Two halves of a whole Chapter 4: Sand in my shoes, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

Here's another chapter. I had more difficulty with this one, bit of a writers block, but music is always an inspiration.

Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing, I know you've probably got the point by now, but these day with people you never know so I'm just going to keep repeating myself.

And thanks to Inda and Alaskantiger for reviewing, it's greatly appreciated, besides Heero has something in store for him, after all, sisters look out for each other.

I don't like to repeat things, so listen carefully the first six times. ;) One of my favorite quotes, but if you've read my profile you knew that already, lol.

Anywayz... Let's get this show on the road...

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Joy is not in things, it is in us. -Benjamin Franklin

Sand in my shoes

Relena had enjoyed the past few days. All she had to do was lie around on the beach, catch up on her reading and play with Sambo, the dog she had convinced Dorothy to get with her.

She had argued that it could always be to their benefit to have a guard dog. Though Sambo was more playful than anything else. Yet he had somehow managed to get Dorothy to like him and even to play with him.

The clothes Kat had picked were great and she could go anywhere she wanted. She was starting to doubt if she even wanted to go back. Playing on the beach, swimming and sunbathing were daily activities and Dorothy was enjoying herself as well.

They had even played beach volley together. That had been fun considering neither of them was very good. She had somehow managed to fall flat on her face in a futile attempt to get to the ball. Good thing Duo wasn't there or she would have never been able to live that one down.

She smiled; sports were more Kat's thing. Kat, her thoughts drifted to her sister who was probably somewhere attending a boring meeting or buried in a stack of paperwork. She grimaced.

Then she made a decision, laughing she brushed off the sand on her clothes and ran inside, Sambo hot on her heels. She headed towards the phone and called to her office. Finally she could get a hold of her sister.

"This is Relena Darlain speaking. How may I help you?"

"Not bad Kat."

Kat instantly glared at her. "What do you think you're doing?"

Relena giggled. "Relax would you. I just called to see how you were doing. So how are you coping?"

Kat banged her head on her desk in response muttering a string of curses in various languages.

"That good?" Relena giggled again.

Kat grimaced. "So how's your vacation working out?"

Relena smiled brightly. "Wonderful, it's really beautiful over here and absolutely no press, a true paradise."

Kat smiled as well. "Glad to hear."

"We even got a dog, I named him Sambo."

Kat rolled her eyes. "Typical. You just couldn't help yourself right?"

Relena smiled meekly. "Dorothy agreed."

Hearing that Kat laughed softly. "How did you manage to do that?"

"I made her see things my way." Relena shrugged, her smile once again vibrant and unwavering.

Kat smirked but then her gaze turned stern. "I appreciate you checking up on me, however Lena…"

"Yes?"

"Do not call me again. It could put yourself and Dorothy at great risk."

Relena nodded solemnly.

"We can write letters through Dorothy okay Lena?"

She cheered up. "Okay, write you soon."

Kat grinned and broke the connection, just as her secretary walked in and dumped another stack of files on her desk. Kat closed her eyes and tried to remain calm. She had just finished a huge stack of those things.

"Will you need anything else Miss Relena?"

'Yeah, an aspirin or better yet an entire box of aspirin.' "No Viola. That will do." 'You've done enough damage for now.' The minute she left Kat slumped into her chair. 'What was with this woman and papers? I'm going to die because of all those damn paper cuts.'

Then she laughed at herself, her, an infamous assassin, dying from paper cuts, the thought alone was killing her. At that moment Viola re-entered her office and dropped another stack of papers on her desk. This was going to be a long day…

Relena ran back to the beach. Dorothy was already waiting for her. This time they were going to have a swimming contest. Everything was always a contest when it concerned Dorothy. It was like she lived to compete. She really didn't care about winning.

Quickly she dived in, not giving herself time to think about how cold the water was. She swam for a while. Then she dropped herself onto her towel and let herself dry in the sun. Groggily she opened one eye when she heard music coming from further down the beach. Dorothy had come out of the water and was lying next to her. She was staring in the direction where the music came from indicating she had heard it as well.

About a kilometre down the beach a group of guys sat on the beach with a ghetto blaster. Relena sat up annoyed. Dorothy stood up and marched over.

"This is a private beach." She stated, her voice cold as ice.

One of the guys, a tall guy with black hair tied loosely back in a ponytail answered her smirking. "Chill bitch."

Dorothy was now starting to lose her patience. "I can have you removed you know."

Relena came towards them, thankful that she had decided to go with Dorothy and dye her hair black, along with the brown contacts she would be hard to recognize.

"Hey D, if they wanna stay let them. Let's split."

Dorothy glared at her. "This is my beach and I do not want them on it."

Relena sighed. "Would you please leave?"

"Only if you come with us babe." The guy replied still smirking.

Relena stiffened. She glared at them. She had learned from the best after all. "Get lost."

The guy held his hands up in defence. "Alright, chill. Crazy bitches."

Dorothy snickered as the guys packed up and left. "Where did you learn to act like that Lena?"

"I hang out with Kat and I used to spend time with Heero. Need I say more?"

Dorothy grinned. "I should have known."

Now that the guys were gone and peace and quiet had returned to the beach Relena was much more at ease. She sat on the beach, admiring the ocean and remembered the first time she had met her love. Heero Yuy he called himself. Quite the guy, he almost seemed immortal, he could blow himself up and live to tell the tale. His glare could make grown men pee their pants. That always did make her laugh. She knew however, that he wasn't a heartless soldier and she loved him. But he didn't love her back she thought, hugging her knees.

That's how Dorothy found her. She had come looking for her.

"Lena, dinner's ready." She shook the sleeping girl gently.

Relena groggily opened her eyes. For moment she stared at Dorothy in shock until she remembered what had happened a few days ago. Quickly she replaced the shocked look with a smile. "Thank you Dorothy."

As she got up something fell out of her lap. It was the shell she had picked up earlier. Relena bent over and picked it up holding it in her arms as if it were her greatest treasure.

Dorothy chuckled at her childish antics. Then Relena made her way over to the house, swiftly skimming their surroundings for anything suspicious before following she too headed to the house.

Hope you enjoyed this. Next chapter will be up soon. Review people, let me know if there is anything you think I could do better.

Greetz Mel