The Heart Doesn't Lie
Disclaimer: Well as far as I know I did not suddenly start owning GS/GSD between this chapter and the last so I guess- I still don't own them. Hmm...too bad.
Note: I would like to point out that the Halloween Festival was never given an actual date. It did not take place on Oct. 31 but the week before. I'm not doing it that way so that my characters can celebrate Halloween (by like trick or treating, or having a party), but so that I can maybe include someones birthday. Also last chapter was the end of the actual festival this chapter will have some discussion on it.
Chapter 5
Heine arrived at the school a little before the actually meeting time. He had told Athrun he would take over clean up today. He did not really mind, after all Athrun had taken care of the hard part by planning the festival. Compared to that, his job today would be easy.
The festival had been a big success. Other than the crisis with the haunted house there had been not been any more problems. Everyone had seemed like they were having a good time. Except for maybe Yzak, who had spent half the night mad. No one had managed to find out why either. It seemed to have started when Dearka was flirting with Milly though.
Heine had come early because he wanted a chance to walk around to see what all needed to be done before everyone else arrived. He proceed to walk around writing short notes about each area and then moving on. By the time he got back to where he had started from it was only about 5 minutes before time for everyone else to get there.
As Heine was standing there making plans the front door opened. He looked up to see who had entered. It was Dearka.
"Hey, morning. Are you the only one here?" Dearka asked Heine.
"Yes. I came early to check what needed to be done."
"I swear you and Athrun, always the responsible ones." Dearka said with a laugh.
"Well, someone has to be. If it's us then it doesn't have to be you and you can continue to play around. Wouldn't want to take time away from the ladies now would we.?" Heine said teasing Dearka.
"Yeah well, not that it matters right now. The only lady I want to spend time with does not want anything to do with me." Dearka said his face showing a sad expression.
"You mean Milly?"
Dearka just nodded in response.
"Well if Milly is not biting then why not move on like you always do. You've never let rejection get you down before. Why should this time be any different?" Heine had known Dearka for a while and he knew that he had never really been serious about any of his girlfriends. He would pursue a girl, get her to agree to go out with him, and then a couple of weeks later break up with her. Rusty was the same way. Neither of them pursued a girl for too long though. If she did not agree within a couple of weeks they found a new girl. Dearka had already been flirting with Milly for about 3 weeks now. That was past his limit.
"This time is different." Dearka said quietly. The look on his face was a serious one.
"Different, how so?"
"I don't really understand myself, but I think I really like her. She just feels different than other girls."
"Maybe you do." Heine thought of something. "Hey did you ever figure out what Yzak's problem was last night?"
"No, he would not tell me no matter how much I asked." Dearka answered glad for the subject change.
"You know...he was fine until we got to the school and you started flirting with Milly. Do you think maybe he likes her and did not like you flirting with her?"
Dearka looked at Heine wide eyed. "What?"
"Think about it. That was when his mood went sour."
Dearka thought about what Heine was saying for a little while. It was true. They had all met for pizza before coming to the school and Yzak had been in a good mood then. Then he had stopped them so he could talk to Milly and that was when Yzak had gotten mad.
"I understand what you are saying, but he seemed to be mad at her not me. I saw him glare at her. If he likes her and was mad I was flirting with her then why would he take it out on her. Why not me. I know he can be unreasonable at times but I don't think even he would do that." Dearka finally answered.
"Hmm...you have a good point. That doesn't make sense. Then I have no idea why he was like that."
Heine told him. Sometimes he just did not understand his friends.
"Mey, come on open the door." Luna pleaded with her little sister. She wanted to talk to her about last night now that some time had past and Meyrin had had a chance to calm down. She had been knocking for a few minutes now and Meyrin would not open the door. 'I guess she is still mad at me.'
Luna decided that she would leave Meyrin alone for the time being and get her to talk to her later.
Inside Meyrin's room
"It looks like she finally left, we can continue our conversation now." Meyrin said over the phone. She had been talking to Stellar when her sister came pounding at her door. Over the noise Luna had been making she had been unable to hear.
"She must be pretty worried about you. What happened.?" Stellar had not heard about what had happened last night yet.
"We got in a fight. She said Mia and Athrun would be perfect together and basically told me to give up on him."
"She did? That wasn't very nice of her."
"Well not in some many words, the part about I should give up anyway. I felt like that was what she was thinking though. I mean, I understand that it was probably a little awkward for her. Mia is her best friend and I am her sister and we both like the same guy. I'm sure she wants both of us to be happy, but there is no way we can both be happy if we want the same guy. She probably did not know what to say in that circumstance."
"I'm not sure what i would say if I found out she likes Shinn just like you do." Meyrin went on to say.
"I would also want both of you to be happy. In a case like that at least one person is bound to get hurt. You are both important to me, so I would want to support both of you. But wouldn't the person who was rejected by him feel like I was betraying them by supporting the other as well?"
Stellar just listened for a while. This is one of the things she really liked about Meyrin. She really cared about other people. She also tried to understand others and what they were going through. She might have fought Luna the night before, she might have gotten mad at her, but she still tried to put herself in Luna's shoes.
"I would not feel betrayed. Not if it was Luna and me you were supporting. I know she is your important sister, she is family, of course you want her to be happy. I think it is alright for you to support two people who are very important to you, even if they are going for the same guy. After all, if she likes Shinn and Shinn were to choose me then she would get hurt, or vice versa, one of us would be hurt which, in turn, would hurt you as well. That's just how you are. There's nothing wrong with that."
"Thanks Stellar. I'm glad you understand me so well."
"So if you understand all of what you said, then why are you punishing Luna." Stellar asked Meyrin.
"Oh that, well she did hurt my feelings, so I'll just let her think about it for a little while longer. Then I'll talk to her." Meyrin answered, giggling a little.
"So what happened last night? Why did you not come? Wasn't Shinn waiting on you?" Meyrin asked Stellar. Stellar had made arrangements with Shinn for the festival, but then she did not come to it.
"I called Shinn and told him I couldn't come."
"But why?" Meyrin could not understand what would keep her friend from her date with Shinn.
"...Some...things came up and I couldn't go. Please don't ask what things. I really don't want to talk about it right now. I will tell you some other time. So, did anything interesting happen last night?"
Meyrin sighed, Stellar had closed the subject. She was not going to tell her anything right now, which upset her a little. They usually told each other everything so why was Stellar keeping secrets now? 'She did say she would tell me some other time.'
"I heard there was a big panic because someone tore up the haunted house, but it seems they were able to quickly fix it. It only opened about half an hour late."
"I wonder who did it?" Stellar said curious.
"As far as I know, they don't know who did it." Meyrin also wondered who did it and why. The two girls continued to discuss the matter further with thoughts on what might have happened.
Shinn walked into the gym. Rey and him had come to help tear down the things from the festival. Heine had asked them to join the group that was working on the games in the gym. Shinn figured this would not be too hard, he had helped set up the games so taking them down should not be a problem.
He knew some of the other people that were working in the gym. Some seniors; Rusty, Miguel, Dearka, and Yzak. A junior, Sting, and a sophomore, Nicol. Sting appeared to be having a good time tearing things down. He was well known at the school for having a destructive nature. Shin did not really know the seniors that well, just their names. He did know Nicol, who was closest to his own age.
Nicol was a serious, quiet, and friendly person. One of those people who could be described as having a gentle personality. He played the piano, and quite well from what Shinn had heard. They shared a drama class together. Shinn sometimes regretted that he had chosen to take drama. The teacher, a man named Rau Le Creusset, was pretty strange and always wore a mask. No one knew why he did either. It was like an unwritten rule: Never ask about the mask. Creusset was said to get scary if a person did.
Shinn was taking down a basketball type set up when Rey started talking to him.
"How did it go with Stellar last night?"
"It didn't. She called right before I left for the festival to say she could not make it. And no, she did not say why. Just that she was sorry." Shinn told him while he continued to work on what he was doing.
"Is that so? Luna spent half the night looking for you. You could have found her, she would have been happy to take Stellar's place." Rey said slightly teasing his younger friend.
"Then you would have been all alone. I would not want that." Shinn said answering his tease.
"I think I would have lived. She likes you, you know." Rey told her turning serious.
"I had pretty much figured that out, but I'm not really interested in her. I like her and everything, as a friend, nothing more. If I went out with her it might get her hopes up. She would only end up getting hurt when she finds out our feelings are not the same." Shinn admitted to Rey, feeling a little guilty.
Shinn thought Luna was a great person. He had known her for a long time. She was caring, somewhat nosy, outspoken, and pretty honest about things. Yes, she was great but he did not feel anything special for her.
"So that means you can see Stellar as more than a friend?" Rey asked. Even though they were best friends they did not talk about their love lives much.
"I don't really know. I think I like her. I would like to find out if I do." Shinn answered as honestly as he could.
"If it turns out you don't like her, she could end up hurt as well."
"I know, but with Stellar I am not sure what I feel, and with Luna I know I only see her as a friend. If I don't try I will not find out what I feel for Stellar." Shinn did not want to hurt Stellar anymore than he wanted to hurt Luna. 'Love is always a risk. Everyone should know that.'
Athrun opened his eyes at the sound of the doorbell. He had decided that he would just take it easy and lay around the house all day. The past three weeks had really worn him out and he deserved a break. It seems there was someone out there who did not agree with him though.
"It's probably Kira. He did ask what I was doing today." Athrun said out loud although he was the only one in the house at the moment. His parents had been out of town on business all week and were not due back yet.
When he got to the door whoever had been ringing the bell had left. They had left him a present though, in the form of eggs and toilet paper all over his house and front yard. Athrun sighed and looked around but he did not see anyone.
"Guess I have plans today after all."
Not far away, hidden behind a tree were two angry eyes.
TBC
Oh wow, this was my first chapter that I had not written beforehand. I think it didn't turn out so bad. But that is just my bias opinion. Everyone else might think it's crap. Since I made Meyrin seem kind of bad last chapter I fixed it this chapter. I am trying to stay in character which is not always easy, especially with Stellar. So you should probably expect Stellar to be out of character. Well please let me know what you think, in other words, please review.
