I am so so sorry for taking too long writing this chapter. I could give you
excuses all day but I think that it is better to read the story and not
hear the reasons why it wasn't put up earlier. Warning: this chapter isn't
as funny as the last chapter; in fact it may seem a little sappy. Bear with
me. I hope you enjoy it
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. T_T but there is a Shane in my town.^_^ Read on to find out.
Expressed Actions and Written Words.
Chapter 7: If You Wisha Pona STAR! (The traveling version of a star)
By Tojto......... no wait....... Tjoot....... no um....... Toojt....... YAMMIT SMURF! Why can't I get my own penname right......... Tojot! There we go.
*~*~*~
The day had arrived, Sam had everything packed into the black back pack again. She really had nothing much. She never really needed very much and she had now become accustomed to it. She got cleaned up and dressed in her riding leather. She felt a little odd this morning, Ire was up before her and was preparing a breakfast for her, and the fact that this was her last day of staying there. The room now looked like it had when she moved into it almost two years before. Sam had already filled out her Preventer papers via-internet and was to report in front of Une in four days to receive a codename and to start a one-month basic training period under the command of Sally Poe and Chang Wufei. She went down the stairs, placed her pack on the couch and sat at the table.
"All set, Sam?" Ire said as he set the table.
"Aye."
"Well, eat up, thare be a long trip t' Bru'sels." He said. She dug in and ate till her stomach was satisfied. It soon came time for her to go.
"Mr. Yuy said that 'e woul' be back, I' he comes woul ye give 'im tha'." Sam said as she handed him an envelope that she had carefully put together the night before.
"Sam, Do ye re'ly have t' go?" Ire asked as he took it.
"I feel in me heart that it's time." Relena said as she adjusted the straps on her jacket. Ire chuckled.
"Well, since I can't c'vince ye t' stay, all I can say is: f'low yer heart, don' let yeself stray from yer goals and God be with ye on yer journey." Ire hugged his surrogate granddaughter, "I'll miss ye."
"Tha's the same thing Kate told me." Sam chuckled. Ire tapped his nose.
"Whare do ye think she got it from." Ire replied with a silly grin as he picked up the pack from the couch and handed it to Sam. Bess, Ire's old dog came out from under the table and yawned. She knew that she was going to miss this place, this calm and peaceful place of joy, laughter and simplicity.
"I am goin' t' miss ye an' this place." Sam told him with a second hug.
"Ye must get goin' or ye'll ne'er git thare." Ire said as he directed her outside. She stepped off the front porch and walked over to her motorcycle. 'More long hours of riding.' She thought as she climbed on and started the motor.
Ire stood outside till Sam disappeared in the distance, then went inside, picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Kate, It's me, Ire, she's left t' join Preven'ers."
"She has?"
"That Mr. Yuy i' a Preven'er."
"Thank ye fer tellin' me, the news will come in handy." Kate said in haste since she was busy.
"Yer welcome." And they both hung up.
*~*~*~
The threat was over and the earth had been saved. But there was paperwork, tons and tons of paperwork that had to be recorded, filled out, copied, filed, and sent out for approval. With big threats there were always large amounts of paperwork to do and nobody liked it. Everyone was on the scramble to finish mission reports, update the Preventer database with the newest information. The next couple of days were going to be grueling for everyone.
"Uugg." Duo grunted in frustration as he was trying to get the decryption codes that Heero had given him to work on an encrypted file that just didn't want to be decrypted. His mind was also wandering. He looked up from his computer to see Heero grabbing his coat and walking out the door.
"Where are you going, especially with all this work?" Duo asked.
"Back to finding Relena." Heero then pointed to his desk and simply said, "I'm done." Heero's desk was completely clear and organized. When duo looked back to Heero, Heero was gone.
"You'll anything and everything for her, ol' buddy." Duo quietly sighed with a smile. Wufei came in a few minutes later with the list of the new recruits, whose info needed to be logged into the datebase. Duo looked at them noticing the one on the top.
"Sam O'Malley, huh, she is kinda cute." Duo said looking at the profile picture. Wufei then hit him in back of the head.
"Owww. What was that for?" He complained.
"Your married, moron." Wufei reminded him as he walked out the door. Duo could've sworn that he heard Wufei mutter something in the hall that sounded like, "Weaklings, the whole lot of them." Then Duo realized he was left alone again to work tirelessly on mounds of paperwork.
"DAMN IT ALL!!!!" Duo's voice could out the open window of his shared Preventer office. The birds whom were perched near it immediately flew away at the sudden noise.
*~*~*~
Sam drove through town. Taking one last look at the town that had a welcoming air about it. A tear fell from her eye, knowing that she may never come back. She stopped at the city limits, looked back once and went on her way to never look back again. Relena knew that this was the only way, especially when she wanted to be near Heero again. She found that the road was familiar, since she had taken it many times with Ire while on their way to Cork.
After traveling a few hours, she stopped in Cork for a bite to eat. She went to the source of inspiration behind the name that she chose for herself. Sam's Grill-n-Pub. She went inside to find a bunch of grizzly fishermen sitting at the counter enjoying their drinks and watching a football game (soccer for us in the US) on the TV placed in the corner. She sat in a small booth in the non-smoking section of the restaurant. A waitress came to take her order. After much deliberation, Sam decided on the lunch special: Fish-n-Chips. She quickly ate, paid, and left.
She sat on the beach watching the waves crash onto the shore. The sound of water always seemed to calm her nerves. She always managed to escape to the shore whenever she needed to think. She did it the evening she met Heero, She did it the night of her 15th birthday that ended with a chance encounter with Heero, she found herself often at the shore when Heero suddenly turned up in Bantry Bay. She had always liked how the starfish were washed ashore. To her, the ocean always seemed so free.
"Beau'iful day isn' it lass?" A clam voice said behind her, pulling her out of her train of thought. She turned around to face the young stranger. He had short-cropped bright red hair with the green eyes to match. He also had a jovial grin on his face that could rival Duo's and a look of innocence that surpassed that of Quatre's.
"May I join ye lass?" He asked.
"What is yer name, first?" She asked back.
"Shane, an' yers?" He asked as he held out his hand to shack hers.
"Sam." Relena said. Shane scratched his head.
"Jus' me luck, I find Sam by Sam's."
"Jus' coincidence." She told him as she signaled for him to sit down.
"So 're ye from 'round 'ere?" He asked
"Na, jus' passin' through." Sam said.
"So where are ye from, then?"
"Bantry Bay."
"I hare the sunset's are somethin' t' behold."
"Tis." She said as she stood up and dusted the sand from her leather breeches.
"Whare are ye goin'?" Shane asked noticing that she wasn't sitting beside him anymore.
"Shane, Me know very li'l 'bout ye, fer all I know you coul' be seri'l ki'ler 'r a stalker." Sam told him.
"Oh. Me understandin the pr'blm now." Shane said as he scatched his head, giving off no effort to get up from were he sat. "Well, I jus' got back from Oostande. Goin' t' visit me wife. Sh' said sh' was pregnant an' I'm very excited 'bout it, bein our first baby an' all." He said with an even bigger grin.
"Congra'ulations," Sam sat back down realizing that he wasn't a threat. Then something occurred to her, "Did ye jus' say Oostande?" She asked.
"Aye." He said as he looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Is tha' near Bru'sels?"
"Ye tryin' t' git t' Bru'sels?" He asked and received a nod. "An' from the looks of yer 'cycle back thare, Lemme guess, the long way?" She nodded again. "Well, lass, can I let ye in on a lil' s'cret. Thare is a transport ship sailin' from Waterford t' Oostande an' back. From wha' I hear, it's leavin' t'nigh'. Me know tha' they charge 'bout do'lar per pound. So if ye take tha' route ye need to have a lil money on ye." Shane whispered to her.
"Thankye, fer the s'cret, I'll take it t' mind." She told him as she stood up again. Knowing that she wasn't going to sit down again she brushed the sand off and left him on the beach. She straddled her motorcycle, started the engine and drove off. Some how she knew that the journey wasn't going to be as long as she expected. She left Cork and headed for Waterford. In Waterford, She quickly found the transport ship since it was the only one at the dock. She overheard two men talking on the pier. One of which was a businessman, the other was a member of the crew.
"What do you mean you can't get this shipment to Cardiff?" The businessman yelled. You could see a vain popping out of his neck.
"Tis not on our way sir. We go from Waterford t' Oostende an' anywhere on our way." The tall and skinny crewmember explained. "If ye want tha' shipment t' git t' Cardiff yer gonna have t' go t' Dublin t' do it." The businessman walked away not very pleased.
"'Scuse me, did ye say yer goin t' Oostende?" Sam asked.
"Aye that we are."
"I need transport."
"Well, lassie, we charge a do'lar per pound." He said.
"Tha's fine. Me need t' take me 'cycle with me."
"Bring it 'board fer weighing, an' since ye're goin' ye will have t' be weighed with it." the guy told her. She did as she was asked and rolled the motorcycle onto the deck to be weighed. The man was rather professional about the whole matter. Never did he announce her personal weight. The totals came to 653 pounds. She quickly paid the total, and he led her to the passenger lodging.
"Tis not a cruise line, but it is the best we can do. I also suggest that ye keep yer door locked at all times." He said as he handed her the key to a small room, "Yer food will be delivered at these times." He told her as he pointed to a list attached to the wall beside the door. "We should pull into port of Oostende t'marro' e'enin'." He shut the narrow door behind him and she locked it, taking his advice to heart.
*~*~*~
It had been an hour since she had left the transport ship back in Oostende. The night had long ago fallen and the towns and villages were asleep in there beds. But for Relena sleep would not be allowed till she got to Brussels, which was a city that never slept. It was a clear night with the moon and the stars shinning down upon her, lighting the way. She decided to stop for a minute to admire the clear night. She thought back to the past. When she grew up with the Darlian family as their adopted daughter. She remembered that it was the encounter with Heero on the beach that set forth a whole series of events that shaped and molded her into the woman that she was today. Then Relena saw it, a shooting star crossing the night's sky, she quickly made a wish and left.
*~*~*~
Heero was looking out his apartment window at the night's sky seeing the very same shooting star. He remembered a time when Relena told him what he should do if he saw one, and so he wished upon it.
"I wish for Relena to come back to me." He wished quietly. Behind him the only thing illuminating the room was his open laptop. On its screen read out in black against the common white: SHE WAS RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE! It was an anonymous e-mail that was sent to him that evening. He had also just gotten done reading the 125th entry of Relena's diary.
*~*~*~
"I was sent to the hospital today because I passed out in the middle of a conference. When I woke doctor Gray and Pagan where standing over me. Neither looked too happy. The doctor prepared himself to tell me of my conditions. Then he told me. He told me that my health was suffering from sleep-depravation, that I wasn't getting enough nourishment and that I was over-stimulated from too much caffeine intake. He told me that if I continue to live this unhealthy lifestyle that I wasn't going to last any more than two years. He insisted that since I was still a teen and still growing he recommended that I get at least eight to nine hours of sleep a night, that I eat three square meals daily and that I stop drinking so much coffee.
"Pagan told the doctor that he would watch over me to make sure that I fulfilled the requirements.
"I miss Heero......... that Prussian blue glare. Heck, I even miss his death threats. I wish he didn't disappear before I had the chance to tell him how much I love him."
*~*~*~
Now the tables where turned when Heero wished that Relena hadn't disappeared. He cursed himself for taking too long to come back out into the public eye. He knew he was now paying for it dearly. Now he was desperately trying to find her again, not because Zechs had asked him to, but because Heero realized how much Relena meant to him.
*~*~*~
She made it to Brussels at 1 AM. In the previous town (which unfortunately had one pay phone which she had to wait for because a lady wouldn't stop talking nonsense to her boyfriend on the other end.) Sam had reserved a hotel room at a Four-Star Hotel that she had been to years before when she was put into hiding from a bomb threat. She knew that this Hotel had wireless Internet service, which would come in handy, if she were to find the best deals on an apartment. She checked in, was directed to her room and handed her the key. She went inside, got cleaned up, and crashed on the bed.
*~*~*~ Author's note *~*~*~
PLLEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEE review! I love to read them. Referring to the next chapter I will try to hurry so your wait won't be as long as it has been. I hoped you enjoyed it.
~Tojot~ ................Hey! I got it right.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing. T_T but there is a Shane in my town.^_^ Read on to find out.
Expressed Actions and Written Words.
Chapter 7: If You Wisha Pona STAR! (The traveling version of a star)
By Tojto......... no wait....... Tjoot....... no um....... Toojt....... YAMMIT SMURF! Why can't I get my own penname right......... Tojot! There we go.
*~*~*~
The day had arrived, Sam had everything packed into the black back pack again. She really had nothing much. She never really needed very much and she had now become accustomed to it. She got cleaned up and dressed in her riding leather. She felt a little odd this morning, Ire was up before her and was preparing a breakfast for her, and the fact that this was her last day of staying there. The room now looked like it had when she moved into it almost two years before. Sam had already filled out her Preventer papers via-internet and was to report in front of Une in four days to receive a codename and to start a one-month basic training period under the command of Sally Poe and Chang Wufei. She went down the stairs, placed her pack on the couch and sat at the table.
"All set, Sam?" Ire said as he set the table.
"Aye."
"Well, eat up, thare be a long trip t' Bru'sels." He said. She dug in and ate till her stomach was satisfied. It soon came time for her to go.
"Mr. Yuy said that 'e woul' be back, I' he comes woul ye give 'im tha'." Sam said as she handed him an envelope that she had carefully put together the night before.
"Sam, Do ye re'ly have t' go?" Ire asked as he took it.
"I feel in me heart that it's time." Relena said as she adjusted the straps on her jacket. Ire chuckled.
"Well, since I can't c'vince ye t' stay, all I can say is: f'low yer heart, don' let yeself stray from yer goals and God be with ye on yer journey." Ire hugged his surrogate granddaughter, "I'll miss ye."
"Tha's the same thing Kate told me." Sam chuckled. Ire tapped his nose.
"Whare do ye think she got it from." Ire replied with a silly grin as he picked up the pack from the couch and handed it to Sam. Bess, Ire's old dog came out from under the table and yawned. She knew that she was going to miss this place, this calm and peaceful place of joy, laughter and simplicity.
"I am goin' t' miss ye an' this place." Sam told him with a second hug.
"Ye must get goin' or ye'll ne'er git thare." Ire said as he directed her outside. She stepped off the front porch and walked over to her motorcycle. 'More long hours of riding.' She thought as she climbed on and started the motor.
Ire stood outside till Sam disappeared in the distance, then went inside, picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Kate, It's me, Ire, she's left t' join Preven'ers."
"She has?"
"That Mr. Yuy i' a Preven'er."
"Thank ye fer tellin' me, the news will come in handy." Kate said in haste since she was busy.
"Yer welcome." And they both hung up.
*~*~*~
The threat was over and the earth had been saved. But there was paperwork, tons and tons of paperwork that had to be recorded, filled out, copied, filed, and sent out for approval. With big threats there were always large amounts of paperwork to do and nobody liked it. Everyone was on the scramble to finish mission reports, update the Preventer database with the newest information. The next couple of days were going to be grueling for everyone.
"Uugg." Duo grunted in frustration as he was trying to get the decryption codes that Heero had given him to work on an encrypted file that just didn't want to be decrypted. His mind was also wandering. He looked up from his computer to see Heero grabbing his coat and walking out the door.
"Where are you going, especially with all this work?" Duo asked.
"Back to finding Relena." Heero then pointed to his desk and simply said, "I'm done." Heero's desk was completely clear and organized. When duo looked back to Heero, Heero was gone.
"You'll anything and everything for her, ol' buddy." Duo quietly sighed with a smile. Wufei came in a few minutes later with the list of the new recruits, whose info needed to be logged into the datebase. Duo looked at them noticing the one on the top.
"Sam O'Malley, huh, she is kinda cute." Duo said looking at the profile picture. Wufei then hit him in back of the head.
"Owww. What was that for?" He complained.
"Your married, moron." Wufei reminded him as he walked out the door. Duo could've sworn that he heard Wufei mutter something in the hall that sounded like, "Weaklings, the whole lot of them." Then Duo realized he was left alone again to work tirelessly on mounds of paperwork.
"DAMN IT ALL!!!!" Duo's voice could out the open window of his shared Preventer office. The birds whom were perched near it immediately flew away at the sudden noise.
*~*~*~
Sam drove through town. Taking one last look at the town that had a welcoming air about it. A tear fell from her eye, knowing that she may never come back. She stopped at the city limits, looked back once and went on her way to never look back again. Relena knew that this was the only way, especially when she wanted to be near Heero again. She found that the road was familiar, since she had taken it many times with Ire while on their way to Cork.
After traveling a few hours, she stopped in Cork for a bite to eat. She went to the source of inspiration behind the name that she chose for herself. Sam's Grill-n-Pub. She went inside to find a bunch of grizzly fishermen sitting at the counter enjoying their drinks and watching a football game (soccer for us in the US) on the TV placed in the corner. She sat in a small booth in the non-smoking section of the restaurant. A waitress came to take her order. After much deliberation, Sam decided on the lunch special: Fish-n-Chips. She quickly ate, paid, and left.
She sat on the beach watching the waves crash onto the shore. The sound of water always seemed to calm her nerves. She always managed to escape to the shore whenever she needed to think. She did it the evening she met Heero, She did it the night of her 15th birthday that ended with a chance encounter with Heero, she found herself often at the shore when Heero suddenly turned up in Bantry Bay. She had always liked how the starfish were washed ashore. To her, the ocean always seemed so free.
"Beau'iful day isn' it lass?" A clam voice said behind her, pulling her out of her train of thought. She turned around to face the young stranger. He had short-cropped bright red hair with the green eyes to match. He also had a jovial grin on his face that could rival Duo's and a look of innocence that surpassed that of Quatre's.
"May I join ye lass?" He asked.
"What is yer name, first?" She asked back.
"Shane, an' yers?" He asked as he held out his hand to shack hers.
"Sam." Relena said. Shane scratched his head.
"Jus' me luck, I find Sam by Sam's."
"Jus' coincidence." She told him as she signaled for him to sit down.
"So 're ye from 'round 'ere?" He asked
"Na, jus' passin' through." Sam said.
"So where are ye from, then?"
"Bantry Bay."
"I hare the sunset's are somethin' t' behold."
"Tis." She said as she stood up and dusted the sand from her leather breeches.
"Whare are ye goin'?" Shane asked noticing that she wasn't sitting beside him anymore.
"Shane, Me know very li'l 'bout ye, fer all I know you coul' be seri'l ki'ler 'r a stalker." Sam told him.
"Oh. Me understandin the pr'blm now." Shane said as he scatched his head, giving off no effort to get up from were he sat. "Well, I jus' got back from Oostande. Goin' t' visit me wife. Sh' said sh' was pregnant an' I'm very excited 'bout it, bein our first baby an' all." He said with an even bigger grin.
"Congra'ulations," Sam sat back down realizing that he wasn't a threat. Then something occurred to her, "Did ye jus' say Oostande?" She asked.
"Aye." He said as he looked at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Is tha' near Bru'sels?"
"Ye tryin' t' git t' Bru'sels?" He asked and received a nod. "An' from the looks of yer 'cycle back thare, Lemme guess, the long way?" She nodded again. "Well, lass, can I let ye in on a lil' s'cret. Thare is a transport ship sailin' from Waterford t' Oostande an' back. From wha' I hear, it's leavin' t'nigh'. Me know tha' they charge 'bout do'lar per pound. So if ye take tha' route ye need to have a lil money on ye." Shane whispered to her.
"Thankye, fer the s'cret, I'll take it t' mind." She told him as she stood up again. Knowing that she wasn't going to sit down again she brushed the sand off and left him on the beach. She straddled her motorcycle, started the engine and drove off. Some how she knew that the journey wasn't going to be as long as she expected. She left Cork and headed for Waterford. In Waterford, She quickly found the transport ship since it was the only one at the dock. She overheard two men talking on the pier. One of which was a businessman, the other was a member of the crew.
"What do you mean you can't get this shipment to Cardiff?" The businessman yelled. You could see a vain popping out of his neck.
"Tis not on our way sir. We go from Waterford t' Oostende an' anywhere on our way." The tall and skinny crewmember explained. "If ye want tha' shipment t' git t' Cardiff yer gonna have t' go t' Dublin t' do it." The businessman walked away not very pleased.
"'Scuse me, did ye say yer goin t' Oostende?" Sam asked.
"Aye that we are."
"I need transport."
"Well, lassie, we charge a do'lar per pound." He said.
"Tha's fine. Me need t' take me 'cycle with me."
"Bring it 'board fer weighing, an' since ye're goin' ye will have t' be weighed with it." the guy told her. She did as she was asked and rolled the motorcycle onto the deck to be weighed. The man was rather professional about the whole matter. Never did he announce her personal weight. The totals came to 653 pounds. She quickly paid the total, and he led her to the passenger lodging.
"Tis not a cruise line, but it is the best we can do. I also suggest that ye keep yer door locked at all times." He said as he handed her the key to a small room, "Yer food will be delivered at these times." He told her as he pointed to a list attached to the wall beside the door. "We should pull into port of Oostende t'marro' e'enin'." He shut the narrow door behind him and she locked it, taking his advice to heart.
*~*~*~
It had been an hour since she had left the transport ship back in Oostende. The night had long ago fallen and the towns and villages were asleep in there beds. But for Relena sleep would not be allowed till she got to Brussels, which was a city that never slept. It was a clear night with the moon and the stars shinning down upon her, lighting the way. She decided to stop for a minute to admire the clear night. She thought back to the past. When she grew up with the Darlian family as their adopted daughter. She remembered that it was the encounter with Heero on the beach that set forth a whole series of events that shaped and molded her into the woman that she was today. Then Relena saw it, a shooting star crossing the night's sky, she quickly made a wish and left.
*~*~*~
Heero was looking out his apartment window at the night's sky seeing the very same shooting star. He remembered a time when Relena told him what he should do if he saw one, and so he wished upon it.
"I wish for Relena to come back to me." He wished quietly. Behind him the only thing illuminating the room was his open laptop. On its screen read out in black against the common white: SHE WAS RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE! It was an anonymous e-mail that was sent to him that evening. He had also just gotten done reading the 125th entry of Relena's diary.
*~*~*~
"I was sent to the hospital today because I passed out in the middle of a conference. When I woke doctor Gray and Pagan where standing over me. Neither looked too happy. The doctor prepared himself to tell me of my conditions. Then he told me. He told me that my health was suffering from sleep-depravation, that I wasn't getting enough nourishment and that I was over-stimulated from too much caffeine intake. He told me that if I continue to live this unhealthy lifestyle that I wasn't going to last any more than two years. He insisted that since I was still a teen and still growing he recommended that I get at least eight to nine hours of sleep a night, that I eat three square meals daily and that I stop drinking so much coffee.
"Pagan told the doctor that he would watch over me to make sure that I fulfilled the requirements.
"I miss Heero......... that Prussian blue glare. Heck, I even miss his death threats. I wish he didn't disappear before I had the chance to tell him how much I love him."
*~*~*~
Now the tables where turned when Heero wished that Relena hadn't disappeared. He cursed himself for taking too long to come back out into the public eye. He knew he was now paying for it dearly. Now he was desperately trying to find her again, not because Zechs had asked him to, but because Heero realized how much Relena meant to him.
*~*~*~
She made it to Brussels at 1 AM. In the previous town (which unfortunately had one pay phone which she had to wait for because a lady wouldn't stop talking nonsense to her boyfriend on the other end.) Sam had reserved a hotel room at a Four-Star Hotel that she had been to years before when she was put into hiding from a bomb threat. She knew that this Hotel had wireless Internet service, which would come in handy, if she were to find the best deals on an apartment. She checked in, was directed to her room and handed her the key. She went inside, got cleaned up, and crashed on the bed.
*~*~*~ Author's note *~*~*~
PLLEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEE review! I love to read them. Referring to the next chapter I will try to hurry so your wait won't be as long as it has been. I hoped you enjoyed it.
~Tojot~ ................Hey! I got it right.