-Get A Life Girl-
Riza walked down the street, Hayate at her heel, purse on her shoulder and umbrella on her arm. She carried her transfer orders in her left hand as her right hand played with the necklace around her neck. She read the papers over and over as she walked to the train station. After flashing her invalid ID card to the train conductor, she walked out onto the platform and headed to the bench to wait for her train. She pulled her papers away from her face and saw Havoc sitting, more like leaning against the wall sound asleep.
"Lieutenant?"
She gently shook him awake. He stirred and blinked up at her, a cigarette hanging from his mouth.
"Oh, Lieutenant Hawkeye."
Havoc smiled and rose to his feet. He was a second Lieutenant while she was a first. He saluted and removed the cigarette from his mouth.
"As you were. Why are you here?"
Riza smiled and sat down next to him.
"Just thought I'd see off a friend."
Havoc noticed the necklace she wore and blushed slightly.
"Oh... thank you Havoc for the necklace."
Riza blushed slightly and played with it again. Havoc swallowed.
"Your... welcome."
Silence fell over the two as they sat there. People began to file into the station, all waiting for the train. Havoc an Riza soon rose to their feet to allow others to sit. They stood off to the end of the platform talking. The train could be head in a distance. Riza looked in that direction and took a deep breath. She turned back to Havoc and saw him staring at her.
"Yes?"
Havoc snapped from a trance and blushed.
"Nothing."
Riza didn't believe it. She looked at him strangely. She relized she was watching him and his blush deepened. Riza noticed this and smiled. She quickly ran a few options through her head. Thinking about all possible options, then picked one. She leaned up a little and placed a small kiss on his cheek, just as the train pulled up. She pulled away and leashed her dog. Havoc's eyes widened. She turned to look at her and saw she was smiling.
"Thank you for coming Havoc."
She smiled and waved as she boarded the train. She took her usual seat in the back. A few seconds later, she heard a knock at her window. She turned and opened it to see Havoc standing there.
"Keep in touch Riza."
He smiled, no cigarette. She smiled back.
"I promise. Don't let the office hall apart."
The train whistle sounded and the train began to move. Hayate jumped into Riza's lap and barked at Havoc, wagging his tail. Havoc waved until the train was long gone. He turned to walk to work... late. On the train, Riza sat back and stared at her puppy, sitting in her lap. She pet his silky black fur and smiled.
"Hayate, remind me to call Andrew tonight and set up that lunch for this weekend. And to thank him for the advice. Also, I need to remember to look up Havoc's address."
Hayate looked up at her strangely but wagged his tail anyway. For a dog, he was very smart and knew what just happened.
ONE YEAR LATER
At home, Riza smiled as she ran a brush through her hair once more. She looked at her reflection in the mirror as she put the brush down. She looked and felt like she turned years younger within a year. She shut down the light and moved into her bedroom where she kicked her dog from the bed, forcing him to go sleep in the living room next to the fire. She puled back the covers and kicked off her slippers.
She moved across the room and picked up a hair elastic off her dresser and pulled her hair up into a pony tail atop her head then braided it. As she did her hair, her eyes danced across her dresser at a few pictures that sat along the top. A picture of her and her family members filled about five frames. A picture of Elisia Hughes was in a small frame. A tall frame caught her attention as she smiled and picked it up.
A series of small pictures all connected in a strip. About five pictures in all. Two people were in the pictures, a man and a woman, both blonde. With in a year, she managed to replenish her energy and life, her social life was bigger and her heart was healed and filled. She ran her hand over the frame once more and hesitated when she looked down at her hand. A small silver ring glittered in the light, with a very small stone embedded into the band. She place the frame back down and walked back to bed, shutting her room light off as she did.
As she crawl under the covers, she was smiling once more. Life was better, all thanks to her brother's friendly words...
"Get a life girl..."
fin
A/N - Yes, Riza ended with Havoc. no I don't write these often, and yes she is engaged to him. Yes people do get engaged after just one year of dating, and since they knew each other for quite a few years already, it all works. Please, how do you like it?
FYI, my writing will be paused for s while, but don't worry, the contest fic will be written when promised, it's just it wont be uploaded for a while. I need to concentrate to my schooling since finals are coming up. I'm in college and have not been paying much attention lately. Thank you for understanding and liking my storied. I'll do my best to write, but School comes first.
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