An Orphan's Life

Disclaimer: If it were mine, I think we all would know my name and how rich I am. But as always, Gundam Wing isn't mine, so STOP FORCING ME TO TYPE IT! ::: . :::

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As soon as Elysia and Caterina arrived at their hotel room, Elysia rushed to the bed and flopped facedown, ready to fall asleep. She would've gone to sleep right away too, if it weren't for the fact that Caterina was yelling at Theo.

Elysia groaned and slowly looked up as Theo yelled back at Caterina.

"Why the hell didn't you put our clothes in the closet?" Caterina was glaring at Theo, hands on hips.

Theo was glaring back, his arms crossed. "Well, gee, Caterina, I was unaware that I had to put your crap inside the closet, being that I'm not a mind reader!"

"It's a matter of courtesy, you idiot!"

Elysia rolled hey eyes and picked up her pillow, walking unnoticed by Caterina and Theo towards Theo's half of the suite, slamming the door as loudly as she could behind her, before landing blissfully onto his bed, falling asleep the minute her head landed on her pillow.

Elysia was seven years old again, playing alone in one of the empty rooms on the third floor of the orphanage. She could hear the boys outside playing in the snow, obviously enjoying themselves. She sighed, wishing she could be out there with them, instead of playing with her stuff bunny alone in a cold room. The bunny was her only friend, the only toy that she was ever given, since the night her mother's beloved bear was taken away from her.

She glanced up a bit, when she heard something nearby. She frowned and strained to hear what it was over the noise coming from the boys outside.

It sounded as if… someone was crying… Someone…crying nearby…

She slowly got to her feet and walked over to the door, pausing over the threshold to listen some more. The crying was coming from a room down the hall. Elysia looked back into the room she was in and wondered if she should go. She took a step forward, then went back to get her stuffed bunny. She then went out into the hallway and wandered slowly to the room where the crying was coming from. She peeked into the room and held back her astonishment when she recognized the little blonde girl with the dark green eyes.

She had seen this girl a few days ago, when she was first brought to the orphanage. She had been so glad to see another girl come at last to the orphanage, someone her age that she could relate to and play with.

But the new girl was taken somewhere on the other side of the orphanage, the side with all the nice rooms reserved for the nuns and non-children.

Elysia hadn't seen the girl at all, up until the moment she stopped in the doorway of the room to see who was crying.

She watched as the girl continued crying, wondering if she should say something.

She was about to turn and leave as quietly as she came, when the girl looked up and noticed her. She gasped and frantically wiped at her eyes. "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Elysia stared at the girl and held a little tightly onto her bunny. "I hear you crying… I wanted to see what was wrong."

The girl narrowed her eyes at her. "Well, I wasn't crying, so I don't know what you're talking about!"

Elysia stared at her blankly, knowing that she saw tears falling down the girl's face. "Okay." She turned to leave again, but the girl stopped her.
"Wait! Don't go…" She stared at Elysia, a bit curious. "You're Mary, right? The nuns said you couldn't talk and didn't like to be with others."

Elysia made a face at the name. Since the day she had first arrived at the orphanage, the nuns insisted on calling her Mary. They even enforced the boys to do the same. She didn't understand why they did it, and it angered her that they still did. She looked at the girl and straightened up a little. "My name is Elysia. They call me Mary, but my name is Elysia."

The girl nodded and flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Well, my name is Jennifer Silverman. I lived on all the colonies in space."

Elysia nodded slowly, wondering why she had changed her mood so quickly. Her eyes were back to their normal color, as if she hadn't been crying at all. "Why are you here?"

Jennifer looked down a little. "My… my family is gone and I was brought here."

Elysia nodded a little in understanding. Most of the boys were dropped off at the orphanage, because their parents didn't want them anymore, or couldn't afford to take them with them wherever they had happened to be moving. Perhaps this girl who lived on all the colonies had been through the same thing….

"So, it's just you? You don't have any brothers? Or sisters?"

Jennifer looked out the small window in the room. "My brothers were with my mom."

Elysia frowned a bit.

So, Jennifer's parents left her, since she was a girl and was easier to dispose of. She heard stories from the boys that they were left because they weren't stronger than the brothers that were kept.

She watched as Jennifer struggled to hold back tears. "Where did your mom go?"

Jennifer bit her lip and said, her voice cracking a little," To Heaven."

Elysia nodded even more. She had heard of this Heaven. That's where some of the boy's parents went. She never heard of it before, until she came to the orphanage. Apparently it was a popular place where parents went to after they abandoned their children in this hellish orphanage.

"So they brought you here when they left?"

Jennifer stared at her a bit confusedly and nodded a little. "The police brought me here. They said I needed to if I wanted to live."

Elysia made a face at the last comment, but ignored it as she asked another question. "So, you were crying because you missed them?"

Jennifer nodded a little. "And because I miss my daddy and my baby sister."

Elysia grew a bit more confused. She had heard of these men called "dad" as well. She had never known what exactly they were, except that they were monsters who drank a lot and caused some of the boys at the orphanage to have bad cuts and bruises and scars that wouldn't go away.

"Where did your daddy and sister go?"

"The police told me they went with my mommy to Heaven."

"They went together?"

Jennifer shook her head. "My mom and brothers went in their car and my daddy…" She let out a whimper and tried harder to hold back the tears. "I was with him in the woods… We got separated and… He was holding Sara, so he couldn't hold my hand good…" She let the tears fall down. " I told him I was getting tired and he kept on going… I fell down, but he kept on going… And the men who were chasing us ran by me and were going after us…" She wiped her eyes and calmed down a bit at a thought. "I think he ran so much and so far and so fast… That he made it to Heaven before the men could get him…" She looked at Elysia, slightly smiling. "And because he was holding Sara, she went with him too… So, now they're all together… in Heaven. Waiting for me…" She lost the smile and began to cry hard again.

Elysia didn't know what to say, so she stood silent for a while. After a long awkward silence she walked over to Jennifer and handed her her prized stuff bunny. "Here. You can have him. Maybe he'll make you happy, like he has for me." She smiled a little as Jennifer stared at her in shock and took the bunny slowly.

"Thank you."

Elysia nodded and walked out, wondering how Heaven must look like.

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A/N: Was it worth the wait? Sorry I took too long again. I just needed some time to organize my thoughts into a decent chapter. I'll try to update again with the second half as soon as I can. Until then, R&R as usual and see you next chapter. ~_^