rewritten.......
Chapter 3
Fllay's Kiss
ALLSTER SCIENCES HEAD BUILDING
Slamming his fist on his desk, George Allster bellowed on his phone yet again with his opposing daughter, Fllay.
"I will not allow you to miss this, Fllay! You must see SAI TODAY!" he said sliding his hands off and on his face.
But the angry voice of Fllay had only returned with full force. "I DON'T CARE!" she growled angrily.
"WRONG! You will care and you will get married! So do not give me that attitude, young lady!"
"I'll give you attitude when I want to! I'm not seeing Sai and that's final! GOODBYE!" she screamed as she vigorously hung up on her cell phone throwing it in her bag and walking down the street to Kira's apartment.
George stared furiously outside his office window as his door creaked open. His reflexes had slowed down over the years, but by the measures of his anger, it had seemed they were at full speed as he turned around with dark glaring eyes along with gritted teeth with his arms folded.
His secretary slowly walked back out seeing the look as she closed the door. Her muffled voice came from behind it. "Mr. Siegel Clyne is on line one for you, sir! And your two-thirty meeting has been postponed for Friday at eight in the morning," she yelled. Apparently, her usual desk phone had been replaced and she had no clue how to use it so she was stuck coming back and forth from her desk to his office.
George nodded to the door as he banged the line one button on his phone. "What, Siegel?" he said rudely as he glared out onto his fifty-story view.
"Bad mood again, George?" Siegel's joking voice said.
"That daughter of mine has been playing well too much around with that Yamato boy. Tell your daughter to get her away from him!" he yelled angrily.
"And how do you expect me to do such a thing?" Siegel chuckled.
"SOMETHING! She's going to be engaged once she has her twenty-first birthday. But if this thing with Yamato isn't just a fling or whatever you call it, then the press will be all over Allster Sciences and Clyne Publishing. They'd be digging in Yamato's book for possible things to pin him on for a possible affair. I don't want unwanted attention, Clyne!" he snapped.
"Yes, yes. I assure you, Kira is not that kind of man. He's very well dignified. He'd know better than to do such a thing."
"I'll hold you to that," George said as he turned to the phone and walked over to his chair. He took a seat and leaned back. "What am I going to do about my daughter?"
"Actually, Lacus was thinking of setting a meeting with her so they could catch up a little. Apparently, one of my employees are getting married in the next few months. It'd be a perfect time for Fllay to have a bit of fun, maybe that's all she's missing being secluded in that mansion of yours."
"Don't tell me what my daughter needs, Siegel! I KNOW!"
"Yup. Anyway, has your computer technology traced the bug that tried to read Kira's file? Lacus has been calling but she's received no answer. It's making her suspicious. What are you people doing?"
"Trust me, we're not ignoring her on purpose. But the lab would come so close and then the trail would turn to dust and just disappear. Every time we try, the trail continues to fade. I may have an idea of who your new rival company may be, Clyne," George said in a serious tone.
Slowly rubbing his chin, Siegel stared at a file in front of him. His eyes widened. "You don't mean - "
"I think it's time we paid a visit to our fellow friends in America."
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KIRA'S APARTMENT
Happily eating dinner by himself, Kira slurped the rest of his ramen noodles and gulped down the soup. Throwing the cup into the trash, the doorbell almost immediately rang. He took a look at the clock and sighed.
"Must be Athrun with Tori. Athrun sure is fast," Kira said as he opened the door. "Thanks, Athrun, I - " he blinked as he saw the figure in front of him and stared at her confusingly. "F-Fllay?" Looking her up and down to make sure it was the nineteen-year old red head, he asked another question. "What are you doing here? I wasn't expecting you."
Fllay twiddled her fingers behind her back as Kira stared at her still trying to comprehend why she was at his front doorstep. "I just thought I'd stop by. I didn't get to really look at your place when I was here last time," she said skipping inside and throwing her red purse onto Kira's couch and 'lala'-ing her way into every room into the house. Making her way to Kira's room, she swung open the door to find clothes all over the place, his bed unmade, and his laptop still on currently upgrading. "A little messy, aren't we?" Fllay sneered. Feeling the heat rising in his cheeks, he pulled her out and slammed the door closed.
"NO-ONE-GOES-IN-THERE-BUT-ME," he huffed. Fllay laughed at him.
"Why? A little embarrassed that you're twenty-years old and you still don't have a clean room?" she said blowing raspberry at him.
Kira was definitely sure that he was blushing now as he ran after as she skipped into his bathroom. "Stop it already!" he said forcefully shoving her out of the bathroom and settling her on the couch next to her purse. He sighed as he stared into the decoration mirror-frame he had left hanging on the top wall of the couch. Just for the moment, he gazed at his reflection. He gulped. He was bright red. He placed a hand to the side of his face and felt the sweat becoming sticky on his fingers. Oh, this is just great...he thought.
"Kira, do you have something to eat? I'm hungry," she said with a baby face.
"Uh...well..."
The phone rang but Fllay dived for it and answered. Kira gaped at her. Wasn't this his apartment?
"Hello? Yamato residence."
"F-Fllay?" the familiar voice in Fllay's ears rang out. Fllay covered her mouth in surprise.
"SAI! What are you doing calling Kira's apartment?!" she bursted out. Kira blinked...Sai...Oh, SAI!!
"Fllay, give me the phone," he said placing his hand out. But she resented and glared at him.
"I should be the one who's asking the questions. What are you doing at Kira's apartment?" Sai said as he tapped his fingers on his desk.
"Fllay, give me the phone!" this time more demanding.
"It's none of your business, Sai. You still haven't answered my question. Why are you calling Kira?"
"FLLAY!" Kira roared.
"Can you just give Kira the phone?" Sai sighed.
"No, tell me already!" Fllay whined.
"I saw this article about him in the paper the other day. His name rang a bell so I wanted to see how he was doing. Now can you give him the phone?"
"Call him later. He's going out."
"For what?" Sai blinked. "He's right next to you. He can't spare five minutes?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because I said so," Fllay said plainly.
"Why does he have to listen to you?" Sai said angrily.
"Because he's the one treating me to dinner," she said as she hung up.
"W-Wha?" Sai stared confused at the phone.
"Fllay, you shouldn't of done that! I wouldn't of minded talking to him," Kira said with crossed arms.
"Please, he's just going to bore you him. I hate the fact that I have to - oh, nevermind," she said remembering what she was trying to do here. Kira shook his head as he grabbed his cell phone and wallet. He tried his best to put on a smile and turned back around to face her.
"What do you want to eat?"
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CLYNE PUBLISHING
A knock came to Lacus' office door as she was speedily filling forms and signing wherever her signatures were needed. "What is it?" she called not looking up.
"Your package from Athrun Zala has just come in. Would you like me to keep it for you or just leave it at the door?" the voice called back.
Lacus thought for a moment. A package from Athrun...oh, the package!! "Please come in and deliver it to me, I'm a bit busy for the moment."
"Yes, ma'am."
The delivery boy came in and placed the box next to her desk and gave her a smile.
"Thank you," Lacus nodded as she continued her furious writing.Once the door was closed, Lacus placed down her pen, got out of her seat, and bent down to pick up the package. Placing it on her desk after clearing her scattered papers, she opened it slowly with a tip of her pocket knife in her desk as she lifted the brown flaps. Her face lit up as a bouncy pink ball immediately rushed into her hands.
"HARO! HARO!"
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Athrun's Office
Tweaking with a small green electronic bird named Tori, Athrun carefully screwed in the last screw slowly. Wiping the sweat off his face, he searched for a button and pressed it. The bird came to life as it flew around the room in a perfect 360 degree circle and back to perch on Athrun's shoulder. He smiled.
"Kira should be pleased."
The little jingles of his door alerted his sensitive ears as he looked up. His face lightened with a smile.
"Nice to see that you fixed him," Cagalli said placing a paper bag on his desk after giving Athrun a kiss. "Did you already fix the Haros?"
"They were easier. Tori's structure is a bit more complicated because of his wings," Athrun said taking the bag and peering inside. "Alright! Tuna sandwich again!" A light hit came to his arm. "Hey, what was that for?"
"That's not funny! I would've gotten you some teriyaki but I was afraid I'd wait too long for the food and you'd miss your lunch break," she sighed. "You're always stuck in this stupid office and you don't come home until real late. How did that other job interview go?"
"Oh, I'm moving there tomorrow. Apparently, they liked my designs for that new toy I was building for our future son," he said snuggling Cagalli to his chest. Cagalli smiled up at him.
"What do you think he'll look like?" Cagalli sighed as she closed her eyes.
"How about your eyes and your skin with my hair?" Athrun chuckled. Cagalli sighed in content as she thought about it.
"I'd prefer your eyes," she said continuing to sigh.
"Oh?" he said softly taking a whiff of his future wife's hair.
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San Francisco, CA
Casually walking down the streets of downtown, pass Old Navy and Ross, the darkly-tanned skinned boy stopped as he felt footsteps following him closely. He sighed as he turned around. "Why do you keep following me, Yzak?"
A pale skinned boy, with below ear silver hair, and piercing eyes stared at him as he tapped his foot. "What are you doing out here? You said that you'd come home!" he growled. The boy just stared blankly at him. Yzak clenched his fists. "DEARKA!"
"I told you, I'm STRAIGHT. Get over it already!" Dearka snapped as he turned around with his hands in his pockets. "Besides, Nicol's mom is letting me rent an apartment at their place. I don't need your nags, Yzak. We're friends and nothing more."
"Grrr...DEARKA ELSMAN!"
"Get off it, already. Go out and have some fun with some girls like you used to before all this shit happened," Dearka said taking a stare at him and continuing to walk until his cell phone rang. Taking it out of his jean pocket, he flipped it open. "Dearka."
"Long time, no see," Athrun's voice said."Athrun?! What?! ATHRUN?! You devil! I heard your girl's pregnant!" Dearka said joyously. Yzak glared at him with his nose hung in the air, his foot still tapping.
"Now who told you that?" Athrun said casually.
"Nicol. How come you tell him everything first?" Dearka said with a bit of suspicion.
"Because whenever I call your house, Yzak is always snapping about ... err... unusual things," Athrun laughed slightly.
"Oh, well, I moved out actually. I'm going back to how it was before," Dearka said taking a small look at his 'friend' and turning away.
"Oh, not going with the rainbow-colored flags anymore?" Athrun said teasingly.
"Nah. I missed the chicks and I'm sure they missed me," Dearka said with a cocky voice.
"Same old, Dearka...so, would you guys like to come back to Shinjuku some time? Cagalli and I are having a little engagement party and it'd be nice to see you three again."
"Three?"
"You, Nicol, and Yzak of course. Who else am I missing?"
"Well..."
"Yeah, what is it?"
"I was wondering if I could bring along a couple of Kira's old friends. They're currently living here," Dearka said kindly.
"Oh, why so considerate all of a sudden?" Athrun questioned.
"Heck, since we're going, why don't they tag along? The more, the merrier, right?" Dearka said with a shrug, although if he remembered correctly, one of his friends were kinda cute. He smiled to himself.
"True. Alright, tell me how many and I'll get you on your flight. Talk to you then!"
"Yup," Dearka laughed. He closed his phone and stuffed it into his pocket. Stretching out his arms, he sighed.
"I'M GOING BACK!!!!!" he announced loudly as Yzak only tapped his foot more annoyed.
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Sitting in a room, staring at a picture from her desk, Miriallia Haww glanced repeatedly at the picture she had once treasured so much. Sighing constantly, she turned in her black-wheeled chair and got up.
"Tolle..." she said with a pout as she picked up the picture. Staring at a newspaper clipping found under the photograph, her hand shakily picked it up as tears began to form in her eyes. The headline read :
17-year old Killed in Car Accident
Tolle Koenig, Lost in Yet another Drunk-Driving Incident
Miriallia shakily turned toward her outside view of the San Francisco Bay. The seagulls slowly easing away from the view as a clear view across the Golden Gate Bridge welcomed her. Allowing the tears to fall down being pulled by the force of gravity as her body gave a jolt when the phone rang.
Wiping her tears away, she placed down the picture and grabbed the phone. "Hello?" she spoke kindly, her voice still a bit shaky.
As she nodded her head repeatedly, her face lit up with a smile.
"I'd be glad to see Kira again."
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"Kira? Kira Yamato?" Kuzzey Birskirk said as he sat in a muni riding toward his office. He worked the night-shifts now at Clyne Publishing Offices.
He muffled laughter as he remembered the old high school days when Kira fell into a garbage can at lunch because of the jocks playing football inside. Kira was so clumsy in high school. He wondered if he had changed at all. Nodding at the voice in his ear, he smiled as he hung up. "I wouldn't mind seeing him again. Wonder if he's still a klutz," he mumbled quietly to himself as he exited the muni and out in front of the tall 50-story building.
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Kira's door swung open as a laughing Fllay dawdled inside with her dress swaying side to side as she plopped herself on the couch.
"I can't believe you fell in the garbage can! Ah-ha! How can someone as old as you be so clumsy?!" she guffawed.
"It's been like that since I was little. I was never well-coordinated in those sort of things," Kira said throwing his jacket into the wash. "I'm going to go take a shower. Make yourself comfortable or something," he muttered angrily as she continued to laugh with tears coming out of her eyes.
"Cheese everywhere..." she said finally calming down. Staring around his apartment, noticing that Kira had left the room, she got up and stared at the unusual statues and such lying around for decoration. She stared at the pictures and glared angrily at one of them.
It read, "Senior Prom" with Cagalli, Athrun, Lacus and Kira. Athrun and Cagalli were holding hands giving Fllay the image of the woman that she had met at her father's conference. She scoffed as she ignored Athrun, and went directly to look at Kira and Lacus. They weren't holding hands but they were back to back just smiling into the camera. Rage filled Fllay as she grabbed the picture from the wall and continued to glare angrily. She stared into the picture a little more. "That blonde looks like Kira...except with blonde hair and different eyes," she stared suspiciously as she turned to more pictures on the wall. The picture of a woman holding two children answered her questions. "Oh, twins," she said plainly as she placed the prom picture back on the wall. Staring at another picture, it had Lacus and Kira both with wines in hand as they had a toast with Athrun and Cagalli in the far back with their own wine glasses, both seeming to be very drunk. "Hmmm...must be the night she got pregnant."
"Yeah, that was the night," Kira said coming in with a towel over his head, sweatpants and a grey shirt.
"You look like you're going out for a jog or something," Fllay said staring at him with a smug look.
"It's not like I'm going out again," Kira said placing the towel over his shoulders.
"Yeah, so? You have a guest, which is me, and shouldn't you wear something a little more fitting for your guests?" she said rudely.
"I don't know, I just wear whatever. It is my place afterall."
She glared at him and grabbed him by the shirt. "They say you're well-mannered when in fact you're not. What kind of man are you?!" she said poking him as she tugged him a bit downward to match their heights. They were practically breathing on each other. Kira's face went red when he noticed how close to her lips he was. He gulped.
"Umm, F-Fllay?"
"WHAT?!" she snapped.
"Could you let go of me? You're sort of..."
"Close?" a smile played across her lips as she neared them a little closer when their noses were barely a centimeter away.
"F-Fllay? This is s-sort of..."
He could barely finish his sentence as she kissed him with a soft moan. He could barely take in the feeling. The scenario to Kira was like this ...
He's twenty.
She's nineteen.
He's never had a kiss in his life.
She's been with three other boyfriends.
He's lived alone.
She has a father and big mansion with maids.
He's being kissed by her.
She's engaged to someone who knows him.
But for someone reason, something was stopping him from pulling away. No, it wasn't the fact that Fllay was holding him by the collar and forcing herself on his lips. It was just something...a sensation that had been missing.
And so...
He returned the kiss with full force.
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A surging headache ran through Cagalli's head all of a sudden as she collapsed from her delayed paperwork on her desk. Hearing the sudden clanging, Athrun ran to her side and brought her head up to face him. Tears ran down her face as she struggled to make words come out.
"C-Cagalli!! What's wrong?!" he asked as he felt her forehead. Not a fever...
"K-Kira..." she moaned weakly.
"What?" Athrun said concernedly.
"S-Something...h-happened t-t-t-o...Kira..." she groaned as her eyes rolled back and fell asleep.
A light snoring rang through Athrun's ears and he sighed. "I guess it's a twin thing."
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Unable to sleep any longer, Kira got up slowly from his bed and wiped his eyes. Staring at his door, he found himself touching his lips.
His first kiss. Heh. Weird.
Getting up and grabbing his sweat pants and putting them on, he checked the clock.
"I need to talk to her," he mumbled as the clock blinked 7 in the morning. "She's definitely awake," he mumbled again as he picked up the phone. Dialing it quickly, he hurriedly searched around for his jacket.
"Clyne Residence."
"May I speak to Lacus, please?" Kira said frantically.
"Yes, one moment."
"Hello?" Lacus' polite voice came onto the phone as a bunch of random phrases were heard in the background. Haro's back...
"Lacus, it's Kira. I was wondering. Could I talk to you for a bit? We could have some coffee or something. I just need to talk to you."
"Err...okay, Kira. We'll meet in the coffee shop right next to your place. Be there in ten minutes."
"Great," he sighed as they both hung up.
"I wonder what's wrong..." Lacus sighed as she grabbed her coat and called for her driver.
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Seeing the long limo pull up next to the shop through the black-tinted windows appeared his old friend. Lacus walked inside and ordered her own drink as she sat down in the seat across Kira.
"What's wrong? You seem so..." Lacus stared at him worriedly when a bouncing pink ball began calling his name.
"KIRA! KIRA!" Kira chuckled as he saw it.
"I guess Athrun finished them all," he smiled.
"Kira, what's wrong?" she said ignoring the comment about Haro.
"Oh...well...last night..." he stared downward and stared at his reflection onto the black surface of his coffee. "I kissed Fllay Allster." Lacus stared at him as she slowly pulled back in her chair. Trying to keep her focus on him, she fought away whatever emotions were coming to her and continued to listen to Kira. He looked upward back at her. "I didn't mean to...I just...couldn't control myself," he gritted his teeth. "She's engaged and I kissed her!""Kira," Lacus' calm voice came, but the sad expression in her eyes were as clear as the blue sky. Kira stared at her blankly. "You are distraught because you don't understand the feelings you have towards, Ms. Fllay. Unfortunately, I can't help you in that area. It's something that you must find on your own. Even though she is engaged, it does not mean you cannot be together. It is still Fllay's choice whether or not to say 'I do' at the alter. Until that time, decide whether or not..." she paused as she got up and turned away from him. The tears that she had been holding on where starting to become too much to bear. But weakly, she turned around to him. "...you love her," turning around immediately, she speed-walked out the door.
Kira started at the place she had sat...
Across his lips formed a small...smile.
"Lacus..." he stared out the window. "...thank you," he smiled as the car pulled away.
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Screaming mentally, she stared out the window continuing to hold in the tears. She cannot show weakness. She cannot. She must be perfect. She had grown that way and no one would know any better. Lacus Clyne had to be perfect. She had to be. For everyone's sake no matter how much pain she had been feeling right now.
Kira Yamato loved Fllay Allster.
Lacus could do nothing of it as she made one last promise to herself.
Stop loving Kira.
She felt the car come to stop and her driver opened the door. She stumbled to reach her floor, but when she in her office, she fell on her knees and her bodyguard helped her up once again. But she only broke down.
"Ms. Clyne..." he reached for her again but she swiped his arm away.
"You're dismissed, lock my door," she ordered and bowing, he left the room.
Lacus regained her stature as she got into her leather seat behind her desk and began to read across her papers. She could not concentrate as she shuffled them again and found Kira's file again on top. She still had not finished filing him into her drawer. She slammed her fists on her desk, her head running wildly back and forth. Vigorously opening one of her drawers, she flipped open a manila folder and she turned to a page...her eyes stopped shedding clear crystal tears.
Little Pieces
Excerpt
The days that pass by
I wonder who'll be there...
For me to walk them down an aisle
I wonder...
Will it be someone I know right now?
Will it be the last person I expect?
Will our love last forever?
Or will it simply be a figment of my imagination?
I don't know anymore...
However...
Everyday...
There is something...
That always seems...
To be left...
Unfinished.
Throwing papers across the floor, Lacus fell to her knees. All the pain that she had been keeping inside for so long seemed to become too much for her.
"I mustn't cry! I mustn't cry!" she gritted her teeth, her golden clips fell off her head as all her hair draped downward shadowing her face as she stared at the cold carpet, her arms and knees the only things keeping her up as her grip tightened and crumbled the white sheets of paper. "I must not be weak...I cannot cry...I can't...c-cry..." Through the years, Lacus had been able to keep in almost every emotion she could think of. The easiest for her was anger, but the most difficult was her tears of sadness. Even though, her skill of keeping in those emotions had improved over the years. In fact, it was so hard to tell whether or not she was sad or mad. Unfortunately, now that she is no longer a child, her feelings for Kira have escalated to a place where you can no longer go back. It is something that must be fulfilled or be left in the balance and allow the person to suffer of great sorrow.
Letting her body drop to the floor, Lacus gripped her arms and tormented herself by nearly drawing blood as she dug her sharp nails into her skin. She panted as she let go, her body spread out across the floor. "I...must...not...cry..." taking a deep breath, she got up, cleared her skirt, fixed her hair, and sat in her chair. She stared downward at her papers and began filing them.
This was the ritual that Lacus Clyne went through everyday. The ritual that tormented her ... the ritual to stop crying.
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The next day, Kira and everyone else decided to take a small little vacation since it was Labor Day and they hadn't been relaxed in days. Seizing the opportunity as a way to put Lacus and Kira together, Cagalli jolted at the idea not knowing the little incident between Kira and Fllay.
"Come on, Kira! HURRY UP!!" she laughed joyously as she threw all his stuff in the Kira.
"Hold on, Cagalli!" he struggled to lift the heavy bags on his sides.
"Is that all yours?" Athrun said lugging one away from his arm.
"No...I invited Fllay if you guys don't mind," Kira said as he wiped some sweat from his forehead.
"Oh, you invited her? How come you didn't tell us?" Cagalli said as she stopped clearing bags to turn around to Kira. Her stomach had grown a bit and it looked like she was already starting to wear Athrun's shirts."Is it a problem?" Kira grunted as he lugged one more bag into the trunk.
"Of course not, but Kira...what about Lacus?" Athrun said eyeing him carefully.
"What about Lacus? She's coming, right? Did something happen to her?" he said innocently. Cagalli stared at him dumbfounded. She was starting to doubt that they were even twins. Athrun took a glance at Cagalli noticing the forming angry look on her face and instantly changed the topic.
"It'll be a four hour drive. So sit tight," Athrun said as he slammed the trunk closed and got in the drivers' seat. "Where will be picking up, Fllay?" he said as Kira helped Cagalli into the front seat and Kira opened the sliding door and getting into his seat slamming the door shut.
"She said she'd be waiting with Lacus." Athrun and Cagalli took another look at each other and then back at Kira. "What?" he shrugged.
Both sighing heavily as they turned to the road, they both muttered the same thing, "Oh, Kira."
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Frantically checking her watch, Fllay began to tap her foot and fussing with her hair as she took quick glances at Lacus who just smiled every time.
"Why do you keep smiling?!" Fllay glared angrily as she stopped moving to just glare at the patiently waiting Lacus. Lacus turned her head to her slowly and just brightened her smile.
"Athrun drives pretty fast so he should be here any second now. Just wait..." Lacus said softly. Fllay swerved her head to the side.
"Oh? Let's see how fast this boy is then. Bet he can't get here faster than my driver can!" Fllay scoffed. Lacus sighed at Fllay's ruthless behavior as the screech of a car stopped in front of her. Smiling brightly, the face of Kira welcomed her as he slid open the door. Giving her best not to cry, she smiled and stepped in...seated at the very back.
"Hello, Athrun, Cagalli," she said into the mirror as Athrun stared at his front view while Cagalli just turned around.
"Sorry we're a bit late, we had some excess luggage," Cagalli smiled. But that smile faded once she heard another voice.
"Geez, my grandma could drive faster than you, Zala!" Fllay said as she plopped in the seat next to Kira glaring at the front view mirror. Athrun said nothing as Kira slammed the sliding door and they were off again.
"Where are we heading to for this quite short Labor Day weekend?" Lacus joked. Cagalli laughed a bit.
"Well...over to Athrun's cousin's house. We have a whole schedule worked out. Shopping, relaxing, a bit of swimming, dancing...the usual," Cagalli giggled as little thoughts of trying to leave Lacus and Kira alone in the pool.
But the snobby voice of Fllay interrupted her thoughts. "Oh, please. I could do all that here! Can't we do something a little more...I don't know...something fun?"
"Isn't that fun enough for you?" Athrun sighed.
"Fine, fine. As long as it's not in some small place. Better be big!" she snapped. Kira shook his head.
"Fllay, we don't have that much money. Besides, isn't nice to get away from that mansion of yours once in awhile? You are always cooped up there all alone," Kira said kindly. Fllay stared at Kira with puppy eyes.
"Alright, alright. As long as I get to stay in the same room as you," she sighed as she leaned her head on his shoulder. Kira gulped at the thought as he turned away to look out the window with his head slowly becoming a cherry red. Lacus forced herself not to stare as she simply closed her eyes and went to sleep. Athrun stared at her from his mirror and turned to stare at Cagalli slightly who was also staring at him. Both giving each other a worried look, they turned back to the road to talk about it once they knew they were alone.
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Author's Note: Teehee. Another chapter done. Hope ya'llz liked it. The ending for this chapter is a little messed up, but I had trouble trying to end it...err...with sympathy or something like that.
