Well it's been awhile since I have updated but moving is a pain so here's chapter 3 and thanks for the reviews.

Conversation and Understanding

            The rest of the girls had left an hour after Trista had told Amara, Michelle, and Hotaru they had an appointment to keep. Serena was glad they had come over but something was continuously nagging her. She realized that as soon as Amy's outburst caused her to have to switch subjects. The bad feeling stay with her as the conversation returned to the subject of their boyfriends. Serena then realized that Amy's outburst caused her question just how deep Amy's feelings were for Heero. She knew that the break up was affecting Amy, her proof came at night when she listened to her eldest friend cry herself to sleep. Serena had even been present for the nights that Amy would wonder around the apartment with an empty look in her eyes, staring at a picture that Serena had yet to see. But, this information did nothing to break her determination to talk to Amy. Tonight she would learn and understand her friend's problem. With that Serena made her way upstairs to prepare for the night ahead.

            Amy sat on her bed staring at the picture that she would cry herself to sleep. She knew she would fall asleep clutching the picture wishing that were Heero. She knew that her outburst had surprised her friends, save for Trista and the others, but she just couldn't allow them to talk down about Heero not when they couldn't understand what he had been through. She could barely understand it and she knew the closes people to understanding Heero's past were Trista, Amara, Michelle, and Hotaru. Amy was brought from her musing when she noticed that the door to her room was slowly being opened. She quickly tried to conceal the fact that she had been crying and threw herself under the bed covers and tried to fake being asleep. The door was opened to see Serena dressed in pink pajamas looking at the person trying fool her into believing they were asleep.

'If she thinks that going to work then she has another thing coming.'

Serena shook her head at her friend's display and prepared her plan. Seeing that Amy wasn't going to stop pretending, Serena casually bent her knees and launched herself onto the unsuspecting Amy.

" SERENA WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!?" Amy squealed at the blonde currently sitting on her stomach.

"Well I was thinking that sense you're here and everything, that we can have a sleep over just like old times. You know like before we met Rei and the others." Serena said as she smiled down at her blue haired friend.

            Amy looked at the blonde like she had grown at second head. She didn't know whether to be confused or simply laugh at her meatball headed friend.

"Serena we're 22."

"So." Serena replied. "It'll be fun. Come Amy please."

            Serena began to use the trick Duo had taught her. Amy looked at friend and sighed. 'Damn she's using that puppy dog face Duo taught her.' Amy knew that she didn't stand a chance when Serena used that trick. Amy nodded and couldn't help but smile when Serena squealed and placed her self down next to her. It always amazed Amy at the fact Serena could make her smile by doing the simplest thing. Not ten minutes ago she was crying about how her life was so screwed up and Serena came to her room with the idea of a sleep over and she's all smiles. It was then that she realized that Serena had gone quiet. Amy looked over at her friend and noticed that Serena was wide-eyed and staring at the picture of Heero. Before Amy could grab the picture Serena had asked who the guy was.

"That's Heero."

"THAT'S HEERO!"

            Amy nodded as she took the picture from Serena and placed it on the bedside table. Serena notice the immediate change in her friend's mood and decided to begin her plan.

"So tell me about him."

"Wha-…Why?" Amy replied with a look of shock on her face because she remembered what had been said early that afternoon.

"Why do you want to know about him?"

"Because I never got to meet him and from the look you have in this picture you were really happy together."

"Are you sure? It's not something that is easy to hear." Amy said trying to get Serena to drop the subject.

            Serena nodded her head to show that she was going to get the story one way or another.

"Yeah I want to hear it besides I heard he knows Duo."

            Amy sighed. She had forgotten that all of her friends were involved with Heero's friends, Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei. It still amazed her how none of the girls had met him before. She shook her head and decided to begin her story.

~~~~~~ Heero's Past ~~~~~~

"Well it would be easier to give you some history about Heero's past. This all took place before I met him so I only know what he and Trista told me. You see Serena they had a hard life growing up. They grew up with only each other for support. I think it was harder on Trista in the beginning because she was older by four years. Their mother left them when Heero turned five years old partly because she didn't want the responsibility of taking care of them. But the real reason she left was to get away her children's father. He was and alcoholic. When he drank he could easily be enraged. Heero's mother couldn't take it and left. Her leaving left Heero and Trista to protect each other. Trista became Heero's surrogate mother in some ways. But their father was a continued problem for them after their mother left. He began to drink more and he became more abusive. On good nights he simply forgot they were there on bad nights Heero told me he would try to take the blunt of the abuse.

"By the time Heero had turned fifteen he and Trista had run away. They waited that long because they wanted Trista to have finished high school. They moved into the neighborhood that was mostly rundown that way no one would ask questions. When Heero began high school Trista pretended to be his mother so that they could stay together. It was a hard routine for them to pull off. Trista was attending college at night and during the day she would work. Heero was the same except he worked at night. It surprised me to find out that Heero had somehow remained the smartest person in his school. His sophomore year Heero had come home and found Trista beaten and half dead on the floor. She was taken to the hospital where her condition was stabilized. They later found out that their father found her and then beat and raped her. They then told Trista that she had lost the ability to have children. But what hurt the most was that the doctors found out that Heero and she had been faking their mother son relationship. Heero became a ward of the state. Their father was found sometime later dead in an alley. It was during his junior year that he met Amara and Michelle. They were both seniors and it seemed that Michelle and Amara were the only people he would talk to. They have a. …………strange relationship with each other. From what I can get out of it the only things that they have in common is Hotaru and Heero and Michelle enjoy making Amara jealous. I'll explain about Hotaru later.

"By his senior year Heero had been in and out three foster homes. No one wanted to adopt him because he had shut himself off emotionally to everybody except Trista, Amara, and Michelle. During his final year at the orphanage Heero had befriended a small child. The little girl wouldn't respond to any one except Heero. I'm sure that you sometimes hear Hotaru talking about her 'Papa'. Well that's Heero. By the time he had to leave Heero had promised her that he would come back to get her and they could live together.

"After Heero graduated he immediately started to look for Trista. When they had been separated the State refused to allow Trista any extended time with Heero. They feared that one of them would do something drastic to get back to each other. He didn't find her for two years, during which gained his skills with computers and provide himself with a stable background to get Hotaru. He found Trista by complete accident when he ran into Michelle. Apparently she was on her way to meet a friend of Amara and herself going by the name of Sestuna. Heero took Michelle with him on his bike to her appointment. When they arrived noticed Amara walking to a small apartment. Heero and Michelle reached her just as the door opened. The woman who answered looked at Amara and Michelle and asked who the young man with them was. When Sestuna heard that it was Heero she froze in place and stared at Heero praying that he remembered her and taking in how much he changed since she had last seen him. From what they told me Heero responded by simply saying 'Puu' before Sestuna burst into tears and grabbed him. They caught up with what they each had been up to since they had been separated. Trista then told Heero that he should finish school. Michelle offered to help Heero get into school with them but he wanted to go to Tokyo University.

"Heero met Duo, Trowa, Quatre, and Wufei his first year there. They developed a reputation as being all but inseparable while they were there. They were the smartest in the school. About half way through the year Heero had received a letter from Hotaru saying three really nice ladies had adopted her and now she had three moms. She also asked him to visit her. What had surprised him was the fact that Amara, Michelle, and Trista had adopted Hotaru. Heero visited them the next day and found that they were all happy but Trista was the happiest of them all because she had the child she always wanted.

"The following year I met Heero in an advanced computer class. We fell into an easy friendship from there. It surprised me the most when he asked me out the first time because rarely talked to anyone else. We dated for four months before we officially became an item. A week later he told me he loved me and we moved in together. The rest you already know."

~~~~~ End Heero's Past ~~~~~

By the time Amy had finished she had begun to cry. Serena moved to hug and comfort her friend. She had one last question for her friend before she would let the conversation be dropped.

"Amy do you still love Heero?"

"Yes I still love him." Amy said as tears ran down her face.

            Amy answer was what Serena had wanted to hear. Tomorrow she would see Heero and find out really had happened.

~~~ The Next Day ~~~

            Serena looked at the paper Duo had given her to make sure he was at the right address. Nodding her head Serena proceeded to the door and knocked. She was surprised to Trista and Hotaru answer the door.

"Umm……….What are you guys doing here?"

"I'm here to see Heero-Papa!" Hotaru said happily.

"We are here to see how Heero has been holding up." came Trista reply.

            A voice from the house stopped the three women from any more questions.

"Hey Puu whose at the door?"

            At that point Heero had made his way to the door where he noticed a blonde woman wearing cut off shorts, a white shirt with princess written on the front, and the strangest hair style he had ever seen.

"Who are you?" the question was directed at an open mouthed Serena.

            Trista looked at Serena trying to figure out what was taking the meatball headed girl so long to answer her brother. She couldn't help but release a small laugh at what she saw. Serena stood in the doorway with her mouth wide open staring at Heero like there was no else was in the world.

"This is Serena little brother." she answered for the star struck girl.

            Heero then realized that is was the same Serena that Duo and Trista had told him about. He nodded his head and returned to the living room followed by the three women. Serena reached the living room to find Amara here also with Michelle sitting in her lap. She smiled at the display and Amara never being one to miss a chance to be a tease commented on the blonde's smile.

"Hey Kitten see something you like?" she asked in a false husky voice.

            Michelle seeing that Amara was going into flirt mode decided to play her own little game with her girlfriend. She promptly got off of Amara's lap and crossed the room and sat down on Heero's lap, who easily wrapped his arm around her waist. Amara immediately forgot Serena and growled at Heero.

"Watch your hands, Yuy."

            Michelle continued her game and reprimanded Amara.

"Now now Amara if you like Serena so much then I'll just have to go to the only person who still loves me." she declared then smiled sweetly at her girlfriend and kissed Heero on the cheek.

"I told you to stop playing around Amara." Heero said with a small smirk on his face.

            Amara scowled at Heero and asked why Serena was here.

"Well for the last two weeks Amy has been staying with me and last night I asked for her to tell about you and how you two met Heero."

            At the mention of Amy's name Heero playful mood immediately disappeared.

"What did she say?"

"Before I talked to her last night we were all over talking about our relationships and Rei made a comment about your actions toward Amy. What surprised us was that she went off the deep end and told everyone to leave you alone."

"That's right Heero-Papa. She got mad and yelled at everyone."Hotaru put in.

"Later that night I asked her why she reacted that way and she said that we didn't understand your past. She told me and by the in she had started crying. When I saw her I asked if she still had feelings for you."

            Serena paused to look at Heero and Trista to gauge their reaction to what she had just said. She noticed they had begun to hold each other's hand after she mentioned their past. She also noticed that Heero had closed his after her last statement.

"Amy still loves you Heero. Every night she goes to sleep crying and holding a picture of you two together."

            Heero's eyes snapped open when he heard that she still loved him. He got up from the couch and made his way to the door. He was almost there when Serena barred his path.

"Heero wait. She still loves you but you cant just run back to her and think everything will be alright again."

            She was met with a glare as Heero continued to make his way to the door. He was stopped as a pair of arm encircled his waist.

"Heero listen. I know you want to get her back as soon as possible but she still thinks that you love Relena. You can't run over there without a plan." Trista said as she held and comforted her brother.

"Then what can I do?"

"We are all getting together tomorrow for a picnic you come to that and talk to her." Serena stated.

"Kitten that's not such a good idea." Amara said with a little worry in her voice.

"Why not?"

"Serena you have to remember none of the girls have met Heero. And yesterday remember how all the girls wanted to get back at Heero." Stated Michelle.

"Well he can just go with Duo and the rest of the guys."

"I told I wasn't going because you girls have never met me and I didn't want to be in the way." Heero stated.

            The room went quiet while they tried to think of a way for Heero to show up with out raising suspicion against Heero.

"Ummm I have an idea."

            Everyone turned to look at the eight year old Hotaru who now had a blush rising on her face.