Nine Months
By Ameve
Disclaimer: No own Gundam... for now.
A/N: Started this right after chapter 12, and then I lost inspiration. Sorry it's so small everyone.
A quick stats recap for those who forgot: -The girls have been pregnant for two months -Pairings thus far are Heero/Ebony, Zechs/Noin, Wufei/Nikki, Trowa/Marie -They have known the pilots for three days now -It is now Monday morning, the ball was Saturday night.
Chapter Twelve: Peach Life in Apple Trees (...Don't ask)
The next morning, Ebony found herself lying in her bed. She sighed happily and sunk into the lush depths of her pillowy bed. She never noticed how nice the oversized, overstuffed, down comforter and pillows were. She relished in the soft sheets and flowing silk drapes surrounding her canopy bed. All of the wonderful fabrics were varying shades of dark blue.
Her plaid pajama pants and red tank top clashed perfectly with her elegant surroundings and Ebony just felt so good waking up after sleeping in. Waking up after oversleeping was the best part of the day, nothing horrible has happened yet, and you feel perfectly relaxed. The world falls into a surreal state for the few moments you spent hiding in those comfortable sheets and pillows. Ebony was almost afraid to open her drapes, not wanting to destroy the surreal happiness. But she reluctantly did.
She pulled back her royal blue drapes and reached for her terrycloth robe, but it wasn't there. That's when she understood what Heero said last night. 'I guess, "You need a change of scenery," means "You are getting a change of scenery." Oh well, maybe he's right, it doesn't hurt to try.'
When she walked into the living room, eight sets of eyes locked on to her. All the fathers/mothers-to-be were congregated in the room and all had a bag with them. Ebony sighed, 'I guess, "You need a change of scenery", alsomeans "Everyone's going, now."'
"Heero left you a change of clothes in the bathroom," Nikki informed her with a smile. "Oh, and our shuttle leaves in two hours, so be ready." Ebony nodded and walked into the bathroom.
Ebony hopped into the shower and washed her hair quickly. She grabbed a fluffy white towel and wrapped it around her body and tucked in the edge so it would stay. She then stepped out of the glass door of the shower and onto the cold, white tile floor. She padded over to the pile of clothes Heero had picked out for her. Gray sweat pants and a black tank top were neatly folded next to the sink.
She quickly threw on the clothes and put her damp curls up in a clip at the back of her head with out bothering to brush it. She quickly poured some mouthwash into her mouth, spat it out and cinched on her white tennis shoes before grabbing her pajamas and walking back into the living room.
"Ready," she announced as she slipped her pajamas into her suitcase. She then plopped down next to Boom Boom who grumbled in her sleep and let her head drop onto Ebony's shoulder. 'Wow, definitely not a morning person.' Ebony turned her attention to Heero as he began to speak.
"We'll arrive at a large port near the Sanq Kingdom. The law on Earth says that we must attend school, so I enrolled us in an academy I attended once before on a mission. I arranged for transportation to the school and I already sent in the measurements for our uniforms."
"Wait," Duo interrupted. "Did you ever stop to think that the rest of us didn't want to go along with this?"
"If you prefer to stay here and wait for the scientists to attack, by all means do so. I could care less."
"What makes you think they'll attack? And why wouldn't we be able to defend ourselves?"
"Because they designed the gundams, they know each of our weaknesses and strengths. There are also ten of us, and five gundams. If their only objective is to grab the girls, they simply have to send a large number of suits to keep us busy and another team to get them. There are many more reasons not to stay, but we don't have time to go over all of them. Think before speaking next time." He briefly glanced at his watch before looking back up. "Time to go."
Everyone stood up from their seats and walked out of the suite. Quatre checked out of the hotel while everyone else hailed three taxis and piled in. The ride to the shuttle was short and uneventful. Quatre was once again stuck with the job of paying while everyone else carried his or her luggage into the large building. Security was long and boring and they arrived at their terminal five minutes before boarding.
Marie sent Trowa to get coffee and cake before collapsing on a chair. She decided if she was going to look like a cow in a few months, she was going to eat like one too. Boom Boom curled up into the chair next to her and went back to sleep. Bailey took the chair next to the Sandman's most recent victim and sighed. Duo sat across from her and sighed too.
"I guess this means no game," Duo said while looking at the floor.
"Yeah." Bailey paused for a moment before adding, "Why do you guys always listen to Heero?"
Duo glanced up at the question. "Never really thought about it. I guess 'cause Heero's usually right about things like this and he's sort of our de facto leader. I don't know why really."
"Still, that would have been one hell of a game we're missing."
"Yeah. I guess we'll have to settle for another night at the sports bar."
"It won't be the same."
"Yeah, but-" Duo was cut off by the loud speaker coming to life.
"Rows 1-10 for shuttle 392 are now boarding. Again, rows 1-10 for shuttle 392 are now boarding."
"That's you guys," said Heero as he grabbed Ebony's small duffle bag. They made sure that all the items were carry on. "We'll take the gundams and meet you at the school when you arrive."
The girls all nodded and gathered their things. Boom Boom sleepily waved good-bye before stumbling into line. Bailey chastely kissed Duo's cheek before following. Nikki hugged Wufei good-bye before finding her place behind Bailey. Marie smiled warmly at Trowa while shoving more coffee cake in her mouth and piling into line after Nikki. Ebony lingered behind with Heero for a moment.
"Heero.... thank you." Ebony smiled up at him.
"It is necessary to cause as little stress to the babies as possible. You being upset will add more stress then they need. That is all." Ebony's smile faltered. She thought he was doing this for her. He said he was doing this for her, but now he was acting like she didn't matter. She cast him one last hurt glance before boarding the shuttle with the other girls.
Heero sighed as he watched her step into the shuttle. The hurt and betrayal he saw in Ebony's eyes tore at his heart. That was the very reason he had to be so cold. She was getting too close to him. He realized that morning and knew he needed to make it stop. He toyed with the idea of not meeting her on Earth, simply watching her from a distance. But he knew that he couldn't stand to watch the continual hurt in her eyes and know that he was the cause of it.
As the five young men boarded their gundams in the forest 15 miles from the shuttle port, Heero kept telling himself that it was for Ebony's own good. The small sting of unrequited love would be much better than the heart-wrenching pain of a lover killed in battle. It was for her own good. That was his mantra as the five gundams shadowed the passenger shuttle on its trip to Earth.
TBC
I was re-reading the story and I just realized how annoying I made Ebony. I really want someone to shoot that girl... I think I will kill her. Review and tell me if I should kill the annoying whiney-ass. Also, I realized how much my story absolutely sucked at first, can you also tell me if I've improved at all since then. Thanks a bunch!