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I do, however, own any other characters besides the GW crew. Please don't steal them, I made up their personalities and names. If any such people exist, I'm sorry, I wasn't aware of it.
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Blue Skies and Rainy Days: Chapter Four
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Duo smiled as he disappeared from sight and reappeared in front of the soccer ball. Stealing it from the player that currently possessed it, he dribbled it up the field, and passed it Heero, who scored a goal.
"Mr. Maxwell!" a voice boomed. "How many times have I told you not to use your powers on the field?"
Duo turned around and pouted. "Sorry, Coach. It's just a habit."
Coach McGregor put a hand to his forehead and sighed. "I know that. But we're going against regular schools, if you get what I'm saying. You don't want them to find out about your powers, you don't use them, got it?"
Duo nodded.
"I don't mind you kids playing around out here, when we're with each other. But then it becomes a habit, and you start doing it out of second nature. Then, before you know it, you're in a game, and everyone is shocked when you suddenly vanish into thin air."
"Mkay, Coach. I'm sorry." Duo flashed his grin, and Heero rolled his eyes. Somehow Duo always managed to get off easy with the teachers.
"It's ok. Get back out there and practice!" he barked to the team.
Sylvia dumped the pile of books she was carrying onto the desk. The librarian eyed her and started scanning the books. "Student I.D. please." She requested.
Sylvia forked over her card as Hilde walked up. A pile similar to Sylvia's was floating gently in the air behind her.
"Show off." Sylvia remarked, and Hilde giggled.
"You girls just remember what I told you, ok?" Quatre said.
Sylvia and Hilde had spent the afternoon in the library with Quatre, who was helping them with Latin. Hilde was also taking the class, but she had it on a different bell. Quatre seemed like a whiz in Latin and Math.
"Hey, look at this!" Hilde called excitedly. She held up a flyer that had come from the desk. "The carnival's in town! 'In honor of the Autumn Fair and Carnival, Hunter Grove Academy will be holding a Field Day. All classes on September 23rd will be cancelled. Sign up for Talent Show, Bake-off, Instrumental Concert, and Volleyball Tournament in school office. Deadline: September 21st.'" She read. "Totally cool! This sounds like fun! I'm not that good at volleyball, but I'm sure the Talent Show will be ok."
Quatre shrugged. "I guess I could play in the concert."
"I'll do something in the Talent Show, if you do it with me, Hilde." Sylvia said.
"Hey, I wonder if the others know about this." Hilde pondered thoughtfully. "We should go tell them."
"Come on!"
"Wait, you forgot your books!" The librarian called, and then shook her head.
Quatre had taken the flyer to his room. Duo was drying is hair, since he and Heero had just finished taking showers. Trowa was lying on his bed, reading. Wufei was playing one of Duo's computer games.
"So, what do you guys think?" Quatre asked, after explaining it to them.
"Sounds like fun!" Duo exclaimed. "I'm glad classes are cancelled. That's cool."
"It could be interesting." Wufei commented. "All those students, running around a fair. Though I agree about the no classes thing."
"Carnival, huh? It should have some nice attractions." Trowa flipped a page in his book.
"I think I might enter the concert." Quatre mused.
"You should." Heero said. "I bet you could blow them out of the water, the way you play."
"Thanks." Quatre reddened. "So, you guys are going, right?"
Everyone nodded.
"Good! I'm going to go give the flyer back to Hilde.
"…I'm going to enter the bake-off!" Catherine was saying dreamily as Quatre walked into their room. As usual, all six girls were lounging in Hilde, Relena, and Sylvia's room.
"If I can figure out what to do for the Talent Show, I'll enter that." Relena said.
"I'm doing volleyball! I love that sport!" Mariemaya exclaimed.
Dorothy blushed. "I'm pretty good at volleyball…"
"Cool!" Mariemaya grabbed her hand. "You and I can sign up together."
"Does anyone here play a musical instrument?" Quatre asked. "I really don't want to have to play alone…"
"Oh, didn't you know?" Catherine looked up. "Trowa plays the flute."
"What? He didn't tell me. How come he's not taking classes?"
Catherine sighed. "Level 10 gets extremely intense about halfway into the school year. Lots of people end up dropping classes like music and art so they can keep their other grades up. Trowa decided he'd rather not take music instead of having to drop it. Especially since he also has to adjust to the new school and everything. But he's pretty good."
"Oh. I see." Quatre handed the sheet of paper to Hilde. "Well, I'm heading back."
The days ticked away, and students began to get excited as the festival drew near. The night before the big day, our group of eleven-no, ten, decided to stay up and hang out.
Most of them were in pajamas, excluding Relena, Heero, Wufei, and Dorothy. The clock read 10:29 PM.
"Where's Mariemaya?" Quatre asked, yawning.
"Anyone below Level 9 is not allowed to stay up past 10:15, remember?" Dorothy reminded him. "She's in bed."
"Ah."
"I'm bored." Duo declared, tossing his History book on the desk. "And sick of studying. Let's play a game."
"Like what?" Sylvia asked.
"Cards?" suggested Trowa.
"Nah, it gets boring with a big group." Hilde said. Then she smirked. "How about Truth or Dare? No hentai, but kisses allowed."
They eyed each other. "OK, I guess." Relena said slowly.
"Everyone in?"
"Yeah."
"Guess so."
"Why not?"
"Alright, I'll play if everyone else does."
"I'm in."
"Yep."
"OK."
"Good!" Hilde clapped her hands. "I'll go first. Eh…. Heero, Truth or Dare?"
Heero thought for a moment. "Truth."
Hilde grinned. "Is it true you spiked Mr. Lang's drink last year at the Christmas party?"
Heero smiled. "Yeah. Only because Duo wanted me to."
Relena burst out laughing. "That was you? I don't believe it!"
"Wasn't it funny, the way he fell into the punch bowl, snoring?" Duo whooped.
Heero chuckled. "Yeah. Ok, my turn. Sylvia, Truth or Dare?"
"I'll take Truth."
"OK…. Is it true you tried to throw your little brother out the window one time?"
"Aaaah!" Sylvia covered her red face and burst into giggles. "How'd you know about that? Yes, I did, because he was so annoying one time. I grabbed him, opened the window, and threatened to toss him out if he didn't behave. Dorothy, Truth or Dare?"
"Truth."
"Darn." Sylvia snapped her fingers. "Owell. Dorothy, who do you have a crush on?"
"No one."
"Are you sure?" Sylvia pushed.
Dorothy nodded, then laughed. "Currently, no one. Ask me in a few days and my answer might be different though. Now I get to pick someone! Er…………. Ah! Quatre, Truth or Dare."
Quatre shrugged. "Truth, I guess."
Dorothy got an evil gleam in her eye. "Are the rumors true? Are you gay?"
"What?" Quatre glared at her. "I'll chose not to answer that question. What's the dare?"
The evil gleam got, er… eviler. "I dare you to… Kiss Trowa!"
"WHAT? No Way!" Trowa and Quatre exclaimed in unison.
"Dorothy, that's horrible." Hilde said, but she was grinning.
"Well? If you're not going to answer my question, you have to do the dare!" Dorothy ordered.
Quatre sighed. Gulping, he leaned over and gave Trowa a quick peck on the cheek.
"Happy?" he grumbled, looking a bit more flushed. Trowa felt the blood rush to his face.
"Yes!" Dorothy clapped her hands gleefully. "It's your turn."
Quatre sighed. "Truth or Dare, Wufei." He said half-heartedly.
Wufei grinned. "Dare!"
"I dare you to knock off Mr. Mason's toupee."
"What?!" Wufei glared at him. "A teacher? Injustice! I'll get in major trouble for that."
"Relax, Wu-man." Duo said calmly. "It's already happened three times this year. All you have to do is act like it was an accident."
Quatre smiled. "I'll go easy on you. You can do it on a Friday, so you can avoid him all weekend. By Monday, the whole thing would have blown over."
Wufei muttered something under his breath. "Fine, I'll do it. Relena, Truth or Dare."
"Definitely Truth." She told him.
Wufei grinned mischievously. "A little bird told me you sing in the shower. Is this true?"
Relena turned red. "Absolutely not! And no one should be listening when I take a shower!" she declared, looking around suspiciously at the female group.
"Remember, you can't lie."
"OK, so it may have happened ONCE." She admitted. "But only ONCE. I don't usually sing in the shower, ok? Now, Duo, Truth or Dare?"
"I want to take the Dare, but…" Duo eyed Relena's wicked smirk. "I don't trust you. Truth."
"Oh, poo, you spoiled my fun." Relena whined. "Ok, is it true…. Hey, I can't think of anything for you! Hm. Oh, yeah, I've got something. Is it true that you took Haley Granger to a dance last year because you liked her?"
Duo got a dark look on his face. "No, I did it because I felt sorry for her and she helped me with Poetry."
"Yes!" Relena smiled triumphantly. "I knew you didn't like her! I don't get how anyone could like Haley…"
"Hey, that's not nice." Catherine interjected. "She's got her good points."
"Relena's right." Hilde said. "She was always mean to me, every time I offered to help her with something or smiled at her."
"Can we get back to the game?" Duo asked impatiently. "I choose Trowa. Truth or Dare?"
Trowa sat for a moment. "I can't decide. You pick for me."
"I chose Dare. I dare you to wear a Pokemon shirt to the carnival tomorrow!" Duo announced eagerly.
Trowa made a face. "Ugh, I knew I should have chosen myself."
"I'll let you try Truth, since you let me chose for you."
"Nah." Trowa shook his head, and grinned. "I'm not going to run from it. I'll do it. Does anyone have a Pukemon (>Get it? Puke-e-mon. Haha! Sorry if I offended any Pokemon worshippers out there.<) shirt I can borrow?"
Everyone shook their head. "I know someone who might though. Don Perry down in Level 8 loves the show. He might have one. If not, you don't have to do it." Duo said.
Trowa shrugged. "Hilde, Truth or Dare."
"Yeah! I'm last!" Catherine cheered.
"Eh, Truth." Hilde responded cautiously. "Don't ask me anything too bad…"
"Is it true you snuck a Kid Rock and Sisqo CD in here?"
"Yeah!" Hilde beamed. "I dunno why the school bans music like that."
"Cool!" Trowa laughed. "Can I borrow them? It's been awhile since I heard good music."
"I guess so. Just don't let the teachers catch you. Catherine, your turn."
"Dare." Catherine stated.
"I dare you… Put up and N*SYNC poster in Martha Sorwind's room!"
"What? But she hates that group."
"That's the point." Hilde said with a giggle. "I know her roommate, Katie. We can find out when Martha won't be in there and then put one up. I'll help you, if you want."
Catherine sighed. "Fine. Ok, is that the end of the game?"
"Yeah." Answered Duo. "I think we're done.
They stayed up to talk a while longer. Then Quatre looked at his watch. "Guys, it's 12:15." He announced. "We should get some sleep so we can be rested tomorrow."
Everyone murmured goodnights before heading back to their respective rooms. Tomorrow promised to be a fun day.
Trowa was awake, listening to Wufei's snoring and thinking over the events of the day, particularly the Truth or Dare game they had just finished. He wondered about Quatre's answer to the question Dorothy had asked. Turning to his left, he saw Quatre was also awake, staring absently at the ceiling. Sighing, the blonde turned over onto his side with his back to Trowa. Trowa followed suit, attempting to get some sleep.
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In the next chapter, the Field Day begins. What will Relena and the other girls do for the Talent Show? Will Catherine win the Bake-off? Who knew Heero was mischievous enough to spike a teacher's drink??
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P.S.>>> Hope ya liked it! Should I make Trowa and Quatre best friends, or lovers? Where will this story lead? I need feedback! If I get enough reviews, I'll put up the next chapter(s) in a day or so. Thanks to Harry Potter for a wonderful magic school idea!
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