Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ Unforgettable ❯ the past returns ( Chapter 2 )

"Talk about Fancy, and to think that it is all free for us," said Moonbay with a smirk as she stepped out of hers and Irvine's car. She was wearing a black dress that fit well with her curves and her hair was currently pulled back into one ponytail compared to her regular four-ponytail style. "I guess that that is one of the good things about these events, what makes them bad is how boring they can tend to get," said Moonbay with a sigh.

"You would go to anything that has the word free in it," Irvine whispered into ear, which made her laugh. Irvine was just wearing a tuxedo like all of the other men that were around.

"I guess you got me there but it is better than using up some money even if it is a little amount for us," said Moonbay with a smirk. It was true they did have quite a bit of money but not nearly as much as Van had.

Irvine couldn't help but chuckle at her statement. "Come on. Why don't we go find Van? I just hope that the wicked witch of the west isn't here," said Irvine before he broke out in laughter and soon Moonbay was laughing along with him.

"Yes, lets go. We definitely need to save Van from her before she ends up driving him insane," said Moonbay laughing. "Then again maybe if he does you will get his job while he gets help," said Moonbay but Irvine knew that she was just joking because he was their friend and they did not wish to see anything bad happen to him. `Although it does sound awfully tempting,' thought Irvine with a small chuckle.

"Just remember to be behaved because this is still a business thing in hopes that we can start dealing with a very prominent company. So please be nice," said Irvine in a joking tone.

"Aren't I always?" asked Moonbay as she leaned up and kissed Irvine on the lips. She pulled away a few seconds later and then she said, "You are the one that needs to behave though."

"Come on, let go and have a good time with all of the free things," said Irvine as he circled his arms around Moonbay's waist and they walked in through the fancy front doors.

*****

"Ah Van. Good to see you here nice and early," said Crougar once he walked up to Van. He took a quick look and noticed that one thing seemed to be missing at that moment, "I see that your wife decided to skip out on our little gathering yet again," said a slightly annoyed Crougar. He never did like the woman and he was sure that Irvine felt the same way as well.

"Yeah, well she had a photo shoot to go to and I could persuade her otherwise," said Van as he let out a sigh. Taking a seat, he looked at the numerous people all over the place looking like they were having a good time with their families and friends. "It kind of gets on my nerves at times because I would like to spend a little more time with her but she is always away because of her job. I guess that that won't happen anytime soon, and I am stuck going out to these things by myself," said Van as he leaned back a little in the chair.

"Sorry to hear that. Listen, I have to go find your new assistant. It would be best for you to meet her now. Maybe she can help us out with the little deal that we are going to try and get tonight. I heard she is very brilliant, was always at the top of her class at every school she has gone," said Crougar thinking that it would not only benefit Van but their company as well to have her with them.

`Sounds kind of like Fiona by always being at the top,' thought Van with a small and muffled laugh. He looked up to see Crougar staring at him wondering what he was laughing about. "It's nothing, I was just remembering something from my past," said Van trying to convince Crougar that he wasn't laughing at her accomplishments.

"Oh, ok then. I had better go. If I find her before you than I will come and talk to you," said Crougar as he shook Van's hand and then walked off leaving the poor man all alone.

Van just sat there for a few minutes before he heard the distinct snapping of a camera. Only one thought came to his mind. `The media,' thought Van with a groan because they never liked to give him a moment's peace. He looked up and saw exactly what he thought. `Crougar is too lenient with these guys. Maybe I should make a rule about no cameras in these type of events,' thought Van as he got up quickly and walked away as fast as his legs could carry him to make sure they didn't see him.

Van was walking towards a door that would lead to a higher balcony so he can overlook things from there for the time being. He stopped very quickly when something oddly familiar caught his eyes. Rubbing them, he looked only to see that whatever it was wasn't there. `Must have been my imagination,' thought Van before he continued on his path before the media caught him.

*****

"What are you doing up here Van? Shouldn't you be down there talking with all of the guests?" asked Irvine when he walked up to one of the balconies only to find Van standing.

"I like it up here. It is peaceful and it allows me to get away from all of the noise as well as all the nosy reporters," said Van with a sigh as he leaned against the bars that were in behind him.

"I know what you mean. That guy is also been searching all over the place for you. He was starting to bug the hell out of the rest of the guests by continuously asking them questions. So Crougar had him escorted out in order to keep the people from strangling him," said Irvine with a laugh as he joined Van against the bars.

"Where's Moonbay? Why aren't you with her instead of standing around here?" asked Van as he looked around but found no sign of Moonbay anywhere. "So where is she?" Van repeated his question.

"Don't know. She just ran off in a bit of a hurry saying something that I couldn't understand. I trust that she won't do anything wrong though," said Irvine as he pulled up a seat and sat down. `Not wrong like your wife does to you anyways. I think that she is just a leech but I have no proof,' thought Irvine deciding to keep that little comment to himself.

"Good for you. At least your wife is even here, mine never seems to want to come to any of these events," said Van with a groan as he slouched down deeper within his chair.

"I just don't see why you stay with her. You don't seem to be too happy so why don't you do something like get a divorce?" asked Irvine hoping that his advice would get to Van. Ever since Van had been married to that woman he had been no fun to even be around.

"I can't do that," said Van quickly. "I gave a vow that day that I don't intend on breaking. It wouldn't really be fair for her either that I get a divorce just because she is always away on her job. Plus I never did say that I was unhappy with her," said Van getting up from his seat and turning around to the balcony that overlooked a small garden in back of the lovely building.

"You may have never of said it but it is written all over your face," a still seated Irvine said as he got more comfortable. Irvine would have said more but when he looked at Van he could tell that Van's attention wasn't on him but on something else that was down in the garden.

Van could have sworn that his eyes had been playing tricks on him at that moment. `It can't be,' thought Van rubbing his eyes but the person he was seeing wasn't disappearing. `Maybe Crougar was right about this job nearly driving people insane,' thought Van but he had to know if what he was seeing was real. "I have to go," said Van running off before Irvine could stop him.

Van ran down the stairs as fast as he could and ran out of the back doors to the building before anyone could see or talk to him. He had to know if what he had seen was true or not. He ran out into the garden but there was no one there. He was slightly disheartened but then he heard a snap of a twig behind him. He turned around to see a very beautiful blonde woman staring at him with a shocked expression on her face. `I was right,' thought Van. Many old memories seemed to surface within his mind as he watch the young woman before him. He then let one word escape his mouth, "Fiona."

***Flashback***

Van sat very bored behind a desk. School had barely started for the day and he was already bored out of his mind. He was in eighth grade and was a pretty smart student despite all of the boring and stupid things that he hated about school.

Since he had arrived at school that day he had been hearing constant rumors going around between friends about a beautiful new female student that had just transferred into the school. Van didn't really think too much of it at the time.

Van nearly jumped up when the door to the classroom opened up swiftly and in walked the teacher followed by a beautiful woman that he could only guess was the new girl that everyone had been talking about. The rumors didn't do fair justice for this woman. She wasn't just beautiful to Van; she was gorgeous, unlike anything that he had ever seen before. He could guess that the rest of the men in the room thought of the same thing because many of them were drooling in their seats.

"Class please settle down and close your mouths," said the teacher very disturbed with the way the class was acting. "We have a new student today. Her name is Fiona so please help her if she needs it," said the teacher. "Now Fiona, why don't you take a seat next to Mr. Flyheight," said the teacher pointing towards Van who straightened up almost immediately.

Van felt very uncomfortable with all of the jealous stares that many of the people in the class were giving him but he ignored it. He watched her as she walked down the isle and too the seat next to Van. "Hi, I'm Van," said Van holding out a hand.

"I'm Fiona," said Fiona with a bright and enthusiastic smile on her face. She took his hand and shook it. That was the start of a friendship that would have eventually turned into something more than either of them would have expected.

*****

Two years had past since he had first met Fiona. The two of them became very good friends but lately Van found himself wanting more than just that. It didn't really matter though because Fiona was going out with someone else, much to his jealousy that it wasn't him.

He was just strolling casually through the park as the sun was setting. The temperature was starting to drop rather dramatically and he clutched his coat closer to keep him warmer.

The sky turned many beautiful colors as the sun set in the horizon, which put Van at ease. A cold breeze blew past but with it Van heard a slight noise. It almost sounded as if someone was crying nearby. Being the nice person that he was, Van quietly walked towards the source of the sound in order to help whoever it was that was crying.

Van walked very carefully to where he was hearing the crying was coming from. It ended up leading him to a large tree. It also happened to be a tree that Van had loved to climb up when he was a kid. Very few people knew of this special spot of his. One was Irvine, and the other was Fiona that made Van wonder because the crying that he was hearing was coming from a female.

Van walked around to the other side of the tree only to find Fiona sitting holding her knees with tears running down her face. It sent a surge of pain into Van's heart to see one of his best friends crying the way that she was. "Hey Fiona, what are you doing here? Didn't you have a date?" asked Van with all sympathy towards her because he pretty much figured out what was wrong with Fiona.

Fiona jumped a little because she didn't hear anyone coming at that moment but she managed to calm down when she saw that it was Van. "Oh hey Van," said Fiona quietly while wiping away the tears that were currently falling down her face. "I didn't hear you coming," she admitted while he took a seat right next to her.

"I see. So what's up? It doesn't sound like your date went very well considering that I just found you crying and don't try to hide it because I saw and heard you. So what happened?" asked Van with a worried voice.

Fiona just sighed knowing that it would be pointless to hide it from Van because sooner or later she was sure that he would eventually find out the truth and she guessed that it might as well be from her. Fiona always felt comfortable talking to Van anyways. She only really started to go out with the guy because she didn't think that Van had much of an interest in her the way that she wanted. "It's stupid but we came here as part of the date he wanted to do things with me that I am not ready for. I told him no and he got angry and just left me here," said Fiona trembling slight but when she felt a warm hand on her shoulder she managed to calm down greatly.

"That bastard. That has got to be one of the lowest things I have ever heard of someone doing to a person. Don't worry about him Fiona. He was just being a very big asshole," said Van with a smile to try and get one out of Fiona. "You are probably tired, why don't I take you home," said Van as more of a statement rather then a question. He didn't really get a chance to get up before he felt Fiona head fall onto his shoulder. Van couldn't help but let a smile escape his lips.

Fiona felt so content just sitting there with her head resting upon Van's shoulder. She had pretty much fallen for him a long time ago but she always kept it to herself because she didn't want to ruin their friendship by saying something that he didn't want to hear.

It was pretty much the exactly the same for Van but he didn't think of it too much. He just really enjoyed being in her company. Van kind of found it funny how at their school rumors were going around that the two of them were together despite Fiona going out with different men. He wished more then anything for that rumor to come true but that really wasn't up to him at the moment. It was really more of a decision that he wished to hear from Fiona but he felt that it wouldn't happen.

Van was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice that Fiona had been staring into his eyes for a while. When he did notice her she quickly turned her head in another direction but he had noticed. "Something on my face?" asked Van using his hand to wipe at an imaginary thing.

"No, I was just thinking about what a good friend you have been to me. You have always been there for me whenever I needed you and I thank you for that," said Fiona with a smile as she leaned up to give him a kiss on the cheek, just something friendly that she has done in the past, but he turned a little at the last moment and her lips came in contact with his.

The two of them jumped apart almost immediately with a blush that made the two of them seem like tomatoes. Van found that he had pretty much lost the ability of speech at that moment. `Did that just happen? Did she mean to or did I just make a big mistake?' he asked herself while the blush only continued to grow. He looked at Fiona to see that she was just in the exact same state.

`Oh god, what have I done?' Fiona asked herself feeling the burning heat that was going through her face. `It felt so good though. No, I can't think of something like that, what would Van think about it?' she asked herself growing an even brighter red if it was even possible.

The two of them turned to look at each other's faces. Fiona was about to say something but she wasn't able to even open her mouth before Van came down to her with a kiss, this time though it was completely intentional and Fiona was not about to complain about something that she had wanted for quite a while.

He was in complete heaven. The taste of her lips was so addicting that he never wanted to break it. `It's a dream; it had to be a dream. Ah hell it is such a good dream that I don't want to wake up,' thought Van with a smile.

***End Flashback***

Van remembered that day so clearly because it was the very start of their relationship. In all of his life, he had never been so happy to be with one person. To see her again after all these years seemed to bring something out of him, something that he didn't expect to know anymore.

"V-Van. W-what are you doing here?" asked a very nervous Fiona because of out of all the people that she thought she probably wouldn't see again, he was probably one of the top few despite the fact that she loved him. She was glad to see him but she was very startled.

"I am here on business. What are you doing here?" asked Van having close to the same thought about Fiona as she had on him. She was so close to him at that moment that he could almost reach out and touch her.

"Same here," said Fiona coming up with a lack of words for a moment that she had been both dreaming and dreading about for the past few years. `Think of something to say,' her mind yelled at her but she still came up with no words. When she was about to say something they were interrupted.

"Ah there you are Van, I have been looking for you," said Crougar coming out with a smile on his face. He noticed Fiona and got a little confused. `Van isn't cheating on his wife is he?' he asked himself. "Why hello, what is your name?" asked Crougar holding out a hand.

"It is Fiona, and it is nice to meet you," said Fiona putting on a smile as she reached out and shook his hand knowing who he was already. He was the person that she had been looking for all night.

"Ah, so you are Fiona. I have been looking for you all night. Van, this is the woman that is going to be your personal assistant from now on," said Crougar with a smile not noticing the look on Van's face.

Van and Fiona wore the exact same expression on her face; it was a dumbfounded look but was quickly replaced by shock. The two of them couldn't believe what they had just heard. They turned to look at each other before turning back to Crougar and yelling at the same time, "What!"