Dearka & Miriallia
Book II
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Chapter 6
Breakthrough
On the Rousseau…
Ian was in his room getting ready for his first day back on active duty when he heard the buzzer on his room ring. He quickly threw on his pants before answering the call.
"Enter," he said shortly as he grabbed for his t-shirt to throw on under his uniform jacket.
As quick as a bunny, Cadey hopped into the room avoiding the gossipers that sounded like chirping birds in the hall still wondering what she was doing here and not over on the Voltaire with her fiancée.
"Oh it's you again," he said teasing her slightly.
"Ha, ha, very funny. You never told me your final decision last night. Are you going to go through with my plan or not? I need to know before I head out today," she stated.
"You're leaving today? I thought you were going to stick around for a little while," Ian said confused.
"I told you I was leaving which would make the plan that much more executable. Besides, if you choose not to help out, I have to think up a new plan and that will take some time," she said.
Ian rolled his eyes at the fact that even if he didn't offer a hand she would still try to figure out a way to destroy Miriallia and Dearka's relationship.
"She just doesn't give up. Guess that's good for me though. Even if her plan doesn't work this time, sooner or later she'll drive Miriallia crazy and straight into my arms just for sanity's sake," Ian thought grinning at his friend standing before him.
"Yeah, but I didn't think you'd want to leave Dearka so soon. And what about hanging out with your best friend here? Or was I replaced somewhere along this crazy road with someone else?" he joked.
"Well, Dearka doesn't want to see me at all so why continue to provoke his anger. I know better than that. When he calms down he'll be more approachable," she said with a smile.
Ian walked over and slid the glass doors to his closet open, the wheels to the door squeaking along the track.
"Oh thanks mention Dearka but don't mention me," he said grabbing his belt from the closet.
"Please, you already know you weren't replaced. Who else would still care so much for me even after all the crazy things I've done in my life," she stated walking over to him and leaning in to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"True," he replied laughing at her a bit.
"You'd think with all the fancy technology on the ship that the closets would be automatic too," Cadey said pointing out the obvious difference in the room features on the ship.
"Yeah, you'd think," Ian answered starting to thread the belt.
"So?" she asked.
"So what?" he asked as he finished fastening it securely.
"Are you going to help me or not? I thought you wanted that girl of his," Cadey prodded.
"Oh yeah, that. I guess it sounds possible to pull off. But I don't know if it is such a good idea. Don't you think sooner or later he will figure out what happened and you two still won't be together?" Ian asked considering the possibility.
"Just let me deal with that. Besides, you'll still get that girl you want and he'll be so devastated to lose out to you that it won't matter what I did. He'll have no one else to turn to," she said smiling at her brilliance.
"Honestly, you are extremely delusional at times," Ian said.
"What do you mean? I'm not delusional," Cadey replied with a huff and folding her arms in front of her.
"The emphasis was on at times Cadey. He has plenty of girls chasing after him on these two ships alone. Why do you think he will take you back when he can just move on with one of them? That is if he will move on," Ian asked curiously.
"Simple, they don't have the ultimatum from his family attached to them. If losing this so-called love of his life crushes him; he'll need to get in the good graces of his family again. You know all that money in his trust fund is only his once we get married. So if he can't be with her, he'll need a way to survive," Cadey reasoned.
"He has a job you know. Remember, he's a pilot in the military or have you forgotten you are on a war ship?" Ian teased.
"Really, you are becoming more and more like him everyday. I don't know why I ever introduced the two of you when we were all younger. At least if that's a quality that girl likes in him, she'll find it in you as well," Cadey said about his mocking tone.
"But you haven't answered me yet. You realize he doesn't need his parents money don't you?" Ian asked again more directly.
Cadey closed her eyes and tilted her head to her left side giving a small shrug as if to say it didn't faze her in the least.
"Give me a break. We ARE talking about Dearka here. Once a playboy, always a playboy, so he needs the money to get back to what he knows best," Cadey stated matter-of-factly.
"But if he really reverted to his playboy style, you wouldn't have him anyway, so what does it even matter. You'll still never have him all to yourself if he was out running around like he used to," Ian replied.
"I know, but I'd rather have some part of him for some of the time than none of him at all. I gave up on the possibility of him being with only me a long time ago. The only girl he seems to want to be monogamous with is Belle's mother. I don't know what it is about that girl that captures his attention but I don't like it," Cadey said bitterly.
She moved over to Ian's desk and began rustling through some papers he had left out on his desk before continuing what she had to say.
"I do have to give her credit though. She has accomplished what no other woman has with him," Cadey said.
"And what's that?" Ian asked.
"Gotten him to settle down with one person and quit those childish games of his," Cadey stated.
The thought of Dearka settling down with Miriallia after Ian saw all that they had been through in the past made him sick. He hadn't given up on those childish games as Cadey had said. In fact, he was still playing them even now in an attempt to take Miriallia from him.
"She was supposed to go out with me that day. I could tell she really liked me even from our brief encounter. It was obvious someone had hurt her pretty badly and then to find out it was Dearka, my best friends' fiancée. It still makes me sick how he treated Cadey that day when he found Miriallia again. She didn't deserve to be tossed aside when he realized the victim of the attack that day was the same someone he walked out on in the past," Ian thought to himself.
He looked down at Cadey who was still waiting for his response to her earlier question, his thoughts reaffirming his decision.
"I'll do it. I'll help you separate Dearka and Miriallia," Ian replied.
"Then it's settled, you work your way back into Yzak and Dearka's good graces and steer clear of that Miriallia girl for now and I'll head out and wait until it's time for me to swoop in and pick up the pieces of his shattered heart," Cadey said and gave him a hug.
Ian held Cadey in the embrace and closed his eyes tightly. He knew she was the only person who ever looked out for him. Even if this time she was doing it more for herself than for him, he knew she still cared about him.
"This had better work though, for both our sakes," Ian said.
"It will, don't you worry about that. That is as long as you follow through with the plan. Now, you need to finish getting ready for duty and I have to head for the shuttle bay. I do have a shuttle to catch after all," she said heading for the door.
"You're not even going to say goodbye to him?" Ian questioned.
"Nope. It will look better for me if you or Yzak end up mentioning it to him that I've already left. He may actually think I've finally given up," Cadey said walking outside to hear all the gossipers starting up again as soon as they saw her.
"This is actually really annoying. Really people, I'm only the daughter of a council member. I'm not Lacus Clyne for crying out loud," Cadey snipped as she tried to slip by the people.
It earned a small laugh from Ian as he saw everyone trudging down the hall to see what Cadey's next move was going to be. From the looks of it, they really wanted the inside scoop of why Cadey was over here and not with Dearka.
"They probably want to know if they broke up so they can have a shot at him too," Ian thought annoyed as he headed out on his own to the bridge of the Rousseau.
As she disappeared out of his sight, he saw a few of the gossipers turn to look at him.
"Uh oh, I better get out of here quickly," he thought as he grabbed his communicator and headed out the door.
"Hey Ian," he heard one of the girls call him.
Ian turned quickly with a meek smile as his eyes met the girl calling out to him.
"Yeah?" he asked regrettably.
"What was Cadey White doing over here and why was she in your room?" Ellie asked.
"I really need to get going Ellie. Sorry," Ian said turning to run down the hall.
Unfortunately for him, Ellie was heading in the same direction and gave chase after him. When she finally caught up to him, she grabbed his shoulder to turn him toward her.
"Ian what is wrong with you? Why wouldn't you answer my question?" Ellie asked.
"Because it's none of your business, that's why. And how in the world did you catch up to me so quickly?" Ian said now feeling annoyed that Cadey's celebrity status amongst Coordinators was dragging him into the limelight.
"You know you could be more civil to the rest of us on board and especially to me for that matter. I was the one who helped Lt. Elsman find you on the ship after all when the two of you were being all stealthy," she said with a wink and her pointer finger up in the air.
Ian shook his head with his eyes rolling up to the ceiling of the hallway at the way she had become much more friendly with him since the incident that landed both him and Dearka in hot water with Yzak.
"I thought she was Lt. Elsman's fiancée. Or am I going to have to start a rumor that the two of you are seeing each other behind his back. He would be so mad," she said jokingly.
"I doubt that," Ian said more to himself than to her.
"What was that?" Ellie asked not quite hearing him clearly.
"Nothing, never mind. Look, Cadey and I aren't seeing each other, we're just friends. We've been friends since we were kids," he answered honestly.
"Oh, darn," she said snapping her fingers in front of her.
"Oh darn what?" Ian asked curiously.
She looked at him with a mischievous smirk and then looked down at the ground for a moment.
"Forget it," she said now looking back up at him and then heading toward the bridge.
Ian shot up to attention at her sudden motion and chased after her this time.
"No wait, what?" he asked even more curious.
"Well, I was just hoping I would have some juicy gossip. But I guess it's better for me that you aren't seeing Cadey," she said with another wink and then took off in a sprint.
Ian stood there in shock at her sheer speed and blinked in confusion at her comment before hearing her call back to him once again.
"I ran track," she called from a distance knowing he wasn't chasing after her again.
"Figures," Ian said softly as he headed in the same direction for his shift.
On the Voltaire…
Dearka had been waiting for what seemed like forever for her answer and was shifting uncomfortably on the floor next to his girls. He had stayed silent after his last plea in order to avoid swaying her from not accepting.
Miriallia continued to play with her little girl who had gotten up and grabbed some toys before heading back to sit down a few minutes prior to Dearka's last attempt to convince Miriallia to marry him. This left Dearka to huffing at the vast amount of time that ticked away from them as his first official shift after probation came nearer.
"I can't help but feel as though you are telling me the truth, but I don't know why I can't remember it myself," she said softly.
"But you have to know deep in your heart that there is something there. Something between us I mean," he rephrased.
"I know but what if you aren't being completely honest with me. If you and I were together once but aren't anymore. How can I marry someone when I don't know all the circumstances behind our relationship?" she asked solemnly.
"I told you I would do anything, just name it. I'll prove to you that we belong together if I have to," Dearka said beginning to feel sick from the nerves that had taken over him.
"All right, I'll marry you on one condition," Miriallia said.
"Anything," Dearka said finally letting out the breath of air he had been holding in for so long.
"If I find out for any reason that we were never a couple or that we were no longer a couple, you'll let me go," Miriallia stated.
"What like a prenuptial?" Dearka asked raising an eyebrow at her.
It was a little shocking for him. He thought he would be the one begging for a way out of marriage easily if it didn't work out the way he expected it to.
"You said you would do anything. I don't remember much, but I am starting to remember you a little and as much as I want to believe you, I feel there is something about our relationship you aren't telling me. All I've wanted was to be a family with the father of this baby since I lost my memory, but until I have my full memory back, I have to be careful," Miriallia stated.
"Fine, a prenup it is then," Dearka replied.
"You're not even going to argue about it?" Miriallia asked shocked.
"Well, you're right. I said I would do anything if you agreed to marry me and I'm sure that will be something we never have to use," he said confidently.
"And…" she started earning his attention again.
"And? There's something else?" he asked feeling a bit uncomfortable with the way she had said it.
"Well you said…" she started again before being cut off by him.
"Yeah, yeah, I said anything. What else?" he asked his eyes closed and his hand waving it off in the air.
"We can wait until I remember just a little bit more," she stated.
"Uh, okay I guess. But what more do you want to remember if you are adding in the prenup?" Dearka asked curiously.
"I want to remember my family and I don't mean you and Annabella. I want to remember my parents and anyone else I may have forgotten," she said gently.
"Oh I see; you're going to want a real wedding too. One of those fancy things with all the frills," he said slightly teasing her.
She twisted her head quickly in his direction at his comment.
"Of course I would want a real wedding. As I said before I may not remember much about my personal life, but I do still want things to be the way I've dreamed them to be," she snipped.
"If you don't remember much about your personal life, how do you know you dreamed of a wedding like that? Or were you dreaming of one since you met me yesterday?" he continued teasing with a wink.
"You are not funny Elsman," she said hitting him on the arm playfully.
Alarms rang off in Dearka's head as he turned to look at her with another shocked look.
"What?" she asked now alarmed too by the wide-eyed look he gave.
"What did you just call me?" he asked.
"Elsman," she replied realizing where he was going with it.
"You didn't just call me by my last name, you said it playfully the way you used to. And did you notice before I never called Belle by her full name. You did that on your own," he said happy at her unknowing breakthrough.
"But you told me your name yesterday. Your whole name," she replied not accepting it as the breakthrough he made it out to be.
"Yeah, but you didn't call me by my last name at all. You didn't even repeat it after I said it. You only called me Dearka. This is the first time that you didn't retort at my teasing of you but instead played on it. If nothing else, you should be excited that you remembered Belle's full name since I never mentioned it to you," he said still feeling the elation from her words.
"So, I guess we're getting married," Miriallia said agreeing with his assessment of the words that had mysteriously slipped from her lips.
Dearka leaned over feeling more confident about everything in his life than he had been in a long time and kissed her fully on the lips. She fell into his passionate kiss as Belle began to pull on them to get their attention back to her and forcing them to part.
"As much as I would love to continue this, and believe me I would, I have to go on my shift now. Will you be okay if I leave you here with Belle? Or should I bring her down to one of my friends on the ship?" Dearka asked.
Miriallia paused and looked down at Belle who had made her way into her arms again.
"I think Annabella and I will be okay," Miriallia said with a wink and earning a gleeful 'Yay' from Belle.