reunion2.html Author's Notes: Wow, I'm surprised this got so many reviews on Chapter One. Thanx to all that reviewed. I've decided to continue it. And also, now that I know what you people want to see, I'll try to squeeze in what the reviewers suggested. I can't make any promises, but I'll see what I can do. Oh, and sorry about the end of chapter one. It's supposed to be a JET, *not* a HELICOPTER. ^_^;; And on a side note, the "***" thingies, just mean that the scene is switching. OK, that's it. Read read read.

Disclaimer: Yadda Yadda Yadda I don't own Gundam Wing or any of its characters. I own Sophia and Kai...I made them up...therefore I own them. Mwahahahaha!!

The Reunion
-Chapter Two

Zechs made it to the house just as the jet was landing, and with a daring glint in his eyes, leaned against the side of the window and looked out just enough so he could see the jet. He frowned when he noticed the expression of excitement on Noin's face. 'Who exactly is she excited to see?' The image of Quatre's face crossed Zechs's mind. He remembered Noin telling him about all the gundam pilots, and how they had changed throughout the war but Quatre was the one she talked out the most. She seemed to admire him to a certain extent, talking about how grateful she was to have him accompany her. Or maybe she just had a thing for blondes..

Shaking *that* thought out of his heads, Zechs's baby blue eyes narrowed as he watched the guests step out of the jet, one by one. First came Dorothy, much to Zechs's misfortune. He was hoping she wouldn't make it. Ever since that fateful last battle, the two hadn't really been getting along. After all, Zechs almost ordered Dorothy to be executed. If somehow she had gotten out of *that* alive, Zechs would be sure never to come face to face with her again. The blond didn't look at solemn as she did that day though, she was wearing a cheerful beach dress with cheerful colors, and her long blond hair was tied back in two thick braids. Zechs's gaze paused at her eyebrows, his nose wrinkling, then traveled down to pockets of her dress, checking for any sign of a gun. 'A gun? What am I thinking? I'm just stressed.' Zechs thought.

His thoughts about Dorothy were put aside as a young girl, one he had never seen before, stepped out of the jet, followed by that noisy gundam pilot he couldn't remember the name of. Noin hadn't ranted about him too much. The girl was holding on to the pilots arm, and she had a wonderful smile. The boy's smile matched her own, and Zechs guessed they probably had a relationship. 'Hm, a gundam pilot in a relationship. Nonsense.' They were little boys that fought in a war to get girls. That's how Zechs saw it, well, now that he was mad. At his sister to be specific. He didn't think low of any of the gundam pilots until he heard the rumors about Heero and Relena. It was ridiculous! The world would have to be pretty damn small for *them* to be together.

The next people out the jet were Trowa Barton, whom he remembered, and a girl about his age, who was holding a young boy in her arms. Zechs's eyes widened. 'It couldn't be.' He thought. He looked over the child and Trowa, comparing. The boy had spikey, tannish hair with bright blue orbs for eyes. His mother had the same big blue eyes, and long curly blond hair. Zechs could tell by their facial features that the woman and boy were related, but Trowa seemed to stand out. Perhaps he wasn't the father after all. Zechs watched as Trowa and his lady friend went to stand by Duo and his lady friend, and they began to talk. He pulled his eyes away from them for the moments to see who else was coming out of that jet.

A low growl escaped from the back of his throat as he saw Heero Yuy step out the aircraft, followed by his sister, who was chatting away at him. Heero didn't appear to be interested, which was a relief to Zechs, but his anger was drawn back as Relena stepped up to him, smiling so lovingly and continued talking, pointing at the beach house and laughing as if mocking him. Zechs took a moment to study the girl, hoping maybe she had grown overweight and unattractive so that Heero, the teenage boy that he was, wouldn't *be* attracted. Unfortunately, Relena looked even better than she had during the war. She had grown taller, filling in to her body and possessed the womanly figure Zechs hated to see on his younger sister. Her hair was even longer, spilling over her shoulders loosely and hanging nearly to her hips.

Zechs sighed and shook his head, taking his eyes away from Relena and landing on Heero. The boy had indeed, grown, up, not out. 'Damnit.' He could see why Relena was looking at him like that. He was handsome, and Zechs afraid to say it, although he didn't like it. The boy was dressed in dark blue jeans that hugged his long legs tightly, and a white tank top, that hugged..other places. 'Damnit again.' Still, he appeared to have the same emotionless expression and that wild brown hair that never changed. Zechs swore to himself that *those* two wouldn't be spending much time to together at this little reunion. He had to keep his eye on Relena, or both eyes if it was necessary. Once again he put that couple aside (*Not* that they were a couple) and focused on the next people coming out of the jet. Quatre and some tall girl with curly brown hair. The two were laughing and talking, and looking at each other in the way Relena was looking at Heero. Zechs snorted.

He was just about to spy on his sister and Heero again when he felt someone in his presence. The blond man spun around, worried that it might be Noin, but instead found Wufei, standing right behind him glaring out the window.

"Here comes the love fest." The Chinese man grunted. Zechs *almost* laughed, but he remembered that Wufei was also talking about his dear little sister and his arch rival. He looked back out the window instead, and saw Sally and Marimeia running towards the group that had gathered outside. There was a wide smile on Sally's face she approached them, wanting to talk to them all at once. Quatre got to her first though, and Zechs sighed and watched as they talked about nonsense, then saw Marimeia headed for the girl he had never seen before and her son. The red head waved at the young boy, and the woman put the boy down, where the two youths talked and giggled.

"This is getting to happy for me." Zechs said, straightening up and brushing past Wufei. "If you'll excuse me, I have some napping to do." Wufei raised an eyebrow as Zechs passed him and watched him head up the stairs. Wufei stepped closer to the window and took Zechs's eavesdropping position. His eyes went straight to Sally. She had changed into her bathing suit, and a cover up Hawaiian shirt, unbuttoned and waving with the breeze of the wind. Wufei had refused the invitation to go down to the beach and tan. He would rather be inside, *away* from Sally. It wasn't that he didn't like the woman, it was just that whenever they did anything as simple as speaking to each other, it was result in some sort of argument. Quaintly, Wufei did not understand it. They had gotten along so well during the war, why were things so different now?

His thoughts were interrupted when he saw the group moving towards the house. 'They're coming inside!' He thought. Being as antisocial as he was, Wufei didn't want to be there when the crowd came in. Maybe he'd wait until everyone was settled, perhaps at night when everyone was tucked into their cozy beds and the house was quiet, then he would go to the kitchen and see who had strolled out of their rooms to get a midnight snack. He suspected he wouldn't be the only one. 'All right. So it's settled.' Wufei thought as he headed towards his bedroom where he would spend the next few hours. At *least* until dinner.

It was not long before that, when the front door of the now crowded beach house was flung open, and the ten new guests stepped inside, as chattery at ever. Une didn't waist any time showing everyone to their rooms, trying to get through all the confusion to explain who would e rooming with who. Of course, it was obvious that Duo and Hilde would be rooming, as was Trowa and his girlfriend, but Une needed to speak to Heero and Relena in order to make room; since Sally and Wufei definitely wouldn't be up to it.

Une snuck over to the pair, who were standing relatively close together. She studied them for a moment. There seemed to be some tension between them. Every once in while Relena would stand on her tip toes and whisper something in Heero's ear, pointing at various people, and Heero would nod or grunt or say something incoherent. Une walked over him and said just loud enough so that *they* could here her,

"Can I speak to you both in private please?" Heero looked at Une, then at Relena, and nodded once. Une led them past the crowd, and caught Noin giving her an odd look. Une simply pointed to Heero and Relena, and Noin, getting the picture, nodded and went back to talking with Quatre. Une lead Heero and Relena upstairs and towards the room she was planning on giving them. She had chosen one of the nicest ones. It had a queen sized bed with laced curtains over it, giving whoever would be sleeping there some privacy, and a twin sized bed over at the other side of the room, up against the wall. Each bed had a little night stand by it, along with separate dressers, and a television between the beds giving both roommates a clear view of the screen. Une didn't know *how* they could object to that.

When they approached the room, Une grasped the door handle and pushed the door opened, stepping aside so Heero and Relena could enter before her. When they did, Une followed and closed the door lightly behind them. Heero was looking around the room, eyebrows slightly raised. He dropped his suitcase on the floor.

"Let me guess. There aren't enough bedrooms for everyone to have a single and you wanted know if Relena and I were willing to share room?" Une's shocked expression brought a tiny smirk to Heero Yuy's lips. Relena just stood aside, slightly blushing.

"Right as always, Heero." Une said smiling brightly. Since Heero had put his suitcase down, he seemed to have no objections to the idea. Just to be safe though, "You don't mind?" Heero shrugged and looked at Relena, his expression back to normal again.

"As long as I have a place to sleep, that's fine with me. I don't care where. It's up to her." He nudged his shoulder in the general direction of Relena. Une followed his nudge and looked at Relena. Relena smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

"I guess it's all right with me." She said modestly. Une beamed at the two of them.

"Perfect! Thank you both for making this easy on me. I'll leave you here to unpack while I go show the others to their rooms. Oh, and if you have second thoughts about your bedroom arrangements during the three weeks, just tell me and I'm sure we can arrange *something*." Heero simply nodded and Une left the room, leaving the door open a crack. When she was gone Relena sighed and dropped her suitcase as Heero had done. She turned to look at him.

"Well, this should be fun." She stated. Heero looked at her, a slightly shocked expression on his face. Relena's eyes widened as she realized what she had just implied. "The reunion I mean!" She saved, blushing furiously.

"Aa."

Relena cleared her throat and headed towards the queen bed, as it was obvious who that would belong to. However, being Relena, she just had to ask. She turned and opened her mouth to say something but Heero just nodded before she could get it out, already knowing what the question would be. He headed over to his side of the room, tossing his suitcase of the small bed and sitting down to take off his shoes. Relena watched with interest as he removed each article and set them by the bed, then flung his legs up on the bed, lied back and closed his eyes.

"Taking a nap?" Relena asked, placing her own suitcase on her bed.

"Aa." She figured that would be the *only* reply she was going to get until Heero got some rest. Leaving him be, Relena walked to window and peered out. Sally and Marimeia were out on the beach, and were Noin, Quatre and Catherine. Quatre and Catherine seemed to be getting along pretty well. The talked a lot during the flight, mostly about Trowa and his new girlfriend. Relena had picked up some information on those two as well. Supposedly Trowa's girlfriend, Sophia, had brought her son, Kai, to the circus for his sixth birthday. Somehow, Kai had gotten away from his mother when the show had ended and got lost in the crowd. Sophia was so worried she went to find one of the crew to alert them that her child was missing. Fortunately, Trowa found Kai by the lions cage, and was actually reaching in and trying to *pet* the lion. Sophia was so thankful she insisted she take Trowa out to dinner, and they've been together ever since.

Relena had asked Catherine how she felt about this, wondering if maybe Catherine had mutual feelings for Trowa, but Catherine had simply said, "Trowa's like a brother to me. And I'm happy that he's found someone." However, Relena suspected there was another reason why Catherine didn't mind Trowa being with Sophia. She and Quatre seemed to be smiling at each other a lot, and not just in a friendly way. Thinking of all these new relationships forming, it lead Relena to thinking about Heero again. She glanced over at the silent pilot, who was in the same position he was in a few minutes ago, but a light snore was coming from his throat. Inside, Relena was static about sharing a room with Heero. Finally she'd be able to fall asleep with the sweet sound of Heero's breathing in her ears, a sound she'd been wanting to fall asleep to for a long time. She kept her feelings hidden however, not wanting to risk Heero wanting new bedrooms arrangements. Taking one last look at Heero, Relena grabbed her bathing suit out of her suitcase and went into the bathroom to change. She had some tanning to do.

Meanwhile, Une was showing Duo and Hilde their room, which just happened to be right next to Heero and Relena's. The group would be sharing a bathroom. Duo and Hilde's room was basically the same as Heero and Relena's, one queen sized bed and one twin bed. However, they wouldn't be needing the twin bed. Une left them alone after showing them to their room, and Hilde pounced on the bed in exhaustion. Duo, however, was in no mood to sleep. Hilde blinked one eye open to see what Duo was doing and found him shirtless with his jeans around his ankles.

"Duo, what are you *doing*?!" Hilde yelled, blushing at Duo's lack of modesty. The braided pilot turned to her, confused, but then a grin spread across his face as he held up his trunks for her to see.

"Going for a swim! You wanna come?" He asked. The response he got was a pillow in his face. He threw the pillow to the ground and frowned at Hilde. "Hey! What the heck was that for?"

"Change in the bathroom, Duo! I've seen more than I want to already!" Duo raised an eyebrow then looked down at himself. His boxers weren't *that* short! He looked back up at Hilde who had erupted in a fit of giggles. Duo smirked and threw the pillow back his girlfriend, grabbed his trunks and headed to the bathroom to change. When he opened the door, Relena was standing there in a little purple bikini.

"Woah! Hello!" Duo shouted, spinning around so that his back was facing her. Relena shrieked and slammed the door on the intruder. She looked in the mirror. 'Maybe this is a little much. I should change into my one piece before my brother sees me in this.' Relena sighed and went back into the bedroom to get her one piece. Heero's eyes popped open at the sound, then opened all the way when he saw Relena. The girl turned a very dark shade of crimson.

"Hn." Was all he said before his eyelids shut once again. Relena let out a breath she had been holding in. 'What is "Hn." supposed to mean anyway?' She blushed at the thought and ran to her suitcase, quickly tugged out her one piece bathing suit and ran back into the bathroom before Heero even had a *chance* to open his eyes again.

After Relena was done changing, as well as Duo, Hilde's changed and the three of them walked down stairs to take a swim. Dorothy and Catherine were just coming out of their rooms downstairs, also in their bathing suits. Catherine spotted the three and smiled.

"Looks like we all had the same idea." She said, walking over to them. Dorothy followed reluctantly, looking around as if she were trying to spot someone. When she go to Catherine she tapped the older woman on the shoulder.

"Didn't Quatre say is was coming?" Dorothy asked, her eyes still scanning the house for Quatre, but mainly focused on the hallway where the downstairs bedrooms were. Catherine nodded.

"He'll be out soon, maybe he stopped to talk to Trowa or something." Dorothy sighed and pointed outside, a little bit of anger showing in her eyes. Catherine, Relena, Hilde, and Duo followed her finger with their eyes, looked out the window and saw Trowa, Sophia, and Kai outside helping Sally and Marimeia dig the hole they had started earlier. "Oh. Well, come on anyway, he'll probably be right out." Dorothy finally sighed and gave in, following the four of them outside. She felt a little out of place with all of these people. However, Quatre was only person she didn't feel out of place with. Quatre cared about her, and he might of been the only one. Relena certainly didn't want to talk to her. Dorothy noticed she'd Ben avoiding her ever since they got to station where the jet was supposed to pick them up. She regretted coming to the reunion, especially if Quatre was going to spend all of his time with Catherine. 'What on Earth do those to have in common anyway?' Dorothy thought as she was lead outside.

***

Relena sighed as the hot rays of the sun touched her skin. The warm sand felt wonderful beneath her feet and in between her toes as she sank them into the grains. The beach would absolutely peaceful if everyone weren't out there as well. Marimeia and Kai were making enough noise, and Une and Noin were chatting away on a rock near the house. Duo was now chasing Hilde down to water, and Catherine and Dorothy were anxiously waiting for Quatre to come out onto the beach. Relena sighed and sat down in the sand, imagining a sunset on the beach, and only people out there to see it were herself and Heero...if Heero ever decided to come out of his room.

To her, there was only one purpose of this trip. It wasn't to reunite with her friends (some who started out at enemies) and family. No, she would have plenty of times and places to do that. The only thin she really wanted to achieve during the three weeks that she would be staying at the beach, was confess her love for Heero. Now, it would be easy. No, she *thought* it would be easy. However, everything changes when you finally get there. Plans you make change, and you get nervous, not knowing what to say or think. Besides, Heero wasn't making it any easier for her. At this rate the only things Heero would say to her during the reunion was "Aa," or "Hn." which was pretty much all he had said all evening.

Relena's thoughts about Heero were interrupted by a disgusting, wet, sandy feeling on the back of her neck. She gasped as she reached back and touched where she had been hit. She brought her fingers back in front of her eyes and saw wet, muddy sand on them. The giggling behind her confirmed her suspicions.

"Sand ball!!" Was the last thing Duo got to shout before Relena got up and prepared to strangle him? Duo was a lot faster, though, not having to do anything was take long, striding steps with his long legs to avoid Relena, who got tired a lot easier.

"Duo Maxwell! You got my hair all muddy!" She shouted, having to stop and catch her breath. Duo just laughed, falling backwards with his butt in the sand.

"You should have been paying attention! What were you doing, day dreaming about Heero again?" Both Duo *and* Hilde starting cracking up at that comment. Even Dorothy managed to snicker. Catherine just smiled weakly, watching the deep blush form on Relena's cheeks.

"Ah, I knew it! She's blushing!" Duo yelled. Relena calmly walked over to him, brushing the remaining sand off of her neck, and yanked on the end of his braid. That was all that the woman had to do to make Duo trip and fall on his butt. Then, still holding on to his braid, Relena scooped up some wet sand that the tide had soaked and dumped it on Duo's head, smearing it good so it went all over his hair.

"Have fun washing that out, Duo." Relena said. She smiled coyly and released Duo's braid. Duo just stood up and grinned, placing his hands on his hips.

"I will. And *you're* coming with me." He said, pausing in between every word to make sure Relena caught them all. Hilde's face paled, as did Relena's as she thought about what Duo was saying. Still a bit confused, she followed Duo's gaze, and landed it right on the ocean.

"Oh no.." She squeaked, but had no time to get anything else out when Duo picked her up and effortlessly threw her over his shoulder. Catherine and Hilde immediately started laughing, watching the braided pilot jog down to the ocean with Relena thrown over his shoulder. Relena was screaming at him to put her down, pounding on his back and tugging on his braid but no matter how hard she pounded, or how much she tugged, Duo had other plans for her.

"Hilde help-!" Relena's voice was cut off as she was thrown into the water, followed by Duo who dove off of the dock gracefully. Hilde erupted in a fit of giggles when she saw Relena rise from the water. She was soaking wet from head to toe, long hair dripping with sea water, and a priceless shocked expression on her face. The woman sighed as she walked up to the shore, wringing out her hair. Hilde laughed and threw an arm around her shoulders.

"I know you and Duo are going to be fighting over the shower *tonight*." Hilde said, pointing to Duo who was struggling to pull the rubber band out of his tangled, salty wet hair. Relena sighed. Sharing a bathroom with Duo Maxwell and his hair *wasn't* going to fun. Hilde released Relena's shoulders and walked over to her boyfriend, grabbing the end of his braid and playfully tugging him along.

Relena hated to admit it, but she was jealous. She was jealous of the relationship that Duo and Hilde shared, and all of the love between the two of them. Ever since she was young, all Relena wanted was someone like Duo to be there. Well, not specifically like Duo, just a man she loved, to be there with her always. Lately, she had thought about giving up on having someone all together. She was constantly busy, and never ha a moment of privacy or time to herself. Life with someone she loved wouldn't be any different. He would just end up feeling abandoned, because Relena could find to the time to be with him. Still, to have someone like Heero; to have someone like him love her and be with her for eternity. Relena was prepared to give up her entire life to have someone like Heero, or even better, Heero himself. However, there was nothing she could do, but wait.

***

"Damn, that water is *freezing*." Sally said, exhausted from her swim. Pulling her towel closer to her for warmth, she flung open the door to her room, only to step in and realize she wasn't alone. Wufei was leaning over her bed, holding what looked to be a piece of paper, and seemed to be preparing to place it on Sally's pillow. Wufei's eyes got as wide as saucers as he realized Sally had come inside the room. He gasped and dropped the paper, then grabbed it instantly, crumbling it up in between his fingers. He looked back at Sally to see if she was mad.

She didn't look at all mad, just irritated, and tired. She sighed and blew a strand of stray hair away from her eyes and let her wet towel drop, then picked it up and hung it on the bedpost to dry. She still put her Hawaiian overshirt back on, which stuck her body with moisture.

"What are you doing in here, Wufei?" She asked, sitting on bed. She began working on unraveling the two braids in her hair, which was difficult because her hair was so stiff from the salt water. Wufei froze, looking at the crumpled piece of paper in his hand. Sally turned her gaze to the piece of paper as well.

"What's that?" She asked, a hint of a yawn in her voice. She had almost completely forgotten about their little fight earlier, or was just too tired to mad at Wufei at the moment. She raised an eyebrow as she saw Wufei's face pale.

"Oh, oh..you mean *this*?" Wufei asked, pointing the piece of paper with his free hand. Sally yawned again, nodding while she did so. "This is just a piece of trash I found in your room. I was..uh..looking for your hairbrush. I forgot mine." Wufei said quickly. He grinned sheepishly and tossed the piece of paper into the wastebasket, the expression his face afterwards explaining to Sally that he didn't want to do so. Sally merely nodded and finished unraveling her hair, which then fell freely over her shoulders in long, golden strands. Wufei gulped, looking nervously at the wastebasket, then looked at Sally.

"Une told me that dinner would be ready in ten minutes. Zechs barbecued chicken. But..now that I think about it, she told me about ten minutes ago, so..we should go out to dining table before Duo eats everything." Sally simply nodded, stifling another yawn. She got up and went to her dresser, pulled out a pair of black leggings and slipped them on over her bathing suit.

"Let's go Wu-boy." She said, grabbing his arm and leading him out of her bedroom. Wufei frowned. He hated when Sally called him "Wu-boy." but thought better about saying anything. He didn't exactly want to have another argument with Sally right at the dinner table.

***

Relena sighed as she stepped out of the bathroom. Now that she had *finally* gotten all of the salt out of her hair, she felt *almost* as clean as she had before she got there. 'One thing I hate about the beach. It always gets you dirty.' She thought, walking over to the mirror to check her appearance. She at *least* wanted to look nice for dinner. She would finally get to see her brother. She hadn't seen him *all* day, and decided he was probably in his room napping. At least, that's what Heero seemed to be doing all day. The blond looked at Heero's bed, and smiled. The boy was still sleeping, but in a different position than she had last seen him in. He was curled up, knees tucked up to his waist, arms wrapped around himself. His tank top had ridden up his back and exposed its lower muscles. Relena sighed and looked back at the mirror.

She had blow dried her long, blond hair and tied it back in allow ponytail, and thrown on a nice blue blouse and skirt to wear the dinner, now just a touch of makeup would finish the job. She smiled while putting on her makeup, hearing Marimeia and Kai playing downstairs, and fabulous rhythm of the pots and pans, and the stirring of spoons in the preparation of dinner. She was almost sure dinner would be her favorite part of this entire trip. Sitting down with your family and friends every night to enjoy a well cooked meal was..well, it was better than being thrown into the ocean by Duo Maxwell, *that* was for sure.

With a final stroke across her top lip with her lipstick, Relena put her makeup back in its bag and headed towards the door. Heero caught her eye again. 'Well, I simply can't let him just sleep through dinner. He hasn't eaten all day.' Relena slowly walked over to Heero's bed, taking light steps, not making much sound, but not really knowing why she was doing it. The point was to wake him, not to be careful not to. She approached the bed and lied her hand on his bare shoulder, feeling the warmth that had gathered there from sleeping all day. She slowly bent over and whispered his name, over and over, lightly shaking his shoulder. A couple moments later Heero seemed to be stirring awake, yawning slightly before sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.

"Relena..? What's wrong?" He asked, peering at her under sleepy eyelids that refused to stay all of the way open. Relena smiled and took her hand off his shoulder, feeling warmth gather in her cheeks again.

"Nothing, Heero. Dinner's ready. I thought you might like to eat." The gaze they had been sharing ended as Heero tore his eyes away from her and grunted, then nodded. Yawning once more. He swung his legs over the side of bed and stretched his body out, then got up, a little unstable, but allowed Relena to take his arm and guide him downstairs. She was surprised he let her, and he didn't even pull away when they got to the bottom of the stairs. Actually, he didn't have to, because Relena *had* to let go because she was in a state of total shock when they got down there. Even Heero managed to look surprised as they both gazed at beautiful table of food.

Relena watched as Noin brought in more plates of delicious looking food from the kitchen, smiling brightly at Heero and Relena when she saw them. Relena spotted her brother, setting down a huge plate of barbecued chicken right in the center of the table, realizing what her brother had actually been doing the whole day. Duo and Hilde were already seated next to each other, chatting away at the dinner table, Hilde pointed at various foods and Duo nodded, mouth practically watering, which was well within reason. Marimeia and Kai were peeking over the rim of the table, the red head reaching to grab an olive out of a tray of appetizers. Sally and Wufei were also seated next to each other, Wufei already helping himself and filling his plate with everything he could reach. Trowa and Sophia were leaning against the kitchen counter, watching the dinner being served and talking quietly. Everyone looked well ready to eat.

"Heero, Relena. Nice of you to join us." Zechs said, with a little force behind the last sentence. Obviously he had suspected Relena and Heero had spent the day up in their room. His eyes narrowed at the young man standing beside his sister.

"What have you been doing?" He asked, his teeth practically grinding together. Heero shrugged.

"Just sleeping I guess. I don't know what Relena's been doing. She just unpacked and left." It was the truth, but Zechs didn't seem to except it. He just snorted and walked over to his younger sister.

"You will be seated by *me*, Relena. Heero, Duo has offered you a seat on the other side of him." Well, Zechs had drawn the line, and now Heero was being forced to stay behind it. The young man simply shrugged again and went to take his seat by the chattering, braided pilot. His eyes wandered to Relena and watched and Zechs lead her to her seat, clear across the table from him. Heero was sure he couldn't even make *eye contact* with Relena if he wanted to.

Relena sighed unhappily as Zechs showed her her seat. She took it, not gratefully but at least accepting. Zechs sat beside her, his gaze switching from her to Heero over and over to make sure there wouldn't be any eye contact between them. Eye contact could definitely mean something. Relena sighed again and put her head in her hands.

'So much for dinner being my favorite part of the day.'

TBC

AN - *falls onto keyboard* OK, chapter two was done in one day. Can I sleep now? OK? OK. Thankies. x_x