"Excuse me miss." An attendant said to Mac the next day. Mac looked at him.
"We're here."
Mac nodded and got up. She got her bag and walked out of the carrier. She stepped down to find Noin and Milliardo waiting for her. She walked up to them.
"Hi." she said. Noin hugged her and they went back to their house.
When they got there, they all sat down. "Listen, I don't know why you are mad. I mean, you knew that I was pretending to be a boy and that I didn't tell Sally, so why are you so mad?" Mac asked.
Milliardo sighed. "Because, we told you to tell her and you didn't," he said.
"No, I did." Mac said. Milliardo gave her a look.
"Yeah, after she found out the wrong way." He sighed again. "Oh well, while you're here, we can test out your surprise."
Mac's face lit up. "It's done! Yes!" she yelled. She hugged Milliardo and ran up the stairs to her room.
"I hate to tell you this, Milliardo." Noin said, sitting closer to him. "You are a softy." Milliardo snorted. He hugged Noin.
"Yeah, yeah, just don't tell anyone."
The next day, Mac came bounding down the stairs in her regular clothes.
"Morning Milli!" she said. "Yoink!" she cried as she tugged his platinum blonde hair.
"Hey! Watch the hair!" he said as he poured himself another cup of coffee.
"When can I go see Divinity?" she asked him.
"Kedzie Rose, you have to chill." Milliardo said.
"Well, when? When, when, when, when?" she bounced around and around him in a circle. He reached out and pushed her down in a chair.
"As soon as you calm down and eat breakfast." he said.
"Oh, Milli!" she groaned. "You know I'm not a breakfast eater."
"Here, we even got granola for you." he said. She squealed and hugged him and got the box of granola.
"Okay, I have my breakfast, I've calmed down, can we go?" she asked.
"I don't want you to eat on the go." he told her.
"Milli," Mac said, putting a hand on her hip. "You can't eat granola sitting down. You have to eat it on the go. Besides, you know there won't be any for later."
Milliardo sighed. "I sigh more then I ever have in my life since you came around." Mac smiled. "Lets go."
Mac grabbed her box of granola from the counter and walked out the door. She practically ran down the halls to the room that had the surprises in it.
Mac typed in the code and walked in. She looked around the enormous room at the gigantic figures.
"Are they all finished?" she asked Milliardo, pouring half the box of granola in her mouth at once.
"Yep. We're going to take them down when we take you back." he replied, watching her in disgust. Mac gasped as she saw the figure she was looking for.
"Divinity!" she cried, dropping the granola. She ran towards the figure. She hugged her gundam's leg.
"Morning Mac." Noin said, coming up from behind her.
"Morning Noin." she said.
"Mac, I have another surprise for you." Noin said.
"Nothing could be better than Divinity." Mac told her.
"Well, we'll see." Noin said.
"Hey Kedzie." A voice said behind her. Mac gasped. She whirled around.
"I knew it would get you off your gundam." Noin said. Mac's death grip transferred from her gundam to the speaker.
"Brian!" she squealed. The tall boy stumbled backwards as Mac hug-tackled him.
"I told you she didn't forget you." Milliardo said.
"Obviously your right." Brian said. He tried to pick the girl off him. "Did you miss me?"
Mac looked at him. "Yes. Did you miss me?"
"Oh, sort of, but I kept myself busy. You know, I found girls to be with, and surprisingly enough, it was easy to forget about my favorite 'little sister'" Brian said. Mac punched him in the arm playfully.
"You couldn't forget me if your life depended on it." She told him.
"You're right. You leave too big of a mark in peoples lives." Brian said. "How was your short time at the Preventors?"
"It's good. I like being a Preventor." Mac said.
"So, you're there barely a semester, and you got suspended." Brian teased. "What am I going to do with you, my Kedzie?"
"Don't rub it in. It's not my fault that I beat some kid to a pulp." Mac said, teasing back. "I mean, it's not that bad, his arm will be okay, eventually. By next year, he will be able to move it."
Milliardo's eyes grew large. "You did WHAT?" he yelled.
Mac laughed. "Oh, Milli, Milli. You fall for that one every time." She high- fived Brian. "So, Bri, what's happened here? I mean, nothing exciting without me, that's for sure." Mac asked.
"You're right, for once. Nothing exciting. Me 'n' Jen broke up, but I'm going out with Anne now." Brian said. Mac rolled her eyes.
"You and your love life. It's worse than a soap opera." Mac complained.
"Are you jealous?" Brian asked.
"Brian, you are more like a brother to me. If I wanted to go out with you, it's practically like me going out with.Milli." Mac said.
"I find that insulting." Brian said. "I mean, I'm not as old or ugly as Milliardo."
Milliardo glared at Brian. "No offense Milli." Brian said. Mac laughed.
"Well, you're just a brother to me, not a boyfriend." Mac said. Brian hugged her.
"I know. I was just kidding. So, you have to tell me if you met somebody special there." Brian said.
"Brian, I'm not you. I don't go somewhere, and immediately try to look for a hook up." Mac said. "Besides, I was a boy, remember? It would've been awkward if I tried to hook up with another boy."
Brian laughed. "I'm glad you're back, Kedzie." They walked over to the chairs to sit and talk.
"How was everybody without me?" Mac asked.
"Milli was in tears. He was grouchy and crabby and Noin was tired of trying to calm his always ready temper." Brian said.
"Are you serious?" Mac asked in disbelief.
"Yes, except for the tears part." Brian nodded.
"Wow." Mac said. "Anybody else?" Mac asked casually.
"You mean, Zach?" Brian asked suspiciously.
"No, what would give you that idea?" Mac asked.
"Oh, I don't know, the way you look at him."
"Is it that obvious?" she asked.
"To me. But, that's because I'm your big brother." Brian said. "Speaking of brothers, did you talk to your real brother?"
"Um-hm." Mac said. "We talked and he immediately took the part."
Brian laughed. "You mean, he teases you and calls you lil sis all the time and calls you little pet names that you despise?"
"Yes, and you would know perfectly, wouldn't you?" Mac asked, bitterly.
"Yes, I would." Brian said. "Maybe Duo and I need to get together so I can give him some tips."
"Don't you dare! I can handle you alone, but barely and I can handle Duo alone, but barely, but I can't handle you together!" Mac exclaimed.
Brian smiled and laughed evilly. "OOOO, even better." Mac playfully punched his shoulder.
"So, you never did answer my question about Zach." Mac said.
"Hmmm, should I keep you in suspense or should I tell you right away?" Brian teased.
"Now." Mac said threateningly.
"Oh, but it's ever so much fun to hold you in suspense!" Brian said.
"Fine, I'll go ask Noin." Mac said.
"But, Noin isn't friends with Zach." Brian said.
"I know, but you're being mean." Mac said.
"All right, I'll tell you if you're going to be a baby about it." Brian said.
"Good." Mac said, plopping herself back down on the chair.
"WELL, he's been good. He keeps working and going to school and ya know, doing stuff." Brian said vaguely.
"BRIAN!" Mac whined. Brian laughed again.
"Okay, okay. He's been asking about you. He's always wanting to know if you are coming back soon, if you are then when, and.will I hook you up with him." Brian said. Mac squealed.
"God! He likes me too!" she screamed. Noin and Milliardo and all the workers looked puzzled over at her. Mac got up and skipped around the enormous room again and again.
Noin caught her arm. "Okay, who's the boy?"
"You know how I was telling you about Zach Miller?" Mac asked. Noin nodded. "Well, I asked Brian about him, and Brian said that Zach has been asking about me!"
"Well, go ask him out!" Noin said. Milliardo came up to them.
"Noin, love, you don't go asking a boy out. You have to wait and see if they will ask you out," he said.
"Oh get real Milliardo!" Noin said. "If we had to wait for you men to ask us out, we would never get anywhere. You just are too chicken." Mac giggled. She left them arguing about who was right.
She went over to her gundam to see it again. She found someone over there. She walked up to the figure. The figure turned around.
"Hi Mackenzie." Zach said.
"Please, Zach, either Kedzie or Mac. I hate Mackenzie." Mac told him.
"Okay Mac." He said.
"Listen, Zach, I was wondering if you wanted to grab something to eat later?" Mac asked. Zach's eyes lit up, but the tried to look cool.
"Yeah, sure."
"Okay, good." They stood there in uncomfortable silence for a few moments.
"So, what do you think of the finished product?" Zach asked Mac, gesturing towards Divinity.
"I love it!" Mac said, hugging her gundam. "I'm so happy she's done."
"Glad you like it. Listen, I asked if I could put something in it for you." Zach said. Mac's eyes lit up. "I put in a stereo system so you can blast music in there and even out into space if you wanted to."
Mac threw herself at Zach and hugged him. He stumbled back, surprised and she let go. "Oh, sorry!" she mumbled. "I was just excited. Thank you so much!"
"It's okay. Glad you like it." Zach said. "I gotta go. I'll see ya later."
"Okay, bye." Mac said. As soon as Zach walked out of the room, Mac swaggered over to Brian with a cocky grin on her face.
Brian looked up at her from where he was working on something. "You asked him out, didn't you." It was a statement, not a question.
"Oh yeeea!" she said, emphasizing the 'e'. Brian sighed and stood up.
"You shouldn't have done that. You probably hurt his pride and now he'll never say yes. Let me guess," Brian said, "he said, 'let me think about it.' Or 'I need to check with my folks/calendar.'? Right?"
"Wrong. He said yes!" Mac squealed. She jumped up and down. Brian stood there in shock. Mac stopped jumping up and down and put the cocky grin back on her face. "Maybe you should stick to girls."
With that, she walked out the door, swinging her hips. When she got to the door, she jumped up and squealed and ran. Milliardo came over, wiping his hands on a cloth.
"She asked him out, huh?" he asked. Brian stammered.
"I guess so." He finally got out. Milliardo shook his head.
"With girls like her, this universe will never be male dominated." Milliardo sighed in unison with Brian.
"What do you think Duo's going to think of his gundam?" Mac asked Milliardo that night.
"I think he's going to faint like a girl." Milliardo said. Mac glared at him.
"I resent that. I've never fainted in my life." she told him.
"Fine, sorry. I'm going to bed and so are you young lady." Milliardo commanded. Mac groaned from her position up on Divinity's arm.
"Oh, c'mon Milli!" she whined. Milliardo shook his head. Mac climbed down Divinity's body and landed right in front of Milliardo. "Do I have to?"
"Yes." Milliardo gently guided her out the door and to their house. When they came in, the house was dark. Milliardo put a finger to his lips as they took their shoes. "Good night Mackenzie Rose."
"Night Milli." she whispered back. Mac went into her room and immediately fell asleep.
"Psst! Pssssttt!" someone said. Mac rolled over in her sleep. "Hey, Kedzie!" Mac still didn't take notice of the shape in her window. The person tapped on the window again. "KEDZIE!" the person whisper-shouted.
Mac just turned again, muttering something. "Damn, that girl is a hard sleeper." the figure muttered as they looked around. They couldn't find anything to try to get the sleeping girl's attention, so they attempted to open the window.
The window was unlocked, but it was stuck. The figure tried to open it again, and they tugged and finally got it. As it flew open, they swore as it just barely missed them.
"Damn swinging windows." The figure swore loudly as the window closed back up. Mac sat up immediately, sweating and panting, with a cry. She put her head in her hands.
"Psssst! Kedzie!" the figure said. Mac's head snapped up and she looked at the window. She ran over there and looked out the window. She realized who it was, and swung open the window. The window hit the figure square in the torso and pushed him off the roof.
The figure hit the ground with an "Ooff". "Omigod!" Mac yelled. She hurriedly ran out the door and down the stairs and out. "Omigod! Brian are you okay?"
"Ugh." he grunted. Mac threw herself on him, hugging him.
"Good!" she mumbled through his clothes. Then she sat up. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Brian struggled to sit up. "I wanted to tell you, that I could take you somewhere to have a little fun." Mac looked skeptical.
"What kind of fun?" she asked. Brian smiled.
"Get into your dancing outfit." he said.
"Now?" she asked, astonished.
"Why not?" Brian retorted.
"Oh, I don't know!" Mac said, dramatically. "Because I'm suspended and not supposed to be gallivanting around the town, and it's already 11:30, and DAMN I sound like Milli! I'll be right back." Mac ran back into the house and was out again in a few seconds wearing a greenish-silverish looking color. She was wearing a pair of tight flare pants and a tube top of the same color.
"Nice outfit. I haven't seen these." Brian said, as they made their way to the club.
"It's new." Mac said.
"Right, so. Do I get one dance?" Brian asked.
"Nope, I'm dancing tonight. No little things. I haven't danced in a long time." Mac said. "I just might get buzzed too."
"Oh no. I may take you places late at night, but I won't let you drink." Brian said.
"Oh well. I suppose if you're going to stop me, you're going to half to keep an eye on me." Mac challenged, and evil glint in her eye.
"No, Kedzie. Last time you had a drink or two, you went home totally drunk and Milli had a cow." Brian warned.
"Oh, don't worry. This time, I won't be so drunk. I hate beer, but you know, it helps you dance." Mac said.
"Kedzie, you are a fine dancer without the beer." Brian said.
"Thanks Bri. Glad to know you think that, but bummer for you." Mac said. They got to the club before Brian could say another word about it.
They walked into the club and Brian pointed out a group of people sitting at a booth. "There's where we're going to hang tonight." Brian yelled over the music. Mac nodded. They made their way over to the table.
"Hey Mac!" Vicky Irving yelled.
"Hey Vicky!" Mac yelled back.
"I thought you left to go to some school." Vicky said.
"I did, but I'm suspended." Mac said. The group all looked at her for more. "Yeah, yeah, I got in another fight."
"What does this make, George?" Paul West asked.
"I think it makes ninety dollars." George Brunswick said.
"All right you guys. What's up now?" Mac asked.
"We, the boys and us, made a bet. It was to see how soon or even if you would get suspended/expelled from this school for one reason or another. We said that you would get suspended/expelled by the end of the first semester for fighting." George said.
"Yeah, Mac. You were worrying us there for awhile when you didn't come home." Paul said.
"Oh shut up." Mac said. The conversation continued.
"You got suspended for being a girl." Brian said, leaning over to her.
"Well, they don't know that I went to be a Preventor. If I told everybody, then it would get to Sally somehow. Anyway, I did get into a fight on the same day. I won too." Mac explained. Brian lifted an eyebrow.
"Seriously. You didn't see a bruise on me did you?" Mac asked.
"Well, no. I suppose not." Brian said.
"Hey Mac, are we gonna get on that dance floor or what?" Roxie Harding asked. She was the other dancer of the group.
"You bet Roxie." Mac said. She grabbed Paul's beer and chugged the little bit that was left in it.
"HEY!" Paul protested. Mac winked at both Paul and Brian. Brian was looking mad at her and Paul was looking at his empty beer.
"Bye Bri! I promise that I won't get too drunk." Mac said as she ran away with Roxie.
"I can never keep tabs on that girl." Brian muttered.
"Why try?" Vicky asked.
"Because I usually promise Milliardo that I will." Brian said, he grabbed a random beer and chugged the glass.
"Brian I didn't know you were a drinker." George said.
"I'm not." Brian said. The group laughed.
"Give it up, boy. You'll never keep up with that one." The waitress said as she came up with the food. They all looked to see Mac dancing with some stranger on the dance floor.
"She's really got some moves." Vicky said.
"Yeah, what I wouldn't give to be in Zach Miller's place." Paul said.
"What do you mean?" Whitney Conner asked.
"You mean you haven't heard that they are going together now?" George asked. "Yeah, I agree with you Paul. I would love to be in Zach's place. Hell, I would change places with that man she's dancing with."
"Than go do it." Whitney urged.
"Are you kidding?" George asked. "I can't dance as good as she can. I mean you women just have to move, but we men have to learn."
"No, all you gotta do is put your hands on our hips and move with us." Joanie Rockwell told him.
"Oh well, too late now." Vicky told him.
"What do you mean?" Brian asked.
"She's moved on. She's gone." Whitney said.
"Damn." Brian said. "She's gonna get drunk if I don't watch her."
"Oh, she's a big girl. Besides, you know Milliardo's gonna freak even if she's only a little buzzed and because she's out this late anyway. Let her learn the consequences." Paul said.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Brian said.
"Oh, look who just walked through the door." Joanie said. Brian whipped around thinking it was either his girlfriend or Milliardo.
"Well, if it ain't Zach Miller! Zach, my man!" George said to Zach as he came over to their table.
"You shouldn't sit here." Vicky said to him.
"Why not?" Zach asked.
"Because your girl is out there working her body." Chrissy Monteno said in her usual Porte Rican accent. "And let me tell you, she's got moves."
"Yeah, I get the point. Thanks for telling me." Zach said. He went off to find his girlfriend.
"Okay, now I would worry." Vicky said.
"Aw, they're just havin' fun." Chrissy said.
"And that's what would worry me." Vicky said. They all cast a glance at Brian who was looking at Mac and Zach.
"No, I think I'll just let her have fun. After all, she's the one who'll have to deal with a raving mad Milliardo." Brian said. The group shuddered at the thought.
"Hey, Roxie!" Mac yelled.
"Yea?" she yelled back.
"C'mon girl! Move!" Mac told her.
"You move your body first." Roxie yelled. It was a game they always played. They acted all nervous at first, then dared each other to dance first. Then when one of them started to dance, the other one would start to and soon, they were turning heads.
"Fine. I won't be a chicken!" Mac yelled, smiling. Mac started to dance and then got lost in the music. It wasn't hard to. She just let her body fall into the beat and then just let her mind drift around. She moved from partner to partner until she ran into one in particular.
"Hey Zach!" Mac yelled.
"Hi Mac!" he yelled back. They started dancing together. They danced for a long time until Zach stopped with the song. "Hey, Mac, wanna go sit down for awhile? Grab something to eat?"
"Sure." Mac replied, breathless. They walked over to the booth and sat down.
"Mac, hon, you got moves!" Chrissy said.
"Thanks Chris." Mac said, grabbing a drink. They all sat there, talking, eating, and drinking. "Hey, where'd Bri go?"
"Oh, he and Ms. I'm-to-good-for-you-lil-kids went over there about an hour ago." Vicky pointed to a booth in a corner. Mac nodded and shoved a buffalo wing in her mouth and grabbed Zach's hand.
"Thanks guys!" she yelled back through a mouth full.
"Where are we going?" Zach asked.
"Over to annoy him." Mac said. "Oh, and Zach, I'm going to fake that I'm drunk, so don't freak or anything. Just act like you looked away for a minute, and I downed like seven drinks." Zach nodded.
Mac let go of Zach's hands and plopped herself down on the seat next to Brian.
"Hey Bri!" Mac yelled, slurring her words. Brian looked at her as if she were the last person he wanted to see right now. "Who's the girl this time?"
"Kedzie, this is Tina." Brian said dangerously.
"Hi Tina!" Mac greeted her. Tina smiled at her. She looked at Brian for help.
"Mac, how about you go dance." Brian gave her a look.
"Naw, I think I'll hang with you guys for awhile. The floor keeps moving too much!" Mac laughed drunkenly.
"Hey, Zach, how many drinks has she had?" Brian asked.
"Aw, man, you and Milliardo are gonna kill me!" Zach said, playing along perfectly. Brian's eyes got huge.
"How many?" he asked very dangerously.
"I don't know! I was sitting with her, and she had one drink. I swear! Then, I turned around to say hi to this guy who came up, and then I looked over at her, and she had downed my glass and had four other empty ones in front of her. To top it off, she was drinking another! I was staring and she finished and was grabbing for another! I grabbed it from her and we came over here." Zach complained. Brian's eyes got even wider then turned into slits and his face closed up in anger.
"Kedzie Rose." he growled.
"Hey, Bri. C'mon! I gotta dance!" Mac complained as he grabbed her arm. She flashed Zach a helpless glance and he smirked. She mouthed Zach's name and tried to get him to come over to her rescue, but he wasn't watching her. He was moving closer towards Brian's girlfriend. "Brian, I'm fine! Really, it was just a joke!"
Brian kept dragging Mac towards the door. "Brian, seriously! It was just a joke. I'm fine. I only had one drink! Promise!" Mac pleaded. Brian looked at her and shook his head.
"Yeah, last time you promised me that, you had ten drinks and was hopelessly drunk!" Brian dragged her through the door. Mac dug her heels in the ground. "Kedzie, let's go! I'm not going to let you get yourself more drunk in there!"
"Brian! Listen to me! I was playin' with you! I'm fine. I can even do the line test." Mac pleaded. Brian only growled and dragged her faster.
They got to her house and went in. Brian turned on all the lights downstairs, and was pounding around. They heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
"What the hell is going on down here?" Milliardo asked coming downstairs. Brian looked at him and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Nice boxers, Milli." Milliardo looked down at himself and blushed as he realized that he was still wearing nothing but his cute boxers that had little teddy bears holding hearts and flowers on them.
"That's beside the point." Milliardo snapped. "What's going on here, and why the hell are you wearing that to bed? Or were you not in bed?"
"Okay, Milli, I'll tell you, but you need to chill." Mac said.
"I can't chill! I need to know what's going on here!" Milli said.
"I would also like an explanation." Brian said, looking at her.
"Ohhh, just both of you, sit!" Mac said, pushing them both on the couch.
"Okay, Brian, you know this much. Milli, I was asleep, and Brian came along, and tapped on my window and told me he could take me somewhere for some fun." As Mac said this, Milliardo turned slowly to look at the also angry Brian, and Milliardo glared at Brian. "So, then I say, 'Great let's go!' and we go dancing. Which would explain the clothes. Then, when we get there," Mac's voice got lower and she started muttering. "I had one or two drinks and-"
"You WHAT?" Milliardo roared. "I thought we had agreed no more drinking! You are too young, and after last time, we realized that you can't stomach even two drinks."
"Listen! So I had one or two drinks, and then I started dancing. Me 'n' Roxie got out there and started showing people our moves. Then, Zach came along, the little bastard," Milliardo looked at her surprised and then gave her a warning look. "And we started dancing." Mac looked at Brian. "Brian, you don't know this part yet. So, I decided to play a trick on Brian. I got Zach to play along, and we went over to you guys in the booth. We got over there, and I told Zach what to say, and we convinced you. What was supposed to happen was we were going to get you kinda mad and then we would just smile and laugh and say, 'just kidding'. But, you took it too far. So, then, Brian the Brain drags me home, literally and starts pounding around and you come down Milli. And here we are!" Mac finished.
Milliardo glared from Brian to Mac, deciding whom to yell at first. He decided on Brian. "You are supposed to be mature! It's not exactly your role to come here at midnight and whisk Cinderella off to the CLUB!" Milliardo yelled. "You've done this before Brian. You're 19, you can do this. She can't!"
"Okay, I get it. Yeash, and I thought that when I left home, I would get out of lectures." Brian muttered.
"And as for you young lady." Milliardo said, turning to Mac. Mac smiled sweetly at him. "You know better. List of reasons why you shouldn't do this:
You are only 16!
You dress like a.slut!" Mac gaped at him.
"I do not!" she protested.
"3.) You have a habit to drink!
You dance like a wild woman when you're not supervised.
You obviously can't keep control of yourself when you are out with your friends." Milliardo finished. "Do you want to hear more? I have more reasons."
"Okay, okay. I get the gist. I can take a hint. I'm old enough to realize this, I shouldn't do it again, and I'm grounded for life. I get it." Mac droned.
"No, I never said you were grounded for life." Milliardo groaned and rubbed his temples. "Brian, are you staying the night, or what's left of it, or going home?"
"I'm going home. I don't want to be here in the morning when you two really get at it. No one can sleep or do anything. See ya. Bye." Brian said. He got up and walked out the door.
"Mac, I'll see you in the morning and we'll discuss this then." Milliardo told her.
"Ohhh, I hate it when you say that. It always means something really, really bad for me!" Mac complained.
"Just get upstairs." Milliardo said. Mac climbed up the stairs loudly. "By the way, is that outfit new?"
"Yes, I had to get myself something, didn't I?" she asked. She went into her room and closed the door. She got her P.J.'s back on and climbed back in bed. She looked at the clock before she fell asleep. 4:27. She smiled to herself and congratulated herself on how good she danced.
Mac nodded and got up. She got her bag and walked out of the carrier. She stepped down to find Noin and Milliardo waiting for her. She walked up to them.
"Hi." she said. Noin hugged her and they went back to their house.
When they got there, they all sat down. "Listen, I don't know why you are mad. I mean, you knew that I was pretending to be a boy and that I didn't tell Sally, so why are you so mad?" Mac asked.
Milliardo sighed. "Because, we told you to tell her and you didn't," he said.
"No, I did." Mac said. Milliardo gave her a look.
"Yeah, after she found out the wrong way." He sighed again. "Oh well, while you're here, we can test out your surprise."
Mac's face lit up. "It's done! Yes!" she yelled. She hugged Milliardo and ran up the stairs to her room.
"I hate to tell you this, Milliardo." Noin said, sitting closer to him. "You are a softy." Milliardo snorted. He hugged Noin.
"Yeah, yeah, just don't tell anyone."
The next day, Mac came bounding down the stairs in her regular clothes.
"Morning Milli!" she said. "Yoink!" she cried as she tugged his platinum blonde hair.
"Hey! Watch the hair!" he said as he poured himself another cup of coffee.
"When can I go see Divinity?" she asked him.
"Kedzie Rose, you have to chill." Milliardo said.
"Well, when? When, when, when, when?" she bounced around and around him in a circle. He reached out and pushed her down in a chair.
"As soon as you calm down and eat breakfast." he said.
"Oh, Milli!" she groaned. "You know I'm not a breakfast eater."
"Here, we even got granola for you." he said. She squealed and hugged him and got the box of granola.
"Okay, I have my breakfast, I've calmed down, can we go?" she asked.
"I don't want you to eat on the go." he told her.
"Milli," Mac said, putting a hand on her hip. "You can't eat granola sitting down. You have to eat it on the go. Besides, you know there won't be any for later."
Milliardo sighed. "I sigh more then I ever have in my life since you came around." Mac smiled. "Lets go."
Mac grabbed her box of granola from the counter and walked out the door. She practically ran down the halls to the room that had the surprises in it.
Mac typed in the code and walked in. She looked around the enormous room at the gigantic figures.
"Are they all finished?" she asked Milliardo, pouring half the box of granola in her mouth at once.
"Yep. We're going to take them down when we take you back." he replied, watching her in disgust. Mac gasped as she saw the figure she was looking for.
"Divinity!" she cried, dropping the granola. She ran towards the figure. She hugged her gundam's leg.
"Morning Mac." Noin said, coming up from behind her.
"Morning Noin." she said.
"Mac, I have another surprise for you." Noin said.
"Nothing could be better than Divinity." Mac told her.
"Well, we'll see." Noin said.
"Hey Kedzie." A voice said behind her. Mac gasped. She whirled around.
"I knew it would get you off your gundam." Noin said. Mac's death grip transferred from her gundam to the speaker.
"Brian!" she squealed. The tall boy stumbled backwards as Mac hug-tackled him.
"I told you she didn't forget you." Milliardo said.
"Obviously your right." Brian said. He tried to pick the girl off him. "Did you miss me?"
Mac looked at him. "Yes. Did you miss me?"
"Oh, sort of, but I kept myself busy. You know, I found girls to be with, and surprisingly enough, it was easy to forget about my favorite 'little sister'" Brian said. Mac punched him in the arm playfully.
"You couldn't forget me if your life depended on it." She told him.
"You're right. You leave too big of a mark in peoples lives." Brian said. "How was your short time at the Preventors?"
"It's good. I like being a Preventor." Mac said.
"So, you're there barely a semester, and you got suspended." Brian teased. "What am I going to do with you, my Kedzie?"
"Don't rub it in. It's not my fault that I beat some kid to a pulp." Mac said, teasing back. "I mean, it's not that bad, his arm will be okay, eventually. By next year, he will be able to move it."
Milliardo's eyes grew large. "You did WHAT?" he yelled.
Mac laughed. "Oh, Milli, Milli. You fall for that one every time." She high- fived Brian. "So, Bri, what's happened here? I mean, nothing exciting without me, that's for sure." Mac asked.
"You're right, for once. Nothing exciting. Me 'n' Jen broke up, but I'm going out with Anne now." Brian said. Mac rolled her eyes.
"You and your love life. It's worse than a soap opera." Mac complained.
"Are you jealous?" Brian asked.
"Brian, you are more like a brother to me. If I wanted to go out with you, it's practically like me going out with.Milli." Mac said.
"I find that insulting." Brian said. "I mean, I'm not as old or ugly as Milliardo."
Milliardo glared at Brian. "No offense Milli." Brian said. Mac laughed.
"Well, you're just a brother to me, not a boyfriend." Mac said. Brian hugged her.
"I know. I was just kidding. So, you have to tell me if you met somebody special there." Brian said.
"Brian, I'm not you. I don't go somewhere, and immediately try to look for a hook up." Mac said. "Besides, I was a boy, remember? It would've been awkward if I tried to hook up with another boy."
Brian laughed. "I'm glad you're back, Kedzie." They walked over to the chairs to sit and talk.
"How was everybody without me?" Mac asked.
"Milli was in tears. He was grouchy and crabby and Noin was tired of trying to calm his always ready temper." Brian said.
"Are you serious?" Mac asked in disbelief.
"Yes, except for the tears part." Brian nodded.
"Wow." Mac said. "Anybody else?" Mac asked casually.
"You mean, Zach?" Brian asked suspiciously.
"No, what would give you that idea?" Mac asked.
"Oh, I don't know, the way you look at him."
"Is it that obvious?" she asked.
"To me. But, that's because I'm your big brother." Brian said. "Speaking of brothers, did you talk to your real brother?"
"Um-hm." Mac said. "We talked and he immediately took the part."
Brian laughed. "You mean, he teases you and calls you lil sis all the time and calls you little pet names that you despise?"
"Yes, and you would know perfectly, wouldn't you?" Mac asked, bitterly.
"Yes, I would." Brian said. "Maybe Duo and I need to get together so I can give him some tips."
"Don't you dare! I can handle you alone, but barely and I can handle Duo alone, but barely, but I can't handle you together!" Mac exclaimed.
Brian smiled and laughed evilly. "OOOO, even better." Mac playfully punched his shoulder.
"So, you never did answer my question about Zach." Mac said.
"Hmmm, should I keep you in suspense or should I tell you right away?" Brian teased.
"Now." Mac said threateningly.
"Oh, but it's ever so much fun to hold you in suspense!" Brian said.
"Fine, I'll go ask Noin." Mac said.
"But, Noin isn't friends with Zach." Brian said.
"I know, but you're being mean." Mac said.
"All right, I'll tell you if you're going to be a baby about it." Brian said.
"Good." Mac said, plopping herself back down on the chair.
"WELL, he's been good. He keeps working and going to school and ya know, doing stuff." Brian said vaguely.
"BRIAN!" Mac whined. Brian laughed again.
"Okay, okay. He's been asking about you. He's always wanting to know if you are coming back soon, if you are then when, and.will I hook you up with him." Brian said. Mac squealed.
"God! He likes me too!" she screamed. Noin and Milliardo and all the workers looked puzzled over at her. Mac got up and skipped around the enormous room again and again.
Noin caught her arm. "Okay, who's the boy?"
"You know how I was telling you about Zach Miller?" Mac asked. Noin nodded. "Well, I asked Brian about him, and Brian said that Zach has been asking about me!"
"Well, go ask him out!" Noin said. Milliardo came up to them.
"Noin, love, you don't go asking a boy out. You have to wait and see if they will ask you out," he said.
"Oh get real Milliardo!" Noin said. "If we had to wait for you men to ask us out, we would never get anywhere. You just are too chicken." Mac giggled. She left them arguing about who was right.
She went over to her gundam to see it again. She found someone over there. She walked up to the figure. The figure turned around.
"Hi Mackenzie." Zach said.
"Please, Zach, either Kedzie or Mac. I hate Mackenzie." Mac told him.
"Okay Mac." He said.
"Listen, Zach, I was wondering if you wanted to grab something to eat later?" Mac asked. Zach's eyes lit up, but the tried to look cool.
"Yeah, sure."
"Okay, good." They stood there in uncomfortable silence for a few moments.
"So, what do you think of the finished product?" Zach asked Mac, gesturing towards Divinity.
"I love it!" Mac said, hugging her gundam. "I'm so happy she's done."
"Glad you like it. Listen, I asked if I could put something in it for you." Zach said. Mac's eyes lit up. "I put in a stereo system so you can blast music in there and even out into space if you wanted to."
Mac threw herself at Zach and hugged him. He stumbled back, surprised and she let go. "Oh, sorry!" she mumbled. "I was just excited. Thank you so much!"
"It's okay. Glad you like it." Zach said. "I gotta go. I'll see ya later."
"Okay, bye." Mac said. As soon as Zach walked out of the room, Mac swaggered over to Brian with a cocky grin on her face.
Brian looked up at her from where he was working on something. "You asked him out, didn't you." It was a statement, not a question.
"Oh yeeea!" she said, emphasizing the 'e'. Brian sighed and stood up.
"You shouldn't have done that. You probably hurt his pride and now he'll never say yes. Let me guess," Brian said, "he said, 'let me think about it.' Or 'I need to check with my folks/calendar.'? Right?"
"Wrong. He said yes!" Mac squealed. She jumped up and down. Brian stood there in shock. Mac stopped jumping up and down and put the cocky grin back on her face. "Maybe you should stick to girls."
With that, she walked out the door, swinging her hips. When she got to the door, she jumped up and squealed and ran. Milliardo came over, wiping his hands on a cloth.
"She asked him out, huh?" he asked. Brian stammered.
"I guess so." He finally got out. Milliardo shook his head.
"With girls like her, this universe will never be male dominated." Milliardo sighed in unison with Brian.
"What do you think Duo's going to think of his gundam?" Mac asked Milliardo that night.
"I think he's going to faint like a girl." Milliardo said. Mac glared at him.
"I resent that. I've never fainted in my life." she told him.
"Fine, sorry. I'm going to bed and so are you young lady." Milliardo commanded. Mac groaned from her position up on Divinity's arm.
"Oh, c'mon Milli!" she whined. Milliardo shook his head. Mac climbed down Divinity's body and landed right in front of Milliardo. "Do I have to?"
"Yes." Milliardo gently guided her out the door and to their house. When they came in, the house was dark. Milliardo put a finger to his lips as they took their shoes. "Good night Mackenzie Rose."
"Night Milli." she whispered back. Mac went into her room and immediately fell asleep.
"Psst! Pssssttt!" someone said. Mac rolled over in her sleep. "Hey, Kedzie!" Mac still didn't take notice of the shape in her window. The person tapped on the window again. "KEDZIE!" the person whisper-shouted.
Mac just turned again, muttering something. "Damn, that girl is a hard sleeper." the figure muttered as they looked around. They couldn't find anything to try to get the sleeping girl's attention, so they attempted to open the window.
The window was unlocked, but it was stuck. The figure tried to open it again, and they tugged and finally got it. As it flew open, they swore as it just barely missed them.
"Damn swinging windows." The figure swore loudly as the window closed back up. Mac sat up immediately, sweating and panting, with a cry. She put her head in her hands.
"Psssst! Kedzie!" the figure said. Mac's head snapped up and she looked at the window. She ran over there and looked out the window. She realized who it was, and swung open the window. The window hit the figure square in the torso and pushed him off the roof.
The figure hit the ground with an "Ooff". "Omigod!" Mac yelled. She hurriedly ran out the door and down the stairs and out. "Omigod! Brian are you okay?"
"Ugh." he grunted. Mac threw herself on him, hugging him.
"Good!" she mumbled through his clothes. Then she sat up. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Brian struggled to sit up. "I wanted to tell you, that I could take you somewhere to have a little fun." Mac looked skeptical.
"What kind of fun?" she asked. Brian smiled.
"Get into your dancing outfit." he said.
"Now?" she asked, astonished.
"Why not?" Brian retorted.
"Oh, I don't know!" Mac said, dramatically. "Because I'm suspended and not supposed to be gallivanting around the town, and it's already 11:30, and DAMN I sound like Milli! I'll be right back." Mac ran back into the house and was out again in a few seconds wearing a greenish-silverish looking color. She was wearing a pair of tight flare pants and a tube top of the same color.
"Nice outfit. I haven't seen these." Brian said, as they made their way to the club.
"It's new." Mac said.
"Right, so. Do I get one dance?" Brian asked.
"Nope, I'm dancing tonight. No little things. I haven't danced in a long time." Mac said. "I just might get buzzed too."
"Oh no. I may take you places late at night, but I won't let you drink." Brian said.
"Oh well. I suppose if you're going to stop me, you're going to half to keep an eye on me." Mac challenged, and evil glint in her eye.
"No, Kedzie. Last time you had a drink or two, you went home totally drunk and Milli had a cow." Brian warned.
"Oh, don't worry. This time, I won't be so drunk. I hate beer, but you know, it helps you dance." Mac said.
"Kedzie, you are a fine dancer without the beer." Brian said.
"Thanks Bri. Glad to know you think that, but bummer for you." Mac said. They got to the club before Brian could say another word about it.
They walked into the club and Brian pointed out a group of people sitting at a booth. "There's where we're going to hang tonight." Brian yelled over the music. Mac nodded. They made their way over to the table.
"Hey Mac!" Vicky Irving yelled.
"Hey Vicky!" Mac yelled back.
"I thought you left to go to some school." Vicky said.
"I did, but I'm suspended." Mac said. The group all looked at her for more. "Yeah, yeah, I got in another fight."
"What does this make, George?" Paul West asked.
"I think it makes ninety dollars." George Brunswick said.
"All right you guys. What's up now?" Mac asked.
"We, the boys and us, made a bet. It was to see how soon or even if you would get suspended/expelled from this school for one reason or another. We said that you would get suspended/expelled by the end of the first semester for fighting." George said.
"Yeah, Mac. You were worrying us there for awhile when you didn't come home." Paul said.
"Oh shut up." Mac said. The conversation continued.
"You got suspended for being a girl." Brian said, leaning over to her.
"Well, they don't know that I went to be a Preventor. If I told everybody, then it would get to Sally somehow. Anyway, I did get into a fight on the same day. I won too." Mac explained. Brian lifted an eyebrow.
"Seriously. You didn't see a bruise on me did you?" Mac asked.
"Well, no. I suppose not." Brian said.
"Hey Mac, are we gonna get on that dance floor or what?" Roxie Harding asked. She was the other dancer of the group.
"You bet Roxie." Mac said. She grabbed Paul's beer and chugged the little bit that was left in it.
"HEY!" Paul protested. Mac winked at both Paul and Brian. Brian was looking mad at her and Paul was looking at his empty beer.
"Bye Bri! I promise that I won't get too drunk." Mac said as she ran away with Roxie.
"I can never keep tabs on that girl." Brian muttered.
"Why try?" Vicky asked.
"Because I usually promise Milliardo that I will." Brian said, he grabbed a random beer and chugged the glass.
"Brian I didn't know you were a drinker." George said.
"I'm not." Brian said. The group laughed.
"Give it up, boy. You'll never keep up with that one." The waitress said as she came up with the food. They all looked to see Mac dancing with some stranger on the dance floor.
"She's really got some moves." Vicky said.
"Yeah, what I wouldn't give to be in Zach Miller's place." Paul said.
"What do you mean?" Whitney Conner asked.
"You mean you haven't heard that they are going together now?" George asked. "Yeah, I agree with you Paul. I would love to be in Zach's place. Hell, I would change places with that man she's dancing with."
"Than go do it." Whitney urged.
"Are you kidding?" George asked. "I can't dance as good as she can. I mean you women just have to move, but we men have to learn."
"No, all you gotta do is put your hands on our hips and move with us." Joanie Rockwell told him.
"Oh well, too late now." Vicky told him.
"What do you mean?" Brian asked.
"She's moved on. She's gone." Whitney said.
"Damn." Brian said. "She's gonna get drunk if I don't watch her."
"Oh, she's a big girl. Besides, you know Milliardo's gonna freak even if she's only a little buzzed and because she's out this late anyway. Let her learn the consequences." Paul said.
"Yeah, I suppose you're right." Brian said.
"Oh, look who just walked through the door." Joanie said. Brian whipped around thinking it was either his girlfriend or Milliardo.
"Well, if it ain't Zach Miller! Zach, my man!" George said to Zach as he came over to their table.
"You shouldn't sit here." Vicky said to him.
"Why not?" Zach asked.
"Because your girl is out there working her body." Chrissy Monteno said in her usual Porte Rican accent. "And let me tell you, she's got moves."
"Yeah, I get the point. Thanks for telling me." Zach said. He went off to find his girlfriend.
"Okay, now I would worry." Vicky said.
"Aw, they're just havin' fun." Chrissy said.
"And that's what would worry me." Vicky said. They all cast a glance at Brian who was looking at Mac and Zach.
"No, I think I'll just let her have fun. After all, she's the one who'll have to deal with a raving mad Milliardo." Brian said. The group shuddered at the thought.
"Hey, Roxie!" Mac yelled.
"Yea?" she yelled back.
"C'mon girl! Move!" Mac told her.
"You move your body first." Roxie yelled. It was a game they always played. They acted all nervous at first, then dared each other to dance first. Then when one of them started to dance, the other one would start to and soon, they were turning heads.
"Fine. I won't be a chicken!" Mac yelled, smiling. Mac started to dance and then got lost in the music. It wasn't hard to. She just let her body fall into the beat and then just let her mind drift around. She moved from partner to partner until she ran into one in particular.
"Hey Zach!" Mac yelled.
"Hi Mac!" he yelled back. They started dancing together. They danced for a long time until Zach stopped with the song. "Hey, Mac, wanna go sit down for awhile? Grab something to eat?"
"Sure." Mac replied, breathless. They walked over to the booth and sat down.
"Mac, hon, you got moves!" Chrissy said.
"Thanks Chris." Mac said, grabbing a drink. They all sat there, talking, eating, and drinking. "Hey, where'd Bri go?"
"Oh, he and Ms. I'm-to-good-for-you-lil-kids went over there about an hour ago." Vicky pointed to a booth in a corner. Mac nodded and shoved a buffalo wing in her mouth and grabbed Zach's hand.
"Thanks guys!" she yelled back through a mouth full.
"Where are we going?" Zach asked.
"Over to annoy him." Mac said. "Oh, and Zach, I'm going to fake that I'm drunk, so don't freak or anything. Just act like you looked away for a minute, and I downed like seven drinks." Zach nodded.
Mac let go of Zach's hands and plopped herself down on the seat next to Brian.
"Hey Bri!" Mac yelled, slurring her words. Brian looked at her as if she were the last person he wanted to see right now. "Who's the girl this time?"
"Kedzie, this is Tina." Brian said dangerously.
"Hi Tina!" Mac greeted her. Tina smiled at her. She looked at Brian for help.
"Mac, how about you go dance." Brian gave her a look.
"Naw, I think I'll hang with you guys for awhile. The floor keeps moving too much!" Mac laughed drunkenly.
"Hey, Zach, how many drinks has she had?" Brian asked.
"Aw, man, you and Milliardo are gonna kill me!" Zach said, playing along perfectly. Brian's eyes got huge.
"How many?" he asked very dangerously.
"I don't know! I was sitting with her, and she had one drink. I swear! Then, I turned around to say hi to this guy who came up, and then I looked over at her, and she had downed my glass and had four other empty ones in front of her. To top it off, she was drinking another! I was staring and she finished and was grabbing for another! I grabbed it from her and we came over here." Zach complained. Brian's eyes got even wider then turned into slits and his face closed up in anger.
"Kedzie Rose." he growled.
"Hey, Bri. C'mon! I gotta dance!" Mac complained as he grabbed her arm. She flashed Zach a helpless glance and he smirked. She mouthed Zach's name and tried to get him to come over to her rescue, but he wasn't watching her. He was moving closer towards Brian's girlfriend. "Brian, I'm fine! Really, it was just a joke!"
Brian kept dragging Mac towards the door. "Brian, seriously! It was just a joke. I'm fine. I only had one drink! Promise!" Mac pleaded. Brian looked at her and shook his head.
"Yeah, last time you promised me that, you had ten drinks and was hopelessly drunk!" Brian dragged her through the door. Mac dug her heels in the ground. "Kedzie, let's go! I'm not going to let you get yourself more drunk in there!"
"Brian! Listen to me! I was playin' with you! I'm fine. I can even do the line test." Mac pleaded. Brian only growled and dragged her faster.
They got to her house and went in. Brian turned on all the lights downstairs, and was pounding around. They heard footsteps coming down the stairs.
"What the hell is going on down here?" Milliardo asked coming downstairs. Brian looked at him and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Nice boxers, Milli." Milliardo looked down at himself and blushed as he realized that he was still wearing nothing but his cute boxers that had little teddy bears holding hearts and flowers on them.
"That's beside the point." Milliardo snapped. "What's going on here, and why the hell are you wearing that to bed? Or were you not in bed?"
"Okay, Milli, I'll tell you, but you need to chill." Mac said.
"I can't chill! I need to know what's going on here!" Milli said.
"I would also like an explanation." Brian said, looking at her.
"Ohhh, just both of you, sit!" Mac said, pushing them both on the couch.
"Okay, Brian, you know this much. Milli, I was asleep, and Brian came along, and tapped on my window and told me he could take me somewhere for some fun." As Mac said this, Milliardo turned slowly to look at the also angry Brian, and Milliardo glared at Brian. "So, then I say, 'Great let's go!' and we go dancing. Which would explain the clothes. Then, when we get there," Mac's voice got lower and she started muttering. "I had one or two drinks and-"
"You WHAT?" Milliardo roared. "I thought we had agreed no more drinking! You are too young, and after last time, we realized that you can't stomach even two drinks."
"Listen! So I had one or two drinks, and then I started dancing. Me 'n' Roxie got out there and started showing people our moves. Then, Zach came along, the little bastard," Milliardo looked at her surprised and then gave her a warning look. "And we started dancing." Mac looked at Brian. "Brian, you don't know this part yet. So, I decided to play a trick on Brian. I got Zach to play along, and we went over to you guys in the booth. We got over there, and I told Zach what to say, and we convinced you. What was supposed to happen was we were going to get you kinda mad and then we would just smile and laugh and say, 'just kidding'. But, you took it too far. So, then, Brian the Brain drags me home, literally and starts pounding around and you come down Milli. And here we are!" Mac finished.
Milliardo glared from Brian to Mac, deciding whom to yell at first. He decided on Brian. "You are supposed to be mature! It's not exactly your role to come here at midnight and whisk Cinderella off to the CLUB!" Milliardo yelled. "You've done this before Brian. You're 19, you can do this. She can't!"
"Okay, I get it. Yeash, and I thought that when I left home, I would get out of lectures." Brian muttered.
"And as for you young lady." Milliardo said, turning to Mac. Mac smiled sweetly at him. "You know better. List of reasons why you shouldn't do this:
You are only 16!
You dress like a.slut!" Mac gaped at him.
"I do not!" she protested.
"3.) You have a habit to drink!
You dance like a wild woman when you're not supervised.
You obviously can't keep control of yourself when you are out with your friends." Milliardo finished. "Do you want to hear more? I have more reasons."
"Okay, okay. I get the gist. I can take a hint. I'm old enough to realize this, I shouldn't do it again, and I'm grounded for life. I get it." Mac droned.
"No, I never said you were grounded for life." Milliardo groaned and rubbed his temples. "Brian, are you staying the night, or what's left of it, or going home?"
"I'm going home. I don't want to be here in the morning when you two really get at it. No one can sleep or do anything. See ya. Bye." Brian said. He got up and walked out the door.
"Mac, I'll see you in the morning and we'll discuss this then." Milliardo told her.
"Ohhh, I hate it when you say that. It always means something really, really bad for me!" Mac complained.
"Just get upstairs." Milliardo said. Mac climbed up the stairs loudly. "By the way, is that outfit new?"
"Yes, I had to get myself something, didn't I?" she asked. She went into her room and closed the door. She got her P.J.'s back on and climbed back in bed. She looked at the clock before she fell asleep. 4:27. She smiled to herself and congratulated herself on how good she danced.
