Chapter 6

The following morning…Havoc's POV

The next morning, Riza and I walked to Roy's, me to visit my sister, and Riza to give our superior officer more of his paperwork.

"I hope Ava got him to finish his paperwork. He's really missing a lot staying home like he is. Can't he come in once in a while?"

"I don't know, Riza. Maybe. What are you going to do if he didn't finish it?"

"Maybe I'll stay there for a little a while and do my 'babysitting' routine."

"You heard us joke about that in the office?" I asked, chuckling to myself.

"Yes."

"I see."

"Hey Havoc!" a far off voice called from behind me. I looked back and saw a tan, tall, lean, red head run towards me. Lilly.

"Go on ahead Riza, I'll catch up."

Riza looked at me then Lilly."What does she want now?" The First Lieutenant asked, annoyed.

"Just go on. I'll handle this."

Riza nodded and walked off.

"Good morning, Jean," Lilly said in a sweet voice, walking up to me and swaying her hips.

"Morning," I answered, watching the smoke from my cigarette swirl in the air.

"How are you?"

"Great. Listen, let's cut the crap. What do you want?" I asked, pulling the cigarette out of my mouth with a sigh and crushing it under my boot.

"Nothing. Why does everyone think I'm out to get something?" she wailed, tears forming at the corner of her eyes.

"Stop the act. I saw you do the same thing to Roy and he wants nothing to deal with you."

"Fine," She huffed, stomping her foot. Then, her face lit up as if she had just thought of a wonderful idea. "I want to get back together with you." She reached for my hand, but I shook her off, instead reaching for another smoke.

"No."

"Excuse me? Nobody says no to me!"

"Roy did yesterday, and I'm going to say it right now."

"I knew it might come to this." She said, reaching into her pocket and taking out pictures, showing them to me. "Roy and Ava make such a cute couple. I found their house and took some romantic pictures of them. I think the military would frown on this, wouldn't they, Jean?"

I looked at the photos. One was of Roy hugging behind Ava while the next one was of them sharing a plate of spaghetti. The last showed Roy touching Ava's belly and I knew we were beat. I looked up at Lilly.

"Either I give these to the military, or you date me again and help me break up those two up so I can be with Roy, again."

"Roy wouldn't ever date someone like you, again. He's not much into used girls."

"Aw, Havoc. You shouldn't call a delicate flower like me used. Especially if she's your new girlfriend."

"You're starting to piss me off. Give me those!" I yelled, grabbing the photos and tearing them to shreds.

"Nice try, sweetie, but I have a few more copies of th em at my house ready to show the military if you refuse."

I looked at her, angrily. "Fine."

"Aw, you're so sweet." She said as she pulled me into a hug.

Riza's POV

I waited at Roy's door wondering if I should go in without Havoc or not. I looked out to the street, again and saw a shadow figure in the distance. As it drew nearer, I realized it was Havoc, hands stuffed in his pockets and head turned down. His cigarette was in his hand, hanging uselessly as he shuffled along.

As he ran a hand through his messy, brown and blond hair, it finally hit me as to why Jean had never kept a girl before; They were all too good for him. I smiled, softly, when he came and stood next to me. He was handsome, it was obvious now. I had never noticed it before because I was too busy trying to keep Roy out of trouble, but it seemed that job had been taken over.

I frowned again as I noticed Jean's dejected look.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, let's just see how Roy and Ava are doing," He responded, finally dropping the unlit cigarette and grinding it under his shoe.

"Alright."

Roy's POV

When we awoke, I found myself on the couch, Ava sleeping soundly pressed up against me. I ran my hand though her hair, smiling, before shaking her shoulder.

"Wake up, darling."

She groaned, then stood up.

"Morning."

Ding dong.

"Shit, they're here with more paperwork!"

"And you didn't finished it all," Ava stated, dryly as she stared at the unfinished work. When I made no move to answer the door, she walked over and looked through the peephole. "She's here."

Great. Riza with more paperwork. I couldn't let her see this. I heard the door click.

"Morning, Jean," Ava said, happily. "Riza. How are you two?"

"No better than usual," Havoc muttered, coldly. I raised an eyebrow at him, confused, before quickly hiding the unfinished papers under the couch. Riza walked in, next with a stack of papers, even larger than the last.

"I'm doing well, Ava. How's the baby?"

"Great!"

"That's good. I see Roy got his paperwork done."

I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking she hadn't notice. Then, all my dreams were cut short when the First Lieutenant got on the floor and pulled the papers out from under the couch.

"Nice try, General, but maybe you should hide stuff when I'm not looking."

My smile slid off my face and I glared at the paperwork. Sighing, I turned from the evil and looked up at Havoc, noticing that he didn't look right at all.

"Havoc, what's wrong?"

Havoc glared at me. It was obvious that he wasn't rejected, and even if he had been, he wouldn't have been able to blame me.

I raised an eyebrow. "Second Lieutenant, tell your commanding officer what's wrong."

"It's stupid really," Havoc muttered.

"Jean," Ava said, looking concerned. "What's wrong? I know you're lying."

Havoc glared at Ava, then slammed his fists down on the table.

Havoc's POV

Should I tell them or not? I looked up and all I could see was Lilly. She smiled, waving the pictures around in my face. I swallowed and felt beads of sweat forming on my head.

"I feel sick, guys."

"You don't look too good," Ava responded, reaching up to put a hand on my forehead.

"I should get going soon. Are you coming Riza?"

"Sure." Then she turned towards Roy. "You better get it done in three days. I'll take what you have done with me."

"Okay," Roy said, looking like he had more questions to ask.

Riza took the finished paperwork off the table and followed me outside. I stormed off, angry at everything in the world. I didn't stop until I felt Riza's hand clasp around mine.

"What was with you back there?" She asked, eyebrows raised.

Damn.