4 Meeting
An Orphan's Life
Disclaimer: Okay, I think we got this straightened out in the first chapter and when I first joined FFN. I DO NOT own gundam wing, or anything related to it, cuz then I'd be those rich people in japan rolling around in lots of money.
"My father is one of the most important men in the galaxy," Caterina was saying, while walking around the way-bigger-than-it-should-be kitchen. She opened the fridge and pulled out a pitcher of lemonade. "He gets paid lots and lots of money. Which I spend, of course." She smiled at the joke, looking at Elysia to see if she saw it amusing as well.
Elysia was staring around at her surroundings, obviously zoning out from Caterina's meaningless jabber.
Caterina narrowed her eyes a bit at this form of insolence. She set the pitcher down a bit too hard in front of Elysia and asked," So, why do you want to talk to my dad?"
Elysia jumped a little and smiled sheepishly at Caterina. "Um, well… He might have an answer to a very important question I have to ask him."
Caterina raised her eyebrows as she sat down next to Elysia. "If you're sick or something and need money, you can just go somewhere else. We don't give it out for free, you know."
Elysia frowned. "Huh? No! I'm not here for money. God, I can't believe I made you think that. Do I look that bad to you?" She fiddled with her clothing self-consciously.
Caterina stuck her hand up to stop Elysia. "Please! Don't do that in front of me. Are you trying to lay a guilt trip on me?"
Elysia stopped and looked at her slowly. "No. I was just…" She sighed and looked down.
Caterina watched her for a few minutes, then shook her head. "You have some serious problems… Hey, what is your name, by the way?"
Elysia sat up quickly and adjusted her clothing, while reaching out to shake Caterina's hand. "My name is Elysia Yuy." She frowned when Caterina stared at her hand blankly. She pulled it back, feeling a bit stupid.
Caterina didn't seem to notice Elysia's embarrassment and began to pour herself a glass of lemonade. "Yuy, huh? Name sounds familiar to me, but I could be wrong." She took a sip from the cup. "So, what are you going to ask my dad? You know, once he gets back from work."
Elysia hesitated at telling Caterina anything, being she was pretty much full of herself and probably wouldn't listen, but then shrugged it off, thinking, *If she doesn't care, I still have her dad. He's not like her… Hopefully.*
She smiled and said," I'm looking for my uncle and I was told that your dad would know where he could be located."
Caterina frowned, somewhat intrigued. "Uncle? What, you grew up never knowing about him?"
Elysia nodded a little. "Yeah, you could say that."
Caterina thought this over in her mind. "So, now that you know about him, you want to meet him and build a relationship with him, right?"
"Something like that."
Caterina looked at her, starting to get annoyed by Elysia's not too descriptive answers. "What do you mean? Either you do or you don't. There's no in between."
Elysia sighed and stared at the countertop. "Well… I have nowhere to go and he's the only living relative I know about. I was hoping he would take me in."
Caterina stared at her in confusion. "Only living relative? Where's your mom and dad?"
Elysia flinched a bit at the question, not really wanting to answer. It was a bit hard for her to come to grips that her mother was really gone and that she had a father out there somewhere, who obviously didn't want her.
Thankfully, Quatre chose that moment to walk in, carrying a briefcase and other businessmen accessories. He walked over to the table, setting his things down as he said," Caterina, I just received your credit card bill today. I thought you and your mother discussed this already."
Caterina turned in her chair to face him and smiled innocently. "We did. And we decided to set a limit."
Quatre looked up at her and raised his eyebrows. "This doesn't prove there was a limit set." He waved a piece of paper at her.
She shrugged. "I never said it was actually set, yet. We didn't get that far. Mom had to go get her new car cleaned."
Quatre stared at her and was about to say something, but stopped when he saw Elysia. He straightened a little and looked at Caterina. "Oh. I didn't know you had a friend over."
Caterina frowned in confusion, then nodded as she remembered Elysia. "Oh! Right!" She glanced at Elysia, the looked at Quatre again. "She is not my friend."
Quatre frowned as Elysia made a face at Caterina's blunt comment.
"So, who is she?," Quatre asked after a long pause.
Caterina looked at Elysia. "Tell him. You were the one who wanted to come and talk to him."
Elysia stood up slowly and walked over to Quatre, starting to feel a little shy. She reached out with her hand and said," I'm Elysia Yuy. I came from earth to ask you a very important question regarding my only known living relative."
Quatre stared at her quizzically as he shook her hand. "Yuy? You want to know about your dad?"
Elysia frowned as she pulled her hand away. "Um, actually, I was kind of hoping you knew about my uncle. I have never met my dad. I don't even know who he is."
Quatre sat down slowly and rubbed his forehead. "This is bit too much for me. I've had one strange day."
Elysia looked at him, unsure of what to say or do.
He looked up at her and raised an eyebrow. "So, do you know who your uncle is?"
She nodded and handed him the papers she had. "Yeah. It says here that his name is Milliardo Peacecraft and that he lives in space somewhere… I just don't know where exactly, since... Well, just because."
Quatre looked at her in surprise. "Zechs? "
Elysia frowned and looked around in confusion. "What?"
Quatre shook his head. "Sorry. Your uncle goes by a different name. Sort of." He thought that over. "Wait… He's your uncle?"
Elysia made a face. "Yes, I believe that's what I said."
"So, that means your mother was Relena."
Elysia froze at hearing her mother's name. She nodded meekly, hoping she wasn't showing her feelings.
Quatre studied her for a while and then smiled a bit. "I can't believe I didn't see it at first! You look just like her… except for a few minor differences, of course." He looked at Elysia some more, which started to make her feel a bit uncomfortable. "So, you have no idea who your father was- er, is?"
She nodded some more. "My mom never told me about him. She didn't even tell me about my uncle."
Quatre read the papers over. "Relena has been… gone for over fifteen years now. If you don't know about your uncle and dad, then where have you been all these years?"
Elysia bit her lip and tried to not look down. "I've been in an orphanage."
Quatre's eyes widened. "An orphanage? Didn't they have another place for you to stay? I mean, you are Relena Peacecraft's daughter, after all."
Elysia shrugged. "I wouldn't know. I was only three at the time. I didn't even know my mom was dead. They just took me away in the middle of the night and said I had to leave."
Quatre stared at her in complete shock. "They never told you?"
Elysia, who was starting to get sick of that question, nodded and looked over at Caterina. "I guess they forgot to over the years. It's okay, though. I kind of had a feeling something was up. Most of the kids at the orphanage were there, because their parents were dead. I sort of figured if they were there for that reason, I would be too."
Quatre shook his head. "That's pretty bad of them." He closed his eyes thoughtfully. "Wow. Relena's daughter. I never even knew she had a child!"
Elysia smiled at the way Quatre was reacting. He seemed way nicer than his snotty daughter.
Who, by the way, was starting to get extremely jealous of Elysia. She didn't like how her father was giving Elysia a lot of attention and hadn't even talked to her, except for the credit card bill. She narrowed her eyes at Elysia and crossed her arms, already deciding to make her life as miserable as possible as long as she stayed at the mansion.
Nobody takes Caterina Winner's place in her house and gets away with it. This means war.
A/N: Hi, it's me again! What d'ya think? it's a wee bit longer than the other ones, but not as long as I wanted. But that's okay. It just puts you all in more suspense… If that's what you're going through right now… Hmm… Anyways, R&R and make me happy. There's a cookie in it for you. And thanks to - for making me realize that I was blocking anonymous reviews. Didn't know that was happening. Guess I was having a major blonde moment, or something. But anyways, it shouldn't be blocking you anymore, if it was before, so now I should have more reviews. Hopefully. Well, bye for now! ~_^