"Mother fucking, stupid, chauvinistic, dumb ass, cock sucking, pigheaded, son of an egg sucking bitch!" Cole was punctuating every word with a punch to the bag she had in her home gym. She was starting to run out of profanity she could use to describe that creep Chang.

"He's sorry!" she kicked the bag "He shouldn't have! He didn't mean to!" she added another couple of kicks then collapsed against the bag. The worst part was she cried. Her cheeks still colored with shame at the knowledge. It wasn't like she was in love with him or anything. Dammit he had her blood singing. She wanted sex every bit as much as he did. Her body was crying out for the good hot release of an orgasm then he stopped dead and said he's sorry! Not like an 'I'm sorry I made you so hot you can't see strait'. No his apology was more like 'I'm sorry I spilled tea on your shirt'. It was just so stupid and inappropriate. Then she cried. Instead of simply accepting his rejection like an adult, she allowed old insecurities to overwhelm her. Having been denied release through sex, her body sought release in tears.

When she came home she tried to bury herself in work. She stupidly opened the files on the two women that Wufei had given her. They only made her feel worse. The redhead named Shelby was one of those sexy women men wanted to have affairs with. Anna could have made a fortune in the porn industry. She'd never felt more plain in her life.

In this day and age a person learned to like themselves for who they were. And if they didn't like something, the technology was there to fix whatever was wrong. But she was truly happy with who she was. Okay so she'd been a little short changed in the chest department unlike the bazookas Dorothy had. She didn't worship the god of cosmetics and jewelry like her cousin did. She sighed. That was the problem. Everyone wanted her to be another Dorothy. No one could understand why she couldn't feel fulfilled by having a calendar full of social obligations, and a closet with more clothes than she could wear. Thanks to Wufei, a small part of her now wished she was a Dorothy clone. Damn him. Perhaps that was why she was going all out tonight.

Dorothy was supposed to be making an appearance at a black tie affair tonight. However she was currently on another continent doing one of her charity events. According to Dorothy, the black tie required a Catalonia presence. Cole tried to keep the number of family duties to a minimum but agreed to attend on behalf of her absent cousin.

In a need to find her missing self esteem she went all out. When she found out Wufei had opted to work at home yesterday, she only stayed a few hours then went home early too. Then she got shopping. In the past twenty four hours she'd been waxed, tinted, polished, and pierced. She tried on about a thousand outfits 'til she found the right one that played up what she did have while camouflaging what she didn't. Checking her watch she headed off to the shower. The stylist and make-up artist her cousin used would be here in an hour. Unfortunately Chang wouldn't be there to see her all decked out. Or maybe it was a good thing he couldn't see how badly she reacted to his rejection.

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Wufei sat at the airport waiting for Duo and Shelby to arrive. He didn't like sitting around idly. It gave him too much time to think. He was still ashamed of his behavior the other day. He had always accepted that sex was a basic human need. He chose his partners carefully ensuring they wanted nothing more out of him than he wanted from them. Desire for a mate or spouse was never an issue.  He didn't want another wife. Being the last of his line he occasionally did feel an obligation to marry, but he always quashed it. Perhaps if he found a suitable woman he might reconsider. Cole was not a suitable woman. Nor did she strike him as the kind of woman to enjoy a casual liaison. She was a fellow preventer and he had come very close to using her like a cheap whore. He was revolted by his actions. What made it worse was that he still wanted to have her. His dick ached for hours after he left her there on the grass. Eventually he had to relieve his hard-on himself that night, but his climax wouldn't come. Then he started to remember how good she felt and tasted. He used what he remembered to fantasize having her there with him. Once his imagination got going, he was done in a few minutes.

As he looked around the terminal his hair fell in his eyes again. He'd snapped his hair tie sometime during his little roll in the grass with Cole, and had yet to replace it. It didn't hurt his ego when Relena gave him and appraising look and said he looked much better with it down.

"Hey Wu-man! You didn't have to come and get us!" called a familiar voice.

Wufei turned to see the cocky strutting form of his friend Duo Maxwell. Wufei had no idea why he considered the longhaired boob his friend; he only accepted the reality that he was. The man's arm was loosely draped around the shoulders of his mate Shelby McGuire. At least Wufei's skin had stopped crawling whenever he was near her. He recalled the first time he met her and found out what she was. It was all he could do to stay in the same room as her. Of course, that may have also been because she had him hanging upside down in mid air.

"I had to come. Heero is busy working on his big plan. He's driving everyone at the estate crazy."

"Where's Relena?" asked Shelby.

"Out getting herself primped for this thing we all have to attend tonight." Wufei turned to Duo "Which reminds me, did you get the tuxedos? Because I'm under strict orders to send you back if you didn't."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah I got 'em alright. I still think he's being an idiot for doing this." Wufei just slanted him a look that said he agreed with him

Shelby rolled her eyes at both of them. "Men! What he's doing is very romantic, and Relena is a big time sucker for romance. It will work, trust me! And if he runs into any trouble Anna and I will be there to help him!"

Both men gave her ominous looks that said they were not the least bit reassured.

"By the way Wufei," Shelby beamed her most charming smile at him "I like the new look." she pointed at his unbound hair "Very sexy."