Once they arrived back at the house, Quatre milled around them for a moment. "You found what you needed right Alexis?" he asked, his arms full of wooden logs. "Oh yeah, it's plenty." she smiled, heading towards her and Heero's room. "Everything went alright.. right Heero?" Quatre asked quietly as Alexis dissapeared. "Hnn.." he said, following Alexis into the bedroom. Quatre stood puzzled, Heero's cheeks were tinted slightly pink. "Think the perfect solider's got a crush?" Trowa asked, coming up behind Quatre. "I wouldn't go that far.. but he did seem strange." Quatre admitted. "Well we'll know when the time's right." Trowa said, taking some of the load out of Quatre's arms. "Yes. We will." Quatre smiled, following Trowa to the wood box.
Alexis put away the last nightgown as the door clicked open. "Hey Hee-chan." she said, not turning around. "How did you know it was me?" he asked, typing the password into his screensaver. "Oh just because." she smiled, sitting down next to him. "So whatcha been doin'?
Besides looking up stuff about me and my past?" Heero didn't answer and clicked on a photograph on his screen. "That's you. Isn't it?" he said, pointing to a woman with short brown hair, standing aside Denkim, during Operation Meteor. "Yes.. that was me." she admitted with a sigh. "What were you doing there?" he asked, clicking and typing away. Alexis leaned back and lied down while staring at the ceiling. "Good pay?" Heero turned and looked at her. "Tell me Alexis." Alexis gulped.
"I'm the step-sister.." Heero blinked. "The step-sister of who?" "The step-sister... of the real Trowa Barton."
Suddenly the door burst open and Duo lay sprawled across the floor. "Hehe.. um.. hi there guys! Hungry? Thirsty? You know, Quatre makes some mean lemonade if you want some and.. hehe.. I think I'll be leaving now.. later!" Duo got up and quickly ran out of the room, slamming the door behind him. "Baka..." Heero muttered. "Who? Him or me?" Alexis asked as she laughed and sat up. "You know who I'm talking about." Heero said, clicking a button and shutting the laptop off.
"You surprise me Alexis. I didn't think you would cave so easily. Why did you?" Alexis turned and looked Heero in the eyes, "I trust you. Heero Yuy." The feeling came back. Damn! What was making him do this? Heero couldn't move. He was locked into her gaze, the two sat there for what seemed like an eternity before Wufei knocked loudly on the door. Heero shook his head and Alexis blinked. "Yeah Wu-man?" she asked, standing up and opening the door. "Onna... don't EVER call me that! Ugh, you've been around Maxwell one day too many." Heero stood up and looked outside. "It's getting dark.." With that, he slid the laptop into the attic space and stood behind Alexis. "I think I know why Wufei's here..." he said as Quatre's voice rang out. "Dinner!" Alexis laughed and Wufei trotted down the hall in front of them as Heero shut the door behind he and Alexis.
Around the table, the six of them sat and ate in dead silence. "You know, this is actually pretty good Quatre. You can really cook." Alexis smiled, taking another bite of meatloaf. "Why thank you. You know, you should really try and cook, I'll bet you're pretty good at it, living alone and all." Alexis grinned and Heero coughed in the middle of a bite of dinner. His expression changed and he slid a finger into his mouth and pulled out a... bobby pin. "There it is!" Duo
exclaimed happily. Heero's eyes changed to horror and Quatre laughed nervously. "Eh.. Duo helped me cook dinner tonight... as punishment for buying all those snacks." Alexis looked at Trowa, who's stoic face twitched at the corners of his mouth. Heero stood up, taking his plate and dumping the contents into the trash can. Everyone looked at everyone else except for Duo, who was watching Heero. "Hey man, can I at least have my pin back?" That was all it took and Alexis burst into giggles. Wufei tried to conceal it, but only ended up making Alexis and Quatre laugh harder. Trowa even laughed quietly and Heero stood amongst it all, trying to look serious and only causing more laughter. "You will never cook here again Bakagami." Heero said, rolling his eyes as he headed into the backyard.
Alexis put away the last nightgown as the door clicked open. "Hey Hee-chan." she said, not turning around. "How did you know it was me?" he asked, typing the password into his screensaver. "Oh just because." she smiled, sitting down next to him. "So whatcha been doin'?
Besides looking up stuff about me and my past?" Heero didn't answer and clicked on a photograph on his screen. "That's you. Isn't it?" he said, pointing to a woman with short brown hair, standing aside Denkim, during Operation Meteor. "Yes.. that was me." she admitted with a sigh. "What were you doing there?" he asked, clicking and typing away. Alexis leaned back and lied down while staring at the ceiling. "Good pay?" Heero turned and looked at her. "Tell me Alexis." Alexis gulped.
"I'm the step-sister.." Heero blinked. "The step-sister of who?" "The step-sister... of the real Trowa Barton."
Suddenly the door burst open and Duo lay sprawled across the floor. "Hehe.. um.. hi there guys! Hungry? Thirsty? You know, Quatre makes some mean lemonade if you want some and.. hehe.. I think I'll be leaving now.. later!" Duo got up and quickly ran out of the room, slamming the door behind him. "Baka..." Heero muttered. "Who? Him or me?" Alexis asked as she laughed and sat up. "You know who I'm talking about." Heero said, clicking a button and shutting the laptop off.
"You surprise me Alexis. I didn't think you would cave so easily. Why did you?" Alexis turned and looked Heero in the eyes, "I trust you. Heero Yuy." The feeling came back. Damn! What was making him do this? Heero couldn't move. He was locked into her gaze, the two sat there for what seemed like an eternity before Wufei knocked loudly on the door. Heero shook his head and Alexis blinked. "Yeah Wu-man?" she asked, standing up and opening the door. "Onna... don't EVER call me that! Ugh, you've been around Maxwell one day too many." Heero stood up and looked outside. "It's getting dark.." With that, he slid the laptop into the attic space and stood behind Alexis. "I think I know why Wufei's here..." he said as Quatre's voice rang out. "Dinner!" Alexis laughed and Wufei trotted down the hall in front of them as Heero shut the door behind he and Alexis.
Around the table, the six of them sat and ate in dead silence. "You know, this is actually pretty good Quatre. You can really cook." Alexis smiled, taking another bite of meatloaf. "Why thank you. You know, you should really try and cook, I'll bet you're pretty good at it, living alone and all." Alexis grinned and Heero coughed in the middle of a bite of dinner. His expression changed and he slid a finger into his mouth and pulled out a... bobby pin. "There it is!" Duo
exclaimed happily. Heero's eyes changed to horror and Quatre laughed nervously. "Eh.. Duo helped me cook dinner tonight... as punishment for buying all those snacks." Alexis looked at Trowa, who's stoic face twitched at the corners of his mouth. Heero stood up, taking his plate and dumping the contents into the trash can. Everyone looked at everyone else except for Duo, who was watching Heero. "Hey man, can I at least have my pin back?" That was all it took and Alexis burst into giggles. Wufei tried to conceal it, but only ended up making Alexis and Quatre laugh harder. Trowa even laughed quietly and Heero stood amongst it all, trying to look serious and only causing more laughter. "You will never cook here again Bakagami." Heero said, rolling his eyes as he headed into the backyard.