Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Gundam Wing that may or may not be present in this fanfic. Don't try and sure me cuz I'm broke.

Warning - yaoi (maybe lemony fluff later.), language, and excessive spandex.

Pairs: HY/DM, QR/TB, and RP/football team

Numbers in brackets and squiggles are foot/author notes * * * * * * * * * * * Heero wasn't paying attention to Ms. Gatenby anymore, assuming it was rules etc. and was surprised when he saw the class spreading out in the gym in groups and alone in no particular order. Wondering what he had missed but not wanting to admit his ignorance he just stayed where he was watching everyone else and was surprised when he saw tiny Duo heading in his direction.

When Duo was close enough to him to talk to he asked, "What'd I miss?" his accent making each word sound sexy to listeners in the gym who were curious about to tall stranger.

Duo just grinned and brightened up the room as he explained to Heero that the teacher had told them to remember their places in line and go stretch for half an hour if they so chose, and if they didn't want to then to stay out of the way of those who did.

Heero looked at Duo and motioned him to sit with him on the gym floor and he asked, "Why aren't you stretching?" Then at the same time they both stated "I got up early to stretch."

Startled, they looked at each other and laughed. As it turned out, they both got up at 5 every day, Duo to stretch and Heero to do some exercises then stretch his warmed up muscles. When Duo heard this he muttered bitterly, "My uncle won't let me do too many exercises, I have to stay limber and petit according to him." A wave of emotion crossed his face then and Heero wondered what had made this optimistic boy so sullen.

Ms. Gatenby called them back to the line then and they started off in alphabetical order. Heero didn't pay much attention to the first 2 performers; neither was horrible or outstanding in his less then expert opinion. However, third up was the Chinese boy who had been smiling at everyone. His magnetic personality almost radiated off of him.

As the teacher called out Wufei Chang to perform Heero snapped out of his inner musings to watch. The muscular boy performed the required moves with surprising grace for his size, then move over to the strap to do his other 5 moves. Wrapping one arm around the strap a few times he then ran at break-neck speed in the biggest circle the strap would allow before lifting off the gym floor and into the air, still only help up by one arm wrapped in cloth.

A few minutes later he was done after having performed his 5 moves all in mid-air suspended from various limbs and having to run to regain his momentum 2 more times. Glistening with a light sweat and breathing heavily he plopped down on the floor near Heero with a proud, but not arrogant, grin. "I'm glad that's over with." He said cheerfully.

Making small talk the two chatted and ignored the next few performers until Heero heard "Duo Maxwell." Called by the teacher. Hearing a slight hesitation in her voice he looked at her and saw her staring at her clipboard as if double-checking the name was really there. She then looked up at Duo who was making his way to the mats. "Duo Maxwell?" she asked. He nodded and she smile like a kid at Christmas, "You don't have to audition you know, you can just go sit with the others-" she was cut off by Duo then.

"I want no special treatment." He said simply, "I will audition with the rest, and was my gaining or losing a spot in the class to be based on this performance alone." Ms. Gatenby nodded and waved for him to begin, smiling even brighter now.



~*~*~*~*~No footnotes in this one, I'm quite impressed with myself. More chapters shortly, I just have to figure our ways to describe some of the poses and moves the class does without using a whole page to do so in. If your this far and bored, don't worry, it will (hopefully) get interesting soon.*~*~*~*~*~

R&R plz, flames will be met with some of my own.