~~ After school Angelique met Duo and Heero at Duo's locker and invited Heero over to their house for the afternoon. After very little protest he decided to come along. Angelique's plan was going to work. She was going to keep her job no matter what to cost. To bad she'd be gone in the morning. ~~
As they walked to the house Duo talked to Heero with Angelique falling behind them about three steps. Heero kept looking back to see what she was doing but every time he did Angelique glared at him. Duo wasn't talking about much in particular he was just talking. Heero hung on every word.
"So what did you think of school? Are you sure you're mom won't mind you coming over?" Duo asked quickly looking at him.
"My mother won't be home for another six hours. She works all day. She won't mind at all. She wants me to start making new friends anyway." Heero answered quietly.
"What do you mean 'make new friends'?" Angelique asked in that deep tone she had used earlier that day. "Do you not make friends easily?"
"Well yes. I've been to so many schools that it's hard to keep friends. I haven't made a good friend in a few years." Heero answered looking back at Angelique then at Duo.
Duo smiled. "Well we'll just have to fix that." They walked up to a large, white, house with the word Maxwell on the mail box in the front. Angelique got the mail as Duo fished his keys out of his pocket. Angelique looked at Duo and Duo looked back. "I can't find my keys."
"What do you mean you can't find your keys? You had them like five minutes ago." Angelique glared at him. "Don't tell me you gave them to Quatre to hold and didn't get them back. Just don't."
"Fine I won't. Heero I left my keys with Quatre." Duo said jokingly.
Angelique glared at Duo and went around the back of the house. Heero's eyes followed her then went to Duo. "Where is she going?"
"Behind the house. There's a window we always keep unlocked just incase this happens. This is the 7th time, I think. Or was it eight?" Duo said more to himself then to Heero. Seconds later Angelique opened the front door, her bag and shoes gone.
"Welcome to the Maxwell house. Do you have an invitation?" she said and smiled.
"Angie let us in." Duo said trying to push his way past her.
"I'm sorry sir but you must have an invitation to get inside." She said in her chipper tone once again. "May I see your invitation?"
"Angie this isn't funny." Duo said glaring at her.
"I'm sorry sir but if you don't have an invitation you can't come inside. Thank you. Come again." And with that Angelique smiled a fake chipper smile and closed the door in Duo's face.
"Damn it Angie we have company!" Duo yelled and sat on the step. "I'd sit if I were you. She locked the door. I hate it when she does things like this."
"Does she do things like this often?" Heero asked quietly as he sat next to Duo.
"Only when I forget my keys or something. She just goes and locks me out of MY house." Duo turned towards the door and yelled again. "Ya hear that? This is MY house Angie!"
The door opened and Angelique's head popped out. "I heard you no need to yell. Quatre is coming over with your keys. He'll be here in an hour. I'll see you inside then. Sorry Heero but you're friends with him so you have to stay too." Angelique smiled and closed the door locking it again.
Duo looked at Heero. "So what do ya wanna do for an hour?" He smiled at Heero brightly.
They went to get ice cream from down the street. There was an ice cream store that opened year long there and Duo was their favorite customer. Heero watched as he greeted everyone in the place as if they were best friends. Duo ordered Heero an ice cream sundae and got a milk shake for himself. They sat at the table closest to the window across form each other.
"Do you come here often?" Heero asked even though he already knew the answer.
"It's my favorite place to go on dates." Duo quickly regretted what he had just said. Heero could see it in his face. "I mean…"
"What? You don't think I know people go out on dates?" Heero asked clueless of why he was so nervous all of the sudden.
"No! I just thought that you might think that THIS was a date." Duo said looking up.
"Do you think this is a date?" Heero asked. He knew Angelique would kill him if he didn't take this chance. That was why she had locked them out of the house in the first place. Then all these thoughts when threw Heero's head when Duo didn't answer. What if he didn't like him? He liked Duo but what if the feeling wasn't mutual? Not only would he feel totally rejected; but also, Angelique would probably cut his head off. Heero was about to call Angelique and just call the whole thing off when Duo answered.
"I don't know… what do you think it is?" Duo said quietly.
"Well it's only a date if both people think it's a date." Heero said.
"Well…" Duo looked p at Heero and smiled. "I think it's a date." Duo leaned forward and so did Heero. They were mer inches from kissing when Quatre walked in.
"Umm guys." Quatre said and they both turned to the smiling blond. "I have your keys." He held up the ring of keys with the Hello Kitty Angel key chain that Angelique had given him for his birthday. "You can go home now if you want to, though you seem pretty busy to me." He joked.
Duo glared and walked over to Quatre. "Thank you Quatre." He grabbed the keys from him, which made Quatre laugh. "Come on Heero lets back to my house."
Quatre just laughed as Duo left the ice cream store. "Sorry Duo. I didn't mean to break up your date!" Quatre yelled as he and Heero walked back to Duo's house Duo storming in front of them.