Just Trust Me
Welcome Home
Looking down below, Athrun smiled warmly as the plane circled around the city of Orb. The skyscrapers and buildings sparkled from the light of the sundown. Little specs of what he assume were people and cars moved around the city on roads and sidewalks. It reminded him a village of ants.
"It looks so peaceful," a male voice said softly.
Turning his head to face the male passenger to his side, Athrun nodded his head in agreement.
"Are you visiting family?" the stranger asked politely.
Thinking for a moment, Athrun replied, "I'm not sure as to what possessed me to come to Orb."
Lifting his eyebrow at Athrun's response, the man asked, "Do you have any connections in Orb?"
"Yes." Watching the man beside him, Athrun added, "I have a daughter who lives in Orb."
"So you do have family."
"You can say that, I suppose," Athrun replied sadly. "If there was a room full of teenage girls and my daughter was among them, I'm not positive I wouldn't know which girl was my daughter. Sounds kind of pathetic…." Athrun mumbled. "I don't know what my daughter looks like….."
"How long has it been since you last saw her?" the stranger asked.
"She was almost one when I left," Athrun stated, as he pulled out the picture that once stood next to the digital alarm clock in his apartment. "It's been almost 17 years since I last saw her."
Looking at the picture Athrun was holding out, the stranger studied both the young blonde woman and the child she was holding. "Many years have passed."
"Yes." He said sadly.
"Maybe you can make it up?" the stranger replied hopefully. "You might not have been there for her these past 17 years, but you are now."
"The question that frightens me, however, is would she want me to be part of her life? After all these years, I wonder if she hates me for leaving her." Athrun mumbled.
"There is no way of knowing until you meet her, face to face."
"Are you applying that I should find her?" Athrun asked unsure of the stranger's objectives.
"The only thing I am applying to you sir, is that you make amends with your daughter," the stranger said confidently. "Explain to her why you left and the reasons of why you kept your distance after so many years."
Staring at the photo once more, Athrun laughed softly to himself.
"Is there something funny?" the stranger asked curiously.
"There is one little problem that might stop me from even seeing her…."
"What is it?"
"My ex-wife."
Looking at the photo as well, the stranger looked at the vibrant young woman that stood in the picture. Lifting his eyes from the photo, he looked out the window as the plane began to descend.
Smiling, he whispered, "That might be a problem."
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"Kira Yamato!" the blonde hot head screamed, as she began running after her idiotic twin brother. "I swear the moment I get my hands on you…..I'm going to kill you!"
Running a few steps ahead of his sister, Kira answered innocently, "How was I suppose to know Estelle wasn't suppose to go out to night."
Swearing loudly, Cagalli continued to chase her brother around the food court in the center of the city.
Watching the twins, a pink hair woman smiled softly.
"I could have sworn you mentioning Estelle's freedom as a teenager……."
"Her freedom!" Cagalli shrieked, before Kira had a chance to finish his sentence. "She is only 17! She has no freedom!"
Still ahead, Kira responded, "She is almost 18 years old Cagalli. You know, the age were the teenager is declared a adult."
"Then maybe she should begin acting like one!" Cagalli yelled back at her brother.
"Well maybe her mother should show her how to ACT like one!" Kira yelled right back at his sister.
Sighing softly, the pink hair woman whispered, "He doesn't want to live."
"EXCUSE ME!"
"Crap….."
"KIRA YAMATO! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU!"
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"Welcome to the city of Orb, I hope you enjoyed your flight," the man said politely to the navy hair man. "I can show you around the city."
Turning to face the stranger, Athrun replied, "No thanks"
"Then this is where we separate then," the stranger responded. Raising his hand, he took a firm grip with Athrun's hand and shook it. "I hope you solve all your problems with your daughter."
Smiling, Athrun released his hold, and turned about to look for a taxi.
"Sir?" the stranger asked once more.
"Yes?" Athrun responded as he continued to look for a taxi.
"Before you try to make amends with your daughter. I think it would be best if you make amends with Cagalli. She was after all was and probably still is stubborn, just like her father."
Quickly turning around to face the stranger, Athrun blinked.
He was gone.
Scanning the entrance of the airport, Athrun found no clues to the whereabouts of the stranger.
"Who the heck was he?" Athrun whispered. "How did he know……."
After a moment of searching, Athrun turned and spotted a empty taxi. Taking one last glance at the airport, he quickly made his way toward the taxi.
Getting in, the taxi driver asked, "Where to?"
"The corner of Madison Ave. and Allison Ave."
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Glancing at her watch, pink hair woman, stood and made her way toward the two fallen bodies.
"Are you two done yet?" she asked, as she surveyed the damage.
Getting up, Cagalli dusted herself off. "I am."
Getting up a moment later, Kira glared at his sister.
"Have you called Estelle yet, Cagalli?" the woman asked calmly.
"No."
"When were you going to call?"
"Eventually."
"Do you know where she is?"
"Yes……I think…..maybe……no." Cagalli mumbled softly.
"Maybe you should call."
"I think I should too," Cagalli replied worriedly, as she quickly took out her cell and began walking off.
Once Cagalli was out of hearing distance, the pink hair woman faced her bruised and dusty husband.
"You brought this upon yourself……you do realize that."
"Lacus…." Kira warned softly.
"You know how protective Cagalli can be over Estelle," Lacus replied calmly. "I don't understand why you gave her permission to go "out" without getting any details."
"I thought she had already asked Cagalli for permission…." Kira said angrily. "How was I suppose to know she didn't."
Lifting her eyebrow up in doubt, Lacus smiled at her husband. "Sometimes I wonder about you two."
"What?" Kira asked in disbelief and confusion.
Meanwhile……….
Dialing in her daughter's number, Cagalli waited to hear her daughter's voice.
"Yes?"
"I don't know if I want to yell at you or ask where the hell you are," Cagalli said angrily. "You knew I said no this morning and yet you had the guts to ask your uncle for permission to go out."
"Mom, please….." Estelle began.
"Estelle, when I say no. I literally mean no."
"I know….."
Walking down the street, Cagalli paid little attention to her surroundings.
Calming down a bit, Cagalli asked, "Where are you?"
"At the mall with both Meyrin and Luna."
"I want you home by curfew."
"Will do mother."
"Estelle I mean it," Cagalli warned her daughter. Waiting at the cross walk, Cagalli took a quick glance to the street names.
Madison Ave.
Allison Ave.
"Okay, love you," Estelle answer as she hung up before Cagalli had the chance to say anything else.
"Goodbye, love you too," Cagalli replied sarcastically, as she placed her cell phone back into her purse.
Looking up at the green light to walk, Cagalli proceeded to cross the street without paying attention from walkers from the opposite direction.
A minute later, she bumped roughly into a stranger.
"Watch it!" she shrieked as she fell down upon the ground.
"Cagalli?" the voice asked hopefully. "It that you?"
Looking up, her golden orbs flashed as she saw familiar emerald orbs.
"Athrun…." she breathed speechless.
Getting up slowly, she continued to stare at him.
Smiling softly, he said quietly, "It is nice to see you again."
Memories of the past surfaced. Memories of the past she once shared with this man. Her marriage. Her child. Her happiness. Her dreams of the future with him resurface.
However, the moment cars began beeping, reality finally settled in.
In a split second, her mood changed from shock to anger.
Before Athrun could stop her, Cagalli's hand rose and slap his face firmly. Watching her walk away quickly, he raised his hand slowly to his face to where he assumed a red mark was left.
"I guess she is still mad….." he whispered softly. "I guess I have a lot of work to do."
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Watching the little scene play before him, Kira kept his distance.
He watched as his sister slapped Athrun across the face and walk away quickly. Leaving him on the crosswalk, speechless.
Feeling the presence of his wife next to him, he slowly face her.
"Here is your swirl of chocolate and vanilla ice cream," she said happily, as she licked some of her strawberry flavor ice cream.
Taking his cone from his wife, Kira faced the crosswalk and watched as Athrun made his way across the street slowly. Unsure of himself.
"Kira?"
"His back, Lacus," the brown hair man said quietly.
"Who?"
"Athrun Zala."
"It is about time he comes home," Lacus responded excitedly.
"Excuse me?" Kira asked surprised. "Why would you be happy?"
"Cause Athrun Zala was the only man that made Cagalli happy and if you haven't noticed, you sister hasn't been happy ever since he left."
"He was the cause of her unhappiness!" Kira replied angrily.
"And now he can undo his mistakes and make her happy again," Lacus said hopefully.
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Standing on the corner of Madison Ave., Athrun swiftly thought of a strategy.
Step 1: Find Cagalli
Step 2: Avoiding Cagalli's hand as she attempts to either punch of slap me
Step 3: Apologize
Step 4: If Plan A of apologizing fails then proceed with Plan B
Step 5: Think of Plan B within 5-10 seconds
Step 6: Offer Money Bargain
Smiling to himself mentally, Athrun quickly made his way after Cagalli.
"Welcome home."
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Next Chapter:
"Does your mother know about me," the man whispered softly into Estelle's ear as he slowly began kissing her neck.
"Not technically…" she replied hesitantly. "She wouldn't approve….if she knew…."
"Then it would be best then if she never knew…."
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"Do you think you can waltz right back into my life and expect me to accept you like nothing has happened, Zala?" the blonde woman hissed.
Lifting his eyebrow in amusement, he answered mockingly, "You are my wife, why wouldn't you?"
Lifting her hand to slap him, he swiftly caught her arm. Narrowing her eyes at him she shouted angrily, "I am your ex-wife Zala."
Smirking he answered, "Ex maybe, however I am the one man who has seen your weaknesses Cagalli. I am the man who can destroy you as well."
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Author's Note:
Chapter 3 is done and I hope you guys enjoyed it.
Please review and tell me what you think of the story so far.
Any ideas will be taken in for consideration : - )