Hey everyone! I'm really sorry that I haven't updated for so long, but my
friend's been pushing me to get Magical Destiny finished, and well, I'm
sure most of you know the feeling. You know, when you have more than one
fic, and there are those days where you just don't feel like typing…
Anyway, time to get on with things.
Disclaimer-I don't own it so don't sue.
Chapter 7
Missions Gone Wrong
*~* At the Yuy-Maxwell Residence *~*
Riiiiiiiiing…Riiiiiiiiiiing…Riiiiiiiiiiing…
Duo cursed as he lunged for the phone. "I'm coming, don't hang up!" he cried.
Riiiiiiiiing….
"Hello?" Duo was breathing heavily from the long trip to the phone.
"Maxwell, you sound a little out of breath."
"Wu-man? Is that you? Hold on a sec…" Duo flicked a switch and Wufei's face appeared on the screen of the vid-phone.
"My name is Wufei."
"Yeah, yeah. That's nice Woofie. Anyway, where are you?" Duo grinned. It was great to hear from his fellow Gundam pilot again, even though he was probably half way around the world, and then some.
"Why don't you ask your daughter?"
"Trin? But how would she know?"
"Tell me Maxwell, did you teach your daughter anything? She called my Katana a knife! A KNIFE! I know it sounds hard to believe but…" Wufei rambled on about injustices and weak women for another few minutes before he noticed that Duo was paying no attention whatsoever to his rant. "Maxwell, are you listening to me?"
"Huh?" Duo looked at the screen. Wufei was glaring at him. "What's the question?"
Wufei sighed and shook his head. "Helpless…completely helpless…"
Duo pouted, and then saw Heero enter the room. "Hee-chan, Woofie's calling me helpless…" he whined.
Heero glanced at the screen, his lips forming a slight smile. "Hello Wufei."
Duo latched himself onto Heero's arm, and remembered that Wufei had mentioned Trinity. "What were you saying about Trin? Maybe Heero can make some sense out of it…"
"Trinity?" Heero looked confused.
"She was here to get Ian."
"Wait a minute." Duo interrupted, letting go of Heero's arm. The Japanese moved his fingers, trying to resume the circulation of blood in his arm. "Where's here?" Duo asked.
Wufei rolled his eyes. "Where do you think? Here is here."
Duo sighed. "You know what I meant. What colony are you on?"
"L2"
"What? And you didn't call us earlier?!? Next you're going to tell me that Quatre and Trowa are here too…"
Wufei smirked. "Just as dense as ever, Maxwell."
Duo stuck his tongue out at the Chinese man, and decided to change the subject. "Why are you calling?"
"To see what kind of trouble your daughter is getting my son into. I sometimes wonder if the scientists added too much Maxwell blood."
It was Heero's turn to sigh. "First of all, Wufei, our daughter is of no threat to Ian. Second, they're on a preventer mission, and Trinity is just as qualified, if not more so, as your son and she has just as much of a right to be there."
"Yuy, you have lost your sense of judgement. Women are weak. Next you're going to tell me that she can pilot Wing Zero."
Duo grinned evilly, and repeated what Wufei had said earlier with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Just as dense as ever, Chang. And women are not weak. You will notice that if Trinity came into contact with your sword, she didn't break down into tears and start crying. She can also handle the zero system, and she can pilot Wing Zero, but she prefers Deathscythe." Duo smirked at the look on Wufei's face. "And since you, Trowa, and Quatre are all here, you'll have to come over for dinner tomorrow."
"Do I have a choice?"
"No. Do you have the number of where the other two are staying?"
"Yeah, hold on a sec."
Within the next few moments, Duo had acquired Quatre and Trowa's phone number. He ended his call with Wufei, and called pilots 03 and 04 while Heero got some ice cream out of the freezer.
When Duo had finished making arrangements, he turned around to see Heero standing at the counter eating vanilla ice cream out of its container.
"Naughty Heero. You should use a bowl." Duo scolded, heading over to get some for himself.
Heero raised one eyebrow as Duo stuck a finger into the open container and conveniently dripped ice cream down his shirt. "oops." He mumbled as he tried to wipe it off.
Heero stifled a laugh. "Serves you right." He said.
Duo stuck his tongue out at the other man, and then headed upstairs to change his shirt. Heero sighed, and headed back up to his office. He sat in the chair for a few minutes, then flicked on the laptop.
Once it had booted up, he hacked his way into the preventer files, and eventually tapped into the mission status team's records.
He watched as Trinity's camera was pulled from her hair and smushed between two fingers.
"Not a good sign." Heero breathed, shutting of the laptop and leaning back in the chair. He glanced at his watch. 9:30pm. It was still early. His daughter probably wouldn't be home until after midnight. That was another 2 and a half hours, at least. Heero sighed, got up, and headed for his and Duo's room to see if the braided baka needed help with his shirt.
It didn't surprise him at all to find Duo on the bed, arms tangled in his shirt and a goofy grin on his face.
*~*
12:00 came and went, with no sign of Trinity's return.
Duo was positioned by the window, and Heero was sitting on the couch in the same room, laptop balanced on his knees, fingers typing away with ease. A certain type of fatherly worry filled the room.
12:30
1:00
1:30
At 1:37, a silver convertible pulled into the driveway. Duo nodded to Heero, who turned off the machine in his lap and placed it on the coffee table.
Trinity entered the house as the car pulled out of the driveway. She glanced at her parents, a look of hurt in her eyes. They did notice the bruise that was forming on her right cheek. She headed up the stairs to her room. Heero and Duo listened to the small creaks in the floor that betrayed Trinity's position. They listened as her door was shut softly, and they listened as the bed springs squeaked under the teen's weight.
"I take it it didn't go to well." Duo mentioned, sitting beside Heero on the couch, his bright smile nowhere to be found.
Heero frowned. "I wonder what went wrong…"
*~*
Trinity knew what had gone wrong. She was going over every hellish moment in her head that very second.
Danny, or wait, no, Danny's older brother had been the drug dealer that they'd been looking for. Unfortunately, he'd recognized Trinity and he hadn't been happy. After all…she'd been the reason his brother was in jail…
*flashback*
"Danny is in jail because of you." The brown eyed man spat out, emphasizing his words with a punch in Trinity's stomach. Three of his "buddies" were standing around her, preventing her escape. The girl hoped that Zechs had notified Ian and Nate… "Thought you were smarter than me, huh?" Another punch. "Thought you could outwit me?"
Trinity winced as his fist connected with her right cheek. Sure, if he had been alone she could have taken him out. But four of them? It just wasn't possible…
*end flashback*
Then Ian and Nate had come, with some girl. They'd helped her get rid of those guys and they'd arrested them and brought them outside.
However, she and Ian had "talked". Quite possibly the worst part of the night.
After the arrest had been made, the three had bumped into Andrew. He'd accused Nate of imposing on Trinity's and Ian's "date". "Three's a crowd" He'd said, then he'd attempted to punch Nate. That hadn't gone over well, and they'd left with an unconscious Andrew in the parking lot.
Trinity sighed, remembering what Ian had said. His insults had hurt.
*flashback*
"Did you ever wonder how you came to be? Your parents are both male Trinity Yuy-Maxwell. You were and still are a science experiment."
"And you aren't?"
"At least the scientists still wanted me. Your parents got kicked off of preventers because of you. They should have let the scientists kill you. You're nothing but a weak woman. Not even that. You're a childish girl Trinity, and I hope you'll realize what's best for everybody and drop out of preventers."
*end flashback*
A tear rolled down Trinity's cheek. Maybe she should just drop out. It wasn't like she couldn't get another job. And besides, that's twice no that she couldn't protect herself. "I'll have to quit before Sally fires me." Trinity mumbled, before she fell asleep, exhausted from the night's events.
However, Trinity's sleep didn't last very long. She awoke a few hours later, shivering from the coldness of her room. Grumbling, she slowly headed for the adjoined bathroom and turned on the shower.
Wincing as she peeled off her clothes, Trinity stepped into the shower and sighed as the hot, clear liquid fell over her tired body.
Your parents got kicked off of preventers because of you.
Ian's words repeated inside her head again and again. Pouring a considerable amount of shampoo in her hand, she tried to forget that they were true and very real.
10 minutes later, Trinity washed the shampoo out of her hair and chose the conditioner bottle from the shelf. Like Duo, Trinity took extreme precautions with her hair, and washing it usually made her feel better.
Usually.
Tonight, however, was an exception. Climbing out of the shower after having rinsed the conditioner out, Trinity grabbed a towel off the rack and wrapped it around her body. Taking another towel, she dried her hair as best she could, and headed back into her room.
Slipping into her pyjamas, Trinity braided her still wet hair and reached over to turn out her light.
…your parents got kicked off of preventers because of you...
"How can that be? They retired, didn't they?" Trinity said to herself. Her eyes slid shut, but her mind refused to rest.
…childish girl…
…best for everyone…
…drop preventers…
No, she was definitely not having a good night.
*~*
The next morning, Trinity stumbled into the kitchen at roughly 7:30.
"Shouldn't you still be sleeping?" Duo asked. He was sitting at the table with Heero, and they both had a cup of coffee.
"Couldn't sleep." Trinity grunted. Her hair, still wet from her early morning shower was going crazy, ends flying everywhere except where they were supposed to go.
Pouring herself a glass of orange juice, the teenager joined her parents at the table.
A stiff silence consumed the next few minutes, and seemed to last for an hour.
Finally, Duo cleared his throat. "I take it you're not going to school today."
"Gee, ya think?"
Heero took a sip of coffee. "My, aren't we in a good mood today." He commented.
"Yeah," Duo agreed. "You completed your mission last night. What's eatin' ya Trin?"
Trinity sighed. It was going to be a long day. She could feel it. "Nothing."
"Well, obviously something's wrong." Duo's voice was filled with concern. "Want to talk about it?"
Trinity glanced at each of her parents. "I'm going to go into work today, to hand in my resignation form." She mumbled.
"Why would you do that?" Duo asked. Heero pushed back his chair and headed for the freezer. He'd noticed Trinity's cheek was worse this morning. It was turning a lovely shade of purple. She most likely had bruises elsewhere as well.
"Because I can't protect myself." Trinity attempted to explain. "You weren't there last night, but Danny's brother was the drug dealer we were after."
"Wait a sec. Danny's brother?" Duo asked. Heero returned to the table with some ice in a plastic bag. He handed it to Trinity, who placed it on her cheek.
"Danny as in the guy who shot me Danny." Trinity said. "So, his brother, Max, recognized me. He and three other guys sort of just came out of nowhere. I was caught off guard, and Ian and Nate 'came to the rescue' I guess you could say."
"And because of this you're resigning from preventers." Duo said.
"Among other things." Trinity replied.
"Like what?"
"Well, Ian said…"
"Ian Chang?"
"Yeah. He said…"
"Why does it matter what he said?"
"Well, if you'd just listen…"
"Any son of Wufei can't have said something worth listening to."
"Dad, just listen!"
"Oh, sorry Trin."
"Ian said that it would be best for everyone if I …"
"If you dropped out?"
"Yeah."
"Ha. So I was right. Anything a Chang says isn't worth listening to." Duo frowned. "Why'd he say that? And you know it's not true Trinity. You're a gundam pilot. Not everyone can do that."
"Not to mention the zero system." Heero added, a smirk on his face."
The long haired girl smiled sadly. "Thanks, I needed to hear that."
Duo grinned, and poked her nose gently, receiving a glare from his daughter. "Well, you should get washed up, and maybe go back to bed. We're having company for supper."
Trinity sighed. "You didn't invite Ian, did you?"
"Sorry Trin, but we had to." Duo said.
Trinity nodded and got to her feet. "I guess I'll try to get some more sleep." She mumbled. Heading for the exit of the kitchen.
*~*
When she had left, Duo turned to Heero. "Do you think she found out?"
"About the scientists?" Heero asked.
"Yeah." Duo replied.
"It's possible. We should get around to telling her before Ian does it for us."
"I'm really starting to not like that kid." Duo grumbled, fingering the gun located in his pocket.
"Now Duo," Heero said, glaring at the braided pilot. " You know Wufei would have your head."
Duo grinned. "But I have a professional bodyguard…"
"I am not going to protect you from an enraged Wufei. We both know it's not a pretty sight."
Duo sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Heero nodded. "I'm always right."
Duo rolled his eyes, then stood and headed for the many cupboards of the kitchen.
"What are you doing?" Heero asked, raising one eyebrow.
"Well, since we *are* having company for supper, and you can't cook worth beans, I need to get started."
"It's only 8:00 in the morning."
"And if you don't bother me, I might have something edible ready by the time Quatre gets here an hour early, as usual."
"Point taken. I wish you luck." And with that, Heero left the kitchen.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Well, that certainly is a long chapter. Hope you people don't mind too much. Heh. The next one is written, but I have no idea when it's coming out. The plot's starting to thicken though…
Dun dun duuuuun….
Hehe…leave a review! Please!
Anyway, time to get on with things.
Disclaimer-I don't own it so don't sue.
Chapter 7
Missions Gone Wrong
*~* At the Yuy-Maxwell Residence *~*
Riiiiiiiiing…Riiiiiiiiiiing…Riiiiiiiiiiing…
Duo cursed as he lunged for the phone. "I'm coming, don't hang up!" he cried.
Riiiiiiiiing….
"Hello?" Duo was breathing heavily from the long trip to the phone.
"Maxwell, you sound a little out of breath."
"Wu-man? Is that you? Hold on a sec…" Duo flicked a switch and Wufei's face appeared on the screen of the vid-phone.
"My name is Wufei."
"Yeah, yeah. That's nice Woofie. Anyway, where are you?" Duo grinned. It was great to hear from his fellow Gundam pilot again, even though he was probably half way around the world, and then some.
"Why don't you ask your daughter?"
"Trin? But how would she know?"
"Tell me Maxwell, did you teach your daughter anything? She called my Katana a knife! A KNIFE! I know it sounds hard to believe but…" Wufei rambled on about injustices and weak women for another few minutes before he noticed that Duo was paying no attention whatsoever to his rant. "Maxwell, are you listening to me?"
"Huh?" Duo looked at the screen. Wufei was glaring at him. "What's the question?"
Wufei sighed and shook his head. "Helpless…completely helpless…"
Duo pouted, and then saw Heero enter the room. "Hee-chan, Woofie's calling me helpless…" he whined.
Heero glanced at the screen, his lips forming a slight smile. "Hello Wufei."
Duo latched himself onto Heero's arm, and remembered that Wufei had mentioned Trinity. "What were you saying about Trin? Maybe Heero can make some sense out of it…"
"Trinity?" Heero looked confused.
"She was here to get Ian."
"Wait a minute." Duo interrupted, letting go of Heero's arm. The Japanese moved his fingers, trying to resume the circulation of blood in his arm. "Where's here?" Duo asked.
Wufei rolled his eyes. "Where do you think? Here is here."
Duo sighed. "You know what I meant. What colony are you on?"
"L2"
"What? And you didn't call us earlier?!? Next you're going to tell me that Quatre and Trowa are here too…"
Wufei smirked. "Just as dense as ever, Maxwell."
Duo stuck his tongue out at the Chinese man, and decided to change the subject. "Why are you calling?"
"To see what kind of trouble your daughter is getting my son into. I sometimes wonder if the scientists added too much Maxwell blood."
It was Heero's turn to sigh. "First of all, Wufei, our daughter is of no threat to Ian. Second, they're on a preventer mission, and Trinity is just as qualified, if not more so, as your son and she has just as much of a right to be there."
"Yuy, you have lost your sense of judgement. Women are weak. Next you're going to tell me that she can pilot Wing Zero."
Duo grinned evilly, and repeated what Wufei had said earlier with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. "Just as dense as ever, Chang. And women are not weak. You will notice that if Trinity came into contact with your sword, she didn't break down into tears and start crying. She can also handle the zero system, and she can pilot Wing Zero, but she prefers Deathscythe." Duo smirked at the look on Wufei's face. "And since you, Trowa, and Quatre are all here, you'll have to come over for dinner tomorrow."
"Do I have a choice?"
"No. Do you have the number of where the other two are staying?"
"Yeah, hold on a sec."
Within the next few moments, Duo had acquired Quatre and Trowa's phone number. He ended his call with Wufei, and called pilots 03 and 04 while Heero got some ice cream out of the freezer.
When Duo had finished making arrangements, he turned around to see Heero standing at the counter eating vanilla ice cream out of its container.
"Naughty Heero. You should use a bowl." Duo scolded, heading over to get some for himself.
Heero raised one eyebrow as Duo stuck a finger into the open container and conveniently dripped ice cream down his shirt. "oops." He mumbled as he tried to wipe it off.
Heero stifled a laugh. "Serves you right." He said.
Duo stuck his tongue out at the other man, and then headed upstairs to change his shirt. Heero sighed, and headed back up to his office. He sat in the chair for a few minutes, then flicked on the laptop.
Once it had booted up, he hacked his way into the preventer files, and eventually tapped into the mission status team's records.
He watched as Trinity's camera was pulled from her hair and smushed between two fingers.
"Not a good sign." Heero breathed, shutting of the laptop and leaning back in the chair. He glanced at his watch. 9:30pm. It was still early. His daughter probably wouldn't be home until after midnight. That was another 2 and a half hours, at least. Heero sighed, got up, and headed for his and Duo's room to see if the braided baka needed help with his shirt.
It didn't surprise him at all to find Duo on the bed, arms tangled in his shirt and a goofy grin on his face.
*~*
12:00 came and went, with no sign of Trinity's return.
Duo was positioned by the window, and Heero was sitting on the couch in the same room, laptop balanced on his knees, fingers typing away with ease. A certain type of fatherly worry filled the room.
12:30
1:00
1:30
At 1:37, a silver convertible pulled into the driveway. Duo nodded to Heero, who turned off the machine in his lap and placed it on the coffee table.
Trinity entered the house as the car pulled out of the driveway. She glanced at her parents, a look of hurt in her eyes. They did notice the bruise that was forming on her right cheek. She headed up the stairs to her room. Heero and Duo listened to the small creaks in the floor that betrayed Trinity's position. They listened as her door was shut softly, and they listened as the bed springs squeaked under the teen's weight.
"I take it it didn't go to well." Duo mentioned, sitting beside Heero on the couch, his bright smile nowhere to be found.
Heero frowned. "I wonder what went wrong…"
*~*
Trinity knew what had gone wrong. She was going over every hellish moment in her head that very second.
Danny, or wait, no, Danny's older brother had been the drug dealer that they'd been looking for. Unfortunately, he'd recognized Trinity and he hadn't been happy. After all…she'd been the reason his brother was in jail…
*flashback*
"Danny is in jail because of you." The brown eyed man spat out, emphasizing his words with a punch in Trinity's stomach. Three of his "buddies" were standing around her, preventing her escape. The girl hoped that Zechs had notified Ian and Nate… "Thought you were smarter than me, huh?" Another punch. "Thought you could outwit me?"
Trinity winced as his fist connected with her right cheek. Sure, if he had been alone she could have taken him out. But four of them? It just wasn't possible…
*end flashback*
Then Ian and Nate had come, with some girl. They'd helped her get rid of those guys and they'd arrested them and brought them outside.
However, she and Ian had "talked". Quite possibly the worst part of the night.
After the arrest had been made, the three had bumped into Andrew. He'd accused Nate of imposing on Trinity's and Ian's "date". "Three's a crowd" He'd said, then he'd attempted to punch Nate. That hadn't gone over well, and they'd left with an unconscious Andrew in the parking lot.
Trinity sighed, remembering what Ian had said. His insults had hurt.
*flashback*
"Did you ever wonder how you came to be? Your parents are both male Trinity Yuy-Maxwell. You were and still are a science experiment."
"And you aren't?"
"At least the scientists still wanted me. Your parents got kicked off of preventers because of you. They should have let the scientists kill you. You're nothing but a weak woman. Not even that. You're a childish girl Trinity, and I hope you'll realize what's best for everybody and drop out of preventers."
*end flashback*
A tear rolled down Trinity's cheek. Maybe she should just drop out. It wasn't like she couldn't get another job. And besides, that's twice no that she couldn't protect herself. "I'll have to quit before Sally fires me." Trinity mumbled, before she fell asleep, exhausted from the night's events.
However, Trinity's sleep didn't last very long. She awoke a few hours later, shivering from the coldness of her room. Grumbling, she slowly headed for the adjoined bathroom and turned on the shower.
Wincing as she peeled off her clothes, Trinity stepped into the shower and sighed as the hot, clear liquid fell over her tired body.
Your parents got kicked off of preventers because of you.
Ian's words repeated inside her head again and again. Pouring a considerable amount of shampoo in her hand, she tried to forget that they were true and very real.
10 minutes later, Trinity washed the shampoo out of her hair and chose the conditioner bottle from the shelf. Like Duo, Trinity took extreme precautions with her hair, and washing it usually made her feel better.
Usually.
Tonight, however, was an exception. Climbing out of the shower after having rinsed the conditioner out, Trinity grabbed a towel off the rack and wrapped it around her body. Taking another towel, she dried her hair as best she could, and headed back into her room.
Slipping into her pyjamas, Trinity braided her still wet hair and reached over to turn out her light.
…your parents got kicked off of preventers because of you...
"How can that be? They retired, didn't they?" Trinity said to herself. Her eyes slid shut, but her mind refused to rest.
…childish girl…
…best for everyone…
…drop preventers…
No, she was definitely not having a good night.
*~*
The next morning, Trinity stumbled into the kitchen at roughly 7:30.
"Shouldn't you still be sleeping?" Duo asked. He was sitting at the table with Heero, and they both had a cup of coffee.
"Couldn't sleep." Trinity grunted. Her hair, still wet from her early morning shower was going crazy, ends flying everywhere except where they were supposed to go.
Pouring herself a glass of orange juice, the teenager joined her parents at the table.
A stiff silence consumed the next few minutes, and seemed to last for an hour.
Finally, Duo cleared his throat. "I take it you're not going to school today."
"Gee, ya think?"
Heero took a sip of coffee. "My, aren't we in a good mood today." He commented.
"Yeah," Duo agreed. "You completed your mission last night. What's eatin' ya Trin?"
Trinity sighed. It was going to be a long day. She could feel it. "Nothing."
"Well, obviously something's wrong." Duo's voice was filled with concern. "Want to talk about it?"
Trinity glanced at each of her parents. "I'm going to go into work today, to hand in my resignation form." She mumbled.
"Why would you do that?" Duo asked. Heero pushed back his chair and headed for the freezer. He'd noticed Trinity's cheek was worse this morning. It was turning a lovely shade of purple. She most likely had bruises elsewhere as well.
"Because I can't protect myself." Trinity attempted to explain. "You weren't there last night, but Danny's brother was the drug dealer we were after."
"Wait a sec. Danny's brother?" Duo asked. Heero returned to the table with some ice in a plastic bag. He handed it to Trinity, who placed it on her cheek.
"Danny as in the guy who shot me Danny." Trinity said. "So, his brother, Max, recognized me. He and three other guys sort of just came out of nowhere. I was caught off guard, and Ian and Nate 'came to the rescue' I guess you could say."
"And because of this you're resigning from preventers." Duo said.
"Among other things." Trinity replied.
"Like what?"
"Well, Ian said…"
"Ian Chang?"
"Yeah. He said…"
"Why does it matter what he said?"
"Well, if you'd just listen…"
"Any son of Wufei can't have said something worth listening to."
"Dad, just listen!"
"Oh, sorry Trin."
"Ian said that it would be best for everyone if I …"
"If you dropped out?"
"Yeah."
"Ha. So I was right. Anything a Chang says isn't worth listening to." Duo frowned. "Why'd he say that? And you know it's not true Trinity. You're a gundam pilot. Not everyone can do that."
"Not to mention the zero system." Heero added, a smirk on his face."
The long haired girl smiled sadly. "Thanks, I needed to hear that."
Duo grinned, and poked her nose gently, receiving a glare from his daughter. "Well, you should get washed up, and maybe go back to bed. We're having company for supper."
Trinity sighed. "You didn't invite Ian, did you?"
"Sorry Trin, but we had to." Duo said.
Trinity nodded and got to her feet. "I guess I'll try to get some more sleep." She mumbled. Heading for the exit of the kitchen.
*~*
When she had left, Duo turned to Heero. "Do you think she found out?"
"About the scientists?" Heero asked.
"Yeah." Duo replied.
"It's possible. We should get around to telling her before Ian does it for us."
"I'm really starting to not like that kid." Duo grumbled, fingering the gun located in his pocket.
"Now Duo," Heero said, glaring at the braided pilot. " You know Wufei would have your head."
Duo grinned. "But I have a professional bodyguard…"
"I am not going to protect you from an enraged Wufei. We both know it's not a pretty sight."
Duo sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right."
Heero nodded. "I'm always right."
Duo rolled his eyes, then stood and headed for the many cupboards of the kitchen.
"What are you doing?" Heero asked, raising one eyebrow.
"Well, since we *are* having company for supper, and you can't cook worth beans, I need to get started."
"It's only 8:00 in the morning."
"And if you don't bother me, I might have something edible ready by the time Quatre gets here an hour early, as usual."
"Point taken. I wish you luck." And with that, Heero left the kitchen.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Well, that certainly is a long chapter. Hope you people don't mind too much. Heh. The next one is written, but I have no idea when it's coming out. The plot's starting to thicken though…
Dun dun duuuuun….
Hehe…leave a review! Please!
