It's My Life
Okay, as promised, here's Lena's side of 'For Rel' and 'Get Rel'.
Yeah, I know I'm majorly late and I'm taking time away from my other Gundam Wing fan fic. I'm going to try to get the other updated before the deadline is up still. I'm not setting a goal anymore, only because I know for a fact that I can't guarantee that I'll make the deadline.
It was warm, comforting warm. Why was it so warm and why was there something solid against her back? She didn't remember her bed being that far against the wall.
Not that she was complaining, it was just…strange, that's all, but rather comfortable…
"Mmh?" came a groan from behind her.
Eyes snapping open, Relena turned to find a dark skinned shoulder towering over her and that gave it away. Adam…
Everything from the night before came back to Relena, especially the discussion she had in the kitchen with a certain Heero Yuy. "First I get cold then hot, feel like I'm on fire but I'm not. Oh what a pain I got, it must be love…" she hummed, inching away from Adam. She didn't want to disturb him as it was...she glanced at her watch, 4:45 am.
Wow, I haven't been up this early since I was Vice Foreign Minister, Relena smiled, pulling back the covers a bit so that she may slip out of the bed without waking Adam.
"Mmhg…" grunted Adam, rolling onto his other side. It made it even easier for Relena to climb out of bed without causing any disturbance.
"So, you are awake," Lynn's voice whispered from her bed. "I thought you were."
Rubbing her eyes a bit, Relena got out of bed and went to her twin-of-sorts' bed where she sat down beside her friend. "What gave it away?" inquired Relena, leaning her head against the wall.
"Your singing," answered Lynn. "What are you doing up so early, Lena? You should still be sleeping as you were the last to go to bed last night. Which makes me wonder, why Adam is in your bed?"
"Good question. I think his 'Adam sense' went off when I came back up here from the kitchen, so he came in here to see if I wanted to talk about what happened. I refused so he just gave me quiet comfort until I realized that he was slowly falling asleep next to me and told him to get under the covers," explained Relena, glancing over at the boy in her bed.
Lynn laughed, "If I didn't know that he was gay I would have thought that you two were actually truly interested in each other, that way."
Now it was Draca's turn to sit up in her bed and glare through the morning darkness at her two roommates, who were making such a ruckus with all of their jabbering. "Just why are you two up at such an ungodly hour?"
Rubbing her arms to keep warm, Relena replied, "I just woke up, restless sleep I guess, though Adam's presence was helpful."
Now all eyes turned to Lynn who was grateful for the dark as she blushed deeply and began to twirl her hair mindlessly. "Well…" she coughed nervously, "er-um, you see…" Relena and Draca continued to stare. "You know how last night I went to bed kind of early," nods from the others; "well, I thought it was just from lack of sleep or something. So, I went to bed just fine, then about fifteen minutes ago I wake up and…well, let's just say that I now know that my sleep is due to a personal problem."
For a moment Draca and Relena stared at Lynn in confusion, but gradually understanding dawned upon them. "When you say 'personal problem' do you mean something that can be slightly taken care of?"
"Last I looked, pads or tampons work just fine for a period," Lynn snapped then blushed even more and buried her head in her knees. "Sorry, I didn't mean to snap. Crap. This is going to be a long week."
"And we're on the receiving end," Draca returned.
Lynn retorted, "Your problem now. So, what did you go down to the kitchen for, Lena?"
"Tea and a lemon drop," Draca responded when Relena stiffened on the bed, "and apparently something else if Adam asked if you wanted to talk about it. So, I think the question is what happened down there?"
Taking a breath, Relena didn't really want to mentally relive the conversation but these were her friends, they were supportive and could potentially give Relena a different view on Heero's words. Releasing the breath, she began her tale of the kitchen discussion.
"That jerk!" Draca cried then quickly covered her mouth when she realized just how loud she had been. "That jerk," she repeated but in a loud whisper.
Smiling at the reaction that agreed so much with how she felt, Relena forgot that Lynn hadn't given much of a reaction except for one of pensive silence. Pensive silence was never good; it meant that Lynn was thinking the described conversation from Heero's point of view, to the best of her ability of course.
"Well," she began in a low voice, "you've got to see it from his point of view as well, Draca."
"No I don't."
"Just listen to me then. One, Heero did say that he wasn't marrying Sylvia so there could be a chance that he doesn't love her that way. Two, he does want to find Relena so he must carry some feelings for you sweetie even if he believes that he doesn't. Three, he obviously had not understood or noticed the extent of your feelings for him in the past, Lena. So, can you fault him for belittling your feelings so?"
Relena was silent for a while. "I guess not," she eventually answered. Sitting up quickly, to avoid any further discussions on the topic, Relena jumped off the bed and went for her dresser. "What do you guys say that as we're already up we go work on the vocals for my song? So, you know, we know who is singing what part, when we should sing together, and we can decide what to do with the ending musically."
Groaning, Draca fell back into her pillow. "Can't this wait? Besides I thought we had figured out the vocals."
"Are you saying we don't need the practice? That we have it perfect?" Relena challenged as she pulled out a pair of blue jeans and a shirt of patchwork.
"No but…"
"I think Relena has the right idea," Lynn interjected, rolling off her bed to pick out her clothes. "While we're having confession time, Draca, why don't you inform our dear Relena what you sent Heero last night?"
The former politician raised an eyebrow as she turned toward Draca's bed. "What did you send him? Nothing something incriminating I hope."
Draca scoffed, "I'm not that much of a fool. I sent him an e-mail from you that I hope will get him off your back or at least make him reflect a bit. I seriously doubt that guy takes the time to actually think about what he feels or how he feels about things."
"Oh…well then, you probably did me justice, more justice than what I would have done," Relena smiled, putting on her wig and tucking her natural hair under the green mass. She wasn't mad with her friend, after all, Draca was only trying to help in a way she felt she could without jeopardizing Relena's identity before she went off to Wisconsin to live with her cousin Francis (Frankie) Shelly.
"See?" Draca challenged toward Lynn. "She's not upset about it!"
Rubbing her temples, Lynn sighed in resignation, "Fine, you were right, no need to rub it in. By the by Relena, have you called up Quatre yet for that Six Flags thing?"
"Called him yesterday, I'm heading out very early tomorrow morning, landing in O'Hara Airport in Illinois then heading back here on the 1:00 am flight. I have to pick up the tickets for going to Wisconsin," explained Relena as she dressed in the dark, she would take a shower later on when the rest of the household was awake.
"Why are you coming back here instead of going straight to Wisconsin from Six Flags?" Draca inquired as she got out of bed, reluctantly.
Grinning, Relena zipped up her jeans and reached for her wig, she would wear her glasses for the time being. "What fun would that be? Besides, I figured you guys might want to say 'good-bye' to me. Plus, it'd be too much trouble carrying around a bag or two of clothes and stuff in an amusement park."
Combing through her hair, Draca nodded at the reasoning. She was too tired and lazy to actually change out of her pajamas, unlike her two roommates, and she was still holding out hope of falling asleep again for another hour or two.
"What are you guys doing?" Adam's drowsy voice inquired from Relena's bed.
"Morning sunshine, we're going to go down to practice the vocals of my song for a while. You can go back to sleep," Relena smiled, leaning over her male friend and pulling the blanket up to his chin as though she were tucking in a child.
"But you guys are so loud," he whined.
Draca snorted as she opened the door, "And you are so annoying."
Adam only stuck his tongue out in protest at Draca when Relena had her back turned from standing up. The three girls exited and Adam was left to his own devices in Relena's bed, which consisted of falling back asleep for a short twenty minute nap.
Creeping down the stairs as quietly as possible, the girls heard the sounds of the cook entering through the kitchen door with the housekeeper as they passed the kitchen door. Making their way to the basement, Lynn opened the door slowly yet silently and allowing her two friends to enter before closing the door just as silently behind her.
"Alright," Relena said a little bit louder, clapping her hands together decisively, "let's get started."
It wasn't until about seven that the girls had any contact with someone from the upstairs world of the Noventa household. Mrs. Noventa opened the door to announce to the girls that breakfast was ready and that the cook had been sent home due to a cold.
"We're coming," Lynn called up the stairs then turned to the other girls with a sigh. "Let's get going."
With a sigh of defeat, Relena rose from her keyboard bench and followed her friends up the stairs to the dining room for breakfast. It was a light affair, as normal, as a small buffet had been laid out for everyone to pick and choose from.
Taking a seat Relena realized that there were three people absent from the table: Adam, Sage, and Heero. It struck her odd as Adam and Sage were normally among the first seated at the table for breakfast, unless they were working on music, but Heero… Well, from what Relena remembered of the Preventer, he was normally a light sleeper, early riser, and very prompt.
"Where are Adam and Sage?" Relena voiced her thoughts for two of the three missing persons.
Mrs. Noventa replied, "They're on their way down, they just had something to discuss with Mr. Yuy, if he was awake."
Biting her lower lip, Relena turned to her friends and they both had a look of discomfort about the information. There was no real reason for the boys to talk to Heero really…unless they thought of some reason that the girls were unaware of.
"I'm sure that Heero's awake by now, he never sleeps in very late, and I'm sure that he's hungry," Sylvia stated, getting up to perhaps head to the kitchen for a spare plate and tray.
"Why don't I take it up to him?" Draca volunteered, rising from her seat. "I'm certain that your mother has thousands of things to suggest to you about the wedding or the married life…"
That had done it. Draca knew just what to say to get Mrs. Noventa talking with her daughter, distracting her from the task of getting a tray ready to serve to Heero Yuy. Relena had almost blessed her friend aloud, there was a deeper motive to Draca's actions and they were simple: Figure out what the boys were talking to Heero about and make sure it's not incriminating.
Watching her friend go into the kitchen, Relena shared a secret smile with Lynn. She was relieved to know that Draca was going to discover what was going on, but Relena hoped that Draca wasn't going to be saying anything hostile toward Heero. Yes, he could be a jerk but Draca could be overly dramatic at times.
Coming from the kitchen with a tray and plate, Draca asked Sylvia what Heero might like to eat. Of course she asked in between questions from Mrs. Noventa. Then Draca picked up Heero's drink and set it on the tray before carrying it out of the room to the stairs with a balance worthy of the best waiter, male or female.
Sitting at the table for a few moments, picking at her food, Relena was happily relieved when the twin brothers entered the dinning room and took their seats. Adam settled down next to Relena and Sage between Draca's empty chair and Lynn. Yet, Relena was slightly uncomfortable; where was Draca? Why wasn't she down yet?
"Morning dudes and dudettes," greeted Adam in his normal cheeriness. Sage echoed his brother but he had used his own wording.
"Morning," Relena returned then added in a lower voice, "Did you enjoy your 'discussion' with Sylvia's boyfriend?"
Adam's patent smile faltered for a brief moment before he recalled himself. "Well, yes. If you don't mind me saying so, but Jackson had made a call you were meant to receive but Sage answered it instead. Jackson just wanted to let you know that the box of goodies at the old place in England had been found."
"So?" Relena shrugged as their conversation was kept in low voices so that no one else could hear them. "There was nothing incriminating left in the box…"
A guilty look crossed her friend's face. Something was wrong with what she had said, that was plain.
"What is it?" she hissed. What could possibly have gone wrong? Was her identity at stake? Did Heero know who she really was? No, that couldn't be it, at least not yet. That didn't mean, however, that he could find out soon enough.
"Well," began Adam, pushing his food about a bit, "you know those three identification bracelets you got some odd years back. One with your first name, second one with your middle name, and the last with your last name?"
Rather dumbly, Relena nodded as the picture began to become clear in her mind, but she wasn't positive that she had the right idea.
"Okay…"
"Sage and I kind of put those in the box, and since your noisy Preventer has the box, well…I think you get where I'm going with this," Adam concluded.
Relena nodded as she put a forkful of fruit in her mouth and chewed on it. Swallowing, she inquired, "Were you two talking with him to discover if he had noticed the bracelets and maybe sneak the bracelets into a pocket or two?"
Tapping his chin with the end of his fork, Adam stated thoughtfully, "You know, the thought never crossed my mind to steal back the damned things."
The former politician gapped at her friend.
"Though we were checking to make certain he hadn't checked them out, and apparently he hasn't. At least not yet," Adam assured, ignoring the girl's gapping expression. "I must say though, he seemed to have been quite interested in some pictures of us hanging out. Do you think he knows I'm gay?"
Not knowing if she should be laughing at the openness of the question or to be upset at her friends' lack of sense, Relena shook her head with a smile playing at her lips.
"No," she answered, "he probably hasn't thought too much about your sexuality, and if he has then he wouldn't care about it. He was a soldier, you have to remember."
"Oh?" Adam's eyebrows quirked upwards. Whoops, Relena had said something that had given Adam the wrong impression. "Man dudette, talk about open acceptance. Does this mean you know some hidden secret about Mr. Preventer Yuy that others don't?"
Blushing at the assumption, Relena gave her friend a sharp nudge with her elbow.
"Ow! Joking Salimar, joking," he cried, massaging his wounded arm. "You have boney elbows, you know."
"Salimar, do we get to hear your song today? We didn't get to hear it last night, so I was thinking you all might perform it today," Mrs. Noventa suggested.
Relena's insides compressed tightly and began doing slow flips, certainly no butterflies flapping about.
"Huh…" Relena pulled at the collar of her shirt as she glanced at Lynn for support. Her look-a-like just gave an unsupportive shrug, meaning that Relena was on her own. "Sure. Why not? We can perform it while doing the dishes after everyone's done eating."
"Wonderful!"
Yeah, 'wonderful', Relena thought sarcastically as she popped a grape into her mouth.
Thank you to: Morrighan of Crimson and Sable, Lynn-Minmay, DogDemonK9 (No, you didn't fail me. You are a great supporter so you can never fail me), and darkfairy88 (Thank you for reviewing and reading the story after being computer depraved for a few weeks). Thank you all. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP but I have school (senior year for me) and marching band (competitions are coming up shortly).