A/N: Ok guys, I leave again tomorrow and I'll be gone a week. So I thought I'd update again before I left. Thanks to my awesome reviewers TanyaPotter and Kami-Crimson! If you wanna get recognized like them then you gotta review, and you can see your name next to the word 'awesome' or some other amazing word! Lol, well anyway I'm sure I've begged enough and you guys are anxious to read the story so I'll shut up now and you can go right ahead!
Part 11Hilde crept up to the doorway, and stopped suddenly as she heard voices on the other side. Quatre and Duo were up late, really late talking about the war…waiting for Heero and Trowa who were supposed to arrive…she glanced at her watch…in an hour. She put her ear up to the door and listened, though she knew it was rude. She needed to know, she needed the knowledge of what really was happening and how her boyfriend planned to handle it. She'd baked a special cake for the arrival of Trowa and Heero, a celebration of the reunion, which was now getting colder every second. The wind whipped her hair around over her shoulders, around her neck as if attempting to strangle her. She coughed, and covered her mouth just as quickly as the noise had escaped. But there was no rustle from inside; they had not heard her.
"Quatre, I'm just afraid that someone is going to get hurt." Duo said.
"Duo, I know! Why do you think Wufei isn't going to fight? But it's like you said, think how many people will get hurt if we don't" Quatre agreed.
Duo sighed, "What about Hilde? I have a girlfriend, you should have one of your own. We should settle down and have a family, you know, things that normal people do. I'm afraid…she's my weakness. Oz will realize that. They might hurt her…they might hurt our families."
"We took that risk last time, all 5 of us, now the 4 of us have to take it again." Quatre said softly, so softly that Hilde could barely hear him.
"Then I guess we should discuss battle plans." Duo offered.
There was a momentary pause.
"I overheard an Oz transmission in my Gundam suit yesterday when I was fixing it up." Duo explained, "They said something about an assassination attempt on Relena Dorlian."
"She would be a big threat to them." Quatre agreed, "And not to mention Heero wouldn't be too happy about it."
"They're close?" Duo asked.
Quatre laughed, "No…well maybe…I don't really know, but they are friends. She's been trying to talk Heero out of fighting, you know the whole peace idealism she has."
"Yeah." Duo agreed. "I'm not surprised, I guess you and I are just lucky she doesn't know us all that well."
"Heero's probably told her about us, but he's such a secretive guy, you never know what he thinks." Quatre countered.
"I wonder if Trowa knows her." Duo offered.
"I hardly doubt he does. Trowa was always trying to make Heero more open about his feelings, he somehow thought that would help our mission." Quatre explained.
"You think he's cracked yet?" Duo laughed.
"Be serious, Duo. If there really is an assassination plot on Relena's life we'll have to tell them tonight when they get here." Quatre said.
"So much for sleep, eh pal?" Duo asked.
"Ah cheer up, we'll get to see our old friends soon." Quatre comforted.
"Friends?" Duo asked.
"Yes, friends." Quatre said slyly. "The war ended, we should stop thinking of them as colleagues.
"No my friend, that's where you're wrong." Duo sighed, "The war has just begun."
Hilde was exceedingly tired of listening to assassination attempts on Relena Dorlian's life and of war and friends and colleagues, finally she worked up the courage to interrupt their conversation and knocked.
"Is that them?" Quatre asked.
"Can't be, they're never early." Duo said.
"Well, somebody open the door!" Hilde shouted.
"Hilde?" Duo asked.
"Yes, my cake is getting cold!" Hilde answered.
She heard the familiar twist of the knob and saw the familiar face of her boyfriend.
"What's the cake for?" Duo asked.
"I thought we should celebrate your little reunion." Hilde smiled.
"War is nothing to celebrate." Quatre countered.
"Yes, but it's the only thing that brings you all together." Hilde offered.
Quatre nodded, "We're very independent."
"I noticed." Hilde agreed handing the cake to Duo.
"What am I supposed to do with this?" He asked.
"Duo, put it on the table or the cabinet or somewhere but don't drop it; isn't that obvious?" Hilde pointed towards the kitchen.
Quatre laughed. "Settle down huh?"
"Quatre," Duo began.
Quatre looked at him questioningly.
"Shut it!" Duo finished.
"To quote you, hey, hey I'm not the enemy calm down!" Quatre shouted at Duo who was now in the kitchen.
Duo grunted as he stepped onto some unfortunate breakfast from last week that had not found it way to the fridge, but instead the floor and now was underneath Duo's shoe.
"Hilde!" He called, "I need help with this mess."
"Boys." Hilde laughed and went off to aid her boyfriend.
Quatre sat in silence staring at the blank TV screen deep in thought. He really didn't like war, he really wanted peace, but wasn't that how all the Gundams felt? They were just willing to fight for what they most wanted.
Duo scratched his head as Hilde scraped the large pile of goo from his shoe. He muttered a thanks that was more characteristic of Heero than himself, but still Hilde got the message and nodded with a smile.
"It's always a pleasure cleaning your week old breakfast off your shoe." Hilde said sarcastically.
"Ha ha, very funny." Duo said.
"No, I'm serious." She countered sarcastically.
"Yeah right!" He smiled.
"Good, you smiled." She said.
"Quatre can you see their headlights yet?" She called.
But there was no response.
"Hmmm, maybe he's in the bathroom?" Duo asked.
"Yeah." Hilde agreed as she tossed the napkins and washed her hands.
Duo headed for the living room and Hilde followed centimeters behind. Suddenly Duo stopped and Hilde ran straight into him, which hurt.
"Ow." She complained peaking around his shoulder.
"Shhh." Duo commanded.
"What?" She asked quietly, and then she saw it.
"Sleep tight Quatre." Duo said softly.