Remembrance- Part Two
Mysterious Vanishings

Sixth period. Ten minutes before the bell rings. I tapped my pencil on my notebook.

And then, Abraham Lincoln Blah, blah, blah. I was tired of the kids in school. Of their jokes, snickering and staring. They were all immature. Way immature. Five minutes before the bell rings. I looked over at Duo, he pointed to the clock. I nodded. Then I looked at all the other Gundam Pilots. They were all like me, sitting in their seats impatiently, waiting for the bell to sound that class will end. Ah, that beautiful sound is about to rid me of this horrific torture chamber adults call school.

The bell answered as school ended.

When we get to my house I realized I had to go to work today.

Shoot! I have work today! I hurriedly changed into my Starbucks uniform. You guys can come along if you wish to. I rushed out the door, grabbing my coat on the way. They followed me.

We arrived at the mall where Starbucks is ten minutes later. I hung up my coat and stepped behind the register to my first customer.

Hi welcome to Starbucks. What can I get for you today? I looked up from my register and saw Duo wearing his shades and a jacket. He said to me The guys and I are going out okay?

Sure see you later. He waved as they walked out the door. Then I turned to my real first customer. Hi welcome to Starbucks. What can I get for you today?

Twenty burgers, ten fries, twelve sodas, thirty cappucinos and seven apple pies later my dead-beat shift was over. I grabbed my coat and stepped into the cool atmosphere of the mall.

I put on my coat as I spotted Duo and the gang at the video arcade next door. I walked up to Duo and tapped him on the shoulder. Shhh! I'm playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2! Is what he replied. I rolled my eyes and sighed as I began to watch him. Several minutes later he had beaten the high score. He punched his fist into the air with victory. Are you done with your shift now?

Yeah I am. Let's go! And we headed back home to my house, which had become all of our homes at the moment.

By the time we had gotten home it was 7:30. I immediately changed back into my black bell-bottoms and my black sleeveless T-shirt with a red dragon imprinted on the front. I went back into the living room with the guys. . You guys want to do homework together? I only have Math and I am a whiz at that! I offered. Everyone agreed. So about five minutes later we all meet in my room to do our Math homework.

which one of you guys is going to help me with my Calculus? Quatre demanded.

I laughed. I will, I volunteer. And I walk over to Quatre, preparing to explain to him how to do his Calculus homework. When I saw the figures on his paper I couldn't believe he didn't understand them. I quickly explained to him his Calculus homework, then moving on to mine.

Three pencils, two erasers, and ten pieces of paper later we finished our homework. At 8:30 we put our homework away and watched a television show called Whose Line Is It Anyway? As soon I turned on the television we immediately began to laugh.

About ten minutes later I asked the guys So what do you want to do for the talent show?

I do not know, was the reply I got from each and every one of them.

How about we each write down an idea and put them in a hat. Then we pick one and that is what we do for the talent show. Sound good to you guys?

Sounds like a great idea to me, said Trowa. Then we all wrote something down on a piece of paper. We folded them up and stuck them in a hat. Duo's hand reached in and pulled out one of our ideas.

Cristina Aguilera: What A Girl Wants, Duo read from the sheet of paper.

What A Girl Wants it is then, I said. Do you guys want to listen to the track before we go to bed?

Oh yeah! Sure that would be great! replied Quatre enthusiastically.

Hold on a minute. Let me go and get my boombox and the C.D.. Then I disappear into my room.

I emerge a few moments later carrying my boombox and the C.D. I set it up and press play, sitting on the couch.

The music starts up What a girl wants. What a girl needs

About a quarter of the way through the song Duo dances over to me, takes my hands and pulls me to my feet. I laugh and start to dance with Duo. Then Trowa breaks in and takes my hand. I dance with Trowa until Heero cuts in. Then I dance with Heero until Quatre steps in. Now I am dancing with Wufei when I turn back to Duo. This time I stay with Duo. We dance far into the night, Duo and I dancing together

I wake up to find myself on top of Duo. I look down at him to see he is in his boxers, just like everyone else. I look down at myself to discover I am wearing only my bra and panties. I scream so loud it wakes everyone up. I rush into my bedroom and run into Duo on the way. I look in my closet to see all my clothes are gone. As Duo walks in I quickly grab my blanket and pull it around myself

Duo walks in screaming Where's my clothes?!? He then looks at me and says You don't have any clothes either, do you? And that's why you are wrapped in a blanket. I nod my head as I pull the blanket tighter around myself. He walks over and sits next to me. He puts his head in his hands and mutters a curse. Shaking his head he gets up and turns to me saying What happened here?

You want the truth? I really have no idea on this one Duo, I reply honestly. I hear a scream.

Duo and I return to the living room to find Quatre screaming his head off. If everyone wasn't already awake then his shrill scream would have awaken them. Quatre runs around the room screaming in a foreign language I recognize as French. It sounded as if he was cursing.

I grab him by the shoulders and sit him on the couch. He pants. Everyone but Duo and I search around for our clothing. When they don't find them they notice me wrapped tightly in a blanket.

Trowa asks Where is your clothes?

Same place as yours, I reply sweetly.

Duo steps in front of me saying I think we were robbed.

No you think!?! said Heero. Duo motions for me to follow him into our bedroom. So I do.

When we reach my bedroom, Duo closes the door behind us.

"Two weird things are going on here. One, we were robbed of our clothing. Which is obvious. And two, I'm getting this freaky déjà vu thing that we know each other already. Like from the past or something, Duo whispers.

You too? Man and I thought I was going crazy! I reply softly. You think everyone else is having a déjà vu too?

It's possible. He sighs, sitting on my bed next to me. I pull the blanket tighter around myself and sigh. The air-conditioner seemed like it was getting colder, trying to freeze Duo and I. Duo put his arm around me and pulled me closer to him. We both shudder with cold, so I let him into the blanket with me. Still very cold, we try to warm up by embracing each other with a warm hug. It helps a little bit. I wrap the blanket tighter around us. Duo holds me closer. I loosen my grip on the blanket.

Where's my clothes?!? demands a voice from the living room. Duo and I rush out, still wrapped in the blanket. Yet again, Quatre is running around the room, waving his arms in the air and screaming in French like a raving lunatic. He stops when he spots Duo and I wrapped in the same blanket. He falls over, laughing and pointing at us saying Look at the freaks wrapped in the same blanket! Heat rises to my face as I prepare to go and beat him up. I begin to step out of the blanket, my fists clenched, when Duo stops, pointing at everyone. I nod my head. Wufei, Heero and Trowa were watching us intently, like we suddenly became very interesting. I narrowed my eyes at them. They looked away and back to the cackling Quatre.

What's up with you guys and the blanket? asked Trowa.

Duo and I were extremely cold so we are sharing the blanket, I said simply.

Why didn't you just give the blanket to him? asked Heero.

Besides the fact that I am also cold. In case you guys haven't noticed someone has stolen our clothes. And the only thing I have to wear are my bra and panties. So I wrapped a blanket around Duo and I.

that doesn't sound right, added Heero.

Well it may not sound right but it is true! Duo retorted, smiling.

Then I remembered something. Hey! Last night I put all our clothes in the hamper. Maybe they're still there! And we all rushed into the hallway, Duo and I still wrapped in the blanket.

When I opened the top all of our clothes from yesterday were still there. I squealed with excitement. "What kind of sick prank is this? Stealing all our clothes," I muttered. With one hand holding the blanket I picked up someone's shirt and smelt it. Pee you! That stinks! I yelled, pinching my nose and holding the shirt away from my face.

Hey! That's my shirt! Duo laughed, grabbing back his shirt. Everyone laughed. Duo blushed.

We can't wear these smelly old clothes the rest of our lives, so we're going to have to skip school today and go to the mall, I said to everyone.

Guess you're right, replied Heero. So we all grabbed our clothes and got dressed. Then we headed off to the mall.

About half an hour later we were at the mall in Sears, pawing through the guys section. After they grabbed a few items they went into the fitting rooms. They stepped out a few minutes later. They stood in a row as I surveyed their choices. Everyone pretty much picked out the same thing as they were wearing before except in a couple of different colors. Rolling my eyes I ushered them back into the fitting rooms with a few items that I had picked out.

I nodded my head few minutes later as they stepped out. Grabbing several more things in their sizes we headed to the register. After paying with one of Duo's credit cards I handed them their bags as we went in the direction of JC Pennys.

I stepped out of the fitting rooms wearing a black tube-top and a pair of black flares. They all put their thumbs up and whistled. Going back into the fitting rooms I came out next in a black miniskirt and a black sleeveless T-shirt. Whistles and cat-calls were the responses I got from the guys.

Spotting in an outfit like the one I was wearing yesterday, I grabbed it in my size and put it in my pile of clothes I was buying. After several more discards and whistles we went over to the shoe department.

On the way there I passed by what had to be the cutest outfit in the world. A baby blue tube-top with a pair of black bell-bottoms. I grabbed one in my size and threw it in the cart.

We passed the lingerie department. I was looking at a pair of pajamas when I remembered something. Turning to the embarrassed group I said You'll need some underwear. And I'm guessing you guys won't want me there poking around. So I'll just stay right here while you guys go and grab some underpants. I pointed the tomato-red-faced guys in the direction of the men's underwear, turning back to the lingerie

I grabbed a few bras and panties just when the guys got back with theirhow do I say this?oh wellunderwear. They tossed 'em into the cart as I grabbed a few more shirts and pants. Then we entered the shoe department.

I was trying on a pair of shoes when I heard Duo screech from the men's section. I hobbled on over there with one shoe on my foot and the otherin my hand.

When I walked into the isle I saw Duo rolling around on the floor, laughing and pointing at Wufei. Wufei was pointing at the cackling Duo and yelling something in a foreign language that I recognized as Chinese. It sounded like an insult.

Duo was laughing He sits up and points at Wufei who is throwing shoes at him. Duo is still laughing while shielding himself from the Chinese Fighting Weapons formerly known as flying shoes. Then Duo grabs a shoe from out of the air and pelts it at Wufei. Wufei ducks as the shoe hits me in the head. I grab the two fighting boys by their collars and pull them to their feet.

I make them stand up, facing each other. I cover my eye with one hand while pointing menacingly at the both of them. Then I take my one free hand and yank down on Duo's braid as hard as I could. He yelped out in pain and sat back down. Then I walked over to Wufei and smacked him upside the head. He rubbed the back of his head as he sat next to Duo.

You're probably wondering how funny our situation must look right now. But, so that you geniuses won't have to wrack your brains trying to imagine it I'll tell you. Heero was leaning against one of the shoe racks, half of which just fallen on his head. Now he is sitting in a pile of mismatched shoes, rubbing his sore head. Quatre was trying to avoid looking at anyone because he didn't trust himself not to burst out with laughter. Now you're wondering what is he trying to avoid laughing at right? Well it was an odd sight indeed. And if I wasn't there to see it I probably wouldn't believe it myself.

Do you want to know what happened? Well I don't care whether you want to or not because you're going to hear it anyway. Trowa. Trowa was doing one of the most oddest things in the world at the moment. He was trying on shoes. Not on his feet. Not on his hands. But trying to see how many shoes he could hang off that piece of hair that is covering his face. Yep. You heard right. He was trying shoes on his hair! To make matters worse he had hats on his feet. I think he is just a tad bit confused. Don't you?

And as for Duo and Wufeiwell let's just say they haven't solved their problemsyet. But were trying to by tossing an array of shoes at each other. I slapped Trowa upside the head, knocking some sense into him but at the same time knocking off all the shoes he had connected to his hair. I rolled my eyesouch. Make that one eye, and headed back to my desperate search for shoes.

About half an hour later each of the guys had picked out at least two pairs of shoes. And Iwell let's just say that if you multiply twenty-five times four and then divide the product by twenty and then multiply the quotient by two then you'll have the total amount of shoes I have bought. Too much math for your puny little brains you say? You want me to just tell you how many shoes I bought? Since that itty-bitty math problem is too much for you geniuses to figure out then I guess I have no choice but to tell you. Ten. I bought ten pairs of shoes. What can I say? I'm a shop-alcoholic.

We stepped up to the register. I was about to hand my Visa to the desk clerk when Duo stopped me. A seventeen year old high-school student has enough money to pay for all this? Give me a break! And you're a girl too! He took my credit card and handed it back to me.

For heavens sake Duo! Just because I'm a teenager doesn't mean I don't have any money. And what does all this have to do with me being a girl? I retorted.

Duo, seeing how I was about that girl crack he just made, was careful not to mention it again. Oh just shut up and let me pay for it you chick! Duo replied with annoyance.

Yeah right! Like I am going to trust you to have enough money to pay for all this! We argued about this matter for a few minutes until an infuriated sales clerk bellowed Oh just pay for it you nit-wits!!!

Then Duo reluctantly agreed to allow me to pay for my own clothes. I handed my credit card to the sales clerk. Duo the whole while was muttering You chicks are all alike. Always trying to be independent

I decided to let that one slip. He was my friend after all. After we finished our little shopping trip he decided to just hang out at the mall for the rest of the day. We headed to the arcade. Upon walking in, Duo turned to me and shouted in glee They've got knock hockey! Want to play a game Lexie?

I pretended to think about it as if it were a life and death situation. Duo punched me in the arm playfully. C'mon Lexie! It's not that hard of a question. Do you want to play or not?

Sure! But why don't I just kick your ass now instead of waiting ten minutes? I laugh.

Hey! Don't think you can beat me that easily! Duo yelled.

"Oh yeah? Well let's just see who's better at knock hockey. C'mon! I challenge you to a duel!" I pretended to have a sword in my hand and poke him with it.

He laughed and said "Ouch that hurts. Watch where you poke that thing Lex." He pretended like I really had a sword in my hand.

I stuck a few quarters in the machine. "C'mon Maxwell! Let's get this game started."

He laughed. "You're on! But I'm warning you I'm not letting you win."

"Fine by me." I took out the puck and skidded it accross the table. Duo shot it back in one swift move. I turned around and shot it backhand.

"Showoff," Duo muttered. I laughed as we continued the game.


After the fifth game Duo finally gave up. "I give up she's too good!" He threw his hands up in exasperation. Without saying anything Heero walked up and took Duo's place. I smirked and rammed the puck into the goalpost. Heero frowned and returned the serve.

After I beat Heero three times in a row the other pilots were in awe. He retreated while I just stood there smiling.

"How'd she do that?" Duo gaped, his mouth wide open. "Heero's been the champ for like, forever!"

I looked each pilot directly in the eye and asked "Anyone else wanna play?"

Just then a tall man wearing all black walked up and accepted my challenge. "I'll play you and win," he said.

"I wouldn't count on it buddy," Duo added, running his hand threw his bangs.

"Who asked you punk?" He grabbed Duo by the collar.

"Hey! Leave my friends alone," I called out, anger rising in my throat. The guy dropped Duo and sauntered over to the knock hockey table. He served the puck in my direction. I expertly shot it backward. He smirked and made a quick rebound. About 5 minutes into the game I had won. The man stormed off, muttering and cursing me under his breath.

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