To her surprise, he didn't push her away, but instead leaned eagerly on her shoulder and tried to hobble towards the front door. "He's here!" Heero said excitedly. "He's here! I have to go say hello!"
"What?" Relena resisted, trying to pull him back towards his chair, and then he did scowl at her and shrug off her guiding hands.
"Duo's here, I saw his car pull up. Look! He's parked out by the street. I have to go greet him."
Frightened, Relena shot a desperate glance out the window at the street, past the nodding rows of begonias. It was empty. "Heero, Heero... he's not here yet, okay?"
"No, I saw him," Heero insisted. "His car pulled up. I heard the door shut."
"No, Heero. He's not here." Relena managed to pull Heero over to the window, and pointed out towards the street. "See? Nobody there."
Heero looked in the direction of her pointing finger, and his expression fell. "No?"
She shook her head, stomach trembling. "No, there's nobody here."
"But I saw him." His voice was plaintive. "He parked his car right by the mailbox."
"Well, you didn't hear anyone ring the doorbell, did you?" She knew he hadn't.
Heero shook his head, disappointed. Relena started guiding him into the dining room. "Here, come on and sit down. We can have lunch while... while we're waiting."
"Lunch?" Heero looked surprised by the idea. "No... we ought to wait. We can have lunch when he gets here."
Relena swallowed. "Heero, I'm sure... he... stopped on the way to get a bite to eat. Don't you think? There's no point in waiting on him."
"We'll save some." Satisfied by that prospect, Heero allowed her to seat him at the dining room table, and she fled into the kitchen to collect the food and try to collect herself. God, it hadn't been this bad in a while. If only that meddling woman hadn't...
Re: A Day With Heero
Date: 2006-02-22 09:20 am (UTC)To her surprise, he didn't push her away, but instead leaned eagerly on her shoulder and tried to hobble towards the front door. "He's here!" Heero said excitedly. "He's here! I have to go say hello!"
"What?" Relena resisted, trying to pull him back towards his chair, and then he did scowl at her and shrug off her guiding hands.
"Duo's here, I saw his car pull up. Look! He's parked out by the street. I have to go greet him."
Frightened, Relena shot a desperate glance out the window at the street, past the nodding rows of begonias. It was empty. "Heero, Heero... he's not here yet, okay?"
"No, I saw him," Heero insisted. "His car pulled up. I heard the door shut."
"No, Heero. He's not here." Relena managed to pull Heero over to the window, and pointed out towards the street. "See? Nobody there."
Heero looked in the direction of her pointing finger, and his expression fell. "No?"
She shook her head, stomach trembling. "No, there's nobody here."
"But I saw him." His voice was plaintive. "He parked his car right by the mailbox."
"Well, you didn't hear anyone ring the doorbell, did you?" She knew he hadn't.
Heero shook his head, disappointed. Relena started guiding him into the dining room. "Here, come on and sit down. We can have lunch while... while we're waiting."
"Lunch?" Heero looked surprised by the idea. "No... we ought to wait. We can have lunch when he gets here."
Relena swallowed. "Heero, I'm sure... he... stopped on the way to get a bite to eat. Don't you think? There's no point in waiting on him."
"We'll save some." Satisfied by that prospect, Heero allowed her to seat him at the dining room table, and she fled into the kitchen to collect the food and try to collect herself. God, it hadn't been this bad in a while. If only that meddling woman hadn't...