Chapter 3
"You read about that case, right Phoenix?" Mia asked.
"Ah, y..yeah…" He replied.
"I don't know about that case…" Maya thought out loud.
"Well I guess I'll just have to relive that horrible case then…"
"I… I'm sorry sis…" Maya apologized.
"No, it's fine." She sighed.
"Terry Fawles was convicted for the murder of Valerie Hawthorne." Diego explained.
"H...HAWTHORNE?! You mean, like, Dahlia Hawthorne?!" Maya's jaw dropped.
"Yes, it was Dahlia's foster sister." Phoenix recalled the details.
"Will Ms. Melissa Foster please take the stand?" A young Edgeworth requested.
'Wow, she's a little Miss Perfect!' Mia thought.
"Oh dear, you witnessed the horrible murder? You poor thing." The judge was under her spell already.
"Yes, I saw it…" She sighed.
"But what were you doing there by Dusky Bridge Miss Foster?" The judge wondered.
"That will be what she will testify about. Her reason for being there and what she witnessed." Edgeworth said, confident as ever.
"Well, I was there to take pictures…" She started.
"Hold it!" Mia yelled.
"Y..yes?"
"Why were you taking pictures there?" She asked.
"Well, it was for my project at school." She explained.
'That doesn't sound all that right…" She thought to herself.
"Remember kitten, go for the easier contradictions first. You have no way to prove the bigger ones without first breaking the small ones." Diego advised her.
"Mm." She nodded in response.
(Later on in the trial… A/N Lol I forgot this part, so let's skip to the more interesting part… ;) )
"Dahlia… Not dead?" Terry asked in shock.
"Of course I'm not dead you pitiful sap." She flipped her hair.
"But… That time on bridge… My Teen Angel…" He thought back.
"How many times must I repeat it you oaf, I'm NOT Dead!" She rolled her eyes.
'Well, so much for little Miss Perfect…' Mia thought to herself.
"Our promise… My Teen Angel…" Terry thought as Dahlia left.
He coughed out blood and died right there inside the courtroom.
The trial never really ended at all.
"Diego… I… I…" Mia tried saying through her tears.
"Kitten…" He said.
"The only time a lawyer can cry…" He said, gripping his coffee mug.
He gripped it tighter and tighter, until it broke, causing his hand to bleed.
"…is when it's all over." He said, blood dripping down his hand onto the table.
"Diego…" She tried to stop her tears.
"We took a picture because, even though it was a traumatizing case, it was still my first case, and I wanted to remember it." Mia sighed.
~*~*~
"That must have been so scary…" Maya said.
"Well, yeah I guess it was." Mia sighed.
"Ah, let's stop thinking of the bad times! Let's move on to the next picture." She shook her head and flipped the page.
"Oh, hey I remember this!" Diego grinned.
It was a picture of Diego and Mia on a hill having a picnic under a sakura tree.
"That was on another one of our dates!" Mia smiled.
"We didn't have any cases, and Mr. Grossberg said we wouldn't get any in awhile, so we went everywhere!" Diego laughed a little.
"Wow! Look at the sakura tree! We came here at the perfect time!" Mia said as the petals fell from the frequent gusts of wind.
She wasn't wearing her usual outfit, but instead she wore a pink T-shirt with a white vest on top, jeans and sneakers.
Diego was wearing a blue and white striped T-shirt, navy blue jeans and sneakers.
"Y'know, they say if you get caught in a shower of sakura petals, your love life will be blessed." Diego winked at her.
They set out their picnic blanket right under the sakura tree and ate.
When they were done, they decided to just relax.
"Hey kitten…" Diego said as he lay down on her lap.
"Yeah?" She asked, trying to hide the fact that she was blushing from Diego's sudden action.
"…Do you love me?" He grinned at her.
"W..what?!" She asked, shocked.
"Do you love me?" He repeated with a wide grin on his face.
"W…Why are you asking that?!" She was turning redder by the second.
"What, is that a no?" He gave her a puppy dog look.
"Wh..what?! I didn't say that!!!" She shook her head violently.
"Then answer me. Do you love me or not?" He said as he used one hand to raise himself up, closer to Mia.
She took a deep breath and put on the sincerest smile she had.
"Yes Diego. I do love you. And I will love you 'til the end of time." She said to him.
He closed his eyes half way and lifted himself closer to her face. She used one hand to pull him closer to her and the other to hold his rugged face. They both tilted their heads and closed the distance.
As their lips met, a strong gust of wind blew and the petals on the tree fluttered down and showered them in a pink petal dance.
Their lips broke apart and they looked up to admire the pink shower.
"Make a wish kitten…" Diego smiled.
'I wish that Diego and I will be together… forever.' She thought as the petals fell to the floor.
'I wish that this love will never end…' Diego closed his eyes.
And with that, the petal shower ended.
They looked into each other's eyes and their lips met once more.
~*~*~
"How romantic!!!" Maya exclaimed.
"Now that sounds sweet…" Phoenix said.
"Hey you should try going to that hill too. I can tell you where it is. Who knows, maybe you guys will be caught in your own petal dance." Mia teased.
Maya and Phoenix looked at each other for a split second, blushed furiously and looked away.
"They're obviously crushing on each other." Diego laughed.
"No we're not!" They both screamed.
"Aw, now they're saying the same thing at the same time!" Mia pushed them more.
"Quit it!" They screamed again.
"Just admit it already, it's so obvious anyway." Diego laughed some more.
"It's not obvious!" Phoenix said.
"Yeah, exactly!" Maya added.
"So you're admitting that you DO have a crush on each other." Mia grinned.
"Ah!" They both realized what just happened.
"Aren't they just adorable Diego?" Mia laughed.
"Yeah, thanks for a good laugh." Diego smirked.
Both Phoenix and Maya were now redder than ripe tomatoes and they couldn't look each other straight in the eye without blushing more.
~To be continued~
A/N Now isn't that a cute way to end the chapter? ;) Please R&R!!! :D