( a good fifteen minutes later....)

Duo(standing at the hall entrance): Alright Heero get out here! We're all changed and waiting!

Crystal: Duo would you sit down. ((the girls are wearing variously styled gowns/dresses))

Duo: I wanna get whatever he's planning over with so I can get back into comfortable clothing. Besides I'm hungry.

Crystal: You're always hungry.

Duo(smiling): Yeah but not always for food. (Mae and Shannon close their eyes and eep)

Mae, Shannon and Mina: TMI!!!!!!!!

Quatre: What?

Shannon(opening her eyes): TMI, Too Much Information.

Mae: Delete files, delete files, delete files...

Wufei: Onna what are you talking about?

Mae(opening her eyes and looking up at the ceiling fan): Look a ceiling fan!

Wufei(giving her a strange look): Kichigai...

Quatre: Wufei...

Mae: Wait a minute should I be insulted by that?

Heero(coming out of the hall): It means insane person.

Mae: Oh, in that case.... Thank you Wufei. (she smiles, Duo shakes his head)

Duo: And you guys say I have problems... Anyway, why'd you get us dressed up Heero?

Heero: We'll be taking Mae's car and the hummer, I'll drive Mae's car and lead.

Crystal: Why not the Tank?

Heero: Do you really want to be seen getting out of the Tank in semi-formal wear in front of a nice restaurant?

Crystal & Mae: We've done it before.

Shannon: Except in complete formal wear.

Heero: We are not taking the Tank. End of discussion. And I'm driving lead.

Crystal: Fine, but where are we going? (no answer as he leads everyone out...)

Mina: Who's riding where?

Crystal: Well I'm driving the hummer, who's riding with me?

Wufei: I'm going with Yuy.

Mae: And two more people can fit in my car.

Trowa: Why not you and I? After all it is your car. (Mae shrugs)

Mae: Why not, that is if no one else minds? (no one objects, so they get into the vehicles and Heero starts driving...) So where are we going? (Heero remains silent.) Right, thanks sooooo much for letting me ride in front Wufei.(mock scowling at him)

Wufei: I have honor onna, and as amusing as it would have been to see you climbing in and out of the back seat in that dress it wouldn't have been honorable. (after driving in silence for a while they arrived at the Monte Carlo Hotel/Casino. After valet parking everyone follows Heero through the casino to Andre's French Restaurant...)

Crystal: What are we doing here?

Maitre d': Reservation?

Heero: Yuy.

Maitre d': Ah, mais oui. This way s'il vous plait. (the Maitre d' led them to a private room, then a waiter handed them menus and began listing the specials...)

Waiter: Aujourd'hui les specialites de la maison sont..... (several members of the group blinked in confusion, when the waiter left they opened their menus...)

Mae: Ok Crys, what shouldn't I order.......

Crystal: Go with the chicken special.

Mae: Gotcha. (the waiter returns..)

Waiter: Etes-vous pretes?

Heero: Yes, we're ready.... (the waiter took their orders, when he got to Duo and Wufei...)

Wufei: I'll have this. (he said pointing at the menu.)

Waiter: Ah, escargots. Bien, et vous, monsieurs?

Duo: That sounds ok I'll have that too.

Waiter: Tres bien. (with that the waiter left.)

Crystal: Umm Duo, Wufei...

Heero(interrupting her): Let them eat what they ordered.

Duo: Huh?

Crystal: I was just gonna to say that escargots is very garlicky. (Mae and Shannon snickered. after awhile and some pointless conversation, the food arrived....)

Waiter: Bon apetite. (Duo and Wufei stared at their plates...)

Duo: Ummmm........

Wufei: What is this??

Crystal: You ordered escargots, which is, of course snails. (Wufei paled slightly as he and Duo attempted to eat...)

Duo: Man how do you get these things....(the snail he's trying to eat falls to the plate)

Wufei: Yuy I blame you for this.... (his snail suddenly flies out of his tong-things bounces off the wall, ricochets off the candelabra, then flies towards Mae...)

Duo: Incoming!! (Mae looks up confused)

Crystal: Mae duck!! (Before Mae can react the snail flies straight for her head...... just before it can hit her a hand reaches out and catches the snail)

Mae(blinking): ......Thanks.........Heero.........

Heero(tossing the snail back to Wufei): Try again? (Wufei turns red and returns to trying to `eat' his snails....)

Mae(still blinking): Soooo..... what are we doing after dinner?

Crystal: Splitting up, I got invited to a Birthday Rave so I'm going home long enough to change.

Shannon: Anyone we know?

Crystal: You know him, Matt from band.

Shannon(almost choking on her food): You serious?! Then I want to go with you. I haven't seen him since grad.

Mina: As much as I'd like to go my sister is still in town....

Crystal: Bummer, Mae you wanna go?

Mae: Get cereal, me at a rave? I don't think so. I am going to........ (looks thoughtful) I actually don't know what I'll do... (sweatdrops from the other girls)I think I'll just go to sleep, I mean the Renn Faire is tomorrow morning... and unlike some I'm not coherent on just two hours sleep.

Crystal(raspberries): Any of you guys want to go? (guys exchange looks)

Duo: You know my answer.

Quatre: I'd like to go if that's alright?

Crystal: That's fine, anyone else?

Wufei: I have better things to do. (nods to Heero then gets up and leaves)

Shannon(blinking in confusion): Did he thank you or is he being rude?

Mae: He thanked Heero. That's what the nod was. (the other three girls and Duo blink)

Duo: How'd you know?

Mae: You could see it in his eyes. You can hide any emotion on your face, but your eyes will betray you.

Trowa: How do you know that?

Crystal: Because she has a blank face but emotion filled eyes.....at least half the time. (Mae sticks her tongue out at Crystal) That was mature....

Mae: I never claimed to be mature.

Shannon: Well if we're done I suppose we should head out...(at various degrees of slowness everyone got up and left the restaurant. Then headed back out to get their vehicles((I can't call the Hummer a car now can I?)) after making it back to the house and changing those heading to the rave left...)

Author's note: I'm working on the next chapter as fast as I can but I'm having trouble with it. I hate having an idea that I can't put into text... but be warned there are plot twists in the future.