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Chapter Five Part One!

College worries!

Duo slowly crawled out of bed and recovered Rose. He shuffled down to his car and backed out of the drive way. He sped down the winding rode that if you looked thru the driver's side of the car you would see the waves crashing against the rocks. If you looked out the passenger's side you would see a jagged wall of rock. This scene would last a good forty-five minutes until minutes, Duo found this scenery captivating. He loved being close to the ocean because there were always unexpected curve balls thrown at you and it felt like you were close to mother nature.

He pulled into busy little Port Rocher. It had small cottages everywhere and in the center of the Port were all the little stores that you could get all your goods. Duo went thru the busy port and out to the outskirts of the town to a huge Mansion shaded by many trees. This was Johnson's college of for Mechanics and Politics.

It was a lavishly decorated school on the outside, but on the inside you were greeted by very plain white walls. Every room had some form of technology ready to be worked on. Duo entered room sixty-four, the room was filled with the smell of car oil, and every desk had a car motor waiting to be worked on.

He sat down in the back row just as class started. The class was extremely easy and Duo found himself waiting to learn something he didn't already know.

I wonder what Rose is doing? Probably sleeping......Wait! Howard wouldn't take her to work with him?!?! Or would he? I hope not!!!! She should be resting!!!! I better not get home and find out that she was in the salvage yard and passed out and impaled herself on a sharp object!!!!!crossed Duo's mind with worry as he walked out of the classroom.

He found himself frozen as he spotted Hildee kissing her new boy toy. Duo found himself storming down past them and down to the café. He flopped down in a chair after buying a soda. The nerve of that girl!!!!!thought Duo angrily. He clenched his soda tightly. Forget about her! You have better things to worry about like Howard taking Rose to work with him!!!!thought Duo trying to calm himself down.

"Are you okay," interrupted a concerned voice?

"Not really," replied Duo looking up to see Quatre and the rest of his friends as they joined him at the table.

"We heard Hildee talking about the break up," said Quatre with much sympathy.

"Well that's in the past. Plus, I've got bigger things to worry about," replied Duo causing his friends to give him odd looks.

"Like getting a degree," added Duo with a sip of his soda.

"You're hiding something," pointed out Heero.

"Okay, so I'm hiding the fact that I feel like a complete loser," sighed Duo with frustration.

"There are other girls out there," added Heero with a sigh.

"What's with you," asked Duo in surprise? Everyone seemed to shift nervously.

"Relena broke up with me something about being too emotionless," sighed Heero. No one would've guessed a break up between those two it was like saying the worlds going to end.

"Maybe it's just me, but it seems that girls lately are interested only in guys with tons of cash," sighed Trowa thoughtfully.

There was silence between all of them as they reflected on this point.

"I like Caroline. I just don't know if she'll be offended if I tell her," sighed Quatre. Everyone knew the kind blond co-worker that was in Quatre's office.

"She seems nice. I think she'd be flattered rather than offended," encouraged Duo. There was a long pause.

"So anything new with anyone," asked Wufei out of pure boredom.

"Well, I bought my four hundredth car yesterday," replied Quatre unenthusiastically.

"Miss Lane and Howard have me taking a crash course in rehabilitation," smiled Duo at the thought of Rose.

"WHAT," yelled his friends in unison?

"Yes, I'm actually taking care of someone other than me! And I'm doing a good job," grinned Duo.

"I pity the patient," scoffed Wufei.

"Hey, I'm doing a better job than you'd do. If you were in my situation you would've passed out because you would've had to bath a girl the same age as you," retorted Duo.

"You had to what," asked his friends in unison?

"She passed out, and I had to give her a bath. I mean I would've called Miss Lane but she refuses to help me," explained Duo.

"What happened to her," asked Quatre?

"I don't know. She doesn't even remember her name. So I gave her the name Rose," explained Duo.

"That's awful," replied Quatre.

"She's doing pretty well. I left her with Howard today. I guess that's another thing I'm worrying about, Rose should be resting but Howard's probably has her at work with him," sighed Duo with worry.

"I think we'll stop by this afternoon to meet this girl," smiled Trowa.

"Sure! I've got another class. See you at Howard's," replied Duo as he headed off to class.