The Heart Doesn't Lie
Disclaimer: Yep, still don't own GS/GSD or the characters who play in the show. I also do not own the stories/ plays that are talked about in here.
Note: I seem to be getting ooc on some people, but I need to for the story so I will just let it be.
Chapter 10
Heine pulled into Athrun's driveway. Athrun's driveway was the type that circled around and had parking for the residents off to one side. He parked his car opposite the side with the resident parking where Athrun's car was parked. He wanted to talk to Athrun about what had happened to his house, but he had not gotten the chance to at school. Heine rang the doorbell and waited, no answer. After a few minutes he rang the doorbell again, still no answer.
He had thought Athrun was home since his car was there, perhaps Athrun had used one of his parents' cars. Heine wondered why Athrun would not take his own car. He walked over to where the car was parked and found the reason why. Someone had keyed it and broken his lights. The situation was beginning to worry Heine. Heine decided to wait and see if Athrun said anything the next day about any of this.
"Might as well leave, he is not here to talk to." Heine said as he walked back to his own car.
X x x
Fllay and Mia took off running after school let out. They had both heard the rumor going around about Shinn and Stellar. They also knew that Luna was last seen before second period started. Since Luna had that class with both Shinn and Stellar she must have found out about it from the rumored couple themselves. Naturally they were worried about her.
As they were running Fllay suddenly fell to the ground. She had been on such a hurry that she was not paying much attention to where she was going and she ran smack into someone. That someone was now also on the ground. It was Sting and he did not look to happy.
"If you drive as bad as you run I feel sorry for the pedestrians." Sting said
Fllay turned red in anger, "What about you? You jerk! Your weren't paying attention either or you would have moved out of the way."
"Why should I have to move?" He asked her.
Fllay snarled, "I am in a hurry as you can see. I don't have time to sit here and fight with a jerk like you."
Fllay stood up and ran off towards the parking lot with Mia in tow. They drove as quick as traffic would allow to Luna's house. The were not surprised to see her car there. What did surprise them was when Luna opened the door for them. She did not look that upset.
"Luna, are you alright? They both asked her.
Luna smiled at them softly then pulled them into a friendly hug.
"I knew you two would come here." She told them releasing them from the hug. She then turned and headed back inside, followed by the other two.
"Of course. We heard some rumors that have been going around about Shinn and Stellar." Mia said softly.
"About them being a couple?" Luna asked. She was answered by a nod from her friends. "That is not just a rumor. They came in second period holding hands and Shinn confirmed they were together."
Fllay was confused, "You don't look very upset about it."
"I was, I am. I left after hearing that. On my way out I ran into Rusty and he took me for coffee. He could tell something was wrong and was worried about me. Mia, I told him what you had told Fllay the other night, although I did not use either of your names. Thinking about what you said has helped me to feel better. And his company did too. He didn't really say anything but I wasn't alone and that helped."
"You could have come and got us, we would have left with you." Fllay told her.
"I did want you two skipping school because of me, besides I knew you would come after school and you did. That is enough for me."
The three sat there talking about their bad luck with men lately. They decided that eventually their luck would change and they would end up with guys perfect for them. Luna and Fllay told Mia not to give up on Athrun, to which she told them that she did not think there was much hope there, for he did not seem that interested in her. She said maybe she should just leave it alone, if he likes her he would come to her.
X x x
The phone was ringing when Cagalli entered the house. She had to run to answer it knowing she was the first one home. Kira had told her he was meeting some friends to work on a project and he would be home later.
"Hello" she said picking up the phone.
"Hey Cagalli, it's Miguel. Hope you don't mind me calling."
"Not at all."
Miguel seemed to hesitate for a minute before continuing, "I had a good time at the movie with you yesterday. I was wondering if you would like to go again sometime."
Cagalli did not know what to say. She had fun yesterday too. But she likes Athrun, she did not know if Miguel wanted something out of all this. Something like a relationship.
"As friends, of course." He added after sensing her hesitation.
"Sure, that would be fun."
"Great. I'm sure we'll find another movie we both want to see that Lacus and Milly don't sometime."
"Probably. I have different taste in movies than they do." Cagalli stated.
"Yeah, I thought so. Well I have to go now. Sting is waiting on me and he is acting a little strange."
"Isn't he always a little strange?" Cagalli asked laughing.
Miguel laughed too, "That's true. Talk to you later."
"Okay, bye." Cagalli said and hung up the phone.
X x x
"Ari, are you sure we are doing the right thing?" Kira asked his partner for the who knows what time this afternoon.
"Yes Kira. Now would you please stop asking me that, it is getting on my nerves. I mean, really, you have already asked me a number of times and my answer has not changed once." Ari answered him.
"Sorry, it's just I thought we were assigned Hamlet, not The Taming of the Shrew."
"No. Sai and Kuzzey were assigned Hamlet. You just think we are because you were supposed to be in their group in the first place."
The drama teacher, Creusset, had assigned everyone to a group. The groups were then assigned a play to modernize. Next week they would be acting out part of the play they had worked on. Kira was in a group with Ari, Nicol, and Mia. Nicol had piano practice after school and Mia had apologized saying she had to go, there was an emergency. That left Kira and Ari. Kira didn't mind though. Ari was an interesting person. She was normally fairly quiet, nice, smart, and her acting skills were very good. Unlike his own, he did not even know why he was in this class, he had not signed up for it. He had stayed in it thinking it would be a change of pace and it might be fun. He had not done any acting since Snow White.
"Kira, do you know a guy named Yzak?" Ari suddenly asked him.
"Yzak? Yzak Jule?" He did not know any other Yzak's but thought he would verify.
"He only said his name was Yzak, he has white hair and blue eyes."
"Yeah, that's Yzak Jule. He is a friend of mine. Why are you asking? Was he mean to you? It probably wasn't anything personal, that's just how he is."
Ari laughed, "No he wasn't mean. I met him at lunch today. He was actually pretty nice. I thought he was interesting."
Kira looked at her a little shocked, "Maybe we are not talking about the same guy. I've never heard anyone say Yzak was nice."
"Everyone can be nice sometimes if they want to be."
"I guess, but I don't really understand why you asked if I knew him." Kira said.
"I thought it might be nice to talk with him again. We had a nice conversation earlier, I wanted to talk to him some more."
"Well, there is going to be a get together on the beach Friday night. It's for Athrun's birthday, a lot of us are getting together to have a bonfire, hang out, eat, well you know that kind of stuff. Yzak is going to be there, why don't you come?"
"I don't know. I don't know Athrun that well, if it is for his birthday he might not like it if I just show up. That sounds like a private party type thing."
"Athrun won't mind. And you would not be just showing up, I just invited you. I'm his best friend so he won't mind if I invite someone. He's not even the one planning it, Lacus, Cagalli, and I are. Actually he doesn't know about it yet, so please don't mention it to him."
"Yzak will be there?" she asked still unsure.
"Yes, I have already talked to him about it and he said he would come."
"Alright, it sounds fun. Should I bring anything?"
"Nope, we've already got everything covered."
x x x
Sting sat down at the table with his food. His friends and him had met up at a hamburger place to grab an after school snack. If 2 hamburgers and a large order of fries could be considered a snack.
"Where did Heine run off to? Did he have council work today?" Miguel asked.
"No, he said something about talking to Athrun." Rusty answered.
"About what?" Miguel asked curious as to why his friend would take off right after school let out. Heine usually hung around a while, so it was unlike him.
"I don't know. He didn't say, just that he needed to talk to Athrun. I don't remember seeing Athrun's car in his usual spot after school though." Rusty answered.
"He left a little early." Yzak informed them. "He is in my last period class. He told the teacher he had an appointment so he had to leave early."
"So Heine was probably unable to talk to him." Rusty stated.
"Who knows, who cares if he talked to Zala or not. It doesn't concern us." Yzak told them. Athrun was not his favorite person. It wasn't that he hated him, but Athrun always had to be so perfect and the best at everything he did. Which led to Yzak always ending up second, and Yzak did not like being second.
"Alright, we get the hint. We will talk about something else. How about girls. Any of you interested in anyone right now." Miguel asked.
"We never talk about this kind of stuff, so why now?" Rusty asked him.
"Because we never do, but maybe we should. There's nothing wrong with talking about girls. Guys do it all the time." Miguel stated.
"Whatever. I'll talk." Sting stated surprising them all. He did not normally offer information that was so private. Sting had been their friend for a long time, but they did not know that much about his life outside of school. He kept things to himself. They had tried a long time ago to find out more about him but he would never answer their questions.
"Okay, talk. We are very curious as to what you have to say." Rusty said.
Sting smirked, "I'm sure you are. Maybe I won't talk after all."
"Ah, come on. You already said you would." Miguel said.
"Fine. I ran into that girl Fllay today. Actually she ran into me, literally. I saw her coming and could have avoided it, but I figured were was the fun in that."
"Fllay? You like her?" Yzak asked.
"I didn't say I like her, but she does interest me. I could probably have some fun with her." Sting said.
"There I talked, who's next."
"I like Luna." Rusty said.
"We all knew that. You've been flirting with her. I thought the point of this was to tell us something we did not already know." Yzak stated.
"I mean I really like her. Before I just wanted to go out with her like I had the other girls."
"You mean for a couple of weeks then dump her?" Miguel interrupted.
"Yes. Like that, but not anymore. She is different than I thought. She has a strength inside her that amazes me. I saw it earlier today. I want to know her better."
"Good for you. It's about time you took a real interest in someone. I hope things work out for you." Miguel told his friend. He was happy to hear this from him. Miguel worried that Rusty and Dearka would never settle down and really like one girl. Now Rusty says he likes Luna and Dearka likes Milly.
"Cagilla is who I like." Miguel said thinking it was his turn to come clean.
"Cagalli? She is a feisty one. You are going to have your hands full there." Rusty said.
"Not anymore than you and Sting. The girls you two like aren't exactly the shy, quiet types."
Sting laughed, "He is right."
"Yeah, I guess we really know how to pick them." Rusty said laughing as well.
"What about you Yzak?" Miguel asked.
"...I met a girl today. She was different and interesting, but I wouldn't say I like her."
"Who is she?" Sting asked.
"I only know her name is Arianna or Ari for short. I don't know what year she is in or anything else, except she goes to our school."
"Ari? Don't know her." Rusty said. Sting and Miguel shook their heads too.
"When did you meet her?"
"Today at lunch. In the garden, when I was taking a walk."
"So that's where you disappeared to. You just got up and walked off we thought you would come back, but you didn't."
"I...I needed to clear my head." Yzak said quietly.
"Yzak what's going on? Is something wrong? We don't normally talk about our problems, but that doesn't mean we can't. You can talk to us if you need to." Rusty said.
"No, it's nothing. Everything is fine." Yzak told him. Somehow the others did think everything was fine. Yzak had been acting weird lately. Weird even for him, and no one knew why.
X x x
Kira walked up to his sister's door. He had only been home for a few minutes and he wanted to talk to her about Miguel. The both had been very busy since the movies and he had not had a chance to talk to her until now.
"Come in." Cagalli said to his knock.
"Hey."
"Hey, how did your project go?"
"It is a pain. Two of our group members weren't there. What is with you and Miguel? Are you dating him?" Kira asked her getting right to the point of his visit.
"We are just friends. I am allowed to have friends who are guys you know." Cagalli had known this would happen eventually. Kira could be overprotective of her at times.
"Don't you like Athrun?" Kira asked her.
Cagalli was shocked, how did Kira know that.
"So what if I do? You know, you and Athrun need to get on the ball. You both have people who like you and neither of you seem to take an interest in anyone. Don't either one of you have someone you like? Why won't you ask someone out? Or maybe you don't so you can keep all your fan girls. Or you figure if you go out with one girl then the others that like you would lose interest and you two don't want that, you like having a bunch of girls like you." Cagalli had grown angry at Kira's question about Athrun.
Kira was floored. He had not expected such an outburst from his sister.
"Cagalli. What are you" He started but was unable to finish his question before she interrupted him.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore right now. Please leave."
Kira just looked at her, shocked. He then turned around and left the room.
TBC
At this point I have already typed out to chapter 14 (I have been trying to stay a few chapters ahead of what I have posted) I won't post them all at once, unless I get to the end of the story, because sometimes I need to go back and change or add a few things a few chapters ahead. I am saying this because after typing out that much I know i have been neglecting a few people. One in particular, Rey. Since I changed my mind about what I was going to do with him, I haven't figured out what to do with him.
