Disclaimer: I don't own G-Gundam or any for the show's characters

By: Alimoe =0D

AN: At the bottom after my last AN I have a shout out to anyone who reviewed.

The Man with the Blue and Pink Hair, Chapter 7

I open the door to my apartment. Hehe, that's right MY apartment. Let us repeat that one more time, Allenby's apartment. Man, I just LOVE the sound of that! Of course I'm renting the place, heh, like I can afford buying it. Still, as I look around all I can see are my things, so, it's more-or-less it's my place.

I take off my roller skates and place them on a mat next to the door, on the cherry wood entrance area. I close the door behind me, and place the small bag of groceries on the counter. I think I'll look around MY apartment some more before sorting the groceries out. . . I put my chin on the heals of my hands and take a look around. . .

The walls are a creamy white color; it seems to stand out because the carpet, which matched the wooden flooring, was a reddish brown color. Even if the colors didn't really matched I don't really mind. My apartment is small, one bedroom, one kitchen, one bathroom, and one more room that is a living/dinning room. It would have been a good family room, if I had one. . . Ooooh, I felt a chill of bitterness from that thought. I go to the living room and hit a button on my answering machine, so that red light would stop blinking.

It pauses before playing the message. . . Do do do do. . . Okay so I got it at a garage sale and it's a little old, it will play the message, sooner or later. I'm back in the kitchen now, sorting out my items while I wait. . .

"Hey Allenby!" Greeted a friendly voice from my machine. I smile as I continue to hear Rain's message on the answering machine.

"I just called to see how things were going in your new place. You got an answering machine so I'm thinking that things are going well. Also how are things going for skiing? The trip is in two more weeks. I know I'm looking forward to it! Call me back so we can plan our next sister get- together okay? Bye!" ::Click::

Two more weeks for skiing. . . I sigh. Great. . . I'm looking forward to it, but I hope. . . I hope I still remember. . . I've only been skiing once, when I was small, before Neo-Sweden became. . . And I don't want to bother Chibodee with teaching me how to ski, he already taught me how to skate. . . I sigh again, and head towards my bed.

As I plop down on my nice soft bed, I look up at the ceiling. Skiing. . . Not only that but everyone from the Shuffle Alliance is going. . . I mean they're all very nice people, I hung out with them once or twice with Chibodee. I know I'm not worried about that, I'm worried about something else. . . If I can only place it. . . Maybe I'm still nervous about Chibodee's crew. . . especially the leader, Shirley. But why would I be nervous? Man I don't even know what I'm thinking anymore! Am I. . . nervous about her relationship with Chibodee? Like what is she to him? Friend? I KNOW she's more than JUST a crew member/leader. Then what is she? A girlfriend?

"Ike!" I say out loud while moving into a sitting position. "How can I think that? Why am I thinking that? Aie! Why do I CARE?" Man to much thinking! Brain overload! (Dumb Chibodee he messed up my mind!)

I flop back down on my bed and put the pillow on my head in frustration. ERG! I'm so confused! I turn to my right side, my pillow now resting on the top of my head. I look at my small dresser.

It's a cute little dresser, also cherry wood (I bought it to match the place) it has one semi-shallow drawer, and a deeper drawer underneath the first one. On top of the dresser are my clock, and a picture. I sit up and put my pillow in my lap. I look at the picture some more, before I pick it up and look at it more closely. I smile fondly at the picture.

Maria gave this picture to me since she likes taking pictures now 'n days. I guess I put it beside my bed, because no matter how gloomy I may get, or how frustrated, this picture always makes me smile. Okay. . . I'm in a better mood now, I should talk to Rain, after all, she did ask me to call back. Hey if I'm lucky she might know the answer to my situation!

I set the picture of my first experience skating down back on the dresser and head towards the living room.

I pick up the phone and start dialing Rain's phone number.

::Ring; Ring; Ring:: "Hello?" a male voice answered. Heh, to think that at one time this man's voice made me have butterflies in my stomach, now he's only like my brother.

"Hey Domon! Is Rain there?" I ask in my normal, cheerful, voice.

"Oh hey Allenby! Well, Rain is here, but she's almost out the door, can she call you back?"

"Oh!" I'm a little disappointed (it mostly likely could be heard). I *really* wanted to talk to her now.

"Oops never mind Allenby here she is. . ." - "Thanks Domon!"

"Hi Allenby! I tried calling you about two hours ago. You were out again?"

"Yeah. . . But whatever it is your thinking, sis, it's not it."

"Well I was thinking that you were out shopping for groceries or something so if it's not that then that means you were out with. . ." - "DON'T SAY IT!" Rain suddenly stops and I can hear a faint giggle.

"No fair, you twisted my words."

"Not really. . . Huh? One sec Allenby. . ." ::mumble, mumble:: ::click:: "Okay I'm back!"

"What was that?"

"Well Domon and I were going to go to a shopping outlet."

"Domon shopping?" I start to laugh.

"Yeah Domon had something he wanted to buy. And I was going to check the book store to see if they had any new mechanical books."

"Oh. I'm sorry Rain I didn't mean to ruin your-" "It's okay Allenby."

"Anyways, what have you've been doing lately that makes you so hard to get a hold of, little sis?"

"Well. . . I've been practicing skating," with Chibodee "Out in the arcade," also with Chibodee and other people like Sai. "And getting ready for the ski trip. . ."

"Oh! Sounds like you've been living a fun life lately."

I smile "Yes a very fun and happy life. Rain you HAVE to come and see my apartment soon! It's soooooooooooo nice! I just LOVE it!"

Just by the tone of her voice on the phone I know she's smiling just like she always has been these past couple of months. "Okay Allenby, how about our next sister brunch be over at your place?"

"Yay! I can't wait! When do you want to come over? Of course you'll have to bring Domon one time with you, even if it's torture to him, he HAS to see it AT LEAST once!"

"How about on Wednesday for the sister get together, and on Thursday I'll bring Domon!"

"That's sounds great Rain!" I reply happily.

"Good! I'm looking forward to it. So Allenby. . ." Uh-oh, here it comes. . . "How are things going with you and Chibodee?" I fall over like in the anime shows I watch.

"Well. . . I don't really know sis. . ."

"Hmm. . . what's wrong? I know you spend a lot of time with him. You even got to know the other members better because of him. So what's the problem?"

"Sis, I like being with him. Really, I do. We're great friends, and I got to know the people on the Shuffle Alliance a lot better because of him, but. . ."

"But?"

"But never his crew! And every time I see them the leader girl, Shirley, she seems like she's giving me an evil eye. Or like she's judging me, or mad at me because I'm taking away time she could spend with Chibodee. And. . . and. . . I don't even know why I'm thinking these thoughts or why I care it just. . . bothers me for some unknown reason."

I stop for a second before continuing, trying to ration things out so I don't sound rushed like the previous cluster of words.

"What I think I'm trying to ask is what is she to Chibodee that would explain this impression she's giving me?"

"Hmm. . . well lil' sis, I know you're not going to like my advise, but please give it some thought." Great, so it's going to be stuff I already know, but trying to ignore.

"Allenby, please just ask Chibodee the question you asked me. Ask him 'What's Shirley to you?' and he'll give you an answer. The second thing you MUST remember is to trust his answer. Because that small shred of disbelief will grow until you start fighting with him, and I know you wouldn't want that."

"You're right big sis. I think I'll ask him on the ski trip okay?"

"It's whenever *you're* ready." She replied reassuringly. "Also Allenby I know it's hard, and you're probably trying to avoid this question, but ask yourself 'How do *you* feel about Chibodee?'"

I pause, as if the question just entered my mind. Well. . . It kinda *just* made itself known consciously, I guess.

"It was nice talking to you Rain, but I have to eat dinner now okay?"

"Okay Allenby. See you Wednesday right?" She sounded concerned, even though I was telling the truth. I guess my timing was the key to this emotion of hers.

"Right!" I said energetically. "I can hardly wait for you to see the place! I'll send you some instructions on how to get here okay?"

"Okay! See ya!"

"Bye!" I say before hanging up the phone.

I head back over to the kitchen, and read the instruction on the store brand easy bake macaroni and cheese. I quickly follow the instructions as I set the microwave for three minuets and press the 'Start' button.

I lay down on the couch while my food heats up. How *do* I feel about Chibodee? I'm sure that question was in the back of my mind, and I know Rain is trying to help me by asking it, but. . . it only makes me more confused. I mean I like him friend wise, but is it more than that?

::Beep::

Well my dinner is ready, right now let me only think about food, and what's on the T.V. I can think more on this complex later. But. If there's one thing I decided it's that I need to answer my own question before I ask Chibodee his. Well I guess I got two weeks. . .

~*~End of Chapter 7 ~*~

A/N: Well sorry it took sooooooooooo long to get out. I knew what I wanted but typing it was a little bit harder. Main cause this was one of those thinking chapters, what's running though Allenby's mind so you'll understand the future chapters. This was also hard to get out cause of finals (ACK! I'm sooo glad they're over), plus a whole bunch of stuff! Ack, so much to do! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter as much as you possibly could, and I'll try to update ASAP but no promises.

Happy 4th of July! (Well it's super soon, so I figured I'd wish it to anyone from the U.S.A or Neo-America one of the two.)

Last thing before the responses is that I'm going to be on vacation for 4 days and working like a dog after that. So please be patient, as I said before I'll update ASAP, thank you.

And for your knowledge: Ike and Aie are sound pop outs. They just come out of the mouth when one's frustrated or is confused about what one's thinking. Just letting everyone know. ^.^

~*~ Response to the Readers ~*~

~~~Last chapter I got seven (my fav number) reviews by different people! (Chibodee reviewed chapter 6 twice! Cool huh?) For Chapter 1 I got 1 more added, Chapter 2 one more review was added, Chapter 3 one more review was added, and last but not least one more was added for Chapter 5.~~~

^.^' Now The Responses ^.^ '

To: the Desert Fox (Chapters 5&6)

Even If the outfit is kinda dorky looking that's how I pictured Chibodee looking. He always has Neo-America pride with him at all times. Thanks for the input on Marie/Maria's name. Even in the manga I have it says both, I wish people would make up their mind about her name. Anyways I ended up switching it and revised the chapter (including spelling mistakes too). Umm. . . I'm not going to go into the subject of Nastasha and Argo and their couplings, like I said before I'm a N/A fan personally so it will most likely be implied that those two are together in this story. But I still strongly encourage you to write a fic on your own, just as you imagined the story line would go. And yes happy SUPER late B-Day to Chibodee.

Also on your comments earlier about Allenby not knowing how to skate, I already explained to the chapter before. I figured that Allenby spends her free time in the arcade and the rest of the time she's training to be the best Gundam fighter with Sweden. (I'm sorry if I didn't explain that clearly in chapter 4) I'm sorry to hear about your story writing ways, I guess when you get the story flowing it just comes (sooner or later) Still, try your best, I'm sure you can write a great fan-fic, try writing it about Mia & Ryo (I never heard of them, sorry) but if you strongly believe in that pairing then maybe you can think of a great story line! Thanks for reviewing and good luck on any possible future stories.

Alimoe =0D

To: BlueFrosting

Your mom wont let you post them. =0( Well when you're able to just let me know okay? Hehe you gave me a nice review again! You're so kind! Thanks for reviewing, and don't worry it may take me a while but I always finish what I start so I wont take this story down. I can't wait to read your stories (one day in the future of course, when your mom lets you) good luck on them, and thanks for the review, I hope you enjoyed this chapter (or as much as one could).

Alimoe =0D

To: The Mythotical Mage

A short but very sweet review. THANK YOU!!! Hehe your review made my day, I was so happy. I told my "big bro" someone said I wrote amazing fan-fics! Hehehe Thanks so much again!

Alimoe =0D (PS: Don't worry about spelling mistakes, I make tons of them ^.^ ' )

To: Liza Akita

Hehehe, thanks for the review! You're review really made my day, by saying it made yours! Hehe. I thought the picture was a nice touch to the story, and look it got brought up again in this chapter. Well I hope you liked this chapter.

Alimoe =0D

To: Black Joker Lady

Lol! I love getting your reviews, they're so funny! I know they're not ment to be funny, but I'm one of those people who find simple things amusing/funny. Hehe, I can understand about the computer and not reviewing, it happens to me a few times too. ^^ LOL! I'm sorry your review was soooo funny! I can't help but to laugh. Well, you know my pairings so you don't have to worry about Shirley and Argo or anyone being with Nastasha, so please clam down. (I don't want you to get a heart attack, or for you to hurt someone else, or to be upset for a whole day =0( ) Well it's a good thing I guess that you have Neko to umm. . . clam you down I guess. It's the first time I've heard from her, so it's very nice to meet you Neko. All in all thanks for this review, it gives me a smile and a few giggles every time I read it.

Alimoe =0D

To: Sissi

Hi Sissi! Thanks for your review on my last chapter. Hehe I was smiling about setting the stage for the future. If any chapter is that, it would be this chapter. Well I hope you enjoyed or at least found this chapter some-what interesting.

Alimoe =0D

To: Chibodee Crocket

Hehe, the only one who read my story twice! (Or that I know of. . . ) Hehe to get a review from THE Chibodee Crocket, wow, it's so cool! ( =0) ) Well here's a new chapter for you and I hope you didn't find it awful. Anyways, Happy 4th of July (it's coming up soon) to you and the rest of America and Neo-America.

Alimoe =0D

To: Midnight Raven (Chapter 3)

Hehe, thanks I did continue. ^.^'

Alimoe =0D

To: Allenby Beardsley (Chapters 1&2)

Yay! I'm glad this fic is making you a fan of this couple! (SOO HAPPY!) Well please continue by reading the rest of the story.

Alimoe =0D