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Ed and Trowa's Bogus Journey

Chapter 6

By Devon Masterson-Bond

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Ed stood and stretched. Her arm was still feeling tender. She was glad that this world was more medically advanced than hers was. She might have been laid up for a few weeks instead of a few days. However that still did not change the fact that one of the guys constantly kept an eye on her. It was annoying. She wanted to get out for awhile. there was no way she could go back to work and risk them finding out about her other life.

"I have to get out of this room!" she thought when she heard a muffled ringing sound. She looked around the room curiously trying to find the noise. It seemed to be coming from her mattress. The lifted mattress and looked between it and the box spring. A smile crossed her face as she realized it was Sylvia's cellphone. The blond must have stashed it there on her last visit. Now she had a secure link to the outside.

She braced the mattress with her knee and pulled out the phone with her good limb. "Hello," she said lowly.

"Hi, kid," Raine's voice said over the line. "I finally beat it out of Sylvia what happened to ya.' She might be laid up for a while."

"Don't listen to her," Sylvia called out in the background.

Ed giggled. Her surrogate family was a wild bunch. "So what's up?"

"The usual tracking bounties. Bobby wondering where his newest angel is. We told him you were under cover, but enough about that. How are they treating you over there?"

"I feel like a prisoner," Ed groaned. "I am so bored and they won't let me leave the room by myself. Especially Trowa...and I don't want to deal with him right now...Other than that I'm fine."

"I'm coming over," Raine replied.

"You'll never get passed Trowa," she commented. "Though it might be fun to try. Come and see me! And can you bring a few things from my apartment."

"Sure, like what?"

"My laptop, my goggles... my blue nightshirt in the top drawer. It's my favorite," she answered, "and.."

"Why don't I bring the whole damn room with me?" Raine said sarcastically. "You're lucky you were shot ."

"Thank you, Raine," Ed said childishly.

"Yeah whatever. You owe me and I plan to collect when the time comes," the dark hair girl replied. "I'll see you in an hour."

"What are you going to do?" she asked.

"What I do best," Raine answered.

Ed raised an eyebrow as she smiled. It had been awhile since she had been into mischief. She missed it. Perhaps it was okay to let some thing stay the same. A few pranks could even be called therapy. "Let's go out somewhere. I need some fresh air."

"We can grab something to eat while I fill you in," Raine suggested.

"Great. Bye," Ed said then pushed the end button on the phone. She sat on the bed and sighed. All she needed was to get back to her usual activities and she would be fine. Trowa was in the past and she wanted to leave him there for right now. Once the baby came along, then she would decide what to about him.

An hour later Raine knocked on the door of Ed's new residence. She wanted to get a look at the man that broke her friend's heart. "Something you need?" Duo asked answering the door. He looked around casually checking for any possible attacks. It was not every day that someone came knocking on the door of their safe house.

"I'm looking for Ed," she replied shifting the shoulder bag. "I have some business with her."

"Don't know whatcha' talkin' about," he said and was about to shut the door.

Raine stuck her foot in the door. "Well I do," she commented. She pulled on the door and worked herself inside the house. She snickered when she saw him quickly reach for his side arm. "You must think that yours was the only one made." The two of them stood in a stand off.

"Well I do have one of the better ones," she smirked.

"Put the gun down," A voice said behind her followed by a clicking sound.

Raine sighed. So much for that plan. "Ok," she said cooly.

"Hey, Ed the Avon lady's here. You ordering?" Duo called. He looked towards the dark haired woman and snickered. "If you story checks out, you're fine if not then you picked the wrong people to play with."

"Give me a break," Raine muttered as Ed came up.

She walked over to Raine and pushed Trowa gun away from its target. Their flesh made contact for a few seconds and a crimson flush crossed Ed's face as she continued her motion. "Come up stairs," she said to Raine while pulling her towards room.

"So you know this girl?" Duo asked.

"Yes," Ed answered.

"Well?" Trowa almost snapped. "Who is she?"

"She's.."

"I'm her girlfriend," Raine answered. Emerald eyes widened then narrowed as if to say "you better think again." Raine merely smiled and puckered her lips at him smartly before waving.

"Come along honey," Ed sighed pulling Raine along faster.

"So wait she was serious?" Duo asked starting after them. "This I gotta see. I'm going to get my popcorn don't start without me."

"Duo be serious," Trowa said angrily. His emotions were betraying him again. It seemed where she was concerned he could rarely hide his feelings. She just meant too much to him.

"I am," Duo replied. "It's not an opportunity I get to see everyday." He walked off towards the kitchen. "That girl really got a rise our of you. This is going to be interesting."

"Why did you tell him that?" Ed asked once they made it upstairs.

"I wanted to see what he'd do," Raine answered. "He's still in love with you know."

Ed's eyes and she turned away. "So did you bring everything?"

"You're still in love with him," Raine observed. "Maybe you should give another chance, after he works for it that is."

"Would you give him another chance?" Ed asked holding herself.

"Hell no, if it were me I would have castrated him and shot out his knee caps, but you're not me. So the guy's got a chance," she replied simply lying down on the bed. "Nice room."
Ed sighed. "He would have dumped you. He would have heard you out."

"Look Ed...Sunny or whatever the hell you actually call yourself...You don't know what he would do. I mean from what you told me it did look bad."

"So you're on his side?" Ed asked annoyed.

"Bitch, calm yourself," Rain snapped sitting up. "I'm your partner. I'm on your side and even if he felt betrayed. He still didn't have to screw every girl in Paris, but you're going to have a kid soon. You have to figure what you're going to do. Make him work for it and maybe happy or kick him to the side and regret it for the rest of your life."

Ed sighed. "You're right." She said then hugged Raine

Raine's eyes widened and she started to push ED away, but the girl had an iron lock on her. "If you were anybody else you'd be on the floor by now. I'm not touchy feely."

"What the hell are you doing?" Duo asked as he stood in the doorway holding a bag of popcorn. He came inside and shut the door behind him. He glared at Raine and Ed.

"Duo.." Ed began.

"Oh this better be good," Duo interrupted. "Trowa is down there about to have a nervous break down because he thinks he's lost you and..."

"It was just hug. I'm not gay," She replied sitting down.

"Yeah, I just said that to see if he still cared about her," Raine added. "Don't get your braid in a bunch."

Violet eyes brightened. "Good,” he flopped down in a nearby chair. “All this drama is getting to me.” He sighed. “So when are you going to tell him?”

“Tell who what?” Ed asked sitting indian-style on her bed. She rifled through the bag Raine brought and smiled when she came across her goggles.

“Ed, Ed, Edward,” Duo tsked shaking his head. “When are you going to realize that I know you better than anyone…mentally. Besides I saw the look you gave him when you brushed up against him.”

“He has a point,” Raine commented. “You were doing an impression of a tomato.”

Ed turned her head. “Raine's not being very nice to Ed.”

Raine smirked and leaned against the wall. “Hey, I never said I was nice.”

Duo nodded his head. “Welcome back. I missed this side of you.”

Amber eyes widened. “I'm not like that anymore. I don't…” her sentence trailed when she heard a knock at the door. “Yes?”

“I need to talk to you,” Trowa answered. “Alone.”

“That's my cue,” Duo replied as he opened the door. He waved to Trowa then exited. Raine walked towards the door, but not before exchanging glares with Trowa. She smirked as she felt more confident about her assessment of him. He was still staking his claims.

Once they were gone, Trowa walked inside the room and shut the door. He sighed as Ed sat on the bed looking at him attentively. “Ed…”

“Yes.”

“I still love you,” he began. “I can't respect any relationship that you have. You are my fiancée and I won't let you go unless…you don't love me.” He walked towards her.

“Don't do this,” Ed said backing up until her she was corned by the backboard and Trowa.

“Tell me that you don't love me and I won't interfere in your life. Tell me that you would rather be with her than me,” he said lowly as he moved closer to her.

A tear slid down her face and she looked away. “I can't.”

Trowa caressed her face and wiped away her tear with his thumb. “Please give me another chance,” he whispered before kissing her deeply.

“Trowa,” she moaned into his mouth.

 

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Ed rested her head on Trowa's chest. “Ed is too trusting,” she said lowly, “but I am not.” She sat up and looked into his eyes. “Don't ever leave me again.”

“I won't,” he replied touching her face. “But there's something you should know. In the past I took part in some things that I can't walk away from. Right now I have enemies that would try to take you away from me to get to me and I'll have to fight to protect you.”

“I know about that, I'm talking about dumping me,” Ed said before laying her head back down on his chest. “When you left, it hurt Ed and she had to grow up so she could protect the baby. She wanted to be a good mother, so she became me.”

A look of worry passed over his features as he listened. “I love you for you. You don't have to change.”

Ed shook her head. “Ed had to grow up.” She then paused. “Do you think you can still love me?”

“I will always love you,” he replied, “and I…want us to be a family.”

“We'll see,” she sighed as she snuggled closer to him. “One step at a time.”

“As long as it takes,” he whispered. His eyes drifted shut and he slipped into the best sleep he had in months.

 

To be continued…

 

© 2003 Devon Masterson-Bond
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Let's be real here… we all know that I don't own these characters or you would be watching this instead of reading it [with the exception of manga of course]. I just do this for kicks and wiggles [yes, I know the real expression, and this is mine] anywho don't sue me, hire me instead;p