California or Bust! - Chapter Three: Stupid Questions, Lost Practice Time,
and The Search for the Dolls
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AN: Sorry it took me so long to get this done. I was really busy in the past while (and my brother wouldn't get off The Sims). I hope that I get some reviews now ^-^ Ja! (By the way, 'ja' is shortened from 'Ja Ne' which is 'Goodbye' in Japanese. So it basically translates into 'Bye')
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Gundam Wing or anything of the sort. Trust me, if I did, the series would have been quite a bit longer. Plus, I do not own Barbies, Lego, or Kraft Dinner (mentioned in last chapter).
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The silence of the morning was interrupted by a loud thud followed by 'Ugh, kuso'. Mia stood up slowly, very slowly, and dragged herself over to the bathroom door. She rested her head on the door before opening it; well, she meant to rest her head on the door, but it was more like a slam.
"Ow." Mia muttered. She opened the bathroom door and turned on the shower. She made sure that both doors were securely locked, the got un-dressed and stepped into the shower.
"ITAIIIIIIIIII!!!" Mia screamed.
"Huh? Whazzat?" Duo muttered groggily, dragging himself out of bed. He walked upstairs to see Kio, Rebi, and Heero already awake in the kitchen.
"Is it just me, or was someone yelling up here?" Duo asked.
"Oh, that was just Mia getting ready for the day. She does this all the time," Rebi answered, taking a sip of coffee.
"What exactly did she do?" Duo questioned.
"Well, first off, when her alarm goes off, she falls out of bed. Then she drags herself to the bathroom door and slams her head against it. Next, she locks the doors, turns on the shower, which is usually too hot or too cold and that'' why she screams. She does this every morning that she's got work," Rebi replied.
Just as Rebi finished explaining to Duo, Mia trudged down the hall, all ready for work. She saw Duo, still in his PJs, and her eyes widened.
"OH MY GOD! DUO! GO GET READY! YOU ONLY HAVE AN HOUR!" Mia yelled, shoving Duo downstairs. "AND HURRY UP!" She yelled behind him.
"Hi-strung or what today, eh Mia?" Kio asked.
"Shut up; haven't had morning coffee yet." Mia muttered. She turned her attention to the coffeepot, only to find it empty. Her eye twitched and she turned to glare at Rebi.
"Hey! Don't look at me! This is my first cup!" Rebi complained, pointing to her mug.
Mia then turned to glare at Heero. Heero shrugged and went back to taking another sip of his coffee. Mia twitched, grumbled, and went off to make another pot.
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Duo returned, fully dressed and looking ready to greet the day. "Better?" He asked Mia.
"Much, thank you," she replied.
"Shouldn't you go get Trowa up soon?" Kio asked Rebi.
Rebi shrugged. "I guess so," and she left down the hallway to Trowa and Wufei's room. She flung open the door and began singing 'Good Morning Sunshine' as she opened the blinds.
"Arg! Crazy onna! What are you doing?!" Wufei yelled before covering his head with a pillow.
"Waking up Trowa!" Rebi said in a singsong voice. "He has work soon!"
"Then at least leave me alone to sleep!" Wufei said from under his pillow.
"Nope! Get up sleepy-head!" Rebi yelled gleefully.
"Grag," Wufei muttered and took his pillow and blanket into the hall and down to Heero and Duo's room to try and get some sleep.
Rebi then turned to Trowa's bed, only to see him sleeping like a log. "Aw. how kawaii." She said quietly before getting an evil glint in her eyes and yanking the covers off of Trowa. Trowa curled up and a bit and then searched for his covers with his hand. He opened one eye (or maybe two, we're not sure) and looked at Rebi.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Waking you up!" Rebi said with a smile.
".Gimme back the covers," Trowa said.
"Oh come on lazy-bones! Wakey wakey! Or I'll hafta sing!" Rebi said.
"Fine," Trowa muttered and pulled himself out of bed.
"Now hurry up and get ready!" Rebi yelled as she left Trowa's room. Trowa shrugged and began to get ready.
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Mia poured herself a fresh cup of coffee. "Mmmmmm.." She mumbled. "Smells good." she took a sip. "Mmmmhmmm."
Duo stuck a corner of his toast in his mouth. "So why did you get the early shifts if you like to sleep in?"
"That way, we get off work before most people, beat rush hour, and get more free day-time," Mia replied.
"I see." Duo said.
Rebi looked at the clock on the wall and spat coffee all over the table.
"AGH! I'M GONNA BE LATE!" She ran down the hall and smashed into Trowa who was making his way into the kitchen. "TROWA! GOTTA LEAVE! NOW!" Rebi yelled and dragged Trowa towards the front door, which she thought was open. It wasn't. "Owwy." She muttered, rubbing her now red nose. "MEEP! LATE!" And with that, her and a very reluctant Trowa were out the door.
"She'll be back," Mia said calmly.
"Why?" Duo asked, looking confused.
Mia held up a set of car keys. "She forgets 'em every morning."
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Rebi ran down the street like a maniac. "Late! Late! Late! Late! Wait!" Rebi yelled before stopping.
Unfortunately, Trowa did not and smashed into a tree. "Ow."
"Why am I running? Hold on. I FORGOT MY CAR KEYS!" Rebi yelled before running back up the street.
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Twenty minutes later, Rebi had actually made it to work in one piece.
"Do you always drive that fast?" Trowa asked.
"What? You mean you don't drive 150 on a 100 mph speed limit?" Rebi said. Trowa didn't answer. "Anyway, our job here is to answer any question, no matter how dumb it may be."
"Sounds easy enough," Trowa said as a little kid approached the desk.
"Hello there!" Rebi greeted cheerfully. "How can I help you?"
"Have you seen my mommy? Her name is Ishi Tallot," the little boy said.
Rebi rolled her eyes as if she'd dealt with this before and replied, "I'm sure you do. Now, do you have a real question?"
"Um. no," the kid said before leaving.
"We get stuff like that a lot," Rebi said to Trowa.
"Okay then." Trowa mumbled, confused.
"Maybe you should just watch for today." Rebi said. Trowa nodded.
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"Well, I suppose we'd better get Lisi up," Mia said.
"Yeah, school starts in an hour," Kio said. Just then, a clock alarm went off.
"Well, that would probably be her now," Mia said.
Sure enough, fifteen minutes later, Lisi came down the hall. "Good morning everybody!" Lisi said cheerfully.
"Yo Lis, you'd better wake up Quatre," Mia said.
Lis's eyes widened, "You mean he's not up yet?!" Mia shook her head. "AGH!!" Lisi ran around the kitchen three times before running down the hall to Quatre's room. She banged on the door loudly. "QUATRE! QUATRE! WAKE UP!" Lisi yelled. A lot of banging around was heard from inside.
Quatre opened the door looking rather frazzled. "Are we," he panted, "late?!"
"No," Lis replied. "But we may have been if you didn't get up."
"Well, then it's a good thing you woke me up," Quatre said, his heart rate beginning to return to normal.
The two went into the kitchen talking about tea.
"No no no, herbal teas are better!" Lisi argued.
"I suppose you're right, they are healthier," Quatre said.
Mia rolled her eyes. "Come on tea freaks, eat breakfast before you are late."
"When do we have to leave?" Duo asked.
"About half an hour after Kio, Li, and Quatre leave," Mia answered.
"Then why did we get up so early?" Duo questioned.
"If I didn't get up when I did, I would have been dead tired at work," Mia replied.
"Okay, whatever," Duo said.
About a half-hour later, Li, Quatre, and Kio were on their way out the door.
"See you later Mia! Have a good day at work!" Li said happily.
"Mph," Mia muttered.
"And don't let Duo get lost in the store!" Li said.
"Miff," Mia said.
"Shall we be going then?" Li asked. Quatre and Kio nodded before Li lead the way out the door.
Li, Kio, and Quatre all piled into Li's small car.
"You'll have to get your schedule at the office," Li told Quatre. "I'll take you there before class starts," She added, noticing the slightly confused look on Quatre's face.
"Thank you Miss. Lisa," Quatre replied.
Lisa sighed, "Would you please just call me either Li, Lis, Lisi, or Lisa. No 'Miss' anything."
"Okay then, um, Lisa," Quatre said, obviously having trouble.
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Quatre, Li, and Kio arrived at the school and Kio went her separate way.
"See ya later Kio!" Lisi yelled.
"Yes, goodbye Miss. Kiomay," Quatre said politely.
Kio turned around and glared at Quatre. He fell silent and Kio continued walking down the hallway. Li and Quatre headed down to the office to get Quatre's timetable.
"I hope he's in my classes..." Li mumbled.
"What was that?" Quatre asked.
Li blushed. "Uh... nothing! Here we are!" Li said, changing the subject as they stopped in front of the office.
Li and Quatre had gotten his schedule and were reading it over quickly before the first bell rang.
"So according to this, I have band first, then Math, drama and art before lunch!" Quatre said, scanning over the piece of paper that the office secretary had given him.
"No way!" Li yelled. "Let me see that!" she added before snatching away Quatre's timetable. "Holy smizzak! These classes are all the same as mine!"
The bell rang and Quatre and Li walked off to band chatting about how ironic it was that they got all the same classes.
"Take a seat! Take a seat everyone!" The band teacher announced as soon as Li and Quatre found two seats beside each other. "Now then, we have a new student joining us! Please meet Quatre Raberbra Winner!" the band teacher motioned for Quatre to stand and he did so. Some people muttered a 'hi Quatre' while others just sat there. "Now then, do you play any instrument in particular?" the teacher asked.
"Um, well, I sorta play the violin..." Quatre mumbled.
The teacher picked a violin off of a table full of instruments and handed it to Quatre. "Could you please play something? Anything will do, I'd just like to see what level you are."
"Uh, well, I..." Quatre trailed off. The teacher gave him a death glare- type thing. Quatre gulped and his eyes watered before he burst out with, "BUT I DIDN'T GET MY PRACTICE TIME IN THIS WEEK!" The teacher looked taken aback, as well as the rest of the class, while Li just shook her head sadly.
The class ended fifty minutes later with Quatre promising that he's double his practice time for the week.
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Mia sighed, "Well, we'd better head out. You're gonna need a helmet."
"Why would I need a helmet?" Duo questioned as Mia searched through the drawers and cupboards.
"'Cause I drive my motorcycle to work," Mia replied. She pulled a spare helmet out of a cupboard, "Here we go! Try it on and see if it fits," she said before tossing the helmet to Duo.
Duo stuck the helmet on his head. "It fits."
"Good," Mia said. "Now let's move it." she added as she headed for the door. "And Heero, don't destroy the house."
"Wufei and I are leaving now so you won't have to worry about that," Heero said. "Wufei's already waiting so I'm leaving now," he made his way to the door and left.
Mia put on her own helmet and her leather jacket. "Come on, we're gonna be late." Mia left through the door.
Duo followed behind her. "This is sugoi! I haven't met many chicks who ride a motorcycle!"
Mia glared at him. "Say that again and you will die." Mia got on her motorcycle. "Get on."
Duo looked at the motorcycle nervously. "Uh... where?"
Mia sighed exasperatedly. "Behind me you baka. Now move it!"
Duo sat on the back of Mia's motorcycle. "Like this?"
"Yeah, that's good. But you're gonna have to hang onto something."
"Like what?" Duo asked, looking around for a handlebar or something of the sort.
"Haven't you ever seen two people riding a motorcycle before? Honestly," Mia mumbled. "You just put your arms around my waist and hang on!" she said, as if it were obvious.
"Oh..." Duo said quietly and wrapped his arms lightly around Mia's waist. "Like this?"
Mia was trying not to blush. "Uh, yeah. Now hang on tight!" And with that, Mia revved up the motor and they were tearing down the street.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Duo screamed, trying his best to hang on.
"Hey! Watch where you're grabbing!" Mia yelled, blushing madly.
"Oops, sorry," Duo muttered, moving his hands and feeling slightly red in the face.
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Mia and Duo made it only just in time.
"Whew, that was a close call," said Mia, sounding relieved.
"But we got here in time, didn't we?" Duo asked, pulling his employee apron over his head. (Mia works at Wal-Mart by the way ^-~)
"Yeah, but if we were any later, my boss would have had my head," Mia replied, also putting on her apron.
"So what do we have to do exactly?" Duo questioned.
Mia sighed. "We're just sales employees. We help people find things and put stuff away."
"Sounds easy enough," Duo said.
Mia rasberried. "Just you wait Duo babe, just you wait," she said before walking off.
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Duo was searching for Mia frantically. Up the isles, down the isle, up, down, up, down (you get the idea). Finally, after what seemed like hours of endless searching, he found Mia stacking boxes of Lego(TM) on a shelf while standing on a ladder.
"Mia! Thank shinigami I found you!" Duo yelled.
Mia nearly fell off the ladder. "Duo! What do you want?!"
"Some little girl wants to know where the 'Barbies' are, whatever those things are," Duo said.
Mia shook her head sadly and began to climb down from the ladder. Halfway down, Mia lost her grip and began to fall. Duo, who had been standing at the end of the ladder, tried to catch Mia as she fell. However, this did not result as either one had planned because Mia landed on top of Duo, pinning him to the ground, and their faces had gotten so close that their lips were touching, as if they were kissing. Both blushed bright red as the manager came down the isle.
The manager raised an eyebrow. "Care to explain Miss. Kaye?"
Mia pulled away from Duo quickly," Well sir, you see sir, I fell off a ladder," she stuttered.
The manager looked at her suspiciously. "Oh really?"
"Of course sir! What did you think I was doing?" Mia said nervously as she blushed a brilliant scarlet.
"We won't got there. Get back to work you two," the manager said before leaving.
"Do, um, what did you need?" Mia asked Duo un-comfortably.
"Oh, that, yeah... I needed to find the 'Barbies'," Duo answered, still a bit crimson.
"Right then, this way," Mia said, walking off through the store. Duo followed her. "Here we are," she announced, stopping in front of an isle.
"This is it?" Duo asked.
"Yeah, it's not hard to miss. I mean, there aren't many other isles that are totally pink."
"You have a point there..."
End Chapter Three
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AN: sorry once again for taking so long to get this out. Life's been busy. Well, I hope to get some new reviews and ja for now! ^-^
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AN: Sorry it took me so long to get this done. I was really busy in the past while (and my brother wouldn't get off The Sims). I hope that I get some reviews now ^-^ Ja! (By the way, 'ja' is shortened from 'Ja Ne' which is 'Goodbye' in Japanese. So it basically translates into 'Bye')
Disclaimer: No, I do not own Gundam Wing or anything of the sort. Trust me, if I did, the series would have been quite a bit longer. Plus, I do not own Barbies, Lego, or Kraft Dinner (mentioned in last chapter).
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The silence of the morning was interrupted by a loud thud followed by 'Ugh, kuso'. Mia stood up slowly, very slowly, and dragged herself over to the bathroom door. She rested her head on the door before opening it; well, she meant to rest her head on the door, but it was more like a slam.
"Ow." Mia muttered. She opened the bathroom door and turned on the shower. She made sure that both doors were securely locked, the got un-dressed and stepped into the shower.
"ITAIIIIIIIIII!!!" Mia screamed.
"Huh? Whazzat?" Duo muttered groggily, dragging himself out of bed. He walked upstairs to see Kio, Rebi, and Heero already awake in the kitchen.
"Is it just me, or was someone yelling up here?" Duo asked.
"Oh, that was just Mia getting ready for the day. She does this all the time," Rebi answered, taking a sip of coffee.
"What exactly did she do?" Duo questioned.
"Well, first off, when her alarm goes off, she falls out of bed. Then she drags herself to the bathroom door and slams her head against it. Next, she locks the doors, turns on the shower, which is usually too hot or too cold and that'' why she screams. She does this every morning that she's got work," Rebi replied.
Just as Rebi finished explaining to Duo, Mia trudged down the hall, all ready for work. She saw Duo, still in his PJs, and her eyes widened.
"OH MY GOD! DUO! GO GET READY! YOU ONLY HAVE AN HOUR!" Mia yelled, shoving Duo downstairs. "AND HURRY UP!" She yelled behind him.
"Hi-strung or what today, eh Mia?" Kio asked.
"Shut up; haven't had morning coffee yet." Mia muttered. She turned her attention to the coffeepot, only to find it empty. Her eye twitched and she turned to glare at Rebi.
"Hey! Don't look at me! This is my first cup!" Rebi complained, pointing to her mug.
Mia then turned to glare at Heero. Heero shrugged and went back to taking another sip of his coffee. Mia twitched, grumbled, and went off to make another pot.
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Duo returned, fully dressed and looking ready to greet the day. "Better?" He asked Mia.
"Much, thank you," she replied.
"Shouldn't you go get Trowa up soon?" Kio asked Rebi.
Rebi shrugged. "I guess so," and she left down the hallway to Trowa and Wufei's room. She flung open the door and began singing 'Good Morning Sunshine' as she opened the blinds.
"Arg! Crazy onna! What are you doing?!" Wufei yelled before covering his head with a pillow.
"Waking up Trowa!" Rebi said in a singsong voice. "He has work soon!"
"Then at least leave me alone to sleep!" Wufei said from under his pillow.
"Nope! Get up sleepy-head!" Rebi yelled gleefully.
"Grag," Wufei muttered and took his pillow and blanket into the hall and down to Heero and Duo's room to try and get some sleep.
Rebi then turned to Trowa's bed, only to see him sleeping like a log. "Aw. how kawaii." She said quietly before getting an evil glint in her eyes and yanking the covers off of Trowa. Trowa curled up and a bit and then searched for his covers with his hand. He opened one eye (or maybe two, we're not sure) and looked at Rebi.
"What are you doing?" He asked.
"Waking you up!" Rebi said with a smile.
".Gimme back the covers," Trowa said.
"Oh come on lazy-bones! Wakey wakey! Or I'll hafta sing!" Rebi said.
"Fine," Trowa muttered and pulled himself out of bed.
"Now hurry up and get ready!" Rebi yelled as she left Trowa's room. Trowa shrugged and began to get ready.
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Mia poured herself a fresh cup of coffee. "Mmmmmm.." She mumbled. "Smells good." she took a sip. "Mmmmhmmm."
Duo stuck a corner of his toast in his mouth. "So why did you get the early shifts if you like to sleep in?"
"That way, we get off work before most people, beat rush hour, and get more free day-time," Mia replied.
"I see." Duo said.
Rebi looked at the clock on the wall and spat coffee all over the table.
"AGH! I'M GONNA BE LATE!" She ran down the hall and smashed into Trowa who was making his way into the kitchen. "TROWA! GOTTA LEAVE! NOW!" Rebi yelled and dragged Trowa towards the front door, which she thought was open. It wasn't. "Owwy." She muttered, rubbing her now red nose. "MEEP! LATE!" And with that, her and a very reluctant Trowa were out the door.
"She'll be back," Mia said calmly.
"Why?" Duo asked, looking confused.
Mia held up a set of car keys. "She forgets 'em every morning."
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Rebi ran down the street like a maniac. "Late! Late! Late! Late! Wait!" Rebi yelled before stopping.
Unfortunately, Trowa did not and smashed into a tree. "Ow."
"Why am I running? Hold on. I FORGOT MY CAR KEYS!" Rebi yelled before running back up the street.
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Twenty minutes later, Rebi had actually made it to work in one piece.
"Do you always drive that fast?" Trowa asked.
"What? You mean you don't drive 150 on a 100 mph speed limit?" Rebi said. Trowa didn't answer. "Anyway, our job here is to answer any question, no matter how dumb it may be."
"Sounds easy enough," Trowa said as a little kid approached the desk.
"Hello there!" Rebi greeted cheerfully. "How can I help you?"
"Have you seen my mommy? Her name is Ishi Tallot," the little boy said.
Rebi rolled her eyes as if she'd dealt with this before and replied, "I'm sure you do. Now, do you have a real question?"
"Um. no," the kid said before leaving.
"We get stuff like that a lot," Rebi said to Trowa.
"Okay then." Trowa mumbled, confused.
"Maybe you should just watch for today." Rebi said. Trowa nodded.
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"Well, I suppose we'd better get Lisi up," Mia said.
"Yeah, school starts in an hour," Kio said. Just then, a clock alarm went off.
"Well, that would probably be her now," Mia said.
Sure enough, fifteen minutes later, Lisi came down the hall. "Good morning everybody!" Lisi said cheerfully.
"Yo Lis, you'd better wake up Quatre," Mia said.
Lis's eyes widened, "You mean he's not up yet?!" Mia shook her head. "AGH!!" Lisi ran around the kitchen three times before running down the hall to Quatre's room. She banged on the door loudly. "QUATRE! QUATRE! WAKE UP!" Lisi yelled. A lot of banging around was heard from inside.
Quatre opened the door looking rather frazzled. "Are we," he panted, "late?!"
"No," Lis replied. "But we may have been if you didn't get up."
"Well, then it's a good thing you woke me up," Quatre said, his heart rate beginning to return to normal.
The two went into the kitchen talking about tea.
"No no no, herbal teas are better!" Lisi argued.
"I suppose you're right, they are healthier," Quatre said.
Mia rolled her eyes. "Come on tea freaks, eat breakfast before you are late."
"When do we have to leave?" Duo asked.
"About half an hour after Kio, Li, and Quatre leave," Mia answered.
"Then why did we get up so early?" Duo questioned.
"If I didn't get up when I did, I would have been dead tired at work," Mia replied.
"Okay, whatever," Duo said.
About a half-hour later, Li, Quatre, and Kio were on their way out the door.
"See you later Mia! Have a good day at work!" Li said happily.
"Mph," Mia muttered.
"And don't let Duo get lost in the store!" Li said.
"Miff," Mia said.
"Shall we be going then?" Li asked. Quatre and Kio nodded before Li lead the way out the door.
Li, Kio, and Quatre all piled into Li's small car.
"You'll have to get your schedule at the office," Li told Quatre. "I'll take you there before class starts," She added, noticing the slightly confused look on Quatre's face.
"Thank you Miss. Lisa," Quatre replied.
Lisa sighed, "Would you please just call me either Li, Lis, Lisi, or Lisa. No 'Miss' anything."
"Okay then, um, Lisa," Quatre said, obviously having trouble.
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Quatre, Li, and Kio arrived at the school and Kio went her separate way.
"See ya later Kio!" Lisi yelled.
"Yes, goodbye Miss. Kiomay," Quatre said politely.
Kio turned around and glared at Quatre. He fell silent and Kio continued walking down the hallway. Li and Quatre headed down to the office to get Quatre's timetable.
"I hope he's in my classes..." Li mumbled.
"What was that?" Quatre asked.
Li blushed. "Uh... nothing! Here we are!" Li said, changing the subject as they stopped in front of the office.
Li and Quatre had gotten his schedule and were reading it over quickly before the first bell rang.
"So according to this, I have band first, then Math, drama and art before lunch!" Quatre said, scanning over the piece of paper that the office secretary had given him.
"No way!" Li yelled. "Let me see that!" she added before snatching away Quatre's timetable. "Holy smizzak! These classes are all the same as mine!"
The bell rang and Quatre and Li walked off to band chatting about how ironic it was that they got all the same classes.
"Take a seat! Take a seat everyone!" The band teacher announced as soon as Li and Quatre found two seats beside each other. "Now then, we have a new student joining us! Please meet Quatre Raberbra Winner!" the band teacher motioned for Quatre to stand and he did so. Some people muttered a 'hi Quatre' while others just sat there. "Now then, do you play any instrument in particular?" the teacher asked.
"Um, well, I sorta play the violin..." Quatre mumbled.
The teacher picked a violin off of a table full of instruments and handed it to Quatre. "Could you please play something? Anything will do, I'd just like to see what level you are."
"Uh, well, I..." Quatre trailed off. The teacher gave him a death glare- type thing. Quatre gulped and his eyes watered before he burst out with, "BUT I DIDN'T GET MY PRACTICE TIME IN THIS WEEK!" The teacher looked taken aback, as well as the rest of the class, while Li just shook her head sadly.
The class ended fifty minutes later with Quatre promising that he's double his practice time for the week.
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Mia sighed, "Well, we'd better head out. You're gonna need a helmet."
"Why would I need a helmet?" Duo questioned as Mia searched through the drawers and cupboards.
"'Cause I drive my motorcycle to work," Mia replied. She pulled a spare helmet out of a cupboard, "Here we go! Try it on and see if it fits," she said before tossing the helmet to Duo.
Duo stuck the helmet on his head. "It fits."
"Good," Mia said. "Now let's move it." she added as she headed for the door. "And Heero, don't destroy the house."
"Wufei and I are leaving now so you won't have to worry about that," Heero said. "Wufei's already waiting so I'm leaving now," he made his way to the door and left.
Mia put on her own helmet and her leather jacket. "Come on, we're gonna be late." Mia left through the door.
Duo followed behind her. "This is sugoi! I haven't met many chicks who ride a motorcycle!"
Mia glared at him. "Say that again and you will die." Mia got on her motorcycle. "Get on."
Duo looked at the motorcycle nervously. "Uh... where?"
Mia sighed exasperatedly. "Behind me you baka. Now move it!"
Duo sat on the back of Mia's motorcycle. "Like this?"
"Yeah, that's good. But you're gonna have to hang onto something."
"Like what?" Duo asked, looking around for a handlebar or something of the sort.
"Haven't you ever seen two people riding a motorcycle before? Honestly," Mia mumbled. "You just put your arms around my waist and hang on!" she said, as if it were obvious.
"Oh..." Duo said quietly and wrapped his arms lightly around Mia's waist. "Like this?"
Mia was trying not to blush. "Uh, yeah. Now hang on tight!" And with that, Mia revved up the motor and they were tearing down the street.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!" Duo screamed, trying his best to hang on.
"Hey! Watch where you're grabbing!" Mia yelled, blushing madly.
"Oops, sorry," Duo muttered, moving his hands and feeling slightly red in the face.
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Mia and Duo made it only just in time.
"Whew, that was a close call," said Mia, sounding relieved.
"But we got here in time, didn't we?" Duo asked, pulling his employee apron over his head. (Mia works at Wal-Mart by the way ^-~)
"Yeah, but if we were any later, my boss would have had my head," Mia replied, also putting on her apron.
"So what do we have to do exactly?" Duo questioned.
Mia sighed. "We're just sales employees. We help people find things and put stuff away."
"Sounds easy enough," Duo said.
Mia rasberried. "Just you wait Duo babe, just you wait," she said before walking off.
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Duo was searching for Mia frantically. Up the isles, down the isle, up, down, up, down (you get the idea). Finally, after what seemed like hours of endless searching, he found Mia stacking boxes of Lego(TM) on a shelf while standing on a ladder.
"Mia! Thank shinigami I found you!" Duo yelled.
Mia nearly fell off the ladder. "Duo! What do you want?!"
"Some little girl wants to know where the 'Barbies' are, whatever those things are," Duo said.
Mia shook her head sadly and began to climb down from the ladder. Halfway down, Mia lost her grip and began to fall. Duo, who had been standing at the end of the ladder, tried to catch Mia as she fell. However, this did not result as either one had planned because Mia landed on top of Duo, pinning him to the ground, and their faces had gotten so close that their lips were touching, as if they were kissing. Both blushed bright red as the manager came down the isle.
The manager raised an eyebrow. "Care to explain Miss. Kaye?"
Mia pulled away from Duo quickly," Well sir, you see sir, I fell off a ladder," she stuttered.
The manager looked at her suspiciously. "Oh really?"
"Of course sir! What did you think I was doing?" Mia said nervously as she blushed a brilliant scarlet.
"We won't got there. Get back to work you two," the manager said before leaving.
"Do, um, what did you need?" Mia asked Duo un-comfortably.
"Oh, that, yeah... I needed to find the 'Barbies'," Duo answered, still a bit crimson.
"Right then, this way," Mia said, walking off through the store. Duo followed her. "Here we are," she announced, stopping in front of an isle.
"This is it?" Duo asked.
"Yeah, it's not hard to miss. I mean, there aren't many other isles that are totally pink."
"You have a point there..."
End Chapter Three
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AN: sorry once again for taking so long to get this out. Life's been busy. Well, I hope to get some new reviews and ja for now! ^-^