: "Damn it, it's HOT!" Maggie complained from her bed.
Her covers were on the floor and she was sprawled across her bed sideways. Bridget was already asleep.
"Lucky bitch," Maggie muttered before gathering her strength to go to her dresser. She opened the top drawer and pulled out a pale blue silk sleeveless nightgown with darker flowers all over it. The heavy T-shirt and shorts she was wearing just wasn't cutting it. She changed and climbed back into bed, shaking slightly from the effort. She got a grip on her bear and almost immediately fell asleep.
"If you guys want to get in good-byes... WITHOUT WAKING ANYONE UP, do it now," said Heero. The guys were all in those black flight suits(Authoresses: *drool*;p) and standing around waiting for Duo, who had disengaged himself from Julie's 'deathgrip' in her sleep reluctantly to go on a mysterious errand.
Kat and Trowa exchanged looks and started to head up the stairs.
"I hope this doesn't effect their judgment today," said Wufei.
"It won't," came the surprising comment from Heero. "They're too good at letting things go for that."
"You go first."
"No, YOU."
"Bridget will wake up, you HAVE to go first. Maggie sleeps like the dead."
Trowa tried to think of a suitable comeback ( a.k.a. excuse) and failed, which Kat acknowledged with a grin.
"Go."
"Oh, hell!" said Trowa in defeat, heading for the door. Kat respectfully kept his distance.
Trowa carefully pushed the door open. The first thing he saw was Maggie's shorts and shirt lying on the floor. ( A/N: Giggling insanely :p) He closed his eyes for an instant in relief as he saw a hint of blue on Maggie's shoulder. Then he headed in.
Trowa stood over her, trying to figure out what looked odd about what he was seeing. Finally it clicked. "She looks so.... peaceful," he whispered to himself, carefully seating himself on the edge of her bed. He disentangled the covers from around her and set them straight. Then he leaned forward and kissed her forehead gently. Her eyelashes fluttered for an instant, and he held his breath. She remained asleep, however, and he let it out and moved to leave.
About halfway to the door, he realized that this was almost definitely the last time he would ever see her, and he did an abrupt about face. He leaned back over her, let out another "Oh, hell," and kissed her on the lips. He pulled back and whispered involuntarily, "I love you." His eyes widened in shock as he realized what he had said, and they widened even more as he thought he heard a small gasp come from Bridget's direction.
He spun around, but saw only Bridget sleeping peacefully. He sighed and, without looking back, he headed for the door. As he passed the dresser, he saw a glint of light: Maggie's silver cross. She almost never took it off, yet there it was, right next to Bridget's Mary necklace. His hand shot out and snatched it up, quickly opening the clasp to fasten it around his neck. As he left the room he tucked the cross under his flightsuit, but Kat saw it and smiled.
~I knew it, Trowa,~ he thought with admiration... for he was PLANNING to do the same thing with the Mary necklace.
"Well?" Trowa said, coming up to him.
"Well what?" Kat asked. Trowa glared at him and Kat shuffled toward the door.
"Fine, I'm going, I'm going."
He shut the door softly behind him and looked at Bridget's necklace. It was a simply chained, small, heart shaped pendant w/ Mary in the middle. There was some writing on it but it was too small to read. He put it around his neck and under his flightsuit and sat
down next to Bridget. He brushed some of her hair away from her face very gently and then smirked to see the stuffed present he'd given her only a few weeks
before. He sighed softly then bent down and kissed her forehead.
"Goodbye, my tenshi." He whispered. He wasn't sure why the Japanese word for angel came to his mind, but at that moment it seemed to fit. He was almost at the door when he heard his name called faintly. "Yes, Bridget?" he said.
"What's going on?" She asked as she sat up.
"Nothing...."
"Don't lie to me Quatre. I know something's going on so you might as well...you're going on a mission, aren't you? Kat, come over here. QUATRE!"
Kat shut his eyes and walked out the door, locking it behind.
"Go back to sleep Bridget. I'll be back soon." He shut his eyes at the thought of how much he was lying to her at that moment, but he had to. She'd be fine, she didn't need him. He walked downstairs. "Let's go."
"We can't leave yet, Maxwell still isn't here." Wufei said with a frown.
Duo laid the package next to Julie and sighed. She was sleeping soundly. He smiled as he stroked her hair, then looked at the space next to her to see a green scrunchie there. He picked it up and put it in his pocket.
He kissed her softly and walked out of the room. He walked down the stairs and sat at the bottom of them. Wufei had been ready to chide him but shut his mouth and walked to the door. The others all got up and slowly followed in suit, Duo got up last and looked again upstairs. He shook his head and went outside.
Bridget sat on her bed with a shocked look on her face. She'd heard the door click and was trying to decide on what to do. She heard the door shut downstairs and rolled out of the bed . She was able to make it to the window in time to see them get in their Gundams. She slid down the wall by the window, tears in her eyes.
"You jerk," she whispered. "Quatre, you stupid jerk. How could you leave like that...I didn't get to say...I didn't get to do..." she simply started crying and instantly felt even more stupid and helpless. Soon after she feel asleep against the wall.