Wrote bits and pieces of this chapter during the school year, and now that the school year is over with, I finally have the time to read through the chapter to make sure it is the way I want it.
Enjoy. ^^
Chapter 13
Once again, Heero was gone before anyone got up that morning. And Quatre and Duo woke to Amara and Michelle making breakfast. Well, more like Michelle was the one actually making breakfast, while Amara was at the table near by drinking a cup of coffee. Quatre and Duo headed in Michelle's direction, but once they got near the stove, Quatre noticed that Duo was following him. So, in one swift move, Quatre turned around and pushed Duo to the table and away from the cooking area.
"Come on, Quatre, can't I just…?" Duo started to say, as he tried to turn back around and head back to the cooking area.
"No, Duo. I know what you're going to do." Quatre stated, standing his ground, not letting Duo pass.
"Oh yeah? And what's that?" Duo asked, a playful smirk showing on his face.
"If I let you pass, then you would just go over there and sneak some of the food for yourself." Quatre answered, which made Duo's smirk disappear.
"Aw, come on…" Duo started to say, trying to argue.
"No, Duo." Quatre said in a tone of voice that stated that his decision was final.
"Can I at least have some coffee?" Duo asked with a sigh.
Quatre looked from Duo to Michelle, then back to Duo. He looked at Duo for a moment before looking over at the coffee machine, then looking at Duo one last time. Then Quatre sighed, "Fine." Quatre left his spot and headed over to the coffee machine, hoping that this decision wasn't a mistake.
Once Quatre was done pouring the cup of coffee, he turned to look back at the spot he left to find Duo gone. Quatre mentally sighed, he knew leaving Duo there on his own was probably a bad idea, but he did know exactly where he went. Quatre looked over at Michelle, and low and behold, there he was, waiting for her to turn away from what she was doing.
"Duo." Quatre said, gaining Duo's attention. Duo had this look on his face, like he was trying to pull off being innocent of what he was about to do. "Do you want this coffee or not?" Quatre asked, holding up the cup of coffee for emphasis. Duo looked from the cup to what Michelle was cooking, then back to the cup Quatre was holding. He knew he was caught, the charade was up.
"Alright, alright." Duo said, holding his hands up, "I'm going, I'm going." Then he headed back over to the table, Quatre right behind him. Once Duo sat down at the table, Quatre then sat the cup of coffee down in front of Duo.
As Duo took a sip then sighed, Quatre went back over to Michelle to see if he could help out, now that Duo was distracted by his coffee. After Duo sighed, he looked up from his cup of coffee and noticed the way Amara was looking at him.
"Ya know, that glare ain't going to work on me." Duo pointed out, getting a small triumphant smile on his face. But that comment only made a somewhat evil/devilish smirk appear on Amara's face, which made Duo's smile disappear.
It was at that time that Quatre came near Michelle, making her look up, but her attention didn't stay on Quatre, Michelle could clearly see the smirk on Amara's face.
"Now, play nice, Amara." Michelle said, putting a small hint of warning in her voice, hoping only Amara would pick up on.
"I haven't done anything." Amara stated, sounding like she was innocent, while leaning back in her chair.
"Yet…you haven't done anything, yet." Michelle corrected, as she went back to what she was currently doing.
Quatre on the other hand, kept on watching, that smirk never leaving Amara's face, even if it had toned down a small bit, but it was still there. It was as if she wasn't going to do something at that precise second anyway, since Michelle basically said "no", but now, it was as if she was now biding her time, as if she were planning something. Quatre had this feeling that this probably wasn't going to turn out to well.
Pushing that thought aside, he turned his attention back to Michelle. "Do you need any help?" Quatre asked, trying to remain as polite as possible.
"Sure." Michelle answered, not even looking up from what she was doing. "If you could get everything that I've cooked so far, ready to put on the table.
"Of course." Quatre agreed.
Silence reigned for awhile, as Michelle and Quatre were busy with what they were doing, Duo wondering if he should watch his step for awhile, and Amara silently contemplated something, and it didn't have anything to do with Duo.
After a moment or two, Amara voiced her ponderings. "Serena should be down soon." Amara stated, looking over at the door, then looking over at Michelle, as Amara continued, this time speaking to her, "Sound about right to you?"
"I would hope so, I'm almost done." Michelle commented, this being her only reply to the question.
"What makes you say that?" Duo asked. Silently, Quatre was wondering the same thing Duo was.
"Last I saw, her door was open." Amara stated, as if the answer should be obvious.
"It is." Quatre was the one to reply.
"Then I would think the smell of food should be reaching her room by now." Amara explained.
At that explanation, Quatre and Duo just looked at each other and shrugged. Duo hadn't known Serena for that long, so he wouldn't know if what Amara was saying was true or not. And Quatre may be Serena's twin brother, but the two of them had been separated for so long, that he wasn't so sure that he knew her that well anymore.
And it wouldn't be until everything was set at the table, did Serena make her way down, following the smell of food, still half asleep. And when Serena did show her face, it was Amara who was the first one to say anything about it.
"Well, look who finally decided to get up." Amara said, teasing Serena.
Amara and Duo were still sitting at the table when Serena showed up and Michelle and Quatre had just finished setting everything out on the table. And seeing as Serena wasn't fully awake yet, Michelle moved to go and help Serena find a seat. Michelle only got about half way before another voice spoke out, stopping Michelle in her tracks.
"Who was the one that cooked?" A male voice said from behind Serena, spooking her half to death, as she jumped a mile high in shock. Needless to say, Serena was awake now.
Everyone looked up and toward the sound of the voice, at least two of the four at the table recognized who it was that had asked the question.
"Trowa!" Quatre said, happy to see him here.
Trowa nodded to Quatre in return, acknowledging that he had heard him. Then he looked back down at Serena, "Sorry if I scared you."
"Just don't do it again!" Serena said, slapping Trowa on the arm, but not too hard as to hurt him. He was one of her brother's friends; she didn't want to hurt him.
"So, who cooked?" Trowa asked again when Quatre joined the two of them in the doorway. "It wasn't Duo, was it?"
"Hey!" Duo yelled from his place at the table.
"It was me." Everyone turned to look at Michelle as she spoke. "I was the one that cooked breakfast."
Trowa turned back to Quatre after his question was answered; now noticing the two others sitting at the table with Duo. Quatre knew what Trowa was silently asking.
"They are Amara and Michelle. Michelle was the one that made breakfast. They are Serena's friends." Quatre introduced, answering Trowa's unspoken question.
Trowa looked to the two new faces at the table and nodded his head in greeting. But Trowa's gaze paused on Amara. The look she was giving him, he didn't know why she was giving him this look. It was a look that made him think he would have to watch out when he was around her.
Quatre and Michelle seemed to notice Trowa looking over at Amara. Michelle proceeded in elbowing Amara, getting her attention and telling her to behave.
"She's rather protective." Quatre mentioned to Trowa in explanation. Trowa just nodded his head in understanding.
Quatre's comment made Serena look up and over at Amara. All Serena did was sigh at what she saw, and headed over to the table and sat down. She really didn't want to deal with this, this early in the morning.
Breakfast continued on without any other problems or interruptions. Other than the fact that Amara kept sneaking glances at Trowa. Amara had this sinking suspicion that all of Serena's brother's friends were the Gundam Pilots, or at least, associated with them. The part Amara didn't like, well one of the parts anyway, was that Serena didn't know anything about it. Which, is the other part, is that it could, most likely, be dangerous to Serena. And since Amara felt as if Serena wasn't safe around these people, which meant she was going to watch these boys like a hawk.
After breakfast, Trowa and Quatre disappeared outside, while Duo was to keep Serena entertained. Though, Duo's job, at the moment, was rather hard, given that Amara didn't want the boy anywhere near Serena. Michelle had to tell Amara numerous times to behave. But, Duo on the other hand, with every time Amara tried to keep him away, Duo took it as a challenge, to find another way to sneak up and around the woman, as well as ways to get back at her.
When Quatre and Trowa came back into the house, Quatre wasn't sure if he should've been surprised to what he found or not. Trowa just brushed it off as being typical Duo. But what the two of them found when they came back into the house, was probably Duo's doing and handiwork. But it would seem that Amara was a victim of one of Duo's pranks, and if Serena's laughter was anything to go by, then Duo may have convinced her to join in. Though, on second glance, it may have been more of a team effort. After all, when it came to one of Duo's pranks, it didn't end with the way this one did. And all Quatre and Trowa could see was just pillows scattered about, and Quatre knew from looking at them that they were pillows from the couch.
"Duo, is this your doing?" Quatre asked, putting suspicion into his voice, though he already knew the answer. He just wanted to give Duo a chance to come clean about it all.
"Hey, don't put all the blame on me." Duo said in his defense, putting his hands up, trying to ward off whatever Quatre might say or do. "It was your sister's idea to use the pillows."
Quatre gave Duo a look before sighing, knowing it was useless to try and get Duo not to. So, Quatre turned to Serena instead. "Did you have to encourage him?" Quatre asked.
It took a moment for Serena to stop laughing enough to talk. Serena then looked to Quatre, who was giving her a look that said, "You didn't, did you?" Then Serena looked at Amara, who was looking at Michelle now, who was trying to hide her amusement. Then Serena looked back at Quatre, trying to look as innocent as possible as she replied, "Amara needed to lighten up." Was all the explanation she gave. All Quatre could do was sigh at the answer he got.
"'Lighten up', Kitten?" Amara repeated, wondering why Serena would think something like that.
"You know you need to." Was Serena's explanation and answer.
"Do not." Amara denied and disagreed.
"What is it that Michelle has been telling you?" Serena asked.
Amara just looked off to the side, obviously, refusing to answer that question.
"It was to behave." Michelle provided, answering Serena's question for Amara since she wasn't going to.
"See?" Serena said, in a somewhat triumphant voice, as she turned back to Quatre as she said it.
"Behaving and having to lighten up are two separate and different things, Kitten." Amara tried to argue.
All Quatre could do was sigh as the argument continued, though Duo seemed to be enjoying it as if it were some sort of entertainment. Quatre supposed that there was no stopping his sister in helping Duo in his pranks, especially if his sister thinks they deserve it, it would seem. But he figured that if his twin sister was going to help out with the pranks, then at least they would be somewhat dulled down. If the idea of the use of pillows being Serena's idea, was any hint. "What am I going to do with the both of you?" Quatre said with a sigh and a shake of his head. Though it was a question he really wasn't expecting an answer to, though, with Duo, rhetorical things tended to have an answer or comment attached to them. And this time was no different.
"Aw, come on, Q-man." Duo said, as he came over to Quatre and slung an arm around Quatre's shoulders. "You know there is nothing you can do."
At Duo's use of the nickname, made Amara and Michelle share a look with each other. The two of them were wondering what kind of name was that, though everyone else didn't notice the exchange.
"Maybe for you." Quatre pointed out, looking at Duo. "But, do you really have to influence my sister?" Quatre asked, trying to use a voice that was disapproving. But, this time, Duo didn't get his chance to answer Quatre, for, it was Amara who decided to speak.
"What kind of a name is 'Q-man'?" Amara asked, still caught up in the weird name Duo called Quatre.
"Duo has a habit of calling everyone by a nickname." It was Trowa who answered the question.
"But why such a weird one?" Amara asked, not satisfied with the answer she got.
"It's just my thing." Duo simply answered, as if it were the most obvious thing, but there was also a smile on his face as he answered, that seemed to be part smirk and part grin. Amara on the other hand, frowned at the answer that she got.
But before Amara could say or do anything else, Michelle put her hand on Amara's arm, succeeding in getting Amara's attention.
"Just let it go." Michelle gently said, but with a hint of warning.
"See, I told you, you needed to lighten up." Serena said, with a smile on her face, feeling victorious that her point had been made and proven.
"Kitten!" Amara said, almost in frustration, and trying not to sigh. Amara also gave Serena a look that said she had just been betrayed. But it was all playful, and Serena knew that, hence why she didn't feel bad by it.
"What?" Serena and Duo said at the same time, using the same tone of voice, feigning innocence.
At that reaction, Michelle giggled, Amara grumbled, and Quatre sighed. And Trowa…Trowa just watched.
The day continued on without something as eventful as that. That is, until Serena got something into her head, that she wasn't going to give up on anytime soon. It was an idea she had awhile ago, and now that everyone from that idea was now there, she was now going to put the idea into action.
It was at some point in the afternoon that Serena came into the living room, looking for everyone. That is, she burst into the room, just after Amara was, once again, trying to get Quatre to tell Serena about his connection to the Gundams and the part he had to play in it all.
Unfortunately for Serena, which Quatre was thankful for, hadn't heard what Amara was talking about to Quatre when she came into the room. Though, when Serena did come into the room, she seemed rather excited about something. Just after Serena came into the room, Trowa, Duo, and Michelle came trailing in behind her. Quatre looked over at the three trailing behind his sister. There were a couple of things that Quatre noticed looking at them. First was that Michelle was looking directly at Amara, seeming to be having a silent conversation. While Duo seemed to have a curious expression on his face. Quatre got the impression that he didn't know what was going on nor what Serena was up to. So, logically, he figured that all three didn't know what his sister was up to.
But Serena didn't give him much more time to ponder what she was up to, for Serena walked past Amara, leaving the group of three behind her a moment, as she headed over to Quatre. As she came up to Quatre, Serena grabbed his hand and started to drag him back the way she came. And as she passed Amara, Serena reached out and grabbed her hand too. But, instead of continuing to head back the way she came, she started to head for a different hallway. Michelle was the first of the three to follow, then Duo not soon after, his curiosity obviously getting the better of him, then Trowa followed after Duo a second after Duo started to move.
During the entire walk to where it was that Serena was taking them, she never let go of Amara's hand or Quatre's hand. But it didn't take long before they reached where they were going. To the surprise of some, their destination was the music room. And for some reason, Duo looked disappointed once they reached their destination. The other four, on the other hand, were looking at Serena for an explanation, but it was Amara that spoke.
"Kitten?" Amara questioned, the tone of her voice suggesting that she was looking for an explanation.
"Well," Serena started, then looked at Quatre, "When you and Trowa were playing before, I had a thought." As Serena said this, no one noticed that Trowa went into the room, heading for the cabinet that held some of the instruments within it. It would seem that he could tell where Serena was going with her explanation, or at least part of it.
"What were you thinking?" Michelle asked, encouraging Serena to continue.
"Well, when they were playing before, I thought that Amara should've been there to play the piano." Serena explained. And just as Serena finished her explanation, Trowa showed back up to the group, handing Quatre his violin, while, Trowa himself, was holding a flute.
"Kitten, I've only ever played with Michelle before." Amara admitted.
"If you want, the two of you can start it off and Trowa and I will join in." Quatre offered, as he took the violin that Trowa was offering him.
Michelle looked at Amara waiting for her answer. Amara was looking back at Michelle with a look that said it was a waist of her time. Then Michelle gave her a look that was telling her to behave again.
"Fine." Amara said, with a sigh of defeat, as she headed to the piano that was in the room.
"If you need anything…" Quatre trailed off, gesturing towards the cabinet with the instruments in it.
"It's alright. Serena showed us this room before. So, when we got back, I put my violin in here." Michelle explained, then went over to get her violin from where she put it.
Just as Michelle left to get her violin, Quatre turned to his sister, a little bit of surprise showing on his face. "Violin?" Quatre asked, a little surprised that his sister had found someone else who could play as well.
"Actually, when we first met, I pretended that I had no clue to what I was doing when it came to playing the violin." Serena answered, with a smile. To her it was a rather funny moment.
"I bet that was a surprise." Duo said, also with a smile on his face. Of course, he was referring to when they found out that she could play.
"No kidding." Amara agreed from her place over by the piano.
"It was a bit of a surprise when we found out that Serena could play, and play rather well." Michelle agreed with Amara, as she came to stand next to the piano that Amara was sitting at. Michelle looked over at Serena for a moment and noticed that she had a bit of a light blush; it was obvious that she had heard her compliment.
"Well, what are you guys waiting for?" Duo said, trying to get the ball rolling.
And as they said earlier, Amara and Michelle playing first, Amara joined in not to long after Michelle started to play her violin. Quatre and Trowa watched for a bit, paying attention to what they were playing and how they were playing before they too joined in, with Quatre going first, deciding to try and match what Michelle was playing, and Trowa joined in not to long after Quatre did.
Serena and Duo watched as they played. Duo was amazed at how good they were and the fact that this was the first time that he had ever seen his two friends play before. Of course he could see Quatre being able to play, since this was his place, it only made sense. But, Trowa, he had no idea that he could. For a moment it made him wonder if Heero and Wufei could play too. A couple of seconds after that thought went through his head, he had had second thoughts on the idea and wouldn't be surprised if they couldn't.
Serena, on the other hand, was happy that all of them were finally playing together. She was also happy that she was right, and they did sound nice together. Then she had a thought, who knows if she would be able to get them all to play together again.
All four played for a couple of minutes before they stopped. They only got to play one song. It would seem that Amara was the one to decide that. After all, after they stopped playing, Amara got up from the piano and left it, heading over towards the door, where Serena and Duo were standing. And that pretty much defined the end of that session.
After that, nothing else really happened for the rest of the day. That is, until sometime after dinner when Trowa said he had to leave. Trowa explained it to Serena as that he was only given a short time off and that he decided to come and visit, but now his short visit was up and now it was time for him to go. And Serena accepted that, with only one question, and then she would let him leave. And that question was, where was it that he worked at, since he had said he got time off. The simple answer, of course, was that he works at a traveling circus, and he answered her question as such. His answer seemed to surprise her a bit, looking to her brother; she noticed that he agreed, that what Trowa said was true. Her surprise turned to a bit of amazement. She had only been to one circus before, though, given, that she, at the time, didn't know that they were an enemy known as the Dead Moon Circus, but she figured that she shouldn't let that experience rule her judgment.
But Amara, on the other hand, narrowed her eyes at Trowa's answer. She remembered the other Scouts stories about the Dead Moon Circus. She didn't say or do anything, at the moment, but she did put it on her list of reasons she had to keep her eye on these people, as well as another reason she would have to keep their princess away from them. She didn't have time to ponder this for long, for Michelle had just elbowed her, once again reminding her to behave.
Michelle thought of the Dead Moon Circus at the same time that Amara did. But her thought process went in a different direction than Amara's did. After all, these were the friends of their princess' brother and were to be given the benefit of the doubt. And besides the fact that these pilots were considered heroes for ending the war and had a major hand in bringing about the peace they were currently enjoying. Hence why she was telling Amara to behave.
The exchange between Amara and Michelle was ignored by the others, Serena being use to it, and Trowa, Quatre, and Duo figuring it was normal.
After goodbyes were said, Trowa, Quatre, and Duo went outside to see Trowa off, while Amara, Michelle, and Serena stayed inside. The three of them stared at the door that the others went through for a moment. After a couple of seconds, Amara's and Michelle's gazes shifted to Serena, who was still staring at the door.
"Kitten…" Amara started to say.
"No." Serena stated, cutting Amara off.
"What?" Amara asked, wondering what the 'no' was in answer to.
"Whatever it was you were going to say, the answer is no." Serena explained.
"How do you know what it was that I was going to say?" Amara asked.
"Stop being protective." Serena stated, it almost sounded like an order.
"Protective?" Amara questioned, trying to feign innocence. That made Serena turn around to look at Amara, and she didn't look happy.
"You're being protective, Amara." Serena simply stated, as if it were a well known fact, which it probably was. "And when you're being protective, it usually means that you're trying to keep me from something or trying to keep something from me. So, stop being protective!"
"What makes you think I'm…?" Amara started to ask, trying to still sound like she was innocent.
"I may not know the reason why." Serena started to say, cutting Amara off, again. "But, you can't keep me from my brother and his friends, or the other way around. It's just something you're going to have to get use to!" As Serena finished what she was saying, she left Amara and Michelle behind and headed upstairs.
It wasn't to long after that that Quatre and Duo came back inside, a little surprised to only see Amara and Michelle standing there, with Michelle still looking over at the stairs.
"Where is she?" Quatre asked.
"She went upstairs." Amara simply answered, trying to make it sound like nothing happened. But failed miserably, since she left the room right after she said it.
Duo watched Amara leave, but Quatre looked to Michelle for an answer as to what happened.
Michelle seemed to notice Quatre's unspoken question as she answered, "The two of them had an argument."
Quatre sighed at the answer he got and headed upstairs to find his sister. An awkward silence fell upon the two left downstairs.
Upstairs, it took awhile for Quatre to find Serena. The first place he checked was her room, but she wasn't there. He would've checked the music room, but that was back downstairs. He even went and checked the room he used as his office. After a little while of searching he found her in his own room. She was just sitting there, on his bed, staring at the floor, as if she were waiting for him. As Quatre walked over to her, she didn't even look up or even show that she heard or knew he was in the room.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Quatre asked, as he sat down next to her.
"Amara is worse than Rashid." Serena simply said, with a sigh, as if that explained everything.
"Worse how?" Quatre asked, wondering how this comparison came about.
"Amara is being overprotective again." Serena explained, still looking down at the floor.
"I see." Quatre said, with a bit of understanding in his voice. It made sense to him, especially now that the two of them knew that they were the Gundam Pilots. It made sense that the two of them would be looking out for his sister even more now, with that knowledge. "You know that she is just looking out for you."
"I know." Serena admitted.
"So, how is she being worse than Rashid?" Quatre asked, curious as to how that could be. Serena didn't answer right off; she wasn't too sure how to answer that. She didn't want her brother and his friends to get upset by it or take it the wrong way. "Serena?" Quatre prompted, when it looked like his sister wasn't going to say anything, it made him worry a bit.
"Well…" Serena started to answer, still not too sure how she should word this. In the end, she just came out and said it, "Amara has it in her head that she should keep me away from you and your friends." Serena paused for a moment, trying to reign in her tears and trying not to cry. "I told her that she can't keep me from you or your friends. After all, you're family and your friends are your friends, and she can't help who your friends with."
Quatre sighed at the answer he got. He did have to agree with her, at least Rashid and the other Maganac's knew when he had to do things on his own, well, after it took awhile of convincing them first. "So, she's a bit overprotective…" Quatre started to say, but was cut off.
"If Amara had her way, she'd probably lock me up in some room and never let me out or anyone else in." Serena said, in a way, that what she just said explained everything.
"She wouldn't do that." Quatre said, thinking that she was exaggerating.
"She would." Serena said, looking over at her brother with a serious look.
"Then what's stopping her from doing so?" Quatre asked.
"Well…" Serena started to answer, taking on a thoughtful look. "…for one, I wouldn't let her. And, I don't think Michelle would let her either." Serena stopped for a moment, looking as if a thought just came to her. "Yeah, it's probably Michelle that's stopping her. It's usually her that keeps Amara in line."
Quatre smiled at that answer, getting the idea that there was probably more to it than that, but it was nice to see that his sister had good friends that were looking out for her. "There are probably others that wouldn't let her, but if you think Michelle is the main reason…" Quatre trailed off, thinking that Serena got the point.
"Yeah, wouldn't surprise me if she was." Serena agreed, looking better than she was when Quatre found her. Quatre noticed this and nodded to himself, it was time to go and find Amara. First Quatre let a few more moments pass, to make sure that his sister was indeed done talking before he spoke up.
"I probably should go and find Amara now." Quatre said, gaining Serena's attention, but she didn't say anything to it, so he continued, "You don't mind if I have Duo come up here and keep you company, do you?" With that question, he finally got a reaction out of her.
"That's fine." Serena answered, looking back at the floor.
Quatre sighed at that answer, and gave her a hug before he got up to leave. "Don't worry, everything will be fine." Quatre said, from the doorway, trying to reassure her. He sighed again when he didn't get a reaction out of her again. And with one last look, he left, heading back downstairs.
Once Quatre came back downstairs, he looked at those still standing there. Duo was now leaning against the back of the couch, seeming to be waiting for him. Michelle didn't even move from where she was when he left.
Quatre turned his attention back do Duo, "Duo…" Duo stood up from leaning against the couch, noticing that Quatre wanted him to do something. "She's in my room; could you go and keep her company?"
"Sure." Duo agreed, nodding.
"I'll go with you." Michelle offered, wanting to go to her princess as well.
"No." Quatre said, with finality, making it clear that this was not up for argument. "You will stay here." Then Quatre left in the direction that Amara went in, before Quatre went after his sister.
"And this is why I avoid getting on Quatre's bad side…" Duo commented, after Quatre left, scratching the back of his head.
"Bad side?" Michelle questioned.
"Yeah." Duo answered, heading over to the stairs. Then he stopped at the foot of the stairs, turning to look back at Michelle. "A word of advice." Michelle nodded, showing that he had her attention. "Try not to piss Quatre off."
"Why?" Michelle asked, it couldn't be that bad to warrant such seriousness from him.
"A pissed off Quatre is a dangerous Quatre." Duo stated, as if that explained everything. "When he gets like that, he can be worse than any of us." And with that, he went upstairs, without another word.
It didn't take long for Quatre to find Amara. He found her in the room his sister usually went to. The music room. She was just standing there in the middle of the room, staring at the piano, that she just played not too long ago. Quatre waited a little while to see if she would notice he was there, and when it seemed that she didn't, he decided to make her notice.
"So…I hear that you and my sister got into an argument." Quatre said, sounding as if he wasn't upset.
"It was nothing." Amara answered, still looking at the piano, and making it sound like the argument was, indeed, nothing of importance.
"It didn't sound like nothing to me." Quatre said, still sounding like he wasn't upset.
"What?" Amara questioned, turning around to face Quatre, determined to convince him that it was nothing. That was, until she saw the angry look he was giving her.
"And I hope you know that she was right." Quatre said, now sounding like he was upset, now that he had her attention, he saw no need to hide it. "She told me that you can be a bit overprotective, and I can understand that. But you can't keep her away from family or from me." This made Amara look off to the side so she didn't have to look at him. "If she chooses to be here with me, then that is her choice, not yours. And as Serena said, my friends are my friends and you can't help who my friends are." That statement made Amara look back at Quatre. Quatre noticed that she was doing pretty good at hiding her surprise. "And I thought you would realize that my friends would never harm Serena, that I would never even think about harming my own sister, or even letting someone else harm her."
"And what about the reason that she's here in the first place?" Amara asked, trying to make it look like Quatre wasn't doing anything to keep Serena safe.
"I am still trying to find that out." Quatre admitted. "She hasn't told me why she's here yet. And I'm not going to push her to tell me either."
"Well, maybe you would know by now if you were around more often." Amara pointed out, thinking she had the upper hand.
"And you rather I tell her why I haven't been around much?" Quatre asked, noticing awhile back that this was turning into a verbal battle.
Amara seemed to lose a bit of her fire at this. "I'd rather she not be around any of you." Amara admitted.
"But you can't control that. She is, after all, my family." Quatre reminded her.
"Yes, you pointed that out already." Amara said, slightly annoyed.
"Just making sure it sank in." Quatre said, not too sure if it really did sink in, especially with the look on her face, but it was obvious that she did acknowledge it as fact.
"But, if you'd prefer that I tell her, I will." This time Amara couldn't keep the surprise from showing. "I'll tell her, that is, after I finish what I'm doing."
"What is it that you are doing?" Amara asked, trying to find out if it was something that could put her princess in danger.
"That is confidential." Quatre said, not budging on giving out that information.
"I know it has to do with those Gundams. What else could it possibly be about?" Amara pointed out, hoping to get him to say something. When he didn't say anything, she continued, "You almost have all of them gathered here." This caused Quatre to raise an eyebrow. "Of course I'm guessing at this, but I don't see who else he could be, but I take it that guy that just left is another Gundam Pilot and he just left his Gundam with the others." Quatre's eyebrow was still raised, as he tilted his head to the side, seeming to be questioning her reasoning. "Why else would the both of you go and see him off. Who else could he be, other than another Gundam Pilot?"
"He could be a friend." Quatre said casually, as if that was a different answer than Amara thought. But to Amara, that practically confirmed what she thought.
Silence now seemed to descend after that, both of them waiting for the other to say something. Amara was the first one to say something.
"Fine…tell her." Amara said, agreeing to Quatre telling Serena that he was a Gundam Pilot. "Then maybe she will finally see why she should keep her distance from all of you."
Quatre nodded to that before heading to the door. Just as he was about to leave, he stopped at the door. "And what if she still doesn't see things your way after she knows?" Quatre asked, as he left, leaving Amara alone in the music room.
I don't think that was too bad…15 pages. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.