Author: Tira Yuy

Edited by: Scarlet Diablo and Bryony

Genres: Comedy, Romance, and Sap-Fluff

~~~~~~~~~~~Chapter Six~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once in the lobby Trowa looked around but found no sign of either

Trev or Miss Relena Dorlin.

Walking over to the desk Trowa addressed the clerk, "Could you please

give me the room number of a friend of mine?"

"Yes sir," the clerk said with a friendly smile. "What's your

friend's name?"

"Miss Dorlin," Trowa said and then watched the clerk's smile

fade. 'Looks like there'll be trouble.'

"Would that be Vice-Foreign Minister Dorlin?" the clerk inquired.

"Yes."

"I'm afraid I can't give out her room number to you, or of any other

government officials."

Trowa thought about flashing his security badge and saying he was

with Preventers. The security badges of those working for Mantel

Bodyguard Services did look enough like Preventer's ID that he could

trick someone who did not know what to look for on the badge.

However there were two problems with doing that. One, it might start

some rumor about Relena's life being in danger, and two, Senator

Ishino had made it clear to Trowa, and his boss, that his need of

their services was to remain a secret.

"Could you please call Miss Dorlin's room for me?" Trowa requested,

hoping Relena would be there to answer the phone.

The clerk thought about it before saying, "Let me ask my manager."

Nodding, Trowa watched the clerk leave his post and go through a door

marked "manager's office" in bold black letters.

Looking at the computer left carelessly on, Trowa debated about

looking for Relena's room number and being gone by the time the clerk

got back. However, if he were to do that there was a chance that the

clerk would tell hotel security and possibly have him arrested before

he reached the right room.

Sometimes Trowa thought it was easier when he was still a Gundam

pilot.

"What was the racecar driver's name?" Ona asked from behind him.

"Wh-- John Andretti," Trowa said.

"John Andretti, John Andretti," Ona said the name over and over

again.

Looking at the clock on the wall Trowa nearly let out a curse,

according to it the time was 2:45.

Looking down at his watch it said 2:47.

"It's too long for this small cat," Ona complained.

'I can't be late,' Trowa thought to himself before responding to

Ona, "He'll grow into it."

"What? Cats don't grow into names," Ona said, rolling her eyes. "You

have to name them something that already fits."

Today was his first day working as Senator Ishino's bodyguard; if he

was late not only did he leave the Senator at risk with a bodyguard

that had been with him for over twelev hours, but he also would give

Mantel Bodyguard Services a bad name - which could lead to his

getting fired.

"Well?" Ona asked.

"Well what?" Trowa asked back absent-mindedly.

"What else can I name him?"

"How about just John?"

"John is too common of a name for my kitty."

The clerk came out of the office, with an older man who was well

dressed in an Italian suit.

"What is you business with Miss Dorlin?" the manager asked as he

walked up to Trowa.

'Thirteen minutes to go,' Trowa thought, then looked back at his

watch. 'Twelve minutes.' Even if he got her room number right then,

there was no way he could find something to do with the children and

get to his post on time. Still, he could not just leave the children

unattended.

Trying to think of something to say that would satisfy the manager

without making a scandal for Relena, Trowa heard Ona blurt out, "She

has my little brother."

"Ona!" Trowa sayed giving her a disapproving look that he hoped would

keep her quiet. Turning to the manager, Trowa tried to explain

without going into too much detail. "She's watching a little boy for

me."

"Like the Vice-Foreign Minister is a babysitting service," the clerk

said sarcastically with a disbelieving look.

"Hush Mark," the manager ordered and gave the clerk much the same

look as Trowa had just given Ona.

As the manager studied Ona while she petted her kitten he

asked, "What's your name?" of Trowa.

"Trowa Barton."

Picking up a phone the manager puncheed in a few numbers, "I'll call

her, but if she doesn't wish to speak to you you'll have to leave

with hotel security."

"And not come back," Mark added.

If he ever wanted to speak with Relena it was now, he could not

afford being kicked out of the hotel. Though if Ona were not with

him, he would have no problems getting back in.

"Brriing"

Waking up with a start Relena looked around the room. She had been

dreaming of the time she had gone to Antarctica with a letter from

Mrs. Noventa and read it out loud to Heero. For some reason she could

not shake the feeling that something was missing from the

dream/memory.

"Briinging ring" Looking at the phone on her nightstand Relena

answered it, "Hello?" she asked groggily.

"Excuse me for disturbing you Vice-Foreign Minister Dorlin, there is

a gentleman in the lobby who wishes to speak with you."

"Who is he?" Relena asked sleepily. If she had been woken up for a

tabloid reporter she was going to invite him in just so she could

throw him over her balcony.

"A Mr. Trowa Barton."

Relena ran the name through her mind a few times, but it just did not

ring any bells. "Trowa Barton?" she asked the it hoping that maybe

she had not heard it correctly.

"Yes Ma'am, do you know him?"

"No... What does he want?"

"He says that you have been, uh..." As the voice on the other end of

the phone line trailed off Relena got the impression he was

embarrassed. "Watching a little boy for him," he finally said in a

rush.

Relena's eyes went wide. "TREV!"

Looking around the room she did not see any sign of the cute little

boy that had stolen her heart. "Send Mr. Barton right up." Relena

ordered the man on the phone before hanging up and looking under the

bed for the boy.

The dog watched Relena from his spot on the bed.

"You didn't see where he went did you?" Relena asked, getting up off

of the floor.

The dog just yawned.

"Look, I'll get you whatever doggy treat you want, but I have to find

that boy before his father gets here!"

Getting up off of the bed the dog nudged his head against the

bathroom door.

Seeing a bit of light shining from underneath the door Relena let out

a sigh of relief and then opened the door.

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Trying to figure out what he was going to do with the kids as he

headed for Relena's bedroom, Trowa heard Ona ask, "How do you know

about John Andretti?"

"A friend told me about him," Trowa responded, thinking of Duo and

his love of racecar driving.

"Who's your friend?"

"Duo Maxwell."

"Duo? That's a cool name."

Looking down at Ona to see if she was serious, he watched as she

looked down at her cat.

"What do you think of that name? Do you want to be named Duo?"

The cat, who was not looking all too happy about being scrunched up

so close in Ona's arms, let out a sneezing sound and shook its head

no.

Ona's face fell with disappointment, but Trowa could not help feeling

a bit of relief. 'Smart cat.'

"How do you know Duo?" Ona now asked, looking up at Trowa.

"It's too long of a story." Trowa sayed.

"Well, where is your friend now?"

"The last time I saw him he was on vacation and visiting me at the

circus."

"Why were you at the circus?"

"Because my sister performs in it and I was visiting her."

"What was the racecar driver's name again?"

"John Andretti."

"Andretti... It'll work."

Glad that at least one matter was taken care of, Trowa knocked on

Relena's bedroom door trying to figure out what he was going to do

about Ona and Trev.

'One thing is for sure,' Trowa thought as Andretti tried getting out

of Ona's arms. 'I'm going to have to teach her how to handle animals.'

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"Hi, Trev is in the tub," Relena said to Trowa as she opened her

door.

'Trowa Barton,' Relena thought the name over and over but still could

not place where she had met him. 'Maybe I'll remember after hearing

his voice again.'

"Did he fall in?" Ona asked stepping into the room. "Trev hates

baths."

"No, though that's what it looked like when I found him," Relena said

with a smile. Trev had been swimming in the large bathtub fully

clothed when she had opened up the bathroom door.

"I see you have found Ally." Reaching out a hand, she scratched the

unhappy cat under his chin.

"Andretti," Ona sayed with a smile.

"Oh, I must have misheard it in the lobby."

Looking over at the tall man she smiled up into his green eyes. "I

hope you don't mind, but it may take a while before Trev will come

out of the tub, and I sent his clothes down to get washed."

Trowa's face was unreadable, but she thought she saw some sort of

plan forming in his mind.

"I have to report to work, could Ona and Trev stay here for an hour?"

He rushed on, "You said earlier that you didn't have anything to do

for three hours but sit up here, and now you'll have company until I

can get someone to pick up the kids."

"I'd be glad to help," Relena replied.

As a silence fell between them Relena thought back to what Trev had

told her in the stairwell. 'I wonder how long he and his wife have

been separated,' she pondered it for a moment as she studied the half

of Trowa's face that was not being covered by his bangs.

She had had lots of friends growing up whose parents divorced, she

remembered how dejected and sad Magen's father had been as he left

their house for the last time. She had not been able to say anything

to make things better then, and now looking at Trowa she could not

think of anything to say to him.

Trowa glanced at his wristwatch and then called out to Ona, "Be good,

and take care of Trev."

Ona glanced over at her father and replied, "I always take care of

him!" as though he had insulted her.

Watching Trowa leave, Relena wondered how badly this was affecting

Ona and Trev.

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After reporting to Ishino's bedroom, Trowa grabbed the phone and

dialed a number.

"Hello?" the female voice said brightly, but as Hilde's image came up

on the screen she looked rather disappointed.

"Oh, Trowa, it's you." With a sigh she said, "Duo's not here. Do you

want to leave a message?"

"No, I called to talk to you."

Hilde's face looked puzzled but she smiled again. "What do you need?"

"I need you to pick up some people for me and to keep them with you

until I get off."

"Sure, when will that be?" Hilde asked pleasantly.

"At eight AM," Trowa said simply.

Hilde's round blue eyes doubled in size as she stared at him. "You

want me to watch someone for that long?"

"There are two of them, between the fact that Duo can help and they

should be going to bed soon there shouldn't be much of a problem."

'Unless they behave for you like they do for me,' Trowa added to

himself.

With a sigh, Hilde shrugged. "Duo won't be back for who knows how

long, but I guess I can help."

Trowa saw her look at the caller ID on her phone. "Are they at the

Preston Hotel with you?"

"You can find them on the second floor in room number 73B. Where's

Duo?"

Hilde smiled mischievously as she replied, "On a date with

Catherine."

Eyebrows going up a notch, Trowa gave a slight smile back at

Hilde. "Make sure he gets her in by curfew."

"Pooh, you brothers are no fun," Hilde complained with a fake pout.

"So was that it? You just want me to pick up a few friends for you

and let them crash here till tomorrow?"

Trowa hesitated. He had called with the plan that he would have the

kids crash at Hilde's for the night, and have Hilde do a little

research on her computer to find the parents. But from what little he

knew of the adults that had been in Ona and Trev's lives he did not

want any of them to even so much as lay eyes on the kids again.

'Cathy finally has Duo,' Trowa thought as he watched the smiling

Hilde wait for his response. A new plan began to form in his

mind. "I want you to find out everything you can on adoption and save

it to two discs. One you can give to me in the morning and the other

is for Duo."

Hilde's smile once again disappeared as she looked at Trowa in

puzzlement. "Adoption, like of kids?"

Ishino was coming out of the bathroom so Trowa tried to finish the

conversation quickly. "Yes. remember one copy is for Duo."

Hanging up the phone Trowa wished he had been able to explain his

plan to Hilde. She struck him as the type of person that would have

helped him with it. 'I'll just have to enlist her aid in the morning

when I get Trev and Ona.'

Looking over at the Japanese senator, Trowa asked, "What have you

done with those death threats?"

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Tapping the phone a few times with her fingure Hilde pondered what

Trowa could be up to.

"Adoption? Must have something to do with his friends," Hilde

concluded as she turned her attention to her computer. It would

proubly take her about an hour to do the search if she used the

usual, and leagle, metheds, however Hilde decided to use a much fast

means.

Cracking her nuckles, Hilde got online and head streight for the

goverment files to find out about orphenages being

financailysapported by them. "Then all I'll have to do is get into

orphenages files and down load everything there."

This was going to be a bit of a challenge, but she doughted it would

take more than twenty minutes, leaving her plenty of time to drive

over to the Preston Hotel.

"Now, if only Wufei would call me. Then everything would be dandy."

AN:

There was some trouble with the time line and I tried fixing it by

making when Trowa met the kids in the afternoon instead of at night.

I think I've fixed all of the time line stuff but if you spot any

thing that clashes with the events taking place in the afternoon

please point them out to me.

Another thing is people keep asking me if this is AU and about when

Trowa and Relena met.

This is not and AU story; and as for Trowa and Relena meeting they

had a breif incounter in antarctica (sp?) When Heero and Zechs had

their second show down Zechs had fixed up Wing, but Heero didn't want

to do battle in a suit that Zechs had fixed so Trowa let Heero use

Heavy Arms. However a bunch of Oz soldiers were coming and

interupting the duel, Trowa used Wing to hold them off for a while

and during that time Relena showed up in a plain to give Heero a

letter from Mrs. Noventa. Trowa and Relena spoke to each other for

only a few seconds.

When I decided to write a 3xR story and reviewed the series for any

possable 3xR scenes I thought it would be intrasting to show how one

person remebers a small event like that perfectly while to the other

person it's just a blur cause their focuse was on something else.

I want to find a word for word script of that scene and then write it

from Trowa's perspective some where in this fic.

Any way, I hope this long Author's note answers those questions.

Thanks for reading

Tira