Fan Fiction / Zoids Fan Fiction ❯ Unforgettable ❯ friends ( Chapter 3 )

Van was dead he just knew it. As soon as his wife would hear about all of this then he was knew of the fight that would end up ensuing. He knew it would be worse when she found out that it was his old girlfriend.

`Great, I can see it now. Big businessman is murdered by his wife,' thought Van cringing at the mere thought of it. `Wait, maybe I just won't tell her that part. Then again, she will probably find out one-way or another and then it will be even worse,' thought Van while wishing he could just disappear at any moment.

Beside Van, Fiona was walking very quietly and very calmly. He had known her long enough to know better than that. She was probably thinking that things would be much harder than either of them had originally thought.

"So, Fiona," said Van figuring that he might as well break the ice that was surrounding them at that moment. "How have things been going for you in these past years. We haven't talked at all since graduation," said Van kind of nervously. Just having her back at his side felt oddly comforting yet made him very nervous at the same time.

"Just fine I guess," quietly with a little shrug of her shoulders. "By the way, I am happy for your marriage. Sorry that I couldn't come because I was a little busy," said Fiona but anyone could tell that it wasn't the complete truth.

Van knew that wasn't the reason. It would feel a little odd seeing someone you once loved getting married to someone else. Van actually felt that maybe he shouldn't have invited her because it wouldn't be right to her or him to let her come but it was Irvine and Moonbay that insisted on inviting her. Van was beginning to wonder if there was an ulterior motive for the reason that they wanted that.

"There is no reason to lie to me Fiona. I know the reason that you didn't come and I really don't blame you for it. I wouldn't have wanted to put you through something like that, it was really Irvine and Moonbay's idea," admitted Van because he knew he could never really lie to Fiona, it had been that way ever since he had met her.

"You know me too well," said Fiona with a small but reluctant smile. "So how are things going with her? Do you have any little Van's running around the place yet?" she asked letting off a small laugh at the thought. There were many times before they broke up that she wished that it were her that gave him something like that.

"No, as much as I wish that I could have some right now Tiffany and I are always too busy that we barely get to spend too much time together," said Van a little sadly. Although he didn't really feel like talking about it at that moment, it was nice to be able to just talk to her like nothing had ever happened to them and they were just friends like before. "What about you? Do you have any kids yet?" asked Van watching her face. Over the years, she had seemed to grow even more beautiful then she was when they were going out. `Stop thinking like that! You're married!" he berated himself.

"No, I've never even had that type of relationship with anyone yet. I am going to be getting married in a few months though," said Fiona with a smile but you can hear a bit of sadness laced into her voice.

Van wondered why he felt like she was sad at that moment. He had to admire her strength though; she was able to hold off on sex for such a long time. Even with how madly in love they were when they were going out, that was the one thing that the two of them never did together. Van sometimes wondered what would have happened if they did end up having sex at some point. They came pretty damn close a number of times but they never did it with each other.

"Really? I am happy for you," said Van but he felt like punching himself at that moment for some odd reason. "Who is he? I wonder if I know him," said Van as they came to the balcony that Van had been on when he had seen Fiona. Irvine wasn't there anymore at that moment. Van felt that this was good because that would mean that he could have a little more time to be able to catch up on events with Fiona.

"You probably don't know him. His name is Ethan. I met him about two years ago at a party very much like this that my previous job was holding. He just proposed to me a few days ago," she said holding up a very expensive looking diamond rings.

"That's nice, very similar to the one that I gave to my wife. I hope that the two of you will be very happy together. By the way, why did you leave you old job to come here?" asked Van in a curious tone.

"This place has a much better working environment and more benefits then that place. Not to mention the fact that my old boss wouldn't stop flirting with me," said Fiona causing both her and Van to laugh a little bit. Their past was gone at that moment, they became the friends that they were before they became a couple. "So how are Irvine and Moonbay? I heard you talking about them a few minutes ago," said Fiona with the smile that Van had fallen in love with in high school.

"They are just fine. The two of them got married a few years back. Irvine works here as the Vice-president of the company and he does a pretty good job at it as well. The two of them are somewhere around here. We should go look for them later, I am sure that they would be very happy to see you again," said Van with a smile. "Now that I come to think about it, you didn't go to their wedding either," said Van after thinking it over a little.

"I was going to go to it but something really did come up at that time," said Fiona and this time Van really did know that she was speaking truthfully. You could tell that she felt really bad about missing it.

Van was about to say something when a loud voice interrupted him. He knew without a doubt who it was that was talking. "Fiona!" yelled Moonbay happily as she ran up the steps to the balcony to see her good friend talking with Van. "It is so good to see you again. I thought it was you that I saw earlier," she said even happier if it was even possible.

"That explains where you ran off to earlier," said Irvine with a smirk as he walked up behind her in his usual calm yet arrogant tone. To Fiona, he hadn't changed a bit in all the years that she hadn't seen any of them. Everything else had seemed to change however. Life is very ironic with the type of twists that it puts in your path towards happiness. You think that you might actually reach it and then and obstacle is put in your way. Hers was the one thing that she didn't want more than anything, Van.

When she got out of college, Fiona was very tempted to try to be with Van again, but by that time she found out that he was with someone else and she just stood back and eventually Van and the woman got married.

She knew it was a mistake in the first place to let him go. Yet she did and has since agonized over her mistake. It hurt her to learn that he got married. To get her mind off of it she buried herself in her work, which was eventually how she met her fiancé. To see Van now after all of these years, it sent a pain back into her heart as she pondered the what-ifs in her life. She felt happy with her fiancée though because she loved him. She didn't know how it compared with her being with Van though. She knew it was wrong to compare them but it was something that she couldn't stop from happening.

"So Fiona, where have you been all these years? I haven't talk to you in so long," said Moonbay in a fake hurt voice. "Come on, we have a lot to catch up on," said Moonbay forcibly taking Fiona's arm and dragging her out of the balcony so they could get a private talk in.

"Wow, this is definitely a surprise seeing her here now of all time," said Irvine taking a seat next to where Van was sitting at that moment. "Hey Van, wouldn't it be funny if Fiona turned out to be the person that was supposed to be your secretary?" asked Irvine with a laugh while Van turned to look at him with a strange look that told Irvine all. "Oh, that even stranger news to hear," he said rubbing the back of his head.

"What am I going to do Irvine? I don't think I will be able to have Fiona around and be able to keep my sanity intact. I know I am married, but after seeing Fiona it seemed to bring up long dormant thoughts that I had thought I had put long behind me," said Van with a sigh as he leaned back and starred at the stars above him.

"You could just dump your wife and get back together with Fiona. It is in both my opinion that you two were the ones that were meant to be with each other," said Irvine but it earned him a smack upside the head from Van.

"I am not going to leave my wife just because I suddenly see Fiona again after all of these years. I have my wife and Fiona has her fiancé. We may have once have been a couple but that was a long time ago and it can never happen again," Van said but his voice seemed to betray him at that moment because it came out as uncertainty.

Irvine let off a small sigh. "Alright then, at least answer me this. If you weren't married and Fiona wasn't getting married, then what would you do at this moment?" he asked hoping that Van would make a reply to prove that he was still in love with his old girlfriend.

"I don't really know what I would think about it if that was the case. We broke up so many years ago and I haven't even seen her at all in that time. I admit that I would be much happier to see her than I am now but other than that, I am clueless as to how I would feel," admitted Van with a depressed sigh.

"I am sure that you are happy either way. I highly doubt that two people who were so deeply in love with each other like you and Fiona were could just so easily forget about all the time that they had spent together. I want you to look me in the eye and tell me that you don't like her anymore," said Irvine staring intently at Van waiting for some sort of reply.

Van did look him in the eye. "I admit that I still have very small feelings left for her but I don't love her the way that I used to anymore. It was her choice to break up all of those years ago. I love my wife now, not Fiona. You need to understand that. You are married to Moonbay, so you should know what I mean by me loving my wife," said Van starting to stand up because he had a meeting soon.

"Your marriage and my marriage are completely different Van. I am not even going to go into the details because it would go on for so long that we would be here for a few nights," said Irvine with a slight smirk as he thought of just a few of the many differences.

"Yeah, whatever. We don't have the time for this though. We have to get to the meeting that this was all set up for. I am sure that everyone is here now and that means there are other things we have to do," said Van as he got up and walked away with Irvine following shortly behind him.

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Fiona and Moonbay seemed to be deep in conversation about all they had done for the past few years. Fiona knew one question that was bound to come up at some point and her suspicions were confirmed a few moments later when Moonbay asked the one question that she knew was coming.

"So Fiona. What do you think about working as Van's personal secretary?" asked Moonbay with a smirk on her face. She knew the two of them were bound to have some feelings left for each other, which would more than likely cause a few problems later on.

"It is ok I guess. We may have once have been together but that was a long time ago. I am with someone now that I love very much so I think that it shouldn't cause too much of a problem," said Fiona reading Moonbay's mind like a book.

Moonbay was about to respond to it when Van and Irvine walked up to the two ladies. "Fiona, we have a short meeting that we have to get to and you need to come to it as well, you too Moonbay," said Van and when he saw Fiona and Moonbay nod their heads he turned around to start walking slowly away for them to catch up.

"Sorry that we can't talk at this exact moment, but I am sure that we will be able to talk for a long time from now on though," she said with a smile before she turned around and followed after Van and Irvine.

The three of them walked for a little while before they came up to a table where Crougar was waiting for them along with two other people, one of which Van had met before. Karl Shubaltz was a business rival but also a good friend of Van's from the many encounters they had ever since Van took charge over the company. The one that was on the left of Karl looked a little like him but he looked very bored at that moment.

"Ah, Van it is about time the four of you finally showed up," said Crougar with a smile as he stood up as well as Karl and the other two people at that table. The one that looked like Karl seemed to stare at Fiona intently with a slightly red face.

"It is nice to see you again Van," said Karl with a smile as he shook Van's hand. "This is my younger brother Thomas," said Karl pointing towards Thomas who merely waved back a little embarrassed. Besides for his brother, he had never been around such powerful people, not to mention the very beautiful young woman that was standing by Van.

Fiona seemed to not know what they were planning to do at that moment. Irvine seemed to notice this and leaned over to whisper into her ear, "This is more of just a regular dinner than anything else. We will talk a bit about business like possible future projects that we can join together to do. That is the whole point of this party, to allow us to come together on friendly terms and talk. It is also a way that we are trying to raise money for charity," he whispered into her ear.

Fiona merely nodded her head as she looked back towards the table where she saw Thomas's eyes starring intently upon her. It made her a little uneasy to feel his gaze upon her so she just looked away hoping that he would stop at some point.

The dinner seemed to go along very smoothly. The five at the table seemed to talk for a good while about business and other things. While they did that, all of the rest of the guests were either doing the same thing or out on the dance floor.

Van laughed at bit as he looked over towards Fiona to see that she hadn't really spoken much during the entire time that they were there. Van then listened to the music that came on to realize that it was also one of Fiona's favorite songs as well. Irvine must have heard it was well as he gave Van a slight shove towards Fiona. `We will have to work together so we might as well try to break this ice around us,' thought Van as he got up and held out his hand to Fiona. She must have been thinking along the same lines because she took his hand.

The two of them walked out into the middle of the dance floor. Van carefully placed his hands upon Fiona's waist while Fiona put her hands on his shoulders. The two of them swayed to the music as they both tried to think of anything to say.

"Fiona, I don't want there to be any tension between us because of this job. You were good at the job, which was why you were hired, not because we used to go out. I didn't even know it was you until Crougar told us a early tonight," said Van hoping that she would talk to him.

"I don't want any either but I think that it might cause a few problems with your wife by having your old girlfriend as you personal assistant," said Fiona with a small giggle that Van joined in as well.

"Uh… yeah. I have definitely got to think about how it is that I am going to tell her about this so that they don't end up finding my body in some gutter tomorrow morning," said Van making Fiona laugh which was like music to his ears. "Why don't we put our whole past behind us Fiona? Back long before we ever got together. Your friendship has always meant a great deal to me. So what do you say, friends?" asked Van hopefully.

Fiona seemed to think it over for a few minutes but she knew that she could want nothing more for them to once again just to be friends. "Yes, I would definitely like that a lot Van," said Fiona with a smile as the two of them swayed to the music that they had danced to so many times before then.