After School Fun

Chapter Two of "Who the Fudge Cookie Are YOU?"

Written By: Chrys Maxwell and co-written by Kay Sirinial

Disclaimer: We don't own Gundam Wing or Pokemon Live. If you're wondering about any references to private jokes we may have, send your queries to chrysmaxwell@aol.com It's my new e-mail address and I don't get enough mail that isn't junk or porn (JEEZ, don't those guys know I'm 14 and FEMALE?! I don't have the desire to see what Tammy the college girl does after class!!) Sorry for making the other one so long. I couldn't help myself. I'll start making these shorter chapters. ^_^ Thank you to all the loyal readers who have made it this far. I'm making these fics for YOU! Also thanks to any new readers. ^_^ You just add more inspiration. Special thanks to: Sprite and Mitsukai-hime. Ya'll are great friends. Thank you for letting me use your screen names. ^_^ ON WITH FICCYNESS!

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"...so we just cut it down, folded it up, and at this very moment it's hanging on my bedroom wall,"

Duo stared for a moment, incredulous. "You just... took the banner?"

She simply giggled and popped a french-fry into her mouth.

"It's weird," he mused. "I wouldn't have figured Brandy to be into petty theft,"

The grin on Kate's face stretched from one ear to the other. "It was my idea," she laughed aloud at his expression. "Don't look so shocked. It was HER Swiss Army Knife,"

Duo's eyes went wider still. "She carries a Swiss Army Knife?"

"Yee-up,"

"So flicking little balls of paper at her probably isn't the best idea,"

He watched as she threw her long, blonde hair back in whole-hearted laughter. Definitely cute. But there was something in the shape of her face, in the sparkling blue eyes that was eerily famili-

A quick dodge to the side was suddenly called for on Kate's part. Choking out amidst even more hysterical laughter. "What the heck was that?!"

He made a frantic grab for napkins to cover his nose. "Nothing."

"Nothing?!"

"Nothing."

"You snarfed Mountain Dew clear across the table over nothing?"

"Right," he grinned at her, napkin still pinned under his nose as she chuckled and started to wipe up the mess. *God,* he crowed to himself *Heero's gonna have a STROKE!*

Once the mess was cleaned up and he had reassured himself that the danger of any more soda coming through his nose had passed, Duo had the urge to change the subject. "So... what's up with this Corbin guy Brandy mentioned earlier?"

As if his words had somehow been an "off" switch of sorts, her almost manic perkiness suddenly vanished. Kate was silent for a considerable moment before she spoke again.

"Corbin... is my online boyfriend,"

A snort of laughter slipped out before Duo could choke it back, and he clapped a hand over his mouth. "Sorry, shouldn't have laughed,"

Kate smiled, looking somehow much more stable, or at least calmer than she had before. "No, it's all right. It *is* pretty ridiculous, really. The whole 'taking it serious thing' and all,"

"The main issue with it all is that... well... he really wants to be the only person for me. And I care about him, really. I'm just not emotionally equipped for commitment, which, I suppose, puts me dead on par with every guy in the world except him," She paused to take a bite of her bacon double cheeseburger. "Only four percent of all animals are monogamous, you know,"

"I did not know that. I'll probably repeat it at some point, though,"

"That's assuming you remember it," she sighed. "It's kind of amazing that Brandy and I could be such good friends when we're essentially polar opposites. She's just about the biggest sweetheart in the world,"

One of Duo's eyebrows shot up. "Are we thinking of the same Brandy? The one who goes around armed to the teeth?"

She laughed again, re-establishing the amiable mood in the booth. "She's a tomboy wannabe. She likes to act all 'don't mess with me, I carry a blade and my mother is Mexican, but-"

"She IS? Shoot, I owe Quatre another five bucks,"

Kate snickered. "No, Brandy really is a sweetie though. She just covers it up, 'cuz she's totally terrified of being burned,"

"Can't say I blame her. People can be pretty cruel sometimes,"

There was another pause, as Kate stopped to look Duo soberly in the eye. "You do know she likes you, right?"

Another minute of silence.

"If you're joking, that's cruel. But if you're being sarcastic, that's even worse,"

"I am dead serious. I think I saw you two together for a total of twenty seconds before I swooped in. That was enough for me to be able to tell, though," the blonde smiled at him, cocking her head to the side. "She is smitten,"

"You're absolutely sure?"

"Duo babe, even if I couldn't read her facial expressions like a book, she kicked me in the shin after you left," the memory invoked a simultaneous smile and wince. "Foolproof sign that she thinks I'm intruding on her turf,"

A grin of proportions unknown to the human mind possessed Duo. "My first day and I've already got two girls fighting over me. I'm so loveable,"

"Yeah, and the bruise is going to be incontrovertible proof,"

Kate couldn't help laughing at his mischievous eyebrow waggle, then her eyes widened slightly as a small head with short, ruffled brown hair and hazel eyes peeked up over the back of Duo's side of the booth. She suppressed a giggle, but not very well.

"What is it?" Duo asked as she watched a small hand inch toward his braid. "I don't have something on my face, do I?"

"No," she giggled again.

"Well then, wha-AHHH!" he hollered as his head was jerked backward by a swift tug. The patter of tiny little feet running for the life of the tot they were attached to was drowned out as Kate doubled up in laughter, nearly falling out of the booth.

"WHYYY?!?" Duo wailed loudly to no one in particular, then glared at Kate as he rubbed the back of his head. "It's not that funny,"

"Oh please," she choked out. "You'd be laughing your butt off right now if it had been me,"

"Yeah, but it was *ME*. That changes everything."

Kate was still snickering as she reached into her bag for a pen and paper and began scribbling something. "What's that?" he asked, peering over to see, but she quickly covered it up.

"I'm taking notes on what a horrible, cheap date you are, so I can ruin your reputation until you graduate,"

She let his jaw hang for a second.

"No, I'm kidding you, honey. I wouldn't do that to you even if I could, and frankly, too many people hate me for me to have that kind of power over the student body," She pushed the little slip of paper toward him. "It's Brandy's number. Call her, tonight. It'll make her millennium,"

He looked mildly perplexed. "But... Wait... You're giving me another girl's number? That doesn't ring right,"

"...That was a really bad pun,"

"Yeah, but you know you love me anyway,"

"Of course. Anyway, she's my best friend. I have to make sure she has a shot," She slowly reached out to poke the end of his nose, and giggled as she watched his eyes cross. "It's been way too long since I've had a good challenge, though (and no offense, by the way) it wouldn't bother me to unduly to lose. Brans deserves a great guy and from what I've seen, you qualify." She tapped the paper. "Besides, if nothing else, I get the satisfaction of having forced her to do something about a guy she likes," she giggled. "And, of course, I get a new friend,"

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I logged on, for once with no problem. Rare for my computer. Heh, piece of crap, it is. I searched around my AOL mail... Nothing but junk... Yahoo? ...Nothing but junk... Yahoo buddy list? Ooooh, friends are on! Spiiiiff. Set my Status... "WHEE! Hee hee hee..." Yeah, is that obvious I'm happy? I added Quatre, then before I could do anything else, I was IMed by my best friend and Babblefish Associate, Sprite.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: Hola, Chrys

sprite_the_fairy_princess: whatcha so happy about?

chrysylis_maxwell: hee.

chrysylis_maxwell: Oh... nothing. *grins again*

Like I wanted to tell my secret right away. RUB IT IN! RUB IT IN!!

chrysylis_maxwell: i just got walked home... by... someone... hee.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: ....someone? who? tell me!

Pfeh, like she'll believe me anyway...

chrysylis_maxwell: humm... no. *grins*

sprite_the_fairy_princess: tell me before I hafta whack that grin off your face with the babblefish...

chrysylis_maxwell: aw, you know I'll probably tell you anyway.

chrysylis_maxwell: Okay, I'll tell you. But you won't believe me.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: and you know I'll probably whack you anyway

sprite_the_fairy_princess: so, tell me

chrysylis_maxwell: I got walked home by none other than Quatre Raberba Winner.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: O.o quit playing... tell me, seriously.

HA! I knew it!!

chrysylis_maxwell: I AM SERIOUS!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: *blink* are you sure you're feeling okay? haven't had too much sugar today?

chrysylis_maxwell: I told you you wouldn't believe me, but nooooooo...

chrysylis_maxwell: i didn't even have lunch because Duo wouldn't leave me alone...

sprite_the_fairy_princess: ...Duo? *falls over*

chrysylis_maxwell: Yeah. Then he dragged Trowa off by his bangs to the lunch line... it was a riot. well, if i hadn't had such a throbbing headache...

chrysylis_maxwell: Oh, I'm sorry, you must think I'm insane, right?

sprite_the_fairy_princess: *nods* Chrys, they're only anime characters... how can they be prancing around your school?

Prancing... That's a funny word... Suddenly, the image of all of the boys in tutus comes to mind... I cracked up laughing, but kept the thought to myself. Wufei in a tutu... hee hee....

chrysylis_maxwell: That I don't know. I just know they are.

chrysylis_maxwell: Wufei and Heero are there too.... -_-;;

sprite_the_fairy_princess: well... okay. I believe you... *cough*

sprite_the_fairy_princess: and you know, I hung out with Link the other day at the mall.

Poor Link. *snicker*

chrysylis_maxwell: IT'S TRUE!

chrysylis_maxwell: What can I do to make you believe me?!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: well, nothing. there's nothing you can do to make me believe you.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: except...

chrysylis_maxwell: except?

sprite_the_fairy_princess: *giggles* introduce me to "Heero." I think he's sooo cute

Oh, ow. Just... Ow.

chrysylis_maxwell: *anime-fall*

chrysylis_maxwell: I doubt I'd be able to get him in my house.

chrysylis_maxwell: Well, unless he's spying on me. *looks around, now freaked out*

The thought seriously hadn't occurred to me... Oh crap... This isn't good... Then again, only Quatre knows where I live... and he's probably still on his way to wherever he's staying... I hope. Then again... Heero is the trained Perfect Soldier. Like he wouldn't be able to stalk... Wait, no, that's Relena's job...

sprite_the_fairy_princess: *sigh* ah, well. I knew you were bluffing...

chrysylis_maxwell: WHAT?! I'm not!

chrysylis_maxwell: really!

chrysylis_maxwell: augh... if I could get one of them on voice chat at some point in the near future, would THAT convince you? I'd have them say both my name AND yours.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: hmm...maybe.

Oi. Will she stop being so picky?!

chrysylis_maxwell: because TRUST ME, unless i had the voice actors here (which would be spiffy), there's no recreating those voices so perfectly!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: heh. you know what, buddy? maybe you should get some rest.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: I'm sure you've had a long day... it gets to your head sometimes.

chrysylis_maxwell: ARGH! I'm not kidding!

Suddenly, an IM from Q_R_Winner (Not a real name! if it is, i'm sorry!) appeared. "Hi!" it said. Simple enough, and yet... so Quatre.

chrysylis_maxwell: PROOF! I HAVE PROOF!

chrysylis_maxwell: i just got an interesting IM!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: O.o interesting IM?

chrysylis_maxwell: I just got an IM from Quatre! I gave him my IM name, ya know.

chrysylis_maxwell: the brandeis1 name. I'm not that dense.

Yeah, I'd be stupid enough to give him a name that IMMEDIATELY lets off I know who he and the rest of the guys are. I may be stupid, but not THAT stupid.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: *slaps her forehead* oh dear goddesses in heaven...

And you think _I_ get into character?

chrysylis_maxwell: Sprite, I KNOW it sounds ludicrous, but Siri (AN: Kate) and Kat and even GF (AN: Tony, GF stands for Godfather, his SN on The Babbleboard) saw them too!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: Chrys, this has been extremely amusing and all, but I'm gonna go now.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: you're beginning to freak me out...

chrysylis_maxwell: I'm so utterly serious! I've never been more serious in my life!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: sure, and I'm seriously bugged out.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: Talk to you later

chrysylis_maxwell: Sprite! Wait! I'll do anything to prove it!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: Ack. You've already said that.

Oh yeah...

chrysylis_maxwell: I'll... I'll... I'll get you an autographed photo of Heero!

Wow, I'm a desperate little bugger, ain't I?

chrysylis_maxwell: I don't know how I'll do it, but I will!

chrysylis_maxwell: Well, really any other pilot would be easier...

'Cept maybe Wufei... He's cranky.

sprite_the_fairy_princess: yeah, right. That'd be a nice gift... if Heero was actually real.

chrysylis_maxwell: HE IS! and so is Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei!

chrysylis_maxwell: unfortunately Wufei...

sprite_the_fairy_princess: argh... you're making my head hurt!

sprite_the_fairy_princess: good-bye!

And Sprite logged off with that.

"SPAMMIT!" I shouted at my computer screen. "Oh well. At least I can talk to Quatre..." I sighed. I already had been. It had been going smoothly...

Q_R_Winner: Hi!

Brandeis1: Hiya! I'm assuming this is Quatre, right?

Q_R_Winner: *grins* Yup.

Brandeis1: ^_^ Spiffy.

Q_R_Winner: What?

Brandeis1: Oh, sorry. It's a slang word I use for "cool" or something to that extent. Hehe.

Q_R_Winner: oooh... Spiffy. ^_^

That is so cute.

Brandeis1: :D So what's up?

Q_R_Winner: Not much. I'm rooming with all my friends... You probably met some of them today.

Brandeis1: Probably... Who are they?

Remember, I must be careful. ^_^;;

Q_R_Winner: Well... We've got Duo, Heero, Wufei, and Trowa. And then there's me. ^_^ Uh, yeah, 5 guys crammed into an apartment. We're from a student exchange program and they program is paying for the apartment.

Uh-huh, yeah, right. More like Heero's hacking skills are paying for the apartment.

Brandeis1: Cool! Where are you representing?

Q_R_Winner: The United Arab Emerates.

Yeah... Uh-huh..

Brandeis1: That's cool. My dad was in Saudi Arabia for a few years. I missed him so much... I'm really close to my dad.

Q_R_Winner: You're lucky. I wish I was close to my dad...

Oops, touchy subject, let's move on...

Brandeis1: Oh... Sorry... *hugs* Wanna talk about something else?

Q_R_Winner: *smiles* Sure. What do you want to talk about?

uhh....

Brandeis1: I dunno... uh... So I take it you're Arabian, right?

Man, that's weak.

Q_R_Winner: Yeah... What ethnicity are you?

Brandeis1: Well, I mostly consider myself American, but when you get down to it, I'm a mix of German, Poloc, and most of all, I'm half Mexican.

Q_R_Winner: Alright... Duo owes me $10 now...

Brandeis1: Oh, so you gamble a lot? *smirks*

Q_R_Winner: He always suggests it. It's just that he always loses.

Brandeis1: *snickers* Sounds like him...

Q_R_Winner: What?

Oh crap...

Brandeis1: From what I've seen. He looks like that kind of guy.

Good save!

Q_R_Winner: Oh. Yeah, he is. *laughs*

Brandeis1: It figures. hehe.

Q_R_Winner: So, you want to get together this weekend?

Whoa...

Brandeis1: Uh, sure! What do you want to do?

Q_R_Winner: Well, with all the money Duo owes me, want to go to the movies?

Brandeis1: Sure! I think Dungeons and Dragons is out... Want to see that?

Q_R_Winner: It sounds interesting.

Brandeis1: Great! ^_^

Q_R_Winner: Then... I guess it's a date. *smiles*

Duuuuuuude!

Brandeis1: Yeah...

Q_R_Winner: Uh, that's okay, right?

Brandeis1: Of course! It's just... Um, I've never been on a date before...

Pathetic, ne?

Q_R_Winner: It's okay, neither have I. It'll be fun.

Brandeis1: Definately. But I'd better get offline. People like to call my house, and I'm always on. I just feel chivalrous today.

Q_R_Winner: *laughs* Okay. Nice talking to you.

Brandeis1: Yeah, same here. ^_^ oh yeah, here's my number (insert number here, hey, I'm not THAT stupid, nor do I want to use the 555 escape. -_-) so we can arrange times and stuff.

Q_R_Winner: Okay, thanks.

Brandeis: No problem. Talk to ya later!

Q_R_Winner: Alright, bye!

And with that, I logged off. Now to go play some N64 out of pure and udder boredom!

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Quatre logged off shortly after. Heero immediately reclaimed his laptop.

"So, you're going to find out more about her, it seems..." he said, tapping away immediately.

"Yeah, that and it might be fun to see what movies are like in these times," Quatre went over to the strewn out, yet neatly arranged, contents of Brandy's folders. "This is really eerie, Heero. It's starting to scare me..." he looked directly at the cover of the light blue folder, the pictures folder, the one with HIS picture on it.

"It is unnerving. But I want to find out about it..." Heero was tapping away some more. This time, HE was logged on the internet. "I wonder what would happen if..." he thought to himself. As he did that, he also typed in his name under yahoo search. "What..." he nearly whispered. around 700 sites came up, Heero Yuy, Gundam Wing, all of their names and names of the Gundams popped up on screen. "Quatre, look at this..." Quatre walked over and his eyes widened. "What? But... How? Why?" he was so confused.

"I don't know. But I have a feeling that girl knows. And we're going to find out how much she does..."

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BUM BUM BUMMM! So, you guys like? Please R&R! How will the date with Quatre go? What about the phone call from Duo? And what is Heero plotting? And what about secondary character Kat? Will she ever come back?? All this and more in the next CHAPTER (I PROMISE I'll seperate them better!) of the Who the Fudge Cookie BSI (Blatant Self-Insertion, the ReBoot Abode rules!) fic by yours truly!