A good reason to never let Quatre throw a Halloween party



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It was a brisk Halloween night when Heero arrived for a Halloween party at Quatre's house. He
was hoping Quatre wouldn't screw this party over too badly. He and the other Gundam pilots
didn't have the heart to turn him down when he asked them to come. Relena climbed out of the
driver's side door. She had come dressed as a princess.

"What a surprise," Heero thought.

He himself was dressed as Zechs. He thought it would be funny. That was as far as his sense of
humor extended. Relena walked up Heero and took his left arm. "Let's go, Zechs." She flashed a
look at me, I can't believe how cute I am' smile at Heero. He groaned in his mind, but not aloud,
because that most likely would have gotten him slapped across the face.

Heero knocked on the door. After a few seconds, Quatre swung open the door, gasping when he
saw the couple. "AH!! Zechs dating Relena? What in the world is this??"

Heero pulled off the mask. Quatre sighed when he saw him. "Oh. Heero. Sorry for the case of
mistaken identity."

"No prob. Who's here?"

"Duo and Hilde already got here, and Wufei's in the kitchen making punch."

"Cool. So lets's get this party started."

Quatre led Heero and Relena around the streaming banners and dangling papier-mache disco balls
over to the living room, where Duo was trying to put the moves on Hilde.

"So Hilde, when's that top coming off?" asked Duo mischievously. She slapped him across the
face.

"Jerk." She turned away and saw Heero. "Heero! Relena! What's going on with you?"

Heero made his best attempt at a smile and walked over to Duo and Hilde. Duo stood up. "Hey
man! How's everything going?"

"Oh. Okay," replied Heero. He looked at Duo. The long haired pilot was dressed in black spandex
shorts and a black shirt that was a size to big for him. "What the hell are you supposed to be?"

"Can't you tell? I'm you, Heero. Except for the hair. You can't imitate that mauled by a dog'
look. It's classic."

"Bastard," muttered Heero under his breath.

"What?"

"Oh... nothing."

Heero looked at Relena. She was chatting away with Hilde, who was wearing matching a short
leopard-skin skirt and tube top. Heero had to force himself to turn away. He looked back at Duo.
"So, what's Hilde?"

"She's Tarzan's girlfriend. She's pissed that I didn't want to wear a little loin cloth as a costume."

"I bet Quatre would have liked that."

"Heh. Yeah. I wonder what he's gonna be? I haven't seen his costume yet," remarked Duo. "Oh
wait! Have you and Relena seen Wufei yet? His costume is wicked! It's so funny! You two have
to check it out."

Heero glanced at Relena. "I think I'll go look myself. I would much rather appreciate being as far
away from Relena as possible." Duo grinned at the remark.

Heero walked down the hall into the kitchen. As soon as he caught sight of Wufei, his perfect
soldier persona broke down and he fell to the ground laughing and rolling around.

Wufei turned around, his big furry ape mask resting on the counter. "Heero! When did you get
here?"

Heero kept laughing. "A-- a monkey!! Wufei as a monkey!!! Oh God!! This is too funny!!"

"Shut up, you damn bastard!" Wufei lowered his voice. "This is what you get for waiting to pick
up a costume till the last minute, Wufei."

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Quatre walked downstairs in his costume to the knocking on the door. He opened it up. Zechs
and Noin stood on the porch. He recognized Zechs by the hair. Always the hair. Zechs was
dressed as a vampire and Noin was dressed as an alligator?

"Nice costumes," said a smiling Quatre, lying to himself in his mind.

"Thanks," the two said in unison. They both looked at Quatre and held back laughs. Quatre was
wearing a mask that looked like the Sandrock Gundam. That was it.

"Not too creative there, are we Quatre?" asked Noin jokingly.

Quatre pulled the mask off. "To be honest, I was so busy with the preparations for the party and
other things, that I just didn't have time to buy a costume."

"Oh." Noin felt embarrassed.

"But enough small talk. Please, come in!" smiled Quatre, pointing the two toward the living
room. Before he could close the door, someone stuck their hand in the way. Quatre smiled more.
He would recognize that hand anywhere.

"Trowa!!" screamed Quatre.

"Quatre!!" screamed Trowa.

"Nice costume Trowa," complemented Quatre, looking at Trowa's outfit.

"Come on, Quatre. It sucks. Who would invite Batman to a party other than you?" Trowa asked,
throwing the pointy-eared mask on the ground and stepping on it.

"So are the girls part of the costume too?"

Catherine and Dorothy both hung onto one of Trowa's arm. He laughed. "No. They needed a
ride."

Catherine kissed Trowa on the cheek. "Come on Trowa, let's go in!" commanded Catherine and
Dorothy, both running inside.

"So, you and Catherine have a relationship going on or something?" asked Quatre.

"Come on, Quatre. You know the only reason I came to this party was to see you," smirked
Trowa. Quatre smiled back.

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"HEERO!!!" yelled Zechs, upon seeing the Gundam pilot dressed as him.

Heero turned around. "Count Dracula! I mean, Zechs!!"

"Oh no! Which Heero is the real Heero?" asked Duo, putting a worried look on his face.

Zechs stared at Heero. Heero stared at Zechs. They looked like they were going to kill each other.
Then they both laughed and hugged each other. Duo and Hilde and Relena just stared.

"Zechs... and Heero... laughing?" asked Duo, an unbelieving expression on his face.

"Good costume, Zechs," joked Zechs.

"Not too shabby yourself, Dracula," Heero said.

"Uh, what's going on here?" asked Relena.

"Come on sis, it's Halloween! Let's let bygones be bygones!! We're all here to have fun at
Quatre's party!!" laughed Zechs.

"Hmmm.... Quatre's party' and fun' together in a sentence... that's something I thought I'd
never hear," noted Duo. Hilde smacked him in the back of the head.

Catherine and Dorothy walked over and sat next to Relena and Hilde. Catherine was wearing a
trench coat and a cowboy hat. Dorothy was wearing what she always wore.

"What are you, Dorothy?" asked Relena.

"I'm myself."

"That's a pretty crummy costume," replied Relena.

"Shove it, Ms. Relena."

Quatre walked in with Trowa in tow. "Great!! Everyone's here!! Now we can start the party!!"

"So Quatre," asked Duo, "what will we be doing on this splendid Halloween night?"

"So glad you asked, Duo," said Quatre. "I have a bunch of fun party games planned for us!"

"Great," said everyone , except Quatre, through smiles with gritted teeth.

"First up.... beer drinking contest!!"

"WHAT??" shouted everyone, except Quatre.

"Well, I know I'm not usually the best party host..."

"Got that right," joked Duo. Hilde smacked him in the back of the head.

"... so I figured why not do something that you guys wanted to do for a change? I figure I can
stop being so cautious for ONE night."

"You go, Quatre!" shouted Catherine in encouragement.

"Kay. So, who's playing?" he asked.

"Well, of course I can down a few cases. I'm in," smiled Trowa, getting off the couch and
walking over to the card table in the middle of the room.

"Zechs is in," said Heero.

"Dracula's in," said Zechs.

"Heero's in," said Duo.

"Relena's in," said Relena.

Heero gaped at Relena. "What? Relena, you can't get drunk!"

"Why not? I'm a big girl."

"You still sleep in those pajamas with the hatch in the back!"

Hilde threw her hands over her mouth to keep from laughing.

"I'm doing it, Heero, and you can't stop me!" she said, slapping him across the face.

"Ow," said Duo, rubbing his cheek.

"Oops. Sorry Duo, honest mistake." Relena turned to the real Heero. "I'm doing it, Heero, and
you can't stop me!" she said, slapping him across the face.

"Fine, go ahead and get drunk. I know how you handle booze."

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