Chapter 3- After- school Blues

The rest of the afternoon dragged by slowly and finally it was the end of school. The girls waited outside the school for the 5 boys. They finally emerged and seemed to be having a small argument amongst themselves

"Oh hi girls," Duo laughed nervously

"Hi Duo," Anastasia replied, flashing him her most charming smile

"Girls, we forgot to arrange accommodation before coming here," Quatre explained

"Oh that's okay!" Alice's face lit up. "You can stay with us!"

"Really?" Quatre asked

"I bags Duo!" Anastasia linked arms with Duo

"Um, Trowa, wanna come with me?" Amanda asked blushing slightly. Trowa nodded and linked arms with Amanda

"Come on, Quatre, let's go!" Judy laughed. Quatre looked delighted and blushed, as she liked arms with him too.

"I want Alice Ling," Wufei said simply, making his way over to her, "she is very rare. A strong woman should not be ignored. All of your women are weak" Alice blushed as she too, linked arms with her "boyfriend"
"Why you!" Liza tried to get close enough to Wufei to punch him but Heero held her back.

"Let it go," he told her. She nearly melted from his touch.

"Duo where are you going?" Anastasia asked, "We're going to miss the 610 to Central!"

"Chill babe!" Duo replied, "Check this out!" He walked her round the corner and stopped in front of a magnificent BMW sports car.

"Wow!" Anastasia gasped, her eyes shining, "is that your car?"

"Yep, get in, we'll drive to your place!"

Meanwhile at the bus stop, Liza and Amanda waited impatiently for the 390 to come. They were getting way too much attention, Liza thought. Amanda sighed and checked her watch again. 3:27 p.m. The bus should be here by now. Andric spotted her and ran up to her, "Amanda, I..." but then he saw Trowa standing next to her, glaring down at him, "Never mind," he said and rushed off. Suddenly they saw a bus coming.

"Yay!" Amanda cheered, "Oh," she sighed a few seconds later, when she could read the number, "it's just the bloody 377"

Heero stuck out his hand.

"Heero, that's not our bus," Liza hissed to him, "put your hand down"

"Oh yes it is," Heero replied with a hint of a smile on his face.

"Heero, what are you going to do? Tell me Heero," Liza nagged him

"You're beginning to sound like Relena," Heero told her as the bus slowed down.

The Russian one took offence, "Me sound like that bitch Relena?! Heero! That is harsh, that is way harsh!"

Heero smiled as he boarded the bus and drew out his gun, pointing it at the bus driver's head, "Get out" he said. The bus driver was frozen in terror. Heero sighed and lifted the guy up, "Hey Trowa come help me with this guy, he's heavier than he looks!" Heero called out to him. Trowa boarded the bus and helped Heero throw the bus driver out. Heero got behind the driver's wheel and announced, "This is now the School bus 390, all adults and children who do not attend Sydney High, please exit this bus immediately!" He got out and pointed his gun at them. They were out in an instant.

"Yay!" all the Sydney High students cheered as they boarded the bus. Trowa, Liza and Amanda sat near the front while Heero was driving.

"Wow," Lauren commented to both of them, "your new boyfriends are awesome!"

"And hot too," Liza added

"Yeah, definitely" Amanda winked at Trowa

"Oh, but what's poor Ivan going to..." Liza began to taunt her

"Shut up Liza, I'm warning you," Amanda warned her jokingly

Anastasia and Duo reached home.

"Where's your place, babe?" he asked

"It's around here. It's really hard to find. Once I had a birthday party and all my friends got lost looking for it!"

Duo laughed and followed Anastasia as she opened a door and began to climb the stairs.

"I hope you don't mind," Anastasia said, fumbling with a lock, "I live in an apartment. You'll have to sleep in the spare bedroom for now. My bird is also pretty annoying. It's real name is Rodney but Judy nicknamed it Stick, so it only answers to that now!" she rolled her eyes. Her mother met her on her way to her room and Anastasia began conversing with her in Chinese. Her mother finally nodded and waved hello to Duo before disappearing into another room.

"Here, this is my room"

"Wow, cosy," Duo said looking around, "Pokemon bedspread! I used to watch that show all the time!"

Meanwhile Quatre and Judy had made their way to Judy's house.

"Hi Jen, we're home," Judy said to her younger sister, who was watching TV.

"Hi, who's that?" Jen noticed Quatre who had taken his shoes off and placed them neatly side by side. Judy didn't want Quatre to hear what she said, so she whispered

"Oh...ok...so, wow!" Jen said out loud as Judy whispered to her, "so is he... he's your boyfriend isn't he Judy!" she almost yelled

"Shut up Jen!" Judy bonked her on the head. She saw that Quatre was blushing a dark pink, "Am I interrupting anything?" he asked politely

"Um... no!" Judy shook her head, "Quatre, this is my sister Jenny, only she likes to be called Jen and Jen, this is Quatre Raberba Winner from you- know- where."

"Oh, hi," Jen walked over and shook hands with Quatre

"Heero, do you have any idea of the 390 route?" Liza screamed as they sped past a red light, narrowly missing a head- on collision with a car and obviously breaking the speed limit.

"I'll figure it out," Heero replied

"Turn now, now Heero!" Liza screamed as they missed the turn into OLSH, "Heero, you were meant to turn there and let the OLSH people on and the other people out!"

"Ok, I'll stop at the next bus stop and let them out there," Heero said. Suddenly he threw on the brakes causing everyone to lurch forward. He opened the doors and let the people off.

"Heero, try to follow the speed limit," Amanda asked pleadingly, "you might get caught and questioned by the police"

"I think you should," Trowa agreed, "we can not risk anyone else discovering our identity"

Alice sighed as she waited outside the Chinese herbal store for Wufei. She would have been steaming mad at him, but how can someone stay mad at Wufei for more than 5 minutes, she asked herself. So far, he had gone to a local Chinese restaurant and walked out without paying, and then the Chinese book- store, where he bought a few books. Now he was buying who knows what at the herbal store. Alice sighed as she noticed the name of the next store- Lin tai-tai's Chinese Massages and Charms. If Wufei continued at this rate, he would probably go there too.