California or Bust! - Chapter Nine: Sandwiches at the Beach
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, or any of its characters. See other disclaimers on other chapters.
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"Rise and shine sleepy-head!" Li yelled into Mia's ear in an attempt to wake her up.
Mia grumbled and hid under the covers. "I do not wish to 'rise' or 'shine' thank you very much," she muffled from under the covers.
Li pouted. "Come on Mia! We're going to the beach today and I'm SURE you wouldn't want to miss out!"
Mia's head popped out from under the layers of blankets. "Did you say 'beach'? As in 'sand', 'surf', and 'sun'?"
"Yep. Everyone else is nearly ready except you," Li replied.
"Then outta my way!" Mia yelled, running to get her beach stuff.
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Mia spread her towel out flat on the warm sand. "Ah… Nothing like the beach!"
"Yo Mia," said Kio, "I saw some surfing competitions and stuff up the beach a little farther. Wanna check it out?"
"You bet!" Mia yelled. "Gotta get rid of some layers though," she continued as she took off her T-shirt and shorts. Her outfit was now her silver-blue tankini-type thing with a silver sarong.
"I'm coming too!" Rebi yelled, jumping up in her black bikini.
Kio huffed impatiently and tapped her foot. "Let's go already!" Kio was wearing a reddish-black tankini/bikini.
"I'll go too," Trowa said. He was wearing a pair of forest-green swim trunks.
"I'm coming!" Duo yelled. He ha a pair of black swim trunks on.
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The surf gang headed off down the sandy white beach while everyone else stayed where they were.
"Rebi, you should ride with someone. These waves get pretty high," Mia said as they were nearing the area where they would rent their surfboards.
Rebi looked at Trowa eagerly. Trowa nodded and Rebi grinned widely. "Yay!"
They rented their boards and began to paddle out to the waves. Rebi put her arms around Trowa's waist tightly as they both stood up.
"Don't be afraid," Trowa mumbled as he turned around and kissed Rebi lightly before they went through a tunnel wave. Rebi shut her eyes tightly and Trowa took one of her hands and gently lead it so that it was going through the wall of water inside the wave. Rebi opened her eyes and smiled.
(Rebi's Note: This is the person who already has plans for going skydiving… hm…)
Trowa returned the smile, "No problem!"
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Li and Quatre had wandered further up the beach with a picnic basket and a large beach towel.
They were walking hand in hand while Li rested her head on Quatre's shoulder. "I love you Quatre…"
Quatre kissed the top of Li's head. "I love you too…"
The two set up their picnic from a cliff-side view, watching the rest of the people on the beach. "This is so nice…" Li said.
"I'm glad we got stuck here… I've had a great time so far." Quatre explained.
"Me too," Li added. "I hope you never have to leave…"
Quatre sighed. "We must keep one thing in mind; we'll always be together in heart."
Li smiled as she nodded and snuggled into Quatre's lap.
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The surfing group returned to the beach where the others were (excluding Li + Quatre).
"Hey gang!" Rebi called. "We're going swimming! Anywone wanna come?"
"Me!" Mia and Duo both yelled enthusiastically.
"So that's me, Duo, Mia, and Trowa. Anyone else?" Rebi asked.
Wufei, Heero and Em agreed and they all ran towards the water.
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An hour later, they returned to shore, fully drenched. They had all given up no swimming so they just ended up having a dunking war.
Heero returned to their area first with a bucket of cold ocean water. He tiptoed over to a sunbathing Kio and dumped the water all over her.
Kio screeched and sat up straight. She stood up and glared at Heero with such a vengeance that even Heero was beginning to get scared. She grinned insanely and pulled Heero into a French kiss. Heero's eyes widened in shock but then he got an insane glint in his eyes and kissed Kio back.
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Mia and Duo were busy digging a hole in the sand that was nearly big enough for a body to fit into.
Mia grinned evilly. "Get in the hole."
Duo looked confused. "Why?"
"You'll see!" Mia grinned as Duo climbed into the sand hole and she began shoving sand back into it.
About a half-hour later, Duo's head was all you could see sticking out of the sand.
"I can't move," Duo complained.
Mia laughed. "Well DUH!"
"But the tide's coming in…" And sure enough, the tide line had come in about a meter.
"KUSO!" Mia yelled as she frantically began to dig Duo out of the sand.
Mia just managed to get him out when the water was only a few inches away.
Duo panted. "Thanks babe, that was close."
"Too close…"Mia said quietly as her eyes filled with tears.
Duo looked concerned. "Mia? What's wrong?" he moved closer to her.
Mia shoved him away and looked at him angrily with her tear-filled eyes. "How can you act like that?! I nearly got you killed!"
"Hey babe! Don't worry about it!" Duo comforted.
SMACK! Mia slapped Duo across the face. "No I won't, 'not worry about it'! If I lost you then I don't know what I would do!" Mia fell to her knees and sobbed.
Duo tried to hug Mia but she just shoved him away. "Leave me alone…" Duo walked off down the beach, alone and sad.
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Sandals, legs, bikini bottom, stomach, bikini op, bikini top, bikini top, neck, Em giving Wufei an odd look. "What? Why are you staring?"
Wufei snapped out of his trance like state. "Huh? Was I staring?
Em twitched. "YOU WERE STARING AT MY CHEST!" SMACK!
Wufei sat there in shock, gingerly touching the red hand-shaped mark on his face. Em 'hmphed' and stormed off.
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A bolt of lightning crossed the sky. Mia was teetering on the edge of the highest diving board at the beach.
Duo was walking along the beach with Li and Quatre whom he had met when they were on their way back from their picnic.
Li noticed Mia first. "OH MY GOOD LORD! WHAT DOES EH THINK SH'S DOING?! SHE'S TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS!!!"
All three watched horrified as Mia closed her eyes and leaned off of the edge.
"OH MY GODD!" Li yelled.
Duo's eyes widened and he tore off towards the water. He had just begun to swim out in the water when Mia's limp body broke the surface of the water.
"MIA!" Duo yelled, diving under the water and looking for Mia.
Quatre and Li waited anxiously as Duo swam back to shore, Mia on his back. By now it was raining hard and the thunder had gotten louder. Duo lay Mia gently on the wet sand. "Oh God…"
Li put the back of her hand over Mia's open mouth. "Oh God, she's not breathing!"
"Check her pulse!" Quatre suggested, quite a bit less enthusiastic than before.
Li checked. "It's there, but not very strong…"
Duo's eyes became glossy. "Oh God… Mia… No…"
"It's not too late… but she needs mouth to mouth…" Li said. Quatre shook his head.
"Not me either," Li added.
They both looked at Duo. Duo looked up. "Anything! What do I do?!" Li explained it to him and after five minutes, Mia was back to breathing on her own but she was still unconscious. Duo picked her up an held her close as she began to shiver.
"We'd better hurry," Li stated. "Or she might run a fever."
They ran back to the van where everyone else was waiting for them.
Rebi looked at Mia and her eye twitched. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Li puffed, out of breath. "No… time - to - explain! No-one's fault!"
They piled into the van and returned to the hotel as quickly as possible.
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They got an extra single room at the hotel (lucky for them, the room across from them was just emptied as the occupants left while they were at the beach) so that Mia could sleep in quiet.
Duo carried Mia into the room and Li and Rebi pulled back the covers before he set her down.
Everyone else either left for their rooms or went to find more blankets for Mia, leaving Duo alone in the room with Mia.
"Oh God Mia…" Duo muttered, his eyes filling with tears and his hand lightly touching Mia's face. "This is all my fault…" A tear rolled down his cheek.
"No it's not…" Mia muttered weakly, opening her eyes slightly.
"Mia!" Duo jumped. "You're okay!"
Mia said nothing and reached up to touch Duo's tear-stained face. "Were you crying?"
Duo blushed and pulled away. "N-no!"
Mia smiled weakly. "You were!"
Duo blushed even redder. "I was worried…"
Mia pulled Duo close to her so that she could kiss him. "Thank you…" she added before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
End Chapter Nine
R+R PLEASE!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam Wing, or any of its characters. See other disclaimers on other chapters.
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"Rise and shine sleepy-head!" Li yelled into Mia's ear in an attempt to wake her up.
Mia grumbled and hid under the covers. "I do not wish to 'rise' or 'shine' thank you very much," she muffled from under the covers.
Li pouted. "Come on Mia! We're going to the beach today and I'm SURE you wouldn't want to miss out!"
Mia's head popped out from under the layers of blankets. "Did you say 'beach'? As in 'sand', 'surf', and 'sun'?"
"Yep. Everyone else is nearly ready except you," Li replied.
"Then outta my way!" Mia yelled, running to get her beach stuff.
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Mia spread her towel out flat on the warm sand. "Ah… Nothing like the beach!"
"Yo Mia," said Kio, "I saw some surfing competitions and stuff up the beach a little farther. Wanna check it out?"
"You bet!" Mia yelled. "Gotta get rid of some layers though," she continued as she took off her T-shirt and shorts. Her outfit was now her silver-blue tankini-type thing with a silver sarong.
"I'm coming too!" Rebi yelled, jumping up in her black bikini.
Kio huffed impatiently and tapped her foot. "Let's go already!" Kio was wearing a reddish-black tankini/bikini.
"I'll go too," Trowa said. He was wearing a pair of forest-green swim trunks.
"I'm coming!" Duo yelled. He ha a pair of black swim trunks on.
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The surf gang headed off down the sandy white beach while everyone else stayed where they were.
"Rebi, you should ride with someone. These waves get pretty high," Mia said as they were nearing the area where they would rent their surfboards.
Rebi looked at Trowa eagerly. Trowa nodded and Rebi grinned widely. "Yay!"
They rented their boards and began to paddle out to the waves. Rebi put her arms around Trowa's waist tightly as they both stood up.
"Don't be afraid," Trowa mumbled as he turned around and kissed Rebi lightly before they went through a tunnel wave. Rebi shut her eyes tightly and Trowa took one of her hands and gently lead it so that it was going through the wall of water inside the wave. Rebi opened her eyes and smiled.
(Rebi's Note: This is the person who already has plans for going skydiving… hm…)
Trowa returned the smile, "No problem!"
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Li and Quatre had wandered further up the beach with a picnic basket and a large beach towel.
They were walking hand in hand while Li rested her head on Quatre's shoulder. "I love you Quatre…"
Quatre kissed the top of Li's head. "I love you too…"
The two set up their picnic from a cliff-side view, watching the rest of the people on the beach. "This is so nice…" Li said.
"I'm glad we got stuck here… I've had a great time so far." Quatre explained.
"Me too," Li added. "I hope you never have to leave…"
Quatre sighed. "We must keep one thing in mind; we'll always be together in heart."
Li smiled as she nodded and snuggled into Quatre's lap.
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The surfing group returned to the beach where the others were (excluding Li + Quatre).
"Hey gang!" Rebi called. "We're going swimming! Anywone wanna come?"
"Me!" Mia and Duo both yelled enthusiastically.
"So that's me, Duo, Mia, and Trowa. Anyone else?" Rebi asked.
Wufei, Heero and Em agreed and they all ran towards the water.
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An hour later, they returned to shore, fully drenched. They had all given up no swimming so they just ended up having a dunking war.
Heero returned to their area first with a bucket of cold ocean water. He tiptoed over to a sunbathing Kio and dumped the water all over her.
Kio screeched and sat up straight. She stood up and glared at Heero with such a vengeance that even Heero was beginning to get scared. She grinned insanely and pulled Heero into a French kiss. Heero's eyes widened in shock but then he got an insane glint in his eyes and kissed Kio back.
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Mia and Duo were busy digging a hole in the sand that was nearly big enough for a body to fit into.
Mia grinned evilly. "Get in the hole."
Duo looked confused. "Why?"
"You'll see!" Mia grinned as Duo climbed into the sand hole and she began shoving sand back into it.
About a half-hour later, Duo's head was all you could see sticking out of the sand.
"I can't move," Duo complained.
Mia laughed. "Well DUH!"
"But the tide's coming in…" And sure enough, the tide line had come in about a meter.
"KUSO!" Mia yelled as she frantically began to dig Duo out of the sand.
Mia just managed to get him out when the water was only a few inches away.
Duo panted. "Thanks babe, that was close."
"Too close…"Mia said quietly as her eyes filled with tears.
Duo looked concerned. "Mia? What's wrong?" he moved closer to her.
Mia shoved him away and looked at him angrily with her tear-filled eyes. "How can you act like that?! I nearly got you killed!"
"Hey babe! Don't worry about it!" Duo comforted.
SMACK! Mia slapped Duo across the face. "No I won't, 'not worry about it'! If I lost you then I don't know what I would do!" Mia fell to her knees and sobbed.
Duo tried to hug Mia but she just shoved him away. "Leave me alone…" Duo walked off down the beach, alone and sad.
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Sandals, legs, bikini bottom, stomach, bikini op, bikini top, bikini top, neck, Em giving Wufei an odd look. "What? Why are you staring?"
Wufei snapped out of his trance like state. "Huh? Was I staring?
Em twitched. "YOU WERE STARING AT MY CHEST!" SMACK!
Wufei sat there in shock, gingerly touching the red hand-shaped mark on his face. Em 'hmphed' and stormed off.
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A bolt of lightning crossed the sky. Mia was teetering on the edge of the highest diving board at the beach.
Duo was walking along the beach with Li and Quatre whom he had met when they were on their way back from their picnic.
Li noticed Mia first. "OH MY GOOD LORD! WHAT DOES EH THINK SH'S DOING?! SHE'S TERRIFIED OF HEIGHTS!!!"
All three watched horrified as Mia closed her eyes and leaned off of the edge.
"OH MY GODD!" Li yelled.
Duo's eyes widened and he tore off towards the water. He had just begun to swim out in the water when Mia's limp body broke the surface of the water.
"MIA!" Duo yelled, diving under the water and looking for Mia.
Quatre and Li waited anxiously as Duo swam back to shore, Mia on his back. By now it was raining hard and the thunder had gotten louder. Duo lay Mia gently on the wet sand. "Oh God…"
Li put the back of her hand over Mia's open mouth. "Oh God, she's not breathing!"
"Check her pulse!" Quatre suggested, quite a bit less enthusiastic than before.
Li checked. "It's there, but not very strong…"
Duo's eyes became glossy. "Oh God… Mia… No…"
"It's not too late… but she needs mouth to mouth…" Li said. Quatre shook his head.
"Not me either," Li added.
They both looked at Duo. Duo looked up. "Anything! What do I do?!" Li explained it to him and after five minutes, Mia was back to breathing on her own but she was still unconscious. Duo picked her up an held her close as she began to shiver.
"We'd better hurry," Li stated. "Or she might run a fever."
They ran back to the van where everyone else was waiting for them.
Rebi looked at Mia and her eye twitched. "WHAT DID YOU DO?!"
Li puffed, out of breath. "No… time - to - explain! No-one's fault!"
They piled into the van and returned to the hotel as quickly as possible.
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They got an extra single room at the hotel (lucky for them, the room across from them was just emptied as the occupants left while they were at the beach) so that Mia could sleep in quiet.
Duo carried Mia into the room and Li and Rebi pulled back the covers before he set her down.
Everyone else either left for their rooms or went to find more blankets for Mia, leaving Duo alone in the room with Mia.
"Oh God Mia…" Duo muttered, his eyes filling with tears and his hand lightly touching Mia's face. "This is all my fault…" A tear rolled down his cheek.
"No it's not…" Mia muttered weakly, opening her eyes slightly.
"Mia!" Duo jumped. "You're okay!"
Mia said nothing and reached up to touch Duo's tear-stained face. "Were you crying?"
Duo blushed and pulled away. "N-no!"
Mia smiled weakly. "You were!"
Duo blushed even redder. "I was worried…"
Mia pulled Duo close to her so that she could kiss him. "Thank you…" she added before closing her eyes and falling asleep.
End Chapter Nine
R+R PLEASE!!!!