For A Moment… Chapter 3: Falling Walls

Ally: Well, here's the first of the AW (After War) chapters. I have three planned/written right now, but there might be more, depending on if it needs to happen or I dream about it.

Sai: Wait! There ARE others aren't there?

Ally: -smacks forehead- You're right. Whoops. Well, we could call those AU, or GSD. But we'll get to those later. Athrun, would you like to do the honors?

Athrun: Ally doesn't own GS (is that good or bad?), and please R&R.

Ally: And a BIG thank you to my reviewers:

Angel of Dreams: Thank for adding me to the C2! I can never thank you enough!

An1391: Thanks for the review! I've got a bunch of chapters already written, so don't worry about me taking long to update!

Super Greek: Thanks for the comment about the scene. I really enjoyed having something to bounce off of.

wIsTfuL-wIsHeR: Same goes for you! I've got two more completed/almost done after this! Updates coming soon!

Ally: Well, enjoy!

It had been several months since the end of the war, and things were in the process of improving. The barrier between Coordinators and Naturals was still there, but the efforts to bring down the wall were growing with each day.

Sai smiled as he walked past the local elementary school, watching the kids all playing together. He watched as a purple-haired girl tripped and fell, and a young Natural boy helped her to her feet. He saw a couple of coordinator boys watching a mix of natural and coordinator girls as they played on the swings.

"We might not be able to stop referring to people as 'Coordinators' and 'Naturals'," he thought aloud, "but maybe we can open the boundary between the two." He thought of his friends and the people he had met on the Archangel. It had been a while since he'd seen any of them but Milly and Kira, but he knew that things were going well between the different groups. When he had last talked to Kira, he had just been visiting the pink-haired songstress, Lacus Clyne. Sai had heard from Kira that his friend Athrun was with the Princess of ORB, Cagalli Yula Attha. Milly seemed to be doing well, and was going to back to school in ORB.

Sai was doing okay on his own. He had decided to return to school as well, but he had also taken a part-time job to work up some money. Today he was headed to the café he worked at, and not expecting much to happen other than what normally did.

"Hey Tony!" He waved to the manager as he entered the café.

"Hey Sai! Slow morning today," Tony smiled.

"Alright," Sai pulled on his uniform and got ready to take orders.

Tony was right, and the morning passed quite slowly. It had been about 20 minutes without a customer, when the bell above the door rang.

"Hello, welcome to…" Sai looked up to see a familiar face. "Dearka?" He asked, surprised.

"Sai? Whoa, it's really you. Never expected to see you here." The blonde-haired Coordinator smiled. "Nice to see you again."

Sai smiled back. "You too. It's been a long time. Well," Sai laughed slightly. "What would you like to order?"

Dearka laughed too, and ordered a drink.

Moments later, Sai and Dearka were sitting at a table, talking about things. The past, the future, memories and plans. Somehow, they got around to the topic of Milly.

Sai brought it up. "So, have you talked to Milly lately?" He asked.

Dearka was surprised by the question. "Well, I… honestly, I haven't heard from her since the end of the war."

"Really?" Sai asked. "That seems strange to me. I would have figured that you two would have done something together since then."

"Really?" Dearka asked. "I guess… we just kinda had our own lives to live after everything was over." He shrugged, but Sai could see something else there.

"Dearka, don't lie to me."

"I'm not…" Dearka sighed when he realized it was futile. "It is THAT obvious?" he asked.

Sai smiled, "Not really. But I know Milly, and even though I didn't know you for long, I can see it. In the way you act, the way you talk, a lot of things.You always have that look in your eyes when you're thinking about her, or looking at her.And I think you really helped her, back on the Archangel, after Tolle died. There was something about you that made her feel better."

"Yeah," Dearka sighed, looking at his cup of coffee. "Made her want to jab a blade through my head." He shook his head. "I just… I think… I really like her, Sai. But… I don't know how she feels. And if I was just a rebound…" He looked somewhat depressed to Sai.

"Don't worry about it," Sai assured him. "You weren't a rebound. I think she genuinely likes you too."

"Are you sure?" Dearka asked.

"Why do you keep asking things like that?" Sai asked. "Is it that you think it's too good to be true or something?" Dearka hung his head. "Come on, De. Risk big, win big, you know?"

"Sai!" Tony called, "I need you working again! We got some more customers!"

"Coming!" Sai called back. He turned to Dearka, handing him a card. "Here, this card has my number. Call me sometime, okay?" When Dearka nodded, he took off back to the counter saying, "Yes, how may I help you?"

Dearka pocketed the card, threw away the cup from his drink and headed back to his apartment.

Dearka picked up the phone, and in the spur of the moment, called the number on the card. It rang once… twice… and in the middle of the third ring, someone picked up.

"Hello?" asked a very familiar voice.

"Miriallia?" Dearka asked, incredulously.

Ally: evil laugh Yeah, I know, cliffhanger. But that's really what needed to happen.

De: That was a little evil.

Sai: laughs Well, it's her story.

Ally: Yep! And now it's up to the audiences' imagination as to if Dearka just hangs up, or if he manages to have an intelligent conversation with Miriallia.

Dearka: Hey! Are you saying that…

Ally: Hush, De. And she's not at Sai's place, for any of you who might think that! Well, now it's time for me to go. -is in Colorado on vacation while writing this- I hope you all like this, and I'll have another AW chapter for Miriallia as well. -begins planning- Well, please R&R, and I can't wait to hear from you!