Hey ppl, I'm back with chapter 2 to bug ya again. Well, I'm just happy to get back to typing, I can now say I'm addicted. Well, peace until the end of the chapter.

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"So, how did you all meet?" Relena asked. They were all seated around the huge dinning table in the dinning hall. All the girls had taken showers and Relena had fitted them all with the "proper attire for the occasion" which were long frilly dresses. They had all argued it but she "insisted" that they wear them.

Serena and Heero had spent the entire time glaring at each other. Mina and Lita flirted with Duo, who in turn, flirted back. Ami, Trowa and Quatre talked about world news and books. While Mina winked at Quatre every few minutes making him turn into a tomato, and Duo turn into a tomato trying not to laugh. All the while Raye and Wufie argued about the weakness of the sexes and Relena sat there being bored.

She got no response from her question and stood up from her seat. "Hello, is anyone there I asked you a question." she yelled slamming her fists on the table. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the peeved princess. "If you would excuse me, I have to go before I beat the crap out of him." Raye said standing up, she threw the napkin she had in her lap in her seat and started to storm to the door.

"I'd like to see you try to beat the crap out of me." Wufie said standing up and chasing after her. "Alright, bring it on." she said back and they started towards the door again still mumbling insults to each other. "Um, excuse me Miss Relena, Raye, this is extremely impolite of you." Ami said standing up. "Yes, excuse me also Miss Relena, Wufie, you shouldn't fight with a girl, it's not gentleman like." Quatre said and the two started out of the room.

"Pardon moi, Relena. Hey buddy, what's THAT supposed to mean?" Lita said standing up. "I'm going to pull Lita away from Quatre." Trowa said standing from the table and walking out after her. "This is going to be interesting!" Duo and Mina said as they looked at each other then got up and ran after the rest of the group. "If you don't trust me so much that you won't let me eat in peace, then I'll just leave." Serena snapped at Heero. "Fine, leave." he said back and they both got up and walked out still glaring at each other and Relena sat back down in her chair.

*In another room*

"Alright onna, I don't want to hurt you but sense you won't shut up-" "I won't shut up, you're the one always mumbling stuff about weak women, now I'm about to show you who's really weak." she said from her crouched position. He was also in an attack crouch waiting for her to make the first move.

"I put $20 on Wufie." Duo said. "I don't know, Raye looks pretty peeved, she can really do some damage when she's mad." Mina said and they shook on it. "No, don't encourage them." Ami said to Mina and Duo. "AHHHHHHH, I'm going to rip you apart." Raye yelled as she kicked at Wufie who barely dodged her foot. "Whoa, who knew she could kick in a dress." Mina said and Duo nodded.

"No, Lita, what I said wasn't an attack on girls, in fact I lived with 29 older sisters. I was just saying that it's not polite to fight with girls just because they deserve to be treated like ladies." Quatre said. "Really sweet, but are you saying that a lady can't fend for herself against a guy?" she said and Trowa sighed. This little argument had been going since they left the dinning room and it was getting old.

"Lita please, Quatre said that he was sorry, can you please help me pull Raye off of Wufie?" Ami said walking over to the group. "Yea, sure, whatever." Lita said and they walked towards their brawling friend, the guys following right behind them.

"Awe, you're not going to break them up are you, it's just getting good." Duo said and they ignored him. "Alright, I don't think Relena would like it if you ripped her dress." Lita said as they walked towards them. "I could fix it back." Raye yelled back. "That's where women belong, sewing things back together." Wufie said and Lita balled up her fist. "Why you little creep." she said but someone caught her wrist and turned her around before she could take a step. "Let's play peacemaker today." Trowa said looking her straight in the eye and a slight blush crept across her face.

Ami sighed, Lita and Trowa were fixed in a gaze that could go on for hours, Wufie and Raye were in a down right battle, Mina and Duo were betting on them and Serena was no where in sight. "I need new friends." she said and noticed Quatre had said the same thing. She looked over at him at the same time that he looked at her and they both started laughing. "I thought I was the only one." she said through laughs. "No, my friends are like this all the time." he said and they continued to laugh.

Serena stormed into a room of chaos, Raye was fighting, Mina was watching them, Ami was laughing her head off and Lita was well, not even there mentally. Heero walked up behind her and crossed his arms, she smiled smugly and turned back towards her friends. She put he thumb and middle finger in her mouth and made a very high-pitched whistle. Everyone stopped and looked at her. "Girls come on." she said walking towards the stairs.

"Man, the party's over." Duo said. "I'll meet ya back down here at midnight." Mina said waving back at him. "I'll see ya tomorrow Quatre." Ami said. "Goodnight, sweet dreams." he said and she smiled and waved back. "Baka." "Onna, you're lucky she came back when she did." Wufie said and Raye rolled her eyes. "Ya, sure." she said walking away. "Lita, come on." Ami said as she walked past the two. "Bye Trowa, see ya tomorrow." Lita said and he let go of her arm.

*Serena's room*

"I think we should leave." Serena said. They were all in Serena's room and changed into their pajamas. "Quit a mission, whoa, this is new, are you ok?" Lita said putting her hand on Serena's forehead. "I'm fine Lit." she said pushing Lita's hand off. "What is it then?" Mina asked. "It's Heero, he's so annoying, no wonder Darien said that this mission wasn't going to be easy." Serena said. "I know, Wufie is so egotistically, if I weren't wearing that dumb dress, I would've been fine." Raye said crossing her arms.

"Duo's pretty funny, when you and Wufie were fighting he was acting like a news broadcaster. We can't abort the mission now, I'm already ahead." Mina said and Lita laughed. "Yea, and Trowa's really nice, he has the same eyes as my old boyfriend, except a little more mysterious. I agree with Mina, we can't quit, we never had, why start now." Lita said.

"Quatre's fine, a little shy but other then that, I like him alright, we can't quit anyway, we're supposed to be here for 2 weeks, what'll they think if we leave early?" Ami said and Lita hit her with a pillow. "The key word was like, L-I-K-E. No wonder she wants to stay" Mina said and Ami blushed.

"No, I didn't mean it like that." Ami said and Raye laughed. "Maybe I should have a fire reading, when all-work-no-play Ami gets a crush it's a catastrophic event." she said. "I know, and as the Goddess of Love I feel something coming over the horizon." Mina said and Ami blushed.

"You guys, I just said he was ok." Ami said and Lita stood up and whispered. "Ami's got a crush on Quatre." and soon Mina and Raye had joined their little circle of chants around her, making her blush into a tomato. "I think you three should sit down and remember our number one rule, don't get attached." Serena said and the three sat down. "What's biting you in the butt?" Lita said and Serena sighed. "Sorry, I'm just ready to get this over with. I'm really happy you all are having fun but we can't lose sight on what we're here for, right?" she said and they all nodded.

"Ok, tomorrow's a new day and we can get right to work. I think we should get some sleep, it's already getting late." she said and the girls nodded and they all stood up and got in a huge group hug. "Tomorrow, we get to have fun." Lita said and Serena laughed. "Yep, now get out of my room." she said and they all laughed. "See ya tomorrow Sere-, eh, Mar." Mina said as they all left for their rooms.

*12:45*

Mina looked down the hall to make sure that none of the other girls had decided to go to the bathroom at that very time. She was supposed to meet Duo at 12 but Serena didn't go to sleep at 12:30, she would've had a cow if she knew where Mina was going. The halls were now completely dark and the lights in all the girls' rooms were off so she crept out.

She felt her way to the stairs and slowly climbed to the bottom. The TV was on in the living room sending an eerie glow over the room. She tiptoed to the couch and looked down to see Duo asleep with the remote still in his hands. She smiled as his chest slowly rose and fell. He was now in some black boxer shorts and a plain white shirt but looked adorable. She decided not to disturb him and turned around and bumped into a table, knocking down a picture frame. Duo jumped awake and looked around then looked at her.

"Hey, where you going gorgeous?" he said and sitting up. "Oh, I didn't want to disturb you, fine job I did huh?" she said and he smiled. "It's fine come sit down, I was watching uh, well, it's, um, I don't know." he said and she laughed and sat down next to him and grabbed the remote from him. "Let's not watch TV." she said turning down the volume.

"Well, you get straight to the point." he said and she laughed. "Come on, I want to talk to you, what are you like?" she asked crossing her legs on the couch and facing him. "Well, I'm 19, I was orphaned and grew up at Maxwell church, that's where I got my last name." he said. "That's so sad, I think I heard about a Maxwell church a long time ago, isn't it on the L2 colony?" she asked and he looked down at the ground.

"It was, it was bombed by OZ, I was lucky to get away with miner scratches and bruises." he said and Mina noticed that his hands had clinched up so much that his knuckles were turning white. "There are so many more who weren't as lucky." he said his voice wavered a little but he controlled it.

Mina felt her eyes begin to gloss over and she quickly blinked it away. 'I can't do this, he's gone through so much pain already, I couldn't cause him anymore.' she thought looking down at her own hands. She grabbed his hand in hers and he looked over at her. "I'm sorry you had to go through that." she said afraid to look up. A tear ran down her cheek and feel onto her lap.

He lifted up her chin until they were level with his eyes. "Mina, it wasn't you're fault, it was a long time ago." he said and she nodded. "I'm sorry, you probably think I'm some kind of crybaby." she said wiping her eyes. "No, come here, I think it's really sweet that you care actually, no one really asks me about my past, it's nice to talk to you about it." he said pulling her into his arms. She rested her head on his shoulder. "If it's alright with you, I'd like to hear more about it." she said sniffling a little. "Um ok, sure." he said and he continued to tell her about it until they both fell asleep.

Well that's it for now people, I hope you all like it, well stay reading this, I swear it'll get better and less cheesy, I hope, well review and peaces. Mercury Ice Storm (MIS)