Joeys eyes opened, looked at Heero and sat up.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I was going to ask you the same thing too." Heero replied.
"Why? Why do you care? Oh I see...you don't remember? Your like the perfect solder who doesn't give a damn." Joey spat. Heero winced.
"Look...I do care about you Joe. Probley more then you know and it hurts me to know that you are in so much pain. I want to help you. Cant you let me help you?"
"No! I'll help myself...and for now I want to be by myself, so Im going back to L2 for a bit, and I don't want you or anyone following me." She turned to look at him. "Got it?"
Heero looked at her and shook his head. "You know you need help. You need our help. You cant do this on your own."
"I don't need your help." She got up and walked away. Heero shaking his head, got up and went chasing after her. He grabbed her arm.
"Don't touch me Heero!" Joey yelled. Heero stared into her eyes, his eyes turning cold.
"I will do my best to damn well make sure you do NOT leave Quatra's property, until you get help."
Joey pulled her arm free and slapped him hard across his face. "You cannot make me a prisoner in that home. Your not my father. Fuck off Heero and leave me alone!" she shrieked at him, then turned around and started running.
Heero got into his car and followed Joey. He stopped his car, got out and grabbed Joey by picking her up and he put her in the car. She tried to struggle with him but he was too strong.
"Let me go!" she screamed.
"Sit there and shut up!" Heero yelled at her. "Your going back to Quatra's wether you like it or not!"
She sat there staring out the window as Heero drove back to the house. ~*~*~*~*~*~
When they got back, Joey quickly got out and marched into the house and to her room. Heero came in a short time later. He was met at the door by Angel.
"We cleaned out her room, and found all the razors. I don't know what to do with them. Quatra has a place where he can put them and lock them so she cant get her hands on them." She looked at Heero. "Are you ok? What happened?"
"She wants to go back to L2 and be on her own to solve this problem."
"What's this I hear?" asked Duo walking into the hall. Heero went to the sitting room and flopped down onto the sofa. Angel told Duo what Heero said.
"We cant let her go. We have to keep her here, where we can watch her and get her some help." Angel said.
"I've already tried." Heero said. "I don't feel that its right to keep her locked up in her room..."
"It's a perfect idea! Well...just until we can get her some help." Angel said. Duo nodded in agreement. "Ill go and talk to Quatra and let him know then." and Angel walked out of the room to look for Quatra.
Duo sat next to Heero. "Was it really bad?" Heero nodded.
"We'll get her some help. Tomorrow, I'll call Sally and let her know whats happening. She'll help us out. Then we'll all be alright again." Duo said, but Heero wasnt so sure.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Joey was tearing up her room looking for her razors. She couldn't find them anywhere. She marched to the door and went to open it, but she couldn't. She pounded on the door.
"Hey! Let me out. You cant do this to me! Heero....! OPEN THE DOOR!!" she screamed, but noone heard her. "Bitches.." she muttered under her breath.
Joey walked backed to her bed and laid down and stared up at the ceiling. She kept thinking to herself 'I gotta get outta here.' She got up again, got her bag and threw everything into her bag. She looked at the time. It was 6:00pm. If she left now, she would be able to make it to the station to catch the ship that took of at 7:30pm.
She walked to the window, opened it and climbed out. She then crept slowly across the roof to the vine at the side of the house, and worked her way down to the grown. Then, carefully, she walked to the gate and slipped out.