[Ok peeps...here we are with chapter 4. Now...disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, though I do wish I owned Duo and Zechs...*wink*. Sadly though, I don't. I do own Jenni, Lilith, Silver Cat, and Red Dragon, everything, and one associated with Red Dragon. Reviews are greatly appreciated.
SQUEE!!! And LOOKIE...I have new reviewers. Hello to Saloman2, glad to love my little ficcie, and Daimeryan Rei. Welcome to the club. And thanx to Silentheaven and Jenrissa for reviewing again. I hope you all enjoy. Daimeryan Rei, remarks to your remarks in the review shall be at the end of the chapter ^_~...as I'm sure everyone wants to get reading.]
Summary: Two years after Endless Waltz. Just when the Gundam pilots thought they could finally get some rest, the Earth and Colonies are again in trouble. There's also a new Gundam, and the pilot is Quatre's twin sister. What other new surprises await them? Rating may go up.
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It's A Family Thing- chapter 4
"What are you doing here?" Heero asked as he went to the counter to get a cup of coffee.
Relena sighed as she walked over with him. "I haven't heard from you in well over four months Heero. It's not like you to not check up on me and see if I'm ok. Yeah, it pisses me off most of the time that you don't think I can take care of myself…"
"I know you can Relena." Heero said, interrupting her. "That's why you haven't heard from me at all. I was trying to give you your freedom."
Relena was silent a moment. "Why didn't you tell me about Red Dragon? You could have at least told me about the rumours." She said.
"How did you know about that?" Heero asked abruptly.
A small smirk started to spread across Relena's face. "A little birdie told me."
"A little birdie or a God of death?" Heero muttered under his breath.
"Both." Relena said and laughed when she heard Heero mumble things involving Duo and a slow and painful death. "Well if you had told me in the beginning what was going on, I wouldn't have had to rely on Duo. My brother also provided me with information."
Heero silently nodded as he continued to think of ways to kill the "Shinigami".
"Why didn't you tell me?" Relena asked, breaking Heero from his thoughts.
"I wanted to be sure that something was happening. That they weren't just rumours."
Relena nodded. "Were they?"
Heero shook his head. "Red Dragon is a lot bigger than we thought it would be."
"And when were you going to tell me?" Relena asked, anger sneaking into her voice. "How am I supposed to keep peace with the colonies and earth if the info I need to continue that peace isn't being given to me?"
"Well now you know." Heero said, his anger rising as well.
"Yeah, after having to hunt around the other Gundam pilots and pretty much have to force it out of you. I shouldn't have to do that Heero."
There was silence again as the two of them calmed down. The silence continued till Heero spoke again.
"I'm sorry. I should have told you what was going on." He said finally.
Relena silently nodded. "I saw the new Gundams. Who built them? I thought the scientists were dead."
"No, they're still alive." Heero said. "And we all presumed them dead until Dr. J contacted me."
"How did they survive when Libra exploded? It would have been impossible." Relena said.
Heero shook his head. "It would have been very risky, but not impossible." He said.
"Then how did they?"
Heero groaned inwardly when Relena asked that. He knew she was going to grill him for all the info he had denied her. He didn't like it, but he knew he had to tell her everything.
"They found an extra emergency pod that no one knew about. They lifted off with a big explosion. As far as anyone knew, it was just wreckage from when Libra blew."
Relena nodded silently. "Does Red Dragon know that the scientists are alive?"
Heero shook his head.
"Is there anything else you need to tell me?" she asked.
Heero was silent as Relena stared at him. He sighed and nodded.
"There's a sixth Gundam." He mumbled just loud enough for Relena to hear. He smirked at the look of surprise on her face.
"Really now." She said after a moment.
"The Gundams name is Silver Cat. It was built by Instructor H's daughter. Her name is Lilith."
"Who's the pilot?"
"She's one of Quatre's sisters. Her name is Jennifer."
Heero watched again as Relena thought the info over. She then nodded.
"Thank you Heero. That's all I need for now. Can you please call me if you get anything else?" she asked.
Heero was silent before nodding. He walked past her to the counter to pour himself another cup of coffee. He could sense Relena standing behind him, staring at his back. This didn't bother him though. For some reason, her presence there was comforting to him. He could feel her silently walking closer to him. He could suddenly smell her perfume, which he hadn't noticed before, and knew that she was right behind him. A shiver ran up his spine when felt her gently rest against his back, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Heero…" he heard her whisper in his ear.
"Stop this Relena." Heero said softly as he pulled away. "There's too much going on."
Relena sighed before pulling away. "The others are probably sitting outside the door listening to us, you know."
Heero nodded. "Yeah. I know. I kinda figured they would, seeing as they bolted out of the room so quickly."
The two of them smirked as they heard sounds of whispering and people quickly scurrying away.
Relena turned to Heero and smiled. "I'll be in touch." She said, and then took a sip of coffee from Heero's mug. "Needs more sugar."
Heero watched in shock as she winked at him then left. Looking down at his mug, he grumbled slightly as he poured more sugar in his coffee.
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The six Gundam pilots silently sat in one of the rooms of the Winner mansion. Wufei was leaning against a wall, head fallen forward, eyes closed. Trowa was leaning against another wall watching the others. Heero sat silently in a wooden chair at the table, clicking away at his laptop. Quatre was seated in one of the big, cushiony chairs having a cup of tea while reading a book. Jenni sat in a similar chair, gently strumming her fingers on the arms in boredom. Duo lay sprawled on the couch, one leg slung up over the back.
"This is so boring." Jenni said after what felt like eternity. "Is this all you guys ever do in your spare time?"
"Pretty much." Duo replied flatly from the couch.
"That's not true." Quatre spoke up. "We do other stuff."
"Really now." Jenni said, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees as she observed her twin. "What kind of stuff?"
Quatre looked at her a moment. "Uh, well…heh."
"Give it up Quatre," Trowa said from the wall. "She's right. This is pretty much all we do."
"No we don't…" Quatre started, but was cut off when the others spoke up saying,
"Yes we do."
Jenni let out a laugh. "So your idea of "fun" is sitting here in silence enjoying each others company. I just had to end up hanging with the world's largest group of outcasts."
"Not me!" Duo said, raising his hand as if he were in school. "In all defence of…well…myself, I actually have a personality. I also know how to socialize."
Jenni was silent a moment as she nodded her head. "You are exempt from that statement Duo. But I still stand with the fact that I'm still surrounded by the world's largest group of social misfits. You guys seriously need to lighten up and learn to have some fun."
"Well then tell us, Jennifer, what exactly would you do for "fun"?" Wufei asked, and then realized the mistake he made.
A large grin started to spread across Jenni's face as a childish glint was suddenly found in her blue-green eyes. "Well Wu-tang…"
"Wufei."
"Whatever. Seeing as you asked, in order for you to completely get the gist of what is fun to me, I'm going to have to take you all on a little outing." Jenni said as her grin turned a little less than innocent.
"And what exactly would that involve." Trowa asked a little warily.
"Well," Jenni started as she stood up and walked across the room. "First Heero is going to have to get off his computer and join the conversation." She said once she reached Heero and snapped his laptop shut.
"Ah…hey…" Heero stuttered as Jenni started to carry the machine away.
"Second," she continued as she placed the computer on a shelf, and then turned to the guys, "you guys are going to have to act like normal nineteen year olds."
Four of them stared at her as if she were an alien, while the fifth, who happened to be Duo, watched her with a look of intrigue on his face.
The childish glint in her eyes turned mischievous as she rubbed her hands together, another grin spreading across her face. "Time for a field trip. And I know exactly where to go."
An hour later, the five guys found themselves in a large room crowded with people. Lights were flashing and music was pumping from the speakers. People around them were jumping to the music, working up a sweat as they danced.
Each of the five guys was dressed in an outfit Jenni had picked for them. They had sat watching her as she pulled various articles of clothing out of their drawers, closets, and bags, then threw what she liked at them.
Jenni herself was wearing a shimmery silver halter top that tied at her back and neck. It scooped low in the neck, sinking down to show just enough cleavage. Her pants were tight, leather low risers that clung to her hips.
At the moment the guys were sitting at a table up in the balcony over looking the dance floor. Around them were tables and booths filled with groups of people who were laughing, drinking, and having a good time. The Gundam pilots watched as Jenni danced heatedly with a guy that had chin length blonde hair and bright cerulean eyes.
"We let her dress us up and bring us here for what purpose now?" Wufei asked as she looked at the rest of them.
"To have fun Wufei." Duo said as he grooved to the music. "Something we've never had enough of.
"Whatever." Wufei grumbled as he cast a glare down at the dancing Jenni.
"I'll get us some drinks." Trowa said before walking over to the bar.
"Jenni's right, you guys really need to lighten up." Duo said.
"Watch the hands buddy." Quatre grumbled.
Duo and Heero looked down to see Jenni grinding with the same blonde guy, her arms around his neck while his hands wandered around her backside.
Duo laughed. "Get over it Quatre. Jenni's a big girl. She can handle herself."
Trowa came back with the drinks a few moments later just as Jenni started to make her way to the stairs which lead to the top half.
Trowa handed each of them a drink. Quatre shook his head when Trowa handed him one.
"Come on Quatre." Duo said as he chugged his drink back. "Let loose a little."
Quatre ignored him as he kept his eyes on Jenni. She had just started to climb the stairs when the blonde guy pulled her back down.
"Guys," Quatre said, and pointed down to Jenni.
They watched as the guy tried to hug and kiss her, but she struggled against him. As this continued, the guy started getting more aggressive. Quatre was about to go down and help his twin when the others held him back.
"Let me help her." He hissed as he tried to get away.
"Watch." Duo said.
Quatre looked back down, watching as Jenni tried to keep the guy at bay.
The five of them winced when she brought her knee up firmly between his legs. She then smiled at him before pushing him away and starting back up the stairs. As she neared them she smiled.
"Hey guys." She said as she sat down with them. She pulled something out of her purse and started fanning herself. "It's really hot down there. There's like, this buzz in the air. I love it."
The guys watched as she grabbed Quatre's unwanted drink and drained it.
"What was going on with that guy?" Quatre asked when she finished and looked in her bottle.
"Which one?" she asked as she tried to get the last few drops from the bottle."
"The blonde guy just now who was groping you." Quatre said.
"Oh, Scott. He wanted a little more of something he couldn't have. I took care of him though." She said, and then looked at the others. "This stuff is good. I'm gonna get another."
Grabbing a bill from her purse, she jumped up and ran to the bar.
"Jenni," Quatre said as he followed her as she ordered, "he could have hurt you."
"He didn't though. You worry too much Quatre." Jenni said as she rolled her eyes.
"I don't worry too much. If anything, you don't worry enough." Quatre said.
Jenni laughed as she took the two bottles she ordered. "No Quatre, I worry just enough. The difference between you and me is that I know when I have to have fun and enjoy myself, and when it's time to be serious. Don't blame me because you're a boring old stiff." She said, then handed him a bottle as she walked past him.
Quatre turned and watched as she grinned at the other as she talked and downed her drink. A moment later she slammed the bottle on the table and pulled Duo from his seat and the two of them headed down to the dance floor.
"Hey cutie. How about a dance." Came a voice from next to Quatre.
He turned to see a scantily clad girl with red hair place a hand on his arm. "No thanks." He said as she looked towards the others.
"You sure? You look like you could use a good time." The girl pressed. Quatre felt her hand move across then down his back.
"Yeah. I'm sure." He said as he handed her the bottle and walked back to Heero, Wufei, and Trowa. Looking down at the dance floor, he scowled when he said Jenni hanging off Duo as the two danced more heatedly than she had with the blonde guy.
"Winner, your sister is going to give us more trouble than she's worth." Wufei said with a grunt.
Quatre sighed as he shook his head.
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[Ok, here's chapter 4. Like you wanted. I had something else I was gonna say about the chapter, but I forgot. Yep, I am just a simple minded creature with the memory of a gold fish. Anywho…this is the longest chapter I have so far. Most of the others were just over 5 or 6 pages. This one is 7…@.@. 8 if you include my explanations for Daimeryan Rei. Whoa.
And now for my remarks to Daimeryan Rei's remarks:
* Please refrain from the stereotypical 'woman-hating' Wufei. If you watch the show, there is a whole episode when Wufei battles alongside with Sally and comes to have respect for her/women in general.
Yes... I already realized my mistake there when, after watching my GW tapes, I re read through the fic. I'm trying to fix that as best I can. It's not that he hates women; it's that he doesn't trust Jenni or Lilith because he doesn't know them. That is going to change as I get further into the story.
* Quatre accepts the news of his twin sister a bit too unemotional. Lilith herself doesn't give it a second thought either. (Could be my own perception, though, but meeting a sibling after almost eighteen years, that would certainly turn your world upside down)
First, you're mistaking Lilith for Jenni. Lilith is Silver Cats designer, Jenni is the name of Quatre's sister. No harm though, honest mistake. ^_~ Anyway, if you saw the episode where Quatre meets one of his sisters, I forget which ep, that's kinda unemotional as well. I figure that when they meet, neither is sure how they should really react so they're trying to act as normal as possible, while also trying to get to know each other. I'm very sorry if I didn't really make that very clear. But if you read the chapter over again, when Jenni shows up, things are rather somewhat awkward for everyone. And they're 19 in my fic.
* Lilith is a bit too cool for words, if you know what I mean. Please be careful not to turn her into a Mary Sue. Its fun to write yourself/your own character in a story, but be careful and avoid the common clichés and stereotypes (like: her Gundam is THE best ever, belittling the other pilots, etc.)
If you look at twins, you'll see that sometimes, one is completely different from the other. That's kinda what I'm trying to play out here. Quatre is the overly responsible one who thinks things through and has caution for everything and what not. I'm trying to make Jenni the opposite of Quatre, a more care free, on the edge, I'm gonna work but I want to have fun at the same time, let's forget all that and just get to it, kinda person. She's not actually belittling the other pilots, she's just joking around, which is her way of coping when she's nervous (like when she's talking to Lilith while on her way to L4 colony is chapter 2) about something or if they're in a bad situation. And for the record, no her Gundam isn't the best ever. It's just got a few more goodies than the old Gundams had, so it is a little better, but the new Gundams the guys have are all equal to hers, though Silver Cat does have a few surprises that the other Gundams don't.
* In my personal opinion, 'parties' and places to have a big party, are not your priority when living in a war/ facing the threat of another war.
Jenni has been a party girl all her life; it's the way she grew up. So wondering when and where she's gonna have her next big party is part of her personality. If you read in chapter 2 when she gave some info about herself, she said that she's been a Gundam pilot for six months. So she's still very new at this and hasn't really gotten it into her head that she's gonna have to cut down and take a break from all of that, or maybe even ultimately give it all up. Jenni's mind set starts to change as we get further into the story, though it may take some time.
I hope my little explanations have helped, and I also hope that you continue to read my fic.
Anywho, I have a request for all my faithful readers. In my fave authors list you will find an author named Joey Maxwell. She has a couple of really good GW fics that I'm helping her with. Go read. Now. And don't forget to review.]
SQUEE!!! And LOOKIE...I have new reviewers. Hello to Saloman2, glad to love my little ficcie, and Daimeryan Rei. Welcome to the club. And thanx to Silentheaven and Jenrissa for reviewing again. I hope you all enjoy. Daimeryan Rei, remarks to your remarks in the review shall be at the end of the chapter ^_~...as I'm sure everyone wants to get reading.]
Summary: Two years after Endless Waltz. Just when the Gundam pilots thought they could finally get some rest, the Earth and Colonies are again in trouble. There's also a new Gundam, and the pilot is Quatre's twin sister. What other new surprises await them? Rating may go up.
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It's A Family Thing- chapter 4
"What are you doing here?" Heero asked as he went to the counter to get a cup of coffee.
Relena sighed as she walked over with him. "I haven't heard from you in well over four months Heero. It's not like you to not check up on me and see if I'm ok. Yeah, it pisses me off most of the time that you don't think I can take care of myself…"
"I know you can Relena." Heero said, interrupting her. "That's why you haven't heard from me at all. I was trying to give you your freedom."
Relena was silent a moment. "Why didn't you tell me about Red Dragon? You could have at least told me about the rumours." She said.
"How did you know about that?" Heero asked abruptly.
A small smirk started to spread across Relena's face. "A little birdie told me."
"A little birdie or a God of death?" Heero muttered under his breath.
"Both." Relena said and laughed when she heard Heero mumble things involving Duo and a slow and painful death. "Well if you had told me in the beginning what was going on, I wouldn't have had to rely on Duo. My brother also provided me with information."
Heero silently nodded as he continued to think of ways to kill the "Shinigami".
"Why didn't you tell me?" Relena asked, breaking Heero from his thoughts.
"I wanted to be sure that something was happening. That they weren't just rumours."
Relena nodded. "Were they?"
Heero shook his head. "Red Dragon is a lot bigger than we thought it would be."
"And when were you going to tell me?" Relena asked, anger sneaking into her voice. "How am I supposed to keep peace with the colonies and earth if the info I need to continue that peace isn't being given to me?"
"Well now you know." Heero said, his anger rising as well.
"Yeah, after having to hunt around the other Gundam pilots and pretty much have to force it out of you. I shouldn't have to do that Heero."
There was silence again as the two of them calmed down. The silence continued till Heero spoke again.
"I'm sorry. I should have told you what was going on." He said finally.
Relena silently nodded. "I saw the new Gundams. Who built them? I thought the scientists were dead."
"No, they're still alive." Heero said. "And we all presumed them dead until Dr. J contacted me."
"How did they survive when Libra exploded? It would have been impossible." Relena said.
Heero shook his head. "It would have been very risky, but not impossible." He said.
"Then how did they?"
Heero groaned inwardly when Relena asked that. He knew she was going to grill him for all the info he had denied her. He didn't like it, but he knew he had to tell her everything.
"They found an extra emergency pod that no one knew about. They lifted off with a big explosion. As far as anyone knew, it was just wreckage from when Libra blew."
Relena nodded silently. "Does Red Dragon know that the scientists are alive?"
Heero shook his head.
"Is there anything else you need to tell me?" she asked.
Heero was silent as Relena stared at him. He sighed and nodded.
"There's a sixth Gundam." He mumbled just loud enough for Relena to hear. He smirked at the look of surprise on her face.
"Really now." She said after a moment.
"The Gundams name is Silver Cat. It was built by Instructor H's daughter. Her name is Lilith."
"Who's the pilot?"
"She's one of Quatre's sisters. Her name is Jennifer."
Heero watched again as Relena thought the info over. She then nodded.
"Thank you Heero. That's all I need for now. Can you please call me if you get anything else?" she asked.
Heero was silent before nodding. He walked past her to the counter to pour himself another cup of coffee. He could sense Relena standing behind him, staring at his back. This didn't bother him though. For some reason, her presence there was comforting to him. He could feel her silently walking closer to him. He could suddenly smell her perfume, which he hadn't noticed before, and knew that she was right behind him. A shiver ran up his spine when felt her gently rest against his back, wrapping her arms around his waist.
"Heero…" he heard her whisper in his ear.
"Stop this Relena." Heero said softly as he pulled away. "There's too much going on."
Relena sighed before pulling away. "The others are probably sitting outside the door listening to us, you know."
Heero nodded. "Yeah. I know. I kinda figured they would, seeing as they bolted out of the room so quickly."
The two of them smirked as they heard sounds of whispering and people quickly scurrying away.
Relena turned to Heero and smiled. "I'll be in touch." She said, and then took a sip of coffee from Heero's mug. "Needs more sugar."
Heero watched in shock as she winked at him then left. Looking down at his mug, he grumbled slightly as he poured more sugar in his coffee.
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The six Gundam pilots silently sat in one of the rooms of the Winner mansion. Wufei was leaning against a wall, head fallen forward, eyes closed. Trowa was leaning against another wall watching the others. Heero sat silently in a wooden chair at the table, clicking away at his laptop. Quatre was seated in one of the big, cushiony chairs having a cup of tea while reading a book. Jenni sat in a similar chair, gently strumming her fingers on the arms in boredom. Duo lay sprawled on the couch, one leg slung up over the back.
"This is so boring." Jenni said after what felt like eternity. "Is this all you guys ever do in your spare time?"
"Pretty much." Duo replied flatly from the couch.
"That's not true." Quatre spoke up. "We do other stuff."
"Really now." Jenni said, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees as she observed her twin. "What kind of stuff?"
Quatre looked at her a moment. "Uh, well…heh."
"Give it up Quatre," Trowa said from the wall. "She's right. This is pretty much all we do."
"No we don't…" Quatre started, but was cut off when the others spoke up saying,
"Yes we do."
Jenni let out a laugh. "So your idea of "fun" is sitting here in silence enjoying each others company. I just had to end up hanging with the world's largest group of outcasts."
"Not me!" Duo said, raising his hand as if he were in school. "In all defence of…well…myself, I actually have a personality. I also know how to socialize."
Jenni was silent a moment as she nodded her head. "You are exempt from that statement Duo. But I still stand with the fact that I'm still surrounded by the world's largest group of social misfits. You guys seriously need to lighten up and learn to have some fun."
"Well then tell us, Jennifer, what exactly would you do for "fun"?" Wufei asked, and then realized the mistake he made.
A large grin started to spread across Jenni's face as a childish glint was suddenly found in her blue-green eyes. "Well Wu-tang…"
"Wufei."
"Whatever. Seeing as you asked, in order for you to completely get the gist of what is fun to me, I'm going to have to take you all on a little outing." Jenni said as her grin turned a little less than innocent.
"And what exactly would that involve." Trowa asked a little warily.
"Well," Jenni started as she stood up and walked across the room. "First Heero is going to have to get off his computer and join the conversation." She said once she reached Heero and snapped his laptop shut.
"Ah…hey…" Heero stuttered as Jenni started to carry the machine away.
"Second," she continued as she placed the computer on a shelf, and then turned to the guys, "you guys are going to have to act like normal nineteen year olds."
Four of them stared at her as if she were an alien, while the fifth, who happened to be Duo, watched her with a look of intrigue on his face.
The childish glint in her eyes turned mischievous as she rubbed her hands together, another grin spreading across her face. "Time for a field trip. And I know exactly where to go."
An hour later, the five guys found themselves in a large room crowded with people. Lights were flashing and music was pumping from the speakers. People around them were jumping to the music, working up a sweat as they danced.
Each of the five guys was dressed in an outfit Jenni had picked for them. They had sat watching her as she pulled various articles of clothing out of their drawers, closets, and bags, then threw what she liked at them.
Jenni herself was wearing a shimmery silver halter top that tied at her back and neck. It scooped low in the neck, sinking down to show just enough cleavage. Her pants were tight, leather low risers that clung to her hips.
At the moment the guys were sitting at a table up in the balcony over looking the dance floor. Around them were tables and booths filled with groups of people who were laughing, drinking, and having a good time. The Gundam pilots watched as Jenni danced heatedly with a guy that had chin length blonde hair and bright cerulean eyes.
"We let her dress us up and bring us here for what purpose now?" Wufei asked as she looked at the rest of them.
"To have fun Wufei." Duo said as he grooved to the music. "Something we've never had enough of.
"Whatever." Wufei grumbled as he cast a glare down at the dancing Jenni.
"I'll get us some drinks." Trowa said before walking over to the bar.
"Jenni's right, you guys really need to lighten up." Duo said.
"Watch the hands buddy." Quatre grumbled.
Duo and Heero looked down to see Jenni grinding with the same blonde guy, her arms around his neck while his hands wandered around her backside.
Duo laughed. "Get over it Quatre. Jenni's a big girl. She can handle herself."
Trowa came back with the drinks a few moments later just as Jenni started to make her way to the stairs which lead to the top half.
Trowa handed each of them a drink. Quatre shook his head when Trowa handed him one.
"Come on Quatre." Duo said as he chugged his drink back. "Let loose a little."
Quatre ignored him as he kept his eyes on Jenni. She had just started to climb the stairs when the blonde guy pulled her back down.
"Guys," Quatre said, and pointed down to Jenni.
They watched as the guy tried to hug and kiss her, but she struggled against him. As this continued, the guy started getting more aggressive. Quatre was about to go down and help his twin when the others held him back.
"Let me help her." He hissed as he tried to get away.
"Watch." Duo said.
Quatre looked back down, watching as Jenni tried to keep the guy at bay.
The five of them winced when she brought her knee up firmly between his legs. She then smiled at him before pushing him away and starting back up the stairs. As she neared them she smiled.
"Hey guys." She said as she sat down with them. She pulled something out of her purse and started fanning herself. "It's really hot down there. There's like, this buzz in the air. I love it."
The guys watched as she grabbed Quatre's unwanted drink and drained it.
"What was going on with that guy?" Quatre asked when she finished and looked in her bottle.
"Which one?" she asked as she tried to get the last few drops from the bottle."
"The blonde guy just now who was groping you." Quatre said.
"Oh, Scott. He wanted a little more of something he couldn't have. I took care of him though." She said, and then looked at the others. "This stuff is good. I'm gonna get another."
Grabbing a bill from her purse, she jumped up and ran to the bar.
"Jenni," Quatre said as he followed her as she ordered, "he could have hurt you."
"He didn't though. You worry too much Quatre." Jenni said as she rolled her eyes.
"I don't worry too much. If anything, you don't worry enough." Quatre said.
Jenni laughed as she took the two bottles she ordered. "No Quatre, I worry just enough. The difference between you and me is that I know when I have to have fun and enjoy myself, and when it's time to be serious. Don't blame me because you're a boring old stiff." She said, then handed him a bottle as she walked past him.
Quatre turned and watched as she grinned at the other as she talked and downed her drink. A moment later she slammed the bottle on the table and pulled Duo from his seat and the two of them headed down to the dance floor.
"Hey cutie. How about a dance." Came a voice from next to Quatre.
He turned to see a scantily clad girl with red hair place a hand on his arm. "No thanks." He said as she looked towards the others.
"You sure? You look like you could use a good time." The girl pressed. Quatre felt her hand move across then down his back.
"Yeah. I'm sure." He said as he handed her the bottle and walked back to Heero, Wufei, and Trowa. Looking down at the dance floor, he scowled when he said Jenni hanging off Duo as the two danced more heatedly than she had with the blonde guy.
"Winner, your sister is going to give us more trouble than she's worth." Wufei said with a grunt.
Quatre sighed as he shook his head.
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[Ok, here's chapter 4. Like you wanted. I had something else I was gonna say about the chapter, but I forgot. Yep, I am just a simple minded creature with the memory of a gold fish. Anywho…this is the longest chapter I have so far. Most of the others were just over 5 or 6 pages. This one is 7…@.@. 8 if you include my explanations for Daimeryan Rei. Whoa.
And now for my remarks to Daimeryan Rei's remarks:
* Please refrain from the stereotypical 'woman-hating' Wufei. If you watch the show, there is a whole episode when Wufei battles alongside with Sally and comes to have respect for her/women in general.
Yes... I already realized my mistake there when, after watching my GW tapes, I re read through the fic. I'm trying to fix that as best I can. It's not that he hates women; it's that he doesn't trust Jenni or Lilith because he doesn't know them. That is going to change as I get further into the story.
* Quatre accepts the news of his twin sister a bit too unemotional. Lilith herself doesn't give it a second thought either. (Could be my own perception, though, but meeting a sibling after almost eighteen years, that would certainly turn your world upside down)
First, you're mistaking Lilith for Jenni. Lilith is Silver Cats designer, Jenni is the name of Quatre's sister. No harm though, honest mistake. ^_~ Anyway, if you saw the episode where Quatre meets one of his sisters, I forget which ep, that's kinda unemotional as well. I figure that when they meet, neither is sure how they should really react so they're trying to act as normal as possible, while also trying to get to know each other. I'm very sorry if I didn't really make that very clear. But if you read the chapter over again, when Jenni shows up, things are rather somewhat awkward for everyone. And they're 19 in my fic.
* Lilith is a bit too cool for words, if you know what I mean. Please be careful not to turn her into a Mary Sue. Its fun to write yourself/your own character in a story, but be careful and avoid the common clichés and stereotypes (like: her Gundam is THE best ever, belittling the other pilots, etc.)
If you look at twins, you'll see that sometimes, one is completely different from the other. That's kinda what I'm trying to play out here. Quatre is the overly responsible one who thinks things through and has caution for everything and what not. I'm trying to make Jenni the opposite of Quatre, a more care free, on the edge, I'm gonna work but I want to have fun at the same time, let's forget all that and just get to it, kinda person. She's not actually belittling the other pilots, she's just joking around, which is her way of coping when she's nervous (like when she's talking to Lilith while on her way to L4 colony is chapter 2) about something or if they're in a bad situation. And for the record, no her Gundam isn't the best ever. It's just got a few more goodies than the old Gundams had, so it is a little better, but the new Gundams the guys have are all equal to hers, though Silver Cat does have a few surprises that the other Gundams don't.
* In my personal opinion, 'parties' and places to have a big party, are not your priority when living in a war/ facing the threat of another war.
Jenni has been a party girl all her life; it's the way she grew up. So wondering when and where she's gonna have her next big party is part of her personality. If you read in chapter 2 when she gave some info about herself, she said that she's been a Gundam pilot for six months. So she's still very new at this and hasn't really gotten it into her head that she's gonna have to cut down and take a break from all of that, or maybe even ultimately give it all up. Jenni's mind set starts to change as we get further into the story, though it may take some time.
I hope my little explanations have helped, and I also hope that you continue to read my fic.
Anywho, I have a request for all my faithful readers. In my fave authors list you will find an author named Joey Maxwell. She has a couple of really good GW fics that I'm helping her with. Go read. Now. And don't forget to review.]