~Surprises~

Chapter 2

Morning came and the girls rose, acting as if it were any other day. They took their seats and their breakfast. They sat around waiting for Relena, drank their tea and degusted the days events like always. Their routine wasn't altered till six men walked in to join them.

Catherine: "Good morning." Her voice extremely perky. Duo growled, Trowa and Wufei looked at her annoyed and Heero and Zechs seemed to be off in their own little worlds. "Well ok then." She turned to look at her comrades.

Quatre: "Good morning." He smiled at her. She looked back over at them and smiled at Quatre.

Duo: "Coffee?" He took a seat in an empty chair next to Hilde. He was still half a sleep.

Sally: "None." She mocked him.

Duo: "What?!" That seemed to perk him up but unfortunately not in a good way.

Sally: "There. Now you don't need any coffee. You seem wide awake now." Hilde couldn't help but giggle.

Duo: "I want COFFEE!" He gave Sally a death look and then turned his head to Hilde. She placed her hand over her mouth. "And you're not helping." She could but to laugh harder, though this time she wasn't alone, as it seemed everybody was laughing at him now.

Noin: "We don't consume caffeine." She came in from the kitchen; everyone stopped laughing. She took a seat and turned to chair to face the tired males.

Duo: "Right and you're always this perky so early in the morning without caffeine?" The other pilots [who weren't in their own little world] took a seat next to the girls.

Dorothy: "Yes. Aren't you?" She teased. Just then Heero decided to join them.

Duo: "Oh you've got to be kidding?!" He slapped his hand against his cheek and ran it down the remainder of his face. "Let me guess you aren't tired or a bit sluggish?"

Heero: "Why would I be?" He stated sarcastically, knowing full well for past experiences that Duo wasn't a morning person.

Duo: "Oh shut-up!" He turned to face back to Hilde. "So what 'are' you drinking?"

Hilde: "Tea. Echinacea Tea to be exact." Duo looked around at the rest of them.

Dorothy: "Peppermint & Spearmint Tea."

Noin: "Peppermint & Spearmint."

Sally: "Echinacea."

Catherine: "Lemon."

Duo: "Right then. I'll have some -" Hilde poured him a cup full. "This apparently." He took a sip. "Agh, that's gross!"

Hilde: "It's for you throat. It still sounds hoarse." They all smiled and took a biscuit or muffin the platter in the middle of the table.

Noin: "Don't you want breakfast?"

Trowa: "Nah this will do." The rest nodded.

Noin: "Ok." She turned her chair towards Zechs. "Zechs?"

Zechs: "Hmm?"

Noin: "Aren't you going to join us?" Without answering her he sat down next to her, poured a cup of tea and took a muffin. "Ok." She turned back to the group.

Duo: "So you guys were waiting around for us?" His mouth half full.

Noin: "No."

Hilde: "We're waiting for Relena."

Duo: "So she gets to sleep in?"

Dorothy: "No, she has other business to attend to."

Catherine: "That's why she has two rooms."

Sally: "That door leads to an office/living area, which in turn leads to her bedroom."

Noin: "Our quarters are just like yours."

Sally: "And why we're out here sitting with you." Hilde looked down at her watch and finished her tea. The other's noticed her actions and copied her. Five seconds later, Relena stepped out of her quarters.