fanfic_name = Lisa

chapter = chapter 13

author = Clo

Rating = O18

Type = Angst

fanfic = Chapter Thirteen – and now with you George Sand

We often made mistakes in love,

Sometimes hurt, sometimes unhappy,

But it was me who lived it

And not a fiction being, created by my proud

George Sand

Pseudonym of French novelist and feminist Amandine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, Baroness of Dudevant (July 5, 1804 – June 8, 1876)

Claudia was in fact the exe of my personal life… thanks to here I was part of a group of friends different among them but funny. There was the non-married Roy and Claudia, the terrible trio (latter on the Bridge Bunnies) and the pilots Nikolai Wladislavosky, Jean-Phillippe Beamont and Iñaki Marquez.

It was funny to hang with them, I always thought those three pilots would end up marry to the trio, and was far from being wrong, but at the beginning the object of the affection of Kolya’s was I, he tried a few times to ask me out. In one occasion we were out to celebrate my birthday and that we were in the count down for the SDF-1 launch, less than a week.

Since Karl’s death I stopped celebrating my birthday, I’d never allowed Claudia to organized more than a coffee, but when least expected I was seated in the most “hip” bar (according to Sammy) in Town, with my newly group of friends around me.

- I would like to propose a toast – Roy said standing up very seriously – Lisa, you have been an inspiration for all of us during the time we’ve worked with you, well at least for me you are; you’ve been an excellent and sometimes funny friend – I blushed to see all my friends faces smiling and nodding their heads in approval of Roy’s words – so friends raise your glassed and toast for the Ice Queen Hayes

- For the Ice Queen Hayes – answered all of them, except Claudia who gave to Roy one her famous “we’ll talk later” looks

- Thanks Roy, thanks to all of you

- Speech… you have to give a speech, don’t you Brits have any manners – Kim joked

- Well, if what you want is a sample of British manner you will have it, I forgot I was surrounded by Yankees

- Hey – Kolya and Iñaki said at the same time

- Well except for my dearest friends here, Mexico and Croatia are nothing like USA… ejem I want to thank you not only for the best birthday I’ve had since Karl’s death – Claudia stared and smiled approving my decision to say the mystery guy’s name – but for your friendship, it has been a long time since the last time I felt so alive… you I would like to propose another toast… for friendship

- For friendship!!!

- Well, enough of English manners, sorry Lady Hayes British – Sammy joked

- That’s right it’s time of dancing… come on Iñaki let’s show them what Latin flavor means – Vanessa said actually forcing Marquez to stand up to dance with her

Jean-Phillippe and Kim followed them, Roy received a telephone called and excused himself, and Claudia took the opportunity to give me a small present, Kolya interrupted us when she was doing it

- Does the party girl want to dance

- The party girl needs to have an important talk with her older sister, so…

- You’ll dance with me Kolya – Sammy said while he was taking him to the dance floor

- And you are the one telling all the time I have to be more open with people

- Yes, and later I will let you dance with Kolya and with every boy in the bar, but by now I wanted to give you this – she gave the little present – is a book

- I know is a book…

- Can I finish, is a book with quotes and poems about love… there is one highlighted, I want you to learn it as it was “Good Save the…

- This boy is just talk and talk – Roy interrupted us – I’m sorry

- Don’t worry honey. I’ve already said what I wanted too, is he coming to the launch or not

- I let him convince me to, I hope I won’t regret it

- May I know who are you talking about? – I asked, because it was kind of odd, Roy never spoke much about his life before Claudia, both military and personal

- My younger brother, well he is not my brother, but we grew together. His father had a flight show and I was one of his pilots

- So I’m guessing your little brother is also a pilot

- Well he is not my little brother, he is 18 and an excellent pilot, I can say for a fact that with a little training, he would be a better pilot than I.

- He might be but he has no intention to join the army

- What do you want to say with that Claudia

- I saw that spark in your eyes Hayes when Roy said he is an excellent pilot, you are always wishing to reclute any civilian in your way

- There is a shortage of pilots

- Yes but we are in peace, so I don’t see the point of having more fighting pilots by the moment

- I don’t know… I think I not used to be in peace for all the war in the past years

- You are strange Hayes, really strange and let’s go dancing because this is a birthday – he took Claudia and mine hands and led us to the dance floor

- I can stay here, dance with Lisa

- If I could handle all the anti-GTU force, I can dance with both, when my Padawan arrives next week he will dance with her.

- And who says that Lisa Hayes is going to desire to dance with an Arkansas 18 years old boy

- Because you are in love with an Arkansas pilot in its twenties, we are irresistible, you know the southern charm – Roy answered her and kissed her

“it was an amazing night” I thought while I was staring the ceiling and laying on my bed, “that’s right Hayes you were missing all that by just being focus into your military world” I answered myself… “let’s see the poem Claudia wants me to learn as it was Good Save the Queen”, I stood up, I couldn’t sleep anyway I was so excited, I took the book.

The little book was an antiquate from beginning of the century, I go through it all the quotes and poems talked about love, finally I arrived to the poem, there was a yellow post-it under it with a narrow pointing it and a message from Claudia…

“Lisa, its time for you to live your life… leave behind all your memories about Karl, Shin, and above all that alter-ego of yours Ice Queen Hayes, and give yourself the chance to enjoy all that you are denying you for fear, there is a whole world outside the army, explore it… With Love Claudia-Jiminy Cricket-Grant”

I could not avoid smiling for how Claudia used to called herself, and read the phrase of a woman that as me lived her life as a man, with the slight difference that she gave herself the opportunity to love and dream as what she really was… a Woman, George Sand

We often made mistakes in love,

Sometimes hurt, sometimes unhappy,

But it was me who lived it

And not a fiction being, created by my proud

I should follow that poem, and not the one from the English Bard WS, and my sentimental life would be so much easier… and my relationship with certain Arkansas pilot would be what it became.

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