A\N: This is not exactly a chapter; it's just a scene I thought should have happened after Treize's return from the dead. I wasn't sure where to put it, so I thought it should stand alone. It's quite short, but I couldn't resist :P...

Btw, I'm still updating with a new chapter today, I just wanted this to stand alone ;) Enjoy!


A friendly talk

Anne looked at the cars that were coming and going on the street from the window of the dressing room she was stuck in. It was Sunday, and though she really would like to spend it with Mariemaia and Treize at home, she was stuck with Noin as she was trying wedding dresses.

She and Relena sat there facing the door of the dressing room waiting for Noin to come out; she has been trying to choose a dress for the past six hours with no use, dragging them from one store to the next. The wedding was merely three months away and Noin has already turned to a bridezlla, of course, she can never tell her that, but every single detail seemed to stress her out these days, even at work, everybody just seemed to avoid her, even Zechs himself...

Only a couple of months had passed since Zechs has proposed, she had asked her and Relena to be her bridesmaids, Anne agreed right away, so did Relena, so now, they were stuck here.

"Do you think she would ever come out?" Relena asked her in a whisper, "I have a meeting in two hours and Heero has just texted me; he will be coming to pick me up in an hour". Noin has entered the dressing room since what seemed like hours with every wedding dress in the shop to try them on, the problem was she didn't show them to her "maids of honor" yet, 'She wanted to pick the perfect one herself then show it to them' which was getting on both Anne and Relena's nerves.

Anne sighed and shock her head, "I think if she gets the chance she'll make us go to all earth's shops to find the 'perfect' dress, maybe the colonies too." she answered in a whisper too; if Noin heard them complaining she'd probably kill them both.

Both Relena and Anne sighed and looked out of the window again. Anne looked at the cars, and smiled to herself at how ironic it was; all the time she had been in Oz, she had done missions, operations and made planes, even killed people, and now she couldn't take it to set in a dressing room for a couple of hours. But to say the truth, right now, the idea of going back in time and do more suicidal missions seemed a lot more appealing than staying there for another minute!

She got up and went to the door which Noin was behind, "Come on out, Noin! You can't stay in there all day long! Get out so we can see you!" she said knocking on the door.

"Come on, Anne! Just give me a second!" Noin shouted back.

"Noin, trust me, if you didn't get out in a second, I swear I'm gonna get in there and kick you out myself!" she shouted back, her voice got the authority that used to have it in the past, she even saw Relena flinching out a little from the corner of her eye.

It was really a second later that Noin came out. She looked so beautiful in that dress; it was a strapless simple white dress with a little pinkish satin bow on the waist, she looked so marvelous that Anne had to let an "Awww" escape her in spite of her anger.

"Noin! You look amazing!" Relena exhaled going to her and holding the dress for her to be able to walk to the mirror.

"You do, Noin. Really, you look breathtaking!" Anne said when Noin looked at her.

"Do you really think so, guys?" she said looking at herself in the full length mirror.

"Noin, if you don't buy this dress, I'm going to!" Anne laughed to her.

...

Half of an hour later the girls were at Starbucks drinking some coffee after they finally managed to convince Noin to buy the dress. They were waiting for Heero to pick up Relena. In fifteen minutes he came and they left.

"Now, do you mind telling me what's gotten in to you recently?" Noin asked once she and Anne were alone.

"What do you mean?"

"Ah... Come on... You know what I mean…" she looked at Anne with a look she perfectly knew, but Anne still played it cool that Noin finally added; "You and Treize?"

Anne let a little laugh escape her, who knew that even as Noin was crazily into the wedding would really find time to think about Anne's life. But when Noin's serious look didn't go away, she had to answer; "Seriously, Noin, nothing is going on."

"Yeah, right," Noin laughed too, "Anne, I have been working with you for almost two years now, and I've never seen you this happy before... and don't try to tell me that it has nothing to do with Treize's return from the dead!"

Anne sighed, "Well, what does that have to do with anything?"

"It has to do with the fact that you're finally laughing, Anne! And I mean really laughing. Only yesterday you laughed on one of Duo's awful jokes, and you're telling me what that has to do with anything?"

Anne smiled, "come on, you know that joke was funny,"

"Don't change the subject!" Noin joked.

Ah, who was she kidding, Noin won't drop this. She knew that Noin was worried about her and that she won't let this go till she hears full details, the problem was there were no details to begin with, Treize hasn't mentioned what happened in the meeting room the first day of his return and she didn't as well, it was more comfortable to both of them that way.

"Well?" Noin asked at last.

"Noin, believe me, nothing is going on… and… I don't want it to." she confessed that last sentence shyly.

"Ah, Come on Anne! You and Treize are a meant to be." Anne laughed at that. "And I'm not just saying this; you and Trieze have always been for each other." Noin said seriously.

"Nothing is meant to be, Noin." Anne said that looking down, suddenly her coffee looking a lot more interesting than observing her best friend's face.

"Anne, is this about your brother?" Noin asked carefully, she didn't want to upset Anne but she was also worried about her.

"No," Anne answered automatically, "and even if it wasn't for my brother, why would Treize be interested in me?" she stopped then continued to stop Noin from protesting again, "Look, let's just leave it here, okay? I just... Noin, I just barely got my life to be some kind of normal, I just want to enjoy it for a while, okay?"

Noin didn't protest more, she only sighed, "I just want you to know one thing that this 'normal' situation won't last for too long, I just know it... You too are a must-be and the longer you fight it the stronger the explosion will be."

Anne laughed at that, "explosion?"

"Laugh if you want, but know this, Anne; you both are going to tell each other your true feelings and from what I'm seeing it won't be long till you do."

Anne continued laughing but lowered her voice politely, she didn't want to offend Noin, but she really didn't see any of that coming.

"Listen, let's just... enough about me. Tell me, how is Zechs handling all the wedding drama these days?"

"Don't get me started on Zechs, he doesn't even sound interested in the whole thing," Anne smiled as Noin begun telling her all the things Zechs didn't help her with, she felt a little guilty but that was the only way to get Noin to stop her predictions on her and Treize.


A/N: Hope you enjoyed! As usual, please leave a review, I love hearing what you guys think!