[She feigned snapping back to attention, mentally scrambling for a decent alibi. She wasn't so lucky this time, apparently. Did he just call her by her last name? That always meant trouble, coming from him. The last time he used it was to chastise her for leaving Relena's side for only a moment...]

A moment, Heero. It's... hard to focus like this. [A laugh, somewhere in the midst of humorless, nervous and maybe a little bit bitter.] I was meeting someone. [She frowned, shaking her head.] He never showed, though. At least he's safe...

[She could only hope that he'd buy that.]