Disclaimer – I don't own Gundam SEED or Gundam SEED Destiny, and if I did… you wouldn't want to know

Pre-Author's Notes

LOL. Thanks so much for all your reviews. I know some of you wanted Auel to catch her…but mwahaha, I'm evil. It's someone you didn't suspect! Bet you didn't see him coming! I was going to make Auel catch her at first thought, but I decided to surprise you guys! Just read on please!

Warning – This story may have some language and terms that are a bit mature…who am I kidding, they are so high school. Anyways, don't read if you aren't over thirteen, or if you are sensitive.

Chapter 3 – Bio

Auel

Auel walked through the halls grumpily. Meyrin was mad at him, and he didn't even get a chance to apologize or return the bracelet. He walked up to his locker and opened it.

"Surprise!" a girl popped out of his locker. "Hi Auel, miss me?"

"Not now, not ever."

The girl was Meer Campbell. She was Lacus's identical cousin, and had a thing for Auel ever since he could remember. She thought every guy would be drooling over her (most of them were, she had big ones wink wink) But Auel wasn't interested. Never had been, never would be. He didn't really think he liked anyone in particular at the moment.

"Hey, what's with the long face? I'm here!"

Auel groaned. She was so annoying.

Meyrin

She felt someone's arms around her, and she opened her eyes slowly.

"Hey, watch where you're stepping, or you'll end up hurting someone." A voice said cheerfully.

Meyrin looked up and saw Dearka Elsman holding her arms. He was a senior, very smart, and very hot. He was a bit of a bad boy. She didn't know him well, but she knew he was popular, especially with the female crowd. But he hung out with Yzak Jule a lot. Meyrin and Stellar were secretly afraid of Yzak. He was so impulsive, and had a short temper.

"Hi. Umm… thanks for saving me."

Dearka grinned. "No probs. Anyways, I saw you at detention yesterday. I never thought of you as the type of girl who would get detention."

Meyrin flushed. She remembered her encounter with Auel, and anger came back to her. "Hmph. Wasn't my fault! It was all that creep Auel's fault! He got me in trouble!"

"How?"

"He was bothering me, and when I turned around to tell him off, the teacher saw me talking and gave me detention!"

"Who was the teacher?"

"Mr. La Flagga."

Dearka grinned. " He always gives detentions like that. But he never gets mad, just says, 'You have detention' and that's it. He's also my math teacher for my third class."

Meyrin smiled at Dearka. " Yeah, I guess he is an okay teacher." Meyrin looked at her watch. " Oh shit! It's already 8:10!"

"We're way early. Class doesn't start until 8:30."

" I promised Ms. Badgrieul, my biology teacher, to help her with the lab today, and I have to go in early to set up!"

Dearka chuckled. " Good luck with that. She hates people who are late."

Meyrin groaned, waved goodbye to Dearka, and ran into the school.

Auel

"Wanna walk me to class? We have biology together! I think we are going to dissection today! We can be partners, and you can protect me from the ugly frog!" Meer offered.

Auel groaned again. " In your dreams. And you don't need protection from something dead."

Meer was getting annoyed. "You are missing the chance of a lifetime!" she called after him.

Auel shook his head exasperation. He continued down the hall and saw some of the people from his basketball team standing near the lockers, discussing the upcoming game against Northside High. Their school and Northside had been rivals for a long time. The finals for the tournament were to be this Friday. Two more days. As forward, Auel was important to the outcome of the game.

Auel walked over to them. " Hey. Talking 'bout the game?"

Shani Andras looked at him. He was point guard. "Yeah. You better be there, or we're gonna lose."

"I'll be there. You can count on me."

Athrun Zala looked over at Auel. "You haven't been to the last two games, and you missed a game last month as well. Coach was gonna suspend you from the team, but lucky for you, this is the last game, so it would be pointless to."

Auel grumbled. There was Athrun for you. As the captain of the team and captain of football and hockey as well, he was very well-liked, and had many female admirers. Also, Athrun was a straight A student, and a good leader. " I'll be there, cap' in."

Kira Yamato spoke up. " Auel, I think the bio teacher is trying to get your attention."

Sure enough, Ms. Badgrieul was calling out his name from the class down the hall. Auel grunted, and walked down the hall towards her. When he reached the bio classroom, he stopped.

" Did you want to see me?"

The teacher went to her seat and looked at Auel, with a testing look on her face. "Do you know why you're here, Mr. Neider?"

"Nope, but I bet you're gonna tell me."

Ms. Badgrieul frowned. " The principal feels you have not been behaving to the best you can be. In this month alone, you have served thirteen detentions, two suspensions, and the coaches have informed me you have missed two basketball games, four basketball practices, four volleyball games, and five volleyball practices. And in many classes you have not participated at all. You have a poor attitude, and you are not respectful towards school property. You have destroyed two textbooks this semester. You definitely haven't been acting to the best of your ability."

Auel yawned. "So, what are you saying?"

Ms. Badgrieul frowned even more. "We believe working at the library and around classes at the school will improve your attitude. We have contacted the public library, and they have consented to you working as community service, which means you will not be paid for your work. And right now you will help me set up for a lab I will have in this class in a moment."

Auel's mouth dropped. " Community service? You can't do this!"

"Yes we can. We have called your parents and they have agreed it will be helpful for you."

Auel's face fell. "How long will I have to do this for?"

Ms. Badgrieul looked at Auel with not even a glimmer of pity on her face. " Right now for a month. Then we will decide if you need to work longer or not. But you have to work for at least a month. And after this Friday's game, you are not to participate in any school team sport until you have finished your work."

Auel was getting angry. "This is unfair bullshit! What the hell is this? It's not my freaking fault all you teachers are so boring! Anyone right in their mind would skip class!"

Just at that moment, Meyrin appeared at the door, panting after running the long distance. "I am awfully sorry I am late, Me Badgrieul." Then she caught sight of Auel, who was indignant after learning of his new job. " You! What are you doing here?"

Ms Badgrieul cut in. " He will be helping you set up today. And he will be working at the library every day after school from now on. You work at the library too, don't you, Miss Hawke? Won't you escort him over there after school today?" The last part was more of a demand than a request.

Meyrin nodded unhappily, and went to the cupboard to get materials ready for the lab. Auel joined her, and together, they silently set up the classroom.

Later

The bell rung. People began to file into the bio class. Auel looked at the class and frowned angrily. Meyrin looked at him. Funny, he looked kind of cute when he was mad. Then Meyrin shook her head hard. Stupid, you hate him. Remember?

Ms. Badgrieul called attention to the class. "Please sit down. We will begin the class shortly. Find a lab partner please."

Auel grumbled. He and Sting had always been lab partners, and always fooled around. But Sting wasn't here today, and Meer was already batting her eyes at him. He looked around to see if there was anyone else he could pair with. There was Vino, but he and Youlan always paired together. Then there was always Meyrin. Yes, Meyrin. She usually paired with Stellar, but Stellar had recently transferred out of the class. Auel groaned. Some choice. A girl who loved him, or a girl who hated him. Auel sighed, and then saw Meer coming up to him from the corner of his eye. He quickly walked to Meyrin and tapped on her shoulder.

" Umm, do you want to be my lab partner?" he asked, his face showing no expression.

Meyrin was surprised. Did he just ask to be my lab partner? What? But then I do have no partner. And I don't want to pair with the teacher, she is so strict. Meyrin sighed to herself, and nodded to Auel.

Meer then showed up behind Auel and smiled superficially. " Auel sweetie, want to be my lab partner? You can do the work while I watch!"

"Yeah, that sounds like a great offer, but I have to decline." Auel said sarcastically. "I have a lab partner already." Auel grabbed Meyrin's hand and pulled her towards him.

Meer pulled her blue eyes to Meyrin's face. " Are you his lab partner?" she questioned.

Meyrin nodded, and leaned against Auel. "Yes I am."

Meer's eyes narrowed. "Whatever. Watch out, cause he is mine! All mine. And if you mess with me, me and my friends will mess you up." With that threat, Meer left.

Meyrin was a bit shocked, and looked up to Auel for an explanation.

Auel sighed. " She has had a crush on me forever, and she is so annoying. Sorry, but I think I just made you a target."

Meyrin shrugged. "I don't know. It's kinda hard picturing anyone liking you." She said grinning.

"Hey! I'll have you know a lot of girls think I am hot!"

"Yeah, probably. You mean only your grandmother thinks so, right?"

"Hey!"

After the Lab

"Meyrin, umm, hold on a sec!"

Meyrin was about to leave as Auel called her name. "Yeah?"

"Umm, can you meet me after school by my locker? I have to give you something." Auel looked at the ground, clearly embarrassed. Meyrin nodded, and left for her next class.

Hall

"Hey, Meyrin, wait up!"

Meyrin turned around.

Author's Notes

Okay, I tried to make it a little longer; hopefully it is not too bad! Did I spell Badgrieul wrong? If I did, please tell me the right way to spell it! You'll find out why Meyrin needs to work at the library! If you want any other characters in Gundam SEED or Gundam SEED Destiny to be in this story, please tell me! I have a few in mind for later, such as:

Nicol Amarfi, Yzak Jule, Miriallia Haww, Cagalli Yula Attha, Lacus Clyne, Sai Argyle, Tolle Koenig, Fllay Allster and maybe some others.

Who do you want in the story of those people? Or maybe others? I am trying to keep it to the characters young enough for high school, and some, like Meer, I am not sure of their age, so I made it up. Meer is fourteen…two years younger than Lacus…yes, they are cousins in my story…hehe. And I know I made Meer like Auel and it's kinda weird, but hey, I warned you of this in the first chapter! And I may make Meer a bit evil…sorry, I know lots of people do this, and I actually like Meer, but I couldn't think of any other character besides her. I actually don't even like Lacus…so, it's kinda weird…like me… So please review! ) And if you have any questions about the story, please feel free to ask! D