fanfic_name = Waiting for you

author = Supernova_G

Rating = O18

Type = Angst

fanfic = Hi this is my first fanfic and english is not my mother language, so please be patient with me.

I’m a big fan of Rick-Lisa relationship, in this fanfic I just wanted to punish a little bit to Rick, cuase sometimes he was a jerk with Lisa. Please don’t get angry with me for that. I didn’t like that Lisa was alone the whole serie so I decided it would be fair if she has someone by her side.

I don’t know why but the chapters are going to be long, that's the way they have become. I hope you don’t mind and if you do please let me know in your reviews. Also let me know if you like the story so that I continue writing or I better stop.

Review it please!

Disclaimer—Robotech or it’s characters does not belong to me... All references to Robotech and its’ characters belong to Harmony Gold, Inc. I just write this as a hobby.

This fanfic took place in the Episode 30 (Viva Miriya) of the Robotech Macross Saga. But I decided to change the story. I just write according to my memories of the tv series.

Waiting for You

Part I

- “Kiss her??!! No way!! Why should I do that??” Rick said with surprise an eyes wide open. He just couldn’t understand what was hapenning. He was stood facing Lisa in the bridge of Breetai’s ship

- “Cause it’s an order Captain Hunter and it’s part of your mission” Breetai replied.

- What?! What the hell did nobody tell me before we left the Earth? Rick asked to Breetai and looked at Lisa with anger waiting for an answer, thinking that she knew, since the begining, about the kiss.

- “Because this is something I decided just a moment after you arrived. I was thinking in doing this just by using Minmei’s singing, but after I remembered the shock you and Captain Hayes caused us when you kissed the first time you were here, I just thought the image of you two touching your lips would be a better snare. I apologize about not to telling you two before.”Was the answer Rick got from Breetai.

When Lisa saw the disapproval and anger in Rick’s eyes about the situation felt really disappointed and hurt, she knew she wasn’t beautiful, at least not as Minmei. But never thought that kiss her was such a disgusting thing for Rick. She felt really bad at this realization and turned to look at Breetai.

- “I’m sorry for forcing you to do this, Rick. I know it’s a really disgusting thing for you, but it’s our job, just think about it as work and maybe it won’t be such a big sacrifice. You know General, the good one for this mission was Minmei, not me.” Lisa said looking at Breetai so that Rick couldn’t see the pain in her eyes cause when she said this words she felt her heart was breaking in thousands of peaces.

Rick could notice the pain in her voice and felt really bad when he realized how stupid he was by not explaining his reasons for refusing to kiss her. He was going to apologize and to explain his reasons to her for refusing to kiss her when a voice cut him.

- “Lisa...I just...” Rick said and Lisa turned to looked at him. He could see the hurt in her eyes and felt really bad about it.

- “Refusing to kiss a lady, even if it’s just due to an order, it’s not the way a gentleman is supposed to be. Don’t you think so Captain Hayes?” A strange voice said.

Rick looked for the direction where the voice came from and saw a man he has never seen before. That man was mature, tall, had brown hair, and was wearing an uniform a kind of similar to Roy’s uniform, but the pants and the turtleneck shirt were black. The man was looking at Lisa and Rick didn´t like the way the strange man was looking at her. Rick could feel just anger cause the strange man didn’t let him to apologize with Lisa for refusing to kiss her a moment before and to explain his reasons for refusing . His frustation made him yelled to the strange man.

- “Who do you think you are to get in this conversation??!!” Rick shouted him in an annoying way.

The strange man was just keeping on watching Lisa. It seemed as if there were not anyone else in the brige control, only Lisa and he, so the strange man didn’t even care about Rick’s words.

- Don’t you think so, Captain Hayes? The strange man asked once again.

At that answer, the only thing Rick did was to turn to look at Lisa, she was still looking at Rick. He got in shock when saw her face. Tears were falling freely from her eyes, her body was shaking, in her eyes Rick could see incredulity, surprise and fear. He just couldn’t believe her mood.

-“It can’t be possible”. Lisa thought, refusing to turn for looking at the strange man. She just could’nt, when she heard the strange man’s voice she just froze herself; later on the image of Rick became blurred and she felt the tears falling by her cheeks .

Rick was staring at her, never thought refusing to kiss her was such a big deal. He regreted not to have kissed Lisa at the begining.

-“It was just an order anyway. But why were I so afraid of?” Maybe cause the first time he kissed Lisa, in Breetai’s ship, he felt guilt due to Minmei, but the second time he kissed Lisa to get free in Breetai’s ship he really liked that kiss and the sensations Lisa made him feel with the touch of her lips. “It could be dangerous try it again.” Rick thought.

Rick and Lisa were lost in their own thoughts and didn’t realized what was hapenning in the bridge. Lisa was still frozen and Rick was still thinking about the kiss Lisa and he gave to each other to escape from Breetai’s ship.

- “Please don’t do this to me. We are going just to start the transmition in a minute. I need you to make your part of the mission Captains!!” Breetai begged.

- “Don’t worry General I’ll accomplish the mission” The strange man said.

Breetai turned to look at the strange man, nodded and smiled to him.

The strange man started to walk towards Lisa. When Rick went out of his stupor, due to Breetai’s screams, he saw the strange man besides Lisa. She didn´t move, not even to turn for looking at the strange man that was standing up next to her. Lisa felt a pair of hands touching her cheeks and her body started to shake without control. At that moment the strange man took Lisa’s face beetwen his hands and made her looking at him. The strange man wiped the tears that were still falling freely from her eyes, but it had no sense, Lisa couldn’t stop crying.

The strange man got nearer to her and hugged her, she couldn’t handle it, was too fast and she was just paralized.

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- “Hurry please!! We get the transmition now” Breetai screamed to the strange man.

- “General we made contac whit Captain Rino you can talk to him now” Exedor explained to Breetai.

- “Thanks Exedor. Hi Rino, How many time since we have seen each other?” Breetai told Rino.

- “Breetai, What a surpirse having you here!! Shall we considerate you as a allied or enemy??” Rino replaid.

- “I came here to ask you to surrender” Breetai answered.

- “What??!! How can you dare to say such a thing?!! I guess you are kidding or you just have lost your mind” Was the answer Breetai got from Rino, wich was opened mouth.

- “I’m afraid this is not a joke, so what you say Rino, do you surrender or I should take the Robotech Factory Satellite by force?” Breetai asked.

- “And how are you going to do it with only one ship?” Was Rino question.

- “Well easy, now I have found out the protoculture, I own it and I know how to use and manage it.” Breetai answered.

- “And do you think I’m going to believe you?” Rino asked.

- “Well here you have your answer” Breetai replied.

The screen showed a woman and a man facing and hugging. Rino was frozen at the image of a woman and a man being together. But his stupor increased inmediatly whe he saw the man and the woman touching their lips in a very deep way. By this time a Mimei’s song was playing at the same time.

- “Turn off the transmition” Rino yelled in a very shocked way “you see Breetai it didn’ t work with us”.

- “I wouldn’t be so secure about it Rino” Breetai replied at the moment that Miriya and Max got in to the factory.

The transmition was finished and they just can hope that Max and Miriya would get succes in their mission.

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The strange man pulled himself from Lisa just to look at her for some seconds. He got closer to her face and kissed her tenderly. The look in Lisa’s eyes was of surprise and her body seemed to be tense but some seconds later she closed her eyes and answered the kiss.

- “What the hell?!! How could she??!! That’s no the way she is, but Why??”Rick thought looking, with surprise an upset, how Lisa answered the strange man’s kiss.

Rick was watching the couple kissing themselves. The kiss they were sharing didn’t seem as a part of a mission, the kiss looked like a real one. He didn´t know why but he felt hurt, disappointed and angry with the view of Lisa kissing someone else. But suddenly saw when Lisa fainted in the strange man’s arms and felt panic with the view. Rick ran towards her no hesitation, the only thing he could worry about was Lisa.

- “Leave her!! Take your hands off her!! Rick said to the strange man with anger and concern, while he took Lisa in his arms. Rick could see concern in the eyes of the strange man but he didn’t care at that moment. He pushed the strange man with his left arm to get him away from Lisa and with the right arm he took her. The strange man moved away and let Rick to carry on Lisa in his arms.

- “Hey!! Lisa, are you ok?? Please open your eyes, answer to me!!” Rick said pleading while took Lisa to her quarters. “Claudia, please ask for a doctor I’m going to take Lisa to her quarters, see you there”. Rick told with nervousness to Claudia without looking at her.

- “Sure, take care of her please!!” Claudia replied with concern. Everything happened so fast that she didn’t understand anything, the only thing she knows was that the face of the strange man resulted very familiar to her. “why?” She thought without stop watching the strange man, trying to remember where she met him. Inmediately she remembered what happened to Lisa and ran to look for a doctor.

The strange man didn’t move just watched how Rick ran away with Lisa in his arms and with a jeering smile, that appeared in his faced he turned himself to the opposite side from where Rick and Lisa dissapeared. The strange man started to walk and in the darkness his silhouette dissapeared.

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Lisa opened her eyes an sat up suddenly. She looked all around, everything in that room seemed strange to her. She was laying in bed and besides infront of her bed there was a couch where Claudia was sitting in and looking at her with concern and then Lisa remembered that she was in Breetai’s ship. She realized the last thing she remembered was he. He was kissing her and she got pale.

Claudia stood up and went straight to Lisa’s bed. She sat in the border of the bed next to Lisa.

- “Are you ok honey? Do you need something?” Claudia asked with concern cause she noticed Lisa got pale.

- “Where is he?” It’s all Lisa could say as if she were lost in her thoughts.

- “Who are you talking about?” Claudia replied.

At that momente a voice got their attention.

- “Here I am” a man said.

Lisa turned suddenly to the opposite side where Claudia was. There standing next to the door Lisa saw Rick. He was holding a cup of tea and was smiling to Lisa, but there was concern in his eyes. He walked towards Lisa and extended his hand to give her the cup of tea.

- “Drink it you will feel much better” He said an smiled to her.

When Rick got next to Lisa, and got in his knees to face her, she began to cry. She realized it had just been a dream. Lisa was lost in her toughs when a voice got her out of them.

- “Hey, are you feeling fine or do you want me to call the doctor again?” Rick told her while he was wipping the tears from her cheeks, with the back of his finger.

- “Again, When did a doctor come?” Lisa asked.

- “Don’t you remember darling?” Claudia replied to her.

Lisa shook her head but she seemed to be still lost in her thoughts. Shet took the cup of tea that Rick offered to her and rested her back in the headboard, while Claudia was begining to speak.

- “You fainted while we were working in the bridge. Rick brought you here and a doctor came to see you. You woke up for a little while but you started to cry, we couldn’t help you to calm down so the doctor decided to inject you a sedative. That’s why you’re still wearing the uniform. Rick saw when you started to wake up and he went to the kitchen to prepare some tea for you. And here we are” Claudia explained to Lisa. But Lisa didn’t pay attention to Claudia’s explanation she seemed to be in shock, just staring at the cup of tea.

- “It was so real” Lisa said almost whispering.

- “What do you mean Lisa?” Claudia asked. That question get Lisa out of her thoughts.

Lisa turned to face Claudia and started to speak. Claudia could see there were forming tears in Lisa’s eyes.

- “I had a dream, but it was so real Claudia, I had the sensation it was just real.” She answered and Claudia could noticed sadness and dissapoinment in Lisa’s voice.

- “what was it?” Claudia asked.

Rick was knelt next to Lisa’s bed, listening to the whole conversation. He felt out of the picture in their conversation, so he just was looking at and listening to them.

Lisa looked down at her cup of tea due to the nervousness she got with Claudia’s question. She felt embarrased and didn’t know how to explain Rick’s presence in her dream.

- “I...He...Uh...I was in the bridge we were going to try taking the Robotech Factory Satellite, so Breetai decided that someone did must to kiss me so that we can distract to Zentraedis, but that person refused to kiss me.” Rick froze himself and looked at the floor inmediately, while he was hearing Lisa’s story. He remebered what happened in the brige and thought how much Lisa would feel hurt again by his attitude. “And then there was that other man...” Was what Rick heard when realized that Lisa was still talking.

- “It wasn’t a dream honey” Claudia said with concern. She knew that remember Rick refusing to kiss Lisa would be very hard for her friend but she couldn’t hide the truth.

The cup of tea fell down and hit the ground. Claudia and Rick got surprise by the noise was made by the hit. He lifted up his head to look at Lisa. She was pale and her body start to shake a little, and some tears appeared in her eyes.

Claudia’s answer made the memories hit her mind in seconds. She remembered everything that happened in the birdge and was cougth by her thoughts. “It wasn´t a dream, he kissed me and then everything turned black.” She thought. Lisa felt so overwhelmed at the memory of that kiss. She touched her lips and suddenly turned to face Claudia.

- “Where is he?? Tell me, please, where is he??!! Lisa asked for the answer almost begging.

Claudia didn’t understand the question Lisa posted to her and turn to see if Rick got what Lisa wanted to know. Rick was staring at Lisa with misundesrtanding. Obviously he didn’t kow what Lisa was talking about.

- “Who?” Claudia and Rick asked at the same time.

- Karl, Where is Karl??!! Lisa answered in a very desperately way.

Claudia and Rick were opened mouth, they just couldn’t believe Lisa’s answer. “Karl, isn’t he death?” Rick thought.

“Oh my god, She must be out of her mind!!” Was Claudia’s thought.

- “Honey, I think you... you’re just too upset and nervous due to the situation of stress you had in the bridge. You know he is not with us anymore”. Was what Claudia told Lisa with concern in her voice.

- No, that’s not thrut!! He is here, He is alive!!! You two saw him, he is the man who kissed me in the bridge. Lisa said with nervousness in her voice.

They couldn’t believe what Lisa was saying, and then Rick realized she was saying the truth. He wide opened his eyes “Oh!! That’s why she was crying and fainted at the moment that man was kissing her, that it was. That explains her mood at that moment , and also that explains the concern a saw in the eyes of that man when Lisa fainted” Rick thought.

- “That’s why did you faint?” Rick ask to Lisa with anger in his voice.

But she didn’t answer. Lisa was looking at Claudia waiting for the answer.

- “How was that possible?? His death was proved, his body was found in Mars Base, at leats that was what Lisa told her.” Claudia thought. “Now I know why his face seemmed to me so familiar. Karl is older, not too much, but enough for not to be identical to the man that appears next to Lisa in a photograph Lisa always has in her quarter. They were teenagers in that photo and now he is an adult more or less in his 30’s, he has longer hair, and he was wearing a uniform very similar to the one Roy used to have, maybe Karl has the same rank. But if you pay enough attention you could see is the same man that appeared in the photo. I guess it was so unbelievable that my mind didn’t let me recognize him. I never knew him, but saw his photograph during many years.”

- “Please!! I need to know where he is, don’t you understand??!!” Lisa said crying and Claudia got out of her stupor.

- “Here I am Lizzie” Said a voice that came from the room’s door.

At the sound of his voice Lisa turned inmediately to confirm that Karl Riber was alive. She was right there he was in front of her and when she realized that Rick and Claudia was looking at him too, then she knew it wasn’t a ghost, it was her Karl and he was alive, she couldn’t do anything else but let a pair of tears to fall.

Rick got up and turned behind to see Karl in the doorway and noticed that Karl was trying only to look at Lisa, he realized that when he got up he stayed between them. Instead of moving to let Karl looking at Lisa, He turned his body completely to face Karl, as if Rick was trying to avoid that Karl could see Lisa. Rick was watching Karl as if he were studying him and checking Karl from his feet to his head. Rick didn’t know why, but he didn’t like this man. After some seconds Rick noticed that Lisa was standing up next to him and he turned to see her face. She had a weak smile in her face and could see some tears in her cheek too.

By this time Lisa had resigned herself with the idea she will never ever see or touch her fianceé againg in her whole life. And now there he was, some steps away from her, this turned so weird that she couldn’t move towards him, she was doubting about the image she had infront. She felt scared at the idea of trying to touch him, he would dissapeared in the air and she felt that couldn’t handle to lose him once again, even if it was a dream.

Karl saw disbelief in her eyes and began to walk towards Lisa, she just stared at him for a moment, she couldn’t move. Some steps away from her Karl stopped to face her, he just wanted to admire his Lizzie once again in his life.

Lisa felt the need of touching him, thinking it didn’t matter if it was just a dream or an illusion and gave some steps and stopped when she got near enough to touch Karl’s face. She rose her right hand and began to caress him with hesitation and disbelief. She stopped for a moment her hand, when she got loss in Karl’s eyes. Those eyes that several years before kept only love for her, and now they seemed to have something strage, in those eyes for only a second she thought had seen there was not love, just emptiness. A moment after the image became fuzzy for her eyes.

Karl saw tears falling by Lisa’s cheeks and hugged her inmediately,no hesitation. He could notice the shaking and weakness in her body and tightened his embrance.

Claudia stared at them, in first place with disbelief but when she realized Lisa was waiting for this moment since she first met her, some tears fell from Claudia’s eyes. “Maybe came the time to Lisa for being happy, finally.” She thought.

Claudia was looking for a tissue and then saw Rick in front of her. He was staring at Lisa and Karl’s embrance.

-“How could this happen?... Well I guess she must be very happy, the love of her life is alive and he is here with her. But looked at them hurts, why? There’s not a reason” Rick was thinking about what his eyes were witnessing.

Claudias walk fowards and took Rick by his left arm. He got scared by the contact and turned to see who took his arm. Whe he saw Claudia was surpprised by the realization that Karl’s appeareance, but over all, Lisa and Karl’s embrance made him lost himself in his thoughts at the ponit he forgot Claudia was there too. Karl’s reappearance and the embrance seemed like and eternity to Rick, altough it last just some minutes.

Claudia pulled him out of the room, to let Lisa and Karl to have some privacy.

Claudia and Rick was about to left Lisa’s quarters when they heard her screaming. Rick was going to back into Lisa’s room when Claudia stopped him by grabbing his arm. She made a signal with her finger to tell him not to make noise. So Rick got it and stayed next to Claudia to listening what was going on.

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Lisa pulled herself from Karl to break the embrance. Karl was surprised by her movement and take himself a little bit away from Lisa, but he was still hugging her and didn’t let her to break the embrance.

- “Leave me!! Get away from me!!” Lisa screamed crying and with anger in her voice, while she was trying to scape from Karl’s arms.

- “But why??!!” Asked Karl with disbelief. He thought Lisa was glad and happy with his presence.

- “Why??!! You disappeared for all this years, you just left me and let me suffer for your death. Do you have an idea about how much I did suffer missing you?? My life since I thought you were dead was just suffering, bitterness and sadness, and the result of all this is that everyone think I have no feelings and that I am not capable to love or care about anyone. People named me as the old sourpuss, even the Ice queen; they think I’m an embittered woman. But I don’t blame them anyway, cause maybe they’re right, you know, cause the only thing my heart knew to do, all this years, was missing you and I didn’t care about anything else, my life ended when I thought you died. Now you just appeared as if nothing would have happened. It is not fair, I want you to go, I want you to give me those years and my life back, and I want you to let me continue with my life.” Lisa answered crying and resting her head in Karl’s chest. She didn’t feel strong enough to break the embrance.

- “That’s not fair you know. I’m so sorry about how much you suffered but so did I. Maybe we suffered in the same way all these years. I wasn’t on vacations . The only thing I did all these years was missing you”. Karl replaid with tears in his eyes, but Lisa didn’t notice till a tear fell in the top of her head. She rose her head and could see Karl was crying. She didn’t know what to do or to think. She just looked at him with concern and doubt. There was something in his eyes that scared her and didn’t let her to trust him, but she didn’t know why. On the other hand this man was Karl her love, the only man that treated her as a lady, as a woman. So the only thing she could do was trying to wipe the tears from his eyes. At this reaction Karl smiled at her an hugger her tighter.

- Then why were you missing all these years an let me suffer so much? Where were you? How did you get here? Were the questions Lisa posted to Karl, still in his embrance.

He looked down at her and broke up the embrance. Karl smiled at her once again and grabbed her hand to lead her to the couch that was in Lisa’s room. He let her to sit first.

-“I’m going to, and I want to explain everything but we need to calm down first so that we can really talk about what happened. Why don’t you take a shower and get some comfortable clothes, instead of that uniform? While I prepared some tea for us” Karl told Lisa. She nodded and left his hand and saw how he was walking and leaving the room. When Karl left the room Lisa sighed. She was afraid all this could be a dream or that maybe she has lost her mind, but decided to push those thoughts away in order to enjoy her shower. Lisa went to her closet, got a nightgown and got in the bathroom.

Karl letf the room and was walking to the kitchen when saw a photograph. Suddely he stopped and went to the bookshefl where Lisa placed the photo where She and Karl were ; they took that photo a day before he left the Earth to go Mar’s Base. At the image Karl got a weird smile in his face and took the photo in his right hand.“I knew she didn’t forget about me. This is going to be very more funny and easier than I thought.” Karl thought at the time that evil smile appeared in his face and left the photo to its original place. Then he continued his way to the kitchen.

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Claudia and Rick left Lisa’s place without saying a word and began to walk through the hall.

Claudia was worried about her friend, after all if Karl didn’t have a good explanation or reason to be missing all this time this could destroy for complete to Lisa in an emotional way. “But does Lisa still love him? Till we arrived to Breetais ship she had feelings fo Rick. Ohh!!” Claudia was thinking when turned to see that Rick was still walking besides her, and she noticed that he was lost in his own thoughts just like she was some seconds ago.

Rick was looking at the ground with his hands in his pockets, lost in his thoughts trying to understand what have happened, as if these events could change his life.

-“What a incredible thing happened. Her fiancé is alive!! I guess nobody woul have imagine this could happen, not even her. She should be very happy, but she wasn’t. I never thought people’s gossips hurt her in that deep way.” Rick was thinking whe Claudia’s voice took him out of his thoughts.

- “Well it seems this also took us in shock, didn’t it? Claudia said to try to get Ricks attention.

This words cought Rick’s attention and inmediately looked at Claudia’s face.

- “Uh..Sorry, did you say something? Rick asked.

When Rick looked at Claudia she could see the disbelief and loss in his eyes. “How could this affect him so much?” Maybe she was right and he has feelings for Lisa. “But now, with all this, do they have an opportunity with Karl in the middle of them?” Claudia thought.

- I said that is incredible what happened, so much that this affected even us. Don’t you think so? Claudia answered.

- “Yeah, I think so. But how could this happen? Rick asked Claudia with discouragement.

- “Have no idea. I am as impressed as you. ” Claudia repleid.

Claudia and Rick continued walking without saying a word, and some more steps Rick heard Claudia talking.

- “Poor Lisa she must be very confused. I just can’t imagine the mix emotions she has right now.” Were Claudia’s words.

- “What do you mean? I thoughtt the only feeling she could have is happines.” Rick said, once again, looking at the ground.

- “I meant she should be really happy, missing Karl was everything she did for so many years that should be as a gift to her that he came back alive. But imagine find out someone you thought was death, someone you loved as much as Lisa did loved Karl. Tough he was death, crying and suffering because of his death for several years and then discovered he wasn’t death . She could think that was wasting her life no reason for, torturing herself with something that never happened. Also she could think that Karl doesn’t love her because he never looked for her despite he was alive. Well, at least, I would think so.” Claudia explained to Rick. At this moment they have already stopped walking.

Rick was nodding while he was hearing Claudia’s words. Since Karl’s appereance Rick just thought about Lisa’s happines and that they two were going to be together just as they were before Karl dissapeared. “After all Lisa must love Karl very much, because everywhere she stayed in a mission always bring with her a photograp where she and Karl appeared together.” Was his fisrt thoughtt but he never did think about the reason Karl could dissapeared and left Lisa alone all this years.

- “And who knows. They have grown up and have changed, they aren’t the kids that fell in love for each other. They were just teenagers and now they’re adults. We don’t know what Karl has in mind and heart, nor Lisa.” Claudia’s words took back Rick’s attention.

- “Eh?? Do you think they are not going to get together again?? Rick asked with disbelief.

- “Well I would really like to know, but it’s dificult trying to think about it with all this shock, it will be better if we analyze the situation when we all calm dawn.” Claudia said.

- “Clauida?? eh...I..well... I know it’s not of my business, but could you talk to me about their relationship?” Rick ask ashamed.

- “Why?? I meant you and Lisa are friends, at least that’s what I thought...She never talk to you about Karl?” Claudia replied at Rick’s unexpected request.

- “Uh... well she told me about his death and that she missed him. She also told me about how Kyle looks like him and that’s why some day she felt attracted by Kyle. But that’s all she told me about him”. Rick answered.

- “Oh...I thought Lisa told you more as you talk frequetly with her” Claudia said.

Rick thought inmediatly about all the times Lisa and he met and all they talked about was Minmei. He never asked to Lisa about her life or her feelings and felt guilty at the realization that althought if Lisa was his friend he never care about her, the only thing he cared about was his frustation by not being able to be with Mimei, and he felt really bad when realized it. Suddenly he felt the need not only to know about Lisa and Karl’s relationship, but also he wanted to know everything about Lisa’s life.

- “Please Claudia, I would really like to know more about it. Maybe if I know more I could help her to handle this situation, I really appreciate Lisa and I want to help her if it’s need.” Rick begged to Claudia.

- “O.k. Hunter, let’s go to my place and there we can talk” Claudia said amazed for the sudden interest Rick apparentely had to know about Lisa’s life.

Rick nodded and walk next to Claudia to her place. After some couple of minutes of walking they arrive to Claudia’s quarter. Claudia opened the door and let Rick to get in.

- “Take a seat Rick, while I prepare some tea.” Claudia said.

Rick went to the couch an sat, for some unknown reason he felt the ugercy to know everything about Lisa.

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Lisa left from bathroom and saw Karl was already sat in the couch of her bedroom waiting for her. When he saw her leaving a smile appeared in his face and Lisa smiled back. She still couldn’t believe that Karl were alive. So there was still disbelief in her eyes.

- “The tea is ready, but I prepared something to eat too, cause I thought you could be probably hungry. You didn’t eat anything last night and it’s almost going to dawn. So why don’t we go to the kitchen and eat a kind of early breakfast” Karl told Lisa.

Lisa just nodded, for some reason she doesn’t feel able to talk. Karl stood up from the couch and grabbed Lisa’s hand and they walked to the kitchen. When they got into the kitchen Lisa saw the table was already set, there was pair of coups of tea, bread and eggs. Karl took the chair to let Lisa sit and whe she sat Karl took his seat next to her.

- “Thanks... Karl”... When Lisa heard his name came out of her mouth she felt weird. Then she took a peace of bread and spread some jam. That was everything she ate. Karl didn’t move and didn’t say anything, he was just staring at Lisa fascinating. But he knew Lisa was waiting for the answers to her questions.

- “Lizzie, I know you want to know why I dissapeared all this years, but you are weak and in shock. Please let’s rest and leave this conversation for later. I promise I will tell you everything you want to know.” Karl said.

- “I think...maybe you’re right.” Lisa replied.

- “Fine, but please let me stay her. I’ll sleep in the couch, and I won’t bother you, I promise. It’s just that I don’t want you to be alone tonight.

Lisa hesitated for a minute, she wasn’t sure if it was the right thing to let him sleep in her quarter, altough he sleep in the couch. But Lisa couldn’t resist to the pleading of those eyes.

-“O.k. Karl, I’ll bring you a blancket and a pillow.” She got up and went to her room to get the stuff Karl would need to sleep in the livingroom.

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Rick was wondering about Lisa’s life that didn’t notice the time has past.

- “Here you have” Claudia said while placing the cups of tea in the table. “Come here” .

Rick stood up and walked srtaight to the table took a chair a sat up. Claudia sat infront of Rick and gave him his cup of tea.

Rick took a sip of his tea and later on he turned his head to face Claudia. She noticed Rick’s glance but didn’t look at him, she just took her cup and took a sip of her tea.

- “So, are you gonna tell me or what??” Rick asked with some kind of desesperation.

Claudia didn’t know what to think about the sudden interest Rick showed about to know Lisa’s life.

- “Calm dawn Hunter, better let me know what’s that you want to know about Lisa’s Life with such a desesperation.” Claudia said.

Rick hesitated and blushed when realized Claudia noticed his urgency to know about Lisa’s life. But suddenly he started to ask.

- “they were very in loved and happy, weren’t they ??” Rick asked.

- “You mean Lisa and Karl?” Claudia replied and Rick nodded. “Uh...I think so...When I met Lisa, Karl has already died, at least that’s what we thought. I didn’t bear witness their relation ship.” Claudia replied

- “I thought you two have been friends for many years” Rick told Claudia.

- “Well you are right. But I met Lisa when we both were asigned to the SDF-1, and Karl was supposed to be death by that time, he was reason for Lisa to get in the RDF, she just wanted to reach him in Mars Base. Roy met her before cause they were partners in the RDF academy” Claudia said.

- “I see. So don’t you know if she was different when Karl was alive?” Rick asked

- “What do you meant by different?” Claudia answered and Rick coul noticed some anger in her voice.

- “Please don’t be mad. What I meant ...well is that she is very closed sometimes and doesn’t let everybody to care about her. You know what I mean Claudia” Rick replied.

- “Uh... do you want to know if she was an embittered?” Claudia asked and Rick could see the anger in her eyes.

-“My god!! how is it possible that after all these years Rick hasn’t seen the real Lisa. It’s incredible how blind this mam could be some times.” Claudia though.

- “ No Claudia!! Please don’t think so. It’s just... that... some times Lisa seems to live just to work, and that’s all.” Rick answered inmediately.

-“ Well maybe you think that because you really don’t know her. I can believe it, I really thought you were friends.”

Rick felt really ashamed whit the last Claudia’s sentence. Because he knew he really didn’t know Lisa as a person just as a partner and as the one who could hear all the problems he has with Minmei.

- “Earth calling to Captain Hunter” Claudia said when she noticed Rick was lost in his thoughts.

- “Eh??... Sorry Claudia did you say something??” Rick asked.

- “Yes Rick it’s time to go to sleep a little cause in some hours we have to present in the Bridge at first hour. Why don’t we continue this conversation another time?” Claudia replied.

- “Sorry Claudia, I didn’t realize what time it is. You’re right, let’s leave this conversation for a better moment. I better going to sleep now, cause I always have problems to wake up early morning.” Rick got up from his chair and headed to the door. “thank’s for everything and good ninght Claudia” Rick said before he leave from Claudia’s quarter.

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