An Orphan's Life
Disclaimer: Everybody knows Gundam Wing isn't mine. -.-;
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Theo woke up and looked around the room. Something was out of place.
He got out of bed and walked over to Caterina's side of the suite. He frowned when he noticed that both beds were made up and Caterina and her stuff were nowhere to be seen. He looked around the room, confused. Then he saw a note on the TV. He made a face at Caterina's lack of face-to-face conversation, and picked it up.
Had to go. Important business meeting. Leave when you feel like it, but before twelve, 'cuz then the room's not paid for anymore and the housekeeping will come and yell at you for being in the way. Sorry I can't finish the trip with you guys. What a waste of a day!
Cat
Theo stared at the note, then crumpled the paper in his hand. Figures Caterina would leave like this. She never stayed long after she caused problems
He sighed and looked at the clock. He had a good three hours before he'd have to leave. Three hours best left for sleeping. He went to lie down, when he realized Elysia hadn't shown up at all.
He paused in his doorway, wondering where the heck she could be. He was getting really worried.
He looked into his room and made a face.
He ought to look for her. He did promise his dad he'd watch her.
He sighed again and went to get dressed. Damn his feelings.
Elysia walked into the hotel entrance and paused for a second to get her bearings. She had come here for one reason and one reason only. She looked back outside to where Jade was sitting in her dad's car, waiting in the fire lane.
She frowned, hoping Jade wouldn't get in trouble and walked over to the elevators.
As she waited for the doors to open, she kept repeating to herself that she was here for one thing. She had to get her stuff. Her clothes, her bag…
She wasn't sure about the things Caterina had bought her the day before. It didn't feel right to take them, but Caterina had said they were a gift. Elysia felt bad for turning down gifts.
The doors opened and she walked in, pushing the button for the forty-seventh floor. She leaned against the rail as the elevator slowly went up.
Were Theo and Caterina in the room, waiting for her? She didn't realize that she had practically ditched them, until she woke up that morning.
She closed her eyes as she remembered last night's conversation with Shane.
She had eventually admitted to him that she had loved Theo, something that she hadn't really thought about since she had been with him.
Shane had said that she should probably wait around for Theo. He said that Theo would eventually love her; it would just take some time.
He also said that if Theo didn't, then he was probably gay anyways, since no guy couldn't help but fall in love with Elysia, she was so nice and beautiful.
Elysia sighed and looked at the numbers at the top of the elevator. She was barely on the twenty-second floor. The elevator was going extra slow today.
She closed her eyes, trying to catch some sleep for the rest of the ride.
Theo walked out of the room and looked down the hallway. There were two sets of elevators at the hotel. Which ones should he take? He looked left, then right. He turned left and walked a tad faster than usual. He wanted to make sure Elysia was okay.
Elysia opened her eyes and glared at the elevator numbers. She was passing the thirty-fourth floor. Thirteen more to go. What was taking the stupid thing so long?"
She sighed and wondered if Theo and Caterina had even missed her. It sure didn't feel like it.
She watched the numbers, hoping the elevator would hurry up. She wanted to get out of here as soon as possible.
Theo glared at the two elevators before him. Out of all the elevators, he had to choose these ones. He had been waiting for five minutes and not one of them had made it to his floor yet.
He watched as the numbers on the left one went up slowly, while the one on the right went down just as slow. He was going to be here all day.
He took advantage of the wait and thought about what he should do for the rest of the day.
He could hang out on the colony, 'til it was time for him to go and get o a shuttle home. Yeah, that would work out fine.
He also came to a decision. The next time he saw Elysia, he would tell her how he felt. Screw his pride. He wasn't going to let it get in the way of what he was pretty sure was his true love. He had to tell her, or he was going to go insane.
Besides, his mother would get mad if he didn't. He couldn't upset his mother's spirit.
Now, all he had to do was find her.
He looked up as an elevator let out a high "ding". The one on the left had beaten the one on the right. He waited for the doors to open. When they didn't, he gave them a good kick.
"Bastard machines," he muttered as the one on the right finally arrived and opened. He glared at the one on the left as he walked into the right elevator.
Elysia frowned nervously, when the doors didn't open. She had finally made it to her floor and the darn thing wouldn't open. She frowned some more when she heard a clunking noise coming from what sounded like the doors. After another minute, the doors finally opened.
Elysia walked out as fast as she could, looking back at the elevator fearfully. She didn't like how it went so slow.
She walked towards the room, deciding to use the other elevators by the vending machines she saw.
As she reached the room, she slowed down a bit and paused at the door. She hoped she was wrong about Theo and Caterina, but she couldn't be sure about that kind of thing.
She took a deep breath and let it out slowly as she knocked on the door. Her eyes widened in surprise as the door swung open, not having been locked or closed all the way.
She walked in cautiously and looked around. She closed the door slowly and frowned when she saw that nobody was in the room.
This made it easier for her to gather her things, but she felt a bit disappointed too.
Why had she wanted to see Theo so bad?
She grabbed her bag that was under one of the beds and began stuffing her clothes in it. She went to one of the closets and stared at the new clothes Caterina had bought her. She sighed and took them out, putting them gently into her bag.
That's when she noticed Caterina's things were all gone. She frowned and looked around the room, realizing her stuff were the only things left in the room.
Had they left without her?
She closed her bag, beginning to get mad.
They ditched her!
And they didn't even bother to leave a note or something. They must've been in some hurry to leave her, since the door was left open.
She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked out angrily.
To think she was disappointed about not seeing them! What jerks.
She stormed over to the elevators and tapped her foot impatiently, trying to calm down. It wasn't good to be mad. She had to stop. It wouldn't be fair to Jade if she got mad.
She bit her lip and nodded to herself. She was getting closer to her goal and it wouldn't help to be mad all the time about such things. She was going to find her father soon and begin a new life.
She would just have to forget about the last two days and pretend she had never met Theo or Caterina. She would have to forget that she had actually thought she had found someone she could love.
No, that part was over. It was time to let go.
The elevator finally opened and she walked in, letting out a sigh. She hoped the rest of the day would go well.
Theo wandered around the airport, trying to pass the time before his shuttle left.
After the long walk around the colony, he was beginning to feel tired.
His search turned up nothing, except for one account from a bartender who had said he'd seen a girl fitting Elysia's description leave the night before with some guy. Theo, however, disregarded this, since he was pretty sure Elysia would never leave with some guy she didn't know.
He should've expected something like that from a bartender. The guy was probably trying to start problems, since he had a boring life.
Although, it was Theo's fault for even looking in the bars. Elysia was under aged. What would she be doing in bars?
When he had returned to the hotel to get his things, he had noticed all of Elysia's stuff was gone, except for a small wooden box. He then realized that she had come back and left while he was out looking for her, not even bothering to say goodbye.
He pulled out the little box from his pocket and looked at it. He had taken it with him and was practically guarding it with his life.
He had to, after seeing what was inside.
When he had opened it in the room, he'd seen a small key, which appeared to have belonged to some sort of safe. He had thought it strange that Elysia was carrying a key to something she didn't have, when he noticed something white sticking up from one of the corners. It wasn't big enough to see right away, but if one looked close enough like he did, you could see that it was pressed against the side, trying to show itself against the black velvet lining.
He reached inside with his fingers and tried to pull whatever it was up. His eyes widened in surprise when the lining came up fairly easy around the white part. He put the key in his pocket as he pulled the rest of the lining up and revealed a small photgraph underneath it.
He frowned and pulled the picture out, looking at it closely.
It was obviously Elysia in the picture, probably two or three years old. She was smiling happily and in the arms of an older woman.
After closer examination, Theo realized that the woman was her mother. There wqs no doubt about it. Elysia looked exactly like her.
He had put the picture and the key back in the box and shut it. This had to be something Elysia treasured. She had probably wanted to leave in a hurrywhen she came to the room to get her things and had forgotten that it was under her pillow.
She should have this with her.
Theo looked up as the intercom went on overhead and announced that his shuttle was now loading.
He looked back at the small box and put it back into his pocket. He'd take care of it for the rest of his life if he had to.
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A/N: Short, I know. Just had to have one of those moments where you want to yell at the people in the story for being the way they are. ^_^