25-Feb-2001
Author: Dan
Title: Need Some Distraction
Archive: GWA! ^.~
Disclaimer: Not mine! Don't sue. If you plagerize this fic you really need some help!
Pairings: 2+1(+H), 5+R, 4+3
Timeline: After EW, after "Prices Paid"
Warnings: This is my tribute to the girl of GW. I LIKE them. If you don't and just want to see them tormented (well, I do torment them, but in a good way!) GO AWAY. Flame me for being nice to the girls and I will write a fic with them kicking your ASS! grrrr....
We woke up somewhere in the late afternoon the next day. I was half buried under a pile of clothes and pillows. I guessed Hilde was curled up asleep on the foot of the bed. All I could see was her dark purple hair and one naked foot. I rolled over onto my back. Despite the raging headache I felt wonderful. I'd never had girlfriends come over and get gloriously drunk with me before. We'd been so silly. It had taken both me and Hilde to take down Dorothy once she got going.
Dorothy.
I sat up fast enough to make the world spin and my stomach protest but I needed to find our local blonde. It was the hair that gave me a clue. She was wedged between Hilde and me; one hand on top of Hilde's head, the other flung out into space. I sighed in contentment. She looked fine. I brushed out her hair in with one hand.
She peeked open one eye. "Mornin'"
I giggled. "You sound like shit."
"You should hear yourself." She sighed and stretched before snuggling back into the covers. She held out one arm in invitation. "Wanna sleep it off?"
"Sure."
I skipped work. Hilde called me in sick, and explained the situation to Sylvia Noventa, Junior Minister of Foreign Affairs. Somewhere during the conversation Wufei had gotten involved and the yelling was enough to make my head ring three doors away from the vid phone. Hilde finally ended the conversation with some expletives that made my cheeks burn just to hear them. Then she came stomping into my room and glowered at me.
"You know I love you, right?"
"Yep."
"Good. 'Cause I just proved it with that call. Pig-headed bastard." She grumbled as she turned to stomp back out of the door, just before she opened the door she turned to me. "Duo and Heero...Are they really coming back to Earth?"
"Yes, they insisted." We watched each other for a long time.
"Why?"
"Hilde," My voice held the same tone as a disapproving teacher. "I'm sure you know why."
She just sighed and walked back out the door. I fell back onto the bed and sighed at the ceiling. Sometimes I wondered if I was doing the right thing, or if I was just making things worse. Dorothy sighed softly before reaching out to tangle her fingers with mine, a small show of support and an appreciated one. We lay there breathing together companionably before she shifted her weight to one side to look at me.
"Relena..." Dorothy frowned and blew at one shimmering strand of hair in irritation. "How to say this.... Hilde understands that you mean no harm. She knows that. But her pride makes it hard for her to accept what's freely offered."
"Offered by me, or by them?"
"Hmmm, both, I think." I tilted my head a little to get a better look t her and smiled a little. She chewed at one fingernail before I pulled it away. She scowled a little. "I still chew on my nails."
"Nervous habits die hard. Thanks for the support." She grinned and tugged on my hair.
"Anytime. Being best friends with the Minister of Foreign Affairs has its perks."
"Still using me for my position, I see." I tried to look offended, but ended up laughing.
"If something works you stick with it."
End of Part 9
(:./dan/distraction9)
