Quatre Winner\'s Diary

Febuary: The Truth Comes Out

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Monday, Feb. 3rd
4:58 am

I just got off the phone with Trowa. I never knew it was possible to talk to one person for so long, and it wasn\'t as if we talked about anything in particular, but does that really matter when you\'re speaking to someone who make you dizzy every time you think about them. I wonder if that means anything? I\'ll have to ask someone later.

I couldn\'t even tell you if I was tired right now; I think I might be. It\'s been a long weekend, and I have to start work today. Sucks to be me, but at least I don\'t have to leave for a couple hours, maybe I could get a little sleep…

9:15 am

I am so tired. Remind me never to talk on the phone all night before I have to go to work. It\'s not too terribly smart. I think I\'ve had five cups of coffee and I still don\'t feel them working.

\"How\'s my favorite son today?\" It\'s my Dad, lovely. And I haven\'t done a thing yet today, although it wasn\'t like I had anything to do yet. \"Son, you look like death warmed over. Did you have a long weekend?\"

\"Uh huh.\" Really intelligent repertoire Quatre. Couldn\'t you be any more eloquent?

\"Oh my poor little boy. Come over here and sit on the couch with Daddy,\" he said shutting the door, sitting, and patting the seat next to him. People don\'t expect my father to be cuddly, but he is. It surprises most people to no end. But he\'s always been good to us kids, especially if we weren\'t feeling quite like ourselves. Well, basically what I\'m saying is that it was perfectly normal for me to curl up next to him with my head in the crook of his shoulder. \"I heard you broke up with that blonde that took over your job.\"

I looked at him with a look of total shock, at least that\'s what I thought it looked like. \"How did you know that!?\"

\"Did you know Duo cannot keep his mouth shut about anything?\" Dad laughed. \"I knew I liked him for some reason. He\'s a really good worker, too. I\'m glad I gave him a job, but I think he\'s just too good at it. He\'s done a month\'s work in a week. Maybe we should promote him.\" Doing a month\'s worth of testing video games in a week? Yeah, sounds like Duo\'s really...dedicated to his job.

\"But if you did, then people would accuse you of playing favorites.\"

\"Actually they\'d accuse you of playing favorites, which they\'re already doing. Although, I\'m proud of you for not sleeping with her. Using her body to get a promotion, imagine the gall of some people.\"

\"Well that\'s just what she\'s telling people. There were other reasons that I didn\'t sleep with her.\"

\"Oh, really.\" He was getting that all-knowing tone that fathers adopt when they talk about things like Santa Claus. \"Do you want to talk about those?\"

\"Not really.\"

\"Okay, little one. Well, do you want to talk about your weekend?\"

\"No.\"

\"Fine. But I do wish that you\'d stop drinking. It\'s not good for you and it goes against the teachings of the Koran. You need to respect your body Quatre. That not only means what you go into it, but also what you do with it. How much sleep did you get last night?\"

\"Maybe an hour.\"

\"See, boy, you need to sleep much more than that. Now I want to you take a nap right her thi this couch until I come and get you for lunch. No one will disturb you. Then, maybe over some curry, you\'ll be willing to tell me a little bit about what happened this weekend. Remember Quatre, I am your father and will love you no matter what.\" Smiling he tapped my shoulder a few times, signaling me to move, before getting up. The with all the fatherly kindness expected when dealing with his baby, he tucked me into \'bed\' draping the afghan my sister\'s mother gave me as an office warming present over me. Then with a kiss on my cheek he brushed some of the fringe out of my face before wishing me a good sleep and leaving. I love my Dad. But I\'m still not going to tell him. Not yet.

3:25pm

I\'ve had a fulfilling day. Dad and I had lunch and talked about how I was going to need to get an assistant, and he had a few suggestions for who should take the job. Of course the top of his list was Duo. Surprise, surprise. After the conversation earlier, I should have known he was trying to steer my sionsion. So he wants Duo to be my assistant. I could handle that. Having my friend hanging around all the time, keeping me straight. Okay bad pun, but really, it wouldn’t be that bad. It could be fun, actually. Duo\'s good at keeping me grounded and on track, while still getting me to lighten up a bit and have some fun. Besides, I can take him shopping or to lunch or anywhere and it can be on the clock. That would be…cool. And kind of like skipping class.

I tried skipping class once back in college, but it didn’t work. I ended up losing my nerve five minutes before class started. I was such a whimp back then. Duo skipped classes all the time, and still did great. I wanted to be like him, now I can! I feel so…naughty. Staying up on the phone all night with a boy, thinking about playing hooky. It’s deliciously wrong. I even have a rep going around that I turned a girl down for sex! I’m such a bad boy!

6:13pm

I almost forgot to tell you about the most important part of the day; I got a new secretary. She\'s very pretty, with long red hair and very well endowed. Not like I enjoy looking at her, but it\'s hard to notice. I kind of wish Dad had gotten me a nice man, but I can\'t be that picky. I\'m sure that Nani [1] and I are going to be good friends. Besides, she seems to know what she\'s doing.

And even better than that, Trowa called to make sure I was okay. He\'s so sweet. I\'m so glad I found him. Anyway, he said he\'d call me tomorrow at work. I can\'t wait!
::~~::~~::~~::~~::~~::~~::

1. Yes it is a name. It’s Greek and means charming. It’s also Hawaiian for beautiful.