Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Wing (wah) but Alex is of my own creation. Do not sue you cannot win
This is the sequel to "The Little Sister". Duo discovers he has a sister and has to take her under his wing. In the meantime, Alex Maxwell discovers her brother and his friends have more secrets than expected, meaning she discovers the Gundams and one of the pilots discovers himself falling for his friend's sister. Which one is it? Does Alex have a crush of one of the G-Boys as well? Find out here.
Playing Cupid
Five weeks had passed since Alex had arrived at the Winner mansion. Silent and just plain scary, the G-Boys hadn't immediately taken to Duo's new sister. However, only a few days after, Alex underwent a stunning transformation from a blind street girl to a young lady who knew more than she needed to about the boys and their secret jobs. She held traits of all the pilots. She was quiet still, saying only a bit more than Trowa on some occasions, but she was rarely seen without a smile, like her brother. She was kind and willing to lend a helping hand and enjoyed nothing better than a good book and some quiet music, unless she was spending quality time with her brother and his friends. Quatre enjoyed having someone listening to him practice his violin and didn't mind letting Alex read his favorite book. Wufei was still nervous around her after the death glare she had sent him her first night at the house, which he sometimes saw when he called a girl a weak onna. Duo noticed he was using this phrase less frequently when she was around.
Duo plopped down on the couch with a new batch of pictures and a bar of chocolate. Once again, it was time for some blackmail straight from the lens of Duo Maxwell, ace candid photographer. He grinned at the first picture. On it was Quatre not too long after ten of his younger sisters got their hands on some makeup and him. "Too bad they knew how to put it on, but its still is a good picture. Keep."
On the second picture was Relena after the floor had been waxed (carefully, by Heero, for that specific reason). "Heero set that up pretty well." Duo snickered. "He must have been proud that the trash can was directly in front of her. Truly a work of art. Keep."
The next picture was very similar. Heero had gone to see what he "caught" and slid right into the pile of trash and Relena. Actually, it was just a pile of trash. (for all those Relena-haters) Relena had her arms around him and a banana peel lay delicately on top of his head as Relena was giving him a big wet one. Heero didn't look happy. Suddenly, the picture was pulled right out of Duo's hands.
"Whatcha looking at brother dear?"
Alex stood behind the couch holding up the picture of Heero and the garbage.
"Gee, there seems to be a great amount of trash in this picture." Alex commented with a sly smile. "Someone should have taken it out."
"You mean the banana peel and company or Relena?"
"Both."
Alex had met Relena a few days before during one of her stalking attempts. The blonde had immediately attacked Alex for information on why she was there and if she was Heero's girlfriend and such talk. Alex was forced to listen to Relena's lecture about taking Heero from her before she could say a word. Her first statement to Relena was, "I'm Alex, Duo's sister. Nice to meet you, Ms Chatty." As soon as she had said this, Relena had turned back into her normal, average self. Alex wasn't sure which side of the blonde girl was worse.
"Speaking of trash, we just got a call. Relena's throwing a birthday party for herself Thursday and we're all invited."
"Another birthday party? She just had one a year ago!" Duo said. Alex registered this and burst out laughing. Then, while catching her breath, she was able to gasp out the smaller details.
"1 PM to…midnight she says. Slightly fancy, so…bring good clothes and…dancing shoes…" Alex laughed again and had to leave the room to get a drink. Duo got the idea that he was in charge of warning Wufei, Trowa, Quatre, and especially Heero. The rest of the pictures would have to wait. Who knew, he might have some better ones after the party. It had been a while since he had gotten the Wu-man drunk. He left the room to find the other four pilots. Less than a minute later, Alex returned to find the room empty, the pile of pictures abandoned. She smiled, picked them up, and sat down.
"Dang, Duo's got one helluva trigger finger with that camera of his. I pity the poor fools in these pictures," she said with a smile. She pulled out the next one. On it was a decent picture of a certain pilot. Alex looked to the doorway. It was empty. Quickly, she deposited the photo in her pocket, put the others in the order they had been previously in the place Duo had left them and walked speedily out of the room. After a few minutes of lost meandering, Alex finally found her room. She sat down on her bed and pulled out a small box from under her pillow. She took the photo out of her pocket and put it in the box. No one was about to find her secret collection…
"ALEX!!!"
Duo's voice echoed through nearly the whole house.
"Shit, now what did I do?"
She stuffed the box back under her pillow and ran to the living room. Duo was standing there holding up a picture. Alex snickered. On the picture was Duo in the middle of giving Hilde a *cough* French lesson.
"Where, may I ask, did this picture come from?" he asked, glaring at her. Alex turned a bright red.
"I just happened to find your camera lying around and…" Duo got the gist of what she was saying. He knew his sister well enough already to tell what she meant. Alex squeaked and took off running. Duo ran after her, dropping the picture in the process. After the siblings had disappeared around the corner, Trowa entered the living room. He saw a picture on the floor. Curiously, he picked it up. He gave a small secretive laugh and pocketed the picture just in case he needed it for later. Duo with a camera could be dangerous. Sounds of a fight echoed into the room and around the house, drawing Trowa, Heero, Quatre and Wufei to the library.
"Say uncle!"
"Uncle, auntie, Gramma, grandpa, Trowa, Quatre, Heero, Wufei, HELP!!!!"
Heero gave an amused grin at the sight before him. Quatre and Wufei both burst out laughing. Trowa just smirked. In the middle of the floor was Alex and Duo. Alex had her brother in a devastating headlock and an arm twisted behind his back. Duo didn't look too happy about this.
"Well, that proves it," Quatre said.
"Proves what?" Wufei asked him.
"Alex really is Duo's little sister."
"No, she's more of a Shinigami's lil sis. Duo's sister couldn't have done that. Shinigami's could." Heero said, still smiling.
"Shinigami's lil sis…yeah, I like it. It fits her." Wufei agreed.
"HELP!!!!"
Minutes later…
"That was humiliating…" Duo moaned as Quatre half-dragged him back to the living room. His arm was still limp.
"I'd hate to admit it, but it was actually funny. What happened?"
"Well, I was chasing Alex and was able to corner her in the library. Before I could do anything though, she jumped me and got me into that position."
"Wow. That seems like an interesting strategy, wear out the enemy then attack. Maybe she could be the sixth Gundam pilot." Trowa said, coming up from behind them.
"NO!"
Wufei joined the little group.
"I take back everything I ever said about that onna being weak. Duo's never been pinned that fast."
"How do you know how long it took, Wu-man?"
"Maxwell!"
Quatre led Duo into the living room. Immediately, Duo looked around for the photo. It was no where to be found because of the fact it was in Trowa's pocket.
"Where'd it go?" Duo asked frantically.
"Where'd what go?" Heero asked, walking into the room.
"The picture! Alex took a picture of me and I dropped it when I went chasing after her and now it's gone! Anyone could have picked it up!"
Trowa shrugged, turned and left. Wufei said, "Why would I take one of your dumb pictures?" and followed Trowa out. Heero just left. Quatre watched Duo search the floor, the couch, chairs, etc. for the picture. The blonde boy sadly shook his head and turned to leave. A glimpse of something white caught his attention before he left. Quatre walked over to the table where the piece of paper lay. It was folded in a letter form he had seen his sisters do many times before. Curiously, he opened the letter. It started out simple. Dearest Alex. Those were the first two words. Quatre's eyes widened as he read the note. It was signed, Your Secret Admirer. Quatre folded the letter back up. "One of the guys must have left this here. But it could have been any of them. What am I supposed to do with this now?" he asked himself. He didn't know which buddy of his to give the letter to. But it was written to Alex. Simple enough. Quatre would give the letter to her, tell her he found it in the living room, and leave again. It couldn't be too hard, could it?
Quatre knocked on Alex's door. Inside, Alex sighed and put "the box" back under her pillow. When am I ever going to have some private time? She walked over to the door and opened it. Quatre stood there, holding a piece of paper in his hand.
"Oh, hey Quatre. What's up?" Alex asked, smiling.
"Nothing much. I just found this lying around in the living room while Duo was looking for a picture he says he dropped. It's for you."
Alex took the letter from him and began to open it.
"Thanks for the delivery, little man. I better go check on Duo, he probably thinks I took it."
"Okay. All I can say is…I didn't write it."
With that, Quatre walked away. Alex followed him out of the room, reading the letter to herself. In the hallway, they split up, Quatre heading for the library, Alex for the living room. As Alex read on, her blue eyes widened, just as Quatre's had. She folded the letter up and put it in her pocket. That was going straight into her box when she got back. For the time, she had to go clear her name from Duo's death list. As she walked by Trowa Heero and Wufei's rooms, someone sat inside one of them. He had seen Alex reading his letter to her. Thank god he hadn't signed it with his own name. He couldn't believe that he had been stupid enough to leave that inconspicuous love note on the table. Neither could he believe that Quatre had found it, read it, and had the idiocy to give it to Alex! He had a feeling this week wasn't going to be a very good one.
R&R Please! Once again, if I get enough positive remarks, I'll begin work on part 3!
Poll: Alex is going to get a Gundam and it needs a name. Ma amie Nimue has been so kind as to give me a short list of names to choose from. I have narrowed them down to 3 choices and now it's your turn to help me decide! Should her Gundam be named: fushicho (phoenix), tatsumaki (tornado), or akurei (demon). Please answer in the review. I will use the most popular one. Thanks to you who do help me make this decision!
