Disclaimer: as always, I don't own Suzaku and Lelouch.
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Before long, the two weeks had passed by and the family had gone on an insane road trip to make it out to Virginia where they had moved into an old historic two story house on the Yorktown water front nearly an hour away from NAS Oceana where Leon worked.
But Lelouch found himself quickly adapting comfortably to his new home. He now had a window bench instead of a balcony, but he still had a beautiful view of the river.
He was now enrolled at Grafton high school with his friends all being put in the same classes and to their delight, Braydon had joined them, promising that he would never leave his favorite students alone.
It turned out that he had quickly discovered that his best students were leaving and he had applied to Grafton high where they had over crowded world history classes since there was a shortage of world history teachers, especially honors teachers and so the small group of brats felt more comfortable then ever.
And of course, Grandpa Ashtor joined them as well.
"Are you happy here Lelouch?" Aldair asked as Lelouch continued unpacking on Sunday evening after dinner.
"Absolutely. I'm kinda excited to explore around here." he admitted, as he put up one of his posters.
"You're closer to your great grandmother now too. Kallie lives down in Newport News, near where your father works."
"And all of my friends are here, Uncle Braydon's here. Uncle Lloyd's here too unfortunately, but that'll at least make Mercy happy."
Aldair smiled as Lelouch sat beside him and scratched behind his ears.
"I wish I could go out to explore." Sandy sighed from her spot on the window bench.
"I know, but it wouldn't be normal to have a giant tiger walking around the river walk." Lelouch said kindly. "People would be scared. Maybe I can convince my Biology teacher to let me bring you for show and tell."
"Show and tell? You're not in elementary school." said Sandy with a giggle.
"This is true." said Lelouch with a smile.
Just then there was a knock on the door and Leon peaked into the room.
"Lelouch, is time for dinner." he said.
"What's for dinner?" he asked.
"Meatloaf and mashed potatoes."
"Cheesy without the baked on ketchup?" he asked.
"Of course. I hate baked on ketchup." Leon said. "Now, are you coming?"
And with that Lelouch ran out the bedroom door past Leon and down to the table where he took his seat on the side of the table opposite of Kit and Mercy.
"I see the three of you are ready for dinner." Leon said with a smile as he walked into dining room with the bowl of mashed potatoes.
"We're hungry daddy!" said Kit.
"Yeah, we've spent all day unpacking!" Mercy added.
"So are you three ready for your first day of your new school tomorrow?" Leon asked.
"I'm kinda nervous." Lelouch admitted, putting meat loaf on his plate. "If I didn't have my friends and uncle Braydon, I don't think I'd do so well."
"We're excited!" said Mercy.
"Yup! Really excited!" Kit said.
"What about you dad? Tomorrow's your first day of work." Lelouch pointed out.
"Well it doesn't matter to me really. The entire squadron could hate me, but they'll still have to do as I say." he said with a smile before taking a drink of his soda.
"I guess that helps." Lelouch shrugged. "So, when is Miss Sahara coming out to join us?"
"Three weeks. So we'll be all settled in before she gets here."
"Mitch likes it here." said Kit.
"Oh does he now?" Leon asked with a smile.
"Yeah! He made himself comfortable in our new playroom." giggled Mercy.
"He does seem comfortable here." Ashtor admitted with a smile.
"Well I'm amazed he moved here with us." Leon admitted.
"Did you really think he was going to leave his little playmates?" Ashtor asked. "Especially not after getting punched by Travis when we tried to catch him."
Lelouch starred. "Uncle Travis punched him?"
"Well they may of both been dead at the time, but they could still hurt each other. He freaked when Kit went to stay at his grandfather's and no one said anything." Leon admitted. "He made every door in the house fly open, he knocked things off the wall, and when Travis caught him at the base of the stairs, he tried to choke him. When he finally let go, Travis punched him in the jaw and knocked him to the ground."
"Uncle Travis sure was a violent one." Lelouch mumbled.
"You never saw him and Cameron fight." said Ashtor. "They were pretty much on a level battlefield, but the difference was that Cameron fought with brains, Travis fought with brawns. By the time Cameron thought up an offence Travis had already thrown the first punch."
"Oh, so it's like if Suzaku and I ended up in a fist fight. By the time I thought of a plan I'd already have a broken nose because he'd just attack." Lelouch said.
"That's exactly right." said Ashtor. "Of course your fights never ended up involving butcher knives and baseball bats. Travis could use a baseball bat like a sword and that's why he usually won in those fights."
"And everyone thought I was bad for dropping Roddy on his head? At lease I never took a bat to his head or a knife to his ribs." Leon sighed, shaking his head.
"It's still not nice to drop your brother on his head." Ashtor sighed. "Anyway, at least everyone seems to be settling into the new house easily."
And with that, everyone gladly changed the subject about how they were adapting to their new home.
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A couple streets away in a smaller one story house was Suzaku and Cecile who were very happy in their new home together.
"There now, that ought to do it." said Cecile putting away the last kitchen knick knack. "How does it look Suzaku?"
"Perfect." he said with a smile as they stood back to admire their handy work. "It looks a lot better now that we have a bigger kitchen."
"I think I'd have to agree." she said, hugging him and kissing his cheek.
Suzaku just grinned as he straightened his glasses before walking over to the table and grabbing another slice of the large pepperoni pizza they had ordered.
Cecile just chuckled at him.
"You've become a bottomless pit since you've changed back into a young teenager." she said. "That's your fifth slice of pizza."
"I'm growing again mom, I'm always hungry, can you blame me?" he asked with a smile.
"I suppose not." she said, shaking her head with a smile.
"But I can blame you for not giving me some pepperoni." said Sunny as she skipped into the kitchen.
Suzaku smiled down at the large white tiger. "A couple pieces of pepperoni aren't going to fill you up Sunny Bunny." he said with a chuckle.
"Who say's I need it to fill me up? I'm just like the taste of pepperoni." she said.
Suzaku just laughed a little as he peeled a few slices off of his pizza and placed them on her tongue.
"Thank you very much." she said, chewing as she hopped around a little. (hence the bunny name)
But then Jurri came up and tilted her head with a whine.
"I get the feeling my slice of pepperoni pizza's going to end up a slice of cheese pizza." he muttered with a raised brow as he peeled off a few more slices of pepperoni and gave them to Jurri. "Hey!"
Cecile just laughed as she took his last piece of pepperoni and ate it.
"That wasn't fair!" Suzaku protested.
"I know, but I couldn't resist." she said with a smile. "Anyway, finish up that piece. It's getting late and tomorrow's your first day of school so you better get to bed soon."
"Yes mother." he sighed, taking a bite of pizza.
He then finished his slice, and headed off to bed.
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Ginger: sorry it took so long to update. Anyway, hopefully more people will start reading. But as always, if I get reviews, I'll continue. The more reviews I get, the more I'll continue. Anyway, thanks to starlight luna who's become a regular follower, you keep this thing going! Thanks.
