Here is chapter six of Hide Me. I'd like you to tell me what you thought of it after you read, please.

Italics indicate thought.

No this can not be happening. She is NOT here. Damn it! She can't be. Duo's expression was rapidly changing as emotions visibly ran across his visage.

Gina looked confused. Had she heard him right? After last night, not to mention yesterday, she definitely expected a lot more than that. A `good morning sweetheart` at the very least.

She voiced her growing confusion. "What?"

After his initial outburst, Duo seemed incapable of doing anything but gaping at her, like a fish out of water. Gina went up to him and tried to shake his arm. But at her touch, Duo jerked back as if burned.

Gina pulled back, hurt. What was wrong? "Duo?" she tried again. "What's wrong? What did I do? Are you okay?"

Duo didn't answer, still in a trance.

Usagi, Quatre, and Heero were halfway through breakfast when Wufei walked into the dining room. Whoa. What's up with them. Winner's so red I, could cook breakfast on his face, Heero looks ready to kill and even Usagi looks mad.

Then he heard Usagi speak. "I know you're sorry so I guess I'll forgive you for being a disgusting pervert." What?! She's mad at Winner? What could he possibly have done to make her call him 'a disgusting pervert?' Wufei could see Heero grumbling.

He sat at the table. "What is wrong Usagi? What did Winner do?"

Usagi growled. "He wouldn't stop staring at me when I asked him to get me clothes!"

Wufei stared. "That's all, Onna? What is so horrible about that?

"I only had as wet towel on..." Usagi mumbled, suddenly embarrassed.

"What?!" Wufei spun in his chair to Quatre. "Winner that is dishonorable! You bring shame to yourself." Quatre muttered and hung his head.

"I know. Usagi, please forgive me? I did not mean to be so rude. I will not be so disrespectful again," Quatre begged.

"Really? You won't do that ever again?" Usagi questioned. At Quatre's nod, she burst into tears. "Thank you so much Quatre! It wasn't so much that you were commenting on my body or anything, it's that you were acting like Duo. I mean you're a adult and you have hormones, and I really wasn't wearing much. But you were acting just like Duo. I think that's why I got mad enough to kick you..." Usagi trailed off.

"I'm sorry. I just wasn't thinking. So you aren't mad at me anymore?" Quatre asked hopefully.

Usagi wiped her eyes on her sleeve and smiled. "Of coarse not! But there is something I need you to help me with..."

Quatre nodded vigorously. Anything to make Usagi happy. Heero and Wufei moved closer. Usagi beckoned them toward her and the guys moved into the seats closest to her.

Usagi's Point of View

I decided to tell the boys, no men, just what I was thinking. "Well you guys, I had a really bad experience with a man before. This was about three years before I met Duo."

"When you were sixteen, Onna?" Wufei asked.

"Yes. But that's not important right now. My heart was broken in so many ways. I was depressed to the point of being suicidal. I never wanted to feel that way again. So I decided to make some rules. Some conditions. If the person I was dating ever broke any of the rules that I set, then I would be gone and I wouldn't look back. That wasn't just my promise to them, it was a promise to myself. Do you understand?" I asked them. I needed to know that they understood just how important this was to me.

It was Wufei that answered, "Yes, Onna." He looked around and received nods from Quatre and Heero. "We understand. You set rules for yourself as well as the people that you dated. It was to protect yourself." I nodded at this statement.

Then Quatre spoke up, "That sounds wise Usagi. But what were the rules?" Heero merely looked inquiringly at me.

I wanted to sigh. I thought the need for those rules was over the day that I married Duo. Even though I had started this discussion, I was feeling sorrow thinking about this subject. I looked down at the table. "Well. I have three basic rules that can't be broken. One. No cheating. If I'm cheated on, then I will leave. Two. No physical abuse. If I am hit, even once, I leave. Three. No deliberate mental abuse. If I am put down, meanly insulted, or otherwise mentally hurt on purpose, I leave." I looked up. The guys didn't seem shocked or anything. In fact Wufei was nodding and Quatre and Heero looked proud.

"That is a very good set of rules, Onna!" Wufei loudly declared. Heero and Quatre nodded their agreement.

"Well," I continued, "Duo broke rule number one. According to the promise I made to myself I am supposed to leave and never look back. But Duo is my husband. Do I still follow the rules? After I married him, I thought that I could forget about the rules. But now I just don't know what to do." I slumped in my seat and let my head hit the table.

Then I felt hands on my shoulders. "What you need to do is decide whether or not you truly love Duo any more," a voice breathed in my ear. Heero. "If you feel that you still truly love him, then ask yourself if you can really live with what he has done and may do again. But if you doubt your love with him after what has happened, then follow your rules. Leave and don't look back. Ever." And with that Heero let go of my shoulders and walked out of the room. I could see Quatre and Wufei stare after him, wondering what he had said.

Author's Point of View

A figure in the shadows moved to follow the Prussian-eyed boy that even now was walking out of the dining room. He cast one last glance toward the people that were still sitting at the table before silently following the retreating boy. Only one person marked the solitary figure following Heero out of the dining room.

Well! How was that? Come on people, tell me what you think. Please Review.

My Thanks to the People that Reviewed:

Bluejello: Wasn't just? I think that Quatre acting like that is really funny, but I didn't plan it, it just came out.

Laydee Sakura: I'm sorry about the cliffhanger. It wasn't intentional. Duo's bedmate is just a made-up character. The poor girl.

MarsMoonStar: I don't think you're weird. Not really anyway.... I'm just teasing!

Celestial DreamBlaze: I'm sorry! I didn't get the 'discussion' into this chapter. I really am sorry. On a happier note, poor Quatre isn't really a pervert, just a hormonal young man. And there was a Heero/Usagi moment (kind of).

Killerclown: Okay! I thought it was funny too. I take unsigned reviews now. I just figured out how to unlock the block.

solarmistress17: Thank you!

Angel-Goddess: Okay. Well, I'll put Relena bashing in, if it fits, but I don't really have anything against her, so no promises. Okay?

Nya-chan: Wow! This is one of your favorite stories? That's so nice! i did update a little late though. Usually I update around five or six o'clock, but it's 10:30 now. Opps...

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