Nuriko: God Bless America! And to all the soldiers fighting in Iraq! -_-" That was a little late but, hey! At least I said it. Just to let everyone know: I am against war with Iraq and discrimination.

Oh and sorry for taking so long but I just finished taking semester exams over here so WHEW! Glad that's over! Now 100% of the time I'm going to be working on this over the summer! ALSO, I'm going to make both- a happy and a sad- ending just because some people asked for a happy one but I like sad ones. But I hope you read both!

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Beep. Beep. Beep.

Gaaaah. What is that noise? I rubbed my eyes and squinted through my eyelids. 7 o'clock! Already?! "Kuso [1]!" I yelped.

I jumped out of bed and dug out a pair of black jeans and a tee. I skidded my way to the bathroom and quickly brushed my teeth and ran out again.

I leaped down the stairs and saw Quatre cooking some eggs ad bacon. "Hey Quat!"

"Hi Duo. You're already awake? I was going to let you sleep for an hour more."

"Nani?! I thought you said that the school started at seven!"

"I said the school bus drive around here at seven. But school starts at eight."

I groaned. Why didn't I listen?!

"Oh and Duo?" I looked up. "You have to wear the school uniform." Oh fuck.

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I followed Quat following shyly behind him. No one walked in the huge hallways. It was totally quiet. I shivered in my jacket.

Quat stopped and gave me an encouraging smile before knocking on a door with a golden label that had 'Headmaster' written across it in Japanese.

"Just a moment." A deep voice answered. The knob of the door slowly turned.

I yelped at the man who stood at the opened door. "Zechs?! Is that you?"

There was no doubt there. A tall man with long golden hair and blue eyes, who else could it be? He chuckled. "Never thought I'd see you here, Duo Maxwell. How do you do, Maxwell, Winner?"

"Oh I'm fine." There was an awkward pause of silence there. "Well, I'd better be on my way to class now." Quat nodded at me and Zechs.

I smiled nervously at him and waved goodbye. Zechs put his hand lightly on my shoulder and I stiffened as a reflex.

"Relax, will you? The war's already over." I grinned anxiously. It's not like me to be like this. Why am I like this now? I already know.

Zechs pulled me into his office and sat me down on a big comfy chair. "So Duo, what happened over the years? You're nineteen now, aren't you?"

"Yeah."

"This is certainly very awkward. You're not the chatterbox I remembered." Seriously, Zechs, ya think? "What happened?"

I looked up at him, placing my cheerful face up at him. "I missed trying to kill you too much, that's all! Hey, isn't that sister of yours here too? Relena?"

"Ahh, yes she still is. I think she has several classes with you." He chuckled deeply. "Alright then-" He shuffled through his desk and pulled out a sheet of paper. "-Here is your schedule. It has the room numbers, classes, locker number and combinations. Oh yes and the books are being ordered in right now so you're just going to share books with another student."

"Okay, that's fine with me! Do I go to class right now?"

"Hold on, let me call up a student to show you around the school, okay? He's an honor student so if you have any questions, just ask him." Oh great a prissy, uptight guy! Oh fun. [2]

The blond haired man picked up the phone and asked for a John Charles to come to his office. God, even his name sounds uptight.

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[1] Kuso is shit/damnit in Japanese. I forgot which one it was. [2] Yes, Duo stereotypes! O_O!