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A/N: here is the seventh chapter and the big date! Whoo! Yeah…about lent…I couldn't do it. It's just too hard and yeah…I did what my very smart friend Damon did. I gave up giving up something for lent. Haha…try to figure that one out. Well, here's that chapter y'all!

The three weeks Emilie had to spend on crutches soon passed and all she needed was to have her knee wrapped for a couple of days. About two days after she got off her crutches, Nicol asked her to go on a picnic with him. Konami arrived at Emilie's house to help her pick out what to wear. The minute she opened the door, she was hit in the face with one of Emilie's shirts.

"Emi, what the hell are you doing?" Konami asked as she watched her best friend throw shirts and other various other things out of her closet.

"He's going to be here in about half an hour and I have nothing to wear! That's what I am doing, trying to find something to wear in all of this crap." Emilie responded.

"You told me he was going to be here in about an hour." Konami said. "And I thought you said you were thinking of wearing your favorite jeans and that one shoulder shirt."

"I lied. And I was going to wear that until I found out that I can't find them." Emilie said desperately. "I want to look good for him. I mean, I swooned after I told him I liked him. I swooned! Who the hell swoons nowadays?"

"I still don't believe you did that, you are usually so quiet about your crushes." Konami said taking a seat on Emilie's bed.

"I know! I can't believe I straight out told him that I liked him. I have never ever told any guy that I liked that I liked him. Nicol just…I don't know. He just brings out a side of me that I didn't know I had but I like It." Emilie stopped what she was doing and just kinda stared into space. She shook her head. "What am I doing Konami? I'm going crazy!"

"You're just falling for him. I mean it's natural that you're like this." Konami consoled her best friend.

"I guess." Emilie shrugged and tied her hair up.

"Why don't you wear your hair down? I mean, you always have it in that damn ponytail."

"It's easier for me to have it up. It doesn't get in the way."

Konami got up and took Emilie's ponytail out and dragged her to the bathroom. "Well I am going to straighten your hair because he deserves to see you in something other than a ponytail."

While Konami did Emilie's hair, Emma came in and handed something to Emilie. It was the outfit Emilie had wanted to wear. "Mom accidentally put it in my closet and I thought you might like it back since you were throwing a fit that you didn't have it."

"Thanks Emma. You're a lifesaver." Emilie escaped from Konami's grasp and changed into her desired outfit. "How do I look?" she asked Konami.

"Perfect. Now let me finish that one last section of hair. What exactly are you two going to do?" Konami said.

"Well, he asked me to go on a picnic in the park. I offered to make the basket and he told me not to worry about it. Of course I couldn't let him do everything himself, so I fought with him to make the basket. It was kind of funny actually. I told him that if he didn't let me make the basket, I wouldn't eat. Then he told me that if I made the basket, he wouldn't eat. Then I told him that he could starve. He finally let me though."

"You guys are such losers. Fighting over a picnic basket." Konami shook her head and laughed.

"Emilie! Nicol's here!" Emma's voice came from downstairs. "Get your butt down here!"

"I'm coming!" Emilie shouted down the stairs. She pulled on her sneakers and turned towards Konami. "How do I look?" she asked.

Konami just smiled and gave her a thumbs up. "Beautiful. Go get him."

Emilie smiled and rolled her eyes. She went down the steps and grinned when she saw Nicol waiting for her in the entrance. She jumped down the last three steps and hugged him tightly.

"Hi." She said simply.

"Hey. You look beautiful." He told her.

"Let me just get the basket and we can go." She let go of him and went into the kitchen. She picked up the basket from the table too quickly and almost fell backwards from the weight. She heard laughter from the doorway and saw Nicol standing there laughing. "What are you laughing at?" she asked him.

"You." He said and kept laughing.

"Well are you going to stop laughing and help me, or are you going to just stand there?" she asked him again.

He walked over to her and took the basket. She smiled at him and they left. When they were nearing the park, Emilie remembered something. "I didn't pack a blanket!" she exclaimed all of a sudden.

"I know. That's why I brought one." Nicol said.

"Where is it?" Emilie raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"You'll see." He told her slyly.

They arrived at the park and Emilie saw a blanket set up by a tree a little ways away from her favorite fountain. She looked at him and smiled. She hugged him tightly and then they walked over to the area he had set up. While they laid out the food, Nicol admired Emilie. Ever since he met her, he felt different. When he was with her, it was like nothing else mattered.

Once the food was set up, they sat and ate. "I haven't been on a picnic in forever." Nicol said as he took a bite out of his sandwich. A very big bite.

"Well I can see why." Emilie said laughing. "Pig." She threw a piece of bread at him.

He swallowed. "Hey! I'm hungry, what do you expect? I've been in simulators since this morning and I haven't eaten since breakfast."

"Why exactly have you been in all these briefings and simulators lately? I hardly ever see you at rehearsal anymore." Emilie asked. "Or can you tell me?" he just looked at her. "I guess you can't. You'll be leaving soon won't you."

"I won't be going until January. That's about as much as I can tell you. Let's not worry about the war and the military right now. Just you and me."

She smiled. "Just you and me then. So…what do you do other than practice piano?"

"I give lessons and I hang out with my friends. Actually, the ones I hang out with the most though are my cousins but that's because we've just always stuck together."

"Who?" she was curious and laid on her stomach and rested her chin on her hands.

"I was with them when you called me about three weeks ago when you were on bed rest. London and Tommy, we grew up together and they weren't exactly happy when I enlisted but every time I'm gone, they write me a letter each day."

"That sounds so cool. The only close person I have is Konami. I have other friends, I'm not a freak or anything it's just that I trust her more than anyone else. I mean, my dad is an engineer and he works all over the place doing who knows what, I've never asked. Then, my mother travels with the symphony. She's a violinist like Emma. She usually gone a lot too. They tried to get me to be musically oriented but I was…lacking in the talent."

"So basically you sucked and couldn't hold a beat." He lay down on his back next to her. "I remember when my parents enrolled me in sports. That wasn't pretty. The only things I was good at were soccer and baseball but I gave them up. I haven't played in forever."

"That's sad. You shouldn't have given up something you are good at."

"Well, with the war, there wasn't time for anything else other than piano when I could and writing music."

"You know…"she reached for his hand an interlaced her fingers with his. "I really like it when we're together like this."

"Me too." He moved closer to her and sat up.

She smiled and moved closer to him also. Their lips were about to touch when she felt a sharp pain on her arm. "Ow!" she moved away from him quickly and slapped her arm. Then she saw ants moving all on the blanket and on the basket and food. "Dang it! The ants got into the food already!"

Nicol and Emilie stood up quickly. Emilie grabbed the blanket and Nicol grabbed the basket. She shook the blanket hard and the ants all fell off and a rose fell out of the folds. She picked it up and Nicol noticed she was holding it.

"Oh yeah, I meant to give that to you. Sorry." He said sheepishly.

"It's okay. I really like it." She hugged him tightly and before she knew it, she had given him a peck on the lips. Her eyes widened and they both blushed. Then she started laughing. He started laughing also. The awkward moment passed and then they sat back down onto the blanket. Nicol took all the food out and poured it into a trash can and put all the Tupperware back into the basket and put the basket a little ways away.

"Well, the food is ruined. What do we do now?" he asked as sat back down on the blanket. Then he saw that Emilie got an evil look in her eye. "What are you planning?"

"What are you talking about? I am not planning anything. How dare you accuse me of planning! I do not plan." Emilie said haughtily. Then she smirked at him. "I plot." Then she hit Nicol on the tip of his nose with her rose. "You're it." And ran away.

Nicol smiled and ran after her. He could, of course, out run her and easily catch her but what the fun in that? Nicol kept up with her without getting too close. He finally had her cornered between him and a giant oak tree.

"No way out now." He teased her.

Emilie held out the rose in an attempt to protect her. "I've got a rose…with thorns!" she threatened him.

Nicol crossed his arms across his chest. "Ooh…what are you going to do? Poke me to death? Besides, do you honestly think that I would give you a rose and not have them remove the thorns first?"

"Yes!" Emilie said indignantly. "No…" she then admitted defeated.

"How about I give you a five second head start?" he said.

Emilie looked around for an area to run and while she did, Nicol inched closer to her. She finally picked a direction to go but Nicol was close enough that he just took a few steps and wrapped an arm around her small waist and gently pinned her against the big tree with his arms on either side of her.

"Hah. Got ya." He said softly.

Emilie tried to look mad. "Uh…excuse me? What about the five-second head start you were going to give me?"

"You used it when you were looking around. Fair game." He smirked.

She laughed and then all of a sudden, rain started to pour. They were immediately doused.

"What idiot fell asleep at the controls!" Emilie exclaimed. "I never thought I would be one to say this but, my hair! I had to sit there while Konami spent forever on it! Let's go!" she said over the sound of the rain.

Nicol just looked at her. "One thing before we go…" all of a sudden he had captured her lips in a sweet kiss.

Emilie was surprised but she kissed him back. A bit shyly at first but then bolder. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her closer. After a minute, she pulled away to breathe. She grinned.

"Emilie, will you be my girlfriend?" Nicol asked her.

Emilie just grabbed his shirt collar and pulled him towards her to kiss him. After another long kiss, Nicol pulled away first. "So I take it that means yes then?" he joked.

Emilie laughed. "Yes lunkhead. That means yes. I am soaked!" she exclaimed.

"I am too. Now why am I a lunkhead now?" he asked her.

"I don't know you just are." She shrugged.

"We should go inside before we get sick." Nicol told her and grabbed her hand gently.

"Nicol, I hate to burst your bubble but we are coordinators. It takes a lot for us to get sick and measly rain isn't going to do it." Emilie said and then started spinning in circles and laughing.

"What are you doing psycho?" Nicol laughed at her. He watched as she spun around the area they were standing. Her hair that reached to the middle of her back, which used to be flat and straight, was very wavy and bordering on curly. Some it was stuck to her cheek and some of it to her bare shoulder but the rest spun with her.

"All these years I've been dancing and I have never danced in the rain. Isn't that just a little sad?" she called out to him as she spun around. She had to do something, her heart was beating a thousand miles a minute and she was completely dazed. Nicol's kiss had done something to her but she knew she liked it. That's why she had gone in for another one.

"It's breaking my heart." He said sarcastically.

"Smart ass!"

"I thought you were the smart ass."

"Ah!" she yelped as she fell over.

Nicol rushed over to her. "Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah…I'm fine. Just a little dizzy." She told him and started to laugh.

"Come on, I'll help you up." He held out his hand for her to help her up. She had other plans though. Emilie grabbed his hand and before he could pull her up, she pulled him down and he landed right next to her on his side. She started laughing harder. Nicol rolled on to his back and sat up.

"I bet you think that's funny." He said flatly. Emilie could only nod. "Well, then how about this?" he started tickling her and made her laugh even harder.

"No! Nicol! Stop!" she cried out between laughs. "I give! I give!"

He stopped tickling her and then kissed her. "What do you say we go in?" he asked her softly. Emilie just nodded. She was beyond dazed to answer.

Nicol helped her up and then they ran. Emilie didn't know where they were going but she just followed him. There were too any thoughts in her head. She hadn't realized where they were until he stopped in front of an apartment building.

"Where are we?" she asked him panting.

"My place. I didn't want your parents to think I kept you out in the rain so we can hang out here until we dry." He told her.

"Oh. Okay." She smiled. She didn't know if it was because they had been running and it was cold or that Nicol was blushing slightly. She suppressed her urge to smile bigger and simply let him lead her into the building.

"Hello young Nicol. Out in the rain were you?" the doorman greeted him. He was an old British guy.

"Yes. We got caught in the rain when we were in the park." Nicol told him. He was friends with the doorman who had known him all of his life.

The doorman laughed and opened the door for the soaking wet couple. He smiled and he remembered when he and his wife were like that. Young and in love though Emilie and Nicol weren't quite to the in love part yet.

"N-N-Nicol…it's r-r-really c-c-cold…" Emilie tugged on his arm gently.

"Yeah I know, it's always really cold in the lobby. We're almost to the elevator." He wrapped his arms around her from behind and led her into the elevator.

It was a quiet ride as they were both content to just hold each other. Emilie turned and buried her head into his chest taking in his smell. She smiled and it seemed almost unreal to her that she was with him like that.

"Hey, we're here." Nicol whispered softly in her ear. His breath tickled her neck and she giggled.

The doors opened to a mini hallway and a door right in front of them. They stepped out of the elevator and Nicol fished for his keys in his pocket. He finally found them and unlocked the door. "Mom?" he called out as they both stepped into the very large two-story apartment.

"Wow. Your place is beautiful." Emilie told him.

"Thanks. My mom decorated the place. I don't think anyone is home. My mom is probably at the orphanage and I know my dad is somewhere for the council. Come on. There are fresh towels upstairs." He took her hand and led her upstairs.

He went into his bedroom and into the bathroom that was in his room and got two oversized towels. While he was getting those, Emilie looked at his room. He had a picture of him and the ZAFT guys, one of him and what she guessed were his cousins and then the picture of them on their first date. She smiled and then looked at the rest of his room. It was a typical guy's room. Posters of some rock bands, some soccer and baseball teams and a big mess near his closet where some of his clothes were on the floor. She laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Nicol asked her coming up behind her and wrapping her up in one of the towels he got.

"You." She turned around and kissed him.

They kissed for a little while and then Nicol's stomach growled. Emilie pulled away and started laughing. "A little hungry are we?" she teased him.

"Hey, all I've gotten to eat was a sandwich. Can you blame me?" he said.

"Well, if you show me where the kitchen is, I'll make you my specialty." Emilie offered.

"And what is your specialty?" he asked.

"Ramen or Mac and cheese." She said.

"They are both such culinary accomplishments. I'll take any one." He said and led her to the kitchen.

After she made him something, they sat on the couch in the living room and watched the rain fall all over the city. Nicol looked down at Emilie and he smiled. She had fallen asleep in his arms on his chest. He kissed her forehead and thanked whomever it was that led them to meet each other for letting him be so lucky to have her.

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed that. I couldn't keep you waiting for forty days so I gave up a little early. I think I am going to do and Yzak and Shiho one shot. There is this idea in my head and I need to get it out. Besides, they are one of my fav. Gundam couples. I always pair them up when I play a Neverending Tomorrow. Cool game. Well, please hit that little button and review!