No, This is not a new chapter. As a matter of fact, this is just a continuation of chapter 4, but I am posting it up as a new chapter. Sorry, but it's just sooo much stuff is going on. Driver's Ed, job hunting, baby sitting, this and another fan fiction, and way too much crap to say here. But here you are. Chapter 4.5 ( But just call it chapter 5) of "Sixteen and in Love."

Surprise, Surprise! (continued)
(by the way, I don't own "Anna Miller's and I got the Idea from Fred Gallager's Megatokyo.)
Shinji was scared for dear life after Asuka's verbal and near literal scolding. "Sorry about that. I didn't think she would be working here." Shinji pointed out. "Last time I checked, you need to be eighteen to work here, and Asuka's only our age."

He was abruptly startled by the clanging of a tray on the table right in front of him. He looked up to see an irate Asuka who's just damning behind a mental wall all of her rage. Of course, he will suffer her wrath as soon as she gets home.

"So, what can I get you two today?" Asuka asked the couple, gritting her teeth and with a smile that could kill. "C'mon! What would you like to start off with? A drink, spit it out!"

Though hesitent to answer, he gathered his courage and placed his order. "I... I think I'll start with a ham and cheese with mayo and a large soda." Asuka scribbled down his order and looked at Crystle. "And you ma'am? What can I get for you?"

Crystle took one look at Shinji and gave him her sparkling smile. "I'll have the same." She scribbled her order down as well, and slapped her book shut.

"Fine. I'll be back in no time at all with your order." She turned her back to them, swaying her hair around her neck, and walked back to the kitchen. Shinji took a deep breath as she walked away. Crystle smiled, seeing her in a more pleasant mood than the other day.

"Doesn't she have a college degree?" Crystle asked. "I mean, with that, she could easily get a job anywhere else. So, why this waitress thing?" He thought about it for a second.

"I guess it's just that she's still young. Misato encouraged her to find a job, and I guess this was the best she could come up with at the time, considering the resession."

"Well, enough about that. We need to talk about you're English assignment we have due in two weeks. We have no time to screw around," she said.

He remembered why he asked her to lunch in the first place. "That's right. I was thinking if you could tell me more about the States and it's culture. It would help me a lot, if you would."

Crystle nodded her head. "Sure. There's lots of stuff in the U.S. that makes it so great. Football games, movies, music, and we even get Sundays off, too." She continued to explain how much fun her home of Las Vegas was until there was a loud clatter heard right next to their table.

"All right..." Asuka said with a deviant little smirk on her face. "I've got two ham, cheese, and mayo, two large sodas, and I even added some little after-dinner chocolates. Enjoy." She left them to their food and walked away with a little less than a hop in her step.

"Well, she really seems to have lightened up now, hasn't she?" Crystle was about to take a bite out of her sandwich when she heard a loud shout from the doors.

"Hey, Shinji!" Touji shouted from across the dinner. "Why are you here without us? We're hungry too, ya know."

Shinji shot his head up in shock. Of all days and places to stop after school, they chose this diner.

Kaoru walked over and took a seat next to Crystle with his arm behind her. "I can see why Shinji would want to come here, but why bring a lady like you to such a fan-service friendly place like this?"

Hikari had a look of disgust as Touji and Kensuke sat down and fawned over the waitresses. "You two are hopeless!" she shouted. "This place is just some low-down diner where only skimpy girls who can't find a decent job work!" She looked up to see the waitress of their table come and was astonished to see who it was.

Kaoru, Kensuke, Touji and Hikari all had their mouths open and eyes wide at just who it was that would be waiting them that afternoon. This brought a silence, a bit more akward than the last. Finally, Hikari, being the one to always step up, did so. "Umm... hi Asuka. So, you found a job, huh? How is it so far?"

Asuka was completely red. Not from anger or hatred, but from utter embarrassment. She turned around and ran for the kitchen where she went out the back door. In the alley behind the dinner, She began to kick and toss trash cans everywhere and shouted at the top of her lungs, "DAMN YOU SHINJI!!!" Her knuckled clenched, she turned her head and noticed a woman with a small child holding her hand stopped in the sidewalk. Obviously, they witnessed her enraged self. She went back inside and headed for the bathroom. She locked the door and calmly soaked her face with the cold, running water. "Okay, Asuka" She said to herself. "You can do this. It's just some stooges. They won't tell anyone else." She then thought of Touji and she began to clench her fists "...At least... They'd better not! For the sake of his and Hikari's future children!"

Back at the table, Touji and Hikari where each drinking a large shake and laughing over some of Kaoru's jokes, Kensuke was making sure to get as many shots of the waitresses as he could, and Shinji was hanging his head, feeling his "date" go down the gutter.

"...And the guy said 'You don't understand. Chunks is my dog!'" And the whole table, save for Shinji, busted out in laughter.

(Author's note: The joke is too mature to say here. E-mail me if you want the whole thing, but you have been warned.)

Touji's stomach was starting to growl, letting everyone know he was in need of a hearty meal. "Man, I can't wait for her to take my order now." His eyes, or rather, his gut, turned his attention to the little chocolates next to Shinji's and Crystle's meal. He just couldn't help it. "Hey, are you guy's going to eat those?" he asked.

Hikari nudged him in the ribs. "Mr. Suzuhara! Have you no shame asking others for their food?"

Crystle shook her head. "Not at all. Please, help yourself."

He bowed his head to show his appreciation. "Thanks! I haven't eaten since School Lunch." Kensuke turned the camera back to the table. "This guy can't stop eating. I have to eat on the roof now because he's always asking me for a bite and takes half of my sandwich!"

But these words fell deft to Touji, as he was already stuffing his face with the small chocolates. "Damn, these are goood," her blurted out with a full mouth.

Kaoru was completely disgusted at his table manners. "Touji, just when I thought you couldn't get anymore of a brute, you out-do yourself."

This lead Touji to shoot up from his seat, ready to pound his face in, but was quickly taken down by the pain in what's left of his loins. "Damn" he grunted. "And you're a real man, kicking a guy while he's down."

"Well, HEELLOOOOOO!" And yet another voice came from the door. One that was sure to be from everyone's beloved drunken teacher. "Well, I would've thought you guys would be here," Misato pointed out. "But Hikari, why would you tag along? Out on a date?" Crystle waved as her new teacher stepped up to the table. "Ooooohhh." Misato noticed her new student and Shinji sitting together. "Or is this a double-date we have here?" Touji and Hikari grew red at the cheeks.

"Ms. Katsuragi, why did we stop here?" Rei asked from the door. Shinji's date has completely gone up in smoke.

"C'mon Rei, It's just a little get-together, Misato said"

Rei walked up and set another chair next to Misato. Rei looked at Shinji who was still hanging his head in dissapointment. "Is something wrong, Shinji?"

Before he could answer, Touji started to speak. "MAN! Where is our waitress? I'm starving!" Just then, the rumble in Touji's gut was growing more intense. This time, not from hunger, but from something else.

Asuka finally stepped out of the bathroom, after collecting herself and choosing to deal with the situation as best as she could. She walked back to her table only to find Misato and Rei there, too.

Misato turned around laid eyes on her room-mate dressed in the embarrassing outfit. "Asuka...?"

Rei turned as well to see Asuka in the frilly dress. She actually cracked a smile and turned herself back around. Asuka has never felt like this in her entire life. Everyone she knew on a daily basis was seeing her at her 'secret' part-time job, and now she's probably going to have to quit if it meant she gets to keep any bit of her dignity.

"Okay, I'm sorry I took so long. What will you all be haAA-!!!" Asuka was shoved aside by Touji who was making a B-line straight to the Men's room. She crossed her arms and cast a cold gaze at him. "Well, EXCUSE YOU!" She was about to cuss out another storm, but he was already in the restroom by the time she could get out what she was going to say. She figured he wasn't worth the time, nor effort. She just wanted to get everyone out as soon as she could, and the best way to do so was to stuff them with their orders.

"Okay, people. What will you all be having?" Kaoru was the first to order. "I'll have BLT and a shake, if it's not too much trouble."

Asuka replied sarcastically. "Not at all. What about you, Misato?" Misato looked at her menu. "I think I'll have a large ice cream sundae, a cheeseburger with extra pickles, chillie cheese fries, and a corn dog."

Asuka was taken a bit by surprise at this order. "Did you eat at all today?"

She laughed out loud. She couldn't believe no one had any idea what was going on with her. "Umm... Yeah! That's it. I wasn't able to eat breakfast because of Pen-Pen." The whole table directed it's attention to her as she started to sweat, but the concentration was broken when they heard a loud moan come from the men's room.

"What the hell did that fool eat?" Kaoru asked, but then he took notice to Shinji and Crystle, who was being rather quiet. "Hey, you two. What's wrong? You haven't said a word since we showed up." Crystle look up and put on her smile that could light up the whole day.

"It's nothing. Shinji and I were just discussing the assignment that Ms. Katsuragi gave us this morning."

Misato cut off Crystle right there. "Oh, Misato's fine. And It's going to be Mrs. Kaji real soon." She shined her ring on her left hand for all to see. Asuka was tired of that show-off flashing that damn rock to everyone she came across. She had to admit, though; the diamond was damn huge!

"Okay, Misato", Asuka said with a bit of a fed up'd tone. "It's a big diamond. We know. You two are desperately in love. Good for you. Now what does everyone else want?"

Rei handed Asuka her menu as she placed her order. "I'll have a salad with ranch." Asuka rolled her eyes at Rei. Even after two years, she's still a dedicated vegetarian.

Kensuke was the last to order. "I'll have a double cheeseburger and fries." Asuka scribbled that down and put her pen away. "Fine. I'll be back with all you're orders in just a few." And with that, she left for the kitchen.

Kaoru felt like something was wrong and had to know. "Hey Shinji," he asked. "If there's something troubling you, then you can go ahead and tell me. I'm your friend, so feel free to talk to me about anything."

Shinji looked up and realized that he was right. He was his friend. So were Kensuke and Touji, Hikari, Rei, and of course, Misato. So what if one date was crashed? It wasn't really a 'date' to begin with anyway. "No, It's fine." he said. "I feel better now." He picked up his sandwich and took a big bite out of it, enjoying the company of his friends. In the bathroom, everyone heard a flush and Touji came out with a rather exhausted look on his face and holding his stomach.

Hikari looked at him, worried. "Are you okay? You sounded like you where having a bit of trouble in there?"

He sat back down and tried his best to put on a smile. "Oh yeah! I feel a lot better! I'm starved now, so let the servant wench take my order!"

Hikari didn't take calling Asuka a wench to well at all. She gave him a quick jab to the gut. This set off a chain reaction that traveled to the very depths of his digestion system. "Now why did you go and do tha-." He was silenced by another rumble in his gut as he shot up from his seat and ran back to the men's room trying to make it on time. Hikari sighed at this and kinda regretted that punch.

A few minutes passed and Touji was still in the bathroom. "Where is our food? I'm starving here!" Misato complained.

Shinji and Crystle had long finished their meal and where about ready to go. "Well, I'd better head home." Shinji said while getting up from his seat.

Crystle got up as well. "Yeah. I promised my exchange parents I'd come home right after school."

Misato waved goodbye to the both of them. "Bye. See you tomorrow." She said. And they both went out the door together.

Asuka was in the kitchen, looking from the counter as Shinji and Crystle left. "I don't get it. Those chocolate laxative mints always work. Unless..." Her eyes widened with horror at first, but then an evil smile crept around her lips as she realized that an even more deserving person was the one to be on the receiving end of her cruel prank. "Oh well. He shouldn't butt in with Shinji's date anyway." She felt her mouth dry up with cotten as those words left a bland taste in her mouth. "What am I saying? Shinji Ikari. On a date? He's just pestering that girl and she's too nice to turn him down." But this didn't make her feel any better. She felt that all too bitter taste and she didn't like it one bit.

"Well, today was interesting. Almost as fun as the party a few nights ago." Crystle said with a smile as always on her face.

"Yeah, it sure was." Shinji said, although it sounded like he didn't mean it.

"What's wrong," she asked. "Sounds like you're disappointed about something. Tell me, what's the matter?"

He shook his head at her. "It's nothing. Just the guys always pick the worst time to make their entrances."

Crystle moved closer to him as they walked down the sidewalk. "I'm sure they didn't know you where going to be there. I'm betting it was all a coincidence."

"Yeah" Shinji said. "But I'm sure Asuka's gonna raise hell when she gets back. And I'm sure the guys and I will have to find another after-school hangout."

Crystle shook her head. "I'm sure she's not as all bad as you make her out to be. Maybe she's just misunderstood. You should try and talk to her once in a while."

Shinji couldn't believe what she was saying. Talk. To Asuka. The girl that drove him to the edge almost every day and still manages to find time to do her chores and chat on the phone with Hikari. "I'm afraid that won't work. I've tried so many times and it's never really worked out."

She looked up at him with disbelief. "Are you serious? You're not going to talk to her? Are you really that afraid of her? It sounds like you two where going out and you made one hell of a mistake."

Shinji blushed at that remark. "No, we never went out, but there was this one time-." Shinji thought about it for a second. He didn't want to get her into any trouble with Asuka. Especially after what happened to the last person he told. "Okay, I can tell you, but you must promise to keep it a secret."

She simply gave him a wink to show him not to worry. "Don't worry, Shinji. I'm not one to go around and gossip. It's just to... preppy."

Shinji took a breath before proceeding. "When we first started living together, we didn't get along at all. One night, when Misato was working overnight, Asuka was sleep walking, I guess. Anyway, she ended up falling asleep right next to me and I just panicked. I didn't know if I should have woke her up, or to just let her sleep. Then a few weeks later, While Misato was on one of her binges, Asuka got bored and she asked me if..."

Before he could finish, Crystle gasped in horror. "Oh no! You two didn't... did you?"

Shinji felt like pass out right then and there for what she was assuming. "What!?!? No! We only kissed!" She gasped yet again. "What!?!? That's even worse!"

His head was twirling "How is that worse?" Crystle stopped on the sidewalk and looked at him as she began to explain. "Shinji," she started. "A girl only kisses either if she has no self respect, or if she is totally crazy at the time."

Shinji thought about it for a second. "But Asuka was just bored. And what about women that kiss out of love? They respect themselves and they're usually sane."

She shook her head and started to walk off. He just stood there for a moment and watched her as she spoke again. "When a woman is in love, they do intend to ignore their sanity just for that one moment of passion."

The two walked for a few more minutes before reaching the Hinoto apartments. "Well, it's been fun. I'll see ya at school later and we can discuss the report more."

Shinji smiled as he scratched the back of his head. "Sure. I'll see ya tomorrow then." Crystle walked into the elevator and waved goodbye to Shinji as the doors closed in front of her. Shinji breathed a long and hard breath after the doors closed. "Well, better get home and start my homework." he said to himself as he turned around and started walking home.

"Hey, Shinji! Need a lift?" Shinji noticed the very laid back voice and knew right away who it was. "C'mon Shinji," Kaji said from his car. "I'm just heading home any way." Shinji was already tired and really needed a break. He walked over to the car and got in and set his seat back to relax his body and mind. As Kaji drove home, he noted that Shinji was exhausted.

"Well, looks like you had it rough today. Did Misato work you guys to the bone?"

Shinji sighed as he laid back. "No, it's not that. I just found out where Asuka is going to be working for the time being. As well as Misato, Toji, Kaoru, Hikari, Kensuke, and even Rei."

Kaji chuckled in his belly thinking about it. "You mean Anna Miller's, right?"

Shinji shot up and looked at Kaji with a shocked expression. "Wha-how... how did you find out about Asuka at Anna..."

Kaji waved his hand to try and calm him down. "She implored me to be her first customer today. That and the pictures she took..." Kaji's face was turning red as he trailed off his sentence. Shinji was already wasted from the day and didn't have the mental nor physical strength to think about what Kaji was talking about.

Several hours passed since the two men arrived home. They put up the groceries Kaji picked up, fed Pen-Pen his dinner, and did their daily chores of laundry, dish washing, and finished the rest of their chores as well as Asuka's and Misato's. It wasn't like them to be so late on a weekday. It wasn't like Misato to drink during a school night and she always called in case she would be late.

"Where could that woman be? It's almost ten at night and they didn't even call." Kaji was worried. He got up from the couch and picked up the phone. "I hope she's all right." he dialed her cellular phone number quickly and waited for her to pick up. Shinji was finishing up the last of his homework when he heard a phone ring from outside.

The door slid open and Misato stepped in with a red face and a worried expression. Asuka was right behind her wearing a blue coat over her waitress dress. Shinji noticed that both of them were worried about something. Misato looked like she was choking back tears, but had a smile of joy on her face as well. Kaji came to the front door and looked at Misato with a bit of irritation. "Well, it better be good. It's ten o'clock at night and you didn't even call."

Misato looked at Kaji and ran up to embrace him like she had fallen in love with him all over again. Kaji just stood there and was dumb-struck at what was going on. As Misato removed her lips from his, she whispered into his ear. Shinji stood in the hall looking at them wondering what was going on. Kaji's eyes widened at what she had to say. Shinji looked at Asuka who had the same expression on her face as Kaji. He finally had to ask.

"Hey, what's going on here? " Misato looked at Shinji and smiled as tears streamed down her face. "I think we should all sit down for this." They all headed to the kitchen and sat down in the chairs. Kaji and Misato sat together while Asuka and Shinji sat opposite to them.

Misato started. "After lunch, I went over to see Ritsuko at her clinic. I told her about my morning and some other stuff, so she ran some tests and she's not sure if it's all one hundred percent or not, but we're guessing it's about right." Misato grasped Kaji's hand and let out the news.

"We're having a baby."

To be continued...


Well, I finally got done with the 4th chapter, (Though it is the 5th chapter) so I hope you liked it. I Just got back from A-kon and now my anime collection is better than ever! I got my Gundam Wing DVD cover 2 signed by THE man, Scott McNeil, and my limited Edition Evangelion Metal collector's Box signed to me by the talented Amanda Winn Lee. Plus, I got to get my picture taken along with some REALLY cute cosplayers and just had a lot of fun. I can only hope I get to go to the next Anime Convention here this August, so I hope to see more than I did this time.

By the way, For those who say my Eva-knowledge is low, take a look at the site you are at. FAN-FICTION!!! Make this an alternate universe if it makes you happy. This is just a teen love story with the Eva characters. Beyond this story, I may know more about Evangelion more than any one of you. Sorry if I offend any one, but I was just sick of hearing people say my Eva knowledge is low. That is a TRUE low-blow for anyone to dish out.

And now leave you with a quote of "wisdom"

"DEMATA' PACAMI" (Translated as "Do'h") Homer Simpson. Episode when they go to Japan. (I'm sure it's misspelled and mispronounced, but hey! I'm not Japanese.)