A Different World
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters. So leave me alone! A/N: Hey readers! Please REVIEW and REVIEW!! I hope you guys like my story! I have been getting more reviews everyday, so keep it up! Oh and I want to thank MoonDust() for her/his advice. Right now, they're warming up to each other, so I'll leave pranks for later! Thanks! Here's ch.7 Enjoy! ***********************************************************************
Chapter Seven
Lexy meets The Z Gang
Jess got out of the shower and strolled into her room. She changed into a pair of blue jean shorts and a light blue halter-top. She dried her hair and put it up into a very messy bun.
"Knock, Knock!"
"Come in." Goten came in wearing his usual attire and smiled sheepishly.
"Hi."
"Oh, hey Goten! What's up?"
"Umm. I was wondering if you had any other clothes that me and Trunks could wear?" Jess scratched her head and thought for a minute. Then an idea popped in her head.
"Hold on." She ran to her phone and dialed Lexy's number.
"Hello?"
"Oh hey Brad. It's Jess again. I was wonderi- "Hold on, I'll get Lexy."
"Wait! I want to talk to you."
"Oh, well what do you want?"
"I was wondering if you can lend Lexy some of your clothes to bring over here."
"Why do you want my clothes?"
"Umm. well, it's part of my surprise for her."
"My clothes is part of her surprise?"
"Shhh. No, I just need to borrow some for her surprise. Please! Please!"
"Ok. How many pair of clothing you need?"
"Well, four shirts, four of your so called shorts that look like Capri's", Brad chuckled. "And four pair of boxers. That's just about it."
"What do you need boxers for?"
"Just send them over with her. You got all that?"
"Yup. You are one crazy kook!"
"Yea, I know. But you love me for it."
"You have no idea." He whispered to himself.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Well, thanks a lot! Bye."
"Bye." Jess hung up the phone and winked at Goten.
"It'll be here when Lexy gets here."
"Who are you getting them from?"
"Her older brother. He's like my older brother, but he likes me as a girlfriend. He's asked me out before." Goten gulped and clenched his fists.
"What did you say?"
"That I was too busy. The normal excuse."
"Ohh. well thanks again."
"Sure, anytime. I think you'll like these kinds of clothes anyway."
"Awesome. Well, it's soon my turn for the shower, so umm, do you have at least any boxers or shorts we can use for now?"
"Oh, yea. I should have two in here." Jess opened up one of her drawers and Goten quickly looked away as soon as he saw a couple of bras. Jess grabbed two pair of boxers and closed her drawer. As soon as she looked up at Goten, she raised an eyebrow. He was completely blushing. Jess giggled and extended her hand to him.
"Here you go. Are you ok? Is it hot in here or something?"
"Umm.no. I just.. umm. I gotta go." Goten quickly left her room and ran into his.
"What took you so long Goten? I'm still in a towel here." Trunks crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at him curiously.
"Oh sorry Trunks. Here you go." He threw a pair of boxers to Trunks and he grabbed it without trouble.
"What's with you?"
"What? Oh nothing."
"Yes there is, now what is it?"
"I just saw her bra and underwear drawer. More like a thong drawer instead." Trunk's eyes widened and he chuckled.
"What? She showed you her drawers?"
"No. That is where she got the boxers from, so I took a peek at it."
"Ohh. well at least she doesn't wear granny's." Both boys laughed and Goten strolled over to the bathroom and closed the door.
Jess raced down her stairs and to the basement door. She totally forgot to clean up the sand that came out of her punching bag. She grabbed a trashcan, a pail and a broom and ran down the basement stairs to clean up the mess. After she was done with that, she jogged upstairs and almost bumped into Gohan.
"Sorry." Jess apologized.
"It's ok. Thanks for the room and letting us stay here."
"No problem. It's an honor having the strongest people in the universe stay at my house." Jess smiled and Gohan smiled back at her. He ruffled her hair and laughed. Jess pushed his hand off of her head and smirked.
"So how's Videl and Pan?"
"Fine. Well, I'm not sure how they are now, but I hope they're ok."
"Yea, me too. What exactly happened?"
"Well, Bulma just made a new invention that made objects with ki move around the universe at incredible speeds. It's almost like my dad's Instant Transmission, but this thing can make you go anywhere in the universe, where my dad's can only take you to place's that he can handle absorbing a lot of energy. Ok well, we were testing it out on things and it was going just great. Well, we tried it on Vegeta and he came back in one piece, so then we all tried it and we ended up here."
"Sounds like a mal-function."
"Yea, but there may be more to it than that."
"Hmm. maybe. Well, I have to clean up the house a little. Lexy will be here anytime and let's face it. This place is a pig sty."
"I agree. Need help?"
"No thanks. You can go relax or something."
"Are you sure?"
"Yup."
"Ok." Gohan pondered over to the living room and turned on the TV. Jess shook her head and closed the basement door. She cleaned up around the house and had to throw out 3 loads of garbage from her sister's room. She packed her sister some clothes, as promised over the phone, and set the suitcase by the front door. Now, she cleaned up her sister's room and bathroom, the kitchen, dining room, and the basement. Jess smiled and ran up the stairs to Goten and Trunks room. She knocked on the door and waited seven seconds before it opened. Trunks opened the door, clad in only boxers. Jess blushed and turned her gaze to the open door.
"Yes?"
"Oh, umm. I scrubbed my sister's bathroom and stocked all new kinds of things in there in case you wanted to use that bathroom now. It's perfectly clean. I cleaned it myself and if you trust my judgement, then you can look for yourself." Trunks smirked and gestured for Jess to come in. They strolled over to the door that led to Becca's bathroom and Trunks opened it up. He raised his eyebrows in agreement to what she said and inspected the room for any sign of dirt. He didn't find anything and smirked once more.
"This looks better than last time."
"I know. I scrubbed the shower, the sink, the toilet, the floors, the walls, everything. I also put new shampoo, conditioner, soap, and other accessories in the shower. So are you going to use it?"
"No way. It isn't fit for a prince." Jess narrowed her eyes at him and growled.
"Just kidding. I wouldn't make you go through all that work for nothing. Plus, Krillin and Goku take too long in the shower and hog up all the hot water." Jess smiled faintly and nodded her head in understanding.
"So?"
"So? When does your friend come over?"
"Well, I don't know. She said she'd surprise me. So, who knows."
"Ohh." Trunks couldn't wait to meet her friend. The way Jess described her made her sound like a really good-looking girl. Jess smiled at Trunks and walked back into his room. When she arrived there, Goten was picking up his dirty clothes and throwing them in the hamper that was in the room. He turned around and saw Jess standing by the bathroom door.
"Hey Jess! What are you doing in there?"
"Well, I cleaned it up and you guys are going to use it now."
"What?" He sprinted over to the bathroom in only boxers and took a peek inside. It looked brand new. He stepped inside and inspected the place like Trunks did.
"Wow! You did this by yourself?"
"Yup. Like it?"
"Yea. You're like, as good as my mom."
"I hope that's a compliment."
"Well, I would think so." Trunks blurted, feeling neglected from the conversation.
"Yea, well her cooking is way better than mine."
"I agree." Trunks stated matter-of-factly. Jess rolled her eyes and heard a doorbell ring.
"That's Lexy. Ok, you guys, umm. stand in the hallway." Jess ran out of the room and knocked everyone's door.
"EVERYONE OUT IN THE HALLWAY!!" Jess yelled from the hallway. Everyone came out of their rooms and from downstairs and stood in the hallway.
"Better. Ok, now that's Lexy. So you guys stay here and I'll tell you to come or to be ready or something. Don't let her know you're here." The doorbell rang again a couple of times and Jess ran downstairs. She opened up the front door and saw Lexy in the doorway holding a few bags.
"Jess!"
"Lexy!" They both hugged each other and Jess helped her with her stuff.
"Here, let's put your stuff in the living room." They walked into the living room and threw her stuff on the sofa.
"Do you have your brother's clothes with you?"
"Yea. Why do you need them?" Jess grabbed them from one of Lexy's bags and smiled.
"I'll be right back. Don't move. Who knows, maybe your surprise is lurking around!" Lexy's eyes brightened at the word surprise. She almost forgot about it. Jess winked at her and ran up the stairs.
"Ok, who needs clothes?" Trunks and Goten were the only ones who raised their hands.
"Ok. Here are some clothes. Go change and come right back here. I'm going to tell her that you're here so she doesn't faint or try to hurt you and we'll be right up." Jess ran back down the stairs and everyone just looked at each other and shrugged. Goten and Trunks jogged into their room and got changed. Jess walked back to Lexy and found her in the kitchen.
"Do you have anything to eat?"
"Yea. There should be some brownies in the fridge. I just made them two days ago. They're so good." Lexy found the brownies and took one.
"You're only eating one?"
"Well, I'm watching what I eat."
"Not another diet. You're like 95 pounds Lexy. You're not fat. Lay off of the 'I'm too fat to move' shit and just eat whatever you want. You do workout you know." Lexy just scowled and rolled her eyes.
"Fine." She grabbed two more and sat down at the kitchen table. She ate them one by one and finished in no time.
"So, where's my surprise?"
"Upstairs, but let me tell you what it is first. Cause if I how you it, you'll faint or do something weird."
"But, that isn't a surprise."
"It is to me. Ok. Your surprise is. the whole DragonBallZ gang is upstairs in my hallway. I'm not joking and no I'm not losing it. They were transported here by accident and they landed in my hallway closet." Lexy stared at her as if she was stupid and then burst out laughing.
"Are you. joking? That must be. the stupidest. thing I have ever heard in. my life!" Lexy spit out between laughs.
"Well, it's true. Now you can go and see them." Jess stood up and pulled Lexy on the arm and dragged her to the stairs. She was laughing so badly that she couldn't even walk. Jess knew Lexy wouldn't make it up the stairs.
"Shut up Lexy! If you want to spar with me then stop laughing." Lexy immediately stopped laughing and tried to hold in giggles.
"Ok guys! You can come down now." Jess yelled from the bottom of the hallway. Lexy started giggling some, but stopped as soon as she seven people descend the stairs. She stood there bug eyed and mouth wide open.
"See, I told you I wasn't lying. What do you think?"
"I.I.I. can't believe it."
"Yup. That's Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, Krillin, Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta. Do you believe now?" Lexy shook her head yes and kept staring at someone in particular.
"I think I like the show now." She whispered to Jess, so only she could hear. Jess followed Lexy's line of vision and landed on Trunks. She smirked. Her best friend had a little crush on Trunks, how cute!
"Well, now tell me. Does Goten and Trunks look real enough or what?" She whispered back. Lexy shook her head and shot out of her trance. She smiled brightly at them and flung her hands behind her back.
"Guys, this is Lexy, Lexy this is.guys. I already told you who they were."
"Hi. I'm Goku. Nice to meet you. And these are my sons Goten and Gohan." Goku ruffled their hair and they slapped their father's hands away.
"Hey I'm Krillin. What's up?" Lexy nodded her head at them.
"Yo. I'm Trunks and this is my dad Vegeta. He's a little."
"Cocky." Jess answered for him.
"Yea. What she said." Trunks narrowed his eyes at Jess and then raised his eyebrow for no apparent reason. He thought Lexy was pretty hot and he didn't want to make a bad impression in the first few minutes that he met her.
"Hi everyone. I'm Lexy, as already know." She looked over at Jess accusingly. Jess smiled at Lexy and she just rolled her eyes.
"See why I needed your brother's clothes now?" Lexy looked over at Goten and Trunks and saw that they were wearing her brother's clothing.
"Yup. So what are we gonna do?"
"Well, we should get to know each other a little better, don't you think?" She looked at Lexy and then at the 7 guys on the other side of the hallway.
"What do you think Vegeta?" Vegeta glanced over at Jess and scowled.
"I don't care. I'm going back to my room." Vegeta walked back up the stairs with his arms crossed and into his room.
"Man, what's with him?" Lexy asked and cringed when a door slammed shut.
"Nothing. He's always like that. You know, tries to act like a bad ass."
"Oh yea. You told me that before, didn't you?"
"Probably. Well ok. Let's go in the living room and eat and talk and stuff."
"Ok." They all pondered into the living room and the big talk ahead of them.
A/N: Wow! Who woulda thought that Lexy and Trunks would like each other? (Raises hand) Well, ok I knew all along! Who exactly is Lexy and how does she and Trunks act around each other? Does romance sprout between the four teenagers? Find out next chapter! REVIEW AND REVIEW!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters. So leave me alone! A/N: Hey readers! Please REVIEW and REVIEW!! I hope you guys like my story! I have been getting more reviews everyday, so keep it up! Oh and I want to thank MoonDust() for her/his advice. Right now, they're warming up to each other, so I'll leave pranks for later! Thanks! Here's ch.7 Enjoy! ***********************************************************************
Chapter Seven
Lexy meets The Z Gang
Jess got out of the shower and strolled into her room. She changed into a pair of blue jean shorts and a light blue halter-top. She dried her hair and put it up into a very messy bun.
"Knock, Knock!"
"Come in." Goten came in wearing his usual attire and smiled sheepishly.
"Hi."
"Oh, hey Goten! What's up?"
"Umm. I was wondering if you had any other clothes that me and Trunks could wear?" Jess scratched her head and thought for a minute. Then an idea popped in her head.
"Hold on." She ran to her phone and dialed Lexy's number.
"Hello?"
"Oh hey Brad. It's Jess again. I was wonderi- "Hold on, I'll get Lexy."
"Wait! I want to talk to you."
"Oh, well what do you want?"
"I was wondering if you can lend Lexy some of your clothes to bring over here."
"Why do you want my clothes?"
"Umm. well, it's part of my surprise for her."
"My clothes is part of her surprise?"
"Shhh. No, I just need to borrow some for her surprise. Please! Please!"
"Ok. How many pair of clothing you need?"
"Well, four shirts, four of your so called shorts that look like Capri's", Brad chuckled. "And four pair of boxers. That's just about it."
"What do you need boxers for?"
"Just send them over with her. You got all that?"
"Yup. You are one crazy kook!"
"Yea, I know. But you love me for it."
"You have no idea." He whispered to himself.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Well, thanks a lot! Bye."
"Bye." Jess hung up the phone and winked at Goten.
"It'll be here when Lexy gets here."
"Who are you getting them from?"
"Her older brother. He's like my older brother, but he likes me as a girlfriend. He's asked me out before." Goten gulped and clenched his fists.
"What did you say?"
"That I was too busy. The normal excuse."
"Ohh. well thanks again."
"Sure, anytime. I think you'll like these kinds of clothes anyway."
"Awesome. Well, it's soon my turn for the shower, so umm, do you have at least any boxers or shorts we can use for now?"
"Oh, yea. I should have two in here." Jess opened up one of her drawers and Goten quickly looked away as soon as he saw a couple of bras. Jess grabbed two pair of boxers and closed her drawer. As soon as she looked up at Goten, she raised an eyebrow. He was completely blushing. Jess giggled and extended her hand to him.
"Here you go. Are you ok? Is it hot in here or something?"
"Umm.no. I just.. umm. I gotta go." Goten quickly left her room and ran into his.
"What took you so long Goten? I'm still in a towel here." Trunks crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at him curiously.
"Oh sorry Trunks. Here you go." He threw a pair of boxers to Trunks and he grabbed it without trouble.
"What's with you?"
"What? Oh nothing."
"Yes there is, now what is it?"
"I just saw her bra and underwear drawer. More like a thong drawer instead." Trunk's eyes widened and he chuckled.
"What? She showed you her drawers?"
"No. That is where she got the boxers from, so I took a peek at it."
"Ohh. well at least she doesn't wear granny's." Both boys laughed and Goten strolled over to the bathroom and closed the door.
Jess raced down her stairs and to the basement door. She totally forgot to clean up the sand that came out of her punching bag. She grabbed a trashcan, a pail and a broom and ran down the basement stairs to clean up the mess. After she was done with that, she jogged upstairs and almost bumped into Gohan.
"Sorry." Jess apologized.
"It's ok. Thanks for the room and letting us stay here."
"No problem. It's an honor having the strongest people in the universe stay at my house." Jess smiled and Gohan smiled back at her. He ruffled her hair and laughed. Jess pushed his hand off of her head and smirked.
"So how's Videl and Pan?"
"Fine. Well, I'm not sure how they are now, but I hope they're ok."
"Yea, me too. What exactly happened?"
"Well, Bulma just made a new invention that made objects with ki move around the universe at incredible speeds. It's almost like my dad's Instant Transmission, but this thing can make you go anywhere in the universe, where my dad's can only take you to place's that he can handle absorbing a lot of energy. Ok well, we were testing it out on things and it was going just great. Well, we tried it on Vegeta and he came back in one piece, so then we all tried it and we ended up here."
"Sounds like a mal-function."
"Yea, but there may be more to it than that."
"Hmm. maybe. Well, I have to clean up the house a little. Lexy will be here anytime and let's face it. This place is a pig sty."
"I agree. Need help?"
"No thanks. You can go relax or something."
"Are you sure?"
"Yup."
"Ok." Gohan pondered over to the living room and turned on the TV. Jess shook her head and closed the basement door. She cleaned up around the house and had to throw out 3 loads of garbage from her sister's room. She packed her sister some clothes, as promised over the phone, and set the suitcase by the front door. Now, she cleaned up her sister's room and bathroom, the kitchen, dining room, and the basement. Jess smiled and ran up the stairs to Goten and Trunks room. She knocked on the door and waited seven seconds before it opened. Trunks opened the door, clad in only boxers. Jess blushed and turned her gaze to the open door.
"Yes?"
"Oh, umm. I scrubbed my sister's bathroom and stocked all new kinds of things in there in case you wanted to use that bathroom now. It's perfectly clean. I cleaned it myself and if you trust my judgement, then you can look for yourself." Trunks smirked and gestured for Jess to come in. They strolled over to the door that led to Becca's bathroom and Trunks opened it up. He raised his eyebrows in agreement to what she said and inspected the room for any sign of dirt. He didn't find anything and smirked once more.
"This looks better than last time."
"I know. I scrubbed the shower, the sink, the toilet, the floors, the walls, everything. I also put new shampoo, conditioner, soap, and other accessories in the shower. So are you going to use it?"
"No way. It isn't fit for a prince." Jess narrowed her eyes at him and growled.
"Just kidding. I wouldn't make you go through all that work for nothing. Plus, Krillin and Goku take too long in the shower and hog up all the hot water." Jess smiled faintly and nodded her head in understanding.
"So?"
"So? When does your friend come over?"
"Well, I don't know. She said she'd surprise me. So, who knows."
"Ohh." Trunks couldn't wait to meet her friend. The way Jess described her made her sound like a really good-looking girl. Jess smiled at Trunks and walked back into his room. When she arrived there, Goten was picking up his dirty clothes and throwing them in the hamper that was in the room. He turned around and saw Jess standing by the bathroom door.
"Hey Jess! What are you doing in there?"
"Well, I cleaned it up and you guys are going to use it now."
"What?" He sprinted over to the bathroom in only boxers and took a peek inside. It looked brand new. He stepped inside and inspected the place like Trunks did.
"Wow! You did this by yourself?"
"Yup. Like it?"
"Yea. You're like, as good as my mom."
"I hope that's a compliment."
"Well, I would think so." Trunks blurted, feeling neglected from the conversation.
"Yea, well her cooking is way better than mine."
"I agree." Trunks stated matter-of-factly. Jess rolled her eyes and heard a doorbell ring.
"That's Lexy. Ok, you guys, umm. stand in the hallway." Jess ran out of the room and knocked everyone's door.
"EVERYONE OUT IN THE HALLWAY!!" Jess yelled from the hallway. Everyone came out of their rooms and from downstairs and stood in the hallway.
"Better. Ok, now that's Lexy. So you guys stay here and I'll tell you to come or to be ready or something. Don't let her know you're here." The doorbell rang again a couple of times and Jess ran downstairs. She opened up the front door and saw Lexy in the doorway holding a few bags.
"Jess!"
"Lexy!" They both hugged each other and Jess helped her with her stuff.
"Here, let's put your stuff in the living room." They walked into the living room and threw her stuff on the sofa.
"Do you have your brother's clothes with you?"
"Yea. Why do you need them?" Jess grabbed them from one of Lexy's bags and smiled.
"I'll be right back. Don't move. Who knows, maybe your surprise is lurking around!" Lexy's eyes brightened at the word surprise. She almost forgot about it. Jess winked at her and ran up the stairs.
"Ok, who needs clothes?" Trunks and Goten were the only ones who raised their hands.
"Ok. Here are some clothes. Go change and come right back here. I'm going to tell her that you're here so she doesn't faint or try to hurt you and we'll be right up." Jess ran back down the stairs and everyone just looked at each other and shrugged. Goten and Trunks jogged into their room and got changed. Jess walked back to Lexy and found her in the kitchen.
"Do you have anything to eat?"
"Yea. There should be some brownies in the fridge. I just made them two days ago. They're so good." Lexy found the brownies and took one.
"You're only eating one?"
"Well, I'm watching what I eat."
"Not another diet. You're like 95 pounds Lexy. You're not fat. Lay off of the 'I'm too fat to move' shit and just eat whatever you want. You do workout you know." Lexy just scowled and rolled her eyes.
"Fine." She grabbed two more and sat down at the kitchen table. She ate them one by one and finished in no time.
"So, where's my surprise?"
"Upstairs, but let me tell you what it is first. Cause if I how you it, you'll faint or do something weird."
"But, that isn't a surprise."
"It is to me. Ok. Your surprise is. the whole DragonBallZ gang is upstairs in my hallway. I'm not joking and no I'm not losing it. They were transported here by accident and they landed in my hallway closet." Lexy stared at her as if she was stupid and then burst out laughing.
"Are you. joking? That must be. the stupidest. thing I have ever heard in. my life!" Lexy spit out between laughs.
"Well, it's true. Now you can go and see them." Jess stood up and pulled Lexy on the arm and dragged her to the stairs. She was laughing so badly that she couldn't even walk. Jess knew Lexy wouldn't make it up the stairs.
"Shut up Lexy! If you want to spar with me then stop laughing." Lexy immediately stopped laughing and tried to hold in giggles.
"Ok guys! You can come down now." Jess yelled from the bottom of the hallway. Lexy started giggling some, but stopped as soon as she seven people descend the stairs. She stood there bug eyed and mouth wide open.
"See, I told you I wasn't lying. What do you think?"
"I.I.I. can't believe it."
"Yup. That's Piccolo, Gohan, Goku, Krillin, Goten, Trunks, and Vegeta. Do you believe now?" Lexy shook her head yes and kept staring at someone in particular.
"I think I like the show now." She whispered to Jess, so only she could hear. Jess followed Lexy's line of vision and landed on Trunks. She smirked. Her best friend had a little crush on Trunks, how cute!
"Well, now tell me. Does Goten and Trunks look real enough or what?" She whispered back. Lexy shook her head and shot out of her trance. She smiled brightly at them and flung her hands behind her back.
"Guys, this is Lexy, Lexy this is.guys. I already told you who they were."
"Hi. I'm Goku. Nice to meet you. And these are my sons Goten and Gohan." Goku ruffled their hair and they slapped their father's hands away.
"Hey I'm Krillin. What's up?" Lexy nodded her head at them.
"Yo. I'm Trunks and this is my dad Vegeta. He's a little."
"Cocky." Jess answered for him.
"Yea. What she said." Trunks narrowed his eyes at Jess and then raised his eyebrow for no apparent reason. He thought Lexy was pretty hot and he didn't want to make a bad impression in the first few minutes that he met her.
"Hi everyone. I'm Lexy, as already know." She looked over at Jess accusingly. Jess smiled at Lexy and she just rolled her eyes.
"See why I needed your brother's clothes now?" Lexy looked over at Goten and Trunks and saw that they were wearing her brother's clothing.
"Yup. So what are we gonna do?"
"Well, we should get to know each other a little better, don't you think?" She looked at Lexy and then at the 7 guys on the other side of the hallway.
"What do you think Vegeta?" Vegeta glanced over at Jess and scowled.
"I don't care. I'm going back to my room." Vegeta walked back up the stairs with his arms crossed and into his room.
"Man, what's with him?" Lexy asked and cringed when a door slammed shut.
"Nothing. He's always like that. You know, tries to act like a bad ass."
"Oh yea. You told me that before, didn't you?"
"Probably. Well ok. Let's go in the living room and eat and talk and stuff."
"Ok." They all pondered into the living room and the big talk ahead of them.
A/N: Wow! Who woulda thought that Lexy and Trunks would like each other? (Raises hand) Well, ok I knew all along! Who exactly is Lexy and how does she and Trunks act around each other? Does romance sprout between the four teenagers? Find out next chapter! REVIEW AND REVIEW!!!