The Extra Scenes
[Later on that night. The "Tiger" Wing. Moira and Jennifer's room.]
Jennifer: (In bed) Mo, can I ask you something?
Moira: (Pausing in the middle of brushing her hair) Yeah. Go ahead.
Jennifer: (Plopping down on Moira’s bed) What would you say if I told you that I loved Trowa?
Moira: (Bug-eyed) Loved Trowa?! But Jen! You’ve only been going out with him for a few days!
Jennifer: (Ashamed) I know. But there’s something about him… Something that he does me when we’re close… (Blushing) You know what I mean.
Moira: (Thinking: “….Holy crap….!”) (Realizing what she means) Jen… You’re not thinking of…
(Jennifer nods solemnly.)
Moira: You do realize that you’re going too fast, right?
(Jennifer nods again. After a second, she flops onto her back and stares dreamily at the ceiling.)
Jennifer: Moira, I know it’s not logical. That’s the beauty of it! What fun would being in love be if there was no risk involved? I am head over heels in love with Trowa Barton-and there’s nothing that can dissuade me from it.
Moira: Jen, I know you’re in love, and I’m happy for you, but you have to realize that Trowa is different than most guys. He’s used to putting up a wall to block out everything except for what he has been trained to do.
Jennifer: Well, I’m breaking that wall down, Moira.
Moira: (Exasperated) Jennifer!
Jennifer: I’m sorry, Moira. I just… (Pause.) You know, after our date, I had a dream that night. Trowa and I were together in this room. We were lying on this canopy bed in each other’s arms. And he told me that he loved me. When I woke up, I felt so sad. But then I realized that Trowa would feel that way about me someday. I just don’t know when. I want that, Mo. I want that to happen! I want him to just hold me and tell me that he loves me.
Moira: That’s why you must be patient. Just think of those three words—“I love you”—as your goal. Jen, he’s a tough cookie to crack. I don’t think all the dreams and love letters in the world will expedite that process.
Jennifer: (Softly) I know. But I love him so much, Mo. (Looking at Moira) Maybe you’re right. This is illogical. I should stop getting ahead of myself.
Moira: Jen, that sounds like a good idea. But it doesn’t hurt to dream a little. (Jennifer smiles.) Did you know that Duo likes me?
Jennifer: I knew that. (Mischievously) You like him?
Moira: Well, he can be a little silly at times and he does have a penchant for putting little surprises in my sock drawer—although I can’t see how he gets into it with the door to the room locked… (Jennifer raises an eyebrow.) But I do like him.
Jennifer: Then hook up with him!
Moira: Me, Moira-Selene Thomas? With Duo Maxwell? Nonsense! We’d fight, scream, and scratch each other’s eyes out–
Jennifer: While kissing and sitting in a bathtub filled with bubbles and roses.
Moira: (Blushing) Jennifer!
Jennifer: (Apologetically) Just kidding.
Moira: You know, Jen? These Gundam pilots have made us both crazy. You love Trowa and Duo Maxwell can’t get off my back.
Jennifer: What are you trying to say? Have you been backin’ that thang up?
(Moira gives her a stern look.)
Jennifer: Okay. No more jokes. But we are going to have to do something about you and Duo, Mo.
Moira: (Grabbing a pillow, hitting Jennifer with it) You aren’t gonna do a thing!
Jennifer: (Grabbing a pillow) Oh yeah! (She hits Moira with the pillow.) Take that, Duo Maxwell lover!
(A pillow fight ensues. Nobody wins, and the girls go to bed. Little do they know that a little bird was listening in on their conversation…)
[That same night. Duo and Jessica’s room across the hall. Jessica is brushing her hair so she can go to bed, and Duo is eating popcorn while watching an action movie with beaucoup nudity on Cinemax.]
Duo: (Munching happily) This movie is really good…
Jessica: (Annoyed) Duo, could you keep the munching down to a minimum? I have to go to sleep.
Duo: (Not really paying attention) Yeah. Sure. Whatever you say, Jess.
Jessica: (Seeing that Duo wasn’t paying attention) Duo Maxwell, if you don’t stop that, I’m gonna make you wish you were dead under a rock right now.
Duo: (Distracted) That would be great. You do whatever you have to, Jess.
(Jessica, angry, gets up from her bed and shuts off the television.)
Duo: Hey!
Jessica: (Sternly) Listen, Maxwell, if we’re gonna share this room together, we’d better get some things cleared up. One: You cannot watch TV (takes the popcorn) and munch on popcorn like you’re at the freakin’ movies.
Duo: Hey! Give me that back!
Jessica: No dice. Go to bed, Maxwell. And I mean now.
Duo: (Fuming, sweeping the popcorn crumbs from his bed) I should have shared a room with Moira.
Jessica: (Smirking, pausing in the middle of making her bed) Well, that might have benefited you in a personal sense…
Duo: (Confused) Huh?
Jessica: Nothing, Maxwell. If you didn’t get it at first, then you’ll never get it.
Duo: (Seriously) Jessica, are you saying that Moira likes me?
Jessica: (Shrugging) Maybe so, maybe not. If you wanna know, maybe you should ask her.
(Jessica turns, forgetting the fact that she was in the middle of a sermon, and goes to her bed. Perplexed, Duo lies back in bed, thinking. Jessica turns out the light and goes to sleep.)
[A short scene with Danie and Heero, some doors down. Heero is sleep (pretending) while Danie has jacked his computer in order to get on the Internet to contact Gretchen and the other T Squad members.]
Danie: I wonder where the phone jack is….
(Heero, meanwhile, hears Danie rifling through his stuff.)
Heero: (Glaring) I’m not going to ask what you’re doing near my stuff.
Danie: (Pausing) A little work. Go back to sleep, Heero.
Heero: (Eyes open) Not with my laptop, you don’t. Put it back.
Danie: Get a life, Yuy.
Heero: (Sitting up, glaring) Omae o korosu, Danie.
Danie: Ugh. I knew that was coming.
Heero: If you wanna live to play your stupid, childish games, then you’d better let go of my computer.
Danie: Later. Not right now. I’ve got stuff to take of.
Heero: (Grabbing Danie’s arm) I meant what I said. I will kill you.
(Danie looks down at Heero’s hand that is clutching her arm. She looks back up at him, incredulous.)
Danie: Take your hands off of me.
Heero: I don’t think so.
Danie: Don’t get pissed off at me just because your sister’s having children and you can’t get any.
(Heero remains silent.)
Danie: I can’t see how anyone can live with you.
Heero: Likewise.
Danie: You’re such a compassionless and callous bastard.
Heero: And you’re a vapid and shallow cover-girl b—ch.
Danie: And why am I all that?
Heero: Not only have you stooped so as to steal my computer while I am sleeping, but you have abused and insulted your cousin about something that obviously means a lot to her. And why? Because you care for nothing but your foolish meddling.
Danie: (Tearing up) What do you mean? I love my cousin!
Heero: You do? Quite a surprise to me.
Danie: (Jerking her arm away to wipe away her tears) You don’t know me, Heero Yuy. That girl—that person who made a mockery of her cousin’s love—was someone else. The Daniella Thomas I wanna be—the real Daniella Thomas—is hidden under all of those damn magazines and interviews about jack sh–. The real Daniella Thomas has regrets and feelings. The real Daniella Thomas… (Danie lets go of the laptop.) feels very stupid right now.
(There is a long pause. Heero kneels down next to Danie.)
Heero: Which one are you now?
Danie: (Looking up at him) The one I should be. (She picks up the laptop and hands it to him.) I’m sorry. (She rises to her feet.) I’ll never do that again. Good night.
(Heero takes the laptop as Danie slinks back to her bed, ashamed. He watches as Danie proceeds to lift her covers back and slip into bed. Heero puts it back and gets back into bed himself. He takes one last glance at Danie’s bed, then goes back to sleep again—but you know he ain’t really sleep ‘cuz Heero Yuy never sleeps!)
