Serena tried to kick Heero in the face but her easily caught her foot and held it. Serena grunted and flipped around with her foot still in Heero's grasps and this time successfully kicked him in the face.

'What the hell?' Heero thought. He tried to punch her upper chest but she moved and caught it between her side and her arm. He tried to punch her with his other arm but the same happened. Serena slammed her knee into his gut and then let him stumble away. After a few choice words he got back in his fighting stance.

"Heero you should know better then to fight with a weak onna."

Serena was surprised at the new voice and turned her attention toward it. Heero seized the opportunity and charged at her. Serena saw this out of the corner of her eye. She wanted to avoid it but there was no way to escape. So she did the only thing she could think of at the moment. She jumped.

"Missed me Heero!" she called up from the tree that she was perched on.

"What do you want Wufei?" Heero asked, ignoring Serena.

"Nothing in particular. Quatre invited me to stay over since school's going to be starting soon," he said. "I'll spar you if you'd like some real action."

"That's okay Wufei. I think I'm going to go in now anyway."

"Will you help me down first?" Serena asked.

"Which room are you staying in?" Heero asked.

"Heero?" Serena called.

"On the second floor around the huge balcony," he said.

"Please Heero?" she asked.

"I'm around there too. I have to change out of these clothes before we do anything else. I suppose we should find an outfit for the formal at St. Gabriel the day before school starts."

"HEERO!!"

"Quatre said he'll have some guys come by and fit us for a tux. Why don't we just go to the gym downtown and workout?" Wufei suggested.

"This is so not cool! Heero please!"

"Duo will want to come with us," Heero said.

"That braided baka someone should shoot him," Wufei muttered.

"Heero please! I'm afraid of heights!" she cried.

Heero sighed and gave in. He walked over to the tree and gracefully leapt from limb to limb till he was on the same branch as Serena. He walked over to her and picked her up so her back was supported by one of his arms and her legs rested on the other.

He looked at her. "I'm going to jump."

"All riIIIIEEEE!!" Serena yelled as they were plummeting towards the ground. She rapped her arms tightly around his neck and squeezed her eyes shut. She was so busy yelling she hardly noticed when they reached ground.

Heero stood awkwardly with a screaming blond in his arms that had her arms so tightly around his neck he felt like he was going to pass out from lack of air. "Uh, Serena?" She slowly opened her eyes and looked at Heero. "You can let go now."

"Oh sorry!" she said and quickly jumped out of Heero's arms. "Thank you!" she said cheerfully and leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

Before he could respond she had run into the house laughing madly. Wufei started snickering but he mearly grunted and touched the place where he had kissed her.

"Serena!" Quatre called as he watched her zoom past.

She skidded to a halt and looked at him. "Yes Quatre?"

"We just got the invitations to the party at our school," he said.

"Oh there's a party?! Cool!" she said energetically.

"Yeah... It's a formal dance and you need something to wear. You should go shopping today since the party is day after tomorrow."

"But... but... but I don't have any money," she said and blushed.

"That's okay," he said and handed her a card. "That's my credit card. You could probably buy twelve mansions with it so don't hesitate to buy anything you like. You should probably buy some other clothes and accessories for school."

"Thank you... brother," she said.

Quatre smiled at that. "You might need some help. I'll ask Heero to go with you."

"Uh wait, Quatre," she said. "Um, is there going to be a lot of people there with dates?"

"Most people will be with dates, yes. Unfortunately I won't," he said.

"What about Relena?" she asked.

"We just broke up," he said sadly.

"Oh my gosh Quatre I'm so sorry!" she said and hugged him.

"It's okay, Serena," he said.

"I'll get you something, okay?" she asked.

"That's all right," he said.

"Well, I'm going to go find Heero and drag him along with me," she said and zoomed back the way she came. When she saw Relena flirting with Heero, she stopped dead in her tracks. As her anger rose to its peak she stomped off toward Heero.

"Excuse me, Heero, I need to ask a favor of you," she said almost too sweetly.

"Heero and I were talking," Relena butt in.

"Flirting, you mean, and right after dumping my brother!" she shouted. She grabbed Heero's wrist and dragged him out of the courtyard. "I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE DID THAT!" she shouted once inside.

"Thank you," he said.

She was so caught up in being furious that she didn't hear him. "What?"

"Thank you for getting me out of the situation," he said. "What did you want?"

"I need you to help me go shopping," she said.

Heero sighed. 'I guess I owe her.' "All right."

"Yay!" Serena shouted and hugged him then zoomed off to what she thought was the door to the garage.

"Serena, that's a broom closet," Heero called, trying to not laugh.

"I knew that!" she said from inside. When she opened the door she, along with brooms and mops, tumbled out and hit the marble floor rather hard. "OOWW!" she rubbed her side. "There's going to be a bruise there..."

Heero put everything back into the closet and helped Serena to her feet. Then he led her to the right door to the garage. "I get to drive," he informed her.

"I get to pick the car!" she said and looked over the hundreds of cars in the garage. She finally decided on a dark blue Mustang convertible with black leather. Serena jumped in and started to bounce up and down excitedly as Heero turned the car on and put on his sunglasses. "I don't know any malls or anything around here so you'll have to pick."

"HEY HEERO!! WAIT UP BUDDY!"

"Damnit," Heero muttered.

"Hey, it's that blond from the library," Duo said as he approached the car. "Quatre said that you were going to the mall and I don't have anything else to do so I'm going to go with you."

"No you're not," Heero informed him.

"You can come, Duo," Serena said and smiled.

"Great," he said and jumped into the back seats. "I never caught you're name, babe."

"Serena," she said.

"A pleasure to meet you. What are you waiting for Heero, let's go!"

Heero floored it and they shot out of the garage, barely missing the exit. He smirked when he saw Duo almost fall out of the car. He looked over to Serena who wasn't really minding the speed. She pulled out some sunglasses from the glove box and put them on. She noticed Heero staring at her and smiled.

"Keep your eyes on the road, Heero," she said.

"Hn," he grunted and returned his gaze to the black pavement.

"Heero you're going to pass our exit!" Duo shouted. Heero slammed on his brakes, turned the car, and floored it, gaining some choice words from other drivers. "YOU IDIOT!" Duo screamed.


***


"Um, I'll have two double cheeseburgers, a chocolate shake, a supersized fry and um... a garden salad," Serena ordered and passed over the money. When she got her food she sat with the two boys in the food court.

"I thought you said you weren't that hungry," Duo commented.

"I'm not," she said and started a burger. "We've been shopping for five hours and I still can't find a dress I like."

"Well, look on the bright side. At least you bought all these new clothes," Duo said.

"Yeah," she said and swallowed. "Hey Heero what were you and Relena talking about?"

"She was talking about the formal. I think she wanted me to go with her," he said.

"And are you?" Duo asked.

"God no," he said.

Serena sighed. "Thank you."

Heero looked at her weird. "What?"

"That would have hurt Quatre if you went with her. Thanks for not going with Relena," she said.

"Oh, for a sec there I thought you were glad he wasn't going with Relena because you wanted to go with him," Duo said.

Serena blushed. 'Maybe.' "What gave you that idea Duo?"

"I dunno. You two would make a cute couple," Duo said.

"Shut up Maxwell," Heero growled.

"Well excuuuuuse me!" Duo said and stood up. "I'm getting hungry. I'll be right back."

"The dance is probably going to suck. For me anyway," Serena said. "Not only will I not know a single person except for you guys, I won't have a date. I'll look so stupid just sitting off to the side by myself."

"I do it all the time."

"What?"

"Stand off to the side by myself."

"Is it very fun?"

Heero sighed. "It's more boring then hearing Relena giving a peace lecture in school."

"Then it's settled then!" Serena said happily.

Heero blinked and gave her a confused look. "What?"

"You'll be my date!"

"I will? What?"

"You yourself said its boring going by yourself, you don't want to go with Relena, and I don't want to be by myself because I'm so new! It's perfect!"

"Uh..."

"Back!" Duo said cheerfully. "Hey Heero, what's up? Why is your face so red? Are you blushing? Oh my god of death you are! Heero Yuy is blushing!"

"Maxwell," he growled. "I do have a gun."

"I know. So do I," he said. "It's hard getting out of habit, isn't it?"

Serena looked at them weird. "Why would someone need a gun?"

"No reason," Duo said.

"Weren't you going to get some food?"

"The lines are too damn long. Let's just go find a dress and get outa here," He said.

"Great idea," Serena said and stood up. After she dumped her leftovers in the trash she raced off to find a suitable store. A glint caught her eye and she skidded to a halt. When Duo and Heero finally caught up with her, she was staring at a dress in the window. She pointed to it. "That one!"


A/N: Thank you all for your nice reviews ^^. It means a lot to me! I'll get the next chapter up sooner then I posted this one.