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Well, I am updating this chapter a little later thanI orginally told you, but I've been kinda busy lately so this is the first chance i got to write it, not to mention having to figure out whatI was going to write beforeI did so, LOL!
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Miriallia's eyes fluttered open the next morning to rest upon a picture of Tolle that she had kept in her purse and had laid on the dresser the evening before. This made her feel all the more worse. She had had a weird dream last night and what made it even weirder was the fact that it was about Dearka. She dreamt that they were talking about something, nothing in particular, when she fell asleep on him. And then, it became all the more hazy. But, she did know that, in the dream, he had carried her up to her bedroom, laid her down in her bed, and had kissed her goodnight. She felt so happy and warm inside when he kissed her. For a brief second she wished that the dream had been real, but then, she remembered Tolle.
"Wait a second! How did I get in this room, anyway?" she thought as she looked around at her surroundings. She was in her room, on her bed "I don't remember coming here last night. The last thing I remember was talking with Dearka in the garden. Wait! The dream couldn't have really happened, could it?" Miriallia shook her head. "No. I was probably just so tired that I don't remember coming upstairs, that's all."
"I should get dressed." she said out loud as she looked at the to see that it was already nine o'clock. She had slept in so late, at least compared to when she normally got up, which six o'clock.
She hurriedly grabbed her clothes and darted into the bathroom to take a shower.
"I wonder what we are going to do today?" she asked herself as she stripped and got into the shower. She turned it on and the hot water poured down on her, relaxing her tense muscles.
The past week had been a night mere. She was so glad that she was at least with her friends, now, to help her to level her nerves. And Dearka was there too. He was such a comfort. "Wait!" she screamed out loud. She shut off the water and grabbed a towel. It was blue and matched her eyes. It was her favorite color. "Why do I think Dearka is such a comfort?" confused, she stepped out of the shower and started getting dressed. She put on a pair of jeans and a sky blue blouse.
No more short skirts for Dearka to ogle her in. And yet, she couldn't help liking Dearka's ogling. She thought it was cute, the way he blushed when she caught him doing it. And his lavender eyes would have that mischievous glow that made her wild. She didn't know why either. She though he was cute, handsome even. But surely she didn't have any other feelings for him. No. she was still in love with Tolle and still wasn't over him yet. She shook her head as she left her room.
Right before she started going down the stairs, she looked over her shoulders at Dearka's door. "I wonder if he is still in bed", a smile crept onto her pretty mouth, "I wonder what he looks like in the morning. Is his hair all messy, or is it perfect like it is when he's awake? Does he still have that cocky smile, even when he is whipping sleepys from his beautiful lavender eyes? I wonder what it would be like to wake up with him in the morning." Miriallia shook her head violentlyas though trying to thrust the thought out of her mind. "Get a hold on yourself, Mir" she told herself as she headed down the stairs.
In the great hall, the only one she could see was Jinkins. So, she asked him where everyone was. He told her they were having breakfast and that Lady Cagalli told him to take her to them as soon as she awakened.
He led her to the dining room, opened the doors for her, and bowed to take his leave.
When she entered, she noticed that the whole "gang" was there. Cagalli was, of course, sitting next to Athrun, with Kimiko on the other side of her. Yzak was positioned next to Kimiko and he looked nervous, for some reason, and Dearka, who was smiling at Yzak and Kimiko with an all knowing smile, was sitting next to Yzak. Next to Athrun sat Kira, who still looked a little dazed from last nights activities and next to him sat the very cheerful Lacus.
Cagalli, upon noticing Miriallia's presence, signaled for her to take a seat next to Lacus and, of course, Dearka. So, she did so.
"So, did you sleep well?" Cagalli eyed her with a smile. She seemed awfully cheerful today.
Miriallia nodded her head. "Yes, I slept very well."
Cagalli's smile widened and was now from ear to ear. Athrun snickered because he knew what she was going to say. They had had a long talk last night about what Dearka did, taking her up to her bed, and what it meant. "So, I take it that your sleep wasn't disturbed by Dearka carrying you up to bed, then. You fell asleep on him in the garden and he didn't want to wake you , so he took you up to your room."
Miriallia looked at Cagalli with shock written all across her face. "The dream, it could be true! It couldn't have happened! And yet, it seems that it did. Maybe I wasn't fully asleep when he carried me up. But that would mean……" She put a hand up to her lips.
Miriallia soon controlled herself and stated, with what she thought, was a clam demeanor, "Yes, I think I remember that. I must not have been entirely asleep yet." She was glad when a waiter came in to serve her breakfast because Cagalli was going to pursue the matter and she didn't feel like pursuing it.
When she said that, though, Dearka flushed bright red. "Could she have been awake when I kissed her? I, god, I hope not. If she was, then what would she think of me. I would be no better than Jubin, trying to take advantage of her when she couldn't do anything about it." Dearka felt miserable. He moaned inwardly and prayed that she had fallen asleep by then.
Miriallia started eating, keeping a close eye on Dearka through the corner of her eye. "Did he kiss me last night, or was a really dreaming it?" Not sure, she decided that it would be best if she just tried to forget about it and not mention it.
So, she decided to change the subject entirely. "Cagalli, What are we doing today?" She asked casually, like the last subject they were talking about didn't affect her.
Cagalli got an evil smile, not the same mischievous one she had had when telling Miriallia about Dearka's carrying her, but one that she got when she knew she was going to derive pleasure from the response of at least one person sitting at that table. "I thought it would be good to take a tour of Heliopolis. You know, show commander Joule and Dearka around the city. I think they would have fun!"
With that last statement, Yzak, who was drinking a sip a orange juice, spit it out, showering everyone at the table. Kimiko was the first to laugh at Yzak. "We are on a political assignment, and you are taking us on a pleasure tour of your city!" Yzak was overwhelmed. He had come here to do business, not enjoy a ride around ORB.
"Yes. I thought you would have been pleased?" Cagalli then started to play her guilt trip. "I mean, you wouldn't want to try and make peace with a people that you hardly know, do you? This will allow you to get to know the real people of ORB, not those stuffy Chairmen and commissioners. They aren't ORB citizens. They might have been at one point in time, but now they are all stuffed shirts!"
Dearka couldn't help but laugh. "Apparently ZAFT and ORB aren't that different at all. You have stuffed shirts and we have stiff collars!" Dearka was laughing at his own joke, but no one else appeared to be doing so. Yzak looked at him disapprovingly and Mira finally broke a smile when she got it. Athrun tried to hold back the grin that was trying to make its way onto his face and Kira was just plain confused looking. He honestly didn't know what he meant. Lacus did however, and explained it through giggles. Kira finally understood that he meant stiff collars referring to those among ZAFT who thought they were better than Naturals, they were proud.
Cagalli sat up from her seat after gobbling down the last little bit of what used to be her toast and said, "Ok, Are you all ready to go?" She said excitedly. She knew she was going to have so much fun with them today and she couldn't wait to get started. If it wasn't for the terribly disagreeable Yzak, then it would probably have been the best day of her life! But he was there and she couldn't leave him out because he was supposed to be the whole reason for Dearka being there. So, she just decided to make the best of it. She decided to pawn him off onto her secretary. She felt sorry for her, but it had to be done so he would stay out of Dearka's and Miriallia's hair. Besides, Kimiko and him seemed to get along farley well.
Everyone stood up a proclaimed that they were ready, except Miriallia who had barely gotten started, but she consented to go anyway, knowing that Cagalli wanted to leave as early as possible.
So, they all managed to go out into the great hall, waiting for this person or that person to get what they needed, like Miriallia who decided to get her camera and take pictures of everyone on their trip. Cagalli told Jinkins that they were ready for the bus to come around and he left the great hall.
He returned a few moments later and said, "Ma'am, it is on its way around front. Is there anything else I can do for you, Lady Cagalli?"
"No, Jinkins", she said with a wave of her hand. Dearka couldn't help thinking that even though she was a tom boy, she still liked to order people around. "Ok everyone, let's go out side, now!" She was the first to walk through the large doors. The rest followed right after her.
They waited on the steps of Atha mansion for just a few moments before the bus pulled up. It was a rather small bus, probably able to seat about twenty people, but no more. It was blue and white and had ORB written on its side. The door opened and a skinny blonde, with her hair tied up into the neatest pony tail Miriallia had ever seen, and blue eyes stepped down from the bus. "Hello everyone. My name is Lana. I will be your tour guide today." She motioned for them to enter the bus as she said this. She had a smile that was just so sickening.
Miriallia was standing right next to Dearka and whispered in his ear, "It looks like we have a case of "Tour Guide Barbie". She said, barely able to hold back an out right laugh.
Dearka looked confused. "Huh? What is a Barbie?"
Miriallia gasped as they were stepping onto the bus. They were having a discussion so they automatically sat down next to each other in the second row of the bus. "You don't know what a Barbie is? How could you not know!" Miriallia was really very surprised.
Dearka still looked very confused. "No. I don't know what a Barbie is". He looked at her as shocked now seemed to become a permanent part of her expression.
"OH….MY… GOODNESS! I can't believe you've never heard about Barbie!" Miriallia shook her head in disbelief. Miriallia suddenly sat bolt upright, turned in her seat to look behind her, and ask Lacus, who was sitting next to Kira about two rows behind them, "Lacus, don't they have Barbies in the Plants?"
Lacus nodded, "Oh yes, I just love Barbie. I once did a promotion for her. I sang a song for one of their TV commercials." It was hard to believe that this child like songstress could head her own faction, but she did and she did it well.
Miriallia turned back to Dearka. "See! I don't know how you could not know what a Barbie is if they do have them in the Plants." Miriallia was still in wonderment over the situation.
"Well, I don't know, so that's that." Dearka was trying to switch the subject about how little he seemed to know when he remembered something. "Hey, you never did tell me what a Barbie was." He said with true curiosity.
Miriallia laughed. It was such a sweet laugh and Dearka was glad that he was the one who caused it, even if she was laughing at him. It was better then her crying because of him. "Alright, it's a doll, but it looks somewhat realistic and it's like a doll that looks like a woman, verses a little girl, which most dolls are."
Dearka was silent for a few seconds and then he managed to say, "Oh. That's it? Just a doll?"
Miriallia nodded and leaned back in her chair, looking out the window of the bus. "Yep, but I still can't believe you didn't know what a Barbie was."
Yzak decided to say something. "Well I didn't know either, so I don't know why you seem so surprised!" Yzak said trying to be cocky. It didn't work.
Kimiko giggled that same annoying giggle again and he cursed himself for his wanting to hear her do it again. "Well, I can't believe you don't know either." She giggled again and he seemed pleased that she had done it again, even though it still annoyed him. She flashed her pretty lavender eyes at him gain and he almost lost control. Those eyes were so pretty and he didn't know why he found them that pretty. "Oh, what is wrong with me?"
Just then "Tour Guide Barbie", AKA, Lana, spoke up as they drove off from the curved drive around the front of Atha mansion. "Alright everyone!" she said cheerfully. "Our first stop is ORB Memorial Park!"
Yzak rolled his eyes and sighed. "Great, just great."
Kimiko gave his hand a reassuring squeeze, yes, somehow they had ended up sitting together and Yzak was still trying to figure that out too, "don't worry Yzak. It's actually a rather fun place. They have lots of fountains and beautiful sights. You'll like it"
Yzak rolled his eyes again and just said begrudgingly, "Yeah, sure."
FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER...
Lana opened the door and announced, "Ok, we're here!" she sounded just so darn cheerful that it really grated on Yzak's nerves. Kimiko's giggling was one thing, he was starting to think he could tolerate it, but Lana's cheerful demeanor and her smile for no reason what so ever really got on his nerves.
Cagalli and Athrun were the first to exit the bus and start looking around. Dearka helped Miriallia down from the bus and Yzak got off with out even asking if Kimiko wanted hi to help her. But, she didn't seem to mind.
She was wearing a dainty lavender dress, again, that rested at her knees, only this one looked less business like and more casual, if such a thing is possible for a dress. Dearka smiled his mischievous smile as he noticed Yzak's eyes travel to her hem line as she got down from the bus.
Miriallia looked around and seemed rejuvenated by the fresh air. She walked over to the fountain, looking all around her while taking in as much of her beautiful surroundings as she could.
She signaled for Dearka to come over to where she was at the fountain. He did so. She positioned him near the fountain and snapped a few shots of him. Then she called Cagalli to come over, along with everyone else. She spent several minutes moving them around and taking several pictures, all of which Dearka was smiling madly and Yzak was grimacing like crazy.
After she was done, Miriallia started to gather her stuff back up and look around again. Kimiko approached her with a broad smile. "Hey Mir, I can call you Mir, right?" Miriallia nodded. "Ok then, I was wondering if you could possibly make some copies for me of Yzak?"
Miriallia laughed. "Yeah, I guess I can do that, but I don't think that he takes pictures well!" Miriallia said thinking about the absolutely disgusting look he had on his face in the last picture she took.
"Oh, that's ok. I'd just like to have some".
"Alright then." Miriallia smiled to herself. It was amazing that anyone liked Yzak. But, hey, everyone's got a match out there somewhere, right? The only problem was, is that her match had died early in life, or did he? Her mind felt so boggled right now. Emotions she never expected to feel again, were resurfacing.
Kimiko smiled warmly, "Good!"
Suddenly, Miriallia heard Yzak's voice, only if she hadn't of known his voice so well, she would never have known that it was his. "HEY! KIKI! Can you come over here a second!" He shouted at her and the smile she had got wider when he called her by her nickname.
"Kiki?" Miriallia looked at Yzak with a confused look and noticed that everyone else was doing the same.
Dearka started to crack up, then and there. The laughter was consuming him and Yzak looked at him as though he had turned green. "What!" Yzak shouted. "What's wrong with you!"
Dearka stopped laughing, straightened his dusty jean jacket, and looked back at Yzak's highly confused face. "He is just so clueless" Dearka looked at Yzak, then at the silly smile that was played across Kimiko's, AKA, Kiki's, face. He started laughing all over again and Yzak rolled his eyes, deciding that his friend had now officially gone insane.
Cagalli was also rather amused, but decided that it would be best not to pursue the subject and tease Yzak because he wasn't the sort that would take it very well. For once, she had refrained from the impulse to start a fight instead of ending one and she was quite proud of herself. "Alright", she changed the topic, "We should get going now if we are to stay on schedule!" She lead the way into the bus and everyone boarded once again being greeted by "Tour Guide Barbie".
"Ok, the next stop is lunch. We are going to a peaceful little café on the Riviera. Ok Everyone?" she didn't wait for a response but kept on going with that all too fake smile plastered across her face. "Good!" The bus pulled off and they headed toward their next destination.
AFTER LUNCH...
After lunch they all gathered around the bus, trying to decide where to go, Cagalli was leaning on Athrun's arm as she asked. "So, Mir, where do you think we aught to go next?"
Miriallia shrugged her shoulders. "Don't know. I think the next place we go should be interactive, not like a park, but maybe like a museum, or something.
Cagalli scrunched up her nose, "A museum, eh? I guess we could go to a museum…" She contemplated it for several seconds when suddenly she caught sight of something and she perked up. "Athrun, look!"
Athrun looked totally dazed when she told him to look. He had no idea where to look. "Wha…where, Cagalli?"
"Over there!" she pointed to a jewelry shop. "We could go look at an engagement ring!"
Athrun sighed. "Alright, I guess right now is as good as any. You guys don't mind, do you?"
The girls and Dearka all said, "Of course not!" And when Yzak tried to protest, Dearka pinched him right as he was opening his mouth.
"OW, What was that for?" Yzak shoved his friend away.
But by this time they had already walked most of the way to the jewelry shop and Dearka didn't think he needed to respond because he knew that Yzak knew. (LOL)
The shop was quite quaint and was rather small, but seemed to have everything you could ever want in the way of jewelry. And their jewelry was very unique, not like the stuff you find in Kay's or some other jewelry chain, but unique, truly unique.
Cagalli wandered all over the store, the girls trailing behind, while the boys leaned up against the wall, waiting for them to make their decision so they could leave. An older man came up to them asking, "So which one is the lucky man?" They didn't know quite what he meant so he rephrased it. "Which one is getting , married?"
Athrun straightened up. "Wha?…how did you know that I was getting married?"
The older man smiled. "Well….when you've been in the jewelry business as long as I have, you learn that there are only two reasons men come into these kind of places. ONE. To buy a ring for your fiancé. And TWO. To buy a ring for your wife on their anniversary. You seem kind of young to be buying one for your anniversary, so I decided that it was for your fiancé. Oh, and there is a third reason, and that is if you've done something wrong, but usually when that happens, you don't bring the girl with you." He winked at them and walked off to help the girls fluttering around the room.
"Well, miss, what can I help you with", The older man had on the most attractive smile the girls had ever seen and they all thought that if he was younger, they would all be chasing after him.
Cagalli's eyes fell upon a ring at the exact moment he asked this. It was silver with a ruby in the center. It had leaves swirling around it in the most graceful manner.( NOTE: I got the ring concept from GSD)It was the most beautiful ring she had ever laid eyes on. "I want that one!" she stated with finality.
The man behind the counter opened up the display case and pulled it out. Cagalli practically snatched it from him and out it on her dainty fingers. It looked perfect! "This is the one!" she squelled.
The older man signaled for Athrun to come over to him so he could buy the ring. Athrun left his little group and did so.
Miriallia wandered off to look at other rings, for one that she might one day want to wear on her wedding finger. Dearka followed her around the room with his eyes. She stopped to look at a specific ring for several moments and his curiosity got the better of him. He wanted to know which ring she was looking at, for future reference. He walked off and left Yzak alone to deal with Kiki who was now approaching him by smoothly acting as though she was looking at some rings.
Kimiko stopped a little ways away from Yzak staring at some rings that were quite pretty, when she noticed his gaze upon her. "You're doing it again" She sounded annoyed, but she was actually quite pleased. She had worn that dress for a reason that had White/silver hair and the cutest, at least it was to her, faint sign of a scar across his nose. You could hardly see it unless you were looking for it. And she had been looking for it. That day in the limo she had found it, but only because Cagalli had told her that the last time she saw him he had the most ugly scar all across his face. But she didn't think it was ugly, she thought it was cute!
Yzak had been staring at her hair and this made him look into her unnaturally colored eyes. "Wha?…I'm not doing anything." he tried to sound innocent.
She gave him a slight eye roll. "Yes you were. You were staring at me. And I know why too…." She ended her statement there because she wanted him to ask her what she knew.
Yzak came closer to her and stared her down. "Oh. Really? And why would that be?" he tried to sound disinterest but he really did want to know if she knew.
She smiled. "You were wondering whether I'm a Coordinator or a Natural."
Yzak took a step back and almost tripped. "How? How did you know that?" He demanded.
She flipped her hair. "Because. Everybody thinks I'm a Coordinator when they first meet me because of my hair. It may be black, which is a common enough color. But it also has purple streaks that are consistent with a Coordinator. And my eyes. You were looking into my eyes." She closed the space between them making her eyes just mere inches away from his.
Yzak gulped. She had known everything he had been thinking and now she was way too close for comfort. "Ah…ah…then well? Are you?"
She laughed and backed away from him. Yzak breathed in and out, almost as though by force. "No. I am not a Coordinator. I am as Natural as that bird out there," she pointed to a pretty songbird sitting in the window, "Though I don't see why it should make any difference. We are both human, aren't we?"
"Ah…yeah. Then how did you get you're hair and eyes like that?"
"Well…It may be unusual for a Natural to have purple eyes, but it's not unheard of. And my hair…well I got that the old fashioned way." Yzak still looked confused so she continued, "I died it. I like the color purple and my eyes just happened to be purple, so I decided to make my hair purple, only, I didn't think it would look right if I died it all, so I did streaks."
"Oh." Was all Yzak could come up with to say. He had become attracted to a Natural and he didn't like it. Although, he didn't know why it should bother him because like she said, They were both humans, right?"
Meanwhile, Dearka walked up to Miriallia. She was hovering over a sapphire ring that he thought would look lovely on her. "Do you like that?" he asked as he hovered over it with her.
Miriallia looked up into his eyes. "Yes. I do. When I get married, I want a Sapphire for my wedding ring. Not some plain old diamond, but a pretty color, like a blue sapphire."
Dearka smiled. She hadn't said "if" she gets married, she had said "when". He decided that whether it ended up being her wedding ring or not, she was going to have that ring.
Cagalli and Athrun finished up their purchase and Cagalli called the group together. "Hey everyone. I'm done! We should get going now."
Miriallia walked away toward Cagalli while Dearka just kept standing there, "Just a second!" he yelled back at them. Miriallia joined the rest of the group and boarded the bus. A few minutes later, Dearka came on. Cagalli had a twinkle in her eye because she thought she knew what he had been doing.
"Sorry I took so long. I was just talking to the old man in there." he said as he sat down in the seat next to Miriallia automatically.
"That's ok." Cagalli said as she sat down next to Athrun and the bus started up again.
Miriallia sat back I her chair and started thinking about that afternoon. She wanted to go and get the film developed that evening. But if they went anywhere else, then she wouldn't have time. "Hey Cagalli. Can I go back to your house and get the film developed. I won't have time if we go anywhere else and I really want to get it developed?"
Cagalli shrugged. "Sure. We'll drop you off on the way to the next place".
Miriallia sighed a sigh of relief. She wanted to see how the pictures of Dearka turned out and she didn't care if she went with the group because ORB was her home town and she had seen all the sights before.
They drove on for a few more minutes when Dearka spotted a barber shop and remembered that he wanted to get his hair cut. "Hey can we turn around?"
Cagalli looked at him. "What do you need to do that for?"
"Well I saw a Barber shop back there and I kind of need to get my hair cut. It's kind of…ah…scraggly." he held up lock of his blonde hair to show as proof.
Cagalli sighed. "I guess." She had actually been hoping that she could come up with some reason for him to go home with Miriallia, but she guessed it was too late now.
Only it wasn't and she didn't even have to do the work. Miriallia did it for her. "hey, ya know, I took some classes on hair styling. I could probably do it for you and it wouldn't cost you a thing."
"Ah…ah I don't know" Dearka mumbled.
"It's settled then. We can go back to the mansion and I can cut your hair while my film is developing, how's that?"
"I guess." Dearka wasn't sure about this. He had never had his hair cut by a woman before, but for Miriallia, he'd do anything.
She smiled and settled back in her seat until they arrived at Atha Mansion. When they did so, they dropped the two of them off and Miriallia went upstairs to go process her film in the bathroom. She came back down a few minutes later with all the hair supplies she needed. He sighed. He'd just have to get this done and over with. She set up a seat for him right in the great hall, much against Jinkins wishes and she started her work.
Well, what did you think? Please review and thanks again to all my faithful reviewers. I wouldn't have made it this far without you! the next chapter will be called "Roler Skating".