The Heart Doesn't Lie
Disclaimer: I do not own GS/GSD or any of the characters that appear on those shows. I only own the plot to this story, Joe's, and a couple of original characters, Jet and Ari.
Chapter 12
Cagalli and Miguel sat inside Joe's Cafe, having coffee and eating a piece of pie. Joe's was well known for having the best pie in the area. The coffee was pretty good too, but it is the pie that brings people in.
"Well, what do you think?" Miguel asked Cagalli.
"Delicious!" Cagalli answered.
"I agree. I think this would be good with some ice cream too."
"You could always have another piece and find out." Cagalli told him.
"Maybe I will." Miguel said.
"So, do you think Kira will be able to talk Athrun into going out Friday night? You know, with everything that has happened to him." Cagalli asked him. Cagalli knew that Miguel knew Athrun better than she did, even if her brother and him had been best friends for a long time.
Miguel sighed, "I really don't know. It would be no problem if things were normal, but what has happened has put Athrun in a bad mood. Of course, that is understandable. Athrun doesn't like to go out when he is in a bad mood though. If he knows that Kira is trying to get him to go to a party, even one for him, he won't want to go. But if anyone can get Athrun out it is Kira." Miguel answered her truthfully.
"Yeah I guess so."
x x x
"That's right, inside right now." a voice said over the phone.
"Blond hair." the voice said answering a question from the other.
"I understand, I will do that then. I will contact you when it is done." The voice stated and hung up the phone.
X x x
The next morning Kira arrived at Athrun's house early. He wanted a chance to talk to Athrun before they left. Kira walked up to the door and rang the bell. After a few minutes Athrun answered the door looking worse than he had yesterday.
"You're early." Athrun said while nodded his head in a greeting to his friend.
"Athrun what's wrong?" Kira asked determined not to let Athrun deter him from what he came early for.
"Nothing is wrong."
"Athrun please talk to me. I already know about what happened to your house and car. We all know, so please talk to me." Kira pleaded with Athrun.
Athrun looked at him surprised, he had not told anyone about his car so how did Kira know about it.
"How? I can understand how you could know about the house, other people knew. I didn't tell anyone about my car though."
Kira sighed, looking at his friend concerned.
"Heine came over here the other day to talk to you. You weren't here, but your car was. He saw it. Athrun someone is targeting you, we think the haunted house might have been destroyed by this person as well. We're all worried. . First the haunted house, then your house, and finally your car. There is no telling what this person might do next." Kira said.
Athrun looked at Kira for a few minutes, taking in his words. Kira was the one person he knew he could always count on. He trusted Kira more than anyone else. They have always been close. Always sharing their secrets with the other. Always been there for each other. Athrun suddenly felt bad for not talking to Kira sooner. He had not wanted to worry Kira, that is why he had not told him. But he would tell him now.
Athrun looked away and started up the stairs telling Kira to follow him. He stopped in front of his own room. He looked at Kira once again.
"I already know what that person did next after my car." Athrun told Kira, who looked confused. He opened the door and they both walked into the room.
Kira stood at the door looking around, but his eyes stopped when they reached Athrun's desk.
"Your computer!" Kira said shocked. "That person did that?"
"I don't know that it is the same person, but I am guessing it is. I don't know what to do, my history project was on there." Athrun stated sadly.
"Didn't you make a back-up of it?" Kira asked.
"Yes, but the disk it was on was next to the computer and was smashed as well." Athrun said. He then looked over at Kira like he had just thought of something.
"Kira, is there anything you can do about this mess. You're a computer expert, can you fix it, or at least retrieve the hard drive?" Athrun asked him, looking hopeful.
"I'm not sure. I'd have to get in there and take a good look at it before I could give you an answer if there is anything I can do or not."
"Will you? Will you look at it for me?" Athrun asked, this time it was him doing the pleading.
Kira went to answer and then an idea came to him. He would take advantage of this situation.
"I will, on one condition." He told Athrun.
"What is the condition?"
"I want you to promise to go somewhere with me Friday night. Don't ask where, just promise you will go with me." Kira said.
Athrun thought for a moment. Kira was the only one he knew that could possible fix this mess. He trusted Kira, so he wasn't really worried about where he was planning on taking him.
"Alright, I promise. I will go with you Friday night."
Kira smiled, "Good. I don't have time to look at it now we have to get to school, but I promise I will look at it and do what I can."
Athrun smile back, "Thanks Kira. You're the best."
"I know, just don't forget it." Kira answered teasing.
"Don't worry, I won't."
x x x
"There is a going to be a bonfire at the beach Friday night. You should come, it's going to be fun."
Jet told Shinn as they sat in Jet's car before school.
"A bonfire? I haven't heard anything about that." Shinn said.
"You wouldn't have."
Shinn glared at him, "What are you implying there. I'm not good enough to have heard such information, but you are."
"Calm down, that's not what I meant. I know about because of who I hang around with. You would not have heard anything because we are keeping it quiet."
"Why?" Shinn knew that the people that Jet hung around with were Heine and his friends.
"It's a surprise birthday party for your boyfriend. Since we want to keep it a surprise we have made sure to keep it quiet." Jet said.
Shinn blushed at the words 'your boyfriend.' He had forgotten that Athrun and Heine are also friends.
"He's not my boyfriend." Shinn said.
"Well you shouldn't give up yet. Sometimes you have to fight for love." Jet told him smiling.
This statement caused Shinn to blush a little more.
"Why are you saying that kind of stuff? I don't like him. We are just friends."
"Sure right now you are, but you want more than just his friendship don't you?" Jet asked. "You want to be his special someone, right?"
Shinn decided it was pointless to try to talk to Jet. He got out of the car and walked to the building. Jet wasn't done talking yet so he followed.
"Look Shinn, whatever the case may be, you should still come tomorrow night. It's a party, parties are fun. You could even bring your girlfriend, okay. Just come. Get to know the people there. Nicol will be there too, you said you know him."
"Alright, I'll come. You just better not say the kind of things you were saying earlier there." Shinn told him.
"I won't. Well, I'll see you later." Jet said and walked off to meet up with his friends.
X x x
Rusty and Sting were waiting outside the front entrance of the school when Luna, Fllay, and Mia walked up.
"Luna, Fllay can we talk to you for a moment?" Rusty asked.
Mia took the hint and entered the school leaving her two friends behind.
"What is it you want with us?" Luna asked.
"We are having a bonfire tomorrow night, a birthday party for Athrun. We thought you might like to come with us." Rusty said.
"Why would we want to go with you two. Now that you have told us about it we can just go on our own." Fllay said. Fllay really did want to go to the party. Rusty and Sting were part of the group that always held best parties. Almost everyone in the school had been to at least one of their parties. It was usually well known beforehand where the party would be so people would just show up.
"Not this time. This party is different, only members of our group know exactly where it is and the beach is a private one. So it is invite only." Rusty told the two.
"That means if you don't come with us, you can't go." Sting added.
"I'll go with you." Luna said. She did not mind going with Rusty. He had been very nice to her the other day when she had ran out of the school.
"Great, I'll pick you up about seven." Rusty told her, smiling.
"What about you?" Sting asked Fllay.
Fllay looked at Luna, then to Sting, "Alright, I'll go."
"Then I'll see you tomorrow night about seven as well." Sting said .
Rusty and Sting turned to go into the building, but Rusty turned back around.
"This is a surprise party Athrun doesn't know about. We don't want the word to spread all over the school or he will find out. Keep this to yourself, alright?" He told them with a serious look on his face. The two girls nodded in response.
X x x
Kira ran to meet up with his friends for lunch. Athrun had told him he was going to talk to the history teacher, Waltfeld, before heading to lunch. Athrun wanted to talk to Waltfeld about his computer and history project in case Kira could not do anything about it. Kira wanted a chance to talk to everyone else before Athrun joined them.
"Hey, I did it. Athrun promised to come with me Friday night." he told them excited.
"Really? How did you manage to pull that off? We thought he wouldn't want to go anywhere with the mood he is in." Cagalli said, impressed her brother had been able to accomplish that so quickly.
Kira's smile fell, which worried the others. "Well how I did it is the bad part. I took advantage of a bad situation to get him to promise. It was the only thing I could think of to make sure he would go."
"What bad situation?" Heine asked.
Kira looked around, all eyes were on him. He did not know if he should tell or not, but they would probably find out even if he didn't.
"He needs me to take a look at his computer and see if I can fix it. His history project is on there, without it he will have to start all over." Kira said.
"So his computer crashed?" Lacus said
"No, someone smashed it. Probably the same person that did the other things to him." Kira answered.
"What? Someone smashed it?" Dearka asked.
"Yes, I might be able to fix it or at least save the hard drive. I won't know until I have sometime to look at it closer and determine how bad the damage is. He had a back up of his project, but it was smashed too." Kira told his stunned friends.
"He went to tell Waltfeld what happened just in case." Kira continued.
"Waltfeld is a good guy, he'll understand and go easy on him. Maybe give him an extension if he needs it. Athrun is a good student so that will help his case." Miguel said.
"Yeah, that's right. Athrun should be okay." Nicol said, the others nodded in agreement.
"I still want to know who has the nerve to mess with one of us? Don't they know if they attack one of us it is the same as attacking all of us." Yzak said, his anger showing. They were a close group and they were all protective of each other.
"Calm down Yzak. Athrun is coming this way." Nicol said.
"Hello, Athrun." Lacus said, kindly.
"Hi Lacus, everyone." He said.
"How did it go with Waltfeld?" Dearka asked.
Everyone else looked at him like he had said something stupid. Dearka started to panic, they weren't going to let Athrun know they knew about it, he had messed up. Only one person was not looking at him like that, Athrun.
"He said to let him know how things go. If I need an extension on the project he will give it to me." Athrun told them. He was not surprised or upset that Kira had told them. He had decided he would tell them about it anyway, they already knew about the other things so there was no point in hiding anything from them.
Dearka was relieved to see that Athrun was not mad that they knew, so his blunder would be forgiven.
"Sorry. I didn't talk to all of you about this before. I didn't want to worry anyone, but it was stupid to keep it to myself. If it was happening to one of you I would want to know about it. I should have thought about that and told you all sooner. So I'm sorry." Athrun told them.
"Yeah, you should have told us." Yzak said. "We are going to find the bastard that is doing this and make them pay. No one gets away with messing with one of us."
"That's right." Sting said.
Other comments of agreement were made by Dearka, Miguel, and Cagalli. Athrun was happy that he had such good friends. Maybe they did not all always get along, like Yzak and him, but when push came to shove they were always there for each other. And that is what counted, that is what friendship was all about.
X x x
Shinn and Stellar sat out in the yard eating lunch. It was a nice day out. The weather was just right, not too hot or too cold. There was a little bit of a breeze that would blow their hair every now and then. The perfect weather for sitting out in the yard instead of being cooped up in the lunch room.
Shinn looked over at Stellar. He had decided he would ask Stellar at lunch to attend the party with him.
"Hey Stellar, I was invited to a party tomorrow night. It's a birthday party for Athrun. I was told I could bring you, would you go with me?" Shinn asked her.
"Sorry, I can't. Before you and I even started going out I made plans for tomorrow night with Mey and Auel. You should still go though."
"I don't know if I want to go without you." He said looking away. He looked around at the other students that had chosen to eat outside today. His eyes stopped moving when he spotted a young man walking towards the big tree that several students were eating under. He continued to watch him as he walked across the grounds.
Stellar followed Shinn's line of sight and saw who he was watching. She smiled softly.
"I really think you should go and have a good time." she told, him smiling.
Shinn turned his attention back to his girlfriend, unaware that he had been caught watching someone, or that she knew who that someone was.
"Maybe I will." He said.
X x x
Nicol had music after lunch. He loved music but the teacher was not his favorite. The teacher was a man named Azreal. He was, well strange. He was known to yell out 'Yatta!' when someone accomplished something he thought was really good.
Mia was also in this class with Nicol. Nicol noticed Mia looked a little down so he decided to talk to her.
"Mia, are you okay? You look down." Nicol said.
"I'm okay. I just feel a little left out, I guess." Mia answered him.
"May I ask why? If you don't mind telling me. I am a pretty good listener." Nicol told the sad girl.
Mia looked at Nicol before answering, "I overheard Luna and Fllay talking at lunch, although they were trying to keep it a secret. About the invite only party they are going to tomorrow night. They were asked by Rusty and Sting it seems. We usually go to parties together, but I wasn't invited to this one, so I can't go with them. So I feel left out. I know it's stupid, but I can't help it." Mia told him.
"Hmm... I'm going to that party, it's my friends that are having it. It's invite only because it is Athrun surprise birthday party. You could go with me." Nicol said.
"What? I didn't know it was a surprise party, no wonder they were trying to be quiet about it. If it gets out he would find out about it." Mia said.
"That's right. We have worked hard trying to keep this from him so we are asking everyone that we invite to be quiet about it. So do you want to go with me?"
"Are you sure that is okay?" She asked him.
"Yes, I'm sure.
Mia smiled, "Okay, I'll go with you. Thank you for inviting me."
"Your welcome." Nicol said smiling at her.
TBC
An end note here to clear something up that went through my mind as I was typing this. Athrun should have called the police after he found his computer, because it they did that to his computer that was in his bedroom that means they broke into his house. So that is what he should have done, but he didn't.
I don't really know what he was thinking not to call and report the break in (I did not have any of his friends ask if he did or not, so that he would not have to say why he didn't), but I do know my reasons for him not doing that. Simply put, if he did they might determine who had done it and it is not time for that to happen yet, I still have things to do concerning angry eyes person. So that is the reason, I hope you understand.
