A/N: Grr….
Stella's work schedule is basically work until one unless you have to go to church. If there isn't any work to do, she can go and do whatever she wants on the grounds. It's basically a second home to her because, if you paid attention, there is nothing to do at her house.
Once again sorry about the use of advanced technology. I figure since it is thirty years after the last episode, each house would have a little transmition thing, even though they might not have visual. Besides, you figure if they are on good terms with Albion, they might be a little more advanced that they were a three decades ago.
Disclaimer: Abel is to money as I am to Trinity Blood.
The rest of the day was pretty much uneventful. The Fathers were required to stay at least two straight hours working in the room on days that there were no missions or church. Stella was required to stay as long as there was work to do, but was allowed to go home at one.
A beep signaled an incoming fax. Stella got up and took before anyone else, not that she had much competition. Leon was getting a feather to stay up in the air with his feet up on a counter. Abel was taking a nap on the counter, but really was watching his friends. Tres sat in silence in one of the chairs near the door.
Stella stood reading the paper for a minute then sighed. "Hey guys, listen to this. 'I believe that there is a vampire lurking around my house. He is small and has pointed ears. He tends to stay in trees and other high places. Please help.'" She chuckled lightly.
Abel lifted his head up as Stella walked towards him. She picked up one of the headsets that were hanging on the wall. She crossed the room and sat back in her chair. A few minutes later, she started her conversation.
"Yes, hello, I'm calling in response to a fax that was excuse me, what? Oh all right, Mr. Len. No, sir that is not a Methuselah it is a cat. Yes, I'm sure. Sir, I guarantee you if you go outside right now, you will see a stray cat. I'll tell you what, if you don't, then I will personally come down there. Yes sir." Stella took the headset off and leaned back in her chair. She sighed heavily. "Humans are morons."
"Hey!" Leon said, abandoning his feather.
Stella smiled sweetly. "Sorry, how about this, Terrans are inferior in knowledge to the creatures they created and now have no control over."
Leon's face looked like he had swallowed something sour. "Are not."
"Statically, Father Leon, Methuselah, Crusnicks, androids and as of this point, Titans are eighty percent more likely to have a higher IQ average than that of humans." Tres said simply.
"Awww, come on! Being a human is no fun." Leon pouted and crossed his arms in a very child-like way.
"How so?" Abel asked, speaking for the first time.
Leon glared at him. "You all are stronger, faster, have more abilities. And now you're smarter than me too! Damnit! I thought we had you there."
Stella's eyebrows rose under her messy bangs. "You seriously thought you were smarter that a Titan. Leon come on, we are specifically designed to be the smartest creatures out there."
"As are androids."
"We Crusnicks had to work on a space vessel! What do you think we are, idiots?"
Leon sighed. "I guess you're right."
Stella smiled and ruffled his black curly hair. "Don't worry, you are by far the most amusing species." A sad look entered her eyes. She whispered, so that only Abel's Crusnick hearing could hear. "And the most destructive." Before Abel could say anything, Stella brightened. "Excuse me boys, I have to go." She hastily made her way to the door.
Leon watched her go with surprise. "What was that about?"
Abel made no comment. He knew that sadness. It was best to leave her alone, but, knowing Stella's impulsiveness and quick temper, he would definitely be keeping an eye on his young friend.
Stella came back a few minutes later and sat down silently and started to write some things down on yet another report paper. An hour later they heard the silver bell ding for lunch.
Stella looked up, gathered her papers together in a neat pile and tugged on the blue sleeves of her shirt. "Ready?" She smiled at the men, who had been copying her movements in an attempt to not look like slobs.
She followed them down to lunch, where they grabbed some soup and, on Stella's suggestion, headed outside. Tres, surprisingly, joined them. Abel didn't think that he had ever spent so much time with the android. When they went outside, Stella stretched out onto the grass with her arms crossed behind her head.
"This is great!" She said happily. "Though I haven't done so much paper work in my entire life." She added as an afterthought.
She nodded towards the soup and bread. "You guys can have that if you want."
Abel and Leon looked at each other and dived after the food. Tres did not eat, so he had no reason, though he had a faint look of amusement on his face. Stella ignored the 'men', though she was starting to think of them as boys, and tried to take a nap on the grass.
Stella collected the last of her paper and pulled down the cloth blinds of the two windows in the room. She strode out of the room with paper in her hands. She poked her head into the cafeteria, where Abel and Leon had disappeared into an hour after their lunch break. They were currently shoveling huge amounts of old bread into their mouths.
"See ya, guys. I'm going to head out now."
Abel waved, not taking his hand off of a loaf. Stella chuckled and shook her head. She passed Tres in the hallway and said good-bye to him as well, before stepping out onto the street.
When she got back to her apartment complex and walked up the two flights of steps, she found herself in a situation she did not want to be in. Because of the narrowness of the hall, Stella had to press herself up against the wall as Mr. Onigoma came out of his apartment. Unfortunately for her, he wanted to stop and chat.
"Ah, Miss Iceheart…" Stella tried to make her wince more visible, but he apparently had a problem seeing. "How are you? I was wondering if I could talk to you about last night?" He smiled disarmingly.
Well, disarmingly for a human woman. Obviously this man did not know about Stella the Titan. "Of course you can." She smiled sweetly but had maneuvered around Mr. Onigoma so that she was closer to her door.
"Well, I noticed that there were a lot of men in your apartment last night, along with loud noises. Besides that, the men left late last night and were rather loud in leaving. One of your friends nearly knocked me down as I was coming out of my apartment."
Stella's eyes flashed and she could feel her body growing hot. Not only was this man calling her a whore, he was complaining about her first friends she had in years. She allowed her eyes to flash, but she put on her mask as she spoke to Mr. Onigoma.
"Well, I'm very sorry about that. Abel is clumsy. And the men are friends from work. In case you didn't know, my female employer was there also, but she had to leave early. Good day to you." She nodded her head and opened her apartment door, forgetting to make it look like she needed to unlock it.
A/N: I got one person trying last chapter to see what is coming ahead. Come on people, guess!