Chapter 2 :

At night Cypher really steeled into Trinity's room, to surprise her in sleep, not wanting to give her a chance for rejection. But when he came in, he didn't believe what he saw. Trinity was asleep, but in the arms of Neo pressed into his hug and had even a smile on her lips. Cypher's face got dark-red and he thought:

This time you will atone, I will destroy everything between you and if it's the last thing I will do. You will suffer until your death! and left the room.

Trinity was dreaming....she was on a big meadow covered with colorful flowers, below a deep-blue sky full of little birds and tiny buterflies .In the middle of the flower-sea was a large bed, with satin sheets and pillows. It was raining white and deep red blossom petals. She weared a wonderful white satin skirt, which left her shoulders free, making her fell every single blossom.

Neo laid next to her his arms tightly around her shoulders and whispered her bittersweet love words into her ear .Her eyes closed and with a smile on her lips, she enjoyed this moment of freedom. Neo brought his face to her, she could feel his breath tickling on hr cheek and he kissed her long and passionate. The flowers were fading and one moment later she was back on the Neb. She felt a warm body pressed against her own and thought:

Well, sometimes dreams are keeping in reality

She believed, the warm body next to her was still an illusion, but a great one. She pulled him closer to her with a audible satisfied groan from him

Nice dream, I also can hear his voice as if it's real...really good... and she was asleep again.

When the electricity came back and the lights on the Neb. were on again, Trinity was waking up once more. The first thing she felt was her head, there was a loud beating within it and her head was filled up with a terrible pain. She tried to stand up and felt two strong arms, holding her back within their embrace. She opened her eyes and looked into Neo's sleeping face. His mouth was slightly opened, he never seemed that young, beautiful and innocent and she wanted to protect him instinctively. When she moved, he also waked up and opened his eyes, still full of sleep. She smile:

"hey."

Hey smiled, bu made a wry face when he felt the pain in his head, it felt like at the end of a long, wild night without sleep, but a lot of alcohol. Neo raised his hand to his forehead and closed his eyes, when he opened them again, he saw Trinity's intense gaze on him, but in his memory was just a black hole, he had no idea what happened, especially if something did happen between them, or why they were lying together in her bed.

So he just answered: "Hey." and watched her insecure.

" I'm sorry. I don't remember anything, what happened last night?"

Trinity felt as if her heart would stop beating and break into thousands little pieces. Last night, he said that he loved her and now he doesn't remember anything...Holy crap, was he serious? She wanted to get invisible in this very moment. Neo felt her body tense and was unsure what it could mean, did he something wrong?Was there something happened and why the hell was he in her bed?

Some seconds they just starred at each other without saying a word, the situation was em brassing for both of them, but especially for Neo who didn't know anything of last night.

When Trinity got her self- control back she did put on her emotionless, unreadable face:

"No Neo, there was nothing. You just was very exhausted, I had to bring you to your room, but you didn't make it there, so I et sleep you here."

"I'm sorry. I never wanted..."

"There's nothing to be sorry for Neo. Nothing."

Her voice was now cold and even unfriendly, he felt as if things around him were torpored into ice in a matter of seconds. Nervously he touched his back of the neck:

" Ok. I think I will go to breakfast something now"

Trinity avoided his asking gaze and only nodded, going to her bathroom and closing the door behind her. She leaned at the closed door and wanted to cry and to shout at the same time. He said to her he would love her and now he doesn't remember?Maybe he didn't mean it and now doesn't want to.

Her pain was changing into anger, she wiped away a tear which had stolen its way down her cheek and said aloud:

" He's just a normal guy. He isn't the One and he won't break me or hurt my feelings. I'm a soldier and my life is the was for freedom, which is much more important than him."

She ignored her screaming heart- No, he's the One, I love him and I want just to be a normal woman - and made her way down the corridor, where she entered the Mess hall for breakfast.

Cypher didn't know what to think about their behavior, wanted they keep their affair safe or was there something gone wrong? He could feel the unusual tension between them, they avoided eye- contact and didn't talk, but cypher was happy about it.

This was the way how things should go, but Trinity didn't even talk to me...what happened when they woke up today?

She just starred at the table while she was eating, trying to hurry, there was an unbearable tension when Neo was sitting opposite to her, sometimes looking at her to find out why she didn't look at him, but she didn't react. When she was finished she stood up:

"Morpheus, I will continue my weldings today.

Neo stood up, too:

"I will help you."

She didn't even watch him while saying:

"No, Tank, will help me."

Tank wanted to declare his protest, he had to work at some programs, but her cold -Don't - mess- with- Trinity- look kept him silent immediately and he was following her.

Some minutes left till Morpheus left, leaving Cypher and Neo back alone .When the door was closed Cypher began to speak in a low, but serious voice:

"Hey Neo, don't take it too serious. I know there was more between you and Trin last night, but for her it does mean nothing. She's a man- killer, there are a lot of men, who she let drop like a hot potato. Man, I know what I am talking about, her heart is cold, even more than this dammed ship. She has no more feelings in it, she just takes what she wants and forgets you. She can't love anyone, in the cold, lonely nights she often came to me, too. When she was lonely she was the sweetest woman on earth, but the next day i was nothing for her than a friend, she didn't even talk to me.

Man, I know what you are feeling, but in 3 days we will reach Zion and there are a lot of hotter chicks than her, they will comfort you."

Neo just starred at him and tried to process Cypher's words. With every bad word about Trinity his eyes were getting darker. Was there something happened between them last night?Was Cypher right, did she use him?

But before Neo could ask or say something, Cypher left the Mess hall with a dark and triumphant smile on his lips.

The following 2 days they had no contact, nobody saw Trinity excepting Tank when they were doing their shift. The others only heard the noise of her welder or her hammer pounding in something. She avoided every meeting by chance, especially with Neo. When she had to look in his eyes, maybe her feelings would come to the surface and getting stronger than her brain.

One day before they reached Zion, Morpheus was calling her into the control room. But her shift was at midnight, so what does he want? He hoped it wouldn't take long, she was working the whole day, dirty and full of sweat wanting to take a shower to rub her skin free of painful and weak feelings.

When she arrived the first thing she saw, was Neo, sweet and beautiful as usual, looking shyly and her. Morpheus caught her attention, when he began to speak:

" I wondered where you are Trinity. You've to train with Neo today, did you forget that?"

Her face darkened and got an unreadable mask again: "Of course not, Sir."

But her brain was working:

Who did change the plans? A few hours i proofed not to be at the training shifts, damm it....

She had a clear suspicion, as she watched tank's artful and smiling face.

Neo heard the anger in her voice and felt a big lump in his throat, he could swear that training exercise wouldn't be very funny.

She was sitting down when Tank, still smiling, asked:

"Which training-program Operator?

Without looking at Neo she replied : "Knife- program."

To be continued....

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