Two days until Christmas
Mission : To have the best Christmas ever
How the morning passed
As Duo stretched and opened his eyes, he heard a conversation coming from the kitchen.
"What the hell... Who's here?" He thought aloud.
Quietly, Duo made his way towards the voices. It was Heero and Relena.
Relena: "Oh Heero. Come have Christmas with me. We'll go up to the mountains and spend the weekend in a cozy, little cabin."
Heero: "No.."
"Heero! Why not!"
"I would rather spend Christmas here."
"But why Heeerro? You don't really want to stay here. I mean," Relena glanced over at the table where Quatre was seated. "You guys don't want Heero here. You have your family to go to and the others really don't care. Right?"
Quatre looked up from his seat. "bbut, Relena, I can't go to my family..and we all had decided to spend this Christmas here...all of us..including Heero."
"Well, Heero doesn't want to stay. He wants to spend time with me...ALONE! Just go home to your family."
Duo watched as Quatre slowly stood up and walked toward him with his head hung low. Before Quatre could pass, Duo stepped in front of him and placed his hands on Quatre's shoulders.
"Hey Q-man. G'mornin' to ya."
"Duo..."
"What's wrong? c'mon dude, it's almost Christmas."
Quatre looked up at Duo with tears in his eyes. "Christmas? Do you mean ... the one that we were all spending here?"
"Yeah! Where else would we be?"
"Heero ... Relena ...mountains ..." Quatre managed to say quietly before breaking away from Duo grasp. "I'll be in my room..."
Duo watched the blond slowly walk away and thought stupid Relena ..it's time she gets a piece of my mind
Heero: "Relena, maybe I wanted to stay here."
Relena: "Oh yeah. Sure, two choices. Spend Christmas with a bunch of boys.. or with me. I could make you very happy Heero."
"Oh like the way you just made Quatre feel?" Duo snapped as he stormed into the kitchen
"What do you mean?"
"Don't play dumb, bitch. Quatre's family is dead.. and you know that! And on top of that you're ruining a good Christmas for the rest of us."
"BITCH! Heero, did you hear that?"
Heero nodded, "There isn't anything I can do.."
Relena looked at Heero in amazement. "Heero ..."
"yes?"
Relena glanced at Duo and then returned her gaze to Heero. " You have a new mission. Once you accept then you shall learn the small details. The main thing is that it will take place during this weekend. You'll have to miss Christmas."
Duo: "Don't do it Heero. You'll always get other missions.. Christmas is only once a year..."
Heero looked at Duo then Relena. "Mission Accepted"
Relena jumped with glee. "hurray! You can't go back on your word. We must leave now! No time for good-byes. Come Heero!"
Duo: "Heero .. how could you."
Heero tired to speak but Relena pulled him out of the kitchen, away from the long haired, angry boy. As she dragged him out the door, Heero noticed Quatre quietly watching them leave. It looked as though there were tears in his eyes but Heero was soon outside in the cold with only Relena at his side.
"Come Heero. The cabin won't wait forever."
Inside The Safehouse
"Damn" Duo yelled, "I can't believe this! I just can't believe it. Some Christmas this'll be.. DAMN!" Duo stormed out of the kitchen and back to his room. "I'm going back to sleep.. no reason to stay up today.."
" Should I call Trowa and Wufei ..."
Duo turned around to see Quatre standing in his doorway. "why?" He replied.
"They went out to get some Christmas stuff... maybe .. we should call them.. and call off Christmas ..."
"No! Christmas is still on..c'm here" Duo walked to Quatre. Slowly he pulled the blond towards him.
For the next few moments Duo just embraced Quatre, then quietly whispered,
"It'll be a excellent Christmas. With or without Heero. I promise."